Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1904-08-13
TOUGH PLEASURE
EXCURSION.
Mr.. M. Being Somewhat Rundown and
Out Of Health Goes Fishing.
FINDS A SOFT PLACE IN THE ROAD.
Ills Thrilling and Laborious Expert
ence Near rIartin's Flat
Carving Road.
FINDS A SOFT PLACE IN THE ROAD.

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our enterprising fellow ownsman
j. III. Mcdonald decided that what
he naeded was an outing on the noun
tain, where he could get the cool,
pure breezes and revel i'm the delight
full mountain scenery, and at the same
time indulge his longing for "going
a-fishing" and killing bears.
Now Mac is family man in the
truest sense of the word, and an out
ing without their society would be rs
unsatisfactory as an empty beer bot.
tie.
1t required considerable search to
find a suitable conveyance, but final
ly one was secured large enough and
the start was made. The excursioni-
SITS were OH strange ground almost
from the start, and when the top of
the mountain was reached 'all roads
we're alike" to Mac. Although it
was his intention to get into the
Three Creeks country some time while
they were out, the road to Miners
Peak stock invitingly open, and
thinking that by taking that route
they would see a greater variety of
country than if they followed the
direct route, they turned in that
direction.
For some time everything went
lovely, but anon swale had to be
crossed that was not what it appeared
to be, as about the time the outfit
reached the middle of it the buggy
was so far under ground that the
horses could not pull it.
AS they had gone as far forward as
they were able, rather than stand
still, they decided they had better
retreat, and with this object in
view the team was unhitched and
Mac started to go round the bog with
tho intention of hitching the team to
the back of the vehicle, but before he
could get them there the horses
found softer place than ever and
plunged in up to their breasts,
where they stuck in spite of all the
drivers efforts to extricate them.
While in this trying situation, with
his carriage and family in one place
and his horses in another, all stuck
in the mud, a good Samaritan came
along in the person of Alfred Smith,
the Cedar Sheep Associations efiic
lent manager, who, being man of
experience and resource, succeeded
in liberating the mud-bound travellers
and getting them started on their
way.
What befel them from then until
they we're on their way home does
not concern our story, as no particu-
lar misfortune is reported. But hear
ing that the road down the canyon
was open our hero determined to
return that way. The party made
fair progress until they reached the
crossing of the creek near Martin e
cabin, when they found that flood
had been there before them and taken
away the road, and the only apparent
alternative was to either drive down
a precipitous bank about ten feet
long or cut roadway with an old ak
that he fortunately-or unfor-
tunately-had with him. As he was
of the opinion that the hill was dan
gerous, no started to make road with
his AK. A neighbor came along
about that time and advised him to
turn off to the right and try to find
road around the difficulty in that
direction, setting the example by
going ahead. Mac followed the man
short distance, but soon became
convinced that the way round wat
more difficult than making the piece
of road with his AK, and he returned
to the charge with his choppine
apparatus. In the mean time the
neighbor had gone round the diff
Guilty and soon made his appearance
on the other side of the creek
!. at the foot of the hill that Mac wal
, trying to chop down. Seeing thai
his friend had really found {
crossing the road maker was inducd'
to try following in his tracks, anC
, soon was across and on his way fol
home, where he arrived in due time
without further misadventure.
, His verdict in relation to the noun
!, tain now is that if he had an enem!
, whom he wished to punish yer!
a severely, he knows of no better wa!
of doing it than to pursuade him tt
take a pleasure trip on Cedar noun
tain, under such circumstances a