Show STRANGE HERMIT BUILDS IN STONE SPOKANE April A 23 23 A A hermit Is always a UI curiosity nit but a a hermit Yo rho ho In addition to being every every- everything everything thing that an orthodox ought to tobo tobe tobo bo be has as a great creat deal of ot ambition for tor work Is la a wonder Indeed Such Sucu a recluse reel use Is ia Paul Ackerman kno knon n as ns tho the Snake e r r hermit who live lives lit in otone tone houses houes he built buill with his Is 1 ov n hands on tho banks of the Snake river about ten tn miles o abo abo e Asotin There the great walls of ot bas basalt lt crowd o elo-o to the tho water line and form torm the portal to the tho canyon of ot the upper Snake kerman Ai-kerman will not discuss hh hi philosophy philosophy- of or life lie cannot understand stand why by the llie world should be interested in the tho matter m lIo He lo- lo located lo located on his present place 44 H years ears ago aSo aa os a homesteader no Ise grazed cattle and ana sheep for a period on the tho hills near bv by and accumulated some means mean Then Ihen 30 years agol ho he abandon abandoned ell this pursuit to engage n en- earo co-earo gage gago upon his building operations Year by bv tear ear car his hi fences e bl hate ble e own grown In extent until aronov arenow are aro now v bout about two miles long lone four feet ftc nide Ido at tho bottom and tyro t 0 at atthe atthe the tsp tp t p and eight feet teet high The tl weight ot of o this pile Is said to be 2543 2542 tons He ITe has al also o built buill two stone stono houses doing dolne allot all ail of the work elt The Tho hillside has hia h been for water burro ed in a n search and several caverns one several rods In len length h ha halo hae ha o e been clea- clea clear I I r aled |