Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-10


%. The newspapers represented We're
Rexburg Standard, ST. Anthony News
Rigby S'ar, Sugar City Times, Rex
burg Current-Journal, Ashton Enter.
prise, idaho Falls Post. Blackfoot Op
timist. Blackfoot Republican, Mackay
Miner, PocatelIo Advance, Pocatello
Tribune Paris Post, Montpelier Eek
aminer Shoshone Journal Twin Falls
Times. Bull Pioneer, Bellevue News,
Albion Times.
Herewith we give the list of the
jolly bunch who were in attendance.
Mr. and Mrs Jas. H. Wallis, Miss
Violet Wallis P. w. Bernstein and
Joseph Adams Of the Rexburg Stand
ard
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur s. Hill and
Miss Mary Wheaton OF the Twin Falls
Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Jones, son and
lady friend, of the Rigby Star.
MIR. and Mrs Karl P. Brown of the
Blackfoot Optimist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd Trego of the
Blackfoot Republican.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Bush Liyermore
of the Pocatello Tribune, and Mr.. and
Mrs Rupert P. SoRelle.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles G. Sumner OF
the Idaho Falls Post.
M Tflltn oh or IF
the Mackay Miner.
MI and Mrs. ]. Warren White of
the Bull Pioneer.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Lisle OF
the Shoshone Journal.
Mrs. Martha Bradley, L. G. Bradley
and Otto Bradley of the Montpelier
Examiner
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Wahlen of the
Paris Post
Truxton Talbot of the Pocatello Ad-
vance.
Clyde S. Shaw of the Bellevue
News.
E. j. Hoge and Miss Mary Grim
nett of the Paris Post.
H. H. Hertvlgsen of the Ashton En-
terprise.
w. C. Gibson of the St Anthony
News.
W. Lloyd Adams of the Sugar City
Times.
Frank Porter and Miss Vivian
Thomas of the Rexburg Current-Jour-
nal.
M. B. Yeaman of the Idaho Falls
Register.
Sunday the members of the club
we're taken up to Big Springs as the
guests of the Short Line. but the
weather being decidedly stormy, not
much of interest transpired save the
stunts of several of the
editors, but that created plenty of
sport, and the crowd returned TO the
city early In the evening
The party was provided with two |
extra coaches by the railroad manage
ment, and the trip was made Sunday |
clear through to Big |
Springs, 16 miles south of the Short |
Lines gateway to Yellowstone park.
At Big Springs the newspaper men an
were gorgeously entertained
1t the famous ranch house of DR.. Blew
ms, and returned to Ashton on a spe
,ial train to connect with the regular
rain southbound from that town, ar
living in Rexburg in time for a sump-
uous supper at the Idaho hotel, where
Nine Host Dan Shields. and his anna
lie wife. entertained the newspaper
people during their stay in regal
ashton.
The trip to Big Springs over the
lew park extension Of the Short Line
vas one long to be remembered. The
natural scenery along this route is
ublime IN its grandeur. At Warm
river station. which is the southern
nd western boundary of the Henry
AXE forest reserve. and where be-
ins the steep climb through Warm
liver canyon. the motive power of the
abroad is changed from coal-burnins
ngines to oil-burning locomotives.
along the turbulent Warm
liver in its nerrow canyon. the trav-
Ter is treated 10 a constantlycha
~ panorama of beautiful views The
rade is very steep and it required
wo powerful engines to pull the
cav train Sunday morning through
Warm river canyon. Emerging on a
igh plateau. near Mesa station. the
Gene abruptly changes from one OF
bysmal CANYONS and battlemented
rags. booming river and cliffs OF
antastically eroded rocks. TO one Of
mple pastoral beauty. From Mesa
, pig Springs the route strikes al
lost straight across a marvellous
atural park wherein isolated
tickets of lodgepole pine trees APP
ear to be wooden islands in an emer-
ID sea OF meadow and mesa. To
le south and east the heaven-kissing