Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-24
FROM WASH-DISH BASIN, IEION


valuable paper, ] again come AZ '''
with my nlterate trash this time ua'-
ing IT on the banks of the Teton r'Ne'
in the wash-dlsh or basin OF tha' eou"-
try. a mile north of the nam oi'Nb,'
ahortly after noon on Friday the -YsH
Of August, in the year OF our i'''N
1897 40, ,,o d,,,bt
,yaii remember came from spot caIIeu
Convon Greek, the halfway house So
TO speak, between ReNburg allu ~,
place in which this undyins hionu', ,Smt
ands it's origin. l told you tneu t
NO ,vcre of for the Teton, ana int
ua,,t,s, bo,yever questionable source
from which II come, was as true -. !
ns ever mortal man dare utter, 80 -,
we are on the Teton and on TIT seviii,,
10 stay as fish are FOUND netS ~
abundance, the very fact that my c
nonions have been out angling from
narlv morn without returning w "
the present writing, being piO9' -,
tive take II. that the speckIeu peau-
ties are in the creek Wltn u SeIss1 ta,,e
some of thosefuund In abundance nav
been living on the banks for seNetWl
dnvs no doubt--a circumstance Wh'Ou
points strongly to the unlaWlui US
giant powder, thus hdihg III Wy a.
nonulation Of the creek and making u
5o,,hiy, hard for the honest lnW-
breakers to catch even sufficient fish
10 make up fair car load IN spi'e VI
Il all, however, my companions ~
elusive of myself are doing eNcept'on
aliy well and up TO this stage oil the
game. mountain trout have Deen huu
for the mere catching, and since our
arrival here yesterday, we nave nau
fish for breakfast, fish for lunch, hsn
for dinner. fish for tea ana hsh loi
supper. ,,,,,
While washing up the hreakiast
dishes a few short moments ago, i
had pleasant chat with a nelghDor-
ing camper, gentleman VINO ny
week before the Jubilee, conducted a
small furniture store on state street III
snlt Lake city. He told me that he
was forced to retire from business ne
cause there was no money IN ~ anu
that in two or three weeks or hltef nc
had given Yellowstone visit he IN
tended TO return to the city, settle up
his accounts and HE himself ahuWlle
for she Is with him-to more con
genial climes, presumably, 3uublhs
from his conversation, TO Calitothih-
The gentleman I'm question, was Ior
ten years prominent business man
of Great Falls Mont, where ne seems
TO have met with fair success. n desire
TO do better, however brought MN 10
Salt Lake but It was not long niter
his arrival there that he found OUT ne
had made a mistake ana psghH 70
yearn for pastures new, why hc
should have given up hope so soon ne
fore the Jubilee. however, IL a mystery
10 me- as very few shrewd busines men
would leave any town In so short a
time before, such grand demonstra-
ton as the Jubilee proved ltsell TO ne
Mr.. Blank. for | forgot his true
name was naturally anxious to learn
something of his former haunts ana
when he learned that was from SAT-
Lake, he began to question me con
concerning n good many things some OF
which. 1 confess. | was not posted on
He asked me how the jubilee turned
out and / told him IL was the grandesl
and most brilliant affair IN the history
of Utah; that II hundred thousand Vlsl
tors were gathered in Salt Lake; tina
the hotels and restaurants did pen
nell busness and in fact the celebra
ton was n success far beyond the eN
pectations Of the most sanguine. wa
l right?
The gentleman then turned his re
marks to Salt Lakes municipal af
fairs. He scored numerically IN
city's politicians in general AM
office holders In particular. The hlgl
taxation was cited as a sufficient caus
to brighten OFF outside investor
and moneyed men, and the hope wa
expressed that political jobbery Woul
soon put stop TO- that men WI
limited means and the Interest of Il
city at heart might be able TO sta
there and live In comfort, devoid
outrageous taxation and almost III
bearable political oppression The
conditions, said the gentle man, hf
40 boldly discovered that II Won
take some time for 1t TO regain !
natural complexion.
Teton Basin is n splendid healt
giving country and district that
rapidly being filled up with hor
seekers from Utah and other parts
Western America. Like Idaho in t
main. the Basin is an excellent ranc
ing area and for this purpose MAJ
are going In and numbers OF acres
the fertile soil here, are fast bel
converted into fields of waving gra
vegetables and other useful commo
cities. The uncultivated tracts y
covered with well-bred, well-t
horses. to see a band of which MAX
ones teeth water-for lack OF ID
ter expresslon-in a desire TO PICK {
a good buggy team, or nice tldl
pony, or both, as the desires OF
longing Individual may dictate
''plck out in this case however WI
out the consent of the owner, would
horse stealing its most hagrant 10
an offense, OF course, that your hu
ble servant would not make hims
guilty OF, be the longing for a beat
ful equine specimen ever SO great
Teton river, as very necessary
tunct in this part Of the country,
not TO be sneeZed at. ltS Wluln
nbout 200 feet at this point and d'
n large volume of water pas
through it's Channels-to say notI
az the FISH. The river IL not II Il
one nor is Il q treaChernus stream
its near neighhor. the snake; but
Watering and irriEating this dist'
IL does its part and does 1t well
10 the great satisfaction OF the !
dents and property owners herranu
Asa stream for annual baths II Is
coualled at this season of the year
oniy a gaze upon its placid wa
prornpts the onlooker 10 u plu
ho-Jever an amateur In aquatltS'
Nt.np tribute to the dusty ~
Travelled while en- route to TINS pa
ular point. ,a,o,,oir,, u
graphs, my co-partners IN 'he ~
business have arrived-two OF th'
both loaded down with exec
sncrlmens Of the speckled ne.
mus giving us record IN
catches, OF i2s fish, actual count
,Dov not be as prudigious llsh )
AS some people tell, but IL ca
cousted on as reliable, coming
noes from people who hail from
Lave and whose word, therefor
absolute!y as good as their bond.
/ told you IN my last antldote
salt Lake people were Hooking Il
Yellowstone, | mtun-lm y
numbers Some OF the boys ~
throurh here several days ago, al
thcm wait Whdiug OF r. G.
Johnuic wilson of the News
,,.t.r,. ,nd ty5o others whose n