Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 3 | Hunter Sought in Snowbound Idaho Forests

HUNTER SOUGHT IN SNOWBOUND IDAHO FORESTS Youth Lost Since Saturday Trailed by Rescue Party 11 Dr Associated Trees Press IDAHO CITY Idaho Oct 25 Up 25 Up in inthe inthe inthe the snow laden mountain forests 30 miles northeast of of here a rescue party tramped today in search of Dean Dietrich Dietrich Diet Diet- rich 19 lost since Saturday noon on a adeer adeer adeer deer hunt The searching party was headed by Sheriff William Garrecht with a delegation from this city and three companions of the youth Tracks through the newly fallen snow were followed yesterday for nine miles mUes to the Bear river section where difficulty difficulty culty was encountered in further tracing tracing trac- trac ing ng him because the snow melted over his lis tracks in Irs the open and the frozen ground left leU no rio trace in sheltered places In mall all that nine mile course no trace of the lad having lighted a fire was found and his hS companions feared he would suffer sutter seriously from expos expos- ure It was his his' first hunting trip in ill n the mountains and although he carried a supply of matches and ammunition ammunition am am- he had no food tood His first afternoon out he was caught in a n snowstorm which piled a inch layer laer over the ground and andt it t was this which members of the thearty part arty believed in part responsible for forlis his lis inability to follow his own trail back to camp S The Th country countr is heavily timbered ered and elevated bringing low temperatures I at night and making search difficult I S He was the first h hunter reported lost ost in this locality during the hunt hunt- hunting ing ng season which ended today J. J H H. Robertson of Boise was lost two years I Iago ago near Yellow Pine and his body has las never been recovered S