Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-01
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ard May sying hsa. Ta=se fsh are
sAzll z11 are 10 more attractive than
the spzrryzs that e. about the laEns
il Blarzf0Ot- expected 70 see sharks,
whales, etc
have = crazy nan on board the
chip De j. member % the Boise
eoupzBy. he vas = miner. He !
harmless apparently. bat / keep him
under guard all the time. A fer days
ago he threw his knap-zck ard haver-
4zsk OTsrb1ard and said be would
ihrOE himself over but be diGu't ike
70 get yet shall endezFor 20 get him
q ny hands xben ue 20 ashore.
rainy day on board Il transport ship
i very much ike rainy day AZ sehOoi.
Il Is s1Ft Of 10 aud oui business With
The meu Just a. is j. with children at
school. and While trying 20 keep dry.
they are ont enough TO get vet anu
Keep vet note The same condition
On al the ships- / Gao seq them VERY
plainl! Nth az field glasses.
Really find myself more impatient
for this day 70 pass By than I have for
any day since sailing. / SAINT 70 reach
land again, Or rather the sight Of laud.
And the captain Of the ship promise.
that for tCmOrrow at sun rise. The
men sill stir early ia the morning. I
nay rise earlier than usual. II il con-
tiDoss % rain all day - It Is raining
now we shall have an all arOurd di-s-
greezole and uncomfortable TING Of il.
All the awnings on deck leak and our
staterooms are too small 70 entertain
company in, 90 We shall have 70 b.
much to ourselves individually. surely
we can stand il one day. At ii O'Clock
has stopped raining, but the wind Is
blowing hard and the sea is becoming
very rough. 1 have left the hurricane
deck and taken refuge in my state.
room. The rolling Of the ship does
not affect me here as it does on deck.
have stood the trip splendidly and
should dislike 70 90 on shore With tie
Remnant OF a seasick spell on my
hands. The nearer we approach the
Islands the rongher the sea. That Is
the experience Of the past three DAYS.
AT noon the report shows: Latitude,
Is, ~ n: longitude, 125, ~ E.: course.
west; distance, 223.5 miles; total dis
lance. 4tZoJ.s miles. The distance to-
day fails short II miles; yesterday
ABOUT IL miles. These shortages make
IL mat much longer In reaching Ma
MIA. But all the fleet is running at
the same speed; we keep close 10
gether. The sea Is growing rougher
To-Day. ! am staying close 10 my state
room.
Friday morning, July 10Th: In sight
Oh lana-islands 10 the right, front and
leit. The most OF them present noun
tain views aud they look like the noun
tain5 OF Idaho. To the right are tao
.r-zFI a nd
LAY they look like beehiyes. One m
the ISLANDS lar away to the north west
and 1t resembles the Mormon ,aberna-
Gle IN appearance and the stone near IL
the temple. We saw this morning tho
first porpoise. A large school of them
crowded IN front of our ship and re-
sembled large hogs rolling over and
over IN the water. The BOYS said thev
were drilling in extended order. W.
were not close enough TO get a satisfac. I
tory view Of them.
Inc sea this morning Is calm and
more beautiful than IL has appeared AZ |
any time. 1t is as smooth as snake |
river below the bridge. IT has CHANGED |
from deep blue 20 green color.
The Islands to the right OF 'us appear
they are quite LARGO and 4
must be 10 TO 50 miles. The hi0best
peaks are about as hit. Putnam near
fort Hall. They are covered for the
most part with a thick and luxuriant
growth OF brushwood, seemingly from
~ to u feet high. There are few
spots without this growth, but green
IS u with grass and looks as II once
cultivated.
Ihls afternoon we shall be fairly
icross the Pacific Ocean. and will enter
ne CHINA Sea. 1t is nov noon and we