Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-02-13
THE PACIFIC SLOPE


sort of burlesque on secret orders. It
is always good, as they have good
singing and musical numbers as well
as funny stunts. Next time you have
to be up with the baby 1880 to 1900
D. m. Pacific time, which is two hours
earlier than yours, tune in 492 meters
some Friday night and hear the Hoot
Owls with me. If you hear them you
you at once are eligible to send in
your name for membership, free OF
charge, and get card OF member
ship. / saw in the notes OF the Sun
day Oregonian that someone in Ian
caster had written in he had heard
the station.
When the American Federation OF
Labor met in Portland last fall, I
heard Samuel Gompers speak three
times over the radio, twice from the
City Auditorium, and once when he
was initiated ilto the Hoot Owls by
riding Sweet William. We often hear
distinguished speakers over the radio.
i When the late President Harding was
/ here last Fourth OF July, his speech
was broadcast all over the northwest
from the speakers stand on MultRo-
NAH field, though | heard and saw
him on the field personally. His voice
|
fiers so the most distant persons
could hear him distinctly. Others
hear him in homes in the city and
surrounding country by radio. 1t is
surely a wonderful discovery, and I
believe is destined to be great edu-
cational factor in the future.
Thoughts Stray to Lancaster.
/ have almost regretted sometimes
/ T Wy
of the business failures, deaths OF
prominent people and other adverse
| happenings since l left. 1t has seem
| ed l must be to blame to some extent
for all the calamities. | suppose
when one is away from their former
associates, one notices the ravages OF
time more than when in their midst,
What changes a few years make when
one looks backward.
| Well, / will not bore you any long
| er, but close with the excuse that /
seemed to have letter in my system
that l had to inflict on someone and
as / had something against you,
would take it out on you and save
someone else the pain of reading it.
l have not written it for publication
so save OTHERS the agony of read
| ing it. The check is all that will
probably interest anyone, and that is
yours alone of course.
| Respectfully yours,
l.. G. WHEELER.
A Capital Fish Story.
BY the way, / forgot to tell you my
fish story. l see by the Herald many
of you Lancasterites are disciples OF
Izaak Walton. About this time OF
year a certain small salt water fish
called smelt come up the Columbia
river to spawn. They crowd into the
small streams running into the Co
lumbia in such numbers that thous-
ands of people go out from the city
to the small streams, and especially
one crossing the Columbia River
Highway, called Sandy River, and
bring the smelt back by the bagful.
They take buckets, pans, bags or any
thing they can dip with and dip them
out of the stream by the millions. The
streams are practically full with
them. Last year one man comiI
back with a bagful1 on his running
| board, lost them, and the following
autos skidded on the fish and sever
al people were badly hurt by the
autos skidding into each other. A
couple of our neighbors had more
than they could use so gave us some,
and we had more than we could eat,
and | had to bury some Of them in the
garden. Then another nefghlbor tried
to give us some more. / think
cleaned 40 smelt at one time, so we
got full up with suelt.
| Rivers and Roads COngeSted.
They are small fish about like the
sinners of Wisconsin, but have few
bones, and they can be stripped out
easily when cooked And they are
good eating for meal or two, wheA
enough is too much. My, you ought
to see the eggs that come out OF the
female smelt. There appear to mil
lions of eggs in one little fish. l am
told there are so many autos out in
the neighborhoOd Of the streams that
| it is difficult to find a place to park
car, and / do know that traffic off,
/ GERS are sent out to take care of the
congestion. Last year for several
days they had to route the outgoing
autos and incoming ones by different
roads to prevent accidents. l should
like to see the sight, but it is too faT
for ''Shank's Mares"
A Rare Sight for Fishermen.
Another sight for fishermen would
| be the Portland fish market, where all
varieties of fish are displayed and
sold, and they cut salmon cross wise
into steaks six to eight inches across.
| The market is some sight, as most of
the stores and stalls have no windows
! or doors either winter or summer.
Every kind of meat, fish and vegeta-
BILE are sold there, and thousands do
their marketing at that place. One
can see everything eatable on display.
| Finis.
L. G. W.