Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-25

SiAS az SN,Ottl. 81 w 1tCAlu6 iulS uduly
plunging stream, one would almost
be led to believe that It was fearful
that the great ocean would go dry
before 1t could get there.
# At Glenwood Springs / was told
that the twenty miles Of the canon
vet to ascend before branching of to
the canon of the Eagle river was Inn
passable on account of the raging tor
rents. / was informed. however, that
on the preceding day team and wag-
on had passed up the canon, and
said that where others had gone ],
too. could 60.
Assaiis River With Dray.
Accompanying me was Mr.. George
Bullock, an attorney, of Grand juno
ton, who, for the novelty Of the trip,
was to proceed with me as far as
Denver We held council Of war
with the result that we employed two
men. four horses and a dray to pre-
.cede. us up the canon with instruc-
tions to stop when they reached water
too deep for the automobile to "navis
gate
y drove my machine through water
that all but put the carburetor out Of
commission, and finally paused be-
hind the dray which had come to a
full stop on dry ground. facing a dan
,gerous curve, over the roadway OF
which the river was pouring volumes
which, striking the sclid rock forming
an inner wall for the driveway, was
whirling back into the river.
AWe-lnspiring Sight
We ga2ed at this WI NE pool la
awed silence feF few momsnts. The
great river seemed to hesitate for an
instant. in doubt whether TO attack
the roadway or to continue It's tre
mendous pace towards the ocean;
then. from somewhere beneath, it ap.
peared to summon its strength fol
the assault in an effort to force back
the mighty wall of rock that impeded
its progress
Can we make it,. / finally asked
s1 can't wade it, said one of the
horsemen, for I've tried 1t; the i'm.
dercurrent carries me off my feet, but
I'll ride horse through to test It."
The First .GrIes.s
He did SO, passing over and return,
ing in safety. We then ran the car
upon the dray by means Of long plank
and strapped 1t to the vehicle, hftched
the four forses to the dray. and start.
ed to round the curve, the four Of US
perched beside the automobile. We
had proceeded scarcely one hundred
feet when the rear wheels dropped
through the rocky crust OF the road
way and. despite repeated attempts,
the horses were unable to pull the
load out
!
around the curved projection of the
wall Of rock. which jutted out over
the roadway above us. How far is
it. asked Of the. driver. pointing to
the whirling waters just off the
driveway, TO the bottom Of that
3maelstrom provided we slip off from
this narrow ledge on which we are
ssranded?. The driver assured me
that he didn't think II was over thirty
feet to the bottom! Well" ven
tured. don't you think we better try
to back out Of this? II doesn't look
good to me Just ahead there, even if
we could get out OF this hole" All
the others agreed with me.
Backs cut Of Hole. ].
SO we laid the plank from the rear
sof the dray to the roadbed In the
water, and we backed the automobile
down, but before letting the front
wheels reach the water 1 climbed
over the radiator, got into the seat
opened the throttle, ana said Let ,er
60 One of the men, standing II wa
Yer almost hip-deep ''cranked. the
engine, and threw the mech
anism into the reverse and shot back
ward Ike 4 skyrocket looking for q
place to alights SO the spectators say,
seemingly having improvised new
sort Of water craft
The men got the dray and the
horses ont and NE all returned to
GIenWood springB. having covered