Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-08-24

! the secretary OF the district.
and some plunder, started for the
camp of the Mael boys on Desolation
Creek, where they are now working
some excellent gold prospects. We
arrived at the ranch of E. S. Jacobs,
the end of the so-called road, in the
evening, and Mr.. Jacobs, one of the
finest gentlemen we ever met, in
sisted upon us remaining over night
as his guests. We enjoyed a fine sup
per- then turned in for the night,
sleeping warmly on some fresh hay
in the hay barn.
Mr.. Jacobs has 500 acres of the
finest pine and fir timber we ever
saw, and as soon as it can be mar
keted it will return its owner a good
dividend. Mr.. Jacobs is a well-read
man and spends his winters in Cali
fornia, where his brother has a mag
mficent prune ranch, We will never
forget his kindness and courtesy
while his guests.
After breakfast in the morning
we packed up and took horses for
the camp on Desolation creek. Clem,
Raymond and James Mael, all broth
ers of the missus, had fixed up al
beautiful camp at the mouth of No
Nothing creek, and we spent four
days visiting and enjoying the beau
tiful scenery. The name Desolation
is a misnomer, for it would be hard
indeed to picture anything more
beautiful than the clear, sparkling
stream, framed in the majestic tim
ber, with the azure sky above.
The evenings in the mountains are
decidedly cool and frost is a common
occurrence. A fine fire of pine and
'fr, however, took off the chill while
IN Desolation Greek.
The boys have some fine claims
which they are now working, and
t would not surprise us in the least
f they soon proved to be valuable.
Much to our regret, camp was
'roken Wednesday, and we returned
o Monument, LEAVING on the home
ward trip Thursday noon. Austin
vas reached that evening, where we [
let another brother, Cleveland Mael, {
nd had nice visit at the fine hotel
f Mrs. Austin. The latter has a rep s
tation for serving the best meals l
yer mingled, and from the two S
amples we enjoyed we believe she t
anne by her reputation honestly. t
The party left Austin Friday v
forming after fine breakfast and S
IT sail for home by way of Unity, n
'onside, Vale, Nyssa, Parma and n
oise, arriving at $3.50 p. m. The a
,ute followed on the return trip is
uch the better of the two, and
;ide from the road over the sum- +
it, is quite fair. Twenty-seven r.
lies from Vale the fine new section Il
the John Day highway is reached, t
Id this is a magnificent road. From 81
ale to Nyssa the road is good with B
e exception of two miles which is Il
wv being worked, the dust being p
lb deep. ol
The road from Nyssa to Eagle is Il
w in fair shape, and our readers W
know how fine the highway is y
om the latter town to Mountain I'll
)me. ia
The lowest price paid for gas on kt
e trip, that is, in inland Oregon, m
IS 3S cents at Austin, but most of in
e towns off the narrow gauge line
arge so cents.
We have been asked since our re- in
IN how the fishing was in Oregon. MI
asmuch as we do not live in Ore tn
n and had no license, we refuse by
answer, but we do know a fellow CO.
% caught so nice trout on Desc ia
on Greek without much trouble he
Deer are plentiful in the Oregon de-
Is this year and the grouse and
i've pheasants are plentiful. We
re told that they were very good @ou' @
ing. Bo