The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-09-21

pretty ranches so close in and SO far
below, that 1t reminds one of the
pictures taken from airships, and
shown so much in recent years.
Looking far to the westward and a
couple of miles to the southwark
from South Putnam was something
that had double appearance. To
some of the party it looked to be
flagpole planted in the top Of the
foothills northeast of Tyhee and
reaching skyward to a great dis
lance. To others It was only well
travelled road leading from the west
ern base of the hills straight west
past Tyhee and to the edge of the
bench, where the road goes down
into Fort Hall bottoms some twenty
miles away.
Another surprise of the trip was
that when the party arrived on the
summit a swarm of flies lowered
about the monument ana we're busy
going and coming thru the crevices,
and the vegetation around 1t was
covered in places with ladybugs as
close as they could sit together.
The points indicated by IL" and
IN" are the highest points on Mt.
Putnam that can be seen from
Blackfoot and they appear to be the
true summit. The point indicated at
II" is higher, but owing to its
greater distance from the Snake
river valley, it looks to be lower.
Mr.. Trego was anxious to get the
view from IL" and IN" and the
party offered to wait for him while
he went over to those points. After
little discussion Mr.. Twitchell, Mr..
Fansler and Mr.. Dial concluded to
go too, but Mr.. Trego was already
some distance down the slope and
they did not overtake him. This
part of the party did not go all the
way as Mr.. Twitchell was consider.
ably fatigued by the rush down the
mountain, where he heaved the
stone, and they turned back after
reaching the point indicated by *.
The distance between "I' and I'M"
looked to be about half mile or a
mile. It is a sharp ridge, very
rocky all the way and in places with
huge saw tooth projections OF flint.
A person following such a crest
generally goes over the topmost
point, it being difficult to follow
around them, the sides being SO
steep and slippery. One either has
to go over the top or descend to con-
siderable distance to get around the
slick side. There are half dozen
of these sharp projections that
stand up somewhat like a chickens
comb above the rest of his head and
these crags extend twenty-five to
| fifty feet above the rest of the crest.
There is no particular danger in fol-
lowing them if there is no snow on
the rocks; person can have sure
footing at every step if he will select
carefully, there being at every place
shelf room of three or four inches
on which to set ones feet with
always an opportunity to hold on to
something with the hands. AS Mr.
| Trego scaled each one Of these
places the party on south Putnam
watched him thru the field glasses
and after crossing each of them he
would have to descend anywhere
from twenty-five feet to 800 feet tc
get to the next crag. This mountain
range in the picture or looking at ii
from the distance from which the
picture was taken looks smooth like
a prairie, but it is all flint rock or a
mixture of flint rock and earth The
distance tones down it's rough an
pearance, but as one gets closer to
it the rough features come out in
sharp relief and each little curve or
1 mound showing in the picture be-
comes quite sharp peak or crag.
1t required three-quarters Of an
hour to cover the distance between
south Putnam and north Putnam
and after Mr.. Trego reached the lat
/ ter place and signaled the party he
sat down and spent about ten
minutes studying the country below
with the field glasses, then he rose
walked few PAGES from the pinnacle
and vanished. Mrs. Trego had been
keeping track of him thru her field
glasses, but at the moment when he
disappeared she did not happen to
| have her eye on him and she ana the
other members of the party studied
the slope intently for thirty minutes
without finding him. DR.. Gillilan's
comment was, that man should not
start out on such a trip alone be-
cause If anything happened to him
| nobody knew where to look for him.
| If he had a companion travelling
with him and he slipped and became
disabled he could be located readily.
At 2 o'clock Mr.. Twitchell and his
companions returned and said that
Mr.. Trego had signaled them at two
or three different places along the
upper edge of the pine timber and
indicated that he was returning by
the lower route to avoid the crags
and the climb back up to the peak at
"T,. and would meet them at the