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Show SC0FIELI) X0TES. An Uuplcasant Day with a Pleasant Termination. I The last season has U-eu n hid I one for this tow 11. Work has been slack In Uie m'nt-, and as nconse-quci-ce Inonty i . A great ' many inrsohs liave moved aay. 1 Up at Winter Quarters there are 1 quite n number of!ionc emity. The start" of men at the 1L 0 mine t has been reduced, and those who are left make better wages. Tlie trouble during the last winter was I on account cf there being too few cars. The railroad guage had been changed to U10 broad, ulid n suiTl- elent numltr of broad guage cars j could not be secured. J The streams here are very high and thcieisstlll a quantity of amr.r higher up in the mountain; so that it is expected Ultra will still It; higher wa'er. This great niasa of snow aud tho luck ward season have interfered till!, Uie lumber bul uess,tnd none of the saw mills have I et liegu 11 the season's work. I Till- dMrltt lias lieeti Interested I 1 ,,,,"'i '"' Poatwt e-citeaient, Mhlciils not ettlled $11, and there I .?ve vn Jutiii ing of 1 ktims How It s all going to e nd it Is liant ! to tell. There U much ttlk ami some threaLs of luvuits nntl land oftlce tvutests, whhli will tend to cause bad feeling ait! ditllculty. The siason Ins been luckward, and the weather Is still co!d, but ",le stretchet .,f meadow acres, the I leatact alii y are v ry j rttty. I locks of sheep .Te non-U ing ius-tured ius-tured on the gra covered mountains moun-tains in this region. r.'t ic,"t',, u, n.ouuL!ns from Thistle to this pkice o er a ery rougii road, fonling tie swollen strt tins, hich at times wire quite dangerous. I intended to us over the niMintaln and down Huiitln -ton Creek io Uie town of Huntington, Hunting-ton, but the deep snow In the head of the can on forced a change of plan-, so 1 intend to cross oer the mountain and down Gordon Creek to Price. A &LUsEt,UT UTTHi, Wlille at Scoflc! J, I'nier Comity, on the i.cnliig of May 2Isl w e intimated inti-mated our Intention of erasing the mountain Into Castle Yalhy. We were, howevtr, ud iscd to lic-Mare lic-Mare of the streams and not vtntureto ford in sm olieii pltce. Eventually mo deelded upon taking a road which eros.es a steep mountain at the head of Gordon Creek Canyon. AtS oilock next morning we were fairly on our Jcurmy, the mountain road being so steep that the horse had some difficulty in getting along. By slow stages Me continued to ascend until, looking baekwtrd, the cragged rtnge of the Wasatili borderlug the lower val-i Iesseemeil down Mow us. All the gorges were filletl with sno, forming a bright and Interesting picture, while all around us were mtsslvc suow banks. Into one of the-e we suddenly plunged, and horse and buggy sank. For a time it appeared as though further progrc ss Kts irupcesible, but undauuted, Me went to woik and presently lifted the vehicle to the crest of the snow, and soon horse and buggy were moving again. I But when the descent of the road began we found ourclves In a great-1 er ditllculty tlian licfore. Itrge hanks of snow met us on the steep down grade, and at times the hore plungrtl and the conveyance crowded until our seats wire anything any-thing Imtsafe. Onwepluuged now 1 in a ruowdr.fc,nciw in mud.untl! thb 1 creek bed was reached. The can-, yon being so narrow, Uie read had U-en ma-e down (he channel cf tho ' creek, aud the rapidly melting. snoM had gorged Uie latter, cutting out tho road, so Uiat at times the I hor-c stumbled Into great holes and ' Uie buggy seemed at times to stand on end. For long distances we traveled ou the ercst of the snow ... llle ,."" roared under us, while to the left of the moun-' tain sides bloomed wild flowers. 1 Hope presently grew stronger! within ,11; but, soon afterwards ' to our dismay, we were con-, fronted by fallen trees which ' apparenUy blocked our way., i-earching around we found a stick' which answered as a handspike and with Uils the lighter trunks were 1 turned so that we could las-. j We journeyed on til! noon had passed, whtn we reached an old) mill site; but there was no mill. Aftcrfurther struggles we found1 a neat ranch, where the kind rronle I provided us with refreshment and we felt that our day of trial and adventure ad-venture was nearly ended. 1 RAVrXEi:. |