Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-29
Tr- Kan FROM CALIFORNIA.
Ills Name Not Mentioned, but the &C lden
West Is Proud of Him.

His Name Not Mentioned, but the &C iden
West Is Proud of Him.
The man who has never gone bunting
and fishing in California in June, with the
necessary accomplishments and plenty of
Time on his hands" said the man from
Corbect's native state, has made failure
of life. He isn't really in it."
'Dld You get that sun kissed nose, that
peelng neck and those tan colored hands
on hunting and fishing excursion in Cali
fornla?" asked the man who had his feet
on the table
There were six in our party" said the
other, ignoring the interruption. I'VE en-
tered the mountains just back of Alta
dena- We had burros, guns. provender
and fishing tackle ad libitun. Our first
camp was pitched about 1000 feet above
the sea, near spring, surrounded by ferns
ntteen feet Highland / can knock any man
down that disputes that assertion to the
extent OF single inch. The resinous odors
of balsams and firs''-
See guidcbook," mUrmared the man in
the slouch hat
fllad the air, and the sound of falling
water lnIel Us 10 s,eep. The next morn
ing was i,-.r+, and from orr perch we
could see pE.n!y Altaden1, Pasadena and
hmlt.eSi retehcs Of valley and plain,
with 0arN green squares of lemon and
orange ottI&riS. The ocean was plainly
visible ald not a specil Was to be seen on
Its surface. The only thing that doomed
up between Us and Japan was distance''-
And the protective TARIFF" suggested
the man with the russell shoes.
The next man that Interrupts me " said
the speaker, Ticking the ashes from the
end OF his half smoked cigar, Twill wish he
hadn't. l have worse cigar than this in
my pocket. shall simply light it."
A deep, dark silence fell upon the group.
Seven thousand feet above the ravages
of the advertising fiend!'' he continued
Lydia Pinkham never had been there On
the rocks and cliffs there was nothing to
remind you of your liver or kidneys No
liquid glue man with paint pot and
brush had ever seen the place. Down in
the sWale OF moist gypsum below the
spring there was a bear track as big as 3
saucer, but we stuck to our camp biscuit
and canned corn and let the bear alone
The next night found us in the main
San Gabriel canyon arranging rod and line
to whip the deeps and shadows of the finest
front stream in all California, and at 10
O'Clock the next day we counted the catch.
Five of us had fished, leaving one to watch
camp. We had bagged 24z trout that
measured AL the way from five TO fourteen
inches in length. We kept this up for five
days, and all the chowder and things we
didn't eat the burrOs did. along with their
everyday diet of thistles, cactus, rubber
blankets and dishcloths We had one big,
oyergrDwn burro we chriStened Chicago
This ravenous animal would swallow every
thing in sight and then guaw at the tent
pins.
"On the ninth day we climbed again IN.
up, into the regions of pure air and the
balsam of health, and on the evening of
the tenth day out our camp was pitched
l0,S00 feet above bilge water We could
look out over the Moiave desert, the bound
less domain OF the bronze lizard and horned
toad-away on out over the trackless void
toward Salt Lake, Denver, home. From
this eyrie our shooters went forth to shoot.
down the mountain sides, into the echoins
canyons with no bottoms, along the crests
and crags, in and out Of caves and'-
What did You shoot?'
at makes no difference what we shot
The California game laws are against kill
ing deer at this season. So we didn't Kill
any deer. At least we didn't call them
deer. We called them caribou. There
were two of them. They weighed eighty
pounds each. The killing was done in self
defense. We skinned these caribou and
hung them on the limb of the spruce out
of the reach of mountain lions.
"The next day the two shooters who
went out came into camp about p. m
and asked all hands o come along quick
they had something to carry What that
something proved to be is in evidence at S24
Grand avenue, Los Angeles, where a mag
nifcent rug softens the footsteps on the
tuftcd floor-and the bear weighed over
700 pounds.
Il didn't shoot any caribou or bear my
self, but want You to understand that
was one OF the party that did. And while
lettering about the camp waiting for the
others to do the big game act found two
bee trees that contained about fourteen
bushels, as nearly as we could estimate it.
of honey.
1--WE were fifteen days in the mountains
and our table d'hote bill of fare was prin-
cipally trout, caribou, bar meat and wild
honey, which is a better layout 10y at least
three points than John the baptist could
boast in his most halcyon and vociferous
days. Gentlemen, viii you join me in
glass of wild cherry phosphate or some
thing at the place across the ways"
He knew the crowd 1t was his easiest
way to avoid a return fire. They Joined
him.-Chicago Tribune.