The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-29
EDITOR PLAYS PART
OF ISAAC WALTON
Being the Purported Accurate and
Truthful Narrative of North Da-
kota Editor Touring the Mime.
sofa Lakes.

his fertile brain might conjure, we
herewith append his narrative, al ilb:
Star Lake, Dent, Mimi, July IL.
This is Sunday and as fish are never
presumed to bite on Sunday, ! will
write few lines, trusting it will not
find its way into the waste basket.
Star Lake is located 20 miles south
of the famous Detroit summer lake
resort, and is just the place for one
to spend few weeks, providing one
is looking for real outing. There
are more than 10000 recorded lakes
in Minnesota, besides many small ones
that the geographers have not taken
the trouble to record, and 1000 OF
those lakes are located in Ottertail
county where we are at present.
In selecting a lake which would just
suit us. I read volumes of literature
and spent several days gazing at the
map. l might just as well have saw
ed myself the trouble by coming to
Star Lake in the first place,
This lake is just 1862 miles from
Minot. A fast driver like c. A: ClaPp
or Lawrence Eby could make the trip
in little over day. 1t took Frank
Taylor with his auto trailer and my
self from Monday morning at lO
o'clock until Thursday afternoon to
get here-but we drove rather SLOW
", stopped each evening at z o'clock
and set up camp, and got late start
in the morning. Mr.. Taylor and fam
ily were very comfortable in their
trailer tent and Mrs. Colcord and my
self were as snug as two bugs in
rug in our Stoll auto tent. We car
ried everything camper needs, IN
GLIDING a two burner collapsible gas
stove, refrigerator basket and plenty
of "eats". had promised to do the
cooking and started out to do it in
rather awkward fashion, but after the
first two or three meals, Mrs. Z: re-
lieved me of the job and l have been
second cook ever since.
1 had mislaid my recipe book and
one gets tired even OF bacon and eggs
when served three times a day.
Found wonderful crops through
North Dakota and Minnesota, much
wheat looks like 40 bushels. Roads
were good all the way. We found the
best ones in Barnes county near VAL
lev City. Enroute here we camped
the first night in Fessenden, and the
second night at Bordulac, where Perry
Hodge, an old Mnot grain man lives.
Perry and his wife were away on a
motor trip to Minnesota. The third
night we camped in Casselton. In
ouired for night camp and We're told
| thatAwe might camp back of the city
Jail. Nothing doing. So many towns
fail to provide night camps Tor auto
tourists. A good night camp creates
fine impression and surely pays. :,
You will expect me to tell good
fish story. July is MT the best month
for fishing, but at Star Lake we have
caught ten times as many. as we could
use. We pulled five kinds Of fish out
the first day, including black bass,
rock bass, bull heads, sun fish and
pickerel. What better could fisher
man ask? When fish bite too readily
it ceases to be much sport.
We found wonderful little hotel at
Star Lake, run by Mr.. and Mrs. Jae..
ger, old friends Of Louis Volmer OF
Minot. They serve the best meals
in the world for only so cents. Waf-
| files with Maple syrup made from
| from sap taken from the many maple
trees that surround the lake are sery-
ed in abundance for breakfast while
for dinner there's likely to be one OF
friend Jaeger's Rhode Island chick
ems and there's always fish for supper,
any old kind of fish your want, fried
to kings taste; hot biscuits, creaned
potatoes, cake and whipped cream,
coffee with thick real cream, milk from
the herd of Holstein cows, and rad
ishes and onions fresh from the gar
den. Asked how he could serve a
meal like this for fifty cents, Mr.. Jae-
ger replied that he raised most OF the
food himself, so it didn't cost him any
thing. know that Otto Ellison
will be sorry when he learns of the
many good things he missed by not
coming. There are loads OF goose
berries, raspberries, strawberries, etc.
growing wild on the lake shore.
Pheasants, rabbits, squirrels, and chip
hunks in the thick underbrush. Ferns
and white and yellow water lilies for
table decorations. Was ever state
more favored than Minnesota, with it's
ideal summer Fairgrounds? One
meets so many congenial people, all
bent on good time, away from care
and toll for few weeks, storing up
energy which will come in good play
later. "A preacher lIOll WdeoacHuoC.es'
here on six weeks vacation, DR..
Ewing and family, from Wheaton,
MINI. The doctor fears his patients
will all get we'll during his absence.
The Doctors Mayo of Rochester have
cottage along this lake for use OF
the hospitals corps of physicians. A
millionaire stove manufacturer from
st. Louis has a gorgeous summer
home here which he always occupies
during the month of August.
Minot people are well and favorab!y
known here: The natives are still
talking about the perfect casting Of
the Doctors Pence. They like to tell
about Billy McHugh and his wife and
wonder if Billy has learned any new
songs. They showed me the spring
where Lew Volmer cooled his 2 per
cent. They have little use for the
spring now and are talking Of filling
it up.
We will be off for Park Rapids in
the morning to join Rev. P. ". Erick-
son for few days. sport at his beau
tiful summer home amid the pines.
Then well visit Itaska Park, where