The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1923-10-25


J From this point he had to depend or
horse power TO get him over The
knobs. He hired a native who owned
blackboard and a team TO carry him
on the las, lap Of the journey. A
they rode along it developed that his
guide was an itinerant Methodist
preacher, and. naturally, Of an sx-
eeeding'y religious turn Of mind.
When, by questioning, he discovered
that the visiting eampaigner belonged
TO no recognized faith he was greatly
shocked and said az much. Presently
they came to where they must cross
mountain stream. There had been
freshst up above somewhere and
the stream was out Of It's banks. They
were midway Of the ford when a small
tidal wave came rolling down on them.
The rig was caught and swept down
the current TO catch, finally. on an
upJutting boulder in the middle Of the
channel There IL hung temporarily.
The struggling team snapped the har-
ness and we're swept away. White as
a sheet, the native east a rolling eye
upon the raging torrent. Il was
good hundred yards TO either shore.
He turned his haggard face TO his
travelling companion. MY friend" he
quoth in shiyering accents. can you
pray?' NO" stated the politician.
as ne prepared to 20 overheard. but
1t so happens I can swim family we'll"
There are people who insist that 4
the wind blows Just as hard and con.
tinuous as Il ever did," said Old Bal
Misgivens, but the fellows that were
out here in the early day know bet
ter. When the frs, government sur
ysys were made out in the Snake river
valley there we're lot Of disputes and
some shooting over questions of see
'ion lines. The surveyors set the cor
ner stones all right, but frcqu.ntlv
here would come straight wind and
move them from ten rods TO a quar-. {
Ter Of a mile and then set them in
ne ground again; that was III. De- I
'uliarIty Of II. You might suppose
hat when the wind blew a stone out :
u the ground 1t would just drop /. !
most anywhere and leave IL lying GU.
n the grass, but frequently the wind
would not only blow out a corner
tone and carry Il several rods, but Il .
you'd also scoop out hole and drop q
ne stone in that and cover Il most Z.
yer. Then the settler who los. land
q account Of the moving of the cor
err stones would blame the neighbor =
no gained land for moving the stones n
nd OF course that meant a quarrel II
nd maybe fight. Still the wind did
'metlnes serve . good purpose; for
tamPle, there was the case of the
larrel between Zeb Peters and Eoh II
tehleback which arose over the aues- II
on Of boundary lines. The wind in II
at case moved both corner stones on II
'os south line four rods, which gave II
pm four acres Of Zeb's land. Zeb II
sisted that Eph had taken up the II
rner stones and moved them over II
ID Eph said that Zeb was a liar y
u one word brought on another IN. q
hnaiiy Ieb went to his cabin and
u ms gun and commenced shooting
vas crack shot and would have
led Eph without doubt IL II badn.,
en- Tor the wind. He was shooting
ainst the wind and Eph was Jus,
out forty rods away. That Is an
NTH Of mi'e, but II was no trick
All Tor Zeb TO shoot the head of
'age hen at . greater distance than
u and Eph was q bigger tarp.,
70 the head Of sage hen Of eour,.
~, ms sim was good all right, but
the time the bullet reached Eph /,
!. spent ito force, although under
'narJ circumstances that deer run
u'd carry easy . mile and shoot .
through the head Of big buck
that distance or even further b,,
wind Wns bovine N