Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1916-01-26
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| In de autumn Il 1914. Wis,aa RI
theFford. . young csiifxnaa noun
saineeF. engaged 70 Yersain aione u
eerctAtef II Psiies Leaf bcase. ID th
Lake Tahoe region At the high Gsevra1
during tho winter. Rutherford mas ,
guide during Tie sumner moasha. m
hs kept his animAls. q saddle hors4
ana pack mule named Babe md Mike
n ths lodge. intending 70 use them u
haul hFevood for the ne1t ssnue.
season
On December ~ two men came b,
the lodge from the lake On their Vi,
TO tAs Saczaacento valley. They ~sYs
anxious To reach their homes In tsns
for Christmas. and thsy begged tha.
they might take Babe znd Nike 70
carry their heavy packs.
rutherford dsuurred. for be fea.ad
s.sITsaas; be, the nea se-ris.ea, asys.s
that unless they reached home before
the 18th, their children would have
/ neither presents nor Christmas t,h-
, ners. That plea was cso-e TITAN ,hs
tender-heart young man could With.
stand, and he let them take the xrs-
mails. e1acting . promise that ttey
would return them as soon as the Sled
road opened.
The travellers started a., Asys,rA,
saAiLS ta@ sr.i. eAss yne suIaInit. Thss
Right terrific s1awstesrn swsla tie
mountains. Rutherford was worried,
but tried to behsse that i.s, d.~'-
saAss hsA A-.Aa-A .A~ ~
- . -. --.--.~. ...e men to fight
their way to the lower country On
January 3, be sncwshoe-d over TO Ia
hoe post. Office, where he found .
rrumpled post cssd from. ane af ,kk
men, informing hsr that they had
been caught in the storm and had 10
abandon. the animals to save their own
lives. :"
The next day Rutherford started out
to find Babe and Nike. He Travelled in
the sticky STOW scross the summit 70
Bryson's camp. and the part day two
Or three miles farther ,Ee had hardly
expected TO and Babe CT Mike al.rs.
'ta, as he came reuai = tluG be vas
delighted TO see the two animals stand
ing. diseonsola.ely side By side -. lie
yelled 1T them and Babe 'xhianiet
back. although he MAS almost TOO de-
jecsed and weak TO move.
+ The animals had tranpied q place
alcrt ten fee, square under . ,arrs.
rack tree. and ha6 never moret cui cs
il. They 'ha.i gnswed at the saddle
blankets and tbs hair rope, and had
even nihhled each o;her's tails Ind
raanes. The suc~ was iSe and 9 half
feet deep all around them. =.
Rutherford shose,ed a. trail to the
river. in doing which be fell through
the scs three times, Ne had to. undrees
ard rr:ng out his clothes In the bitter
cold. Then he vs,erea the hcessa.
and Immediately set out for Bryson's
camp. TIE animals we're too weak to
follow. Al the camp he got halt bale
of hay and carried u down % his
back, travelling On skis. : :.
The nex: day hs weat 70 ahoveiing
again. and worked at II ali day long.
Al daylight be got up. carried more.
hay down to the horses. AID pot in u
hours more @! shovesing. y
!; II was terribly heavy work. tor there
were six inches Of SOFT SNOW. than -four
inches OF frpssn crust. and below that
mass Of wes snow. When be e>&
back to BYysons he was % weary be
could hardly crawl up the sseps '''''
"Wednesday Il showed hard and niled
up his lahorscusly made path. and
Rutherford changed bis tactics, He
determined to make snovahoss .Nor tho
horses: hu, ae could tnd nothing at
all al which TO make them. Then he
thought Of putting down hoard In ,hrcs
sections, iwo boards vide. ncvtns the
horses upon tho drss ooes and then
taking up the rear oaes. Loaded vttA
hay and pianks. hc toaxht hts way into
the N!rsard !, took him -four hoars
to ees dox-u to the horses :. :.
The next day be carried dova more
planks and tried 10 put his plan into
exccuiicn II wxs faiiurr---she boards
simply shos out hon under he hoeses
In every divesiaa aefass the crust
Just thea two other men whom Ae
knew appeared. coming up frcm SsSNv-
berry camp farther down The moan.
tain They told Ain n vAs 10 use.
and advised him to sAccs ths aninA,s
Rut Rutherford would nos. and that
night he thought a the way out of hia
diasc1lsy. There we're some covhides
and aheepskins hanging tn nryscns
Camp These be carried aovn to the
tRrrarack tree where Babe and Ntks
still stood, ana where hts two friends
Of the day hefore kesn-d htm4 They
Quarteret the cowhktex. put the sheep
skins inside Tor fl!ias. ana hosnd the
clumsy hundles round the fees of the
ar!uaals--cne to each tce<
Z About thrse o'esosk sAey rssc rcady
for the new experiment Rutherford
says he actually cried vhea As found
Il was eniax to work. hahs and NIAe
xpNhled down 10 the end of The dhsh.
climbed cot - top Il sAe saou. and
made pretty sSssd pr0ervss> sink1ns IN
only . fcv iAehea ney r~aeAsd
Strawberry camp b<furs 0nEh From
there Il wss soe v~ry hard 70 sss the
aA,mals aovn Into tbe SAcfAnenso
vallsy.-SsssAs ceasasssa-
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