Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-07-15
LOST BABY
IS FOUND
WAS WITHOUT FOOD OR
WATER FOR THIRTY
HOURS.

Inc tWO-yeaf-Olu son, Oh MIS-.
Ethel Johnson, who wandered
away from his home on Joseph
Plains, was found Saturday, at
4:30 by a searching party num-
bering some $50 persons, in a
timothy field a mile and a hall
from his home. Blood hounds
were sent to the Joseph country
to help in the search but the
child was found before they ar
rived. In order to give our
readers an accurate account Of
the affair we are publishing the
facts as sent in to us by our
friend, Wallace |. Jarrret, one of
the members of the searching
party. 1t reads as follows:
On the morning of July 7, 1921
the little two-year-old son, of
Mrs. Ethel Johnson, who resides
on the Art Wright place on
Joseph Plains, was lost in the
woods. The mother of the
child is teaching the McCarvel
school and during her school
work the child was left in the
custody of his aged grandmoth-
er, who was busy with her usual
work about the home in the
morning. The child in company
with the family dog, Shepard,
were at the pump about two
hundred feet from the house
when last seen by the grand
mother, about ten minutes later
she again looked for the child,
this time failing to find either
the baby or dog she made a
hasty search, calling as she
went, but received no answer
She found the childs tracts in the
road for a short distance but
they soon became invisable. On
the south side of the road is a
thicket of jack pines and on the
north side the pines had been
cut down and left lying on the
ground. Failing to find the
baby she Immediately went to a
neighbors to spread the alarm
and the search began at once.
Owing to the phone lines being
out of commission it took several
hours before a general alarm
could be given.
AS night came on. and still no
trace of the babe could be found
the crowd kept up the search.
about ten o'clock the dog came
home. They could not induce
the dog TO lead them to the mis-
sing baby. Men and women
searched all night and as day
broke people came from every
direction, from Camp Howard,
Doumecq, Snake and Salmon riv-
ers, all the men and the cook
from the Joseph highway road
camp came to help in the search.
A hot breakfast wwas served and
the crowd organized and appoin-
ed a captain and a vigorous
search began. The searchers
were kept in line, a few feet
apart and at 10 a. m. on Satm-
day the child's tracts were dis
covered in the Andrews late
sown wheat field. The march
was kept up until two miles
square had been covered but in
some manner the child was over
looked. The searchers were
again taken back to where the
tracks were found and formed a
line hand in hand and again COM
menced to go over the same area.
When they came to a thicket
they crawled through on theil
hands and knees side by side. In
making the last lap of the
Andrews field, Price Kener came
to the captain and informed him
that the cry of a child had beer
heard in the next field. The
captain, not wishing to break the
line at this point ordered soms
men on horseback, at the end Of
the line to make a search in the
direction the cry came from.
Find Baby i'm Timothy Field.
About a quarter of a mile
from where the main body of tn,
party were searching, the mer
on horse back found the bah,
boy standing upright in tim
othy field. A signal of fiv,
shots was fired by Henry Walz
better known as Shorty tn,
Bear Hunter" The crowd knew
the meaning of the signal ant
there was great rejoicing.
30 Hours Without Food.
The little fellows face. arms