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Show TOO COLD TO REMAIN SINGLE ; HAPPY THOUGHT OF A DEPUTY SUPERVISOR. Who Visited Minnesota, Where the Temperature Was 28 Degrees Below Zero. Deputy Supervisor F. Smith of the Targhee forest, Idaho, arrived in tho city ye&terday from a trip to Minnesota. Minneso-ta. Mr.Smilh says that the limber sales for the season are about closed in the Targhee forest on account of the snow which now lies to an average depth of three feet. During the " next few months the sawmills will be run short handed in "cleaning up" the mn of timber on hand and doing such finishing finish-ing as is the custom with the mills of that section. Very little finishing lumber is turned out from the Targheo mills, it being cheaper to ship In such as is needed from Oregon. The quality qual-ity from the latter region Is also much better. Most of the houses and other buildings of the Targhee district are of logs. Most of the latter, however, are run through the mill and "squared" before used for building. "We have had abundance of elk In our section this winter," said Mr. Smith, "and considerable deer. The most interesting improvement around that vicinity is the new stato fish hatchery, which Is being built and equipped in Warm river, about 25 miles north of Ash ton. The hatchery is being built by the state for the purpose pur-pose of replenishing the streams of Idaho with mountain and eastern brook trout, as well as restocking the streams which have been practically fished out. The structure is of appropriate appro-priate design and is built of logs, squared on three sides, leaving tho round side for the exterior, the bark having been removed. The government govern-ment has supplied the logs and lumber lum-ber for the building free of charge. "The water used in the hatchery Is taken from the warm springs adjoining and is excellent for that purpose, being be-ing of Just tho right temperature for the eggs. I am not certain of tho exact ex-act capacity of the .hatchery, but It amounts to several million fry at least. It will be of great benefit to tho trout fifhing of Idaho and, in fact, has become be-come a necessity on account of the extensive ex-tensive fishing wnlch is now carried on throughout the state by tourists as well as local residents." Mr. Smith found tho weather of the east to be extremely cold.ln going through .Montana and North Dakota, as well as returning through Nebraska and Colorado. In Colorado people told him that it had been tho coldest this winter in many years. In Minnesota there was much snow, making excellent excel-lent sleighing, and the cold weather had produced ice to the thickness of two feet or more, making skating popular. popu-lar. The mercury had. dropped as low as 2S degrees below zero. Mr. Smith admitted that notwithstanding notwith-standing the low temperature of the region, he had been entirely successful success-ful in the main project of his trip, in fact, he had been married, his bride having been Miss Peterson, a popular young lady of Benson, Minnesota, not far from Minneapolis. |