Show HAZARDOUS JOURNEY an account of the perilous trip made by walter baird and party from the indian reservation syracuse fob 10 1909 mr editor wo ivo havo have boon beon treated with some soine good reading readi ing tit in your paper of lato into from elder J Q adams from tile warm warin ell mato mate and J S white 0 W wo eon on joyed d it very much lot tho the echo conio como from tho the everlasting hills from the snow banks and blizzards perhaps it will bo be us as interesting luto as it was to 1 lorn torii tho the wear aud and tear on oil tile tho clothing in tho the warm sunny south was crawl ing out of tho the wot clothes into dry ones on oil tho the nineteenth of january a party of four wore were on the way from tile uintah reservation to davis county wo changed from tho wagon to a sled and it was not vory very good sleighing but wo we mado made our way towards tho the in mountains oun bains etwas it was warm enough as the boys slept on tho the ground jan the party consisted of two me men and t two 0 women walter baird and wife miss margarot margaret baird and frank johnson so we did not have much snow until noon and in th tho afternoon wo we met the snow in earnest morning of the twenty first snowing and blowing M the boys nao had to got get la in front of the horses in order to keep tho the road noon ed and when wo hitched ouel one of the horses fiores refused to go when they were told to lie ho would sit down like a do dog unhitch him and ho he would go but back him up ip and hitch bitch up lie he would sit down again M two hours of that work then wo we concluded to take the horses and leave the sled and go on by this time chesnow th esnow was 4 or 5 feet deep the girls stayed in the sleigh and the two men started but it was slow progress four hours w wallowing allowing in the snow and gained ono one mile it stormed so hard they were afraid they would loose tile the way so they went back for the night on oil the the men loft left the 0 girls eirls and horses and started on foot but would sink in the snow two or three feet now starvation stared them in the face its as they had bothin nothing to eat but one slice lice of bread one potato and three matches the boys could not make any headway so they began looking 0 for quarters they knew there were sawmills close by so they be began bean an goold looking i ng for one they saw the mill but before they could get to it in crossing thu the stream which was covered colored with snow they sank down in the water above their knees and snow was up to their chins when over the water the bank was vas so high 7 they had to help each other tl up then they wore were close to mhd will mill which they reached about but found nothing to eat they made a tiro tire and concluded to stay all night and dry their clothes but the smoke made W walter alter sick and ho he vomited all night early in the morning of they started staked hungry M and cold for another mill about u half or three quarters of a mile away the snow was about six feet deop deep but by noon they reached it where they found plenty to eat on oil the stove being a fry frying ing pan full of beef and a loaf of bread they ate before lighting 0 the fire as they had not eaten anything since the morning be fore they were then too weak to go back to the girls so they cloned something to take with the them rill on the morrow tho thoy made four pairs of snow rubw and in the in morning orning put them ou oil aich greatly ai aided them in ili traveling and by they reached tho the sleigh whon thoy they gave avo tho the girls eirls some tiling to pat eat and fed tile the horses somo grain thoy they brought 0 x ht while thoy were gone filia imagine gino tile condition of tile tho girls who wore alello from friday morning until tiow now sunday without anything to cat thoy they fod fed letlo ho hay y there was iu in tho the and kept k opt it pint of chopped barley which thoy ato ate af after ter two days fasting after tho the boys come back and the girls had something othin to eat th thoy 0 y 1 put 1 it on oil t tho 10 I 1 sl snow low shoes and ana started for mill whilo while the boys boya turned tho the horses loose and ana shoveled know snow so they could move a little when they followed and all reached the mill antimo in timo for supper two men had beon been there tile the day before ind and loft supplies on oil the ath the men started out for help and could travel on i the snow shoos very well wall and by noon they reached a store hero i they decided that johbson should go on to hober heber city and give tho the alarm while waltor walter wont back to the horses and the mill on oa tile the walter loft left tho the girls again a ain and went to feed his horses ho he was now beginning to break down but got back before night on tho the walter again wont to the horses with grain and was i gone all day buts but come back all broken down and could coteat not eat anything he had ati strained alifeld himself all to pieces and was ruptured so he could not stand up ran jan snowing walter was in such pain lie ho could not go to his horses it stopped snowing early in III tho the forenoon when they could see two men coming coining but who when they did arrive did not tell who they were for a i while until they asked walter if lie ho could walk to tho the road and ho he said ho he did not think ho he could but when they told him there were fourteen men and seventeen horses there it gave him hope so ho he put on hiss his snow now shoes and said ho he would try they reached tho the road and rescuing party early in tile the afternoon but ho be was used up so they fixed a sled for him to lay down and took him and the girls to tile the store after ono one week in tho the snow it was twenty one do de greos below zero the most of the party then went back on oil tho the 1 l roa road after dafter the horses and sled on the they took walter and the girls to hebor heber city the par ty got the horses but left the sled with all of their clothing 1 and baddin bedding which the horses did not cat on the a doctor examined walter iter and ordered him botho to the hospital as soon as he could got get there so he and his wife took tile the train for salt lake city Y where ho he was successfully ope rated upon that night the rescuing cu ing party all come in that evening with the horses leaving the sled and all of their things back in straw strawberry berry valley in the snow bank sunday the miss margaret baird was still in hebor heber ci city alty where the people were very kind to her she was invited to tile the sunday meeting to tell the people how they got along all the long time they were out which silo she did ou the the people decided to give a dance to pay the ex benses of the rescuing party and wanted margaret to attend but she said all of her wardrobe was back in tho the sled so they took her continued on page eight WARMS JOURNEY continued from first page over to tile tho storo store and bought her aume new low sues shoes und and a now dross und and said they would pay for them hoin out of the durice dunce money tile tho hall and the musio music were ton ten lored f broo roo and that night a largo large crowd gathered and all till had a big time margaret mararet mar aret was asked to talk to the company A march was also callea for and she with ano neof of tho boys of the rescuing party berolo were to lead with ono one of her enow biow shoes over their back and which was on enjoyed vory very enuch tile the next morning ahe come on the train to salt lake lt 0 otile othe sled is la in the snow bank seven or eight feet deep the hor borsos sor are tit hebar city waltor walter it iu the hospital and his wife in ili aalt lake city and margaret Margaro titi in syracuse under tile the parental roof in conclusion will wili say we are very grateful to ta the 18 people of f hober city J H BAIRD |