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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1889)
WEST SHORE. saddle unhurt the terrified brute went past him like a cyclone. Meanwhile Gomez had thrown his rope over a calf, and was in the act of getting out of his saddle to tie the calCs legs when the mother came dashing through the sago brush with a savage bellowing for her young. An the infuriated Wast rushed toward him, Gomez dropped the rope ami swung liis horse around, and the cow, finding both Gomez and Wright galloping toward her from the rear, (led, panic stricken, and her calf waif secured. Hy this time the others of the herd were a mile away with Chapman Hying after them. Anoth er calf wan run down and tied before its mother had sufficiently recovered from her fright to notice its ab sence. The three hunters then put their horses to a gallop to run down the remaining calf. A half hour's hard riding brought them up to the band again, but this time under vastly different choloric conditions. The cowb that had lost their calves were furious, and the one whose calf was with her was disposed to . i WV',y..f."'L .. vU. . Aa ' v. A OTKHN i llAKK .... light savagely. The calf was exhausted by the run and the cows were decidedly vicious. So, giving their horses a breathing space, the three hunters separated again, coming iiH.n the band from different piintn. As they approached cautiously, intending if KHiblo to stanijK'do the herd and ro the calf as it fell bt.. hind, one of the infuriated cows made a sidelong dash and in a twinkling Wright's long legs wero in the air and his horse lay kicking in the sage brush, while the cow was plunging away down the plain with the speed of an unlimited express. Chapman threw his on the calf, and as it Allowed, its mother turned UKn Chapman, who was forced to drop the rope to avoid a collision, which would have Wn certain death Finding her calf free the cow lied and was run away from the calf by Chapman and Gome,, while Wright, who had picked himself up Rd j'nto hig saddle again, followed, overtaking the calf, and throw ing another over it secured the last of the three One of the wagons was brought up and the calves loaded into it. Saddle horses wero again changed and the party moved the camp about twelve miles to a corral, where domestic cows were held awaiting their new charges. The following day was spent in a fruit less search for other buffaloes, but on the third day two other calves were captured, making in all five captives as the result of a ten days' hunt. Modoc county, California, has a good deal that is of popular interest clinging to it, having been the scat of that unfortunate Indian outbreak in 1871 known as the Modoc war. It is the most northeastern county in the state and measures about 100 miles east and west by sixty north and south. The lava beds occupy near ly the whole of the western part of the county at an altitude of about 4,000 feet above the sea. Goose lake, lying on the boundary between California and Oregon, is the largest body of water touching Modoc county and the North fork of Pit river flowing from that lake joins the South fork at Alturas, the county seat, and forms the most important water course of that section. The Hot Spring valley, along Pit river, is about fifty miles long and six miles wide. The tillable lands are confined to the river and creek bottoms where good crops are raised with ordinary cultivation. Big valley in the southeastern part is the most populous section of the county, having about 3,000 inhabitants. Goose Lake valley is a very fertile and well watered portion and the adjacent hills are thickly covered with valua ble timber. Surprise valley is the largest of North eastern California, embracing an area of about 300 square miles of as fertile land as is found in the state. A chain of alkali lakes extends through the eastern portion of the county. The climate of Modoc county is very healthful. The summers are pleasant and in winter time the fall of Bnow in the valleys rarely ex ceeds a foot in depth, and tho temperature is mild. On the farms all the cereals are cultivated with suc cess. Wheat and barley frequently yield as high ai sixty bushels to the acre. The heavy growth of clover and red top makes that country the stock raisers Uto pia. The two senators of tho new stato of Washington were born on tho snmo day of the same month, though Mr. Squire is five years older than Mr. Allen. 1Mb were volunteer soldiers in active service during the civil war, and did duty principally in Tennesse. Both men are lawyers by profession. In view of the way the Seattle Journal treated the confidence of Governor Ferry by printing his message before it was delivered, the action of President Harri on in writing his messago on a typo writer seems a wise and necessary precaution.