The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-08-03
Murmurs from Mann Greek
Mountains.
Glance Mt the Social Side
of Camp Life.

unjust, paying no respect to persons, {
color or previous conditions, and suf-
fering humanity only manages to ex-
ist until the refreshing shades of
evening fall like benediction on the
burning plains and cool breezes bring
rest and relief to the weary multitude
Of toilers employed in our factories,
shops and mercantile houses. All
day long the imperative demands of
business life have to be met, and up
and down our Streets over the burn
ing pavements, the sweltering crowds
jostle each other in the race for gain.
But, away in the north, an hours ride
by train, o short days drive with
team, can be seen the blue ridge of
hills, covered with forests of pine and |
fir, and intersected by snow-fed
streams clear as crystal and pure as
mountain dew. Cool, shady hooks
abound, and here. away from the tur-
moil of business, favored few for
get the torrid heat, ramble amid the
leafy bowers, drink from the healing
waters and sleep under two blankets
(if they have them). This is the case
of the older ones, but with the more
youthful the effect is different. The
dark sides of the pine covered canyon
are suggestive of danger and hidden
perils and call forth the manly instinct
of protection for the weak The star
Z spangled heavens suggest those SEN
. tmental thoughts common to the
. weaker sex and call forth the desire
to be protected, and many instances
o can be recalled of manly sacrifice and
i woman's implicit trust How sug-
o gestive: Two are seated on log; the
y ripple of the mountain stream, sigh
= ing of the wind among the pines and
Is the melancholy howl of the coyote, all
" combine TO Danish every thought of
j. others, and in a spirit of happiness
e too deep for words to express, gaze
is out upon the sky and wonder which
% Star will be their home when love be-
G. comes immortal
ut All the foregoing is suggested by
s, our recent sojourn for brief period
ID among the mountain beauties on Up
le per Mann creek But we left The
" following list of fortunates, who arr
at still enjoying nature in its best mood
S. The Weiser colony camped near Gates
h. mill consists of Mr.. and Mrs. w. b
es Kurtz and Hazel; Mr. and Mrs. Johi
tie w. Ayers and two children; Mrs A
IL f. Roberts and three children Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Johnston; Mr.. II. c
to Newman This portion are campe
al in q pleasant locality, tents on tn
u.s. bank of the creek, about quarter c
mile below the mill. Above ther
few hundred feet are camped o. N
~ Harvey and wife, Misses Emma, Liz
90 zie and Katie Cope, Winnie Hopkins
'0o ~ Fannie Mitchell, Anna Galloway, Be-
SO sic Hartung and Ella Jenne; Messr
'oS w N. l. Garrison, Walter Riggs, Wn
.ls VanSice, Will Cope, F. W. Mitchell
= os os Jack Ennor, Dan Cotter and Jol
81 Jenne. Across the creek from Il
'd dH Kurtz camp and connected by rust
SO bridge is the Payette colony, Rev. v
'oo Oo S. Gee, wife and family; Misses Ell
Goodwin, Ella Jimerson and Ar
'ii Enstler; Messrs. j r. Jimerson, Hen
100 Hartman, Cliff Goodwin and w
Emerson. The bitter feelings th
,.57 are known to exist between the t'
oo towns seems for the moment to ha
, 90 been laid to rest and truce esta
g ia lished. and as their voices mingle
i'd their evening songs it hardly seei
W possible that Payette had ever pu
To- lished the libel that Welser had
In water, or that Weiser had proclaim
oon to the world that Payette was not
100: it in railway sense and that Wei
DS. water was wetter than Payette wat
,93. And so the Juliets of Payette g
on the Romeos of Weiser and s
ling that ga rose by any other name wo
co. smell as sweet, and vice versa.
, of Sunday services were held
re- largely attended, and under the lc
trees Gods first temples-were v