Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-29
BIZ ONE OF c. y. LEWIS PAkTY

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Gate, which was mentioned in our
latter, We noticed water hole oil
spring with a notice on IL TO the effect
tnat tae water was not good to drink;
so We asked Mr.. KaVanaugh, the
manager OF East Gate, about 1t.
He said IL was a we'll sunk by some
stocKmen TO depth OF more tnan 500
| feet, but that the water proved salty
In tact, 1t was poisonous. We asked
him about the water at the French
mans Club; why they did ont dig fol
water instead Of hauling IL over eleven
miles. i ..
He replied that they felt that the
distance would be about the same, coI
they would have to sink the well
eleven miles down before they could
get fresh water; so they preferred &c
| haul their water.
Mr. Kavanaugh told US an Indian
| story that is worth repeating. In tie
early days, one of the cowboys was
prone to talk and tell OF how many
indians he had slain, etc. So tiey
pdt up job on him. -.
One OF the cowboys went up 20
stony hill at an appointed time and
dropped a bullet a few feet IN from;
OF the brave one. The other cowboys
yelled indians, and the brave one
started TO run; and everyone around
there put off too yelling Indians"
The cowboy on the hill fired again,
and the fellow just behind the brave
one said;
my God, I'm shot! Run like hi,
Bill" and ne dropped. The CHAP on
the hill fired again and another Eel
low beside Bill dropped out saying,
I'm done for, BILL And Bill ran for
two hundred miles, went over into the
next state-Idaho-and reported that
everyone on the Mckinney ranch had
been killed and scalped by Indians
and the stock all run off.
So the Governor of the State OF
Idaho called out the state militia to
capture the Indians and recover the
stock. And the Governor, feeling that
| the uprising was so serious, started
out himself for the ranch, riding two
horses to death in doing SO. =
On reaching the ranch ne saw MIR
Kavanaugh and asked him how every
thing was. Mr. Kavanaugn's reply wa
"All right" The Governor then ask
ed How is John?p Zone OF the cow
boys that he supposed was killed.)
Mr.. Kavanaugh said, "Oh, hes out
there herding the sheep" So the Gov.
ernor asked about the Indian story;
and when he heard the facts ne en-
joyed the joke as much as the others
had, but said, Damn you, you all
ought to be in jail for killing my two
horses"
We find that Indians camp at al
most every farm house on the praIr-
lie, and the boys have a little fun a,
their expense, telling them they will
all have to cross the water and do
their bit. The young men are willing,
but their mamas and grandmas object
to them going. So when tze Jaw com
pelling the registration of all between
the ages Of 81 and 81, went into Ell.
feet, one OF the mothers was asked
how old her boy was.
She said just what would be ex-
pected Of any mother that did not
want her boy to go. "Thirty-two
years. knowing that was the age OF
exemption; and then the inspector
asked her when or in what year he
was born. She said. when the pine
nuts commence to ripen.'
We left East Gate at 7:10 a. M,
passing over four mountain ranges
and through some very dry valleys
where enc sees an occasional farm
house. They are usually old, and
some look as II they had been de-
serted for years. We finally reached
Austen, one of the Oldest mining
camps in Nevada, where We had lunch
and could hear lady at the piano
playing the latest ragtime. After
lunch we passed through more large
valleys, still very dry, reaching the
Eureka Hotel, Eureka. at $50.
Eureka is anothe-. cid mining camp.
We saw a large truck loaded with sill
rer that had been brought in from the
mines forty miles away. Each sack of
silver weighs from 145 to I65 pounds.
On lincoln Highway
On our first day out OF Sacramento
we passed a young man who IS wuTls.
ing for the Automobile Association
placing signs along the Lincoln High.
way. He overlooked us ut Eureka, al.
we stopped at tae same hotel. rio
certainly was we'll informed as 20 the
condition OF the roads used by ihe
travelling public. and cpr!i tell vol
where an occasional detoar wocid icai
&c a better road
We passed over threa or fon. nnosa-
tain ranges with q stand OF s.aal. glRe
sees, very m3uy morc trees thar we
had seen the preg;or- daS.; sad il was
y miles between Ealer holes;
We passed six copper mills belong
ing 20 or controlled by tho Guggen-
heimers. There are immense piles OF
waste. great mountains literally. The
copper ore is taken tipu, great hills
handled in terrace fora, SC list he
ere and waste can be hauled away ty
train.
Strike Pending