Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — KILLED FISH FOUR FEET LONG [ARTICLE]

KILLED FISH FOUR FEET LONG

And It Cost Fred Phillips Two " Season Tickets to the Gayety. Fred A. Phillips is possessed of a renewed faith in humanity and an inclination to believe any and all fish stories. While seated in front of the Gayety Wednesday evening he overheard a couple of lads telling another of a fish four feet long that had been taken from the Iroquois. Mr. Phillips was disinclined to think that fish of that size inhabited the river at this point and so stated his thoughts to the boys. The latter were very emphatic and offered to bet that the fish was actually four feet long, whereupon Mr. Phillips offered to bet them two season tickets to the Gayety that the fish was not four feet long. The youngsters promptly took him up and sped away, returning shortly with a garfish that measured four feet and one inch in length. Mr. Phillips forthwith handed over the tickets. The fish was shot by Sam Duvall near the Gangloff bridge, and is the first one of this specie to be found near here in several years.