The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-04-28

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1t was an accident or else piece
Of providence pure and simple that pei
mitted Frank Matin to sit down on
a certain rock to rest away up on the
mountain side above Champagne Greek
in 1884. He had been an idler and
pretty generally afflicted with
"drouth" for some time, and now
that nobody would furnish him food
and Drinks" any longer on Big
Lost River he rolled up his blankets
and was "packing" across the sum-
nit to Champagne Creek when he
stopped to rest. Naturally he sat
down on rock, and not having any
stick to white he began pelting
one piece Of rock with another Horn
silver broke upon his gaze and he
found he was sitting on great for
tune. "The Lord moves in mys-
FERROUS way" to put indolent fell
lows to work, and this stimulus
proved sufficient to put Martin into
a busy career. During many months
following this he was very busy get
ting out ore to ship to Haley, and
after shipping ore to the value of
$4,000, he sold the Horn Silver mine
for $4,000.
One day soon after this when he
was eating at restaurant il. Haley
he proposed" to one of the wait
resses and Notwithstanding he was
"full" she came back in a. few mo-
ments and accepted, for she had been
informed in the mean time that he
was man of means. Next morning
he awoke to find that he was as
muchly married as any other law
abiding citizen, and on being shown
his marriage certificate he accepted
The situation and kept the change.
Those were eventful days at Black.
foot, for Bunting was matching his
against Lewis of Ketchum,
md the freiehters were getting busy
hauling goods via the Big Butte to
he new camp of Era. Bill Howell and |
he James Boys drank to Bunting's |
health at Blackfoot, and to Martini
It Era. John Haney was a chunk of
10Y and could chew tobacco and spit
through his teeth. Joe Shelton had
|uit the road and Bergman and Rog-
rs had sold their dozen twelve horse
cams. Bair Brothers Dutch Dan,
leo. Hosford, Tom Mcclure, Seth
iorgan, Bob Shannon, Dave and Billy
lorgan, Tom Croker and Tx Smith
ii had big outfits and could pass them
yer the Snake river toll bridge under
riders to "collect on return"
Frank Martin witnessed the build
ng Of a big mill to handle the ores
rom the mine he sold, but he ship
ed in lot of cattle from the other
tates, and trusting to luck to bring
i'm out with profits in the cattle bust
ess he went" broke" He used to get
runk in Era and then make reck-
'ss drive down to the flats late in
le evening, scare his wife till she !,
ould "hide out" and they enjoyed
tie in wooley western style with
ariatiOns.
In the summer of 1901 while steel
ills were being laid for the iron 9
'rse at Arco, this nabob of the sa-
On and the fats put off mortality G
the "poorhouse" at Sumpter, Ore t
m. Circumstances would not permit P
his remains being shipped back for Il
'rial in the little burying ground on 9
e flats, but several Of his comrades q
no used to meet him at the bar,
we run shorter race than he did tt
getting away from the place. Jas. "
lister who was one of the bunch, D.
me down the road one evening" b
unk enough to own both sides of
e road, and was killed in runaway ct
st above the cemetery and his re- nj
inns were added to the group of to
ayes among the bushes. Old Cen al
man Thuse of Malad came down ra
road one evening in the same til
ght and met the same fate at the
al OF the flats and never got far w
II than the same cemetery. An old al
TX dealer who camped at the flats fla
day went up and looked through id
} mill which had been closed when ii,
Horn Silver mine pinched out,
seeing lots of copper cable-well m,
body knows just what he saw, but tn
searching party that went out ON le,