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Show " NOT A TENDERFOOT By R. F. Marshall ; At) experience such as ilesiTibcd below be-low should cure any man of the defect, of being a tenderfoot and make him a full-fledge 1 citizen. It is taken from the Green River paper and written by F. Marshall of San Rafael. Howen is entitled to the clerkship after such an experience although we have not learned what encouragement he received from the Mexican Bend people: An outing party composed of L. C. Corbilt, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Kowen, Mr. and Mrs. Jouvenat. and J. C Morris went camping last week near Mexican Bend on the San Rafael river abmt twenty miles west of Green River. All went well till Thursday afternoon when a start was made to return part way to the Morris ranch, the party intending reaching that point the next (Friday evening) day. Messrs. Corbitt, Jou venat, and the ladies, were loaded into the wagon and arrangements made for ; the party to camp near Sulphur Springs, I about five miles from the mouth of the canyon. Messrs. Morris and Bowen, finding an old and very light row-boat, concluded to go on an exploring expedition through 1 this very narrow canyon. It is said that at tome points the canyon is as j narrow as 8 feet. Morris acted as steersman and Bowen piloted the craft, i They had gone but a short distance when they observed that the river was rising. It was too late then to turn hack. They had gotten some two or three miles into the canyon when they were suddenly dashed out of the boat into the most turbulent waters imaginable. Bowen succeeded in catching onto a rock in midstream, while Morris was carried some two or three hundred feet farther down stream, where he in some manner succeeded in gaining a foothold on a shelving rock-about five feet above the water. Through the agency of pan-tomine pan-tomine signs Morris was able to make Bowen understand -the roar of the waters prevented him from hearing Morris at all that he should strip oft" and come to him. This Bowen did and by using a pole Morris succeeded in getting get-ting Bowen onto the same rock along with himself. Now they realized that they were in a very dangerous situation. Morris was hatless and Bowen without wearing apparel, except an undershirt; night was coming on and the temperature lowering. After a brief consultation it was determined that if possible Bowen, by the assistance of Morris, should be sent out for help. Catching another pole that was floating float-ing past, Morris pl.iced the end of the pole against his chest and Bowen began the ascension, climbing the pole to the limit, where he succeeded in gaining a slight footing. From this point on, up the solid rock wall Bowen hud to go alone. He succeeded after the most strenuous efforts in gaining the top, a distance estimated at fifteen hundred feet. This left Morris alone and without any chance whatever of getting out of the predicament, unassisted. Bowen soon found the camping party and by impressing a little clothing from each soon made himself presentable enough to go for help. He arrived at the Morris Ranch about 9 p. m., five hours after having left Jesse on the shelving rock. Breaking the news as gently as possible, he soon had a number of volunteers ready to go to Morris's assistance. Being short on saddle horses, but two could go. W. E. Tom-lison Tom-lison and Tommie Cottrell, along with Bowen, were soon on their way to the rescue, arriving at the camp about 2 a. m. The moon having quit shining no further steps were taken till daylight. About 8 o'clock the boys succeeded in locating Jesse, who had been an involuntary in-voluntary prisoner on that rocky shelf for 16 hours, without food or refreshment, refresh-ment, wet. cold and hungry, apparently apparent-ly more dead than alive. After considerable hollering and by use of signs, Tommie' Cottrell made Morris understand that if he would leave his perch and take to the river, that he would catch him some two hundred hun-dred feet below, with a lasso. This was as near as they could get to him. Morris finally did what Cottrell suggested sug-gested and was rescued as indicated, by use of a rope. The party remained in camp all of Friday and part of Saturday to give the unfortunates time to recuperate from their terrible experience. That the boys will not try it again goes without saying. We are sure that the failure of this exploration will cause these two ambitious young men to withdraw their application to go with the next expedition expedi-tion to the North pole. They have had enough, |