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Show REAVER PRFSS intermountain News BACK an -T- RACKING OLD TRAIL -- Briefly Told for Busy Readers ? tot, f 4x Hiwiirffeil j -- ADOPT TTH .... i i child In X Clerc V rattlers 30 IDA. CALDWELL, have been shipped to the Seattle zoo from this city. The snakes were zoo. purchased for ?1 each by the PAYETTE, IDA. Thousands of Idaho and Oregon dairymen gathered at Tayette for the seventeenth annual meeting of the Farmers Cooperative creamery. JEROME, IDA. Mr. and Mrs. J. living in the country Morgenson near Jerome have had their family increased by a baby which they found left on their doorstep. The child was but a week old and a note said that its parents were both dead, the mother dying at the birth of her child. The Morgensons already have six adopted children. IDA. The Idaho peniBOISE, tentiary baseball team has issued a challenge to any baseball aggregation In the world. The only requirements for scheduling games with the penitentiary team is that all games must be played in the state prison and the warden's approval must be secured by the visiting i club. ' f rl Y & cvn I VI i li c -- I t- 4: - r "J gray-hulre- d a romantic Journey. For William II. Jackson, "pioneer photographer" and at present research secretary of the Oregon Trail Memorial association, Is on the trail of going to hack-tracyouth. Here Is the way he told about It recently In announcing hla elghty-nlne-jear-o- k plans: "About the end of June the snows of the Rocky mountains will subside for another season aDd the roads will again be passable. Then I will start out on my annual trek over the Old Trail. Tou know, I first went over the trail back In the days of the Indians and tlie covered wagons with my little mule, 'Hypo, for company. I'll use an auto this trip. It won't be much like an for seeing the country, but It's be some better than the train. And I guess a man who could 'bullwhnck' can handle a steering wheel on the Old Trail, even if he Is close to four-scor- e and ten. This time I shall go alone. But I probably will pick up various friends along the way . . . folk we have interested in our project of placing monuments and markers at the historic spots on the Trail Last year we placed 100 from the Missouri river to the Pacific const, and 60 more on the pony express trail of 'CI." Indebted as the posterity of America will be reto this association ami Its active search secretary for their work in marking historic spots on the famous "highway of a westward-faring nation," the Oregon Trail, posterity is even more Indebted to the work which William II. Jackson did many years ago with his camera in preserving scenes which soon passed away forever and for the work which he Is still doing In preserving more of those scenes through another medium that of brush and canvas. Jackfon was born in Keesvllle, a little town In the Adlrondacks of New York state, In 1843. The traveling which was to characterize his whole life started early, for when he was Just one year old his family moved to Georgia. They noon returned to New York but so strong was the wanderlust which became Inbred in young Jackson that he refused to go to school after he had finished the eighth grnde. At the age of fifteen he had only one desire and that was to draw and paint. lie came naturally by that ambition, for his mother was n landscape artist and his father an experimenter In the ninklng of the forerunners of modern daguerreotypes, photography. "Various kinds of picture making occupied my time for a while," says Mr. Jackson. "I made family portraits; I painted landscapes on window screens, a fashion In those early days; and I painted a row of big Jars as part of the scenery for a play about 'The Forty Thieves' of the Old Arabian Nights. The chief scenic artist for the local theaters gave me an approving slap on the back for my good drawing In this first attempt at scene painting. "None of these beginnings brought in much money but they were good practice. To this art training was added a few months work Id the studio of a portrait painter which improved my technique somewhat." Hut the opening of the Civil war put an end to this work and when Lincoln Issued his call for "300,000 more" Jackson Joined the Kntlnnd Light Guards, later entering Company K. Twelfth Vermont Infantry which with other troops became the Second Vermont Ilrlgnde. As soon as Jackson's commander discovered his talent for drawing he was detailed to sketch maps of picket lines along Hull linn so at the age of nineteen he held an Important and dangerous post in the Union army. After the war was over, Jackson returned to his home in the Adlrondacks where for some time he was busy making photographs of the local heroes home from the war. At that time he enrned what was considered a munificent sum, f25 a 'week. Dut soon the wonder-lus- t asserted Itself again and he decided to go ox-ca- rt gray-bnlre- d r5"V gasv f , lie headed for Detroit but got only aa far as Chicago and then worked his way on to Detroit by painting the art of coloring photographs and picking up other odd Jobs. Eventually he got as far west as St. g Joseph, Mo. Here tie secured a job of driving ox te;ini3 from Nebraska to Montana, "bull whacking" as it was called, for the wages of $20 a month. For a year, lSGi! to ISliT, he was engaged in tills work, freighting from Nebraska City on the Missouri via Fort knirney, Julesburg, Fort Laramie and South I'a-and to the valley of the Great Salt lake. The following quotation from a letter which young Jackson wrote to his parents dated "Great Salt Lake City, October HO, 18CC," is a graphic pen picture of the life of a bullwhacker in those days. "The program of a day's work will give you some Idea of the kind of a life we have been leading. In the morning, just as day is breaking and when sleep lies heaviest upon us, the night watch makes the rounds, pouuding on the wagons and shouting 'Roll out ! Roll out! The bulls are coming." "Shouldering one of the heavy yokes I begin It is hardly looking for my old light enough yet to distinguish objects clearly and I have some difficulty at first In telling one ox from another. But I finally get my last pointer yoked and having previously put the wheelers onto the tongue I drive around the other five yoke, connected with chains, and hitch them on ahead. I am ready to pull out, usually Just as the sun Is appearing above the horis zon. . . . "About ten o'clock the train Is corralled, unyoking quickly done, and the cattle turned out to graze in charge of herders, and we proceed at once to get breakfast. The train Is divided Into four messes, the men taking turns at the various duties. This Is frequently accompanied by a good deal of contentious wrangling because there are always shirkers that always fail to do their share of the work. The details bring the wood and water. The cooks for the time being bake bread in the big dutch oven, make two or three gallons of coffee, slice up hnlf a side of bacon, find It hardly necessary to shout 'Grub pile!' for the whole mess Is right there, impatiently waiting. Each one helps himself with tin cup and plate and retiring to the shady side of a wagon experiences for a brief half hour complete satisfaction. "The afternoon drive sometimes brings us Into camp so that It Is quite late by the time we get supper. One of the greatest difficulties In cooking Is the matter of providing fuel. Wood Is scarce and along most of our route entirely lacking. The only substitute available Is buffalo It makes an excellent fire for cooking chips. purposes when entirely dry, but when wet Is the meanest stuff Imaginable to get along with, trying the patience of the cooks to the utmost. . . . "My heavy suppers with the great quantities of strong cofTee that I drink Just before going to bed frequently result In dreams that verge on nightmares. At first, when the novelty of my adventure with Its attendant work and worry was uppermost In my mind I had lorid dreams almost every night and Invariably they related to my team of bulls. Sometimes I Imagined them out of control and about to plnnge over a great precipice. Wild with terror I would tumble out of my wagon In my desperate attempt to head them off from destruction, only to be yanked back by my bed fellow or brought to my senses by the night watchman. Hilly and I slept on a buffalo robe with long shaggy hair. On one occasion I began tugging at this rode so violently that I nearly threw F.llly out of the wagon. Of course he was in a high dudgeon and wanted to know what I thought I was doing; dreaming still, I replied 'I can't get my confounded leaders' heads around!'" After a year of this work, young Jackson decided he wanted to start up in the business which he knew best so he went to Omaha and In 1'.S he and hiR brother, who had come on from the East, set up a shop with a shingle oTer the door which read "Jackson Brothers, This was the period when Photographers." Omah was booming with activities connected Crossing the South Fork of the Platte rlvef near Julesburg, Colo. From a sketch made by W. H. Jackson in 18C6. 2. W. H. Jackson in the days of his youth. 3. W. H. Jackson (left), eighty-ninyears old, "the pioneer photographer," greets another notable, Daniel Carter Beard (right), veteran Boy Scout leader, when they met at the National Pioneer dinner given by the Oregon Trail Memorial association In tribute to the western pioneers on December 29, 1930, the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Ezra Meeker, founder of the 1. e association. 4. West from Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater. From a photograph made by W. H. Jackson In 1870. with the building of the Unlou Pacific railroad. Young Mr. Jackson saw in the starting of the railroad a wonderful chance for pictures. So he left the business ln the hands of his brother and started out to record what was happening. "In those days," says Mr. Jackson, "photography was different than It Is today. The pioneer photographer of that time had to be something of a chemist, artist and mechanic all put together. When he wanted to take pictures on the road he had to carry chemicals, trays, glasses and what not, for each plate had to be prepared on the spot for every exposure. So when I started out from Omaha In IMS I was equipped with a complete portable outfit for developing pictures en route." Dr. F. V. Hayden head of the United States geological survey of the territories, organized to obtain definite Information about those vast regions opened to the settlers by the new railroad, saw the pictures which Mr. Jackson took on that trip. He liked them so much he decided he must have Jackson along on his own surveying trip which he was slated to take along the' old Oregon Trail, across Wyoming and hack by the Overland Stage route. Thus it came about licit William II. Jackson was the first man to make the photographs of marvels of n!(. hl Oregon Trail cnuntrv. Although he was appointed nilicial photographer of the Ilavden survey, he received no salary, but his equipment was provided and he was permitted to keep all negatives he made for his own use. Most of his photographic sun' plies he carried In the ambulance whld, panlcd the party, but he nNo was provided .1 t , tl'UV. i. i mu uonhey wiiuii he named "IIvpo" "Hypo" carried his working kit. This survey of Doctor Hii.vder.'.s MarlP), ln A gust, lsTO, and from Independence iock fol lowed the old Oregn,, Morrno,, , ,rail a!o, Sweetwa-e- r river. Returning. I, followed Overland Stage route Wvon,in" and at Fort Saunders di.hndi t!,. fr So pleased were Washington otlieial, with'the Plciur,, taken on this first survev ,,, th,v lo.n ted Jackson to f(,1;.(l A s, XlTl he took pictures ,.ccn,ly -e- ,aieS .V:" In of Yel!,.wm,.m,, 'j, was the r .. oi uie marvels r.f thi country mid his pictures, as uell , . .. A. -' l'" collected, l.y Doctor H.,r , ana nis party. P'.nved an Important part in e creation of the YeHowstone in IS.. The hist expedition of the u. ' Genlogical survey to the Ko.kv m...,n -- as made In 1ST, the Preset feolosWl survey then being MrJackson accompanied this fl,,t Havlia completed his Work n - : Photographer. Mr. Jacks,,,, even,,n Delroit and took up For 2. years he was connectt w,n,' le trolt Publishing company, rt.UrUK fn Cm a few years ago. sine ' h h" been busy writing nb.., 1,N oV,i,-,!,"Id days, making paintings fn,-fil'St In tiiiil-- nh.,1 i'""o-'i'i'ii- i. , I J ! ZnZ Insti,, .,,,; - l" 1,7,7 V 1 any ' , and promoting the work of tCn Oregon Trail Memorial BSs,!n he nill climax bis career t,v , .' . '""re tr ri o, i ru r H ini in. ..... " whacker and the first and k ,,l,'T"'"'r of his professlon-t- hat of "'""trn,,!,..., of lbe Wild West. sketch,- . . t by WMUrn N,WIpap '' ..!"""' L.0l)iL) LOGAN, UT. The annual Farmers' encampment will be replaced this year by Utah State Agricultural college participation in county farm bureau days, the Uintah basin industrial convention, and other of the same kind of gatherings, it is announced by the college extension department. It is planned to furnish demonstrations, exhibits and speakers on the "Live at Home" project being sponsored by the extension division this year. The goal of this project is to have the farm produce sufficient food for the family and feed for its livestock. BOISE, IDA.-T- he Old Oregon Trail between Boise and American Falls is to be resurfaced this summer. TT1 On ri in that, to man in thP lay, j brXf ertoRotorh.1 the old idea the'rSb! of one could be staged on ! the end of blind truck, 3 Bors of the ideas eeLl productions, wom "'Ctcrd nocc,-,.thptr j,oo,uiC reaction l, , being discussed. Colon of the Salvation army L c liglous Drama society L; ences would have to" be lN t time been .jd "7 uu' lue SUCSS Of Shakespearean performance couraged the mimpi,. and the idea may be tried J fashi iitver rLUKtsiUN SHAMPOO connection with ParkeraHairfiEl hair soft and fluffy. 60 bTSj giaU. Hmco Chemical WorkfSI Covered BridgeTcJ lie' ..c lutcieu unuge IS fasti neuiuig iroin ermont road is estimated at least 1,000 of turesque old wooden stmctur jjsemfe been supplanted by other the ln! within the past four years. ! fenc tne reconstruction was necej ny tne noons or 1IVJ7. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Cash receipts from corporation franchise taxes and individual income taxes has passed the ?320,00O.OO mark. TRESTOX, IDA. In lieu of the annual Black and White day in Franklin county, a summer picnic will be held at Franklin some time during the latter part of July or the first part of August. At the picnic special instructions will be given on judging, feeding, and problems concerning dairy cattle, farm work and record keeping. j . signs,-teachin- By ELMO SCOTT WATSON OME time this summer a New Yorker will be setting out upon r-i -r- rsy west. LOGAN, FT. Roy A. West of Rupert, Idaho, a graduate of Utah State Agricultural College is one of 22 graduate students in agricultural economics and rural sociology awarded fellowships by the Social Research Council of New York. V " , TKZ , SNAKES AT $1 EACH PICNIC IS PLANNED CONVICTS PLAY BALL 'f' - It "LIVE AT HOME" ii yil' ?, Gou-- identlal forbid' Lost fn Salt Lake CM ionic It "Jewest Hotel from the humeri fcbadta mm m kame Walan NEV. Announcement of a shutdown by Nevada Consolidated Copper company will result in almost a complete stoppage of mining work in this district, it is ldieved, due to the fact that the copper company handles practically all ore taken out in the district at lis mill and smelter in McGill, including the output of Consolidated Copper mines corporation at 46-da- y inn n tat cMl year aft but to HOTEL chaster, ritltt v'Mer, prel theft1 SQUARE 200 Rooms Radio connection in every tool RATES FROM $1.50 Just opposite of h; M 200 Tile inn. ud 3 not but ROSSITER, lag ol ERNEST C. Limit in DuIInei Askum How's business with Bascora As dull as a can after it has been used six mon; a flapper bride Exchange. her au Epan! d ! J In America we make then quarrel with the laws Km them. Isere "4 maid Ann k: at to! lotto In nil itloi illy SPRINGTIME of RATES , , ." ! m"K' , u.e state. f iln tA of ill mato are being ,""","" Bo: BATE attractlv. Everything P eovered- -t low i HOTEL J NEWHOUSE BALT LAKE Cm W. F. Safton, Mirr. C. W. Wet, At. a . IT. ...I "How did Joe make out lta farming?" "He got stung." Converse, M of f' don't nrgue. bids T'T-To- ii EFFECT Enjoy a brief ipriwriuM Spend wveral hspry dsy ful Salt Lak City. A ehanj air and tcenery will do A holiday in th. America i alwayi a thrill. Writ for detail! about or he was knocked down ami run over by some freight cars at the local J";lT'"? ('m'' tlmnsami, son St! IN HOW " ,, net I, y-five of the Idahc-W';nl.highway . froIn toward Roberts. The remaining 'f Ul roil between the I'r- - nt Job nd Maho Falls is on t"" program for oilinK t,N to nip ifter This is the highest rank given to any state In the nation. In the western division, Washington was the second highest with an ,V.).(i of and California, 58.1. The table, based on the 1030 census, shows that Utah had 0,785 bovs living on farms between the ages of " to 131 and of these, 6,328 were attending school rROVo. rr.-os- car Mann, CO, suffered the loss of both feet, when 24 mil,- i one SALT LAKE CITY, per cent of the boys between the ages of 14 and 20 living on farms In Utah are attending school, according to the report received by Dr. ('. x. Jensen from the federal board for vocational SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-- Life glides issued in Utah ln 1J.,1 represented a sum in excess of 5og.Oo,iMH, as compared with for the vear preceding. I'.OISF, lDA.Tll0 Lnmin of Wchwnys has advertised for tins id BOISK, IDA. The phases of the administration tax program involved in the power tax and the income tax have been approved by the Judicial authorities. The power tax has been approved by the United States supreme court. The income has had the sanction of the Idaho supremo court and the work of the last legislature Is apparently going to stand up under fire. railroad yards. a Mormon Tabemck Klm-berl- UT.-Rixt- 1 first. o: ELY, as jys ' Peterm.n'a Ant outofhouae.100. th. Bo., window nUo,. h,1 Eflectlr. 24 hour Sate. Cuarantec'l- old last jear Al a " .'i, ' ""I Knt'n ftn" "''"'I'"'! out of W. N. U., Salt Lake City. No 1 |