Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-29
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from the WIlldIIl0IlC valley We
crossed into the Umeua Valley; here
we ran into oak forests which re-
minded us of old tarheel. Night |
came on and here we had to run
through the Rogue river vallay and
over the Siskyou mountains in the
night. We landed at Weed at 4 A.
NJ, went to hotel and stayed till
most noon of the LIST of February
At 1926 we got a train on branch
line to Doris, our destination.
We had not written to Father
that we were coming or that BROTH
er Jesse was married. so we took
them by surprise. We had to stay
over night in Doris. got a man to
take us out in a car on the third.
Found Father. Mother and brothers
we'll. Father is just s years older
than whel we s. y him, but has not,
broken very lnuch. We stayed
most three weeks WITH then and
duling that time We helped | .ther
clear 6 acres of land, anu one day
February 20-Jease, Percy I'D l
went out in tina timber, as |
wanted to see some deer, chad never
seen any. saw 10 that day and
saw where 9 more had just gotten
up out of their bed in the snow
when we heard them coming. We
did not kill any, as the season had
closed, but it was a temptation all
right.
Father and | went fishing On
March l, down at the big K!amo,h
lake in southern Oregon, IS miles
from his place Got there about 4
o'clock, fried big fish for dinner,
then caught enough for supper.
After supper we got in our boat
with pine torch and gig and went
to business. We fished most of the
night, but not like the diciples OF
old who Ca usht nothing, we caught
about $50 lbs. Got 81 and they
averaged about 7 pounds each. We
were fishing in a spawning bed
There was party of 3 men from
Butte Valley there who caught
gunny sacks full, estimated at 800
They came after we did and left be-
fore we did.
This big Klamoth Lake covers
something like 100000 acres Of
land and could be drained by blast
ing out four or five feet of rock fol
100 yards.
Father, Brother Taylor, Eugene
and l, climbed Mount Dome. a peal
nearby. Could see some SO to X
miles around. Could get a goot
view of Klamoth Lake, also Rhettt
Lake. This last is fed by Los
River and low ridge lies between
them, the two covering about 500,
900. AS we descended the noun
! saw five more deer. | saw, al
told, 20 while there. I forgot tt
say that geese. ducks and mud hem
were on these lakes by the thou
sands. but it is true.
Well, cannot withhold what m,
real object in going home was. The,
had no Sunday school or other re
ligious worship there and I wen
down to help them along that line
Brother Jesse and Sister Pansy hat
gotten saved while up here, AM
Jesse's wife was saved and was on,
of the Sunday School teachers; ali,
then my mother was up here twt
years ago and got saved. So | hat
four saved people to start with.
started prayer meeting the mex
day after got there. Before left
had the JOY of seeing brothers, Tay
lor and Percy saved. | organized
Sunday school, also.
On Wednesday, March 9Th | bad,
Father, Mother, brothers and siste
goodbye and started for home
Brother Percy's wife came with me
as she was in poor health and cam,
up to spend the summer. She ais,
is tarheel, being the daughter O
X. Howell of Qualla. | arrived