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Walpole SASH PITTSBURG STAIRS FRAMES PAINTS SCREENS CUPBOARDS GLASS HARDWARE Custom Woodwork - Carpentry - Building Telephone 403 w 12 Wingham PAGE FOCJR THE WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd 05* Some of Canada's most spectacular sport fishing will open at North Bay within the next two weeks, according to estimates of residents of Trout Lake, four miles from North Bay, where the ice is expected to "go out" shortly before the end of the month. As soon as it does open the lake to boats, hundreds of resident fisher- men will be after the ouananiche, or landlocked salmon, which were stock- ed in the lake about fifteen years ago and have increased satisfactorily. The fish have also gained greatly in size, 411.111111111111111111111111111111111111111E111111111111111111A11, ORDER YOUR Colony House Sash EARLY Sash Open or Glazed Complete Window Units with Prefitted Sash. Cellar Units, Verandah Sash, Door Frames, Barn Sash 4 or 6 lights. Screens and Storm Sash made-to-order. To prevent rot order your sash Primed. CAMPBELL & fiORBUTT Makers of High Grade Sash Diagonal Rd. Wingham 1111111111)131111E11111111141E1111111181111111111111111111111, and in 1951 several 10-pounders were reported. At the rate they are grow- ing, conservation officers here feel some fortunate fisherman will come off Trout Lake this year with a12- pound or better prize, The ouananiche is a strange fish in relation to most of the Province's game fish which show a readiness to take almost any type of bait from the lowly worm to the dry fly, The land- locked salmon in this area, at least, have shown no such willingness. So far, it has been found, they respond only to a large streamer-type fly, about six inches in length, trolled be- hind a fast-Moving boat, sometimes directly in the slipstream of the propeller. The ouananiche may be seen playing and rolling on the sur- face of the water, and local technique is to troll directly over the spot where the fish has been seen. Gen- erally, the boat is driven about twice as fast as when trolling for lake trout, which are 'also plentiful in Trout Lake and may be taken in shallow water at about the same time- as soon as the ice is out. But while lake trout fishing drops off as the water gradually warms up, the ouananiche fishing usually con- tinues to about the first week in June, After that, only an occasional one is taken until the, following spring. The fish is a true member of the salmon family and while some Ontario fisher- men refer to the lake trout as a salmon—this is not correct, The lake trout is a char. The natural range of the ouana- niche is limited. Its centre of abun- dance is Lake St, John in the Province of Quebec. With the ex, ception of Trout Lake, so far as known, no permanent population of fresh-water salmon has been estab- lished in any Canadian water in which they were not native. 0 - 0 - 0 Non-resident anglers outnumbered non-resident hunters by a quarter million in Ontario during 1951, ac- cording to a report released here today by the Department of Lands and Forests, whose Fish and Wildlife Division issued a grand total of near- ly 610,000 angling and hunting licens es last year; more than double the 1941 total of 264 000. In fact, the 1951 total of angling licenses-271,600—alone exceeded the 1941 all-over total of 264,059. Of the 1951 total angling licenses, 266,400 were purchased by non-residents of the Province and 5,200 by residents for use in Provincial Parks. Of the total of 336,700 hunting licenses sold, residents purchased 320,000. Over 230,000 were gun li- censes, which included permission to hunt small, game birds and animals. Residents also took out 88,000 deer licenses and 1,450 (restricted) moose licenses. Non-resident hunting licenses pur- chased totalled 16,700, of which 10 000 were- non-reesident deer, 5,500 non- resident small game; and 1,200 non- resident bear and wolf licenses. No moose licenses were issued to non- residents in 1951. The total number of anglers fishing Ontario waters is unknown as On- tario residents pay no angling li- cense to date. Estimates vary from a very conservative 500,000 to well over a million who annually fish (legally) with everything from willow branch, float, hook and worm to the most expensive modern equipment, Smelters Now that the winter's ice has left our lakes, the brooks and streams are running merrily, we begin to not- ice signs Of uneasiness among the Smelt Fishermen. I have often won- dered "Just What makes a Smelter," and the more I wonder, the more con- fused I become. When the ice has gone out and the smelts begin to run up the streams, men that are otherwise solid sub- stantial citizens of good judgment, kind fathers and faithful husbands, will suffer a temporary mental hang- over. They will go splashing around in the snow and mud all night long to bring home at dawn to a faithful wife a small handful of bedraggled smelts, probably not even enough to cover the bottom of his basket. Proud, however, to show what he has been doing all through the cold chilly night. Standard equipment for most smelt- ers is a pair of rubber boots, a dip net of sorts, a lantern or flashlight, a basket and a one quart thermos of tea. He starts out with this equipment in good faith and what happens after that is in the hands of Providence, not forgetting what the neighbours have said to him, "Don't forget to bring us a mess of smelts." He starts out long after nightfall, drives down the street picking up two or three smelters and proceeds along the highway with their net handles sticking out of the car windows or dangerously lashed to the top. Far away fields always looking green, the smelters usually take quite a jaunt before turning in some sideroad 'to the creek where they hope to dip their baskets full. The car is parked, locked and the smelters tumbling over wire fences in the dark, proceed to the swollen stream, slipping and sliding along its muddy banks full of hope and eager anxiety. Lights are seen flashing up and down the stream as they ap- proach indicating other fishermen are there ahead of them. They try it too, but the smelts are not running yet. It is too early, so someone suggests a fire to sit around and shiver, perhaps telling a few stories to pass the time away 'till the run starts, if it does. The odd character, showing off, us- ually falls in adding merriment to the other adventures, laughing at the unfortunate one who is desperately trying to dry out his wet boots and pants over the smoking camp fire in the cold- spring night air. "Here they come boys" someone yells, and the great rush is on again, Everyone piles into the water swish- ing his long handled net, always in the other fellow's face or banging him over the head. Thb air is full of lanterns, nets, pails, baskets and the odd smelt can be seen wiggling in the wire mesh through the flashlight's gleam, One by one they are caught and the baskets may gradually fill up before the run is over. Where has the long night gone? Morning is approaching as these tired, wet, cold, hungry fishermen start for home, some happy with their catch, but most of them grumbling with only a handful in their baskets, -trying to think up some suitable excuse to offer. Why do they do it? I do not know, for no matter how wet and cold they may get this Spring by next year they will be up and at 'cm again. RECENT & READABLE A number of new books were receiv- ed at" the Wingham Public Library last week,- There are some very inter- esting books included in these recent additions, three of which are review- ed below. LINCOLN AND HIS GENERALS by T, Harry Williams This is the human, dramatic, and quite overpowering story of Lincoln as commander in chief. It is the fas- cinating story ,here told complete for the first time, of Lincoln's search for a winning general, and of his own nessitous emergence as a master tegist, Here is the Lincoln who, in loneli- ness and doubt, bore the whole burden of liqUidating an archaic command system riddled with personal and pol- itical influence, and of forging a mod- ern one superior to the high command of any other country at that time. This is not a military history of the Civil War, but the story of the top direction of the war by the Presi- dent. We see the developing picture of Lincoln as a war director, how he sometimes fumbled and erred, but how he steadily increased in stature until he stood above 'all his generals. Many figures of the Civil War come to life in incisive •sketches. Here wee' see the generals whom Lincoln ap- pointed and tried-to use, and discard- ed when-they failed: McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker, Buell, Rosecrans, Fremont, McClelland, and other .The book culminates with the appearance of Grant, the general whom Lincoln trusted above all the rest, and the one to whom he ; confided many_ of the great powers he had previously withheld. A DOCTOR'S PILGRIMAGE by Edmund A. Brasset, M.D. "I am no Grenfell," said young in- tern Brasset to Canada's famous Dr, John B, Thompson, but he agreed to go to Canso, Nova Scotia, as sole doc- tor for 2,000 people, remote from the world, So begins the story of a doe- tor's pilgrimage that describes the early tritals and travels of .a warm, human and completely delightful gen- -oral . practitioner. Young Dr. Brasset wanted to be- come a brain surgetm, but lacked the money. In desolate Canso, relay stat- ion for the Atlantic cable, his firSt patient was a sick baby fed only on dry cod. He went in debt $3,600 in six months, his largest fee being the twenty-two dollars he collected from three drunken men by beating them up, Temporary worlt in a mining town proved little better, but • resulted in marriage to the lovely Sally MacNeil. At rural Little Brook, where lived descendants of 900 Acadians returned from their historic flight, the first patient proved to be -a 1400-pound gored ox; but fortunes Improved and eventually there came the opportun- ity for brain surgery at the groat hospital, but by now Dr, Brasset's 0%- perience with people had changed his ambition. Thetragic, the pitiful, the touching, the ,funny incidents of this warm- hearted tale reveal how ,through the author's great courage and humor, what could have been a very grim battle became in reality a very happy story. THREE NOVELS by Frances Parkinson Keyes Frances Parkinson Keyes- one of America's foremost contemporary novelists and essayists-born 21 July, 1885, at Virginia, is the wife of a former U. S. Senator, Contributor to many leading American journals, she is most widely known for her novels, which are outstanding for their warm- th of human feeling and brilliant characterization. Among the most popular of these are the three com- plete and unabridged works in this new omnibus volume. THE OLD GREY HOMESTEAD Sylvia Carey came to the, Grays' New England homestead with a past to forget. She stayed to become a vital influence in the lives •and destinies of all the family. For them it was 111,9 prelude to a new prosperity; for Sylvia it was the awakening from a night- mare of despair and the kindling of a tender, overwhelming passion she had never thought possible, QUEEN ANNE'S LACE Flow much does a famous and suc- cessful man owe to the woman behind the scenes, his wife? This is the story of one such woman, Anne Chamber- lain, whose marriage to Neal Conrad, although resented by his family, prov- ed to be the keystone of a brilliant political career that took Neal from a small town law office to the Presi- dent's desk in Washington. THE CARER OF DAVID NOBLE As a boy David Noble hated his father's farm, His ambition to get away and become a great doctor was spurred by, a new urgency, the night he fell in love with Jacqueline, the childhood friend who had done so much to help and encourage him. Her wealth and social position made suc- cess imperative and David pursued it with such single-minded ruthlessne that he almost destroyed the happl-7' ness for which he sacrificed so much.. FIRST CLASS WATCH REPAIRS AT MODERATE PRICES Owing to lack of space, am cm- paled to confine my repairs to watches only, George Williams Located in MASON'S STORE CONSERVATION CORNER SAVE MONEY Taxpayers may make payments on account of 1952 taxes up to 90 per cent of 1951 taxes. Interest at the rate of rout per cent, per annum will be allowed on such prepayments. Prepayments of taxes must be made at the Town Treasurer's Office, Town Hall, W A. 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