The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-09-28
George was hauling him down-not up!

ts%9, x, the ss stass side sas Of f1s the Ri river r.. He sf, worked along until he was about
Judd l.. figured CURED it t. as caught to on :. a snas on the river bottom:
and rowea n TO get their bait. But . thu way back, Judd be.
line and decided to have a try at diving for it.
Ind The ss river "a was was only s: about about IA feet deep at low tide and all the clothes
the knees. III He took off his his b o ooat ). and nd then the TT tied pIt the t BOATS q anchor s@ . rop ae
t al his f waist lsfs and gave ave the ct other dre end to &C George xs ,S Croft to hold; That rope
even in June, and if Judd got a cranp he wanted George to be able to
aaS "a the "a things Gpl Is Go "s us 'e most me fG hsr "a We rig up FOL 0"F safety
Judd Finds Where His Line Is Snagged.
where seo it SSs sna as i0'G He A fou nds th sed p sss'" AN Hor aa ws his T y 5s" 'e
STUMP smMan. rolled hnSas downstream Nn sre~n by z the , current. had lodged on top of it Judd
surface; The only thing he could do now was to cut the line n each
i E,f Of hs the au stS"n as sna save a much of it as possible Taking his fishing
He reached the bottom, cut the line on one side, and then,
ater rising ia the surface for another breath of air. he went
down again: But this Time he msealculated his distance. He
reached bottom o the wrong side of the stump and had to work
his around it. That took a few precious seconds" says
at last l found the line. cut it quickly. doubled my knees under
m lie and shot toward the surface"
Anchor Rope Caught on Bottom.
then But 1'o0 9uSd S ajdnt 4 r isf , bs i 1Gh se 5 hs s s9 d up h about 1"ts five 4 feet. and and
scared scaHs h1 Judo 3D. The TT EFF first st thing agn ! though hv he . says; Twas that a large
for the largest squid 1 have eve seen weighed only a pound and a half
w "a t% noGx was h eH s ne say k mos it mast t bs c aush1F on r09 fc fea '0 my ny
I grasped it and hauled myself downward, hand over hand"
Judds lungs yer aching nov The air was gone out of them,
and he knew it would be a long time before he could unangle
~ ma dong is BET to- IN o ne feet o %G rp he see maes like MS se. us
t heart ao a n psstns se n ao hs hsad s "a spinnin in th AT las, he reached
As he reached the snag' the rope suddenly frightened, drawing him
u p close against e stump. Y p IN the Dat George Croft had picked
that moment to become alarmed and try to haul Judd out If the watcr.
And with the rope caught in the snag, George was hauling him down
instead of uptown to his death!
Judd began to struggle. But the rp only pulled him
closer to the stump. 1t W a SO tight that Judd couldn't possibly
free 1t frOm the snag. Int there weren't many o seconds
left in which he'd be able to free it. His lungs we're bursting
and his stomach felt a if it were turning inside out. He began
swallowing water-and at that moment he thought of the knife he
had brought down to C the set line. 1t a in his belt. He got
tout cut the rope-and that was the last Judd remembered.
When Judd woke up, he wa lying in the bottom of the boat, and
George "a giving him artificial respiration. George had had the scare
of his life when the rope suddenly went slack and Judd's body had come
to the surface and then started to go down again. He had fshed Judd
out with a gaf and then worked over him until he brought him around
again.