The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21


the assertion that ell men are liars. The
country IL rough and barren. the road By
turns rocky ana sandy. and ne had 20 go
slowly. About dark | punctured my rear
tire and rot being able TO locate the leak
We thought best that Mr.. Turner should
60 on 10 the ferry and order supper, while
was TO trundle my wheel. which was
really about as easy as riding. For FIVE
niles 7 plowed through the sand and in
creased my appetite.
AT Craig's cabin we found entertain
mens and assurance that We could get
across the river the next day In case the
wind should not b. too strong. Mr.. Craig
proved 10 be a very hospitabie host and
our stay with him was very pleasant.
More and more people are choosing 10
cross the Columbia at hiE ferry and ne is
working up quite n business
THE morning that we crossed the river
a rattiesnake was killed about hundred
feet from the cabin. and for the next few
hours every insect and dry reed which
could initiate a snake had plenty OF fun
AZ our expense; In fact. we were very
much ratified.
After crossing and filling our eanteen
with river water we started up the cou.ee.
down which Is supposed 20 flow Crab
creek. On the map We had observed that
this creek was printed n a broken line.
much resembling Ben Franklin's device
"a
sections with the motto Unite or die
We had not proceeding nar up the coulee
before we understood that the so-caliei
creek Is nothing but a succession Of slkaii
sinks.
I'VE had been told that we could get
water In sixteen miles and AZ the end 81
thirty-tso miles we did get H. Horned
soads and coyotes were almost the only
living things seen. but We had no inclina-
- ~ ~
canteen for refreshmsnt. one coyote sat
down by a sage brush few rods away
and smiled at ne rs We pushed our wheels
through the sand He doubtless wondered
whether the wheels had invaded his do
main 10 prey upon him or TO be his prey.
/ fred the revolver ~ Air' and he trottef
away. occasionally looking back AZ us
with grin.
THAT night we stayed at the cabin o..
Mr. Hutchinson. a Tancher well known n
Eastern Washington on account Of his ex-
IRENE stature. | Will not say how much
more than seven feet he measures. but IT'S
several inches The next morning we left
early for Lind a station on the Northern
Pacific railroad forty-s.x miles away, hop
ing 20 get over the worst OF the road be-
fore thu sun was too high We hal been
told We would fnd the roads coed. and
water II twenty miles. and 50 did not take
particular care Of the water in the can
teen. but about four niles oui Ne had a
nuartnre which DELAYED Us for some time.
and the roads proved miserable. Il was
no better thar the country OF The prev.ous
day. where there vas no sign OF a road.
Here the wheel tracks we're about foot
vide asaFfy as deep ard haif-alied with
sand Much % the way We founi the
sage brush preferable. II was n o'clock
when from the too If hil we saw
cabin about three miles awav. We wet
o,ir threats with the iast arops IN The cap
teen AMI. Il bored on toward the CABIN: "a
We reared il another coaa be seer about
a mile farther Turner was some distance
ahead. an5 saw h'r aismount at the cab
in era almost Immediately start on again
the cabin was deserted sEd the spring
dried az. Talk about dssppointmeuts IN
-,-snev alters or love- They cae't posi-
hlv compare with disappointment in hunt
i1g fer water
vas stretches out on Ire ground on the
shady side ard in answer "a my inquiry
ne So ~rhsre isn't peTson here: he
svsn Is empty. sHi 10 other CABIN N sight
W. isv a. ihe sand IN ;he shade Ger a
few sninutes. hus coui8 not aTort 20 waste
TOO much tire So Turner pushed or. say
t.- that = he found a ranch ard ] sffn't
f,,,t IN an appearance in an hour or 80 -
xssitR Genre hack Nth Some water o. sesd
se.,a ore After RESTING fifseen minutes
roaa sax the windmill ava buildings II a
ranch about four miles 8ist8na n course
~ tine I reached e. Rna 31Ss ~ TIE gate
met = cowboy wlth the canteea nllni
starting eat 10 meet IRE. TIE water vas
sa,,a / ds4u't ask whether shsre wsre auv
,,ss-rs,,ss Is IT, II Was TIRE Earliest hatf-
sav ~ Wheeling NJ ever experienced. No
nt,,,,,a haf ever been threugh tsere b.
fe-,, aaa ears npVer Wiii sEasn, prefer
=, kae. rear railroads hereafter.
After resting three hours we started
sa- f8nA Rna Rltsv:1le ard from there 20
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rgiiing eaoaxh 20 re interesting. ard attn
scarcely airy ksnd.
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