Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
IRONTON. THURSDAY.

up salt creek If you are not careful,
but this is the first time that I eve
saw this wonderful stream. And n,
wonder they used the saying, for al
| along the banks of this stream, thert
are skeletons of horses, cattle, deel
aud wolves, that have come to thit
stream for water, and they drink anG
drink, trying to quench their thirst
till they drop dead IN their tracks
However there is not much stock
around this place, for not many people
live near it. But if any kind of stock
get to it, they are ''goners sure"
couple of men near here, not knowing
the danger of the clear flowing stream,
drove a large herd of cattle across it,
and of course they all stopped to drink
They drank as long as they could and
every one died right there. think a
right good name for this creek would
have been the Greek of Death"
Minerals are found in various parts
of this State. Gold, silver and lead
are mined in the Black Hills and Big
Horn mountains. The Yellowstone
National Park, in the northwestern
part, is famous for its beautiful seen
cry, and hot springs, and is said to
contain 10000 geysers. This portion
of tue park is situated in the basin of
Firehole river. Many of these geysers
eject streams of water 200 feet high or
more. While one, the ''Giantess, y
elects a stream of water two hundred
and fifty feet high. The eruption takes
place about twice in every twenty-four
hours, lasting about twenty minutes.
Taking 1t all together the country Is
very picturesque. Is covered with
natural curiosities. The foothills bor-
dering on the plains look like some
one had just piled little mounds of
rocks, one on top of the other, making
height of about four or five feet
every twenty-five or thirty feet, just as
nice and smooth as can be, making a
beautiful picture. Well, cannot find
words to describe all the natural beau
ties and l will hasten on with my let
ter.
All of my old friends back east know
| am very fond of hunting. and as the
country is full of game l have a good
chance to exercise this talent. We
have had two or three big SHOWS al
ready. Recently shouldered my old
Marlin" and started out. I had not
gone more than half-mile from the
house, when l came to a lot of deer
tracks; | took out after them. In a
very short time I was rewarded, for
just a little ways ahead there stood
five beautiful deer, quietly feeding and
not at all aware of my presence or
their immediate danger. | stopped,
steadied my nerves, and took deliber-
ate aim at fine young buck. Crack!
went the old ''Marlin." and down went
MIR. Buck, head over heels into a small
canon, several feet below. Seeing he
was safe, l started out after the others,
but they had made their escape, and I
did not get any more shots at them.
l then concluded l would get the
man and horse from home, and haul
in the deer, as the hungry coyotes were
likely to find him. and would have him
eaten in a very short time. So I hur-
ried home and got my horse and man.
The way we had to go with the horse
was about two miies-around the foot
of the mountain. "My man" being
an old inhabitant of the country said it
was no use to go so far to get home
with our burden, that he would take it
right across the top of the hill. So
we proceeded to tie the rope around
the horses neck, then around the horn
of the saddle, and started up the slope.
We had almost gained the top when
the horse lost his footing and went
tumbling down, down, down, the
mountain side, the deer right after
him. And (being behind him) rum
ming as hard as could to keep him
from rolling on me. At last I found
refuge behind big rock and watched
the circus pass. The hill was so steep
he could not help himself at all. After
he had rolled several hundred feet, he
bumped up against large pine log
and stopped. We hastened down to
him expecting to fud him dead, or
badly crippled, but beyound a few
scratches he was not injured. We got
him on his feet again and concluded it
would be nearer to go the two mile
route home instead of elm bing the
hill.
Riding along the other day I saw
what | thought was great wad OF
white wool by the side of the road;
turning to my companion says, (hur-
7iedly) What in the world is that?"
'.Oh, my friend" says he, ''that is q
Jack rabbit; did you think it was
sheep?" Indeed did not think they