The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-10-07
ANGRY TREE OF IDAHO"
DID YOU EVER SEE III
WRITER WITH REMARKABLE
IMAGINATION DISCOVERS A
RARE SPECIMEN.

FOR decades tne u~HSuSpeCllnS luHo-
cents of Idaho have been slumbering
in the shade OF THE Angry Tree
blissfully ignorant of the danger they
courted. Rabid coyotes and rattle
snakes are docile pets compared to
THE Angry Tree"
An imaginative writer in Harper's
Weekly has unmasked the spiteful
tree, tearing it up by the roots in
these words:
Pigtail Tree.
IN Idaho there exists a species of
the acacia tree which is entitled to
be classed as one of the wonders of
plant life. This tree attains a height
of about s feet. When full grown it
closes it's leaves together in coils each
day at sunset and curls its twigs to
the shape of pigtails.
Quite Peevish.
when the tree has thus settled it.
self for its nights sleep, it is said that
If touched it will flutter as If agitated
or impatient at the disturbance. The
~oftener, it is averred, the foliage Is
molested, the more violent will, be-
come the shaking of the branches,
Finally, it is further alleged, If the
shaking be continued, the tree viii at
length emit a nauseating odor quite
sufficient to induce a headache in the
case of the person disturbing the tree,
Also Odoriferous.
"In Idaho it Is called the angry
tree and 1t is said that 1t was discov-
cred by men who, on making camp
for the night, placed one end of a can
vas covering over one end of the sen
sitive bushes, using it for a support
Immediately the tree began to jerk its
branches sharply. The motion con-
tinued with increasing nervousness
until at last came a sickening odor
that drove the tired campers to a more
friendly location.
Dies Hard.
Curiosity prompted an investiga-
Ition. One of the angry trees was dug
up and thrown to one side. Immedi-
lately upon being removed from the
ground, it is said that the tree opened
Its leaves, its twigs lost their pig
tails, and for something over an hour
land a half the outraged branches
showed their indignation by a series
of quakings, which grew weaker and
weaker, and ceased when the foliage
had become limp and withered,"
Member of Loco Family.
Supervisor Emile Grandjean of the
Boise forest, who has more than q
nodding acquaintance with every va
riety of tree in the state, said regard
ing THE Angry Tree:
at is my belief that the Angry
Tree will disappear from Idaho after
the first of the year when the state
goes dry. 1t belongs to the loco fam
ily and Is only visible to the inspired
If I thought there was any danger OF
this woody perennial injecting people
with rabies, l would request DR.. Lau-
baugh to ~inoculate it, but | have yet
to heal of its biting anybody. | dc
not know what brand of inspiration
the writer In Harper's uses, but J.
must be powerful stuff. I have hearc
of people seeing snakes, lizards, monr
keys and purple cows, but a vicious
tree is something new. We might
have one corraled in one of the Boise
parks. I imagine Orofino would be 9
good place from which to study the
Angry tree 1t must be a wonderful
growth, but imagine what a head one
must have after sleeping under ar
Angry tree And the smell! the
taste in one's mouth on the morning
after is bad enough, but that SMELL