| Show ON THE WAY TO TETON BASIN in the hills ten miles from nowhere state of idaho with superstructures covered with dust an inch thick aug 18 1897 pm ye crags and peaks im with you once again I 1 hold to you the arms you once beheld to show they still are free and this is canyon creek well a good thing for I 1 have known it had I 1 not been told so ignorant am I 1 and then again who would have thought that such a cool inviting sequestered spot could so suddenly have been found in the wilds of idaho but it is here and no mistake we have just finished an 18 mile jerk by wagon from rexburg on our way to the teton basin a valley that is said to be delightful with creeks full of fish and hills invaded with big game the latter declaration is no doubt true as not a few of salt lakes best people are up that way whiling away the moments which make dog dayland days day sand and catching fish from six inches to two feet long actual measurement with such a record no wonder salt lake is able to boast of its hordes of brainy people and no wonder either that fishing and hunting are so good in this section at this particular season of the year our horses have just been unhitched and tied to cedar posts my pals have scattered in quest of fish and game while I 1 poor thing have been assigned the duty of watching camp seeing that those other fellows dont swipe anything and incidentally getting things prepared for the ing spread did I 1 say spread and that is right for while we havo have walnut table upholstered chairs ft all that sort of thing we expect have something more substantial alx that something by which wee we will able to prove the corpus delicti delic tj if y will allow the expression and boffl thing that warrants forces to the truthful saying that ours is lter deed destined to be a spread let me see im not much of a I 1 at preparing meals so you win cuse me if it bothers me a little first thing to be done I 1 believe te peel the spuds what next I 1 wo wont 0 yes I 1 know build a fire then thea pare the coffee or tea whichever like now while these are cooking some bacon in the trying frying pan and pare for the arrival of your comp with a mess of trout will he catta any why of course he will 5 you ever meet a salt laker who nev never 1 caught while out fishing now sef get f the dis hestin ones of clursea cour sea seand d wh fiaT your potatoes your coffee and your are cooked dive in theres plenty bw everybody and to spare pare I 1 tell you camp life in the m mot bains is all right you not only get beti full benefit of the invigorating 00 0 that is wafted wafred on the breezes but also get the benefit of good big m art plenty of fresh water fish stories storie J lore the songs of the ripp rippling lings sart arid and a dozen other tasty 11 numerous to mention and at mini cost to the buyer here in ca creek we are having a good rest that terrible rocky journey of 18 t newspaper measurement from thriving prosperous inviting and aa gether pleasant town of reubi reab town where pretty girls are fo tou abundance and where meals square ones at that can be had tor for than the asking while writing this my lines abc persed with snatches of ca conic tion with peter wilbur awell a well kz trapper and guide of Is hawood horn county wyoming mr wl is on his way north from wil park where he has been in ch chang a party of eastern tourists the aleman has done considerable trav in his day and has visited the pa great number of times he den in most emphatic terms the alu rule now prevailing in the park says it is autocracy in its most flag form poor men comparatively ap ing who go there to gaze on the t ties of its grassy lanes turbulent sers snow capped peaks and nat store house of wonders are tre he says with the courtesy ge gene accor accorded deg the lower brutes of c crea while those in a higher station are fulley able to pay from 1 ta a meal at the big hotels th there r I 1 every attention shown the them and allowed privileges which a strict fore ement of the parks regular does not warrant to any in dogs are shot down on sight it are not fastened to their ma masters stert tails or wagon and mr wilbut wilbur a case where a gent lemans horse shot down because perchance it happened to break loose ard and was fl ing its way through the park a and unguided the seventh ca under command of captain yo youdal now stationed there and these a aret officers to whom mr wilbur di dire his hia censure my informant says from two to three hundred peo people 0 into the park every daya goodly ber of which are from utah especially salt lake city since writing the above I 1 have joyed a good meal of speckled b beair our first catch and have also j a fair nights rest snoring on tl camp ground my companions am ing me to breakfast so I 1 m mufit 1 this missive as after our nel alose up the journey towards jabal we resume basin the route from rex tee teton ton bueg to t this his point is a scene of pie interspersed as it tur beauty esque number of la with lovely ranches a lake people our ou them mom owned by salt J W citizen ell known here woodmansee has IMA haa ranche a while isaac M waddell is also in we me the swim with a large tract of splendid grazing and wheat nielsen is down at rex loavie nian man burg visiting relatives there and ap stouter than ever getting beare to be editor of the silver sen ben E rich the standard arrived home from the ba ben catches the day min ato the other fash vicariously he says by furnishing bait while the other necessary the now for fellow whips the stream breakfast and the teton basin yours on a fishing trip A B JR |
