Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-11
ON TO TUscARoRA.
Noes BY the wayside---A Disgusted
1dahoan---He's sick and
wants McCinnie.

TuscARoRA, New, Aug. 3, 1883.
10 Tns Bsslss1x:
For the information Of GU. friends
ut home and TO save time and the Ia
Dor Of writing to each one, I will give
you some Of the information desired
by many, trusting that my experience
and observations may save friends at
Noun ain Home time, trouble, expense
and disappointment.
We were on the road eleven days
travelling ten and laying over one day
At the head Of Duck Valley. Of Snake
River and Bruneau Valley it il not
necessary to speak. further than to say
hat the 'skeeters are numerous, large
and hungry At both places. Bruneau
valley is very beautiful and makes one
homeeick to pass through it; but it il
all taken up. From the Bruneau to
Louise creek is stretch OF waterless
desert 80 or IS miles across, absolutely
useless for any agricultural pul pose.
There are no good vacant lands on
Louise creek, the only practicable place
for q ranch being already occupied.
From Louise creek to = place called
The Springs, is distance Of II or Is
miles. Here there is room for about
two good ranches. This is one Of the
best places for ,tock ranch on the
whole route. We found stray timothy
growing among trick grass over two
feet high, and . stray bean vine Is
inches high, green and vigorous, on
high dry ground; slrvis berries on the
hills. From the springs to the head
OF Duck valley ia an uncertain dis.
lance, though broncho buster who
canped there told us that it was only
II miles; he also informed us that il
was only IL miles from his camp to
the Piute Agency, but we found it IL
miles, and from the Piute Agency to
the Shoshone Agency miles further
Here - some NJ fine land ~ can be
found anywhere, with water suficien.
to irriyats thousands of acres. Duck
valley il from two to ~ high rs five
miles in width, extending Is Or &c
miles in length, reaching and includ.
ing the Qwyhse river valley 1t thi,
point.
There are about Is Indians 1t the
Piute agency. They complain bitterly
OF the injustice done them by stock
men, who drive from 10000 to 10000
head on the reservation aud keep them
there against their protests, Mr.. Scott
the agent, paying no attention to their
complaints. lie 10 doubtless feather
ing his nest against = probable SNOW
storm in November He IT. least shoul,
be "snowed under" There can be II,
possible justice in keeping = mere
handful Of half-etarved Indians herded
upon small tract Of land and saying
to them: thus fur shall you 60 and nt
further, if you starve; and starve you
shall il yon do not raise your owu
stock and grow your own grain, hay
and potatoes, and At the same time
make it impossible for them L
grow stock or raise grain by permit
ting the stockmen TO eat out theil
range and overrun their lands with
their giant herds. There are possibly
an hundred and twenty-five Shoshone
Indians on their reservation. They
are discontented and poor, unused te
labor and restraint. They are degen
Grating and passing away very fast
From the Agency to White Rock i,
70 miles. To the west Of our route, VI
too great distance to tell any tllinp
about the country, We could occas
ionally see ribbons Of green. indicating
water courses but no sign Of habita
ton. There is quite prosperous set
Element 1t White Rock-one small
store, postoflice and school house il,
which there is generally taught a 81,
months school. The land here is irri
gated from the small mountain stream,
hay barley and potatoes being the
chief products OF the soil. Cattle
horses and babies being the Chief ami
NAL products, though saw some dog,
and few chicks and heard talk o
hogs. The squirrels here, as we'll NJ
in Duck valley, are 4 source of greal
loss to the ranchers; although the
farmers poison them by hundreds the,
appear to come by thousands, and y,
times destroy the whole grain crop.
From White Rock to Bull Run il
seven miles. A: Bull Run there arr
two good stock ranches with nice com
Portable dwellings, one pretty girl Of
ma,riagable age and size with huge
willingness, plenty Of water for irriga
ting the whole country. The water i.
III the creek, mean. not in the girl
From Bull run to Deep creek ia IL
miles, and while there is some good
land at Deep creek there is no waite,
for irrigation. From Deep creek to
the Middle fork Of the Owyhce it il
about Is miles. We travel up the
Owyhee 6 or eight miles. Here IL
some extra fine lands and water in
abundance. There 10 room here for n
dozen or more fine ranches, lots Of
fish in the beautiful clear water and
plenty Of game in the mountains. 1t
looks rs though it would be perfect
Paradise to live in. From the Owyhee
across the hills or 6 miles to Tusca.
rora-town Of disappointment-a dirty,
shabby little tow.l, crowded in mar
row gorge and huddled on a steep
ridge, containing possibly 1900 or 1900
inhabitants, about one-sixth being Chi
nese. There are six hosting works
and two mills-a lO.stanp and . 20
stamp-the 20 stamp only running ten.
1t is impossible to obtain any defin-
lite information about these mills or
the mines. There is undoubtedly a