Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-10-11


in candy pals, and the days fishing
results in from a few pals to fifty or
sixty. The largest haul at the Bara-
boo camp was made on Sunday, one
! fisherman bringing home half ton,
or nearly sixty pals Of shells. This
is considered fine days work.
Cannot Dredge
In some states the clam fishermen
are permitted to dredge the streams,
but not so in Wisconsin. The Badger
state protects, probably not so much
the clam, as the fish that would be dis
turbed by dredge. ripping UP the
earth.
CLANS Are Boiled
The catch of the day is brought in
and the next morning a member Of
the family boils them, not for soup,
but to get the meat removed from the
shells The CLANS are boiled for an
hour and the meat readily separates
from the shells.
Picking for Pearls
More or less pearls are always
found. 1t is like hunting for gold, one
never knows when a strike will be
made. On account of the pearls the
shells are always opened by some
member of the family or one who can
be trusted. At Baraboo several pearls
were found and the extra value
amounts to considerable.
After the meat has been removed
the shells are thrown in heaps, each
owner or owners keeping separate
piles. At Baraboo the meat was
buried, but in many places the soft
parts are fed to hogs, the food being
excellent. CLANS make good fertil-
izer,
Three Ridges Here
The shells taken from the Baraboo
are nearly all three ridges" while
''mucketIs" are sometimes found in
other streams. The value of the shell
depends, not upon how thick it is, but
upon how thin. The shells at Baraboo
are very CnlCK.
The twenty tons taken at Baraboo
have been sold at $25 ton
Finds Small Fortune
One Of the luckiest fishermen in the
BarabOO camp is Frank Griffin. He
once brought forth a pearl from the
Mississippi that sold for $500, and a
little later was worth $4,000. Mr.
and Mrs. Griffin have a fine home at
LynXville, between the bluff and the
river, as the result of the find. Mr..
Griffin is a venerable fisherman, hav-
ing been engaged in the business for
about twenty years.
At BarabOo the tent of Mr. and Mrs.
Griffin was c0zy when visited, a stove
furnishing the heat They enjoy good
books and live a most comfortable life.
They have fshed on the White, Grand,
Mississippi, Baraboo, Fox and Wabash
rivers.
Eighty Tons in Five Weeks
One of the largest hauls was from
the Fox river, eighty tons being taken
in five weeks. This was at Eureka,
and the shells sold for S38 ton.
s In the past shells have ranged in
price from $3.50 to $44 ton. The
price depends upon the demand and
quality.
At the factory the shells go into
machines, buttons come forth, and the
refuse is sold for chicken grit.
Clam Is LowIy
The clam is lowly creature The
only way he can more is to stick out
his foot, apply a little suction and
draw himself along at a snail pace.
He has no jaws, teeth, eyes, ears, nose
or stomach of any consequence. They
are sensitive to vibrations, and some
think they have rudimentary organs
which enable them to distinguish light
from darkness. This is a mooted
question.
The sixteen persons in camp at Bar
aboo are from MontellO, LynXv1lle,
Princeton and Lake City. They in
clude:
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Vanderbilt.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry PAIL.
Mr.. and Mrs Ray Sutton and son
Clifford.
Mr. and Mrs. Manford Sappington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs G. o. Allen.
Andrew Huffman.
William r. Gilman.
Roy Gilman.
Lloyd E. Griffin.
Bernard Sommers.
Roy Griffin.
Fred PAIL.
In a day or so they will fold their
tents and depart fer their winter
homes or other fields, again to try
their fortunes in some passing stream
where the clam remains invisible, yet
the loadstone to draw the adventur-
Gus hunter.
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