| Show fIRST MAN INTO WOOD RIVER IDAHO dwin Stevens Tells of Early Days Before Hailey Was Thought Of CAUGHT rAUGHT AT LOCAL HOTELS With Willa All 11 Sorts Coil COli of Men in thu Iho Of or Salt Luke n native son choir mining engineer comic ora tar and ancl now Is It num among the tho guests uc ts at the Wilson lIson week Last night ho got In wIth a II bunch of at Idaho visitors and prompt v proceeded to renew tho Qt his hla v uth by swapping yarns relative to 10 the the opining op up of the tho now 1101 famous river country 1 went Into that country In 1880 i y Ith u 1 j arty of 22 2 inert IID ho ami I wo 10 tho mm to explore that region Wo WI left lett mm Blackfoot with our and hail a I time In addition to tomy tomy my duties as all mining milling engineer neer I was tho official of thu camp campe We e w ro bound for tho headwaters of o river and on louto wo O pass passed ed cI through that section whore ami Ket hum now no stand After reach reaching ing our destination II wo prospected Plo and did did some development work and then returned four foul months later to tf ami Halley on tho map with nil the modern including ing saloons saloon restaurants and all tho accepted adjuncts of ur civilization It 11 was Wn during this return that I 1 had on experience In being maroon marooned ed I which I look back upon us liS one events of or Kiddy i i thu tho pleasing my nicer While out shooting game gamo I my badly on ti a loose rock It 11 was decided Hint I should remain guard camp while th ret rest of thu tho men went fin Kor the following 22 days I us lord nf Hr 1111 11 I surveyed for I 1 did not 1101 KOO a It human being I am a so chip anti and tho first 10 days wi re simply awful After that I be he 1110 to my lot Tho fhe camp on a bluff In n II hue huso canyon at ut uttI th tI headwaters of or tho Wood river and Just jU t below was a IL natural salt Ball lick licit During Durin Z days I r verily believe that 1 killed every oer animal Indigenous I to tn North America from a bear 1 Cl to mountain shoop I My h mountain sheep sheI I killed lifter considerable eon trouble I saw half hal II dozen I zen across the canyon and took tonic long JouA shots at them hut they tho paid no moro more attention than lhnn If the wind blowing I thon de dJ determined to get closer At this junc juncture ture Mr Ill Stevens graphically td his hla Involuntary toboggan down own the snow on m the mountain null and his climb up 1111 on the tho other othel Fide Just when I thought I na getting got ling near noal thom them tho lookout l buck huck suddenly d on tho edge of a cliff easy cag range c I picked up UI my m anti and for fa I the two minutes my In hand hool so that tha I I 1 verily believe 1 m nil 11 0 with the tho barrel 11 in inthe the nil 1111 Disgusted 1 I laid down my illY rifle and to II light lIht mv m pipe pip i better of O it und start started ed Id to sneak up 1111 behind a big snow when n II big hll mule deer dor popped up and looked ut me Without rais raising raisIn ing In my lilY to my m shoulder I pulled the tho trigger What hut followed seemed at ut Iho tho time decidedly de uncanny to mo m Cor 11 tho deer disappeared as ns utterly as though It had JULl been a ghost I was rattled hut but kept on un To 0 cut a CL Jong Jon story short I eventually limo upon those mountain sheep In Ina a II position where It II was simply a case calle of murder Willing to give tho th big buck a chance I stood up und yelled and 1111 when ho started to tn run I lot let him have han II Ho just went end over end tobogganed over oer that frozen snow snowdown sno down Into tho canyon for about a amile 1 mile I followed and before I reached the bottom I hUll had worn out the tho buck bule buckskin skin patches on my pants But heres I he climax when I reached that mountain l sheep ho lay la within HO ro of tho deer deel I had shot at earlier earll r In 11 tin day When I J Hot got back to camp thero thoro were re two there and In Instead stead tead of ot boms pleased to 10 sea soo human 22 days das of or Isolation I rather ruthel d the Intrusion on my III After Aftel his experiences In Idaho Mr Ir Stevens wis sent to Arizona by I a 1 St syndicate to 10 take of pome and while thero the Iho an lIn Carlos Callo Apache outbreak oc lIld II Stevens was burned out of ot ofIn In use und homo so ho 11 1 became a gov scout mIll and chafed the tho Apaches Into Mexico Finally h hI re returned turned to his hl homo In San Francisco l co where broke he Joined the Alice lIc Outos Outes opera company From that day to this ho him haH never returned to mining nJ engineering Ho has WI ap appeared In Snit Salt Lake in n a number of If comic with and now ermes back as liS a l nt tho m Mrs 11 Lolle Curler and li II members of her company tire aro registered at thu oll W T I of or Logan Is registered 1 at tho uio Wilson on Mr 11 Is a I mom mem member ber I of the tho land board hord and H Is Ish here h ro to attend a CI meeting of or that holly body held today toola Mrs tit OI clI find daughter of Mt lIt Pleasant 1110 registered at tho White House fc 4 Thomas I of or Alberta Is nt al the tho White House Mr 1 Hh reports conditions as os pros prosperous In tho northwest country Tho past winter win lei wits was very tor cold and u n number of stock were w rc frozen both bath bothIn In III Canada and iI tho border In Montana especially those Unit cro hi ought In and had not become acclimated mated matell It la Is necessary to 10 bring young le Into the country l oalI In III IIII I he f pi ing said Mr On nd by h tho time hard winter win tel weather er comes they aro accustomed to It and can winter The Iho best h st stay Sill ers NH are III tho Iho Manitoba as liS the Iho yearlings arc 1110 called lire ure usually ally all very Vel thin by h tho they th get getto et to 10 Alberta Albert but they the soon fatten on our tall lull grass and we wo ship them over Ier to England at a good pro 1110 lit K I 11 II of Hutte came to town et afternoon and regis registered at aL the thu Wilson Mr Wilson Is connected with tho Augustus Auguslus Interests n II Montana and ind Utah and while ho hu says 1 ho III IK IH horn born on no par particular bu s It is surmised I 11 that he hUH him a u weather yo out for fOl tho copper magnates In hI Utah Con ColI Conditions In Hutto III better than thau they havo ecu for years Y ars before said ald Mr III today I ay All the recent strikes have bon been adjusted 11 on nn a five year lir agreement and has hall begun again on a new ne basis basi and pros Is abundant J It n of ot tho lato enate i wool buyer buel of or several years standing yesterday from Albuquerque lW Mexico whither ho went some weeks wee I Ino I rigo no on u 11 wool purchasing quest Mr d appears considerably burned liP p by b southern suns and reports an enjoyable trip Wool Is moving mavin Nl wl all along alon tho line lInc wild he hc and ancl prices are much lower now than Ihan IlI In the year nut But buyer bu er antI and seller will doubtless s got together be he foro oo tho season Is over und moot of I the clip will be bo moved Mr Is stopping at tho polo In III Salt Lake Alex S of Grand Junction Colo Is II In tho city registered at tho j M is osted In the iho to tn the Beach company of tho steam steamboat steamboat boat Vista which was launched at tho beach yesterday l U V Jone Jons a n prominent sheep man Hebor was in town yes yesterday es registered l at II t the lIot has haR accepted a IL position position tion ua us CIlle at lit tho hotel years apo Mr Ir was Jell bell hop at H the th Knutsford since that time bus hus been lUen employed In many limn coast t h At th time of the earthquake In Sun Kan ho hI was WOH dark In III the hotel 11 in that city 31 1 of or Ui in at lit thu Knutsford ord Mr II S is nn 1111 dealer 11 In tec l 1 und and Iron comprising structural and railway material of o all kinds He Hc has hM hid had many deals and furnished much ma material for tOl constructing l railroads own owned ed 1 by h Utah capitalists and sayi Ba hi finds a n good Held field for tOI The market for steel Is I cd oil said lId Mr 11 today remains high but the is isso so great that wo can scarcely Kerp up Steel rails are alo wanted all over 1111 the iI country and ami every er steel plant Is crowded to Its utmost IT n T 1 credit man of oC tho Carnegie interest of camu In from tho 1110 west yesterday ny and registered at the tho Knutsford I 1 am 1111 amon on mv II annual tour tOil I west Mr 11 Howell 1 have made this country overy leI for m some sOllie now iud always enjoy my western trip very vcr much lilliCh Yes the demand for steel for tOI nil all purposes Is IH unprecedented Our companies now have hae orders ol ers for fol 1 t tons ton of ut mat moro more than they thc had a year ago which shows no sign Ign of a 1 slump in vork olle In country I think all taUt talk about a 1 tightness tI Is plaited In eel certain tain quarters rK und has hlll no foundation In III fact I r am pleased to learn of or the th great glat building operations projected lu lit this city elty and believe some Romo of or our OUI allied will furnish some SOllie of tho Iho material tOl your sky scrapers s Is better belter this year than It WM last by cal continued Mr III How HowIt It and you would bo surprised lit It some of last I figures Kor 01 In Instance stance statistics show that the tho of If hearth Ingots and direct coat coatIngs c t Ings was gross tons lons an In Increase crease of 2 tone or 01 per pel percent cent 11 t as IlS compared with tho for tOl 1105 welO G tons Tho production for was wa much larger that of or any uny other year It Is III estimated that the statistics of crucible and miscellaneous steel in ingots Ingots gots und and castings cn produced in this In 1000 1906 approximated 3 I gross glSS tons Mr III Howell tort toft I for fol Denver last night nl ht i 31 editor of or the Law La Journal and M II O a JL prominent Japanese r arrived In Salt Lake night and are aro quartered at Wilson lotI Theno gentlemen aro arl traveling for or pleasure and an for fol In Instruction and are making their WilY way mound the world old Both arc oro highly educated and carry nn with them this charm of ot mann r In III Inherent herent In the Hie higher elapses of thu kingdom M 1 r speaks English also Gorman German having hoI taken laken n 0 course in English at the Washington university and later a It alike like 1110 courso In at lit tho Iho university l sity fit nt Berlin gentlemen are In 10 Inspecting the tho judiciary ju stem us IlS ex exemplified 1111 tied In courts of the th United 11 Slates with special reference to the utility of ot trial by b jury jur which r has hal not yet yot been adopted by tho Jap Jal Japanese anese government |
