Show HOW llON fAITHfUL DOC SAVED SAYD THE LIFE lift OF O HIS Ills LOST MUSTER MASTER Canine TaKes Searching I Party to Its Owner in inI inthe inthe I the Mountains Lost for se seven cn days in th the Sawtooth range of mountains in northern Idaho and rescued finally through the tho intelligence intelligence intelli intelli- gence of his dog was tho thrilling experience expo I of Herman W. W Day a n prominent Idaho mining man mun who is visiting in in Salt Lake City toda today Mr Day is part owner and chief promoter pro moter motel of tho the ille Centerville placer mines in tho the Sawtooth mountains near Centerville Cen Gen terville ter and it was ns while prospecting for somo some of tho the claims included in tho the list now being boing operated by tho the Center Center- yule villo company that ho he met with his fearful fearful fear fear- ful experience Mr Da Day tells his story after this manner Being out in tho mountains some forty miles from front Ct Centerville with a companion on who had a prospect ho wished me ma to inspect in wo we bad had occasion to separate and were to meet at a 11 spring well known to lo both of us situated sit in the tho very cry heart of tho the Sawtooth and aua at an elevation of feet I arrived at tho the rendezvous first and after after af af- af- af I ter waiting until tho the approach of evening evening even even- ing inc found foun 1 it expedient to to- get somewhere somewhere somewhere some where I decided to go 0 to the prospect prospect pros pros- prospect alone alone leavin leaving a note apprising m my my partner ot of m my movements Of course 1 I took tho the wron wrong trail from the tho spring and soon was hopelessly hopeless at sea Iea in tho the impenetrable chaparral chaparra which grow YS higher than a mans man's head in that coun coun- try Thinking to return to the spring for the tho ni night ht I started bath back but hut instead instead instead in in- stead of reaching tho the canyon I had hall left I in in somo some unaccountable manner dropped over tho the nn and climbed down town to another water hole holo I spent tho the night in half naIf frozen slumber although during during dur dur- ing the tho da day daj- I had haa suffered from tho the heat This was wal early in October The second day dav brought realization of being lost and 1 I spent tho the most of it trying to get my bearin hearings bearings s. s Finally I decided that Centenillo la lay to tho the west an and I started 1 in that direction direction direction tion but to travel through h tho the chaparral chapar chapar- ral without a trail is to make progress of about five miles a day ay I was forty miles away and I knew 0 of no water before reaching that settle settle- I ment mente Driven Drivon by thit thirst t I was forced to return to tho the spring I had passed tho the night The Thc next day brought great suffering from hunger and weakness 5 My dog doJ st seeming to realize my predicament refused refused refused re re- fused to oat a a. squirrel I had killed for fir him him and by the wa wagging in of his bis tail attempted to persuade me that squirrel meat was n very good food I Ivas was vas not that hungry however It was the last squirrel l I found Tho next da day I would have aY eaten anything I spent it much tho same namo a as tho the first climbing to the top of tho the ridge ride to got out of the chaparral chaparral cha cha- parral only to return to tho the spring for water bein being unable to carry any with me mc All the while I 1 was looking for forthe forthe forthe the Trail mil to tho the prospect thinking that perhaps m my companion had bad gone one on en there and would woul wait for me He howo however er finding mo me not there had returned returned re rc turned to the tho settlement and had bad led lcd a searching party into tho the mountains upon upon up up- on learning that I had not reached my nay home borne On liOn the sixth da day my dog running ahead of mo me in my m aimless wanderings aimless s struck a trail which seemed to lead up tho the side sido of tho the mountain and one ant which I never nover noyer would havo have thought of talon taking He insisted however in following it and finally persuaded mo me that he knew more about it jt than I did I was very very- weak but mana managed ed to crawl up this trail a a. few rods at a n. time until we had reached a well trodden path and there I 1 lay down own unable to move another mus mus- cle My fy do dog realizing the situation took it upon himself to find help and andall andall andall all that day he lie ran up and down the trail never going further than half a amile amile amile mile from rom where I lay nad barking continually continually con con- t t to attract attention Late Lat in inthe inthe the afternoon his barking barkin reached the ears of the searching part party and I was found Without the do dog I would world have havo been there thero yet The searchers would have hae passed me by yards if not at nt by the thc howling of tho the faithful beast |