Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-23
ON THE WAY TO TETON BASIN


In the hills, ten miles from nowhere
state OF Idaho, with superstrtIrtiiro,
| toNyre S with dust an inch thick, Aug
49, 1897, $3.50 pm. aus
| Ye crags and peaks
| m with you once again,
hold to you the arms
You once heheld
10 show they still are free.
And this is Canyon creek, Well
US a good thing, for I wouldn't have
known 1t mad l not been told-so ig-
hofant am l. And then again who
would have thought that such a cool
liNltihg' sequestered spot could so
SguISniy nave been found in the wilds
mistake "''' i'O
we have just finished an 1s-mile Jerk
by wagon from Rexburg on our WAY.
TO the Teton Basin-a valley that is
SAID to be delightful. with creeks full
OF hsh and hills invaded with big
SaIno' The latter declaration is no
doubt true, as not a few of Salt Lakes
best people are up that way. Willing
away the moments which make dog
days'and catching fish from six inches
70 TWO Rect long, actual measurement.
WIN such "A record. no wonder Salt
Lake Is able to boast of its hordes Of
bralhy people, and no wonder either
III TINS section at this particular sea-
son of the year
our horses have Just been unhitched
and tied to cedar posts; my paIs
have scattered In quest of fish and
game, while |, poor thing. have been
asslEned the duty of watching camp
seeing that those other fellows don't
'swipe' anything, and incidentailv
getting things prepared for the even
ing spread. Did / say spread? Yes
and that is right, for while we have no
walnut table, upholstered chairs and
an mat sort OF thing. we expect 10
nave something more substantial than
that; something by which we win be
able to prove the corpus delicti, If YOU
VIII allow the expression. and some
thing that warrants yea forces MS
To the truthful saying that ours is in
deed destined To be a spread
Let me see, I'm not much Of a hand
AZ preparing meals, SO you win eX-
ruse me II II bothcrs me a little. The
first thing to be done. I believe. is 10
peel the spuds. What next, | wonder?
D yes, | know, build a fire. Then IRE
pare the coffee or tea. whichever YOU
Ike. Now, while these are cooking, nut |
'ome bacon In the frying pan and pre- |
llre Tor the arrival of your companions
WIN mess of trout. VIII he catch
my Why, Of course he will. DID
you ever meet "A Salt Lnker who never |
,aiight while out fishing Now get |
he dishcs,tln ones, of course and when |
our potatoesyour coffee and your fish |
ire cooked, dive in. there's plenty for
verybody and to spare.
l tell YOU, camp life in the moun-
aims Is all right You not only get the
ull benefit of the invigoratlng ozone
hat II waited on the breezes but You
lso get the benefit OF good big meals.
leniy of fresh water, fish stories ga
ore, the songs OF the ripping streams.
nd . dozen other tasty delicacies. too
umerous To mention, and at minimum
ost to the buyer Here in CANYON
reelI we are having a good rest after
nat terrible rocky journey of Is miles. |
ewspaper measurement, from Inc
lriVing, prosperous. inviting and alto
ether pleasant town of ReNburg-a |
lwn where pretty girls are found in |
Dundance, and where meals, and |
luare ones at that, can be had for less
IAN The asking.
NEWS OF YELLOWSTONE,
While writing this, my lines are in
fspersed with snatches OF conversa-
ON with Peter Wilbur, well known |
apper and guide Of Ishawood, Big
orn county, wyoming. MIR Wilbur
ON his way north from Yellowstone
ARK where he has been I'm charge of
party of Eastern tourists. The gem
'man has done considerable travelling |
his day and has visited the Park n
eat number of times. He denounces
most emphatic terms the military | I
lie now prevailing in the Park, and | \
ys IL Is autocracy In it's most ilagrant Ii