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Evening star., 1924-07-20
TRIED AND TRUE FISH LORE
teben Laeock Presents Reel of Tales Which Have Survived the
Fall of the EMPIRES OF the Earth and the Censorship

ME- summer fishing season is
now we'll under way. 1t has
seemed to me that 1t might
be of use to set down a few
or the more familiar fish stories,
that are needed by any one wanting
10 qualify as an angler. There Is no
copyright on these stories. since Me-
thusaleh first told them. Anybody who
wishes may learn them and make free
use of them.
will begin with the simplest and
best known. 1t is called:
The Story of the Fish That Was Lost.
THE circumstances under which the
story is best told are these: The
fisherman returns after his days out
ing with two friends. They carry
with them the paraphernalia of their
profession. The fisherman carries
also on a string a dirty-looking little
collection called by courtesy the
catch" None of these fish really
measures more than about seven and
a half inches long and four inches
round the chest.
The fSherman's wife and his wife's
sister and the young lady who is
staying with them come running to
meet the fishing party, giving cries
of admiration. In reality they would
refuse those specimens from butcher
ut cent and a half pound. But
they fall into ecstacies and they cry,
oh, aren't they beauties. Look at
tc
eight inches long: at least, it was
when they caught il. but it has been
shrinking ever since. Then il is that
the fisherman says, in a voice in
which regret is mingled with anima-
tion:
Yes. but say, you ought TO have
seen the one that We lost. We had
hardly let down our lines
But It may be interjected here that
all fishermen ought to realize that
the moment of danger is just when
you let down your line. That is the
moment when the fish will put up
all kinds of games on you. such as
rushing at you in a compact way so
fast that you can't take them in, or
selecting the largest of their mum.
her to snatch away one of our
rods.
We had hardly let down our lines"
says the fisherman, when Tom got
a perfect monster. That fish would
have weighed FIVE pounds-wouldn't
it Tom?"
Easily" says Tom.
We'll. Tom started to haul him in
and he yelled to Ted and me to get
the landing net ready and we had
him right up to the boat, right up
to the very boat" right up to the
boat" repeated Tom and Edward
sadly. when the line broke off and
biT. away he went. Say. he must
lave been two feet long, easily two
feet!"
Did you see him." asks the young
lady who is staying with them. This,
Of course, she has no right to ask.
It's not d fair question. Among peo-
pie who go fishing it is ruled out
You may ask if a fish pulled hard
and how much it weighed.
We could see where he was" says
Tom.
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made by Burnham a great force Of
Igorots and others was put to work.
The ground was cleared, the roads
were laid out. the city site chosen,
and places for the many camps,
residences and other picturesque
structures created. Today the whole
is one vast botanic garden, with
quaint buildings that just fit into the
surroundings.
I am writing this at the Baguio
Country Club. which is about two
miles from the heart of the city.
In front Of me is an eighteen-hole
golf course. A foursome Of Ameri-
cans is playing, with Igorot caddies
at their heels. Right under me,
dropping down into ravine, is
great sunken garden that runs half
way round the house. The flower
beds fall from terrace to terrace
The roadways are bordered with
flowers in walled beds of stone, and
geraniums, roses and pinks drop in
bright colored terraces far down the
canyon. Some Of the flowers are as
big as your head There are great
blue hydrangeas. long-brsnched bou--
Evening star., 1924-07-20
SISTERS

months every year to keep himself in
good health, and Baguio was chosen
as the best in the islands. The sub
ject was carefully canvassed by the
authorities at Washington and Ma
Mia, and on the advice of Gov. Taft
1t was decided to create here a sum-
mer capital, much as the English gov
ernment has done for it's Indian off,
Gals at Simla, in the Himalaya Noun
tlins
In order that the work might be
we'll done D. H. Burnham, the famous
landscape architect, was brought over
from the United States, and under
his directions was laid out the new
city. Burnham had already made the
plans for the world fair at Chicago
and for the new Washington. and his
fame had gone around the world. In
this connection also was laid out the
wonderful Benguet road from the sea-
coast to- the top of the mountains.
The plans proved a success, and to-
day we have here in the heart of
Evening star., 1924-07-20

the fun of it was she didn't know
anything about fishing. she just threw
the fish up inao the air and into the
boat Next day we got her a decent
rod with q reel and gave her a lesson
or two and then she didn't catch one"
/ may say with truth that i have
heard this particular story told not
only about a girl from Dayton. Ohio.
but about a girl from Kansas. a young
lady just out of England, about girl
fresh from Paris, and about another
girl. not fresh--the daughter of a
minister. In fact, IL 1 wished to make
sure Of real catch, 1 would select
girl from Paris or New York and
cut off some buttons and start to fish.
The stsry 81 What Was Found In
the Fish.
THE fishermen have landed on the
rocky shore beside the rushing
waterfall and are cleaning their fish
to cook them for the midday meal.
There is an obstinate superstition
that fish cooked thus taste better
than first-class kippered herring put
up in a tin in Aberdeen where they
know how. What Is more, all the
fishing party compete eagerly for tho
job of cutting the insides out of the
conte ent to leave that to anybody who
has to do 1t. But in the woods they
fight for the job.
So 1t happens that presently one of
the workers holds up some filthy spe-
cimen of something in his hand and
saws. Look at that. See what l
took out of the trout! Unless / mis-
take, it's part of deer's ear. The
deer must have stopped over fhe
stream to drink and the trout bit it
OFF"
At which omebody-whoever gets
in it first-says:
IT'S amazing what you find in hsh.
7 remember once trolling for trout.
the big trout. UP in Lake simcoe and
inst off Eight Mile Point we causht
a regular whopper. He had no scales
hut he weighed easily twenty POUNDS.
We cut him open on the shore after
ward. and. say, would you believe IT,
that fish had inside him brass
buckle-the whole of it-and part OF
a tennis shoe, and rain check from
a base ball game, and IS cents IN
change. 1t seems hard to account
for it, unless. perhaps. he'd been
swimming around some summer no
tel"
These stories. l repeat. may now
he properly narrated in the summer
fishing season But, of course, as all
fishermen know, the true time to tell
them Is round the winter fire, with
a glass of something warm within
easy reach, at a time when state
ments cannot be checked, when
weights and measures must not be
challenged and when fish grow to
their full size and their true beauty.
1t is to such stories as these. whether
told in summer or in winter, that
the immemorial craft of the angler
owes something of its continued
charm.
Copyright. 1921
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the latter. and it was not at all bad.
AS / rode up the hills, however,
congratulated myself on the car
thinking betimes how unfair it was
that Gov. Taft should have had to
carry his one-seventh Of a ton on
pony, while skinny I, who kicks the
beam at 110. should rest my lean
bones on comfortable cushions.
But the ride. I despair of showing
it's beauties. Seat yourself beside me
in the automobile and climb with me
up this Benguet road into the skies.
There is no better highway even in
Massachusetts. The road is macadam-
lied from one end to the other and it
is kept in perfect condition. AS we
go we shall meet half-naked lgorot
men and women dragging stones
from the cliffs and with rude ham
mers of steel breaking them inside
rings of hoop iron into bits the size
of a walnut. They are paid by the
cubic meter and receive just 80 cents
of our money for pounding to bits
a pile of stones heavier than two
horses could haul on our country
roads. The stones are afterward
crushed fine by machinery and steam
rollers, SO that the road is perfectly
smooth.
Here and there they are repairing
the walls In the heart Of the noun
tains the road is SO narrow that mo-
tor cars cannot pass, and as they
wind their way around the curves
skid might drop US into the rocky
canyons below. At such places walls
a foot wide and half as high as your
knee have been built, and there are
miles Of these walls on the way up.
We shall go over long wooden bridges
just wide enough for the car and
shall stop again and again at the
frequent gates to wait for the auto
mobiles coming down in order that
we may pass them at these wider
spaces. At each of the stations stands
a Filipino guard, who keeps clear the
traffic on the road above and below
by means of the telephone, and thus
prevents accidents.
The road is cut right out of the
cliffs, and at times it seems to hang
to the rock half way between the top
and the rushing river in the canyon
below. 1t follows the course of a
river, and that river is more winding
than the Jordan. which flows 900
miles in covering q distance that
could be crossed in 200 by airplane.
The Benguet road cost moro than
81, 900, 900. Il Is . little more than
90 miles long. which means an ex-
pense Of about 100000 per mile. 1t
is q veritabie highway OF gold.
We are in the Switzerland of the
Philippines. in the great western
mountains that wall one side of the
Cagayan valley. The hills are ragged
and rough. but they are covered
with green. At times they rise
straight into the clouds, heecy white
masses resting on their sides. There
arc no smooth spots anywhere. The
Evening star., 1924-07-20
CAUGHT SEVENTEEN TWENTY SEVEN WHILE THE REST
NOTHING7

Getting a nibble of course will ses
UP an excitement in any fishing party
that puts an end to all story telling
After they have got straight again
and the nibble has turned out to be
the botto." as all nibbles are, the
moment would be fitting for any one
to tell the famous story called:
Beginners Luck, or the Wonderful
Catch Made by the Narrator's
Wife's Lady Friend.
UTALKING of that big catch tina,
you made with the pants but
ton" says another of the anglers. who
really means that he is going to talk
of something else, reminds me o!
queer thing | saw myself. Wed
gone out fishing for pickerel. Fore
they call them up there in the Lake
OF the Two Mountains. We had a
couple of big rowboats and we'd
taken along my wife and the ladies
along-I think there were eight OF
us. or nine, perhaps. Anyway II
doesn't matter. Well, there was a
young lady there from Dayton, Ohio
and she'd never fished before: in fact
she'd never been in a boat before;
don't believe she'd ever been near
the water before"
All experienced listeners know now
what is coming. Observe the geo.
graphical position of Dayton, Ohio, fal
from the water and shut in every
where by land. Any. prudent fish
would make and sneak for shelter If
he knew that a young lady from Day
ton. Ohio was after him.
well. this girl got an idea that
she'd like to fish and we'd rugged ur
a line for her just tied on to a cedar
pole that we cut in the bush. Dc
you know you'd hardly believe that
girl had hardly got her line into the
water when she got a monster.
We yelled to her to play it or she q
lose it. but she just heaved it up into
the air and right into the boat. She
caught seventeen. or twenty-seven.
forget which, one after the other
while the rest Of us got nothing. And
Evening star., 1924-07-20
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

BAGC1O.
IMAGINE that you are jumping into
an airplane in the city of Wash
ington. shoot up to ten times the
height of the Washington Monu-
ment. turn the machine SO that it
faces the sun at its setting, and
guide it into the west. You can cas-
lily make speed of one hundred
miles an hour. and within four days
YOU will strike the exact place where
l am writing. It's Baguio, the sum-
mer capital of the Philippine Islands,
on the top of the mountains of north
ern Luzon.
My altitude is just about one mile
above the level of the sea. a climb
that has conquered the heat of the
equator and turned the tropics to the
temperate zone. In Manila I swell
tered at night under a mosquito net
cover. Here l am chilled with any
thing less than blanket, and the
life-blood of a climate like ours again
flows through my veins. The very
air here is filled with champagne In
Manila, in contrast with this, every
breath was as fiat as stale beer.
The nation owes this place to Will
liam H. Taft. He discovered it when
he was governor of the islands He
then weighed a third more than he
does now, and tipped the beam at
more than 500 pounds. At that time
he was fair, fat and not much over
forty, but the hot sun of Manila made
him ill., and he cabIed Elihu Root,
who was Secretary of War. begging
to be allowed to come home. That
was just preceding the presidential
convention of 1904. Taft was a popu-
lar hero, and | am told that both
Roosevelt and Root thought he was
safest out of the country. At any
rate, they cabled Gov. Taft that it
seemed necessary for the good of the
islands for him to hold his job until
after the election. They advised him
to take vacation in the best climate
nearby and see if he could not regain
his health.
Gov. Taft then investigated the
high spots of this country, and as a
result took a ship, steamed north, and
landed on the Gulf nf Lingayen. -.ere
be 90 an OutIt anu Toue over Tic
winding trail through the jungle to
this place in the mountains. His
health improved almost immediately,
and he cabled Secretary Root:
Root,
secretary of War.
washington, d. c.
Have arrived at Baguio after
three hard days up the mountain on
ponyback. My health is already
greatly improved.
(Signed) TAFT.
The next day over the wires under
the wide Pacific Ocean came the fol-
lowing:
Taft. ...
Governor General,
"Philippine Islands.
But how is the pony?
(Signed) ROOT.
At that time the Filipinos had not
begun to talk independence. and II
seemed as though we would have to
hold the islands for many years be-
fore the natives would be fit to gov
ern themselves. 1t was necessary to
have some place where the white man
on tho job could go for several
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ifu Summer Capital of Philippines Roof of the World

on the hills about are picturesque
structures OF one kind or another.
Away up in the clouds is the massive
rest house of the Dominican friars,
to which the Arch bishop of Manila
comes now and then for the season
A half dozen mission stations have
beautiful homes in the hills, and
there are dormitories for the
y. NJ. c A and the knights OF
Columbus. The latter body has a
large house in the town. Among the
Protestant churches represented are
the Presbyterian. Episcopalian, Meth
odist and the United Brethren. All
have here beautiful homes, for their
summer vacation, and all are doing
good work in the islands.
There is also a camp for the school
teachers. with gardens and play
grounds. This is composed of social
halls. mess halls of wood and tents
of brown khaki. The American
teachers have their own quarters.
and the Filipinos are on the other
side of the ravine just over the way
More than two miles from the city
is camp John Hay. with its great
dormitory for the Army and Navy
Its head is Maj. Adam Garfinkel, who
has made a great success with his
Igorot soldiers. These camps are
delightful and the air puts new life
into the soldiers.
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THE mayor Of the city is also the.
city engineer. He has complete
authority over everything, and this
results in the roads, gardens and
buildings being kept in almost per
feet condition. There is no town in
the United States that is better kept
than Baguio.
The city owns all the public utiIi-
ties. 1t operates the electric light.
the water supply, the telephones and
the pail and garbage systems, which
| take the place of the sewers. 1t has
an incinerator where all the sewage
and refuse of the city are burned. 1t
| has an ice factory and rock crushers
| run by a hydro-electrIc plant. The
roads are given a fresh coating OF
stone every few weeks.
| sema drove US over a ridge into an
! QLnSr SeHIl-clICulaG valley
| beautiful as that in which Baguio
| lies. This is devoted to gardening
and farming. The Japanese and Chi
nese have cut a great part of il into
| truck patches where they raise straw
| berries, lettuce, cabbages, string
| beans, tomatoes, potatoes and other
! fruits and vegetables for the mar
kets of Manila and for sale to the
Americans in the region about. They
use Igorot labor. The soil is rich,
and all the vegetables of the temper
| ate zone are grown here in the heart
| of the tropics.
In another part of the valley is the
| Igorot farm school established by the
government. 1t is little republic
| that elects its own rulers, has it's own
police, and Furnishes all infraction of
| the law. There are a hundred or 50
boys here at work. Each day they
spend four hours in the classroom
and four hours in farming, one hour
of which is allotted 10 work for them
selves. Each boy sells what he raises
and receives the money for himself.
The produce usually goes to the Chi
nese and Japanese, and is shipped by
them to Manila
| Carpenters World Travels Copyright. i92il
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
MAY DIE FOLLOWING BLOW
 WITH SHOT GUN
w. l.. Vest Believed Fla tally Injured By
 Young Boy

W. l.. West, aged farmer, residing on the Camp Andrews road, IA miles south of Birmingham, was probably fatally injured when he was struck over the head with a shotgun, said to have been wielded by Clarence Clark resident of the same neighborhood.
 Clark and his brother, Fuss Clark, were both arrested by government of ficers, Clements, Fowler and Buckner and are being held in the county jail
 Clarence Clark is charged with as sault with intent to murder. Fuss Clark is facing a charge of conspiracy to vlo- late the prohibition law, but he IS not being held in the assault case, officers stating that he was wanted on several whisky charges.
 The fight was the result of an argu- ment over some hogs, the participants told officers Friday night. Officers de clare they believe Clark attacked Vest because he informed them Of alleged distilling.
 Vest was removed to the Hillman hospital. His condition is considered critical and attendants are doubtful oi his recovery, they stated.
 The attack occurred in front of the two boys home where Vest had gone to get shotgun and pistol he had loaned the Clark boys. After securing his weapons Clarence Clark and Vest started an argument and Clark is said to have grabbed the gun from Vest't hand and struck him across the head twice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
ORDERS IN SIGHT
 FOR STEEL RAIL
 CHEER DISTRICT
Carriers Believed Ready To Puchase 2,5OO,OOO
 Or More Tons

That railroads in the United States plan to enter the market during Sep tember for 2,5O00O0 tons of steel rail was the hopeful information received in Birmingham Friday by brokers and others interested in industrial activ- ities. It was stated that the tonnage will prove to. be the sole needed devel- opment remaining to bring about a complete optimism in industrial circles and start the districts from Birming- ham to Chicago tie upward grade. |. was stated that the Illinois Central railroad had started the ball to rolling by asking quotations on 60,O00 tons of rails over and above the requirements for which arrangements have already been made.
 These orders contemplate only domestic consumption and do not take into account any orders which may be received from the Orient through Nit sui & Go. of New York, which firm of Japanese buyers have always mani feSted the deepest and friendliest inter- est in Ensley steel. It is stated that there is now in process of arrange ments, inquiries from the Orient for a substantial tonnage.
 This report is also independent of the tonnages included in orders that are being placed now for ears and other equipment involving steel of a substantial tonnage. If the steel mar ket shows the improvement indicated by the hest informed of industrial men not only here but elsewhere, 1924 will prove to be most satisfactory year in Birmingham and the prospects for 1925 will have taken on vivid hue, industrial leaders declare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
WALES PLAYS POLO
 IN WIND AND RAIN
Prince ReprOves Guard Who Would Halt Photographer

SYOSSETT, N. r., Sept 5.-Under cloudy skies and in a chilly wind, the Prince of Wales today played his fifth polo game in six days, giving six of his ponies a thorough workout. A light rain fell during the last two periods, and the prince returned from the field in downpour.
 There were no crowds this time to trouble the royal visitor and as he swung down from n pony, took off his spurs and stood in a light brown sweater and riding clothes smoking a cigarette between chukkers, only his attendants and Major Matcalfe, his equerry, stood near him.
 As the prince walked to his motor car, one of the ubiquitous photograph CTS stepped from behind hedge and got to work. Inspector Burt of Scotland Yard started toward the cam eraman. q don't mind, Burt" said the prince, turning to stop his secret service guard.
 The inspector glanced reproyingly at the photographer and contented him self with the remark: You're imposing on his generosity"
 The heir to the throne does not ap- pear to object seriously to being phOtO- grapher so long as the cameramen are not the forefront of a pressing and curious crowd. When almost alone, as he was today, he frequently let's the photographers fire away to their hearts content.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-06
tBy Associated Press)

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. B. Lieut.. Lowell H. Smith, com mander of the army world flight, and his two cornpan- ions, Lieut.. Erik H. Nelson and Lieut.. Leigh Wade, were forced down by fog in Casco bay today in their flight from Pictou, N. s. Their planes were not damaged and the flight to Boston thus inter Irupted will be concluded to- morrow, if the weather is fa- vorable.
 The fliers came ashore at Mere Point, near Brunswick, and arranged to spend the night at summer cottages Lieutenant Smith said that he planned to get under way again between g and 10 | o'clock tomorrow morning, IudylIkuL LlIIlC.
 Fog Thickens. The flight started at Pictou this morning with good weather but as the planes came down the Bay of Fundy and headed along the Maine coast the fog began to bother them. They were forced to fly low most of the way, at times not more than 150 feet above the water.
 Over the telephone tonight Lieuten- ant Smith gave to The Associated Press brief account of the experience of the fliers.e
 "We ran into fog most of the way down the coast" he said. When we reached Casco Bay it was dense, but we hoped we could make cur way along little farther in the thought that we might strike clear weather. It couldnt be done and we looked around for a landing place.
 Make Easy Landing.
 After circling about the bay for while we discovered good place near Mere Point. We made an easy landing at $40 p. m. daylight time and anchored so near shore that we had no difficulty in getting on dry land, our first actual touch with United States soil since we left Seattle.
 "We are all very glad to be here. We have been working long time to get here. It seems good to be back with our people again."
 Mere Point is between Harpswell and Brunswick. It is long narrow neck of sand with only few cottages scattered about. It is about 20 miles from Portland. Jutting out into a section of the bay dotted with islands. The cottagers welcomed the aviators and offered them shelter for the night.