The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-12

end little over 400 miles FROM salt
i+ANe. Is putting on city airs III might
pe called Dewey city without stretching
the proprleties much. Colonel Dewey
hds built q magnificent hotel here. one
that would be a credit 10 any city. He
has built branch railroad north and
south of the town. and in various other
ways has shown his devotion 20 his
nome place The branch line 10 Boise
runs from here. twenty miles to the
capital
From Nampa on through Caldwell,
Parma Ontario. Payette and Weiser to
huntington, is almost one continuous
orchard.
A Magnificent Country.
Streams. big and little. make It an
irrig2t0r's paradise The Payette and
Weiser particularly surprise the new
conner by their size and Importance as
tributaries of the Snake, The towns,
Payette and Weiser. show every proof
of prosperity. AT Welser the Pin
road running north taps a splendid min-
ing and timber region. the Seven Dew
us. as it Is known. and the population
Isl evidently thrifty and successful,
judging by the orchards and improve
meuts on the farming lands. From
Weiser west TO Huntington the ter
minus of the Short Line, and the point
where it conuectes with toe Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company. is one
OF the finest rides in all the west or in
the country for that matter. Most of
the way the railroad runs in view Of
the Snake river. crossing into Oregon.
then back into Idaho. and finally, just
this side of Huntington. making the
final crossing and heading up into the
mountains along the White river
Huntington is "a railroad town. The
shops. the signs of a division end are
everywhere apparent In the numerous
trainmen, the equipment Of various
sorts, the eating houses and large force
of workers In the Office at headquarters.
Surrounded by mountains il is not par
ticularly beautiful, but IL has its pic
turesque outlook and 1t sees q good
deal of the life that passes to and fro
On the transcontmental highway
Our journey reached its WesternmOst
limit here. Next morning we turned
eastWard-afOOt It wasn't alOOt long.
but the walk down the White river,
through the gorge 10 the bridge APP
prOaches leading to the Snake was one
of the bright spots in a trip full OF
pleasure The sun had come out with
just a suggestion Of spring warmth:
the hills showed glimpses of the first
flowers; up on a side hill an old pros
pectOr was pOking around the mouth
of a tunnel he had started, looking
much as though he had mbernated i'm
the tunnel an winter like a bear and
had just walked up with the spring
warmth of the day to rouse him.
Our car and engine drifted down to-
ward us presently, pushing a plle-driveI
outfit. and we got aboard, the crew
picked up some steel pile points for an
interesting experiment which the "Old
Man" had decided 10 make.
Tales OF Fish Experts.
About fifteen miles east OF Hunting
ton. where the Snake comes close % the
track, the roadbed had started to move
toward the river just the least bit. To
check this movement and hold the track
lU had been decided 10 drive piling be.
tween the track and the river. An eX-
perimental drive showed that a Ledge
of some hard formation presumably
sOdpstOne was under the top soil and
iuciID.ug toward the stream. The prob
lem was to get piles through this ledg,
without breaking Of either the pilinl
or the ledge itself. The "Old Man.
the superintendent. the rOadmaster and
the boss OF the pile driver crew al
watched the operation. The rest OF u.
sat around and watched them and
listened 90 the rivers roar inc songs
OF the mead0WIarks and the thud thud
thud of the big weight that did tn,
driving IL was a perfect day for sucl
a job as watching somebody else work
Two farmers from across the rive
rowed over To make suggestions and SCI
the work done properly. Also they toll,
some fish stories. One of them sal,
they hshed for sturgeon later in th
spring Yes, they caught them easy
HOVE Why. with cells. Where did the!
get the eels2
That question started him. "Eels?'
NE querled ia amaZement at the uues
toners ignorance. why we buy 'en
from Portland Yes. of course there
cells here but we don't have time 20 q
after 'em. Up I'm Oregon the cells &c
out ln the alfalfa when they irrisat
and then they run 'em dOWn"
He saw just a suspicion Of incred
ulity in somebody's eyes and went OF
20 elucidate
"Sure. they gun 'em down. so. no
with dawgs. just run EN- down them
selves"
Just here the other farmer broke IN
He had caught fish right there in ia
Snake that weighed as much as twent
pounds and let EN- The first farme
laughed with scorn. Twenty pounds
Shucks. j throw EN- back III they're un