American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-31
VARIED EXPERIENCES
OF HUNTING PARTY.
insufficient Supplies Taken and in
dmished Condition the Night
- is Passed on the Desert.

bonanza Lake ranch and huntins
all the way down to the Minidoks
dam and back, shooting at aboui
two wagon loads of sage hens and
getting about enough for a mea
for small family. Th information
comes from Mr.. Atwood, cartain oil
the party. and is therefore official
Roberts, however, calls attention to
the absence of an official seal, and
for this reason says there may be
some Inaccuracies in the account
But according to Atwood thaepar-
ty left American Falls at O'clock,
having planned to leave ae~2 The
delay was caused by his having to
get the others up. Schmidt. At
wood says. was so sleepy that he
had to dress him and load him into
the hack like a wooden Indian. and
declares that he did not waken un-
I'll the first call for breakfast was
sounded. Roberts lost a lot of time
In getting the ammunition ready.
and Murray was so sleepy that he
made the horrible and inexcusabIe
mistake of getting a bottle of
syrup of figs instead of the four
ounces OF snake bite antidote which
ne was to provide. While crossing
The wagon bridge Roberts thought
a snake had bitten him on the an
kie, grabbed the antidote and drank
all OF it before he discovered that
somebody had made an awful mis-
take. He was pretty sick for some
time, and is mad yet.
The party arrived at the Win
ters ranch at Z a. M, and the mem
bers We're informed by Captain At
wood, SO he says, that there would
bee no breakfast until fresh meat
was provided. Murray wasted two
boxes of shells shooting at Jack
rabbits, figuring that they counted
as fresh meat, and with the last
shell secured one that was too old
TO run, and then learned that by
special proclamation jackrabbits
did not count. Roberts prevailed
on Billy Schmidt to go after a cot
ton tail, loaning him a 10 gauge
gun loaded specially for the occa-
sion, with three and a half drachms
of powder and 2S ounces of shot.
Billy soon found game. Carefully
pointing the gun to the northeast,
the rabbit having been somewhere
near that point of the compass when
last seen, and figuring that the scat
tering of the shot would make up
Tor lack of knowing definite location
blazed away. When he came to he
gave an accurate description of an
eruption of Vesuvius in recounting
his experience. He had never fired
shotgun, and to begin on one that
had been loaded by George Roberts
was enough to unnerve him, and
Tor the rest of the day he hunted
with rocks and clubs, and did as
well as most of his companions.
Roberts, who had gons in an op-
poslte direction returned soon after
Billy revived, with a dozen eggs
which he claimed to have found
floating on the lake in a neat nest,
contending that they were eggs of
the fine trout Winters had grown
from fry to six Founders in three
years. Mrs. Winters, however, who
is something of an authority on eggs
said they were Plymouth Rock, and
That in three guesses she could tell
where Roberts got them. Roberts
paid over fifty cents to stop the dis
cussion.
After breakfast the hunt began.
Billy, being afraid to shoot, held
the team. By 2 o'clock Murray had
wasted so many shells without get
tng any game that his gun was ta-
ken from him~ Roberts was trying
TO teach his pup to pick up birds
ana did not shoot much. Atwood,
however, if he will tell the same sto-
~ on the witness stand as he does
off, had lain himself liable to all
kinds of fines by killing over the
limit. Not only did he bag his share
and those of Roberts, Schmidt and
Murray, but few for the pup as
we'll.
Ihe party arrived at Chas. Dow /
ers ranch about 2, and proceeded |
o take possession and get dinner,
permitting him to provide dishes as
veil as ali the eatabes. After din
Ter the party took ride in Mr.
'eeter's launch. Winters and Rob-
'rts caused considerable anxiety by
threatening to jump overheard. Mrs
winters held Sam, and there was
10 real danger so ar as Roberts was
oncerned. because his cork head
fully guaranteed to float in any
tream.
On the way home the party, after
aying been left to shift for them
ewes by Mr.. and Mrs. Winters. be-
anne lost and wandered all over
he unsurveyed land between here
nd Minidoka, getting lost again as
ften as they found some familiar
rail- On two occasions Atwood
n account of his superior sleuth-
lg abilities, was forced to get out {
nd find a trail. When he found
ne he would build signal fire to |
uide the wanderers to it. On one t
the occasions Schmidt mistook I
lie moon for fire and followed it
n about an hour before he discov- I
ed his mistake. The moon, how Q
'er, served them a good turn. by i
aiding them near enough to Win t
rs ranch to enable them to reach S
e railroad, which was a safe and Il
re guidepost all the way home, o
here they arrived about 4 a. M,
wing driven twelve miles in eight o
'urs. s.