The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-12
Especial Correspondence
BEAVER CREEK. Cache Co., Utah.
September 4, 1888,

ores had been discovered in the
mountains at or near the head of
the Logan river, Cache county, on
August 18th, I packed my horses
and started via City creek, Hard<
scrabble creek and Ogden valley,
that being the most direct route to
the reported fnew find" Whilst
passing up City Creek canyon, near
the source of the stream, ran
across a band of Savages. Their
tepees or lodges, two IN number,
were pitched in the midst of small
small opening in thicket of
willows and boxelders on the
banks of the stream. Over their
primitive dwellings, Canvas tents) a
small specimen of the American
flag futtered in the mountain breeze,
The national rag was firmly nailed
to a long and perpendlcularly
crooked willow, and l presume, be-
ing aware that the CHIEF OF the Oand
had once been imprisoned for dis
playing the flag of our country at an
inopp0rtune gathering of braves,
he had sought this secluded spot to
indulge III an paroxysmal exhibition
of patriotism.
During the day I had noticed,
particularly after leaving Pleasant
valley, an unusual number of beer
bottles scattered along the road
singly, in pairs, by threes and fOurs,
corkless and empty; but with the
odor So barley brew" still clinging
about them. I came to the conclu-
sion that the empty 'sbeers" marked
the course of party of roysterers,
and that it would pay me to fol-
low up the sign. Patient and
carefully l followed the trail
and at last, as the sun was
about disappearing beneath the
western horizon, l ran into their
camp at the lake, or what was at
one time the lake, now the sink of a
small creek. The party consisted of
G. w. Davis, H. Bowring, and -
Murray, not the beautiful Governor,
but one of burst & Trimble's pleas.
ant-voiced assistants. 1t is needless
to say that l was welcomed as a
brother and right royalty enter
tanned. The following morning the
party voted unanimously in favor
of, cOnsenting to be their guide,
crossing the divide and testing the
efficacy of their artistfcally con-
structed flies on the unsophisticated
trout in the Hardscrabble waters.
In pursuance Of this plan Soils first
beams found us en- route for the
summit. Itook the lead with my
light-footed pack>horses, Davis as
teamster following with the de-
livery wagon, BoWring and Murray
acting as pushers. We arrived at
the summit without eneountering
any very great obstacles, but that
point reached we found further pro-
gress with the wagon was impos>
sible; a bad Washout had occurred
and the route was impossible.
After considerable parleying and
many suggestions by Murray, the
party Of pleasure seekers decided to
leave their wagon where it was,
picket their horses, and follow me
on foot the remaining six miles
which interviewed between them and
the expectsnt trout. Away we went,
over bank and bush and broken
raYine, now Laundering over the
trunks Of fallen trees, anon splut-
tering through the black mud of an
unfathomable morass, then Wading
shoe.top deep in the waters of the
little creek. At last, footsore, weary
and thirsting for their accustomed
drink the anglers reached the trout
stream. "Trout? Yes, lots of
'em!" So sang the greengrocer, 'In
deep pools, on the gravelly bars,
under the oVer-hanging bank, there
they are" And after a hasty meal
of bread, bacon and tea, the green
grocer and the greeDgrocer's assist
ant drew their joInted rods from
their cases, selected their flies, and
began to wrestle in a manful way
with the brush which lined the
stream on either side. Alas, the
trout had evidently been there be-
fore, and although the tempting
bait was placed directly over their
noses and twitched in exact imita-
ton of an insect struggling to es-
cape from the watery element, the
trout persistently refused to be
taken in. The day was wearing
away; the anglers had not taken a
single fish; six miles of broken,
mountainous trail lay between the
sportsmen and their base of supplies
the case of beer. What predic-
ament for men whose muscles were
attuned to no greater exertion than
a walk of a few blocks along Salt
Lake city's level sidewalks, whose
greatest labor heretofore had con-
sisted in dancing big melon before
the eyes of an expected customer,
or rapping tie said melon with their
thumb nail, to prove by the hollow,
mellifuous sound that the fruit of
the vine was dead ripe! There was
no other recourse; / was compelled
to move on; there were bears in the
forest, and night spent roosting
among the branches of a pine tree,
aside from the danger to be antici-
pated from lynx, corkijoe and pan
ther. would be one of discomfort.
With a marked sadness in their
voices, they each babe me adieu
and slowly wendell their way up
the CANYON, I overheard one Of the
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