Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-07-15
"There,s over seventy head of cattle

| III your JACK yarn.
Sharp thought Yank was trying tc
give him little run and responded by
throwing twenty dollar piece on the
counter and replying:
"Bet you twenty even up there isn't
one head of cattle there"
Yank promptly covered the money
and the two went out. The yard was
indeed overrun with cattle and Sharp
paid the bet. Yank held the money in
his hand moment, drew q long face
and said with gravity that none but
born actor could assume:
"Mr. Sharp, here's your money. 1t
amt enough to heal the wounds to my
feelings. I'm an old man. I've lived
here twenty-four years and this is the
first time any man ever disputed my
word" 81. a:.. y. .-... ..-
Then drawing himself up he threw
the money down ON the bar and with
voice of thunder, shouted: -....r--
"Don't eyer dispute my soora again !"
In few moments he was relating to
a crowd of gaping listeners how he had
won a hundred dollar bet off Sharp, etc.
With all of the old mans oddities, he
will always be remembered with pleas
ure by the tourist. A more accommo-
dating and good old soul never made a
tired traveller happy after long days
ride, and his wife's cooking takes no
second place anywhere. Yauk is now
located about mile this side of the
Tallac House, where he furnishes
with supplies, drives them
about the mountains and entertains |
them with stories at night.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Within the past year the roads about
the lake have been very much i'm
proved and nearly all the good fishing
resorts are accessible with q team.
Baldwin, who is spending considerable
money, not only on the Tallac House,
,ut its surroundings is building a road
o Cascade lake and also contemplates
pushing road through to the Yosemite
IS soon as practicable.
Mr.. Gilmore, proprietor of the famous
mineral springs, has succeeded after
infinite labor in pushing road through
rom the lake to the springs in spite
f obstacles which no one but born
Dad builder would dream of facing. E:
his road passes along the east shore of s
allen Leaf Lake, up past the most s
falls in that section, along
he foot of Mt. Tallac to the springs
those waters sparkle like champagne
nd are much more invigOrating. He J
stocking the streams with fish, and c
nould he conclude to build a summer
esort on the plateau at the head of s
allen Leaf it would not surprise any t
ne. c
THE McEWEN CAMP.
Speaking Of the plateau at the head t
Fallen Leaf brings us to camp there
hich is presided over by McEwen Of Il
le Chronicle. He has his wife with k
i'm, the Misses Brophy Ogden Hiles, G
le District Attorney of Storey county, t
I'd Mr.. Hines of Virginia City. In an
vii hour the campers hired China b
AN to cook. The Celestial was not o
ow in adapting the facilities in sight a
his own ideas OF ripe personal COM |;
rt. While the party lived in tents '
orrowed from the V. & T. r. R) the
hinaman pre-empted one Of Gilmore's Fl
,sy cabins, fixed his bed therein and e
'oceeded to live like British tourist g
bile his employers did the work. He
fused to stir around after dark, plead v
g tigers in the woods as an excuse,
Id In the morning it takes two able fl
,died men to haul him out Of bed by
e heels to get him to cook breakfast. p
e finally barred the door of his cabin, r
I'd in spite of the thunders of rocks on
Ie door and the clamorous profanity Of r
lree men on the outside was able to r
eep serenely until noon. He was Q
,alIv discharged and ordered to leave II