Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-02-14

chmo the mountains out OF the narrow |
gorge Al that point. as jagged rocks
jut out in every direction, aud even
in summer it is a. much as an ahle-
bodied man can do to pull hims+l II
part way up their steep incline.
The poor fellow was almost overs
corie; hut he kept on, hoping against
''ope. until tho cabin OF Johnny. Be-
hind th~>Rocks, was reach d This
'. At the junction of Kelly aulch viii
roy Ru'ch. aud all p~sser..by never
fsiI to stop there. 40 there is not an
other Inhabited structure for miles in
any direction.
The gentleman with the long name
and johnny Us- were There. Their
liv+lirst sympsthirs were at once en
listed. But they had only one shovel
ard no snowshoes. Johnny Ut.
agreed to run to Rock Creek after
help, while his two companions wen,
up to the slide.
The trip to Rock Cre~k-about
three miles across the mountains, owe,
'eep snow-was an arduous one
But what does q man worthy Of tie
name care for that ut such a time?
Mr.. Ute reached there in due time
rhe first cabin he saw sheltered Felix
Labnrge, John Seymour, George
Wi"Rert, Warner Anderson. and {.
Swede named Joh"ny. They o.
course all grabbed a pick or shovel.
nut on their snowshoes, aud ran t.
Kelly culch. Nor did they stop to
look for trails. They came s.rAiyh,
down the mountains, at immine ut
danger to themselves.
They reached Johnny. Behind the
Rocks's place about 4 o'clo k, paused
just long enough to catch thci,
"rra,h, and continued up Kelly gulch
about mile, where they found the
two forIorn workers. The party soon
sounded every part Of one slide, and
continued their search for what all
hut the poor brother of the missing
man knew must be a corpse. TIL 8
continued until 10 O'Clock last night,
when, being dark and cold, and al!
hands exhausted, it WAS resolved t.
send to HALEY for help. All hands
thereupon returned to the cabin of
Johnny-l'ehind>the-Rcclss, to ge,
food and rest. They had to drag poor
Hickey by main strength, as he brpg, d
pteously to remain by his brother,
whom, he said. he knew to be alive.
! After resting while the question
arose, AS I" whom to send to town
All were worn out. But F,lix La.
barge said: 'Give me a few minutes,
aud | will 60"
Mr.. Iabargs is n short, slim man.
hut every inch Of him is toll of ''sand. -
He knows no fear, is interchangeable,
and has endurance far beyond most OF
his fellows. Leaving at 1890 O'Clock
last night he reached HALEY before
o'clock this morning, having covered
the II or IL miles Of rough, uneven,
but level road where good time i.
impossible on snowshoes in abou,
three hours.
Almost every body being ahed, Mr..
Labarge gave the alarm, ard hurri. d
home to reassure his family, only to
find that there had been sickness in
the house about one week.
After daylight this morning q party
OF miners volunteered to 90 out. One
OF Bourgeois four.ho,se rigs was
offered aud. filled with supplies of
picks, shove!s, STOW shoes aud SUP.
plies, it was started.
This rig will not 60 beyond the
junction Of the Red Elephant gulch,
as the snow is unbroken aud, there.
fore, impraoticable for teams be-
yond that point. But the boys
NAV be depended upon to get to their
destination. At present writing they
are doubtless working like beavers at
the slide, and before night may have
recovered the body 7 is should he
comparatively easy for a gang Of
men. as the deceased had a pole eigh,
or 10 feet long, and snowshoes the
same length. Still, the slide is a vcrv
lengthy one, and much snow " i'll have
to be removed before the corpse can re
cc,,nd ,.ala l..