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Show 4, r , ! - f-- - . j? j :' 71 ? .ll ft i r hi f Jt- - - r THE DESEBET ifeWS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER. 18, 1930 TIIKEi ctetrilON Woman R Young o Primitive Area in Uintah Mountains n - "&- yi i So This Is Dead Horse Pass 9 j 1 I Wes Thrilled, She Say RUTLEDGE. WAS thulled when Dad offered to take me along on a pack trip to the High Uinta.. ,On Sunday, September 7, we weie ready and went to Mirror Lake to make the start. We arrived at Mirror Lake at dusk, and there got our first good start for the trip a big mulligan atew prepared by Jim the cook. Was it good? I IT ay it was! Mutton. onions' and potatoes, other things cooked in a 1 -- big pot. That night I occupied one of the tent cabins at Mirror Lake, looked my outfit over and got into mV sleeping bag. I won dered what kind of horse I would hae, whether be would be gentle, what kind of saddle . . . whether I could stand the trip, how sore I would be the second morning . . . whether I could keep up with the men . . . how cold it would be, whether or not it would storm . . . Nest thing I knew it was morning, cold, clear with the air tingling as It does only at 10,000 feet e!eation In September-- I drew Prince or my saddle horse. He was o tall that I always had to find a rock or log, or mount him from the up-hside. But what a hore! Gentle, kind, intelligent, and a friend to trust on the trail. I was shown how to put the saddle blanket on, to be sure it wag smooth, since any uneven-ne- ss would make a sore back; then how to put the stout stock saddle on and how to cinch it once when I put it on, and again after Prince had forgotten to swell. A big slicker was rolled and tied at the cantle. I donned a pair of woolly chaps and we were off. narrow and sleep that we dismounted and led our horses the rest of the way. (hico Prince's hind feet slipped orf of the trail; and wasn't I glad I was not on him! Dad says go far as he knows I m the first woifian ever to cross Dead Horse Pass. If that is true, other women are certainly missing a thrilling experience, believe me. Our trail led from there through a forest and up over Rocky Sea Pass From there we the familiar Bald recognized Mountain and Mount Agassiz, visible from Mirror Lake. Ten more beautiful miles through spruce and lodgepole pine brought us back to our starting place. Mirror 'Lake, dead tired, hungry, but as soon as we had another of Jims mulligans, perfectly happy. - Perk, to The trip ues in Utah, Mr. Rutledge seys it is one of the mdst mspiretionel sections of mount etn country to he found tnyubere. All forms of business enterprises ere to be excluded from the tree ubicb svtll be returned exclusively for horseback riding end pedestnen mountain climbing. No roads will he built tn the and foot trails. section, only bridle-path- s Miss Dorothy Rutledge, 19, daughter of the regional forester, uho accompanied her father on the trip, has u nt ten her impressions. Offered to Take Me Along And: Prince Was So Tall That I Ah wayt Had to Find a Rock or a Log, Or Mount Him From the Up-Hi-ll Side. Bat What a Horte! Ha-- BY DOROTHY AREA embracing oin 300,000 teres, its the Vmta forest, to be kefI in Us primitive stele, was inspected by Regional forester R. H. Rutledge, Supervisors BUnt Peterson end Morgan determine the bound tries. trip it as spade On borsebtek from Mirror Leke eftcr treieling to tbet piece by euto. The entire ma.de eier the crest of the Uinte mountains, rcecbmg en elevation of I3,49t feet, the highest et Kings-Peek- . C4- Wien night the water froze in the water bucket, and my chaps turned white with fiosl. Early in the morning we ate a hearty break- fast, packed up, and were off. Up and up we climbed into the basin at the foot of that ma; je!ic 13,SU8-frpeak. Vo wonder we broke the ice to wash that rooming bet ante we soon came to banks of last years snow lying on sunny ledges and as we ascended Porcupine Pass a cold wind bearing a flurry of snow was whistling our- nt past ears We came down the rocky mountainside, then up again, over a huge rugged cliff Red Knob Pass; ttwm down a slide-rodecline on a narrow trail into a lovely basin with plenty of and ck grass There we made our camp for the night, surrounded by dark forests and great red cliffs that thrust themselves high above us As we sat around the campfire, I was just thinking of the rough places over which we had traveled, when Morgan announced that the worst as yet to come; tomorrow morning we would go over Dead Horse Pass. The morning of the seventh day we started the steep climb up the rocky trad. ire-co- ld spring. I hey Lined Up for a Picture A Little y My Wish For f You. Our last days ride, and one of the best, was a short circle out from Mirror Lake on the eighth day. We went along the T""" foot of Old Baldy and Reid s Peak, then up past LakeDorothy to a lookoutpoint where a wonderful panorama awaited us. Me could see many miles in all directions, the forests, lakes, blue mountains, and bluer canyons, the drainage of Ihe M cber, the Provo, Duchesne, and Bear Rivers From that point we went down along the foot of Hydens Peak passing numerous "mail lake, and back to Mirror Lake. Our trip wa over. Eight glorious, buv sunshiny days spent in one of the mot delightful Worried. Slowly we ascended the foot-wa- ll trail, the back train following. As I clung tightly to the saddle horn and looked down I eould ee a Jake of robin-biu- c at Ihe font of the mountain, and (lie forests beyond When thought of the five horses that have rolled to their death down that slope, I was a little worried. That trail soon got so dangerously Jm regions of the west right at our door, but unknown to mot of us The best wish I can maki for any of you is that you may have the oppoi-(unt- y to visit it V quain'anee with the High I intah is a pritHe-- s pxpeiifnie. (ecr, will remembers the fir-- t bx alarm. It come from box 53, and the fire wa, at the b i M'. G. Phillip, oil F street and Thud avemi But it wa nt much of a fire," says Inrle Reub as he is affectiorntcly hm.wn Although ret red fr mi active service f r the pa-- l ten year--- , L ni Reub nevpr fails to offer hi, service, if a fne of any proportion, breaks out He wa, in from 72 to UK wa, out for a whi'e and returned to the service as engineer of one mi-o- ill , And Far Enough. We went to Fish Lakes the first daj, made an early camp, got dinner, then rode to Four Lakes Basra and back to camp, about 16 miles that day. . . . And far enough! I was glad to hunt my tepee tent, blow up my air mattress throw my sleeping pocket on it, crawl in and think over the days happenings . . . and again it was morning I could bear the bojs, Blaine and Morgan, getting breakfast, and soon I could smell (he coffee and the bacon. A hasty wash at the ire. cold stream; then breakfast; a rush to wash the dishpg, pack up, saddle, and get on our way The secont morning we rode over to Grand-dadd- y Lake and back to camp; then on our wav toward Ihe east. We left that region of myriad lakes and rode down to and across Rock Creek, then up a mountain, through the frees, and made camp at Squaw Basin, about 15 miles without a stop, tired, hungry, and glad to slop Squaw Basin Is a gem of meadow surrounded by timbered hills. A beautiful little stream meanders through it, and we could see the fi,h jumping as we prepared supper. Me had fidi for breakfast and took enough along for anothf r meat The Hand of Man. The third dav, we.went over a high dm-Jto Brown Duck Lake and its companions Here the hand of man has worked havoe bv bmldtrg dams for irrigation, marred shore", drowned f,n -her, and you know the rest. MV T,re t, hurry down the rough trail to Moon La,e. tin crescent netting at the foot of the mounUms H.re we camped early so that the boys could replace the horses shoes that had been pull'd off by the rocks. Our next day took us from Muon Lake to Yellowstone Creek around the lower slope of the mountains through a beautiful yellow pme forest Through the trees and from high punts we had a magnificent view of Uinta Basin with its roiling hiiD, its farms, and in the di,tanee the encircling mountains. Next day Ve went about 15 mik-- BY H C ILV R F OM DY 1 iLKs! Onre mote we meet at the famous old corner of the Pioneei Monument, all pi imed again to gpt on (he hail of something unusual and hunt it to its lair! So this afternoon what do you av to a jaunt a liltle way up old City Creek canvon1 Me 11 not take the upper and newer load, but follow lie old trad, and H will not be far Ju-- l up to about where fifth avenue joins Canyon rnid H On our wav we e homes, stately shade trees, beautiful flower, and nub,, a crystal a'rejm and willow- - Heie on the we,t side of the road, faewg t, you see an old building, old but in evi e!h conddiun llus, friends, is the t tei an Yoluri'eer In emeu, hill, one of the -- t landn.ams of the i md round which Is the ifv glamour of i en ini e and md, grea(e-- t King tf all un ifi-- h ci to Jline oi f ur Wdk- - ig trio t of you weie mender-n- f oil i i f v when we the alarm offne of on- - upi-dil- e fnc dipailment, and ,'vu iw h w f i amm, aie teiPived, -- i and-iidn- how . nt out lomrmiu fiom th. ir respect ve stations and the iin.r working, of Ihe department gmiralh hut todav you hall hear of Salt i ak Ci n ,, fjgij ostei y car, of a han I of hcioc, wku-- e deeds will ever bP cWdied tn she mernoiv ,,f a grateful citizenry. a-- -- fi-- TiWfTnri)rVe CdilTd ee (he, d fi-- h Pioneers entered the valley forerunners of civilization lost no lime in beginning the work of hauling logs out of the canyons wherewith to construct habitations and lay the foundation for the future metropolis of the Inlermounlain region. It wa, m.l long after that the need of providing protection agam-- t loss by fire was dicus-e- d bv members of the cjty council. Six years after the advent of the Pioneers, the council passed an ordinance providing for a fire brigade the old bucket bngjide From that time until Oct 1, 1883 the properly and lives of the citizens of Salt Lake were protected from fire by a body of intrepid volunteers who at a moments notice would forsake their immediate business, leave their humble homes day or night, in fair or foul weather and proceed with all dispatch to render aid to the.r neighbors This bui!d.ng a reminder of those dav,! Those doughly fighters served cheerfully w.th- "ut pay and without hope or thought of earthly reward. Then-mottfrom tjie beginning wa,. 'Ve Aim to Aid and Mork to o Th original ordinance creating ih- - hi i is one of the chenh-e- d of the association md is among its archives m this building The ordinance heais the name of Jedediah M Grant, then mayor of halt Lake City, father of President Heb r J. Grant of the L. D. h. Church. Section I of that old ordinance reads as follows: Be it ordained by tbe City Council of Great Salt Lake City that there be and hereby is authorized tbe formation of an Engine Company, to be known by the name of Deseret Engine Company .No. I, which shall be composed of twenty-nin- e able- - m the .anee the sslant foreman, secretary, blue crown oTKings Peak, highest in Utah That urer, steward and twenty-fo- members, whose duly ' i -- the place of fire, and operate under the direction of a Chief Engineer as hereinafter provided" Hook and ladder and ot.her companies were provided for in the succeeding sections of the ordinance. Of were there no course, engines Crude and were the methods primitive The members were scattered throughused out the city and on an alaim of file grabbed up the family bucket and sprinted to the scene of the blaze. Later three dozen leather buckets were purchased The first brass bucket bv the bngade is among the relic, in this building, a half dozen of the old leather hue bets and 3 or 10 of the ie helmets (Jest Strength. Liltle was the fir-- t chief Then tin council decided to build an engine and a a ieuU the oluntcer," the first engine to be built west of the Missouri river, was constructed at a total cot of 6903-88-, and an engine house was con-- s true ted at a cost of 61.68i.26. San -- Francisco claim, to have had an engine some five yea s before, but it was obtained in New York. 6aT Lake City undoubtedly bad the first home-maengine in the Mesl.The engine was. pumped by main strength and perhaps some awkwardness, but the fire laddies in (heir red shirts ard fin helmets could forte a stream over a fou story building, the "water being pumped from ' ditches! John T. D. McMlister was the second ch.ei. C, M Donaldson Ihe thud and then camrgljcuie? M Otlmger, Utah's famous pioneer painter whose wondei ful i eat i. ins with the brush attracted widespread and deserved attention. He seived as chief until when a paid depaitrnenl was treated and he was its fir-- l chief. He lias a soi also named Geoigp, who is a captain in our department today; and he's a cracking good fire- - . -- ur be today, for that matter. Reuben Simpson, of 1138 east Broadway, veteran engineer and member of the early Voiun- " A ' mm t ,U( agifaW a riniinPn( arj c- t- -i 1 .,,-- Mong in 1879 the citv lunteer, 25 be.an paving the vocep's per hour -r t.ie actual f- tim-ihe- were engaged- - in call, for more p,v but didii t Ihey ge( p n,,., ,i,.hn,,Pll years of n fenP ,W n,lrmS a" fl"f and there weie no acci-- La!er .fte, sp( . nt- - w a life was lost ,rtin 0f m(e Y Life Member. The Yeternn Yolunlr ass.,, latmn of todav consist f about 2d members, and there is a Ladies Auviliaiy. admittedly the life 0r ilm otgamzafion. There was one woman, Mrs. Thoma-Powell, who was publicly made a l.fe member of ihe association for her services )R jgg when she gave her buggy chief OU,nger who bad a run of Iwo mile,, answering a second cal!. The officers of the association at the In-me- i3, e 61 -- de telephone came lo the city just before the 'paid department was created, and then came the f, nT alarm boxes, years later. Tbe paid department consisted of 10 men. but don't forget that ihe at .,t C. Somebody Yelled Fire!" In the o'd days an alarm of fire was given by word of mouth. Fire!" Somebody yelled. Sometimes a bell was sounded. The Volunteers would take Shauk's pomes" to the scene! The wa, Cit.zm- - and high'v juddi- - ,pu- ded men, made a con'. act wi'h a New Ym, company for a fire engine M hen the apparau, arrived it was found too heaw to haul through the unpaved , licit, tn menu pjwci fmaiv the city took it over and piouired a ta n horses in due line, but in I87j. Nmemher ir. lo be evarl. there was a great f.re at Hu- -e bank on Mara between F.r-- t and Second Sou'll Streets. The s cauier wavf p severest test and failed' Hue, blew ou' an-- for siv mortal hour, relays of voluneers worked hero-- n allv at the brake, on the han engines Mhen" (he. fir? eventually was nuitcre-l- . 1, of had By Main ,c horse-draw- Dip time d paid depai'inenf wa- M. Law rein e, one of , old-tur- Je-- old-ti- n- u-- ed YatunteFfrM'erFTnirontheToBruT-siTtreas- it shall the n steamers untight retirement and pension After the bucket-- , two band engines came and later one steamer purchased by Malke-B- i others and other merchants There al-- o were three hose cart-- , hand drawn The old engine, the first chemical engine, the old reel, are preserved in this building, and among the other flioice possession of the Yolunteers is a banner pa.nted by Chief Ottinger That B g Fire. In 1872 the olunteer was taken m hand bv Thomas and Jaine, Higgj and rebuilt- - In 187! there were practically no fire, in the citv. few ba-weir and the valie of Ihe Oi to keep their engine and implements in good order and ready for use, and on the alarm of fire, each member is required to leave all other busine-s and repair to tbe Engine House with all possible speed and remove their engine to man, too. The Originar Ordl nance. the Yellowstone, whi-rushes a deep eui gorge m rrk Our was in a gray meaiw bv the for the horses, and In Fair or Foul Weather. As you know, the July 21, 1817. These Sap up the s peipetuated long after we are gone from this vale of tears. .Old But in Fine Condition gd canyon following its way through camp that night river, good feed whose exploits are worthy of commemoration as long as time shall last. There are only a half a dozen or soof those old original fire fighters left, but the organization they formed is kept alive by Ilnur sons and daughters and no doubt will be , present lime James Peacock, president; Henry Barnes vice president; Thomas Simpson, m secretary' Odd, treasurer, and Henry Taufer, sergeant-at-arm- s. are: M',1-I.a- Uncle Reuben" mortuary fund and chaplain. j, treasurer of tbe The Aetsmeet tbe real pood tunes They would be del.ghted'to have you visit them sometime. ou would be more than welcome! M'ell, must move ,iong See you again next week. SLopp! |
