Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 15

SUNDAY, FFBRUARY 8, 1925 2 eS ade (BY MR. & MRS. LEON C, GOOD. RIOH) Wood, water and grass, the three things the pioneers looked for when choosing a camp site, are not considered essential by the mod- camper, since the automobile has made it possible for him to dis- regard all three. As long as he has plenty of gasoline, he can carry fuel in various ways, such as canned heat, gasoline stoves, water in can vas bags or Thermos bottles, and the only use he has for grass is for scenery. We learned last summer, during a two weeks‘ trip with pack horses, that to any one who really desires to get back to nature, these things are of as vital importance now as they were 50 years ago. By we, I mean Troop 2 B..8. A or rather the ones of the troop who enjoyed this trip which was taken during August, 1924. We had considered e trip of this kind for some time but had never been able to arrange for horses, for we did not feel able to buy them and could not find any for hire. Thanks to the generosity of Bx- Governor Carey, who kingly loaned us six horses to use as long as we wished, our trip was made possible and we chose August 17, 1924 for the beginning of our hike. The two weeks previous to this had been’ busy ones. During that time some of the boys made three pack-saddies. The amount of bed- ding and personal effects each one ‘was to take was decided on, and most important of all, after a great deal of consultation and study a satisfactory grub list was made out and the supplies finally purchased. Since we did not know whether, or not we would be able to buf any- thing after we left Casper, our lst had to include everything we would need during our two weeks trip. Naturally this made it impossible to take anythéng perishable and as all food had to be packed on horses the welght was an important item, so it really took study to work out &@ practical list. These consfderations Mmted our choice but from our store of sup plies which consisted of beans, mac- aroni, rice, ham, bacon, cheese, corn meal, pancake flour. syrup, dried fruit, jam, powdered milk and a few cans of vegetables we prepared some very good meals. Of course, we had such staples as coffee, sugar, salt « and also had a supply of sweet chocolate and chewing gum. The chocolate was used for lunches when we were hiking. Besides the three pack saddles and two pairs of paniers which belonged to us, we borrowed two saddles and one pair of panfers from Mr. Frank Taylor. An advance party had taken the saddles, beds and grub .to Camp Carey, Saturday, so when we ar- rived there Sunday, we found every- thing waiting, except the horses and these were to be brought to camp Monday morning, After; the packs were inspected, everyone was at liberty to amus himself and our boys visited the Scouts who were enjoying their out- ing at summer camp. Monday morning we were all up bright and early. While we waited for the horses, the beds were rolled and the grub packed tn the panie: ‘We found thers is quite an art to packing paniers, since each one of the pair must contain as nearly the same weight as possible. If one is over weighted, after a short dis- tance, you are apt to find your pack is under the horses belly. After a few days, we became quite expert at packing and had ttle trouble balancing the paniers. About 8:30 the six horses were driven in by Riley, Gov. Carey's foreman, He, with Governor and Mrs. Carey, gave us a great deal of help with our packing. The horses were retired “top” horses and no doubt had expected to enjoy a well earned leisure in stead of carrying packs for Boy Scoute Wone of them had ever been packed before so we expected to have some excitement, but they submitted to their loads very quietly. Three horsesecarried paniers, two pairs of-which were filled with food, and the other held cooking utenalls, An this set was light, a bed was put over the paniers, “The other thres horses carried beds and since we had only five saddles, one horse, a pinto named Paint, had a bed roll tied on with a squaw hitch. The other beds were secured by the well known diamond hitch, and that the beys became quite proficient at throwing it, f« Phone 1406 Wood, Water and Grass Joys and Thrills of Pack Train Trip Taken by Troop No. 2 of Boy Scouts Described ' shown by the fact that we only had one loose pack, and {it was caused by a loose cinch. The bedding had been collected ang Givided into four beds,, each ons rolled in a tarpaulin, approved cowboy fashion. This made it easier to pack them and at night when they were unrolle® the boys could “double up"! or make their beds separately, as they liked, Hach one the party carried a pack containing extra clothing, mess kit, tollet articles and other person al belongings, and when every one had his pack on, we were ready to start. Besides Gov. and Mrs. Carey, Chief Bartle and several scout mas- ters avho were at summer camp, were present to see us off, There were 18 in our party. Of these two were scouts in spirit only since age in one case and sex in the other, prevented them from be- longing to the troop. These two were Governor Carey's son, Joseph and the Scout Master's wife, Mrs. Goodrich, who had the distinction of being the only woman in the party, The other members of our party were Scout Master Leon -Goodrich, assistant Scout Masters Rey. Edwards and Arlo Goodrich, Scouts Robert Hazlett Hugo Sproul, John Mason, Floyd Gherret, Haryey Scown, Dorton Green, Wesley Jourgensen, Jerry Nicolaysen, James Marshall, Harold Marshall, David Edwards, Philip Edwards and Yashio Hiagashl. We struck out south east from Camp Carey. Above the camp the Boxelder cuts through the monu- tains making a narrow, impassable canyon, In order to reach Boxelder park, we had to go over this range which made a long’ climb so that we were glad to stop at the first water for a breathing spell. We reached the Kimball {n Box- elder park abaqut noon and Mrs. Kimball gave us each a cup of fresh milk which was our lunch, From Kimballs we went on about seven miles to Grant ranch where we made our first camp, We were all pretty tired, as we had covered 14 miles since morning, and were glad to rest awhile before starting our din ner. Before leaving Camp Carey the boys had been divided in two patrols, ¢ach to serve on altérnate days as cooks and horse wranglers. ot These were under the direction of Ass't. Scout Masters Edwards and Goodrich. After we reached a camp site the first thing was’ unloading, un- saddling and caring for the horses. for although we were walking, on a trip of this kind, the horses de- serve the first consideration, and no worse calamity could befall us than to be left without means of transporting our grub and beds. When they had been cared for, we rested awhile, changed shoes etc. then the cooks for the day prepared the meal which served as lunch and dinner, the rest of us unrolled and made our beds. We decided at the start to have only two meals a day, since it was usually 8:30 or 9 o'clock before we broke camp and a meal at noon meant unpacking againa We camped about 4 o'clock and had dinner about 5. With a Minch of sweet chocolate after enjoying the evening camp fire. Mr. Grant let us keep our horses in his pasture so that our first night sleep was not disturb@d by any un- easiness about them However, in the morning when the horse wrang- lers went to get them, they were at the véry farthest end of the pasture, whigh may have been their comment on the trip. We had a very good breakfast, having.fresh milk from the ranch and eggs from another ranch near, Kashio and Gherett had ridden down for the eggs the night before and the fact that they came back with 18 unbroken ones out of three dozen made us appreciate them even more. I need not add that Yashi had never ridden before. The trail we took led us into the mountains, and in the south we could see clouds of smoke from the forest fire which was sweeping the country at the head of Sheep Creek. We had intended to reach Davids mill bysevening but owing to the unusually dry season, we were forced to go several miles without water, so when we came to first good water, we decided to camp for the night, rather than take chances of finding the next creek dry. We camped in a sort of park, surround: ed by trees, with mountains on all aides. ‘With the rop we had and some poles, we improvised a cor: ral for the horses, and picketed one, AN’S Filling Station GLYCERINE AND ALCOHOL TIRES AND ACCESSORIES VANS Filling Station McKinley and Yellowstone so in case the others did get-out, we would fave a saddle horse to round them up With. During the night a band of range horses came down by the camp and broke down our corral so that some of our horses got out with them but we found them with out much trou- ble the next morning. August 20, we made a short hike of about six miles to Davids mill The road led through timber all the way and the scenery was beautiful This, country was swept by # forest fire a few yeats ago and while the vegetation hag grown up again there is still very little game, and there are few fish in the streams here, On the way up we thought we had a sick horse but found out after Che Casper Sundap Cribyne 7 in PAGE FIVE Read the Ads If You Want All the News our own group we had seen since the second day out. After skirting the edge of the plains for ceveral miles, we crossed Little Medicine and turned back into the mountains and about 3 o'clock we reached Marshall's mill. ‘Them!l] was destroyed by fire sev- eral years ago and. there is noth- ing left of it except the sawdust pile and some parts of the burned machinery, There are several cabins that are used as summer homes by some Douglas people but nono -of them happened to be cecupied At this time. We found a fine camp site a little distance above the cabins, near a small stream of water. An old circul- ar saw gaye James a brilliant idea which resulted in a cook stove. The saw was laid on some large rocks, leaving a place in front for fuel and to furnish a draft, and the cracks were filled with mud. Some ten ad tisements which we found, fur rfal for a stove pipe, and the completed stove was very satis- We spent the next two days in this amp. Saturday moening @ man who had been fighting the forest fire above here offered to take two boys wards. he was only objecting to a rather tight cinch David's mill'is a very picturesqu place, on Box Elder creek. 1 mountains here had escaped the f and are heavily timbered. This tim ber was the home of many birds, which we had not seen before en tering the mountains. Beside the more common chickodees and juncos there were fine siskins, nuthatches, Rocky Mountain creepers and king lets. The mill has been abandoned for several years but there are several cabins in fairly good repair, the largest of them had a number of bunks built in it, and also contained @ range and table so we used it as our kitchen after cleaning it up and most of the boys slept in it, some of them chosing some of the smaller cabins, One hardy lad, (Jourgensen) made a@ lean to of edgings and slabs and spent the night outside We made good use of the stove and had quite a sumptuous dinner of beans, ham, ztew, hot biscuit and dried apples. It tasted a great deal better than it sounds. That evening it threatened to rain ®0 we got everything under oover, It only sprinkled a little and was the only rain we had during the entire trip. glad of this be cause wo had decided tents would be too heavy to take and so depend. ed on the tarpoulins for shelter in case of wet weather. We spent one day at David's mill some boys fivhed, going about six miles to Little Medicine and came in with a nice string of fish. Several of the smaller boys found an old lumber truck on its steel rails and it furnished them with a good deal of amusement. Yashio found the squirrels furnished good hunting. The horses had a good pasture here and were kept tn by a rather delapidated fence. During the early part of the night rome of them. got out and came down near the cabins. It was a cold night (below freezing) and the horse wranglers did not en: joy leaving their warm beds.so they made short work of getting the horses back to thelr pasture. The pack rats had evidently noti- fled all their relatives of our arrival and t <ept up a lively running through the eabins all night but did not carry anything away. The camp was the scene of great activity the next morning as we pre- pared to break camp. The cooks bak- ed a lot of biscuits as they did not expect to find another oven, and cooked what game we had so we could pack it more easily. The horse wranglers brought up the horses and in a shert time they were saddled and pasked and our train was under way, The first part of this nine mile hike was through some as beautiful country as I have ever seen, There were large grassy parks surrounded by tall evergreens and in all directions we seemed to be shut in by rock mountain peaks. Just before leaving these parks we stopped at a spring in a park be- low a deserted cabin for a few min utes rent, as wewwvere not sure how far {t was to next water. . The next few miles brought us out on the edge of the Laramie plains which seemed to us an endless sea of sage brush. To the south we coul see the tops of the Snowy Range mountains about 85 miles away and still farther to the west, Elk Moun: tain stood out clearly against the horizon. Near Little Medicine we passed a sheep herder with a band of sheep. He was the second person outside to Marshall portoffice, 18 miles away. Some items of food were getting low so this gave us a chance to restock and so We sent James and Philip to buy what we needed This man told us it had snowed there while we were at Dayid's mill, whioh accounted for the Tow temper ature. ‘The horse wranglers reported that three horses were missing this morn- ng, so immediately after breakfast Dorton and also Scoutmaster Good- rich set out to hunt them, The rest of us spent the day in various ways, a few boys went down to Little Med- icine to fish, some went bathing and almost every one took a turn at the laundry tub, which was a square gasoline can we had found at the mill. By evening the trees were fes- tooned with garments of various hues owing to the fact that some of the boys believed tn saving time and boiled all their clothes together, so that the B. V. D's and handkerchiefs were about the same shade as the overalls and socks. T have often won- dered what their mothers thought of the garments they brought home, which had endured several such tub- ings. About 6 o'clock the horse hunters came in without the horses’ and said they had not been able to find a trace of them. This news caused a very gloomy feeling among us. The loss of three horses was a catas. trophe, it meant double loads for the remaining three with prospect of having to leave some of our outfit behind, Worst of all, the horses were not ours so we felt doubly respon- sible for them, although we felt sure they were headed for home, After a long discussion of the sit- uation, which only succeeded in mak- Ing it reem worse we heard some one coming up the trail, and a boy rode up, driving our three truants and carryfng their hobbles. In spite of being hobbled they had gone about five miles towards Careyhurst and at Cold Springs were picked up by this boys, news of our loss having reach- ed him from the fire fighter who vis: {ted ofr camp that morning. Perhaps you tan imagine what an enthusiastic welcome he received. \A closer watch was kept over the horses so that this experience would not be repeated. We had a late breakfast Sunday and observed the day with a short service led by Rev. wards. The boys were given the rest of the day to do as they Uked. Rey. Ed wards, who was nursing a very pain-’ ful case of sunburn and the two boys who had hunted the horses stayed in camp. These boys had ‘ridden bare- back al] day Saturday so you can imagine why they chose to rest, “There were a great many camp robbers (Rocky Mountain jays) around camp and their inquisitive- ness afforded us much intertain- ment. They would fly down when we were eating and come within reach; hunting scraps of food. 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Some of the trees were so large and felled #0 neatly that it seemed hardiy pogsible it was the work Of animals, Yashio j had never seen’ the work of beaver ing the gorge. Some of them got aa far down as the falls, a distance of about twq mils and 8 possfble only beca’ ely low water o'clock, and at once unloaded and unsaddled the horses, They seemed ize their trip was over, and like colts whenethey were ed loose. ; One interesting fe After everyth was unpacked, We managed to get some g before and found it hard to believe} gorge was th the b l enjoyed the swimming snap shots of them as they could be] they were such clever workmen Riis esa ech they ware hots maiad ater easily approached. The cooks hnd| We picketed most of the horses so|the dipper or water hese are r the trip. been experimenting with the Dutch] that we did not have to spend any| found only in ¢ of It do not think Why one really oven and gave us some excellent | time rounding them up and got an] North Ame aA, A f the t this first time in doors, for cornbread for our dinner which they | early start Tu y morning most int 4 re two weeks of , out door life, bad bake in it. We were now in open country, | life. They spend lives ven the open cabins "seemed close. We had a council fire in the eve-|having left the timber at Coid| the rapid streams of the mountain Sat we. sorted over the equip- ning and sat around t, telling stories | Springs. making their nest moss on th ner things ready to take till bed time, spending a very pleas-| Huge granite boulders, several | rocks above the water and seem to ext day. By this time ant evening. hundred feet high, stood out promi-| prefer those near rap were about exhausted August 25 found us ready to move | enent on this treeless land scape and | Placese. We saw two meals were rather again. Our ponies had to be repacked | Were in view all day th were al ariety and rebalanced, for some our sup. We could see smoke rising back of | reach them 1 of the boys’ parents came plies had diminished more rapidly] us as if the fire might be starting | webbed feet, vet inday to us back and than others, making @ general rehr-] up again. By noon we had reached | either on very thoughtfully ught a com- rangement necessary. the head of La Prele gorge, where| most (if not all) plete dinner with them including The personal packs were alsc light- | we made camp. As soon as camp was | the bed of the stream er for long before this every one| made, the boys enjoyed a swim tn a/an entire obse b \ oda had cast a very critical eye over his| pool they found below a little wa ever saw © leave a surprise possessions, with tho result that | below in the gorge. It was really s r r t on w at many of the heavier articles had ing how qu we felt a | the n } the ent t ipleasant in- been surreptituously smuggled in to] after halting, particularly the boys. | w! wn t particu eres king back, the bed rolls, A rest of half an hour seemed to | !ng, prairi n them and By 10:30 we were once more on| fully restore their vitality, judging | country ant features the march, we had an old wagon|from the antics they performed| At noon a stream, cation was road to follow and it was very easy | every ‘evening. where there ne shade and had or illness walking, being all down hill. The Yashio had become our en- | @ lunch of graha. k and milk eded our first. dust was almost ankle deep in places,|thusiastic fisher, Although he h we bought f ich neark i t tered heels, caused both from lack of rain and| never done any trout fishing, bef Durlng t ternoon we stopped| We wa thank all ‘those who heat from the forest fire. he never failed to make a good ca at ing wl old | helped make our trip a success and At Cold Springs, we saw some of| even when the rest of the boys fail-| blook house « old] hope that a trip/of this kind may the destruction wrought by this fire,|ed. He at once set off down the| Fetterman Rocl aph| become an annual pilgrimage for whole mountain sides absolutely | gorge to try his luck, excited by the| line, but noth i butld- | Troop N stripped of any vegetation. In places | large fish tve could see in the stream | {ng now In Troop No. 2's window tha the dead trees with their bare|near camp, The La ¥ Re i c count of ht Hardware store on Cen- branches were standing like black | about four miles long, we were tc two small stream t th ave /endeavorednin ghosts. The contrast of the opposite} and except for a |short. distance is|ed to “find wat So we} depict in miniature a scene from hill side, green with growing timber, | almost impassable on account of tl longer | camp life as we lived it on the hike, made these barren spaces look even | steep rock walls which rise for h of the actual work was done by more desolate. I do not,think any | dreds of feet above the creek the scouts themselves, under the sus one after seeing such a scene, would|are almost perpendicular, in and althc w pervision of the scoutmaster ever take the slightest chance of be- | evenoverhanging the creek bs ood site ac — ing responsible for such destruction. | the pools creek seem stop where we were 2 Classified Ad for results At Cold Springs we recefved the] worn out of boulders, though Friday saw us on way to’Camp | only mail we had during the trip,| were low water, these pools were | Carey. The prairie we crossed during | Some of the boys took this opportu-| very deep. They were so clear we | the morning had evidently been elth In Addition to nity to have their boots repegged. could see many large trout in them Indian camping or battle EXPERT BODY WORK. About four miles from Cold} but the clearness of the water made for we picked up many WING Springs we struck the La Prele and|fisHing very difficult.) Yashio sun. of broken at, and a w within city limits camped there for the night. Assiet-| plied us with enough ‘trout for a| arrow head®. ant Sooutmaster Goodrich left us|couple of m and these fish were| Coming down over the lower range here, going in to Douglas with the|the largest caught during the trip.|of hills, we followed an old govern shell Le AND mail carried from Cold Springs. We] Wednesday, August 25, was spent|ment logging trail, which has not 7 HOP discovered some hugee beaver dams|/in this camp. The boys spent the | been used for years W. 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