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Show Happiest Lad in All the Land f .'A'. -J'Ui If r 4 is ? H x H : P j - , -vr v , i r - t -r i ? 1 , f ?""'"' ' "i . !i : i k' J U i ' Jlp : W- i t y When it comei to angling, 9-year-old Harold Popken, Grants Pass, Ore., puts to shame many an older fisherman. Early in the season last year he landed a 31-pound Chinook salmon in the Rogue river and this eeason his first fish ' tipped ths scales at ' 21 pounds. Casting ) within the city limits, Harold tied mto the royal lish, stumbled and fell as it struck and was dragged 50 feet on his stomach before he could regain his feet. The scrappy warrior was brought to gaff after a 30-minute ' battle. |