Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-10
coNsIpEanLE or 4 sNowsrIDE

A writer I'm the Grangeville Free
Press gives the following descrip-
ton Of snowslide near Dixie dig
gings, which owing 90 the back
wardness Of the snake story season.
makes a tolerahly fair yarn;
4 terrihle snow slide assearrsl about Ave miles
ahave hcrc On the TN o. last Mareh fhe avalanche
syaBic inxn canyon the south sie u piNecfeek,
The canyon u-rd 81 D. vera hieklf tincrti hss nov
there Z. su ath aiut ISL feet wide vut through the
mi,inls ram the TIP o this nountain 60 tic crck
distance 81 ahput tao mites. A. anght hc oNTertes
therc are millions II tons Of sn"A ruled NJ making
Tan, tina, Ia Md the water MP Tor mile, Ahc terri
lie furcr ~ the avalanche can he iWsftuci easter
than di-fhcd IT. iorcc such that after striking
the grces is own niamentam 'arrtei Y ipiN quar-
ter Al intiU up ihf mountain on tbs other sils lhr
Az f noise attracted the attention ot tunr r,rrsls
dent sud sse.ns the long Sihlni Ike stripe down the
usun,aia side, dstCruitnsh to investigate hnastur
my surprise whtn after gazing on THE Netb ~ THIS
monster Walking aruuid ave struck and tsrrn itei
At the terrible ~cefe htafe me. e. mud tho ~ ui
large buli nsoos. sticking out ~ the snoN and les
pulled and tagged a the fruzcn extremity u one q
the nuhlest animals that range TIE mountains but
being unaar o. disloigc the entin "trrss took onl
tas hunting kuiis and cut tbs hex ~ riasc 10 tAt
bs,lN aud after trimming IL down ~ that there Ma
nothing itit bat ihr round ti,'i Il On NY bacs ant
went home tald several Of The bows ahens the hnd
made and shaw G., thsm III, bis ham q; uf'ose ven
sa a. tolatcrsl proof which, ~ the NAY tppet tbs
saale- a. 81 pounds although did not take ui0r'
Z than one half the quarter.
{ Next ia, Ia company with several others wen
out ~ the nov famous snow sltft T. ut thv baAno
{ 81 the meat but when catie within sight 1t tn
4 place Ne saw no les. than p large mountain hnn
Walking around AMI etutiiug most hideogs'N N catl
uthpr tat a few shots tram our REVIEWERS cent thrn
seanpeting awAN into the nearest hdls 70 watch a
fruul y rtrpc, table distance.
Imagine our ehtgr,n Nhtn Bc rnnc TO the piac
where left big lat Huaass the oNening before {
lind a. thing bat the frozen homes. These raFenou
creatures had dvNourcd the last tn1r-c and let III
lpups lsati1hpl and slick HS though the
hctn dead a reHtury.
White bcmuauins our sad fate, Sawtooth Sal
caliet attg niipu Ia hole in the hari snOn aud a.
that looked Is though made hy one 81 tho motintai
lions Investigation proved his sntmlsc- nnrret, e.
, Pot only the hole mAhc by the lion but he, q
rortc,l is the keen u smell fnr which inr-e az
mails are noted. had iaeate, another moose hHde
deep Ia saoN. Non had the Key 20 TIE who
business 80 We weut AZ uni aud du. ~ the snu
ever, riace saw any signs Of the lions digging
scratching, ami IA cNeIN case dug out moose INT
VIC itad n ~ these splendid animals on the suffa1
Some II them @cre 40 hadlN nrssihed an that tn
we're no suad, IN one esse larg" ttee WAS dEiss
through the hdy VI une, sui in several Eases pa
may IL half Of the animal, - baiN erusits
thai the bones. ersh and hide ground into
, pulp These parts that sp. led We iott 90 u
ground charged With strtchniue. fT'h which VI FoA
81 uutR harvest ia the shape u 81 mountain las
i p.lt- "A lynx rs hlack wolves - Nn.s cTines
h-hgrs, 80 pine martens and . gnAy WOLVES The
/, was an iinuisnse amount ~ smaller game, but
didn't have tins dress the Ielts " they scre n
: valuable enough. II IL was the SEASON fJs bear
would u got over a hundred as the woods are fair
alive siti, them Ia the fail Of the yeat, When q
berries arr ripe.
Rut the question may be asken hcw those moo
4 got in the asy Of that snow slide Well, the Way
. account tor il i this. II isa we'll knosn Tact III
ell aud moose yari up every winter for thcif nuti
protection from lions link, etc, which neat 60 una
are their most deadly enemies, al,u they help ca
e other TO break trails to feed THIS being 50 this ha
a must have been sardedup right 10 the canyon th
the SNOW slide passed through, aud L PROBABLY swe
the last one OF them To destination
THIS has been about the hrst snoS slide Of ans u
portanet that has occrrel IA this section for seat
a and the only one have heard u this Year.