The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-21

PA.
Ii the foregoing picture is shown a
party of Utah and Idaho sporismen
and ono of the most beautiful speci'
mems o. elk head that has been sc
cured by hunters for many seasons.
The boys in the party, reading from
left to right. are William Yeager Of s.,
Anthony, Ida, DR.. w. u. Dopchor and
Roderick Mckenzie (formcr chief of
policc) of salt Lake City; Lee Bor.
rows and Frank Brooks, also of 81,
Anthony.
This party of hunters left st. An
| thony October 81 and went up INTO the
| hills and timber about forty i've miles
northeast of the city, in the widest
part of the state of Idaho. to hunt elk
and bear. Mckenzie and Dr. Douoher
went as guests of the Idaho boys, and
| for the first time in their lives wit
messed how big game is killed IN It's
native haunts. The trip resulted in
the most thrilling experience tho salt
| Lake boys had ever gone through, hay
| ing been lost for forty eight hours III
| the timber with death staring them IN
the face during the last twelve hours
of their aimless wanderingS over hills,
down canyons and through dense for
| eSts.
The party left ST. Anthony with two
/
bedding. together with 1900 pounds of
hay and 1000 pounds of cats. The
| roads were tr)zcn uD aud tie hauling
was easy. Twenty-Five miles out of
st. Anthony the wagon ran into q T
st. Anthony the wagon. loaded with
hay, raninto a rut, swapping the front
axle. which put the wagon out Of COM
mission. This necesSitated complete
| change Of the loads and the party then
loaded the one wagon left with only
that which was absolutely necessary.
| After going another ten miles an at.
tempt was made to 60 down a hill dl.
agonally. The heavily loaded wagon
overbalanced and, tipping over, rolled
nearly TO the bottom of the hill, Strew-
ing provisions, hay and oats all along
! its path. The horses broke away from
the wagon when IL tipped over and,
after running a short distance, came
back TO the hunters. The boys sat
down on a fallen dead tree, about the
most disgusted lot that could be i'm
agned. This was about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, and the party camped,
although ten miles from their first pro-
posed destination, Still they were
nearly IN the heart of the hunting dis
trict, and decided TO pitch their tents.
After Il good nights rest, retiring
at p. M, the boys got up ut ! a. m.
and partaking of hearty breakfast,
| Il
! high mountain, some three miles In the
distance. Approaching the hill the party
encountered fresh elk tracks. There
was a light growth Of wild hay in the
vicinity. Ycager advised the boys to
tie up and scout around, and they
| agreed TO make n circuit of the canyon
and surrounding hills and be back TO
their horses in an hour and a half
Weaker and DR.. Donoher went in one
direction and Mckenzie, Borrows and
Brooks took OFF in the opposition direc-
tIon. After going about 800 yards,
Brooks spied large bull elk on the
side of the hill, the head of which is
shown IN the picture i rife shot
rang out and the iarge animal bounded
Though the timber. The party ran
down the hill for the purpose of cutting
the elk off at the bottom, but he could
nowhere be found. In the far distance
Il rife shot was heard aud Yeagcr had
killed an elk. Mckenzie, Borrows and
Brooks retraced their steps TO where
the elk had been standing whom shot
and blood was discovered in the snow,
Tie tracks were followed and about
100 yards from where the animal was
shot, there lay tho big elk still alive
with bullet hole back Of the shoul~
dcrs, the lead having passed entirely
through the animal One blow from
a hand axe and the elk passed out of
this existence The boys then went to
where the horses were tied and there
met the other BOYS who were also Just
returning, each party shouting and
swinging their hats above their heads,
in glcc over the unexpected success IN
bagging two elk on the first day out.
The horses were prepared 10 carry the
heads and meat back to the camp, but
the underbrush and timber in the low
r,la 1TE fro oil
ing about one mile the horses gave out
and the meat had TO be left behind, as
, darkness was approaching and camp had
to be made before dusk.
That night the Idaho boys told all
, kinds of hunting stories Of big bear
the boys rolled in for the night TO
dream of the exciting sport,
Early next morning Mckenzie. DR..
+. Donoher and Borrows went back after
I the meat. while Yeager and Brooks
went out TO kill few chicken. Reach
ing the elk meat the horses were load.
ed. but instead of taking the t:ail made
the past Two days. the boys decided
to take short cut over the hills, which
: subsequently nearly cost them their
lives. Although the camp was only two
miles distant, the party bad Travelled
, steadily from Q o clock In the morning
until noon, when Mckenzie said he
thought they. were lost, The horses
were tired of carrying the meat, and
| il was agreed to ditch il, AT noon
a heavy rain started and the boys were
soon drenched, They Travelled until
dusk, when il stopped raining and start
ed to freeze.
''I'm all in, boys said Dr. Donc
her, ."and can't go any farther Hi:
two comrades looked at him, and Bur
rows. an old hunter, but who had never
been in this locality before, advised
going into camp for the night, and
picking out bare spot in the timber
for the horses where they could dig
out some dry grass in the snow, an al
tempt was made TO make Il fire, Tho