The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-23
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81 Ways
by Chuck Rattle

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/ by Chuck Rattle
Lakeside Soliloquay-
Well, Birch Lake claimed your re-
porter's attention for the day Sum
day. Enjoying the kind Of food one
likes at the lake. And one Of
those lackadazical days when an at
ternoon siesta is not only q good
thing, it's q necessity. A recent
invasion Of army worms has made
things a bit uncomfortable for the
natives there. The crawling things
are slithering around on the trees
and brush. Peculiarly thus far
they have chosen only Eastwood
trees on which to feast, but they're
doing q nice job of that. Ma
tives say that it's been some years
since the army invaded the lake
shore. Then they hung from the
trees, literally dripped onto passers-
by below.
About this time each year
your correspondent, yielding to
call Of the open, picks up nice
:sunburn. Perhaps it's an innate
quality Of the human race, since
sun worshipping has been with
us since the beginning Of man.
. Despite perennial warnings
from the learned ones, we still
our own counsel keep and
with q saw, I don't burn; 1
brown" are OF TO worship the
sun and it's rays. Well, L
was smart Sunday. 1 exposed
the hide only few short min
utes Came out with out
that furnace-like heat I'm
rather proud of myself. -.
And fishing? Well, far be 1t from
me to brag, and you will soon see
I have nothing to brag about. But
fishing was elegant, to be conser-
vative. The pickerel were hit
ting all day long. When you got
tired Of lazing about the shade OF
the porch, a few minutes out on
the lake would snare for you a fish.
Junior Vandesteeg and his cous-
in. Franklin, who piled out OF the
hay at s a m. to go a-fishin', came
back at II with Is. Me brudder,
Jim. caught four, and G. III. Van
,desteeg and Ed Rattle were on the
pole end of a nice catch. And
your correspondent caught one.
While Bob Van rowed the boat. .
Wasn't that ducky. -.
For several years now the Birch
Lake resorters have endeavored to
maintain level on the Little lake.
One year a dock would be fine,
the next submerged under water.
). A dam was erected to keep
the flow constant. One year 1t Is
reported some Of the boys blew up
the dam. This year the ap-
proaches washed out, and the lakes
going down again. Sunday the
boys were out at the dam fixing 1t
up again. ...
/ Life a-plenty-Sportsmen here
are predicting one of the most
abundant stands Of wild life this
fall In many years. Wills
Dahlem, who has followed the
subject q number of years, says
that ducks, deer and other game
are really hitting this section.
.. And Birch Lake cottager,
Mr.. Shaver, federal game war
den for more than twenty years,
saws there are more nesting
ducks this spring tnan in quite
a spell. MIR. Shaver, who has
spent his vacations In this reg
ion for several years, retired
from active service in March.
Observations-Jim Pang b u n
picked up a few pointers on track
form when he attended the other
day the N.C.A.A. track meet at the
University of Minnesota. Jim
will probably be setting up in his
back yard a high jump outfit and
practice the form he witnessed in
these college boys. Like good
hosts they are, Minnesota failed
miserably in the tryouts. One
Californian remarked that Mime
sofa weather was just like Califor-
mia. Fie on him, such blasphemy.
If the California tourist bureau
hears that, he'll be ostracised. :.
One of the largest crowds N.C.A.A.
ever drew watched the event at the
stadium. Jim observed that this
boy Woodruff, Pittsburgh, had a
stride of nearly eleven feet.
That Woolcott, Rice, was the only
boy who took first in two events.
and that he wins in final squirt.
Watch those negro boys float
around, their dark skins glistening,
and you "feel like plowhorse," Jim
said. Those lads really have a
lot of grace. =. Worlds records fell
by the wayside here. :. Mehl, Wis