The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-12
MAKE LONG JOURNEY!
]. A. Hash and wife Come IN from
Middle fork Country on iiG&-
bttk---nlppy lnd (ONtented
win Tier Lot.

j. A. Hash aud wife came In ffom
the Middle Fork country arrived here
late Sunday night, after being four
days on the road They came To
meet Mr.. Iinsh's mother, who was Is
have met them here from Dillon. and
came as far n Fofney by pack aGi-
mails aud from there came In by
blackboard. There being some uis-
understanding as tn when the mother
would arrive they could not await
her arrival, but started on their re-
turn journey Monday evening,
Where they live on the Middle
Fork, II is but twenty-five miles
from Thunder Mountain, or over q
hundred miles from here, and they
have TO cross several ranges of noun.
taius In making the journey. They
have been living here about four
years, and raise proc tee which they
pack into Thunder Mountain and sell
To the miners
In conversation with represent
Iative OF The Recorder MIR, Hash
stated that he had been in the west
over thirty years. but was born IN
Missouri lie Is considered one OF
the best mountaineefs In the state,
and sufficiently skilled IN wooderafi
To lind his way anywhere through
the mountains. Mrs. Bell Hash, who
has followed MIN IN his wanderings,
was born in Tennessee, and has been
In the West twenty -four years, al
though she does not look TO he over
thirty-tye years Of age
MIR. and Mrs. Hash have had ;
! varied experience. MIR, Hash sine'
he has been In the west was In th'
motive department OF "A railroa I, bu
was mixed up IN the strike som'
years ago, and had To look for othe
sources OF livelihood
J In their section ut the couutf
there are few Inhabitants, and the
/ are mostly trappers aud hunters wh
. The nearest family resides ahou
Q twenty miles from the home Of Nh
+ aud Mrs, Hash Game Is plentiful
Q most any time they can see herds u
Q deer from their cabin door. Bot
g being experts with the rife the
e have plenty OF wild game, when 1
D season.
o lie states that he raised vegetables
consisting Of potatoes aud such othe
. vegetables ns he can pack into fhur
O der Mountain, which he iinds read
% market at i've cents per pound.
Z Last year he raised and packed /
u about -, OOO, but this year viii rails
= something like 20, oOolbs. In additi0
J. to vegetables he cuts hay, aud pack
o In. which sells readily at 800 pc
d ton. lie realizes from his polatoe
I from 800 TO sli0 per ton.
O lie seemed TO think the people &
salmon were standing Ia theli ow
|" light In not opening up wago
lbbu w iihilttt hNAhA"'h' ~ "f'
il the most feasible route TO reaej
: that rich mining district. Ther
are from two hundred TO six hundre
tons of freight that are brought J.
by the way Of Boise that could Il
p brought through here more cheapl
e aud vita less difficulty " wago
road was kept open. As 1t II ~ha
= freight that does 20 from this Va
6 must be taken In by pack trains.
. He thinks the mining of the Fhnu
; der Mountain district has great IA
g ture before IL. as 5000 rs the presen
70 difficulties are overcome. The l1rges
70 producer there the stockholders hay
q gotten into quarrel, but a, sooo a
o the differences are adjusted a cyan
idc mill viii be pat In aud ainin
conducted on q much larger scale,
Mr.. and Mrs Hash are most plea-
ant people 10 meet and converse Viii
aud seem tn enjoy life to the falles
r extent Mrs. Hash does not seem
+; know what fear is She is often iel
alone for weeks at time, seeing n
one, and the only amusement " he
= pets. and such pleasure as She ca
~ occasionally secure iu bringing dow
+ Wild game with bet rihe