Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-07-13

"A
~, zach lad carried newly shatpenes
Ratchet, that glittered y .us
Mines sharp as meal =
mines as sharp as butcher kh'ts
.AnJ mines like razor, SAID lhs
.,ird how as he cleft two-ineh slu''
with one clever stroAe' s,aas |
close by the river side, near spoos
uola ,hpy found the tree they nay
agreed upon, II was a 1901 shtoua
smooth clear Of branches Tor at 49,
I'm fset from the base. JUST the h,h' |
!, willow 10 fashion into whistles,
1 rha ,res would suffice FDr many
| .tooters Il. however, sutleea -.
,sst ona. an affair that went on Fee'fu
,bs greatest thing in the way y
| willow whistles The three shatR
hatehats soon laid IL low The 'fiah
was quickly severed close 10 the hfs'
branches. There ii was. a. clean a.
| niece os willow as any you ever r
Then the lads began 70 pound the naiA
s.g,h me faces Of their hatehets. thas
was AIN operation that required sFp@'
eare for they did not want % bFuie.
the bark; they only wanted y loosen
i, from the sAppy wood, There va
rneh rolling and turning VI the las
before that vas accomplished Attes
satisfying themselves that the bafA
was In shape to peel OF. the BOY A'th
the razor-uke Ratchet sas lntfhslsa
with the delicate task Of hpllsslus Ihs
bark in a straight Lac from snh ~ sa'
Of the log, Ill.
.Iy's all right. h. said dropping hsa
Ratchet and pulling the bark back sfof
the cut In a ye@ moments INC oaF1
was pulled from the trunk Without q
break or DAYS They shUutdered III"
sbct ana wrnt away. leaving the 90
nuard willow glistrnlns IN tsa sap am
nakednsss 10y the side u the river y
was 4 little bit % a tug COINS 10 ms
steep side Of the hill, 1as AZ they haa
secured the she'll they we're NOT Nof'
ried about llgIis extra "xrFtian
when they reached the top u thr ~
, rhey laid the willow she'll carefully
, upon the grass and sat daWn y sras
They tcit that half Of the SoFk go
over bu, II was no,
a II took twe more days before = PM
waa fashioned t5g tas ~atstlr aaa
+, mgayh~eud pat 10 place Then = PtaE'
]. where the NtnI was strongest hs8 Y
/, b. fouad ard usxt Il took satns att1
= time ta fa6tra shg WhFagle witA iop9
!, 10 the trees 40 that no stFgas ~
:, might trar IL away Thru they @AlSE
y q good uiud bat uaHe came EoEk
q boys euuiaut have raised eaetsh via
n to blow eyee the most ding Ep9s y
+. days and nights lht st&Ht whistle va
Ia up there "a the hilltop h*taFF IL se
n ruu to apaak ban the third asEa
ID the wtua came up ths yaifrr beus ~
1 trrE.tOps aud FupaanA Wbnn thN sis
. began n bfaw the good people ~ = y
n Greek began % atiar irum 'asstf u%di
A. Such sound had rrysr asea hsaFl 2
y even the oldest inhehst8nt 4 ahrts
1. to split ones saga followed BY haav
y, bass that almost made 'be @tnd1p
n trsmble. Theu alI wogtd b. quiet &
H. an instant. BHd whom . Sf'e tatar tea
ly Ing along roar rs Of 4 aHshn tfati
b. Of cars waaiH boom forth SONS sa
ed the last day was al A3na Others sg
ny there would be- war ata uat e
or wondered shat il : meant aAd ~e
H. not able 20 solve Il Hut ihess yenH
its STEERS. In separate bads laughed. stuff
1k sheets into tbsie mouths and tnit th
IA they we're having 4 gay lark 4 goo
stiff blast camr Tbs Et4at thunder
81 once more and IL nrvsr even mais
tiny foot aeaIu The wiEd kp
nd blowing anrins The night hut fhs b
f.. whistle vas dumb The boys wIndt
no cd why and they found ont when IN
lat vent next morning 70 the pub
en- square. whsr" q crowd ~ mrgrbsu
ng clerks, Office boys and others stp
to gathered about the broken and twist
rot remains Of the giant whistle that b
In. been blown from its fsgtaHiuEs as
lily gave forth ita laas foot n $ kel
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