The copper era., 1908-11-26
LOST IN MOUNTAINS.
Ernest Schade Has Not Been Seen Since Sunday Morning and His Fate is
 Unknown.

vicinity of the Little Blue river
 without a coat and possibly without food. unless he has killed game, since last Sunday morning, is the sad pre- diciment in which little Ernest Schade, nephew of Karl Schade, has found himself during the past five days, and it is feared that he has met a sad fate.
 A hunting party, consisting of Ernest Schade, John Millert and John Millert, Jr., left Clifton the middle of last week for an expedition in the snow capped mountains in the vicin ity of the Blue country. They struck camp Saturday night at point on the Little Blue river, a dis tance Of sixty or seventy miles from Clifton, and early Sunday morning they started on d short trip. The morning was pleasant and the party started out a foot and Ernest went in his shirt sleeves. After some dis cussion as to whether they would hunt together Ernest decided that he
 
 meet the boys an hour later at the camp, but from that time no trace has been found of him and it is fear ed that he has either met with an accident or frozen to death. Before leaving camp he supplied himself with matches, a rifle and plenty of ammunition, which is a point in his favor if he does not become bewild cred and lose his reasoning. The two Millert's returned to camp after fin ishing their hunt and waited until noon tor Ernest to return before they decided that he was lost. They )ent the afternoon and part of the night searching for him, built big fires and fired loo rounds of ammuni- tion in their effort to attract his at tention, but without success. Before notifying other parties the two Mil lert's searched the entire country for several miles around the camp and the. only trace they found of the boy were his tracks along the banks of the Little Blue river, which they followed but soon lost on account of cattle having obliterated his foot prints.
 After giving up the search the Millerts went to Fred Fritz's ranch and notified everybody in that sec tion to start on the hunt. They reached Fritz's Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning the Mil lerts came on to Clifton, while Fred Fritz, who knows every nook and corner of that country, started on careful search. Johnny Millert ar rived in Clifton about 1 o'clock yes terday afternoon with the sad news which created much excitement among our citizens. Karl Schade and Billy Hamilton secured horses and at o'clock were on the road for the section in which the boy is lost All during the night and early this morning searching parties left Cliff ton and by Friday morning the hills will be full of searchers who are more than anxious to render the boy assistance.
 Notice has been sent to Springer vile, Alma and other sections of the upper country telling of the boys misfortune and if he is alive he should be found within d very short time.
 Ernest is a brave little fellow, and as he is good shot and has a good gun, matches and ammunition, he can get meat and keep warm, although a man in his shirt sleeves in that sec tion this time Ot the year will have to hustle to keep warm. His friends feel certain that he will be found alive and in good shape unless he has met with an accident of some kind which disa bled him.
 There are numerous ranch houses scattered throughout that section and it is possible that he will wander upon one of them if he does not give up and keeps on moving. He is acCus- toned to the handling of guns and those who know him best do not be- l lieye that anything has happened to | him except that he is lost. Those who are familiar with that section of country report that the brush is so thick and the mountains SD rough that it is possible for person to get | lost within 100 yards of camp. Since Sunday there has been a great deal | of rain and snow in that section.