The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-12

Canfelds, Max Coolidge OF Spokane and
Mr.. and Mrs H. j. Wilcox OF Colfax be-
ing members of the Chase household.
Mrs. George p Howard and little
daughter of Pleasant valley are spend
ing the week here. guests Of the Canneld
and Chase camps.
Curhbert and Cedric DePIedge are camp
ing on the lake beach and are having the
time OF their lives.
President Bryan of the W. S C. has a
coy cottage on the brink of the bluff
overlooking North Gold creek. Fhe
Bryan family, with Miss Blanche Metros
key or Garfield as their guest, are enjoy
ing the seclusion to the utmost Mr..
Bryan has bis saddle horse, which can
also be driven to a useful vehicle " hich he
maintains for carrying his supplies up
the bill from the boat landing. The
children OF the family have their Shet-
land ponies here for trips over the noun
tain trails, and MIR. Bryan has launch
oh ehO ionOs ~ UuCy orc ~CH equippcu
for their summers enjoy ment and will
remain until the middle OF September.
The college is well represented among
the campers. Professor Gettleson, OF the
musical department, being established
here with Mrs. Gettleson, and having as
their guest MIR. Morris of Professor Full
mer's staff in the department of chem
istry.
Professors Timblin, Isaacs. Kimbrough
and Huston are rusticatiDg on Independ.
ence creek, II or 15 miles from here.
They cook pack train with them and
tramped over these miles of mountain
trail in pursuit OF pleasure and fish.
That they are securing the latter OF
these commodities was demonstrated
last evening, when party in from their
camp brought a generous supply OF
great redside trout to friends in camp at
Lakeview.
Fire Fighters.
There are no forest fires in our i'm
mediate neighborhood. but this is a
point Of departure for the fire. fighters.
Thirty one men arrived here on Thurs
day evenings boat. in charge OF a
forest ranger, and Friday morning they
hit the trail for the interior, with five
pack horses to carry the grub which
they will eat at Uncle Sans expense,
whether or not they succeed in doing
well their unce's work.
One of the q. s. forest guards, the ore
who has headquarters here, visited the
Garfield camp yesterday and we all
gathered around and listened with inter
est to his stories of the mountains and
OF his adventures met with in the path
of duty On his left breast he wore
bronze badge, shiel3-shaped, with
conventional pine tree in the center
banked by the magic initial u. 81, and
above the tree the word Forest" and
below the word "Service." Little i'm
preston is being made on the fires and
the scenery will be obscured by smoke
until there has been a heavy rain, of
which there seems to be little prospect.
Mines and Stamp Mills.
There are many mines in the neighbor
hood and much talk concerning them.
A short distance up South Gold creek
there is 4-stamp mill, built at cost
Of many thousands OF dollars, and
abandoned because the machinery in
stalled proved to be unsuited to the
work OF milling the ore produced Tun
nels and prospects are to be seen every
where.
On high bluff across the South Gold
creek canyon from Lakeview there is now
being built fine summer hotel. 1t is a
three-story structure and is almost
finished. It bears the name Swastika
and will no dout become popular re-
sort, as there is large and growing de-
mand for these recreation places in the
wilderness.
Before another season there will be a
railroad at Bayview, just across the lake
from this place, to be reached in one
hour from Spokane. This will make
these upper lake points accessible, and
then those who long for an outing far
from the haunts OF man will no doubt
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