The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-06-21

Idaho There was only one hous
| between Blackfoot and Challis, AM
that was at Old Arco. There wer
two tent houses above there, on
at Lone Pine and one below tina
on Lost river. Things are moving
faster now than they have been thu
past forty years and l predict greatel
changes in the next forty years.
do not see any of the old faces of my
first trip, but the Big Butte was il
evidence then"
Frank: Judge Andersen has mis-
informed us about the Butte, and
move we fine him SO cents fol
lying"
Judge: "Here is the fifty cents
l pay and keep still"
George got the money.
Judge: 81 don't know just when
the next speaker came to Blackfoot
have been here 120 years and he
was here then, and famous for his
keen sight for mavericks Unbranded
calves. At that time he could spot
maverick 1900 miles away, but as
he speaks now on the subject, 1t
must be borne in mind that the sta
tute of limitations has run, and
nothing counts now. He will speak
in all frankness and tell us how he
did it. Gentlemen, our mutual
friend, Leon Misslen, late of Paris.
Mr.. Misslen: "Well, you see when
l went into the cattle business it was
the custom of the country. There
was nothing at Blackfoot only sage
brush. The settlers came after
wards"
Voices: "Get up Louie and tell
us about it. Oh stand up and tell
us how you did it. Tell us about
that old cow that you and RUDE Dunn
had"
Misslen: "Well you see there
wasn't much here in those days but
stock Of course every man looked
after his own. 1t was the custom
then"
Voices: "Tell us about that old
COW. We want to know how many
calves you got in year Louie. All,
but we want to know. That was a
long time ago and nothing counts.
How many calves was a steer en-
titled to in a year,"
Misslen: when I started in the
cattle business whatever calves a
man got, he was that much ahead.
Everybody was doing it. 1t was the
custom"
Mr.. Coumerilh: Louie we want
to know something authentic, some
thing authentic. You know the
time the Utah Northern was built
thru, was the first man to ship
a trainload of cattle thru on the
narrow gauge, the narrow gauge rail-
road and I rested and fed them at
this place, at Blackfoot. And whilst
was sleeping some of my cattle
disappeared. Could you tell me
Louie how it happened, how 1t hap
pened that my herd shrunk so in
numbers Louie?"
A Voice: How fast did your herd
grow in those years Louie? We
want to know how prosperous a
man could be in those days II he
was thrifty"
Mr.. Misslen: "Well when I got |
twenty-five in my herd, then in two
years they increased to five hundred
head, but everybody was doing 1t.
1t was the way they all did it. 1t
was customary"
Judge: ANDY"
Andy: "Sing on page SIS. Give
Him a Hand"
They sang 1t.
Judge: Honest confessions are
the stun. We are all alike; we have
all been doing something. There's ].
D. (Gillilan), he may be an excep-
ton; we don't know what he did In
China. We have another speaker,
3 man who left US long enough to
go out to Alaska and gather up q
fortune. We don't know whether
be got 1t selling drinks at $3.50
apiece or whether he dug It out Of
The ground. Anyway he brought
back some gold. Gentlemen, Mar
GUS Mester."
Mester: II feel somewhat out of
place talking of old times when wei
have Mr.. Bergman and the others
10 tell US. came In 1888, and 1
made some observations on MAYER
cks and things. But Louie and
Dunn and the rest of them did not
)lay all the pranks-there was Ike
hauling coal to FIT. Hall for the gov
,rnment for years, and With other
people, the cars always run little !
short in weight. 1 asked Ike one (
lay how he got along with that and 1
lie said he always managed to have I
t run little over"
Smith: "That is correct" ]
Mester: "Ike had an old red mule I
hat was hard to catch, and one day {
When he was out gathering up his
mules after they had wintered out {
n the sand hills all winter and {
ustled their forage, Ike had quite
ime catching old Red. He got hot
nd gave Red a cussing that we
card a mile away, and one thing
e said was, Red you d old
-- now after I've fed
GU all winter you run away"
Smith: "Yea, Mr.. Doud can vouch c
or that