Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-14
linrerinR rsmrins of the reesnt vast
forest nres lighted the narrow, ,ortuous

one opportunity and time for re Fiction
Now tue speed is slowed. and you know
that q steep rs being climbed; then there
10 stop to spell the horses; then the
usual speed is resumed; and next you
vish that for the time being there could
be q literal fulfil % snt Of the promise
that every valley shall be exalted, the
crooked made straight and the rough
places made plain"
The breskneck speed at which those
SIX horses fly down the mountain aide
would be terrifying IL IL were not that
you know they perform toe same feat
daily. gaided BY the sane experierred
hands that hold the lines. Pitching.
lurohinR. darkness and dos, become 30
monotonous that nature finally seeks
relief IN q slumoe that 10 periodically
disturbed By your neixbbors In front
and on the right alternately bumpine
you into a return TO coGscioQaness; and
90 through the lona dreary night until
700 emerge from the dsrknsss and dast
into the daylight and clear mountain
air near Seasons, that nov famous resor,
Of Californians vho delight In huntins
and fishing, and, moreover, have the
craze for climbing up or looking at the
snow- covered Mount Shasta.
At Buttevllle 10 the breakfast station.
and, after getting q fresh team, you
start for the spin to Yreka, 25 miles
away.
One 10 always Earning some scrap of
local or general interest. and, being per
mitted 10 occupy an outside top seat. l
learned that this vas "treasare day."
That 10 10 say. on this trip OF the stage
the specie Vas carried and guarded by
~ A. L.
The calling OF these messengers 10 quite
uniqae, and, considered IN the abstract,
10 about this: For 30 much per month
they agree to sit beside the driver, keep
awake during the night, hold q double
barreled loaded shotgun on their laps
aud revolvers in their belts; should the
road agents invite she stage 10 stop,
they are TO literally follow the Scriptural
injunction: agree With thine adversary
quickly, while thoa art in the way with
him." IL the messenger has the drop
on said road agent, he IL expected to
begin the argument with load Of shot
and bring about an expressive sil. noe;
bot II, a. 10 generally the case, she road
agent presents himself and bis leveled
quo at the same moment, any kind of
srgument is both useless and indiscreet.
Happily, however, stage rob5efies are
becouing less frequent. aud while mes
senzer and driver, undsr tne influence
Of Q good cigar, were indaoed 20 rehearse
many tales OF robbery, some Of which
we're undoubtedly true and some other
wise, We BOWED along the Little Snassa
valley and 40 70 Yreks. The sopoaraph-
iosl Ssstnses OF The country will admit
psT the c0ustructl0n g. sha nrsi. cted
road at moderate cost and from the
character Of the land al far as seen on
either side, there can b bat iistle else
there than the railroad The western
side 10 walled up with nountains of a
decidedly rocky charaeer, and to the
eastward there Is a MARI " valley hold
lag q considerable alksli deposit, and,
when there IL opportunity for tilIage, il
would require more watsr than would
seem to DO available in mdsumaer.
At noon We reached Ynka, having a
population Of about l20 and Of some
In portssce a. q center af trade. The
report is that the SURVEYS will compel
the road TO run six miles "a the east ward,
and history will probably repeat itself
IN that Yreka nust either move to the
railroad, or. In falling 70 operate q
branch line, will probably struggle with
rival town plstted and osnsd By iu-
| siue parties.
We had a talkative drummer Who
aired his fsoetiousness By referring to
nimself as a csmmeraal solicitor"
asd called q graveyard "s,iff orchard" /"
IL was COARSE kind of Wit but 10 pleased
hin aud made the driver laugh.
Az Yrrka We parted VITA our compau-
ionabis messenger. Mr.. Haskell. aud
driver, aud started under the guidance
Of driver Hank Laird at arattlin9 gait
over toe tseeless and arid hilIsides to-
ward the state line. Hank was q repu
lar mountain Jehs, with natural taste
for bis trade. One could BOT help no
ticine the style in which he sat and
brsoed himself; with what deiiberation
be grasped and held the s1 lines, and
the exquisite grace with whoa be han
died hrs whip, nov touching one horse
here and asothsr there; thea, with q
dexterity only to be found among stage
drivers, be swings the lash back and
Rrasps 10 between the thumb and the
sioux; then few twirls and Il is let fsI
uniformly IN one graceful posltion until
again needed to persuade beast to do
his proportion OF the work. We pull
mp at Lsird's for dinner. and Escape for
few minutes from the burniag heat OF
an overhead sou.
II With relay We start Arrest. crossing
} ferry over the Klamath rivs. and then
through ceuptry slightly agricultural
arriving at Codes on the State boundary
J line, which at this point is NAKED by q
little mound supporting q pole sur
mounted by huttesinR veattsrbeateu
rag.
Il From Yreka there will not bs 90 muoh
costly sidehill work in grading ~ will
be neees- sry north OF Delta, but the
survey stakes. which cross ans rsoross
the marrow bed of q stresm, call np
visions Of many bridges.
After esoasing the Oregon lhs there
10 Q complete change Of scene. There
is vcrdure. depse underhrush snotimbes
} ss ycu approach the point whrs the
, Willard road began TO pierce the noan-
tain. Iks passengers aiiehted on ths
dusty road and allowed she tirec hsrses
! 10 climb 20 the samnis vitboutthe hu-
man load. Here 10 q view Of agrand
pisce Of meontain SCENERY, and on the
J south side Of the mountain may b seen
she sntrasce OF tho Oregon and osiifor::
! MIA tannel. With its outbuildinss aud
material laid on grade.
III Oar Jehu. after resting his hlown
| e<cN1-s a4SAS Hto1hS9
! and vhip, tried h,s brake and avsy ve
scarried aowa the hii side as txrihc
pass. nov swinging aroand curve and
now into the pitch darkness of the tree
, shadsws; then into the mooniighs ent
} Always down; the horses seem ts tnev
! every foot Of the road. and % dos the
driver; bat there ves no slackenisg of
speed until. With q rusn and vhir. we
pailed Mp Al kinesbory's for The bsst
eesked and best servsd meal since hAv-
tne homs
A fresh relay and the last run Of s,sen
mites landed us alongside the saupsu-
easiy ntsed Pullman car "Roszo6s."
in Ashland, where u required consider
! able water 10 Get rid ef the dust tsst.
, on she home stretch, vAs thicker uan
the famous leaves os valiambrosa.
Tnas ended the stage trip. which II
taken lessarriy To Q private conveysrre,
, voald se nos oaly profitable eos tlpr
eoaoly eojovabie. 6isep came 10 uiiiue
eyetids. bas the morning called us 20
J hrsskfsst at oakland. where, - IN many
tntsfios towns, they eoossdcr the ital
, meal 70 BE- the fruits Of that assmas-
tton, tue frying pAn-hot bread, vheh.
bv the hofs. you can euArnutae IN vxrb