Evening star., 1923-06-07

y story of wonderful spring where
ready made highballs bubble from
hidden sources in an ice cave just
north of Shoshone Falls. Idaho, has
come to Washington with the pill
grims of Ell Korah Temple of Boise,
Idaho.
More wonderful yet is the connect
ing story of the discovery of a brown
ish yellow mineral called whiskorn,
which, when dissolved in hot water,
produces the same elysian .nectar as
does the spring. The mineral was
found in the same cave.
J. <. Bailey, who, with Donald S.
Whitehead. A. A. Jessup and J. Harry
Hopffgarten. is delegate to the
Shrine convention. has verified the
fact that the spring exists and is
ready to prove it. L. r. Rail, geolo-
| gist working among lava burns and
ice caves north of Shoshone a short
time ago. blundered into a bubbling
spring on the floor of one Of the ice
caves. He did not pay much attention
to the spring-he could find springs
anywhere. But when his olfactory
organs scented an odor that sent
memory skipping back to the days
when sawdust, brass rails and Ice
water-next-morning were popular IN
this country, and when his sense or
taste verified his sense of smelling. he
| got interested. He tested the delight
| full little liquid that came bubbling
| merrily up from the earth and his
| test led him to believe that Mother
| Nature and Mr.. Volstead were not
even acquainted with each other. The
| liquid had a high alcoholic content.
Seeks Mineral Rights.
Keeping the discovery secret. Mr..
4 a - e. .t,1D 4
rights on the land under homestead
| ing provisions, inasmuch as the cave
! was on federal territory. He got
| flock of lawyers and put them to
work. He laid all sorts of plans.
Meanwhile, the secret leaked out.
Just when Mr.. Rail was getting all
set to plug up the hole. and start ex
! tracing the minerals from the ice
! cave, he became the most popular
man in Idaho. and aristocrats who
curt nod showered invitations upon
| him to use their automobiles. golf
| courses, country estates, private
swimming pools and friendship.
! After the secret of the discovery
got out. the little inquiring agencies
! got busy to learn its location. The
| Chicago Tribune is quoted as author
| ity for the statement that special
trains were being held in readiness
| for the rush 70 the oasis as soon as
news of the location was flashed. But
| Mr.. Rail, not yet having received his
/ o. X. from Uncle Sam to dig UP the
| more -precious-than mineral
! ore, did not even tell his dog the spot
where the bubbling bliss was located.
| Solution of Puzzle.
That did not stop the hosts with
| logical explanations for the spring
| And here is where Mr.. Bailey steps
into the picture. His was the prize
| of all explanations.
Here's how he solved the puzzle in
| korah Temple:
Il can verify the fact that a
whisky spring exists in this section"
| he enunciated. when the country
| was in the making, shortly after Mr..
| Puget got his contract for making
| Puget sound gentleman named
! Bunyon-who had an enormous
blne OK, endowed with superanimal al
! strength, that was used in all con-
der for the subcontract for MAXIM g
that section in which the spring is
| located. Now, this OK had one enor-
! nous appetite. 1t took ten to fifteen
| carloads of corn and other animal
| food to satisfy him at meal. Well,
| as work progressed in the vicinity,
| Mr.. Bunyon decided that he might as
| we'll have his own cornfield. He built
| a refrigeration plant in his corn ware
| house. That explains the ice in the
| caves. When he decided to move
| eastward it was found that spring
| rains had made it impossible to move
| all the heavy machinery. He there
! upon paved the country with hot
! lava, melted in a furnace north of his
/ ice cave rrefrigerating plant.
THE refuse from the furnace was