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so he conceived the idea of letting the 

 wind do the work for him. He whittled 

 out a little windmill and fastened his 

 herring line to it in such a manner that 

 the turning of the mill twists the line 

 and causes his hooks to spin about over 

 the surface of the water, or just under 

 the surface, with all the vigor of a lively 

 insect. "When the herring are running," 

 says Volk, "they get on the windmill line 

 just about as fast as I can pull them 

 up." 



There is always plenty of wind on the 

 pier to make the windmills spin. Volk's 

 success with the mill has been so great that 

 other people have adopted the idea, and 

 now you may see windmills all along the 

 pleasure oiers of Southern California. 



The windmill causes the bright-colored yarn 

 which is used as bait to dance continually 

 over the water like "flies," luring the fish 



Fishing for Herring with Bits of 

 Yarn and a Windmill 



FISHING for herring with 

 a windmill may sound 

 strange, yet this is pre 

 cisely what may be 

 seen most any day at 

 Ocean Park, California. 



The herring are 

 fished for without 

 any bait. They are 

 lured by what is 

 commonly known as 

 a "Japanese hook"; 

 that is, a small hook 

 baited with bits of 

 brightly colored yarn, 

 which are dangled 

 over the water by the 

 fisherman. The fish 

 snap at the bits of yarn 

 apparently mistaking 

 them for insects. 



The idea of the wind- 

 mill originated with Frank 

 Volk, a salty old pier 

 fisherman. The constant 

 shaking of the fish pole War 

 became irksome to him ed so that he 



Iron Signs Give Good Advice to 

 Washington Tourists 



VISITORS to the National Capital have 

 an opportunity to receive much whole- 

 some advice as to how they and the local 

 police force can co-operate to mutual 

 advantage. The advice is conveyed by 

 iron signs placed at various prominent 

 corners in Washington, where it is not 

 possible to avoid them. 



One sign, for instance, tells the traveler 

 that "The policeman is your best 

 friend" and in general terms ex- 

 plains how he is trained to do 

 his duty. On the reverse 

 side of the same sign is 

 another message, which 

 warns pedestrians not 

 to expose their money 

 in public. "Pickpock- 

 ets would have to go 

 out of business if 

 men became careful 

 in handling their 

 money," says one 

 sign. Placed oppo- 

 site the Union sta- 

 tion, is a sign which 

 advises house owners 

 not to leave their 

 homes unguarded. The 

 idea was originated by 

 the head of the Washing- 

 ton police department 

 and the messages have 

 been widely read because 

 of the many visitors who 



good advice display- dail y come to tne Capi- 



who runs may read tal, even in wartime. 



