Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-02
TO RE-D|SCOVER
THE LOST SPRINGS
PARTY 10 ASSEMBLE Al AMER.
IGAN FAILS NAY / To HIKE
INTO No>DfJli AND.
Party VIII Explore the Snake River
Plains. The Land OF Wild
iIorsn>, did Craters, Hid
den ri, err and ~sfbier-
rancan SNOW banks.
Blackfoot Republican

tttti7sifit 10 start ifpft the Va
CITY for y loaF hike into the de'
eft west az hiaekluui q sOls
some 81 the mysteries that hat
boca stirring the souls OF editor
aud strong hearts for sewers
weeks among which are.
10 discover the spring iu b.
center II lhr hfoahnst part al 10
snake river plains.
To fina ii4o fresh water TAX
nesiiing below the springs.
10 inspect the rich meadows iy
ina adjacent % the lake and en-.
closed from the world by vas
rugecd barriers 81 the most for.
bidding lava. iraVefsed only by 90
Indian trail long since Forgotten
TO re-discoyer II possible. tbe
great military or commercial road
way cot straight and level through
q -nrid ~ lava by some modern
Caesar of Hartman 20 connect two
open plains that present no trace
Of Lhe Travelled road today. aud 10
solve tha problem 81 how he did
II and when and why and by
whom
There arr certain questions that
come SO the public mind and grow
upon them Until j grts 'On theIr
nerves. ard Then some herocs as
sembic and 80 forth 20 The solu-
ton.
When sir John Franklins party
was lost ~ the Arctic regions near
~ q century ago. ton years dragged
away before the public mind d.
mansed 20 know precisely What
became Of them. and they sent out
az expedition H. search. After some
years another party was sent Ia
hunt for the last one. and 30 on 4
for a quarter Of a century they I
seat eth scare heTs 70 hunt for the 4
scare hers 81 the other lost search 1
ers until they finally brought back 4
the bloached bones and storm beat
en- records Of most Of the original 1
party.
People Of The Snake River valley
demand 10 know What occupies the
broadesl part Of the Snake river
plains. and every party that goes
comes back with wonderful stories
Of extinct fraters Of great reefs
of lava discovered hy stygian throes
Of caiaclysm the most stupen
dous, ~ rivers Of lava that once
ran high and vide. 50 hot and
heavy - iimpid and all pervading
that they melted the adi9rent lava
to increase their own volume and
fioaled hundreds Of acres Of de-
tacbed blocks 81 cold lava like
cakes OF leo on the bosom Of al
sufgiuE river Relating stories 81
their adventures. in The dead ar
tcries % 4 once active volcanic re-
Elon. 81 hidden rivers mufmufing
among the caNerns. Of suhtefran-
can STOW banks. 81 Zee deposits Tar
below any reasonable FROST line.
Of things That ought 81 be SGT apart !
a. q national park aud BE- ka0wn !
a. the well 81 wonders. 81 springs !
end axes a0d meadows and OF q (
World cf wealth for slockmen. The .
report has satisfying effect np- @
ga the one Who hears a. Tic fOr- :
ner never lakes lhc trip again 7
in1 The latter never finds tiie same \
hings that the othef told about =
d Is lake beceher's story told
Ibous tn The Summit 81 North {,
APE The mao who takes the 4
rip would not have Missed FOR y
,fiat Il cost him. nor would not =,
axe Il agaia for twice as much. 81
The Sir John trankiius WHO have "a
their inlealion ~ eNpior- tr
ag tho bad lands beginning on the 81
irst day ~ Nay. are ~ Wlnu and fr
] A Robinson of Idaho Falls ~
eoree kimpinu. fr. VIM Cunetou Of
lr. W n Howard. Geo J bailey %
fof Mlifs A Reed. Gus nade-
isfher Geo W Oliver. " "a aa
WITS and l. Bush iivermpre If Is
eraielio snd Karl ? Brown ~ "a
ia0kfoat ar
fhc expedition expects O. b. gone of
81 eakefal WEEKS. Mr. Geo kiup' on
81 having first proposed ii and T.. la'
ush iisrrmOrs who wlelds the Ia
.eiIt pen of Tho pocaiello Trlh- rio
le having endorsed the plans and od
-sas PARRY 70 gise publicity o. be
le idea. thi
For more than twenty years the as
.it0r ~ this paper has been ma
,are 81 ire conflicting ohscrta- Of
lfs maae b. various persons who ien
i've seen mere or less 81 the cor
alng referred 10 and believing wa
"a man wss Nlii living who pa
id moro knowledge Of g than an buI
.ose &iio have spoken ~ written, lon
3 gol IN toEch with hip AZ his the
3ne AZ da2S 18th street :. +. nol
1rliand. and 3 few days aao re- Il
lived fres him q long letter to- IA.
sheg aith q carefully drawa ~
sateh map which We produce Ma
ira, senicring The assertion That fou
,e party going out next week can oid
a. a f0f q guide and find enough III
IscEs correct N Il % make This ~
port a standard work on the sgi3i- iea
'ct sfter their return Mr. Powell j
a s0u ~ Geo. p0weli. one ~ tie :.
1Flg residents ~ Lost River, and wv
brother u q A. Powell who Is ~.
on r8siding 0n rural route No.
o9shwest 81 Biackfoot Mr Pow ~
B ssys
vflae largest cattle company OPP
rating in The valley offered mo p"l
ate gwen = reward Of 5000 II w
would find The spring and sh'
Dens three years trying 10 locate
and get the reward AZ one
me I thought / had the goods
sady Cor delivery and 30 did they me-,
~ time uffeed otherwise The -