| Show Lanky hanky Westerner F Former orm S. S D. D Game Warden Calls Calvin Natural Fisherman Black Hills Region Fine for Trout and Wild Game Veterans Guide President to Good Fishing Waters Vaters Near the he Old Deadwood Stage Road By ny OLIVER SHERWOOD Special Correspondent of ot The Standard 1927 Consolidated Press Pres Association CUSTER S. S D D. June IS Roughing it in the Black Hills JIllIs with President Coolidge are arc two guides guide men j-men men of the west who west who arc are t tte to teach te h the nations nation's executive the tho tricks of or trout fishing and to ac ac- acquaint acquaint ac- ac quaint him with the fascinating lore of or cowboy and Indian days das Veterans of or the tho outdoor life hardened by contact with the fron fron- frontier frontier tier and with Intimate Knowledge of or every nook and cranny canny of ot the huge state park they aie are sure to t give the president a good time FORMER FOIt fER SHERIFF i. i Cecil C Gideon former Cormer game warden builder of or the tho roads through the tho difficult hill hili country and now no in charge of or tho the state game lodge had the honor of or guM guld- ing jn President Coolidge to his first fish ish Fred Shumaker one time cowboy a two-gun two sheriff of Cus- Cus I ter counts county some somo years rears backhand now no state forester Is the other guIde culdo who is s expected to pany the presidential party on its Us wilderness ventures Gideon Is a slender wiry tall w westerner westerner r. r tanned by his outdoor life lICe and dressed in keeping with the tho custom of cust m or the region Shumaker To as the cowboys say had his grub more regular and Is somewhat stouter but is a real man of or the west wet He still wears high heeled boots boots cant cant can't get along without them them and looks and looks like the frontiers frontiers- man It was Gideon who w-ho b built n many of the roads In the hills w convict labor l bor living with the pris pris- prisoners prisoners and working with them with wIth- without wIthout without out out losing a a. man And Gideon knows more secrets of or the presidents president's first trout catch than anyone anjorie else lse He even helped h lp d' d Mr rr Coolidge land the big two two- and guided him to the spot on Squaw Squa creek where the they were were fishing CArr CAlf NATURAL FISIT The Thee president Is a natural fisherman Gideon told the writ writ- er He will be able to get them wherever he wishes to fish In the hills Squaw creek where a a sec eec tion Is reserved for Mr Coolidge la to f one of or the good fishing spots in inthe Inthe Inthe the nearby hills and particularly In the two mile two mlle stretch now set aside There the rancher has kept fishermen off for several years rears and It is a natural ground Strange because the tho president caught only rainbow trout Not at aE atall all The are a particular particularly cannibalistic fish and wherever you ou find them there are aro few bro brook es In another part the brook trout thrive The larger Loch Leven trout are mostly In Rapid creek The presidents president's two was a big one a little too big to tomake tomake tomake make the best eating They're best around a pound more delicate dello Of or course Loch Levon Leonn trout have havi been caught here hero weighing li 13 pounds but these are exceptional Gideon on says sas the president Is do de delighted de delighted lighted with the fishing and so expressed ex ex- expressed expressed pressed himself And the guide 1 Is delighted with Mr Little did ho he think he says that a press dent of or the United States would honor him as a fishing companion out In this where here only a a. few years rears ago It was pretty much of a trackless wilderness Squaw creek runs near the highway high high- highway highway way between teen b Rapid City CIl and Custor and Jt It was this highway that served as 81 the Deadwood stage road In the theold theold theold old days The Tho president pre rides the stage road to and from work every ever everyday day da that he ho visits his office HUNTING THERE TOO Shumaker also a great fisher fisherman man and hunter may Inay take tako the president on an expedition back into the hills He can acquaint Mr Ir Coolidge with Ith the hunting pos pos- possibilities possibilities too though it has never b hen neen tn established es whether the pres pres- president ident is is much of or a hand with a agun agUn gun gUn I Of or course the tho hunting season is closed now but a little later on the tho presidential party could go out after arter pheasant Shumaker said said There arc grous grows aplenty and prairie chicken to the east In No No- November November vember ember deer shooting season opens While elk run wild the season is closed all of or the time on them There are some Iome antelope and some somo bear but mountain lions have been almost exterminated Fishing Is Js the sport now and there is plenty plent of or It in any an part of ot these hills Mr Coolidge seems quite proud of ot his angling feats and may keep Ieee his guides busy throughout the tho summer Tho The thrill of or battling with a fighting trout Is something that catches Batches hold of or a man Its It's a a. gamey sport that has the president to son some play And he has two gentlemen guides real guides real men and real sports sports- sports sports- to o keep him in good fishing hu hu- humor hu- hu mor |
