Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-13
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TO show us what It could do. or else st
wished 20 test our patience at meals.
our plates filed with water while we
ate and the beans soon had more SOUP
than tho cook hargainci for As for inc
gravy. 10 was useless But in an there
was "a vein of enjoyment FOR one likes
TO see things done In earnest when done
az an
In spite Of the rain We repacked and
started out our trail led up deep
narrow ulch. and was. 10 places, So
near the edge of a cliff that the slipping
OF a hoof would have brought disaster
10 the animal and pack But We traN-
pIed without accident There were new
beauties this afternoon Besides the
grass and flowers and towering pines
thousand little waterfalls could De seen
leapine over the cliffs os the ram
p0ured down Two miles brought us 20
the summit from where, looking back
We could see an ocean Of mountains,
dark green with their covering OF pines.
rolling like an ocean Of water ONLY the
waves are larger and are sohdihed.
After going up mountain and down
mountain for a half dozen times, we
came. about p. m. into a beauulul
valley where we decided 90 camp TOT
the Sabbath The rain had now ceased.
the sun shone bright and warm and
| soon after camp was pitched, clothes
| lines We're made OF our PACK ropes ana
| blankets, coats, pouches, etc. Werehuns
| out 10 dry
The Sabbath as a rule Is day OF
rest This Sabbath was exceedingly so
Tor early I'M the morning the equinoSial
storm set in and or and ON IL ralned
| during the whole dav II was O cold
drizzling rain and most Of Us covered
ourselves with blankets In our tents
and spent the day in reading and study.
| II cleared. however long enough for
meeting Two large pitch logs which
we feucd, furnished fire In spite of the
| wet. and during intervals Of the storm
| we assembled around the fire 20 warm
/ ourselves The night was verv cold The
| thermometer dropping to a. degrees f.
! but the next morning the nun came out
/ bright and warm and soon coats were
oppressive. Here Hyrum cum our
| guide returned. taking our mail WIN
/ him samuel Brown had returned the
| day before and $50 we were left to our
! selves We mndo am early start In case
we needed "a long day. Soon fho tran
| in the deep erase was lost. but knowing
! the general direction. we were not de-
! layn1 ~ was found again us we
! entered the canyon and lost again.
! ana pro On during tha llv. part 81 the
| time we were on and part OF The trail
| We crossed a divide at TO o'clock alu-
| tude T. 600 feet and soon afterwards en-
/ tered "a narrow rayiua. which as we
! proceeded wilenad into % valley
/ small stream of fine water flowed down
| the valley At . o'clock. after an
| hours rest we came to "a stand Numer-
/ a. D.. N..
| Leaving the company two Of us Zee
! connoitered and found that we We're
! near the head Of large valley in
/ which thousands az head of cattle were
| feeding We soon decided that this
/ was the BabiCOIu valley, ana hence
our trah passed through IT, few
| miles further On with the valley lu plain
| view we pitched camp for the night
! At 1920 next morning. after q very cold
| night. we were ON our way hut h1I no
trail We followed the valley down
| however and at noon camped near "a
! lake or pond and close 90 ranch house.
| No one outside OF our own company
was In sight and as we were not cer-
| tain Of our way a visitor Mexican,
| American or whatever he might De,
| would have been welcome, our dinner
| consisted principally of fried ducks,
/ f0T on this lake and along the stream
/ that fed Il there We're literally thou
| sands Of ducks. geese ana mud hens.
| We killed O. couple of dozen including
goose on two. SIN following The vale
| ley down which Widcned us WD pIo-
ceeded we pursued our journey iu the
| afternoon. The grass as far as the eye
| could see was knee-high 90 our horses.
! a perfect meadow. one could mo"
! hay with "a sWath ten miles square.
At o'clock we saw am object far in
| the direction which with our HELD
| glasses We made out To- be "a man on
| horse back Here was the desired
| visitor. Brother Henning was dis
patched % overtake him ana gen the
| necessary Information ON his return
| we found 20 our great relief mat we
! were as we supposed in the bab.eoId
| valley. and now within a few miles oi
! the ranch, that our road lay straight
| ahead and In q few miles we would
strike a wagon road going straight 90
| Guerrero That night we camped
near the south end OF the valley and
| by invitation. with a company OF hay
baler our host, for such the American
| oyerseer Of the hay balers. Mr.. Muir
| ray proved 20 be. His men aided us
| IN unpackng, pitching our tent etc.,
| He furnished us with wood and water
| scarce articles on grass prairie and
what was still more, as De- had killed
a beef that afternoon, gave Us all the
| meat we could use. and what We wanted
10 carry with us next day.
We learned from Nj. Murray that the
! Babicora ranch Is owned by Mrs Hearst
| OF san Francisco. IL contains nearly
! one and one-half million acres Of land.
! and IL stocked with over fifty thousand
| 20 N.fr..Hr.H
| and horses for saddle ana work pvr-
! poses About FIVE hundred tons OF hay
is put up every year they might easily
! make Il as many thousand so far as
! grass Is concerned which O. used Cor
the riding animals IN the winter. The
! valley as the name Indicates. has no
| outlet that Is, the waters Of the valley
! all sink. During the rainy season there
IS quite lake, az the dry season there
IL but little water. The surface of the
! valley. at least the lower half Il as