The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-10-13


sour dough bread, We izl1t3y toll
them thsy wore our prisonsrs an
4 must not think Of driving on withou
first paying our brother visit .
iQnartzburR, as well NJ seeing fey
more OF our old time friends. The.
readily consented when told then
4 It was about : five hours drive Vi
there by car. OF course We lied lit
tie about the distance and everything
but | believe old St. Peter will for
give US this time for what we did
We thus talked them into the idea o.
taking this trip. Leaving home abou'
0:3O a. m. we arrived in QuartZbure
in time for bear steak for dinner, at
ter which we were shown thru the Ole
| Gold Hill mine by our brother who Il
employed there. And while we arc
at this point of our little narrative
let us state that 1t looks like there is
nothing that man will not do for the
comforts and the necessities Of life
To. one who has lived all his life SC
far where he could look into the blue,
vaulted dome of heaven lit with the
stars at night and gladstone sun
beams in the day, working m the mine
looks terribly like man was more {
gopher or coyote or some other bur-
rowing animal rather than one pos
sessed with god-given reason. OF
course, upon second thought, such
work is essential to all our welfare,
therefore it looks like Auch men
should have greater compensations
for having to do that kind of work
for US all. There in the dark, narrow,
cold, wet bowels Of the earth, men
toiled against the odds Of nature that
we might have gold teeth, watch
chains and other gold ornaments.
We climbed up about nine flights of
ladders in one place and saw a widow
maker at work What is = widow
maker? 1t is one of these compress
ed air drills or hammers that create
a fine dust that cuts ores lungs to
pieces when it is bfeathed very long.
OF course we may have sort Of a
hard opinion of the work that must
be done some 500 feet under ground,
but that il only natural and we can
not be blamed for thus looking at it |
that way; only we believe the miners
rs well as those who have other hard
tasks that are liable to hasten their
deaths should have more than the
average for the good things Of life as
payment for their sacrifice. We could
tell more minutely each detail Of I
what we saw, how one had to stoop
over in many places to walk thru the
tunnels or take off about foot of
his lid, how he had to step on the
blanks every step that were in the
,enter of the narrow guage or go in
,ver his shoe tops in the Stun o.
,oze that was running along the
racks to the stump. Anyhow we saw
he many safety devices placed thru
he mine by the company, the modern
of the mill and other
which are the best that
money can buy. So that even though
ife is at stake it stands greater
'hances of being saved than ordin-
,rily. After we had thoroughly in
Ipected the different things about
he mine in the brief space of time
We had, we returned to Chris's home
md ate more bear steak, after which
We took in the movies and dance ?
he opera house The next morning
,eing Sunday, we slept late, but was
Up and had ate more steak to the tune
# modern syncopated music on the
About the time the sun
lit down in the draw we we're shot
~ Chris's kodak and Lynn's toe has
ened us on our return home. Thus
brief butterfly existence
or US. The McCoys left few min
ties after their return to Emmett
or Weiser on their homeward jour
ley Many kind thoughts were thus
'evived and old acquaintences renew
ID. We maintain that is some way
o take a honeymoon; anyhow, Aen
t you have to put it off for 7 or 8
ears like they did. The last thing
lynn said when he left was we will |.
,e looking for you out next summer
With your wife to take hunt with
IS next fall for bear in Alaska. Such
Kings sound about as far away as
larkest Africa to US, but they may all
ONE true. Let's hope the bubbles
Iont bust before we catch a polar
ear, anyway.
The car which Ed Dolphin is in
barge Of, that carries some Of EN-
nett's best Of everything in the fruit
Inc, was sent upon its way Friday by
he Modin ranch, loading out last
feek. Ed Dolphin will accompany
he SHIPMENT hack and dispose OF It
, his old home state. as well ~ look
fter buain.ss interests while he is
here.
Roy Modin Was over two days last
tel from Boise to visit with home
plks at tbs ranch. Ray has becni
'orking with Denny and Company fer
pine time in the capital.
Iik4lo Raaaia HnrnAr has hAan = |
\ khank little anffaror the nast ~aHk