The Clio messenger., 1919-07-17

family or friends, to Argentine Lake,
upon the shores of which our good
friend, William Rose, formerly resid-
ing near Clio and well known to
many of our readers, owns fine
farm of 130 acres and makes his
home.
Mr.. Rose had very kindly invited
US to visit him, hence our presence
here, and while we had seen a por-
ton of the lake many years ago, it
was but small portion, and we had
no idea it was the magnificent body
of water we have found it to be.
The editor and his sons, Thomas
and Eben, formed the camping party
that pitched its tent, Monday morn
ing, on a nice wooded little peninsu-
la belonging to Mr.. Rose. Fishing
was, of course, the first order of
business and your humble servant
was soon made aware thst he is not
much of a fisherman because the
boys beat him all hollow. They
threshed around and walloped their
lines into the water, just by way of
advertising. their presence, as Tom
said, but in spite of all they caught
eighteen or twenty fish to the scribe's
one and had all kinds of fun doing
it. They were not big fish, to be
sure; they were the "punkin seeds"
and bluegills of boyhood days and it
brought back memories of many a
good time, in the long ago to see the
bobbers duck under and the boys
haul them in.
And along bout sundown four
good size stones were gotten togeth-
er, the wind famed into a quick
flame the fire that had been started
between them, and the frying pan
was sending out savory odors that be-
tokened fish supper. Let us wind
up the whole description of this part
of the business by saying the sup
per was fine and that not a scrap re-
mained Of the catch except the bones.
In the experiences of the moment
we forgot the eternal grind Of all the
press days that might stretch before
us when once we should get back to
business. 1t was really a sort of anti
dote to the printing business.
In the early evening Mr.. Rose
brought a lunch over and gave us
ride around the lakes, for there
are several of them all joined to-
gether by channels, comprising $500
acres in all. The shores are high and
clean, as a general thing, there are
several wooded islands, and a wealth
of timber around all the shores such
as we have never seen around any
other lake in Michigan. One man
owns several hundred acres of this
wooded shore line, tract which alone
is capable of providing space for
hundreds of charming summer homes.
We have seen the beauties of other
inland lakes in Michigan, we have
seen the splendors of Mackinac and
the lake region of the Adriondacks,
but as we viewed this placid body of
water, coming upon one shining ex-
panse after another, with the wooded
shores mirrored in its bosom, and the
setting sun reflecting it's crimson
glory as finishing touch, we
thought we had never seen anything
more beautiful in nature. The place
is growing rapidly in public favor
and only the difficulty of procuring
labor has prevented a big building
program this season. There is also
here one of the largest and best de-
veloped water power sites in the state
and we were told that Henry Ford,
the great auto manufacturer, has
been here several times to look it
over. Mr.. Roses land, much of it, is
lake frontage and suitable for plat
ting into lots. More another time.
The Editor.