The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-10-18

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turned Friday from the fastnesse
of the mountains, where the salmon
: range in the sparkling waters. They
came in with the weight of venisor
! upon their shoulders, their moccasinl
worn with travel and their lOin.
girded tight with the long trek. Blu
thru 1t all shone the smile of salts
!, faction that accompanies the hairy
trophies from the high peaks.
i These braves are known by sigh
to many of our people and some
know them by name. One of them IL
the chief keeper of the skoOkum
house known as Stephens, A. B.; an.
other Is the first mate to the keeper
! and Is known by the name of Clark
/ G. G.; one Is a famous builder OF
/ lodges and is called Stephens, E. c.;
another is the chief squinter thru the
Ion gtube used by the city to find out
how and where to build walks and
streets and skyscrapers, and Is
identified in roll call as Young
James; these are the men of renown
of the party, and the other member is
! the keeper of oils, gas and tires on
South Broadway, who answers roll
call under the name of Fisher Dick
He Of the oils and tires is the one
| just entering renown.
| The fame attaching to the first
| four mentioned is due to their having
walked in the forest many times be-
fore and always brought back meat
and sinews and hamstrings, hairs,
horns and hides-meat for the
family, sinews for sewing, ham
strings for the bows, hairs and hides
for rugs and buckskin, and horns on
which to hang the gloves and moe
casins to dry. When they went out
they returned not empty handed, but
stayed out hungry and observant till
they could walk into camp trium-
plant.
The other member of the party is
just entering renown because he
went out and was for the first time
admitted to the woodlands where
roam the deer, and he toted one into
camp-one of the male members of
the fraternity, sleek, fat, high-horned
and defiant, but laid low by the ar
row Of this the papoose member of
the hunting party. When he stag
gered into camp from a long hike
from the steep slopes and across
gorges and ridges, when he dumped
the carcass at their feet, he did not
have to wait for marks of approval
for they met him with loud rah, rah,
rahs and patted him on the back and
bad him sit while the loosened his
belt and prepared for him a great
heap of meat and potatoes piping
hot. By word and sign language
HI 10 ir,,o hof bo oil rio
told him that he was now a full
as they knew he could sit and walk
lowed to carry a bow and culver
filed with arrows tipped with f1ints.
AS they examined the new beauty
ying PROSTATE in the light of the
camp fire they observed that the ar
row had gone thru it at the center,
rom which they deduced that when
he saw it he aimed for the biggest
hing he could see, and thought not
If its vital spot, but sent the flint
at the center, and he hit the
center. If he was excited it did not
Jhake his aim; if he had buck ague
t bucked right we'll for him and
hem, for here was the carcass with
,nly one cleft in it excepting where
lie bled it. He gave some evidence
# excitement when he slashed it's
hroat to bleed it, for he cut the,
Whole head of at one wicked slash.
lie admits that he was excited-that
new world opened to him when he, '
aw the game drop, and therein lies I
he proof that he did not shut his,
yes to shoot, but shot without bat
ing an eye.
This triumphant party of great
nd the near great went forth from t
lome on Monday, the first Of October 8
7hen the signs of the zodiac showed Z
hat the moon was In Leo, the lion. r
nd they got back to their people on t
friday, Columbus day, having @
raveled 160 miles, to Challis, then p
hanged the, road to the other t.
boulder, the shoulder of the pack C
orse, and pursued the trail over and t
hru the hills and far up on Mahoney v
reek, so named for a beautiful o
maiden called Della by her parents II
ut called Honey by her lover and
[ahoney by all the people. One day II
9 spoke to her and called her Della Il
[y Honey" and said he was going n
n into the hills, and altho shell v
'aited long and patiently, he did not q
sturn and then she went forth into II
le wild and It is whispered chat they Il
9TH met the same fate and that their 81
,irits hover over the woodlands and a
uide the new hunters, who are true "
lue in their loves. Il
Many SHOWS ago, long before the c,
orld war broke, lonely hunter lost g.
| the forest and spending the night 81
? bed of Goals near the headwaters
Mahoney creek, noticed that the II
,und of gurgling waters was inter al
ingled with a resonant voice far OF 81
the woods saying, Della My Vi
oney', and 1t stopped short when p'
lere echoed back the sweet refrain, g,
Della Is coming" fc
The lost hunter sprang to his feet b'
Id tried to get the exact direction of NJ
e refrain, and as soon as it was pr
sht he started out In that direction. tie
II day he wandered from peak to sc
lax and saw nothing but timid m
,e and he would not shoot her. VI
ncying 1t was an associate Of Della, m