Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-06-01
A RIVAL OF THE YOSEMITE.

The Foot of White Man Finds Its
Way Into a Reign of Unsurpassed
GRANDEUR.
From the San Luis Republic,
About three weeks ago R. D. Cook be-
came alarmed at the long dry spell and,
in company with another gentleman, he
started for the headwaters of the Sis
quocin search of food for his stock. He
reports the scenery along the route after
he left civilization as exceedingly grand,
rivaling anything he ever saw in his life,
and he volunteered the information that
hel had twice crossed the plans and
been through Central America. After
riding as far as they could they left their
horses and footed it over the mountains
and through canyons. and near the
headwaters of one of the tributaries of
the Sisquoc they found themselves upon
the brink of a precipice, over which the
waters Of the creek poured with deaf
ening roar, falling a distance of GEO tc
700 feet. He threw rock over the
brink to test the distance and waited to
hear it strike the bottom, but after wait
ing some time he concluded it had
lodged on the way down, and was turn
ing to leave when the rumbling intona-
tlons told him it had just reached the
bottom. The view from this point was
grand and awe-inspiring, and ifproperly
opened to the public would rival the
Yosemite as an attraction. Fish and
plentifulness Of the former he stated
that his companion on several occasions
took common gunny sack and fastened
it to a rifle and would drive enough fish
into it while he was making a fire TO
serve them for meal.
In coming down canyon they discov-
cred a redwood forest that has never be-
fore been known to exist in that locality.
He describes its extent to be from two
| and halfto three miles long and from
three-quarters to one mile wide. The
trees were from one to six feet in diam
eter and to use his own words. "there is
enough timber there to fence this valley
into ten acre lots" He is confident that
no other white, man ever stepped feet
inside the grove, for, said he, it would
have been impossible to have reached it
year ago, but about that time forest
fire burned off the thick underbrush for
miles this side and made it possible for
them to reach the grove on foot.
How He Caught His Clerks.
A merchant who kept three clerks,
each one Of whom made his own change
and had free access to the money
drawers, was the other day asked by
commercial traveller why he did not keep
cashier to receive all moneys? Cost
too much," was the reply. "But are
your clerks honest?" Perfectly hon
est. /" 'Have you any objection to my
trying them?" Certainly not; 90 ahead
in any way you wish" The traveller
| went away, but in about three hours he
returned. and said in loud voice so
that all might hear: "When l was here
this morning paid you bogus quarter
by mistake. In case you find it in count
ing up tonight, lay it aside, and I'll re-
deem it," Then the traveller, accom-
panied by the merchant, took position
where the back door and the alley could
be kept in view, and in less than ten
| minutes ont came the head clerk and
! emptied a handful of silver on the head
of barrel, and paved it over. The bo-
gus quarter was not there. He returned
| to the store and out came second clerk,
and went through the same programme.
| He was followed by third, and after he
disappeared the merchant calmly OBJ
served: ''Ive been waiting thirteen
years for trade to pick up, and / rather
guess I'll try the cashier SYSTEM
ln-breeding IN Pigs.