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Show Travel During the Idaho Floods Recalls Days of Primitive Metheds Special to Tho Tribune. BOISE. Ida.. March 7. Tho high water wa-ter of the past week, caused by the break of winter through the coming of tho warm weather, impeding transportation transpor-tation for a few days, reminded one of tho early-day mode of travel and delay. Owing to tho Glomus Ferry tie-up, A. M. Bowcn, the attorney from Ilailcy. spent four days and three nights in making a Journey from Boise to the capital to appear before the supremo court, a trip which, devoid of damage to the railroad, ho could have made in nine hours. Daily papers arriving from the cast reached Boise yesterday, three and four days late. "We have grown accustomed to the modern methods of up-to-date travel so gradually that it requires the intervention interven-tion of nature occasionally to bring us to a realization of the progress we are making. So easy, certain and dependable depend-able hns been our ability to go and come that the surroundings have been overlooked over-looked and the dangers minimized. In the grade of tho Oregon Short Lino's right of way between Mountain Home and Xampaare five or sl.v culverts, conveying con-veying water from the north to the south side of tho truck, which were never needed boforc. Down at tho foot of .Mcdbury hill is a bridge, twenty-flvo or thirty feet in length, which replaced a culvert four or live feet In width, w.hlch heretofore took entire care of the water which flowed to the .grade at this place. The sudden flood of water which resulted re-sulted from the yielding of tho winter's snow lo the softening rays of a summer's sum-mer's sun had nothing to impede iLs progress from that rugged range of mountains between G Icons Ferry and Boise until it came to the Short Line's grade. Along this track today will be scon the flouting grass and weeds and fragments of sage washed up against these stool rails for' miles and miles, and tho wldo. expanse of desert over which it poured is Immersed as never before. This area fairly oozes with water! What little damage would havo followed fol-lowed had this entire area been tut up Into farms, with houses, fences and trees and convenient dams built securely secure-ly In the high hills lo conserve these molting snows until their waters wore needed later in the season to apply t- a thirsty soil below, lillcd with productive produc-tive plants and fruit-laden ireos! Asldo from the actual loss sustained by the Short Lino in Its delay of several flays, what wonderful tonnage would grow on this great broad desert area, of vegetables, vege-tables, fruits, grains ami grasses, to be removed to tho marts of trade! The flood of this past week brings clearly to tho mind oi traveler and corporation, cor-poration, layman and lliiancier, the necessities neces-sities of harmonious existence of tho evolution spirit In this country of ours, as a(Toots conservation of water and Its application to the land. Such operations are so pure, so noblo and soul-lnsplring as to elicit, as they do always, Iho supreme su-preme admiration of a right thinking people. The conversion of a desert waste Into a gardon spot of luxurious wealth Is a groat specie of development. In which hundreds of big nion arc, now engaged throughout all of southern Idaho, and the prlmn development of our own south Idaho cannot reach its own just deserts until sufficient water Is provided, provid-ed, through the Ingenuity of skilled engineers, en-gineers, and the backing of their plans by men of moans, lo provide adequately adequate-ly for the watering of all this desert land. Then Hoods of the sort we are passing through will havo ceased, transportation trans-portation lines will not be disturbed by inundation, and all mankind wjll welcome the transition. During tho "tie-up" of ilic Short Tmo's train at Glonns Ferry, which lasted slxty-llvo hours, many trying ordeals were passed through. Men and women wore onrouto lo business and professional profession-al engagements and all manner of inconveniences in-conveniences resulted from a change of tliolr plans. IJut, looking back at tho ordoal. it Is noteworthy that such good fooling prevailed pre-vailed throughout. The officials of the road who bad most to do personally with the delayed men and women were shown u mark of respoct by the signing of a paper, of which iho following Is a copy. In appreciation of tho general Interest In-terest taken In their onargos, which, because be-cause of tho men and women and their several residences, becomes of Interest. I lure Is tho letter: "Glenn's Ferry, Ida.. March I, lftlO. "Mr. .1. M. Davis, General Superintendent Superintend-ent O. S. I.. Salt Lake City. Utah Sir: The undersigned delayed passengers at Glenn's Forry. for several hours last past, owing to tho washout on your road west of here, dcslro to express our appreciation, apprecia-tion, in a purely voluntarily manner, of tho courtesy extended us during these days of tribulation by your officials, Mr. Murphy, inspector of dining car service; Mr. W. It. Paster, dining car conductor, and Mr. Bristol, Pullman oar conductor. "These gentlemen have respondoi cheerfully, promptly and with uniform courtesy to our every request and we assure "you tholr duties have been performed per-formed with high credit to themselves and lo your company and ontlru satisfaction lo us. " u regard this expression as entirely Just in view of the faithful performance of duty on the part of these men. Tours very truly, "Henry L. Falk. Boise. Ida.; Jake Bluneberg, Chicago, 111.: Miss M. Goodwin. Good-win. New York City: W. V. Chlckerlng. Chicago: Mrs. E. S. de Corodda, Denver, Den-ver, Colo.: A. B. Thomson, Pendleton, Ore.; L. B. Baird, Bartlesviilc, Okla.; Mrs. 1.. B. Balrd, Bartlesviilc. Okla.; Charles N. Ewart, Aberdeen. "Wash.; Arthur W. Jackson, Passaic. X. J.: Claud Gatch. Salem. Ore.; Mrs. Thomas Copley. Xew York City: E- C. L. Bartow, Suasth-niorc. Suasth-niorc. Pa.; Helen Wlllcke. Xampa. Ida.: Arthur S. Felss. St. Louis. Mo.: August Estola. Xew York; T. W. McConnell, Richfield. Ida.; W. J. Hatfield and wife. Porllajid. Ore.: Charles R. Arney. Boise, Ida.; A. A. Xewbci'ry. Spokane. Wash.; "W. H. Ford. Cleveland. C; James L. Stewart. Boise: F. E. Hart. Seattle; W. J. P.oss. Clarkla. Ida.: C. F. Ames, Salt "Lake City: J. Brunt. Jr.. Salt Lako City, J. Fink. Portland. Ore.; II. G. Durand. Portland. Ore.; V. R. Grand. Salt Lake City; A. C. Popojoy. Salt Lake City; Matthew Mat-thew Ban. Tremonton, Mich." |