Show BURIED fOR HOURS HARROWING EXPERIENCE OF IDAHO MAN WHILE ENGAGED IN DIGGING A WELL Was Imprisoned for Twenty-four Twenty Hours While Neighbors Were Engaged Engaged En En- Engaged in In Digging New Shaft to Release Him im From Pit j Blackfoot Idaho After After being buried buried burled bur bur- led to his armpits at the bottom of ofa ofa ofa a thirty five foot well excavation for more than twenty four twenty hours Christopher Christopher Christopher Chris Chris- A. A Merkley bishop of or the Morman Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon man church was rescued Tuesday evening by seventy-five seventy men who had hac been working in relays all night and day The bishop and his sons were digging a well upon his ranch near Wapello when a cave In buried him himat himat himat at the bottom of the pit He managed managed managed man man- aged to free his head and arms from the gravel and wa was able to breathe without difficulty The neighbors for miles around responded re re- re to the call for assistance from the sons eons and a new shaft was dug beside beside beside be be- side the first excavation and a tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel then constructed by means of which the imprisoned man was res res- cued 5 od and st stimulants were lowered to the unfortunate man by ropes from time to time and everything possible done to keep Ul up his courage and strength strengths Since th the rescue Bishop Merkley has been under the doctors care and andis andis andis is still very feeble |