THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 13, 1908.
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BT WALTER F. FACKt'S.
THJ-3 Is the season of dreary waiting
for the angler, for It seems u
though Mother Nature, as well as
the State Legislature, has decreed that
fish shall not be caught during; the
Winter months. With long continued
rains she keeps the mountain streams
so muddy and swollen that surcessful
fishing Is qutte out of the question.
Some of the most determined anglers
ulll try to solace themselves by going
after selmon trout, though comparea
with fly fishing, this sport Is a very
tioor excuse Tho sandy eddies along
the Columbia River usually harbor
few salmon trout and every Sunday
n-ill finrt a. hunch of never-give-up fish
ermen scattered along the shore.
Some stlokv salmon eggs, several sets
of rods and lines and a large bottle of
UniiM heat" usually constitute the
fisherman's equipment. The ssnd Is
always cold and wet. so that squatting
on It for hours while waiting for stray
fish cannot be called very exhilarating
sport. There are several other grades
of fish besides salmon trout and when
the riff-raff of the finny tribe begin
to munch the Juicy salmon eggs It fre
quently keeps the angler quite fcusy.
Especially when he has two rods and
fJve hand lines In commission, as some
times happens.
A man may start out In the morning
with the firm resolve to catch nothing
but salmon trout, and In a few hours
acquire a collection of chubs, suckers
and mudcats that would make the heart
of a Chinese fish merchant fairly Jump
with Joy.
Vhose who enjoy this sort of fish
ing may have all they want of It. For
my part, there Is another kind of sport
which might be termed 'Indoor ang
ling.'' that appeals to me more
strongly.
The poles for this sort of fishing
should be made of good dry fir with
the bark on. about 10 or IX inches
thick, and at least I feet long. About
three such poles blazing merrily in the
open fireplace will be found most ef
fective. If the angler desires, he can wear
his regular fishing coat, although I
have noticed another style which seems
more popular. The coat I mean Is
usually made of soft plaid material.
It smells as strongly of tobacco smoke
as the real outdeor coat. and. being
cozy and comfortable, finds great
favor with the fireside fisherman.
As to shoes, he need not worry about
the respective merits of calks or hob
sails. A smooth-soled, easy-fitting
slipper, tastily embroidered with pink
and red roses, will make him forget
all the nasty tumbles for which the
lieavy boots were held responsible.
With these Items assembled, and oc'
cupylng a strategic position In a com
fortable arm chair before the crack
ling fire, the Winter angler Us ready
for the fray.
It U then that the favorite fly rod
brought out for Inspection a battle
scarred veteran of several seasons'
use. with one Up In a badly fractured
condition. And as he critically exam
ines the broken bamboo Joint, it brings
back to his mind the thrilling bout and
its unlucky ending. He sees again the
deep, foam-flecked pool, with the sun
flitting through the branches of the
t:g firs on the bank. He sees, also,
tie big brown boulder behind which
the old trout was hiding and the rocky
reef which proved the rod's undoing.
He seems to feel again the fierce strike
as the fly, drifting over his domain,
was promptly seized by the hungry
fish. And then the mad struggle, back
and forth, up in the air and down in
the depths, with the fish always trying
to reach the shelter of the broken reef
of rock running out from the shore.
Then the last wild rush of the trout,
the too-sudden strain as he reached
the reef, and the heart-rending crack
of the breaking rod are all brought
back, as though they happened but
yesterday. And the angler sadly won
ders whether the faithful old tip is
beyond repair.
The reel also comes in for Its share of
attention. Almost every angler has been
told that a reel should be taken apart and
thoroughly cleaned at least once a year.
In some cases this is a most serious op
eration, as some good anglers are mighty
poor mechanics.
It is with some misgiving, therefore,
that the reel Is very laboriously taken
apart and every tiny cog and bearing
brightly polished. And when it comes to
putting things back, his troubles begin.
He wonders where the deuce this pinion
belongs, or how In heck the handle fast
ens on the Inside. And quite often ends
up by taking the hopeless mess to soma
friend who has a knack of putting things
where they belong.
In the fly book, however. Is where the
dreaming angler finds his greatest pleas
ure. The lines and spoons all look alike,
even aft -r hard use, but there Is a certain
Individuality connected with the battered
old trout files that cannot be denied. Bach
torn and ragged veteran is lovingly cared
for, with a history of Its captures during
its brief career. Here, for instance. Is a
badly mussed up patch of gray and
brown, with the following Inscription:
"No.- . Gray Drake. Killed 35 Rainbow
trout on Clackamas, near North Fork,
July 18, 190S."
As the angler Angers this little fly he
sees again the long, broken riffle, swirl
ing in and out among the moss-covered
boulders, and remembers how eagerly the
hungry rainbows dashed for It at almost
every cast.
Then here Is another and larger fly of
which nothing remains but a few strips
of its white wing and peacock body. "No.
4 Coachman, hooked 14 large trout in
Rogue River ranging from four to seven
pounds each, September , 1908." A rec
ord to be proud of. Indeed. What a story
this fly could tell; of the heavy plunging
strikes: of the wild trips under water,
fast In tho mouth of a frantic fish; and
of the dying strugles as the gamy fish
slowly gave up the fight.
How many anglers, even the ones who
rroless to use nothing but the fly, have
ever seen one tied, or know how they
are put together. The general Impression
sterns to be that all ordinary flies are
n.ade by some kind of machine, while
only th better grades are made by hand.
This Is a mistake. All flics, even the
very cheapest grades, are tied by hand,
gha vert cat-ore cf sV.XyJscoinpasn
parts make machine work Impossible.
The dainty hackles and wing feathers
would never submit to the automatic
handling of a machine human fingers
alone can make them take their proper
places.
The greater part of the flies used every
season are tied by girls In the large
KALANIANAOLE AND HIS WIFE
WINTER IN WASHINGTON.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (Special.) Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, of
WalkikI, and his wife accompanied' ex-Queen LJHuokalani on her trip to this
country recently, and are now on their wiiy to Washington with her. Prince
Jonah (or "Prince Cupid." as he Is better known) is the delegate from Hawaii
to the United States Congress. He is a cousin of Queen 1,11. He was created
a prince by royal proclamation in 1884. The princess was Elizabeth Kahanu
V,invl rimiorhter fit . chief of the ToloTiil r,f IVTfi 1 1 T Tho nrtned ao rpn.
Tenanted TTawall 1n thres -Cob cresses.
tackle factories, but the really hlgh
crade files, the kind known to anglers
all over the country, are made by men I
who have devoted a lifetime to the trade
Via.,,, itjM.AtAit d 1ifnt1.ua tA tliA tt-ario '
and In every instance these men are, or
have been, most ardent fishermen them
selves. Viewed in an offhand manner, fly tying
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PMCTiCAL RMS, ALSO D8EAM5. BY
AN EXPERIENCED 'FttHERMAN CONCffiMHG
UilDAY TOT M : WINTER-'
Is a very tedious sort of Job, and would
seem to require an unlimited stocki of
patience. It must be .made a labor
Imra a loclr ontnrari Into hflnrt Anrl K (
love, a task entered Into heart and soul,
in order'to turn out really artistic work.
Any one familiar with the recognized
high-class files of today can tell at a
glance who they were made by. Each
man has some littie trick of tying which
makes his finished fly recognized at once,
while the better grades of factory flies
all seem to look alike.
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So with fly-tying and rod-splicing and
possibly reel-oiling; the Indoor angler can
while away many long Winter evenings.
Then, too, there is all the planning for
next season's campaign. He has learned
many things in the seasons gone by. A
certain stream Is absolutely no good until
the middle of June several fruitless trips
early In the season have convinced him of
that. And how well he remembers a trip
after trout in Aprll. A stream well up In
the mountains was selected and the fol
lowing Sunday was the day appointed.
About the middle of the week the rain
began to pour, and a conference was held
with a view to postponing the trip. But
a very optimistic member of the party
settled it with the following remark:
How, see here, fellows, we know it's
raining pretty hard, but up in the moun
tains where we are going there's so much
big timber that the rain is soaked up and
the river rises very slowly. So I move
we go." Consequently they went. And
after what seemed an endless drive they
reached the stream and found it very
high, and oh so muddy. Whereupon the
same man cheerfully reminded the party
"that It always rained more up In the
mountains than at home, only somehow
he hadn't thought of It before."
While this Is the close season for catch
ing fish It Is also the open season for tell
ing fish stories, and as you doze in front
of the glowing hearth you think of the
fearful tales you have been asked to be
lieve. There's the fellow who remarked
that he had been down at Columbia
Slough the day before and caught a snub
nose trout, two shovel-mouth pike and a
catfish 1H1 gave j Htt'hnrlt Ilka ring- I
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when he removed the hook from Its
mouth. Yes, sir; actually barked.
And then the fellow who had such a
good tip on Eagle Creek. He hal been
out the Sunday before, fishing with bait,
and If he had only- had a small copper
FATHER AND SON UNDER ARREST FOR THE KILLING
OF EX-SENATOR CARMACK
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These are the two Coopers father and son under arrest at Nashville
for the killing of ex-Senator Carmack. Colonel Cooper had been Carmaek's
employer some years before and he resented the criticism of his political
course which Carmack made in the paper of which he was editor. Meeting
Carmack on tho street, the Coopers killed him. Robin, the son. fired the
shots which killed the ex-Senator, but his father is also held for the crime.
T?nhln was wnnnrled hv MY r.rm.rt In
spoon, could have filled a washtub with
trout. And he went on explain that the
creek was fuir of small brown leaves and
that the trout were eating them yes, in
deed, actually striking at leaves with
open mouth and swallowing them. Why
he had picked up two dead ones that had
choked to death" from eating too many.
Fact, and If some one would only go
the encounter.
there with a small copper spoon there
would be nothing to It. Well, cr, no, he
himself couldn't go next Sunday had to
go to church but some one (accent on
some one) ought to go out and make a
killing.
And then there's the man who never
gets left who always gets a good catch.
He doesn't believe In taking long, expen
sive trips. He Just dube around the
creeks close to town and (to hear him tell
it) always gets more than the follows
who go on the three-day trips. Why, on
the first day he got 83 in Johnson Creek;
yes. sir, 83 fine trout and was back In
town in time, for lunch.
Oh. why will they do it? Why do they
persist In telling the most impossible
stories to their brother anglers? A per
son who had never seen a trout might be
lieve some of the milder yarns. But to
tell them to another fisherman, who
probably has one of his own Just a little
stronger, does seem very foolish Indeed.
Verily, the man w-ho wrote the follow
ing lines must have been a fisherman
himseff or a very near relation of one:
"Behold the fisherman; he rlseth up
early in the morning and dlsturbeth tho
whole household. Mighty are his prep
arations. He goes forth full of hope.
When the day Is far spent he retumeth,
smelling of strong drink and the truth is
not In him."
Seven Days (Ag'es) In the
Creation of the World
Tbe Development of Unman Con
sclonanesa Out of Our Mortal anil
Immortal States.
- BT J. I JONES.
THE account of creation in the first
chapter of Oenesls is not a descrip
tion of the formation of the physi
cal earth, which has always existed,
but is a record In the language of sym
bolism of the development of the Immortal
gods (the Elolilm) out of the earth or soil
of the mortal humanity. There are seven
stages In this creative work. The last
Is the Sabbath or state of rest, which Is
completeness or perfection. Till this
time comes there is no Sabbath and
therefore no man can keep the sabbath.
All the days are evil.
God said "Let there be light" and
there was light. This light was Jesus,
the Christ. The manifestation of deity
In human form projected into the dark
ness of the natural world. He is the
beginning or head of the process of
creation and is called the first day.
The second day or degree Is the em
placement of the firmament or division
between the waters above which sig
nify the Immortals, and the waters be
low which signify the mortal human
ity. Jesus was an Immortal, one from
above, the only one, the only begotten
Son of God. The first step toward im
mortality Is to recognize tills, and the
second is to understand the nature of
the firmament or great divide between
the mortal and immortal man.
This might be more easily Intelligible
if the waters above the firmament were
called fires. In the Janguage of sym
bolism the terms fire, water, rock,
mountain, fountain, river, tree, serpent
and many others are applied to God
because he is all these things which
are merely attributes of his universal
being. It must also be remembered that
there are two firmaments, one of the
heavens and another of the earth. But
in the Copernican theory of the uni
verse, there Is no firmament at all.
Everything has got loose and gone
wild.
The third day or degree is the sep
aration of the waters below the firma
ment from the dry land, the wet coun
try from the dry. The waters signify
the mortal humanity in the state of
sensual propagation and dissolution,
continually dying and being born.
The dry land, called continents, sig
nifies the mortal man, advanced to a
state of celibacy and chastity which is
continence. The casto or celibate per
son is one who retains the seed or sub
stance of life, and thus holds together,
resisting the sensual tendency to con
tinual corruptible dissolution. This lat
ter Is the state of infirmity, or Insta
bility, which is the opposite of firmness
or everlasting endurance as implied in
the word firmament. Continent or con
tinence means containing or holding to
gether. The fourth degree or day is to com
prehend the different qualities and ori
gins of light in tile firmament of the
heavens. The sun and moon corres
pond to mens and anlma. Mens is the
reasonlnK or Intellectual mind; and
anlma, the animal soul. The mind
sees; the soul fpels. Mens stands for
wisdom; anlma for love which Is blind
and only feels. . These two, wisdom and
love (which Is merely the desire for
wisdom) are the primary origins of
life and tho poles of the universe.
Wisdom Is masculine, love feminine;
hence here Is the origin of sex and the
desire of the woman to the husband.
The fifth and sixth days typify the
development of consciousness up
through the metallic, mineral, vegetable
and animal stages to tha eompleta or
absolute consoiousnesB of the Immortal
man, which Is all the same -as the Im
mortal gods, both singular and plural,
both masculine and feminine Including
everything, earth, air, fire and watar,
and denoted by many apparc-nt'.y con
tradictory symbols.
The biblical account of the creation Ij a
word picture or hieroglyph, representing
the development of consciousness from
outer or utter spiritual ignorance, the
lowest material state of the mortal man,
up to the perfect man In the image and
likeness of God. of which we have at
present no specimens on exhibition. Their
entrance on the stage of actuality will
be the climax of the drama of creation.
The dead know not anything of abso
lute truth. There is neither device nor
knowledge nor wisdom in the grave. This
is the state of the mortal man. Mortal
means dead. Mortal man Is a dead man.
He Is merely a phantom or shadow clothed
In gross flesh. Ho does not breathe the
breath of life. His case Is fatal. There is
no health in him and the only cure for his
unrest (disease) and tho only salvation Is
to go through the six fctaes of creation
described iu this story, for he Is not really
created at all. He is formless; that is,
he has lost the form and likeness of
God. He is void, which means empty.
The true life is not in him.
This is a partial statement of the Ko
reshan doctrine of immortality as I can
express lt Of course, it cannot be abso
lutely correct, because dead men cannot
tell tales correctly. We cannot have an
absolutely authoritative statement till
some one opens the door of the sepulcher
and comes out alive. ,
And we must note yie distinction be
tween the words earth and world. The
physical earth is eternal. World's are
always changing, being created and de
stroyed. A world Is'a period of time, an
age, a day, or a state of consciousness.
The next world will be merely a new
age or day or dispensation In this same
oid earth which endures forever, per
saecula saeculorum.
Corvallls, Nov. 17, ,