The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-06-21
ROTARIANS ENTERTAIN
OLD TIMERS AT ROLLICk-
ING DINNER PARTY


ON April 81 and went down to the
city to see some friends there. TheI
l started west on the twenty-nintf
and arrived at Pocatello on May s
1884. l stopped at Chicago and
bought a saddle, Of the kind the clerh
told me they used out here on the
ranges, and / believed him. At Pc
catello there was the railroad hote
run by Jake Keeney, and the bal
was run by Charlie hopper. There
were four houses across the street
all painted railroad red, and tina,
was all there was at Pocatello. In
the morning, Charlie Hopper opened
up the bar for q couple of hours
till everybody got drunk, and then
in the afternoon he opened 1t az
for a couple of hours till all we're
tanked up. We found we could not
buy any supplies or OUTFIT there SO
We got the evening freight train
passengers travelled on the freights
then-and came up to Fl. Hall Gross
Fork being advised we could get
an OUTFIT there, but we found that
was mistake, so we got on At Black
foot, May s, In the evening. We
got an outfit and went out to where
Springfield now Is. When I saw
the kind of saddles and brides they
used here l hid that Chicago OUTFIT
and sent to Visalia bought me some
real ones. including lariat, snaps and
spurs. When we went on the round
up learned to throw a rope"
Mack: "Herm, did any of your
steers hover as many as seven calves
in one season."
Herm: Mavericks never got away
from me after I learned how to
throw q rope We all branded every
one we could get, and among US we
got them all. Everybody was do
ing 1t, and l got mine. We respected
each other; when 1 got my rope on
one 1t was mine. and when the other
fellow beat me to 1t, 1t was his.
the roundup, but they always treated
me fine. I tried to be one OF them
as we'll as I knew how, and they
played q tough game. Some of them
died with their boots on, but 1 am
here to admit that l learned the
game as fast as I could and played
the string out. During the winter
the stock had drifted down as far
as Shoshone Falls, and the river had
been frozen over for so long that
they had scattered ON both sides of
the river and clear into Raft river.
We worked hard and gathered them
up from everywhere. When we got
up as far as American Falls we were
all tired out and half starved, and
we took in the town right. We went
to divers saloon,-Judge Oliver
now, and when the boys asked me
what was going to have 1 made up
my mind that was going to do what
ever the rest did. I had never drank
anything strong, but / said would
take what the rest did, and they took
whiskey When I asked them what
they were going to have, they said,
1.-THE same" and l paid for it like
a little man and drank like they
did. l watched my chance and slip
ped out OF the door because I knew
could not stand up under that
stuff, but l had won my way with
them by making brave start. When
we got to Blackfoot we rode into
town and did it over, and the boys
rode into every place in town but
lake Keeney's hotel, and Jake stood
IN the door with gun and said he'd
De d if they should ride into his
place, and they didn't. When we
got to Eagle Rock we went in and
ode into everything in town but
Dick Chamberlain hotel, and Dick
epeating rifle and said he'd be
- if the '
hould ride into his place, and no
'ody rode in. Dave Biethan was
unning a harness shop at Blackfoot
hen, and was repairing horse collars i
nd harness. William Thompson o
made shoes at a little shop where o
'legg's Furniture store is; Mrs. v
Iogan's restaurant was where the II
commercial hotel is; then there was G
testers saloon, and Misslen's livery Il
table where Pacific street is, where II
'ouis Misslen brought in the old a
ows he could not manage, and sold Il
hem to McTucker to slaughter for |
is shop next door, Y
Misslen: eyes, that's right
Stufflebeam: Dave was something il
church man then; l used to go h
, church in the morning, along with fl
DWELL Holbrook, and after church b
e would take hand in a poker d
anne. In 1888 there were ten pl
lloons between Hogan's restaurant d.
nd the Curtis corner, with two to CT
'ur games running in every one. tt
cad guilty to having done every te
ling that anybody else did. AS b.
ouie said, 1t was customary One h
~ 1 tried swimming my horse al
ross Snake river just above the h
'idge and my saddle turned and W
rev me into the water and separ- III
ed me from my horse. l was in in
hat seemed like ice water, and
I'd all my clothes on, my boots, A
urs, and snaps, and 1 swan ashore. TO
ley gathered me up and took me
town and poured whiskey enough m
to me to float a man and it did w
It make me drunk us
Judge: ANDY" re
Andy: "Sing Canadian Rye, on CT
zee 49,"
They sang pouring on the rye. 70
Frank: 81 want to tell an incident a
roundup that High Cherry told st
e. The gang was at Stufflebeam's Sc
nch and were kicking about the m
ub. There was no fresh meat,