South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-01
Flint and Fish
at Nearby Lakes
BY ELSIE ROGERS.

lake is a large or small body OF water and some
thing more 1t is place to get wet in when the
is hot; place which fair skins burn and
dark tan. 1t is place where get
Inspiration for fish stories and catch fish. Some
people go to lakes for the summer time and so
on Sundays when they get the chance Ice grows on
the lake in the winter and water lilies in the sum-
Boats race canoes glide and men propose, all
the lake
Lakes are like chanFeable silk and come blues
and green's. A lake might be compared to a lady IN
n blue dress a white cap and with danger in her eye.
For lakes treacherous.
Poets always have had poetic feelings about lakes.
There THE Lady of Lake by Scott The Lake"
BY George Moore and a great many which, like
Slevenson's river, dow forever
But at lake is pleasant place to be 1t is fun to
60 swimming three times day. to eat lot OF fish
and so to the local dances 1t is fun TO be awakened
by birds and hushed to sleep by bul-frogs Lake
firtations dull and furnish material for
the lake gossips.
1t would never do to name all of the advantages
a lake and of the disadvantages. Mosquitoes
are good resorters but poor neighbors Too most cot
tages occupied with mice we'll Then
there the smelly old oil stove and the lack Of bright
lights. 1t makes people wonder whether lake is
worth the trouble. The children must be watched
carefully than when they play with hose in
the back yard at home.
TOO MUCH COMPANY.
Company is of the drawbacks Of n lake. II
would not be bad If all OF your friends did
come at They drive by carload
bring their friends along Often they come just for
a swim but they always forget their towels their
caps Others for Sunday and their hostess
spends the day frying fish the smoky
d
The lakes around which South Bend people admire
the sunsets Diamond lake, Indian lake, Hudson
lake Bass lake. Wawasee lake, Maxinkuckee lake,
Koontz lake. Barron lake and other lakes besides
Lake Michigan.
There few lakes be mentioned, mys-
ferrous lakes where secreive fishermen go and catch
Il blue-gis in five minutes. This the kind lake
that has no bottom and which only old boat
floats half full Of water OF there are great
big black snakes and turtles that snap lines
where in the lake turks a monster, nobody
just what kind, maybe, Chinese dragon 0 Jonah
whale But il is there because honorable men
il.
NAMED FOR SETTLERS
About each lake the old settlers for whom
the lakes named. Sam Koontz has run the old
grandfathers for miles hauled grain
with oxen when they boys
Maxnkuckee lake named old Indian chiefs.
Max and Kuckee. The lake itself contested prop
erty, but after many battles they d
gave the lake its present name, Maxinkuckee.
Some years ago Bass lake held enough
credit TO its but only old fishermen like Abner
Hay still find them out Mr.. Hay has a notable
lection Of arrows, snake skins a canoe
The arrows all deadly poison but the very
inviting.
At Indian lake there is a spot known as Tuttles
landing. Mr.. futile built the steamboat OF
lake and his hobby is collecting guns Revovers pis-
tolls, shot-guns "BB" guns and squirt guns are
among his trophies
Yes, lake is a large or small body of water and
something more