The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-06-28
Helping Max Mayfeld Out.

us on u IbNSHL H6hlhS ptP a. VI
Payette Lakes, and 1t was Publishe
In the 9oise Statesman. The States
man. OF course, will publish any
thing Max hands OUT ed. SkiAei
of the Emmett Ipdex, gave the az
ticle the once oyer, took his pen II
hand and did AL KINDS Of things t
that fish story and 10 Max's reputa
tion as story teller, and now MAJ
wants us to back him up and CIV
skinner the knock out, because, 81
Max GLAZING, It was out boat the fsf
jumped into.
We would like to help Max qBt
but &c cant be done; he namsd toe
many Witnesses, He named SKIN.
nor. AND soc what Skipsr did He
also named I'D. Hays, Dog Turkey
Harry sheliworth, Newt Wllliags
and othsrs, We could back Max up
all right, hut II would only destroy
our reputation along with his when
that bunch turned loose on us, and
we arc mighty careful along those
lines. We knpw what was golng
TO happen TO Max when he spFgag
that one. We could have told Il epr-
self but Wa didn'tRot with that
bunch OF witnesses Know thy
SELF is q COCO maxim, but know
thy bunch" is saier. when telling hsh
stories.
Besides. we have lot OF good
aeh stories to tell oufself- when
the Witnesses die on and we want
to start In on than with clear con-
science and good reputation. for
they are going to use up both like
an eight-cyllnder uses gas, For I'm
stance, one summer upon Bogus
crock when Doc Hall OF Star, was
camping with the Harai debtor, we
trained snake 10 catah trout for
as. He was little striped water
snake, and we treated him nice
around camp He got so that he
would follow Us down the creek and
back when we went out Tor mess
II trout. and he finally got II thru
his head what We we're after One
day We heard oommotion at the
sdge OF the creek, and upon investi-
cation round the snake In the act OF
dragging trout QUE Of the water.
When he got II out he orawled up
20 where our nsh basket was lying
dropped II In. and went back down
10 the creek. curled his tail around
1 willow bush stuck his head out
over the water aud waited for an
other trout 10 come within reach.
Al We had TO do after that was to
lie around Damn and onok the FISH
The snake hrught IN Finally, how
ayor. tbs poor fellow Got hold OF a
trout TOO big r. him, and ths trout
GOT him Ia the water aud drowned
him.
Now that's GaH sample Of the
storiea we aouid toll and It's a
iarned sight better one than Skin
ner tells about Ed Hayes and Doc
rukoy charming them into thu boats
with sweet 60 music, but we are
not COINS TO tell II till Doc Hall
kicks on, We are not going 20
youeh for any fish stories with Wit
aesses on deck
But just 20 help Max out some
what we will let Il out that Skinner
was awful sore that day. Ha caught
5nly one trout, and Doc Tukoy failed
TO land & for him, He claimed that
he caught another. but the boys in
the boat said II was sduawfish.
Max got On lucky II Turkey had
told that story about the fish jump
ing into the boat he would have
read proper sample OF what the
editor OF the index can hand out
when he's real sore, skinned liant
much OF fisherman anyway his
new daushter-in-law beat his record
is to 0 at the same place q week
later, on her FIRST fishing trip,