Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-10-09
DEATH VALLEYS TOLL.

Zone has no idea of the oppression of the heat \
valley in summer unless he has personal experience
says b. Z. Clemens, newspaper man. writing of the \
spot Of tabled riches that has attracted hundred of
and gold hunters to certain DEATH The sun rises hot a
hot, with night sky full of strange lights like the na
flreflys, the phosphorc phenomena of weird spooy
The night brings relief but the new dav dawns ht
seems than the day before The water in your canten
seating as almost szzles under the glare of the merc
The air pressure, hot from above and below almost s
you, while your thick tongue swelling rapidly from thru
but strangles you
The sand dunes, marked only by mesquite swallow
without affording refuge from the heat the wind blows
from fiery furnace the sand shifts with the wind and
trail is lost the burros may stampede and the last yom
may be hopelessly scattered MANY have suffered ha
deaths IN that far away and lonely place. gone mad from
ana munger, thrown away canteen grub and clothing and
dered almessy only to lie down and die the prey Of ~
anu the grlef OF loved ones to whom their resting pa
known. Some day. perhaps more fortunate pilgrim ;
iound skeleton and dug grave, with an occasional fiji
1ewery and papers, by which the remains could be de
but IN the years in which have been familiar with the
OF the lost in Death Valley but few missing ones have
'ocaed The valley had swallowed them up as the
:, Inc desire OF gold in undated; it took across
saley IN 49 1t has lured many prospector there since
historic day when Funeral Range was named; and today
GAZING with sure and certain toll of human life
Wallace is rejoced to know that included in the state
ways commissions plan for the improvement of the road
s state is the missing link that part of the norhen
uona highway which is to pass through Mullan Wallace
heogg and on through Occur Alene in connecting up
STATE highways in Montana on the east and Washington
west
IL IS unfortunate perhaps that the new highways eng
mas been instructed to begin work with survey of the
between New Meadows and Grangevie but not much ~u
oo,e upon the Shoshone Kootenai county roads this
every effort will be made upon the part Of the people
"noie IN the course Of the next few months to NEE
conuluons OF the new highway law under which the state
.or the missing link will be given in order that work
y can De commenced at the earliest possible moment
Press Times.
just Why please is it unfortunate that the new state
ways engineer has been instructed to begin survey b
meadows and Grangevle on the north and south road'
nav 'erests' II any, are going to suffer, and how
Inc new federal regulations for the protection Of
ana other migratory birds has been approved
"' wilson The law is combination of many goou
~ however, local shooters are at variance in the opn
wne!her one rule Of the law can be universally emo
NC ieier 10 that provision which prohibits the shoou
before sunrise and after sunset On CLOUDY
ne nimrods caim it will be difficult to determine just
su Is up Tar enough above the horizon to legahae
-, now is the lawabiding sportsman to know WIZ
se' Oh DAY when the blue sky hasn't WORKER
~ oae warden Barber it is said has written to We
~. ruhng as to what hour of the day shall be de
aa Use ana also sunset under the new law. 1t mus
.at when this ruling is at hand, the hour set o
BOISE will not apply here on account of the hour
esence IN faclfic and Mountain time Such con1
aaa necesstaes separate ruling in different parS
Iate' it would appear