The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-30
SHOOT SALMON RAPIDS
TRIP OF REAL SPORT
PARTY WILL NAVIGATE ROUGH
AND RAPID STREAM IN HEART
OF Widest IDAHO.

A few weeks ago The Miner pub
lished an account of a trip down the
salmon river on a flat boat, this means
being adopted by a Salmon City navi-
gator to deliver supplies to miners
and ranchmen along that turbulent
widest and most rugged portion of the
northwest, where big game abounds
and the main and tributary streams
are teeming with the trout hat test
the skill of the most experienced ang-
,ers. The story attracted much at
tention among the lovers of outdoor
life. and some resolved to take the
novel trip. According to the following
from the Boise Statesman, the trip
down the Salmon is appealing to the
sportsmen In other sections just as it
did here and 1t is destined to prove
popular among those who like a tinge
Of adventure along with their annual
outing:
Veteran Navigator in Charge.
A boatload of sportsmen started a
few days ago from Salmon City, Lem
hi county, by boat to Lewiston, and
those who have made the trip declare
1t to be the finest outing possible in
the United States. For 305 miles the
boat will drift through the deep Sal
mon river canyon, over rough waters
and through whirlpool rapids in the
midst of the toughest country in the
northwest. For almost the entire dis.
lance the river traverses a country
unsettled and little explored. 1t Is the
heart of central Idaho.
Captain Harry Guleke of Salmon
City. a veteran navigator of the river,
was in charge of the party. He is
of the few who will venture to take a
boat through the dangerous rapids.
Largest of Canyons.
For several a Captain Guleke
has been navigating the river. Flat
bottomed scows, built at Salmon City,
are used for the work. They are built
to draw little water, have a great beam
and are equipped with large sweeps at
either end. Though they appear clum-
sy and manageable, the scows are
in fact the only boats that can be
handled amid the rapids and sunken
rocks of the turbulent river.
From Salmon City the river flows in
a northerly direction for a short dis
lance and then sweeps to the west
ward through the wilds of Idaho coun-
ty until 1t meets the Snake. It's can
yon is said to be the longest in the
United States.
Throughout the entire distance game
is plentiful, and some sportsmen who
made the trip with Captain Guleke
have shot deer and other big game
from the boat. The stream is lnhab-
tied by some Of the biggest and hard
est fighting trout that swim. Sixteen
Founders are said to be the rule, rather
than the exception.
Becomes Popular Trip.
Once a boat has made the trip 1t is
Of no further use, so far as navigating
Salmon river is concerned, for so
swift is the current that not even a
powerful motor boat can make head
way up stream. The scows built at
Salmon City for the work are usually
knocked down at Lewiston for that
lumber that is in them.
The fame Of the Salmon City-Lew-
iston trip has been spread abroad Of
late. and word from Salmon City is to
the effect that several parties of east
ern sportsmen are expecting to make
the cruise next year.. The trip can be
made in eight days. but sportsmen
usually take their time, hunt and fish
along the way and spend from two to
four weeks en- route.