ON, SUNDAY, lUTGUST 6, 1933.
Applegate Finds Fishing
In Water of Quebec For
Different From Home
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WE DO OUR PART
Nomtnlnqu.
Province of Qube,
Canada.
Aug. ut, was.
To the Editor:
To MedfoM kid who moatly know
how to fish, Nomlnlnqu would be a
revelation. Last week we were Invit
ed to go to tempt the wary poluen
from Its lair. All the tackle we have
la one piece of line about the size
of clothe line, two hook, and a pair
of girls glaas ear-ring for bait. Thia
Impressive array of Junk was left in
our llmozlne by the former owner.
We left town about an hour before
dark, and drove to a lake five or tlx
nllea away. Before leaving, our guides
equipped us with a can of worms
and four bottles of beer. The game
was to see If you had time to fish
between glasses of beer. The lake
we were using had no beach, so we
perched ourselves precariously along
the logs and rocks on the shore, un
wound our lines, and dangled them
enticingly before the fish. This prov
ed to be old stuff to the flan, and
they Ignored us, and all our works
and pomps.
Five or ten minute of this was
quite sufficient for Applegate, so he
finished his beer and started back
a mile or two to the car. By this
time It was dark, and the path had
been moved, and the hill had chang
ed position and It started to rain.
After wandering about for some few
minutes, the car was finally located,
end he went to bed.
The reat of the party came stagger
ing In about an hour later, soaked,
and sore, and sans fish. If there are
any fish near Nomlnlngue they are
'too slick for me, and can stay in
Nomlnlngue. I don't like fish any.
way. Jack Murray and I went fish'
Ing up on Butte Creek one time. We
ate fish for dinner, too. We saw to
that before leaving Med ford. We took
a can of Sardine along. And even
at that we had to walk two miles to
find a can openerl
Now that Jack and I are at last
thru with school In Medford, the story
can be told as to how we played
hookey that day. I Juat stayed out
of school on my own volition. Then
t called up high school, and aald I
waa Horatio Alger, and wanted a Mr.
John Murray, who had been highly
recommended to me, to do some very
special work, which required hi very
special talents. 1 11 bet Miss Klrtley
didn't suspect that those talent were
mainly the ability to cast a fly where
it should be cast I
Anyway, Jack got out on the
atrength of It, and away we went In
a ahower of small stones. Jack caught
aeveral fish, but even moving down
to the hatchery, like I did, wasn't
enough to overcome the handicap of
my bungling, and I caught nothing
except hell at school the next day.
Oh. well.
Don and Dick went to a dance here
last week. It was a squire dance,
and looked too complicated for us.
We just sat by and watched. But
the people doing It seemed to be en
Joying themselves. The square dances
are occasionally alternated with what
are known In Canada a "blues." Fox
Trots, Waltzes and Drag, since we
can't dance anything but the blues,
we only get to dance occasionally. But
eome of the girls from Montreal are
swell dancers, so we had a good time,
time.
Nomlnlngue ha no paved street.
and horse and buggy are the order
of the day. One night we were In
town driving around In the Dodge
The lights, true to their reputation,
wern't so hot. I waa playing with
them, trying to get them to work, and
I waa driving with Just the parking
light. With no warning at all, the
front light auddenly went on. They
must have been broken. And there
were two horses on the front end of
a large and Impressive looking wagon
bearing down on us. I swung the
wheel hard and slammed on the
brake. The tire squawked, the car
skidded, the back end came up In the
air, and the front went down on It
knees, but we missed the nags,
We have a lot of fun terrifying the
horses. One day we scraped the muf
fler off on a rock. Clear off. And
did that old can set up an awful
racket. We thundered thru town
like an airplane, devastating a swath
of horse the length and breadth of
the valley. The poor thing would
either stand and shiver and wait for
.. t the end, or dash over a few fences and
thru a few barns, scattering excited
Canuck farmers and Rhode Island
chickens all over the landscape.
think they didn't care mijch for our
Every night we go to meet the train
The eternal "triangle" which grew so
monotonous In Medford, namely Ap
p'.egatea to Colvlg to DeVoes, 1 car
ried on here by swimming In the
aiternoon, meeting the train in the
evening, and then going to the
"mall," or post office, at night. Every
one In town doe It. And so do we.
The night the muffler wa gone w
had words at the train, with the
sheriff, who warned us against,
"agin." aa our good judge would ear,
disturbing the town that night. We
did our best by idling along In low
gear, but even so we msde an awful
uproar.
McOIll University, of Montreal, con
duct a aummer camp for boy sear
here. We have met several of the
college kids, and have had a pretty
good time over at their camp swim
mlng and playing ping-pong. A little
kid about ten years old almost took
m over In a gam yesterday. Not
that that is hard to do, bu a ten
year old kid I
One of the McGIIl kids, Everett
Crutchlow. started to walk the three
miles from town to camp. It gets
pretty dark around here at night. !
end It always rain on an occasion I
like that. He waa trying to find his
way home thru the bruah with a,
' flashlight, and of course, the flash
light went out. He threw It away, :
and spent the rest of the night wan
dering around thru the tulles. When j
we saw him the 'next day he was Just j
getting back from a canoe trip. And
some people call that a vacation. j
One of the kids at camp, Jerry
Halpenny. 1 center on McOIll foot
ball team. He told us that the for
ward pas has only been In use for
two years here, and they don't use
Interference. It 1 all defensive pow-
and no offensive. A game like
that wouldn't be terribly Interesting
to watch, I ahould think.
There I a family here named
Oreer, who live In Montreal. They
have a home near the lake, and they
most always have a house full of
guest. They have two boys, Cordon,
who is the same age as my kid
brother, John, or fourteen, and Eddy,
who 1 eighteen. We met them at
one of the dances, and now we are
staying at their piece. Juat a couple
of beach combers, that's us. Gordon
ha a great time herding the old
Dodge around. Aside from hitting
most of the rocks around, he does
pretty well.
Monday afternoon, Mr. Oreer took
Don and me over to the MoGlll camp
In their power boat. It Is useless. I
suppose, to mention that It rained.
It alwaya rain up here when you
want to do something. It waa a nice
day when we started out. The sun
waa warm, and there waen t a algn of
a cloud. Mr. Oreer wanted to know
If we cared to take coat along, but
we pooh-poohed the Idea. He, how
ever, wise man that he la, took them
anyway.
Half way across the lake It started
to ram. Just a sprinkle at first, then
a drlEzle, and finally a real rain. Not
a summer shower, but a real old win
ter one. On the way back the motor
wouldn't atart.' Outboard motor
never will when you want them to.
They're Just like rain. Mr. Oreer
stood in the back of the boat and
pulled on the starting rope for three
quarters of an hour, while we rowed.
When we were nearly home the thing
started and ran perfectly the rest of
the way. And soon as we were home
It atopped raining. If we'd waited
for It to stop It would have been
raining yet.
We'll be here until the tenth of
August, and then back to New York.
Maybe then we can get away on this
world trip we've been hollering about
all these years.
It seems now aa tho we'd been on
the high eeas for month, alnce we've
had no mall alnce leaving New York,
ana win get none before going back
to New York.
Air mail cost the sme from here
to Medford a it does from New York
to Medford, eight cents an ounce. I
expected it to cost about twice a
much. In fact. It's really cheaper, be
cause they weigh the letter on a
meat scales, and It It Is a bit over
weight, they dont know It.
We saw something funny yesterday.
While out in the middle of the lake
we met four guy in a row boat null
ing another row boat full of hay. oee.
it looked allly. Four men rowing
about half a bale of hay.
Don didn't get enough aleen lat
nignt. He's sitting acre from me at
Mr. Godard's desk sleeping. Guess
we'll have to terminate this and get
down to camp and have our bean
soup. So long, till next week. .
DICK APPUXJATE.
FOR CONVENTION
Medford'a Legion drum corps la
practicing diligently these days in
order to regain their old-time form
before the state convention, which
opens In Klamath Palis Thursday,
August 10. Nearly every member of
the corps has responded to the call
for s local musics! organisation to
represent Medford at the Legion cele
bration and the present personnel
eludes many of the old-timers.
Under direction of Wilson Walt,
who has charge of music and Lloyd
Williamson. Ir chatge of formations,
the local veterans are making excel
lent progress and expect to be in first
class shape for their many appear
ances during the 3-day convention
program.
The Medford corps Is fortunate in
again having as their drum major
Lloyd Williamson, who is conceded
to be one of the best drum majors
not only In the state, but In the en
tire nation. It will be recalled that
the local baton artist led the crack
Salem corps, now national champions,
in tlie national contests In Dallas,
Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky,
where he waa recognized as one of
the beet drum majors In America.
The Medford Legion post Is making
every effort to raise funds to finance
the expenses of the drum corps at
the Klamath convention, one project
being the carnival, w&lch Is now
under way In this city.
Members of the corps who expect to
make the trip to Klamath Falls next
week are:
Lloyd Williamson, drum major.
Bugles Wilson Walt, Earl Foy, Val
Slngler, Everett Br ay ton, Fred Fry,
Shorty Humphrya, Fred Scheffel, Wal
ter Looker, Everett Beeson and Jack
Heath.
Drums Herb Huaaong, James Rosa,
Ray LtFevre, Elbert Coleman. Tom
Relnklng, Ted Fish. Mack McKenzle,
Lew Baker and Jack Moran.
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ially when the 48 hour week for food stores was an
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