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A ' ' Hoie-in-the-Ground
Riley Home's Home in the Canyon of Owyhee
It wan the privilege of the writer
to enjoy a vlhlt to the "N-har-N"
lunch, familiarly known to the boy
of the range a tho "Hole In the
tlrounil," recently. While the latter
title In suggestive. It hardly does the
place Juiitice. And yet, when rom
pared with the towering mountain
Ic views of the ruiirh. In the rapidly
approaching distance, with Its green
fields, corrals, stables, orchard anil
iirmi' of glunt Uiniburdles which
shelter and obscure the home In Its
garden of rosea until one -a right at
the door.
Safely arrived, the gueata are cor-
and scores of mile of aagehruah des
rt ky which It la aurrounded on all
sides. It aeema hut a mere hole in
the ground, although a generous sec
tion of 11 treinendnuaiy big, and a
raggedly, ruggedly, awfully grand
canyon, a monster crevice In the
earth's surface, a crevice that Indi
cates frightful convulsions during the
world's formative period.
After thirty mllea of aagebrush, the
effect of the first view of that can
yon la beyond the wrlter'a power of
description. Aa the car glides up to
the brink of that chasm and stops
and there are few drlvera who will
take the plunge over the brink with
out stopping to consider the possi
bilities of getting aafely down and
out again -a wonderful panorama la
presented to view of the fortunate be
holder. Rugged craga, majestic
cliffs and weird formations of many
hues and colors, with fertile valleys
and the Owyhee river, a silvery rib
bon edged with emerald green, far
below, with majestic mountains tow-'
ring over all, combine to form a pic
ture not soon to be forgotten.
Coming hack to earth, the traveler
Is confronted with the problem of
getting to the bottom of It all, twelve
hundred feet below. Venturesome,
Indeed, would be the driver, who
without acquaintance with the road
and the knowledge that another car
Hull) greeted by lllley and Mrs
Home .ni.l their two fine children
witli truety western hospitality It
la a good place to be, down there at
the "Hole In the Oroand," a place
where still linger the poetry and ro
mance of early days In the weat.
Twenty-five years ago a sturdy lad
Just entering his twenties, a young
trapper who had wandered over much
of Washington, Oregon, California
and Arltona In quest of pelts, with
two beaver traps, his wordly poss
essions, slung over his shoulder,
climbed down Into this "hole" and
made his camp.
Being a keen observer, he gated at
that pleaiunt prospect with a vls'on
that peered far Into the future, lie
saw, as in a dream, those sagebrush
flats transformed Into fertile fields.
with rattle and horses grating on
deaert and hilt.
That trapper lad waa Riley Home,
and ti dreams of a quarter of cen
tury ago have come true. He now
owns a senior of land In that can
yon and hundreds of acrea In other
near-by places, and his horses and
cattle, by hundreds and hundreds,
grate on desert and hill
Out lund and horses and cattle are
not all that Riley has accumulated,
hla collection of curios und relics be-j
ing well known and many of them I
loaned for exhibition purposes. Hla
carried this rule whs driven to bay
h the redskin . .1 night preud bsi
mantle o'er the hills. Confident 01
heir victim, the pursuers retired for
the night, renewing their .ittnck at
1'renk of dnv. At the tir t ho
the lieselged the Indians rush d
loiwurd, mil) to meet n volley Which
threw them into pane and rout. Tli
Indians said afterward that they had
made a mistake "Him loaded gun all
night "
Across the Owyhee and eight hun
dred feet above the "N-har-N" Is the
lllnehnrt ranch, Hie scene of many
stirring events during the Indian
troubles of the early days. At this
place occurred nn unrecorded massa
-'. 01, - iimr Jllilt. v nil low)
were and how thev came to this nut-'
i
have the opportunity of listening to
the atorles and anecdotes of the lite
und experiences of such Interesting
pioneers, and twice fortunate Is he
who meets them nt the home of lllley
Home, In the "Hole In the Ground "
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JORDAN VAI.I.KV.
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Itiley Home went to Ontario Thurs
day morning to arrange for fattening
his big steer, which Is expected lo
hnat the world's record for site and
weight.
Charles Harding, who left here last
week to Join the Idaho militia, pass
ed the examination with a grade of
nf-the-way place, difficult of access, 0 percent,
even today, will never be known, but Ous Axcuenaga left here Wednes
that It was an emigrant party la de- day morning for Murphy, where he la
monstrated by the remnants of wag-loading five cars of sheep for the
ona, arms, Implements, etc., that have Chicago market, to which point he
been found, with bones of the vle
tiuis. In a crevice In the earth. Mr.
Home has a bub and parta of the
felloes of a wagon wheel, one of the
spokes being wedged Into its place
with a piece of homespun
There were, also, relics of
equipment in this crevice.
Did these pioneers lose their way
and wander onto this little flat,
guarded by preclpltoua mountain on
two aides and by a sheer precipice of
eight hundred feet along the river,
or were they lured to their fate by
Indian treachery
Mr. Home's mother, of Portland.
Is spending the summer with her son
and his family at the "N-bar-N" Mrs.
Home Is a charming lady, ereJot,
will accompany the shipment
iih;h MUM atti.k.
F. J. Calmer has purchased eighty
and Harry Li v thlrtv head of
ILnen rows and calves for their ranches In
Indian this vallev. The cows are rosn and
red durliams, well bred and are a
valuable addition to the llveatock of
the valley.
Ceoll Palmer. Kd Miller and Wal
ter Luoney left for Caldwell yester
day to drive the cattle home.
DITCH RK.I'AlllriD.
Jack Healon, superintendent for
Maney Bros., on the Antelope reser
voir work, states that the flood wat
ers of Jordan creek arc now running
alert and keen of Intellect at the age, through the big canal Into the reser
of eighty-three, who crossed the voir. The ditch has been widened
had made the plunge, would send his '"illictlon of ancient firearms is hlgh-
plains by ox-team transportation,
'way back In '47. Some of her Im
mediate relatives were members of
the famous "Blue Bucket" train that
penetrated to the coast a year or two
prior to that time. The party with
which Mrs Home's people traveled
machine over that cliff. The road
Is perfectly sate for the careful drn
er, however, and the glide la thrill
Ingly exhlllratlng as the big touring
car goes swiftly down and round and
up and over, skirting the edgea of
"with narrow margin, responding
promptly and faithfully to every
movement of the wheel and the
slightest pressure on pedal to alack
or speed ahead.
Krom the start down it la five
miles to the ranch, the road clinging
to the face of the cliff and winding
In and out with the contour of the
canyon, affordlug frequent puuorum-
camped on the site where Boise now
stands, then but a military pott. They
croaaed the Hnake river twice, caulk
ing their wagou boxes, and using
them aa boats to carry the women
and children and their goods and
supplies
In the place where trouble has oc
curred, giving a perfect bottom und
stronger hanks. More widening will
be done and the canal will be In fine
shape for filling Hie big reservoir
next season. There, la an abund
ance of water In atore for all pur
poses this year.
I- prlted, uhd his fund of historical
' cdmes In connection there with
nleasely Interesting to the visitor.
CfcMM or his prises In title col
let! Ion g the rifle that waa carried
!y "Cheeko." the Indian guide, when
he piloted the dauntleaa Freemout
through the mountains to the coast.
This gun waa purchased of Cheeko's
l.imlly. after much persuasion, by a Mtsllng. nearly everything belug re-. provement of these roads It Is now
frit mi for Hlley'a collection, and g , covered by prompt pursuit Not a I up to Malheur to look after this end
authentic. Another prlte Is a relic member of the party was lost during of the line. The Oregon part of the
or th! Mexican war, In which Rlleys"le ,on ,rlP Dom the Mississippi to road, however, Is In much letter con
father fought. Yet another Is one ,,,e Willamette, where the pioneers dlllon than the Idaho end. thanks
The Caldwell Commercial club la
endeavoring to have a state highway
made of the Jordan valley road to
the state line. The Homedale peo
ple have been working on this pro-
Thls party had no trouble with the , position for some time and have a
Indiana beyond pilfering and cattle highway llstrlct organltel for the 1
in
of the first repeating rifles the In- '"oatea.
dla ns ran up against. The man who' Fortunate, Indeed, are those who
Bulletin fo. 0
Suppose this was Your Business!
If the Government had asked you to invest your money in a plant to supply
Government needs; and after tlie plant was built, and had become useful for no
other purpose, the Government built a plant of its own, making your plant
useless and your investment valueless would that seem fair ?
That is precisely what Congress is planning for the Government to do with reference
to our investment of $7,000,000 in an armor plant.
Reporting to Congress, Hon. H. A. Herbert, then Secretary of the Nary, said December 31, 1896:
"The two armor contractors, the Bethlehem Iron Company and the Carnegie Steel
Company, both entered upon the business at the requeat of the Navy Department."
Ii it wise is it fair for the Government to destroy a private industry brought into existence
to serve the Government, unless for reasons of compelling force? To show that no such reasons
exist, we make this offer io the United States Gevernment:
The Bethlehem Steel Company will manufacture armor plate for the
Government of the United States at actual cost of operation plus such
charges for overhead expense, interest, and depreciation as the Federal
Trade Commission may fix. We will do this for such period aa the
Government may designate.
Isn't that fair? The question is now before the United States Senate.
to the road supervisor, hut there are
bridges, culverts and other work
needed which the supervisor has not
the means to do.
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l From the Journal.)
A series of runaway accidents oc
curred In Nyssn and vicinity this
with bad results, although
fortunately no. serious Injuries re
sulted. Johnny Lackey was the worst suf
ferer. He was loading hay, being on
top of the load, when without any
apparent cause h.s team started to
run Johnny was taken unawares
and fell between the horses and the
wagon, the wheels of which passed
over his head and breast, breaking
his Jaw and bruising his body severe
ly Ills scalp was badly torn and
his face lacerated and one hand mash
ed. Dr. Baratln was sent for Im
mediately and hurried to the Injured
man's relief. He statea that while
Johnny's injuries are serious and
necessarily painful he will undoubt
erly make a quick recovery.
A team attached to a cultivator and
driven by Everett Host Irk ran away
Thursday and In the mlxup the young
man sustained a broken leg when
the cultivator tipped over and Bos
tlck was caught underneath. Dr.
Baratln reduced the fracture and re
ports the patient doing well.
While Frank Ward was driving
home Wednesday evening his horses
took fright at a paaslng auto and ran
Into a fence, where they kicked the
buggy to pieces. Frauk escaped In
jury by making a new record for
iuick Jumping.
The most thrilling runaway of all,
hut which luckily had no had results,
occurred last Saturday when a team
attached to a buggy In which were
Mrs. II K. Sherwood and two small
children took fright on Main street
and started down the street at dan
gerous speed. They run directly for
the Wilson ditch and spectators held
their breath, powerless to help und
dreading to witness the tragedy that
seemed unavoidable. When almost
at- the brink the team swerved and
aafely crossed the narrow bridge. So
near did they come to disaster at this
point that onlookers say that two
wheels of the buggy were suspended
when the turn was made.' Mrs. Sher
wood plucklly held lo the lines and
n brought the team under control.
Most women are admired (of what
the) are. and not for whut their an
cestors were I. el., re them It is not
ulwii)-. 0 ol men
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Judge Dallou Biggs cutue ner
from Ontario the latter part of last
week to spend the Fourth of July
with relative und friends In th
He wan urconiDHoled bv Mrs niirirs
and two of their children. Miss iienu
Biggs, his slater, and Miss Helen
Biggs, daughter of J W Biggs of this
city. Judge Biggs delivered the 4th
of July oration
Duncan Mcllae, the old time stock
man of Riverside, came In on the af
ternoon of the 4th and surprised his
many friends in this city Mrs Mc
llae and the son also came and they
had a fine time with their old rrlends
Duncan says Burns has uot changed
except to get bigger and better In
some respects (the place Is dry you
know) but he finds the people the
mvuI of hospitality They were tak
' ii Into homes and made welcome
Duncan always rinds a hearyt greet
ing wherever he goes In the Eastern
Oregon country and his friends find
the same greeting when they meet
him' In his own home.
Mr and Mrs Walter (llenn have
been over from Malheur county this
weak guests at the I. 11 Holland
home. Mr. Gleun is bu)iiiK horses
in this section and Mrs. Glenn came
over with him.
Ol IUM I.K.I VF. Kilt I ItO.N'T.
The National Ouurd of Idaho Is off
for the border, where, they will he
stationed somewhere in Arizona. At
present wur seems remote, and the
hoys are doubtless in for a seasou of
life In barracks in a hoi cllmute Mill
if they should he called for more
strenuous duty they will be found
ready.
Nyssu is well represented iu the
regiuieut, ut least sewn Itoys from
here having Joined the colors Fol
lowing Is the honor rell: Chester
Dunn. Ruck Teltsort, Wallace Lynch.
William Morey, Dave t'anham, Claud
Smith and Jupe Andei
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Bethlehem Steel Company
This Mexican muddle is working a
genuine hardship in the public prints
on the political candidates. But,
then, it is some relief even at that.
Al TO OQtsUBM WITH HOHSK.
A distressing accident .iccuu.d
uear Nyssa last Saturday morning Iu
which u fine young mare lielunglug
to A. Erviiiglon was struck by an
automobile an injured so that It had
to be killed. Mr Ervingtou wuh
driving to town and leadiug the mure
tied to the back eud of the hack
When near the Howsley residence
Mr. Krvlngioii was overtakeu by an
auto which frightened the aiiiiuul
which swung out in front of the ma
chine Just as It was passing, break
ing the mare's hind leg in two place:.
and throwing her to the ground The
accident frightened the team, which
turned suddenly, upsetting the hack
and burying the occupants, Mr Krv
liigton and II I-' Drown, underneath
No serious injury was sustained by
either, but Mr Erviugtou received u
number of painful bruises.
the
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etter
pictures!
The muu who respects fhe rights
of others experiences little dirriuulty
In securing the consideration due
himself, but the wolf generally gets
his due.
Millionaires and paupers are rub
bing elbows at the front. War Is a
great leveler of caste.