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Show TOM FOOLERY. . . t pil! Shirley Johansen, one of the stronger advocates for '( truth in fishing stories, submits this short-short, too-true J,. story about Reed Madsen. Shirley says Reed is attempting to pioneer a new method of angling- When he can't catch them by the or- dinary rod and reel method, he dives for them! Z' To date, the net result: a water-soaked Reed, includ-ing includ-ing two full boots. . . and a slight cold. This is probably a good time to mention to the four :V flying fishermen whom Clarence Andersons refers to as -;rv "those Jonahs with their whales" Ralph Goodrich, Joe .' v Ursenbach, Ray Nielsen and Arden Robertson, who returned -;f this week with a mess of Salmon from Idaho, weighing up to 50 pounds apiece. You'd think they'd be satisfied just to show you the 'X fish and let it go at that. But they're not. They have to 'V take up your time, just like a man with a minnow in his basket, and tell you about the big ones that got away. just as well some of the big ones did get away. If the flying fishermen had caught the ones that got away, it :; would have taken a ship of the magnitude of Howard v:-Hughes' v:-Hughes' flying boat to get them back to Mt. Pleasant. v '' Hershel Jensen related a story the other day that isn't T funny at all. It'll probably make you sore. One of Hersh's neighbors is that fine old lady, Mrs- U; E. C. Johnson. Over 80, she has lived alone for the past year or so with a white fox. terrier dog as her chief company She has always been careful to see that the dog '7, didn't cause the neighbors trouble and has kept him in fW nights. ? But Wednesday Mrs. Johnson was deprived of her best friend and companion. The terrior had convulsions ;-HL and died. An examination disclosed that someone had ' - fed him strychnine. 'j : |