The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-08-01

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| Ed WoRLD:-Rememberi your solicita
ton t. write. now endravor to comply witt
your request lett the Luna House. Idaht
City. on the 9th inst. on one Of the coaches o
the Boise City aud Idaho Stage line. 10 com
pany with our old friend Rube PeytOn and on,
or two other gentlemen. whose names did
not learn. The road being in good order. ths
morning cool AID nice. We enjoyed lively and
rapid ride. discussitg ~ We went the probable
| results al the coming election, aud the merit,
Of all of the horses in the valley. Arriving al
Cold Spriags, babe the buys goodbye. tool
my blankets an my back aud struck out over
the trail that leads across the mountain q
Grimes creek. by the time had got fairly
started, the sun began to get warm. and before
reached the summit il was fearfuIly hot
had no thermometer. but l am sure il WAS over
q thousand feet above zero. or any other mark
on a Thermometer. and more too" Ii you
are coming over this route foot. very soon. or
any time during the six long weeks ia August,
| wouldn't mind ~ tell you. contidrntialiy
what would bc necessarily needed, but know.
ing YOU belong Ia the Red Cross. l will not
III" middle IL the afternoon. without ~ncount-
r,ing anything Of an interesting nature. with
the exception Ut swollen feet and an excellent
appetite. Here l found good pot IT mash
and milk in readiness. which ! enjoyed hugely
Ii was better than any cake Or pie you ever
saw. On my way over the mountain. I started
several aocks of iull grown grouse. but had no
gun to shout them with. which was probably
just ~ well. for you know Of course the game
law. which has not expired. would have pre-
vented me from killing them. Pretty law this.
which does not even allow . man 10 protect
himself when among the mountains on foot.
and two thousand miles from home. / believe
in retrenchment. but the way propose h re-
trench 10 to dig . big trench and throw Ill of
our chucklehesdcd Legislators into it aud cover
them up; the timc to do this will be at thc'polls
next fall
Blacks Rancho 10 situated about twelve miles
from Idaho City, ut the junction Of Grimes
and Clear creeks. II possesses unexcelled fa-
cilities for irrigation. and 10 most excellent in
point of fertility. We are now engaged in
harvesting. and dare say there has never been
a better yield Of hay or grain 70 tho same
amount Of land in Idaho Territory. There 10
abundance Of wild game in this vicinity also,
and pcrsons ia town desiring recreation would
d. well 70 como down this way. Tho creek
bottorns arc literally lined with tho finest cur.
rents aud goosebcrrics ever cav. and splen-
did place to 6sh on Clear creek, which 10 .
nice, clear stream Of water, but don't know
about there being any 6sh II it: still It 10 .
nice. cool place 10 Rsh. flease send me the
Idaho WORLD. through the postcfice. and I
will settle with you in full when / como up.
Believing the conclusion Of this letter h be tho
part which will most interest the reader, will
close. s. n.
Notwithstanding our correspondents objec-
tons to the game law, expressed in the above
letter. il il good law. just such % every coun-
try should have and enforce. Il 10 inhumau to
kill OF animals and birds while their yoang
cannot take caro- Of themselves. yet il would
be done constantly il It were not for the game
law. n