Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Measuring Depth of Water And Caught a Fine Bass. [ARTICLE]

Measuring Depth of Water And Caught a Fine Bass.

Monticello Journal. Here is a spring fish story that you are privileged to believe or not, as you choose. You can ask L. A. Young, the architect and builder over there and about the people as he used to be around there a great deal and can vouch for the existence of the lake and the veracity of the people. Over at Flat Lake, near Disko, a farmer who wanted to see how deep the water was at a certain point tied a pen knife to a line'and lowered it. The knife dropped six feet, and when the farmer started to pull it up he was surprised to meet With opposition. But he was more surprised when he finally landed a three pound bass which had been attracted by the bright steel and had swallowed it.