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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1917)
1WGK It ItKM) IICU.KTI.V, UKNI), OKKGON', HA1TKUAY, MAIU'II 111, IOIT Hard Luck lly S. O. 8. 1)1(1 you ever start out 'Bout four o'clock ou i'a bright, beautiful June moruiiig "And believe that you "Wore going to have Great luck that (lay And when you wero out About thirty miles you Had a blowout, and it Took you half au hour To fix It, and you Started again, and 'When' about ten miles Further, you hit A high center, and it Took you an hour In "Which you did a lot of work And other things that help A lot especially if there Are no ladies present. And after you got on your Way again you had another Blowout and you had to do It all over again, but You fixed that all up And got to the place "Where you were going To fish, and you found You had left your fly Book at home in the coat That you decided you wouldn't Wear, and you waited for a Friend to come along who Loaned you a few he did Expect to use, and you Got started, and' you saw A pretty hole across the River and you thought That you would like to try That one, and so you walked Vp the stream to where a Log had fallen across and You got about half way Over and you foot slipped And you fell in up to your Keck, and the wind was Blowing a little and when You got out you were about , . .,, Froze, but you kept on Just the same and you cast Your fly into that hole and Got a strike and played with The unknown quantity for Twenty minutes all excited and Full of expectancy when Your foot slipped and you Jerked a little too hard And your leader snapped, And you cussed and thought "What a big one that must Have been and how you were Going to have to tell the Boys about the 22-incher you lost and you knew they'd laugh At you, but you didn't care, And then you rigged your pole Again and re-crossed the river And thought you'd stay there, And you fished and fished and It just seemed as if the fish Had a grudge against you that day Fishermen's Guide to Haunts KKOM ItKXlfTO CHANE PKA1UIK, 40 Miles Iteached by auto ovr llond l.a I'lno road to Harper, then westerly two miles to Spring river, Here Deschutes National Forest sign boards will direct tho route to the lower end of Prairie. Cl'LTl'S t.AKK. 44 Miles Reached by auto. Take sumo route as to Crane I'rullie, when Deschutes river Is not too high, othenvlHO take route on which Forest Service telephone lino Is located; go to Fall Klver Hanger Station, thence three-fourths mile west, and sign board will direct. OOEIX LAKK, "I Miles Ueached by auto; take llend-Klnmulh Falls road to Crescent; go west from Crescent 1!) miles. TakOj mnlu traveled road, and sign" boards will direct. CRESCENT LAKE Seventy-two miles reached by auto to west end of lake; connect with Military road at lllg Marsh Creek, follow main road. Hoats may bo obtained at west end of hike. DAVIS LAKK, 50 Miles Reached by uuto. Take llond-Klam-ath Falls road to La Fine, then take river road to tho Masteu Mill, thou westerly. Sign boards will direct. PAULINA LAKK, 27 Miles Ueached by auto later in the sea son. Take Hend-Klnmath Falls roud to Paulina Prairie, turn to left after reaching Paulina Creek, easterly along main traveled road; follow rond along south sldo of Paulina Lake to reach Kast Lake. Difficult hill between Paulina and Kast Lakes, open only later In year to heavy cars. Travel possible with lighter automobiles. METOLIl'S UIVKR, 40 Miles Reached by automobile, road good. Go to Sisters, take road via Smaiup ranch. Signs hoards will prevent confusion with other roads hero. BLUE AND SUTTLES LAKES, 42 Miles Accessible to Suttles Lake by auto; necessary to pack In from Suttles Lake to llluu Lake. Sign boards will direct. But you just kept ou, And soon came to a brushy placo Where the water runs so deep And smooth and you just Felt in your bones that If there wasn't a big one There, well, there just wasn't Any anywhere, so you tossed In your fly and got a strike and You came up with the strength Of ten, because your heart Was throbbing and your fly Got caught away up in the next To the top branch of a small Aggravatingly thickly Populated pine and you knew That you had only two flies Left and had to be sparing About the way you destroyed Them, so you climbed up and Got all tired out in rescuing That Blue Upright, and when Tou got down you found That your rod had fallen In tho Vfajter, ,an.dfIoteddjvn..abo.ut One hundred yards with all the Line run out and you had to Get in that water about ten Degrees above freezing to Get it and then had to reel Up 33 yards of line And when you had done this You had spoiled all the Fishing in that hole Because you had to splash ' Around, but you tried to Collect yourself and your Belongings, and thought That this tough luck Couldn't last long So you beat it up the Stream and came to an Open stretch which made You feel good, so you Cast in and, again, and Again, and your hook Caught mid-stream under A rock or something Else and you thought About that bno fly you Had left and you knew You must not break this Ono and you tied your rod To a tree and waded out and Got wet again and before you Got to the rock which held The hook the hook got Loose and you wailed back and The line became tangled, and About htis time it became Cloudy and began to rain And you got soaking wet to The skin and didn't have a Fish and there was no shelter And your lunch was all wet And tho matches you thought You put in a water-proof box Wouldn't strike, and you Were stiff and cold and tired And felt mean and didn't raro Just then whether you ever Saw a fish and you felt like Cussing everything that Looked like fishing, and the Fellows you went out with Were two miles ahead of you And had -a good catch, so you Started back and a nail worked Up in your shoe and kept Aggravating you the more you Walked, and you sat down And tried to pull it out, but Couldn't, and finally you Reached your automobile and it 'Was Just 1 o'clock and you Found you hadn't put up the top Of your machine and everything In It was drenched and you Just Crawled under the car like A shepherd dog does and Said most unpleasant things about Everybody and everything and Swore to yourself that you were Off fishing for keeps well If you've experienced these You've had some hard luck. INVITE your fisherman friends to make The Pilot Butte Inn M imim JUS 9 OLD JOHN BARLEY COHN ABSENT FROM HIl' POCKET NOW Familial' Stimulant and Pacifier No Longer to lie Found .Aiitnitu; the Hunks of LoveiN of I'InIUiik, ' "The little old red Hnak Ih going to bo greatly missed," say many of the anglers this hcuhou, That big "stimulant" that has occupied a no unentered place In the hip pocliei and kept Walton ugolug when luck was tough will have to be substituted, for John llarlcycorn Is going to ho a scarce article in this locality this year. There will bo no more puri fication with a awlg from the little pint bottle of (he Irate farmers over whose grounds tho tlHherman travels. The fisherman will have to resort to n pill, n scgur or maybe more temperate, but not delectable bev erages. When It getB cold, and when the traveler Is tired he will not be able so readily to draw from a rear pock et that precious liquid that healed so many wounds of tho disappointed embryo, "Hut, 'tis all for the good," they acclaim. "We'll gut something that will do the work, that the law won't prohibit." A Fine Strike THE BEST ANGLERS know that next to good tackle, comes efficient cloth ing. It is tho "bait" that brings to you all the comforts of a day on the water, when you get that "fishing feeling." MAKE A CAST for one of those sports man's coats before they're all caught by nimrods .who know good things. The coats are made up in Canvas and Khaki, 'are water repollant, and have a number of useful pockets, etc., that button. IT'S OPEN SEASON on prices, too. You'll find a nice assortment at from $2.50 to $5.00. A. L. French ' IFe Store that Sets the Pace their headquarters during the fishing. They will always. be ':;y;-C-"V: welcome at the inviting fireplace. Lunch Mr. Fisherman WHEN YOU WANT IT Wo uro always ready to prepare and pack lunches for any number of pornoim, mi short notice. Wbuu you contemplate a fishing trip. Just rail up by Phone, llluck 4 11, and glvo us an order for whatever you wunt In the lunch line ami It will always be ready for jou when you want It, Sandwiches, Salads, Cakes, Pies, Doughnuts, Ice Cream, specially packed, Cookies anything in (he Pastry Line. Quick service ill this way Is a specially, and wo will always be glad to supply your outing wants, when It comes to uuls. THE AMERIC AN BAKERY HUE Y cm OLIVER. "The Home of Hokum Bread" Phone Black 411 EVERY FISHERMAN has a Hobby about Fishing Tackle We Have Purchased the Most Complete Line of Fishing Tackle we have ever handled and will be able to SATISFY that PARTICULAR HOBBY. SPLIT BAMBOO POLES, BRISTOL STEEL RODS, FLIES, ALL KINDS, SELECTED, REELS BIG VARIETY, LEADERS GUARANTEED, SPOONS, SPINNERS, LINES HIGHEST GRADE, BASKETS VARIOUS SIZES Be very sure of one thing, that if you travel by auto to fishing haunts, that your tires are in the best of condition. The Skuse Hardware Company is the local service station for , UNITED STATES TIRES AND TUBES. We invite you to come in and talk over Fishing Equipment and should we not have what your Particular Fancy calls for we will he pleased , to send a BUSH ORDER for you. Doit this Weekl SEASON OPENS SUNDAY APRIL 1st. You may purchase your Fishing License through us Skuse Hardware Company OREGON STREET