Show Quake Shakes Out Good Fish Story President L. L R. R Anderson is in rec receipt of a good fish story as a result of the earthquake in the Pacific Northwest last week The story came from W. W J. J Darby former former former for for- mer Manti ManU resident who now lives liveson on the bank of Beaver Creek at Rochester Wash Vash R. R D. D 1 Box Following are parts from Mr Darby's Darby's Dar Dar- bys by's letter II 1 We Ve had a small shakeup shake- shake up here a couple of days ago ngo and I am arm still a little bit jumpy but hut am getting better fast I came in from my garden at about noon to get the noon news broadcast I looked at my watch and it was 4 minutes till noon Just as I Iwas Iwas Iwas was putting the watch back in my pocket things began to shake and I am here to tell teU you that things shook plenty As I am living on the bank of Beaver Creek I 1 Was vas in line for some tall holding holding hold hold- ing big fast to keep from falling down and staying down for the next one and one half minutes for the quake lasted at least a n minute and anda a quarter here at my house I Ican Ican can cnn tell you that was Vas plenty long enough for meThe meThe me The uThe shake as from south ora or ora ora a little bit west of oC south Lookingback Looking Lookingback Lookingback back it reminds me mc of a n person rubbin rubbing on a n washboard and the motions were about aboul that thal fast As nearly as I can measure it was wasa wasn a n foot or so each way enough lo fo make me hang on for dear life Continued on last page SHAKES OUT k QUAKE J GOOD FISH STORY Continued from Page 1 to the door between the th kitchen and front room to keep from going go going going go go- ing down on the floor in a pile As the house would go south everything on the shelves facing north would skid for the floor When it would go the other way things on the shelves facing north would skid I was watching both sides of the walls for I was standing standing standing stand stand- ing between them in the doorway The canned goods on the kitchen kitch kitch- en shelves would take a skid for forthe forthe forthe the floor and I had a quart of macaroni in a a- ajar a jar on the shelf It hit the floor with a bang and andI I had macaroni all over the floor Then a full bottle of catsup fell and broke and went all over the macaroni and I am here to tell you it was some mess When I started to clean things up I found a lot of fish all allover allover allover over the the- floor and as I was living near the bank of the creek well you can just look at things with your minds mind's eye and imagine how they looked Mr Darby then tells of some of the reported damage in Olympia Olympia Olympia pia where nearly all the buildings along Main street were cracked both the new and old state capitol buildings were practically ruined I Two tall brick smoke stacks each ench at least feet high went down down- and his son Dick saw both of them fall Then as a post script scrip Mr Dai Darby by adds By the ay the fish that were I on my kitchen floor were a dozen cans of sardines I had bought downtown down downtown town a few days before Now beat that for a fish ish story if you can |