Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-08-10
HAVING THEIR TROUBLES.
The WhithOrne=BrOd
Party, on the March.

A letter to the Gazette from
Tommy Whitehorn, dated a
Marsh6eld on the 5th, is of gen
eral interest in Coz Wallis. wher'
the writer is ''hale fellow vel
met" with the boys. The party,
composed of Thomas Whitehorn,
Billy Broders and Henry Ger
hard, left Corvallis a couple o.
weeks ago on their vacation trip,
and as the letter shows, they
have had trials as we'll as pleas.
ures on the way. Mr.. White.
horn says:
t'I suppose you and the b-ys
think we are lost, but we manag-
ed to get this far without dam
age to man or beast. AS you
told US, it is hard trip, crossing
the river being the worst, on ac.
count of poor accommodations.
''We made Monroe the first
night, Horton's mill the next
day and the day after reached
Triangular Lake where we stop
ped for while and hshed, get
ting about fifty small trout.
1.-The next day we drove down
the creek and at noon caught 80
good sized trout. Driving a few
miles farther we came to Bear
Creek, where we. camped, and
next morning Broders and I
went up the creek about two
miles and I caught about 80
fine trout, but broke my pole
twice in wrestling with the s6nny
beauties. I wish some of the
boys could go fishing on that
creek.
"Our next drive brought us to
Mapleton, where we camped,
taking scow next morningsfor
Florence. paying So. tor the trip
There was oppositiona there,
which made it cheaper. In get
ting aboard the scow we forgot
our neck yoke and coul d not buy
one in Florence as the black
smiths baby had died and he
would not make us one, so we
got the boat to bring ours from
'At Barrett's landing we
with one of the Barrett
boys, a halt-breed, drove 80
miles along the coast, spending.
two nights. Here we dug and
ate CLAIMS to our hearts content.
We bought bread from a
squaw, but having good appetites
it tasted first rate. We got a
scow to take US two miles down.
the beach on the Unpqua, pay
ing IS. Cheap, wasn't it?
''We drove from there to Ten
Mile creek and camped, but find
ing no fish, we went on TO Jar
Wis Landing next day. Caught
perch for breakfast, and next day
got a scow to take us across to
Empire City, one mile, for which
we paid $5-cheaper still, and
independent as.
II am afraid if we have to ross
MANY more rivers or bavs at these
prices, Gerhard will have heart
failure.
''Have You ever been out with
the Dutch? They eat all the
time. I have tried to founder
them on fish but all 1 can do isl
to fill them up, and in an hour
or two they are ready tor more.
We have to have potatoes four
times day for Henry, SO it is
fish and spuds all the time.
''Marsh6eld is the best town
over this way. Empire is all
most deserted. North Bend is
run by one man and if the saw
mill shuts down there is nothing
left. Property is very nigh.
They think the railroad will
make all these towns large.
''We will start tomorrow
Monday-for Coquille and Ban
don, then on to Grants Pass.
We expect to be in the latter
place in ten or twelve days. |
Henry has gone up Coos River.
Broders and I thought we might
want to go to church, as this is
Sunday, so we did not go.
TELL Spencer and all the