Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
CAPTAIN CULEKE MAKES SECOND
TRIP OF SEASON DOWN SALMON
ONE OF PASSENGERS WHO MADE
TRIP WITH GULEKE THREE
WEEKS AGO TELLS OF THE
EXPERIENCE.

Fridays Tribune announced that
Captain Guleke of Salmon City made
second trip of the season down the Sal
mon arriving in Lewiston last Thurs
day without "A mishap during the jour
ney of 300 miles, being assisted in the
handling of the boat by George Smith
of Salmon city.
A quantity of supplies and equipment
were brought to the Eakin ranch on
Salmon river, the cargo including
among other things billiard table for
j. II. Painter. A New York sports
man and his son were passengers to the
Eakin ranch, expecting to hunt Tor a
while in that section.
Captain Guleke has gained consider
able notoriety as being the only navi-
gator of the Salmon and attention has
been directed far and wide to the sue
cessful trips down the river. About
three weeks ago the Captain made the
trip successfully, and had as a passen-
ger Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Warrington of
Shoup, who were enroute to San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Warrington gave an account
of the experience in the Salmon City
recorder, and also mentions that Irwin
-. SopDJ thC WIlitT fiOttu LOT HIS nuTl0f-
Que writings which have been very
popular with readers, has made an in
quiry about the trip with a possible
view of making the journey. Mr.. War;
ington s description of the trip as pub
lish~d in the Recorder is as follows:
''We came through the most dan
gerous country that | ever visited Our
boat was built of inch boards, of
double thickness on the bottom and for
part way up the sides, and handled
with sweeps. 1t was feet by lS foot.
Captain Henry Guleke brought our boat
the entire distance. He has been
operating on that river for the past 16
years, and in all that time he has never
had an accident, although many less
experienced men have been drowned
and their cargoes of freight and equip
ment lost.
| "When we first left Salmon there
were some who thought we would never
get to the Snake river. When we had
passed Sheep creek and Ruby rapids
and arrived at Fiddle rapids the people
there said we would never get past
China rapids.
"The country we came through is
most wild There is game of every
description, and plenty of it. / counted
16 deer along the bank of the Salmon
river and / saw three elk. We shot
one bear and there are numerous noun
tain sheep and game birds. -
Mrs. Warrington was enthusiastic
over the trip that they had taken, al
though she said she shut her eyes when
they came to any particularly danger.
Gus rapids. "Some places we were
dropped Is feet she said.
L.. 20 h. a.
of their water voyage Mr. and Mrs
Warrington embarked on the Gulekt
boat for Lewiston, travelled thence by
the steamer Twin Cities to Portland ant
from that city sailed direct to Sar
Francisco covering total distance o1
upward of 1900 miles from the con
tinental divide to Golden Gate harbor
all by water, something worth while il
perilious adventure.
Mr.. Warrington left San francisco
shortly after the earthquake in 1906
He and Mrs. Warrington travelled fo
some time through Northwest wilds un
til they decided to take over quart
mine in Shoup. They have been located
there for the past two and one-hal
{ years.
Mr.. Warrington declared there wa
still plenty of ore in Northern Idaho
but modern business methods hat
initiated against its development. IL
asserted that the mines had been use,
for speculative purposes or had beel
ruined by mismanagement, and that
person who undertook to assume owner
ship of many of the properties woul
E have to start from the very beginning
} instead of being able to take adyan
tage of previous development.
J Mr.. Warrington said that Irvini
] Cobb, the writer, had communicate
with friends of his in Shoup, asking o
the feasibility of the trip down the Sal
| mon river. He said it was the eviden
| intention of Mr.. Cobb to make tn
trip.
The Salmon river craft that are ap
proved for safety are not much 70
!, beauty They are none of your mer
/ maids for curviture of body nor ar,
| they nymphlike in form. On the con
trary, as might be said of Mr.. Cobb
| who gets there just the same when i
comes to writing as does one of Guleke ,
] boats when it comes to shooting tn
} rapids of the wonderful intermountall