Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-10-24
WILL HE MAKE 1T?
Bob Woodward and His Mules
in High Altitude.

l.. Bef0le night d very lively storm
st in and the summit OF the noun
tains was soon white with snow.
Yesterday word came to the APPEAL
office from Glenbrook thai he had
reached the little Lake town at 8
O'Clock that evening, where he was re
ceived with hearty demonstrations by
the citizens, and no pains spared to
make his stay for the night as COM
Portable as possible.
He left at s 80 in the morning and
started FIR Strawberry via Myers. A
telephone message from Gl"unpoyk to
the APPEAL at noon yesterday stated
that it was raining hravily with a
little mixture of snow, but the rain
pIedOminated, and there was only
about two inches OF slush on the
g.uund. They thought that uUless it
turned cold he would reach Myers
yesterday and possibly get to Straw
berry. If he got to Myers he could
! get a good rest for his pack train at
night and then only have fve miles to
the summit. Once on the summit all
danger w0uld be passed and it would
be an easy down grade after that to
Pl~acerviise and be would be in the
green ard showery districts Of Cali
fornia where all danger Of snow
storms would be at an end
Before the telephone message reach
ed Carson it Was reported that there
was four feet Of snow at the Lake and
much apprehension was felt for
Woodward5 safety.
Rube Saxon. who is the boss of all
the winter experts of the mountains,
volunteered to taxi some extra horses
up there and break g way through
the snow to the summit.
Doc Benton, who also seemed very
anxious fer Woodward to ga through,
offered to furnisn the hurses free Of
charge.
After the message was received il
was not thought necessary to sind
any help. but plenty Of men wtIe
ready to go if their services were
needed.
\ telephone message was sent to
B,jou station that Woodward was on
the way, and if there ca ne a change
Of weather that caused the snow TO
fall over a foot and a half to send a
relief expedition out to meet him and
spare no expense.
At 2 o'clock a telephone Vas re-
ceived from Bijou that he had Iot
passed there. This indicated the. be
had taken he road to the left and
was making for Myers station. The
dispatch also stated that it was rain
ing hard and changing to snow. This
was regarded as looking bad for
Woodward for if Lhe temperature fell
as it vas bound to as night came on,
it would be an Easy matter to pile up
three or four feet of snow at the sum
init and thus present an il Dassible
barrier for the small animals he had
with him.
He stated to the APPEAL before leav-
with the pack train in a foot Of snow
but after that progress was very diff
ficult. If over fifteen inches fell be
would be obliged to go ahead and
break a pathway. After three o'clock
an attempt was made to get word
from Meyers station, but the line did
not work and this was feared to mean
that the storm had d2wDed the line.
He is a correspondent of the San
Francisco Examiner, and the Exam
liner telegraphed to this city yester-
day iDqulring about his progress
Word was sem of the situation and in
reply the paper wired to have a relief
expedition sent out from Glenbrook
to help him, by breaking the trail
with horses if the storm continued.
If necessary an expedition from
PIacercille will lie sent out, as the
paper don't propose to have its man
in San Francisco a minute behind
time.
One thing very favorable to his
chances lies in the fact that there are
now about 500 COWS at the milk
ranches along the road this side of
the summit, and at the first sign Of
storm they will be headed for Placer
Vile. These animals will break a
trail in four or five feet of snow and
clear an easy path for him. This one
chance will possibly enable him to get
through without the necessity of any
relief expedition.
At 7:3O last evening a telephone
from Bijou stated that the storm had
cleared leaving not over elk inches Of