The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-25

seemed to have gained in strength.
and as the afternoon wore on. II
got hotter and hotter. Finally. at
$50, we sighted a farm house. the
first one in many miles. although
we had seen a few perched on the
sides of those bleak hills. Putting
in. weary and so hot. we found no
one at home, but decided they
would be back soon and sat down
In the shade Of a tree to await
their coming.
Louise Cracks"
BY this time Louise was so hot.
so tired. so hungry. so sunburned.
that she just sat there and cried.
Said she didn't know enough euss
words 10 use in a case like this.
Here she had been on the river for
almost two months and then to
end day burned tired, and drip
ping II was disgusting.
But after a little while she felt
refreshed, and when the man of
the house finally turned up. her
usual gay spirit had returned and
our would-be host lost no time In
offering US a place to cook and
sleep.
Fortunately. he had stove out
side in the shade Of the house, so
preparing the dinner wasn't the
torture that had been anticipated.
Then he insisted we take his bed.
while he slept with his partner,
who was off downriver fishing.
White Man Can't Vote
This ranch was right on the edge
of the Cheyenne reservation and
boosted a rather unique distinc-
ton. Its owner was the only
white man living in the county.
In fact, with exception Of q few
wandering Indians. he was the
only person living in the county. !
The county has no postoffices. no |
roads. no courthouse, not even q
village. This poor fellow, living
there alone most OF the time. was
not even a voter.
There was nothing TO vote for,
even in a national election, he
could not vote In another county
and still maintain his residence. 1t
WAS an odd situation. The man
was approaching middle age and
he had never voted for anything
in his life.
They See Juggling"
This spot was the first place /
where we had actually seen Jug
ging operations being used for
commercial fishing. We had /
heard a great deal about that par
ticular method Of fishing for chan
mel catfish long before we started
our trip, but we hadn't expected
to see any of it before we reached
the lower river. Juggling Ia a
rather simple, but apparently high f
ly effective way of hooking the
elusive cat.
Ordinary gallon jugs are used
A line is tied TO the handle and
the hook baited with whatever the
fish happen TO be biting on at that
time. 1t happened TO be big green,
wingless grasshoppers when we
were there.
A half dozen jugs were taken
upriyer by the mans partner and .
set loose. The second man in an /
other boat watched for them as
they came down, while the first
followed to make sure that none i
were caught by bsckws'ers or the
lines snagged.
Cats" Sluggish
We saw this operation twice and .
out Of II jugs set loose seven were
brought in with catfish on them. /
None Of them were very large.
mostly from two 10 three pounds.
We have heard innumersbls fish +
stories about the sire OF these
channel cats and neither Of us
knows just what 10 believe. The
largest we have seen 70 date was
Is pounds.
Another thing that disappointed
US was the sluggishness Of these
fish. They can't, by any stretch
OF Imagination, be called game
fish. or even the larger ones can I
be pulled in without any trouble.
In fact, most Of the fishermen We
have run across use only a heavy
white cord for a line.
But there 10 no fish In the world .
more delectsbIe than the channel