Marshall County News from Marysville, Kansas • 15

7B MARSHALL COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Tax Exempt Motor Fuels To Be Dyed By State After January 1 THE JAYHAWKERS OF DEATH VALLEY By JOHN G. ELLENBECKER higher inhospitable Sierras. This was even a happy luck. Their condition became more deplorable every day. Some had hardly any provisions left; the cattle were unable to draw the almost empty wagons because they suffered from both the lack of grass and water.

The people who had to walk most of the time also were becoming weak. They were all worried and perplexed if not completely panic-stricken. No one of their number could help them. No one could tell Ambulance Service L. RICE AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR and Sunday 148 Established 1899 GUY LICENSED EMBALMER PHONES: Night Store thieves.

Tbe Jayhawkers still had a few horses left. The Desert Begins While going over the next hills it became noticeable that the grass was I shorter and scarcer, and the ground mere barren. Also the water was Funeral Home 806 Broadway, Marysville, Kansas dye to color 50 gallons. Each of the approximately 7,000 gasoline dealers in Kansas shall requisition the estimated amount cf dye for the following month's exempt sales. These requisitions will be made on forms supplied by the department of inspections and registration.

By comparing each dealer's requisitions with the report submitted for tax exemptions, it can be determined in advance of the dealers' monthly tax exemption soles reports approximately the total amount of exempt sales. Since no tax exempt gasoline can be sold without the dye, the system will serve to check the tax exempt sales and will also serve as a ready indicator of those few unscrupulous dealers who are chiseling. All tax exempt motor fuels sold in Kansas after next January 1 will be dyed, according to J. L. Grimes, director of the department of, inspections and registration.

The dye will give the gasoline sold for use in agricultural machinery, a distinctive mahogany color. No motor fuel other than that sold tax exempt will be so colored. The department of inspections and registration will have on hand December 20 a sufficient quantity of dye to begin distribution to the licensed dealers in the state. The dye will be in powder form, packed in envelopes, and is obtainable in one-gram and five-gram envelopes. The one-gram envelopes will contain enough dye to color ten gallons of gasoline; the five-gram envelope will contain enough Qi IP .....149 J.

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DRS. CAUBLE CAUBLE CHIROPRACTORS Marysville, Kans. Phone 401 Both acute and chronic conditions Build resistance to colds House Calls Day or Night ifirCa Kansas mme so Topeka, Aiy children THOUGHTFUL TELEPHONE MB From Mount Misery To Death Valley CHAPTER VII Nevada Landscape. From Mount Misery westward was a splendid view for a long ways. The country looked like a vast prairie, fertile and fruitful.

Although rolling, the grades were not bad. We know now that it was over 200 miles from Mount Misery to Death Valley across Nevada and not a white settler in all that country. At first these emigrants crossed tnree valleys, each about thirty miles wide between the highest points of the dividing up lands. They were: Santa Clara or Vegas river valley, just west of Mount Misery. Muddy river valley and Pahranagat river valley.

The first two rivers emptied into the Virgin river far to the" south and the third had no outlet. They all flowed southward and hence at right angle to the line of travel by these people. The slopes were not great except the east bank of the Vegas river at Mount Misery where the declivity was wood ed and perhaps 1,000 feet. There was really no trail. They knew that California lay to the weit and in that direction they moved.

They drove away from the morning sun and toward the setting run. Those pioneers did not need, nor did they wait for a trail marker to move. They hitched up and moved. While we might think they just trusted to luck that would be far from the truth. They had scouting parties ahead and on the sides wno ranged far hunting game, water, camping places and especially souiu out the most leasable course.

In this search for a trail they were assisted by good field glasses and from the highest elevations attainable they gazed over the country and sought a course that was the most feasable, had water and tended westward. A sort of meeting was held at or near Mount Misery camp and a loose organization formed at which James Martin of Mississippi was elected captain; but this organization was never seriously regarded. Across the Santa Clara or Vegas Valley The Jayhawkeis were the first to renew their march from Mount Misery That was about the 9th of November. They had with their axe brigade cleared a road way through the juniper trees and otherwise improved the downward canon and declivity on the west slope of this mountain. And in a few days the other people with their seven wagons (or more) followed in the road the Jayhawkers had made.

Since these found the trail ready, they made better progress; and in three days caught up with the vanguard and they all camped that one night together. They were now in a fairly level country with plenty of grass for the oxen and streams and springs with good water, and all were in good humor and high spirits; and some told by how many days they would beat their more timid friends with Hunt into California. The camp circles were places of joy and merriment followed by nights of restful sleep. The food shortage, though observed by some, was generally unnoticed. The hunters found much game especially rabbits this country was alive with bunnies.

And as they believed the whole journey would be blessed by water, grass and game, contentment ruled. The boys with violins buoyed up by the prevailing good feel ing made plenty of sweet music each night and while the more sedate gave voice only to old familiar songs, the younger people gave themselves to merry dancing. J. W. Brier, in his Grizzly Bear article says that forty wagons at Mount Misery continued over the Owen's Lake cutoff, and only sixty odd wagons turned beak to join Capt.

Hunt. I have found no way to harmonize Manly's and Brier's statements on this point. Manly, however, never mentioned any number of wagons used by the Martin-Town group, just as if they rode with the Jayhawkers. And yet he tells of the Martin-Town group abandoning their wagons. I am inclined to believe J.

W. Brier, is correct. Muddy River Valley The camp where they were all together at the close of the third day was at the edge of the hills west of Vegas valley. Only one thing marred the harmony there. The Jayhawkeis said their map directed them to go northward, but Manly declared that going north, they would go back to Salt Lake City.

But the Jayhawkeis went north apparently around the dividing hills only while the Bennett-Manly group and others went directly over the hills westward into the Muddy river valley. But in a day or so they were all on the same trail again and the Jayhawkers in the lead as usual. In the Muddy valley there was also good grass, some of it was two feet tall ind had seeds on it like broom grass. It looked like grain There wore Iniians living through all country These Indians gathered this grass with seeds and made t.t it like hay and the l.ugc areas of thi: grass thin harvested, looked like shock fields. It was easily threshed but the travelers took none of this grasH seed, as they considered that it would be taking the Indians' food.

In the lower parts of the Muddy valley were large patches of corn. One nibt the camp was made in this corn and the cattle had a nood feed on coin fodder. Of course, the corn had been gntheied by the Indians. The next nifcht they camped near the hills west, of Muddy valley. Here the Indians early the next morning ran off two riding horses und the burro into the hills, and the homes were never recovered.

TIiohc red men were not as scrupulous as their white visitors had been about the grass seed. They even taunted the travelers with lnaults, In a hopolea pursuit of the them where they were, or how far they had to go to get relief, nor which way to go so as not to die of thirst. They bad only a vague belief that California lay to the west beyond those mountains, and thither they bent their way with all the strength that yet remained in them. The Groups Separate Again After Manly's report the gloom of that camp grew more profound. Men resolved to travel faster and looked more serious; and the women and children pitiously cried.

But in spite of Manly's warning, the Jayhawkers led by Doty, Haynes and Martin started out from the lake camp due westward across that forbidding waste. The Bennett-Manly group steered southwest toward the snowy mountains. Tnis was the Tempahute range. Here the elderly men, Culverwell, Fish, Gould and Isham. joined those bearing southwest, for they feared they could not keep up with the Jayhawkers.

Bennett and his group had much of an up hill pull but by night they reriehpd water and traveling fllonp the foot of this rang; daily found i water, though the grass was poor, But the fatigue of the cattle increased and food and grass grew scarcer. The men contented themselves witn the meat from the poor oxen so that the rice, flour, tea and coffee might be husbanded for the women and children. The Jayhawkers took as much water from the lake as their few canteens and kegs would hold, and using this sparingly for the people, it lasted scarcely two days. They traveled westward as fast as they could for five days and found not a drop of water on that desert they were hurrying over. They suffered terribly.

A gnawing hunger was added to a burning thirst. The chances for these poor wanderers looked gloomy indeed. Those snow covered mountains to the west towards which they were traveling seemed, as far away as ever; and no show to find water for which people and beasts were sighing. The cattle were so weak that with all the goading possible they moved only slowly. The poor brutes were about fagged five days without water or At this camp Martin and his people were completely panic-stricken.

They unyoked their oxen and left their wagons and most of their luggage and packing a few of their belongings and provisions on their own backs and those of their tired oxen, and driving these ahead of them, headed i southwestward towards the Timpa- hutes towards which Bennett and the others had steered five days before. They Reached water at the of the mountains at the end of this day, and although suffering much from lack of water and feed, did not fare quite as badly as did the other Jay-haWkcrs farther to the north, v. ho had traveled due westward. Martin's gioup still had considerable flour and rice, but the Jayhawkeis were almost out of flour. Haynes and Doty and the other Jayhawkers bravely struggled westward another day and made their sixth dry, camp, hopeless and completely fagged.

Some thought they could not endure the suffering until the next morning. Though Doty and Haynes bore up manfully many were prostrate with pain and exhaustion due to hunger and thirst. And their pool cattle crowded around the men with heads low, and hollow eyed r.s if they actually begged them for something to drink and to eat. The suffering in the Jayhawker camp after that sixth day was awfui. They had had no water for three days and nights.

Their tongues were so swelled and lips and throats so dry and parcned they could not speak nor swallow. They might chew a mouthful of meat, but there was not enough moisture in the body to make the saliva flow, and so they had to eject the meat after it had been chewed. They were in such agony that they could not sleep. (To be continued) LONE YAM. NEWS Mrs.

Rindert Jurgens sawed wood last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hofeling and daughter, Norma, called at the home of Mrs. Jno.

Hofeling and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Downie. Mr.

and Mrs. George Fossenberger spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Harm Jurgens. I Mr.

and Mrs. Harm Ehnen and family were visitors at the home of Mrs. Elsie Ubben and family and Frank Pollman. John Lieneman called at the Andrew Saathoff home. Mr.

and Mrs. John Jurgens and family visited with Mrs. Rindert Jurgens and sons. Mrs. Hei Saathoff spent several days with her mother, Mrs.

Maria Ubben and Fannie Rieman. Ben Behrends was among those who attended a pinochle paity at the Anton Tjaden home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Downie and Mrs. Jno. Hofeling spent Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Lieneman and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Harm Jurgens visited with Mr. and Mis. George Pollman and family.

i Mr. and Mrs. George Fossenberger were Sunday afternoon callers at the Herman Smidt home. Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Hofeling and son, Wayne spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schrollcr and family. Mr.

and Mrs. George Pollman and family spent Sunday with Mm. R. Jurgens. Mr.

and Mrs. John Licnemann and family were Saturduy evening callers at the Harm Saathoff home. I Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Downio spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. I Harm Jurgens, .1 iitv i scarcer and the springs more infrequent. Those vho scouted on the sides ranged farther from the trail, and searched more seriously for water and camping places. They Find Indians Everywhere While crossing these hills Lew Wrest and other Jayhawkers ranged to the north.

In a canon they captured two Indians of the many seen. But one get away soon thereafter. They treat- ed the other Indian kindly and by signs asked him to show them where good water could be found. He led them a mile or so over the hills and thf-re shnwpd them the "Indian Wells." It was a flat rock 50 feet across with a hole in the middle that when not used to dip water from, was covered with another flat stone. They were going to keep this Indian for a guide.

They thought he could guide them to the rtail that led to Owen's Lake. And he found water and grass for them for several days. But one day after they had all drunk and filled their canteens, they forgot their "guide" who while pretending to be very thirsty and drank long, suddenly sprang up and dashed beyond reach and out of sight. This was much regretted. The Pahranagat River Valley Their journey now led them by a gentle descent down into the Pahranagat river valley or sinks.

This depression was wider and opened at the west into a vast triangular basin called Emigrant valley. The grass here was stili scarcer and finally substituted entirely by bitter short sage or nothing at all. There were no springs and the country was generally flat with vast half, dried-up lakes or dry basins all as white as, snow from the or alkali in the earth. The oxen soon failed and both people and I beasts suffered much from thirst, Between the lakes was an occasional and these buttes like the broken hills farther out were all barren and waterless and forbidding. Of course there was no more game of any kind, not even crows or hawks.

The food shortage was starring them all in the face now. Some advised I more haste lest tiiey might starve be-fore they got across this desert, and this extra cpeed broke down the cattle i even faster. Some had to begin i butchering cattle to provide food. Those dark barren hills and the glistening flats contrived to make dis- tances very deceiving. It w.is found that objects were really three and even four times as far away as they seemed to be.

Some days they were misled tantaliied by- mirages. Sometimes after driving faster for i hours to reach a clear lake and green grass, at sunset found themselves still in a pitiless, barren desert. So weak did the cattle become in a few days while driving over this barren country that they could no longci chaw the loads up a slight ascent, even if all people walked. So these pilgrims were compelled to throw away all but provisions and bare ne cessities. There were many mechanics among these people who had brought their tools.

Nearly all these tools by the way side. Asabel Bennett threw away a fine set of car-i penter tools for the Indians. Many had brought along cherished articles as books, furniture, etc. In a few days all such extras were left behind so as to lighten the loads for the failing teams. This was in the vicinity of the present town of Hiko, Nevada, about 1)0 milts west from Mount Misery.

It was now November 25. Some distance west of the Pahranagat river in the dry lake regions they all camped together again at the edge of a lake a mile wide. They had suffered tremenduously from thirst two days. The water in this lake was but one-half hvh deep. By digging shallow holes the water soon seeped in and they all quenched a burning thirst and relieved the poor cattle likewise.

But thcie was no grass for the oxen. Manly Scouts Manly had ranged far to the south that day and climbing the highest butte he encountered, with Arcane's field glass had examined the country far and near. He reached this lake camp after nine o'clock at night. They all crowded around him to hear what he had learned or concluded by way of piospects ahead. He dreaded to tell the panic-stricken crowd what he really thought of their situation.

Westward he could see he thought 100 miles and all wa3 the same if not more desolate, dry and barren than where they were now. To the 'eolith I a range of mountains began which. I ran he thought fifty miles westward and as there was snow in the higher gulches he decided that was the only place where they had any show to get water. For seveial days past the scouts and leaders, from the higher buttes, had discerned a snow c.oveivd mountain range over 100 miles to the west. And in this range was high peak and just north of that peak a low place In thHt remote range.

This range they thought was the last to cross and they called the low place "Martin's Pass" after James Martin, one of their captains. But that snowy range was the Pana-mint mountains west of Death Valley and the peak wns Telescope Peak in that range. But these poor pilg.ims! California, lay not just over those snowy mountains. They yet had to learn that they had to climb hnd cross many ranges before they beheld their longed for California. The Gloom Deepen P.v thifi time the Jayhawkeis and their fellow travelers were completely lost.

They did not know where they were hoi how far they were from California. Their dire need for water led some of them toward the snowy mountains to the southwest, or else they all would have borne toward the DR. L. L. POLAND Osteopathic Physician GENERAL PRACTICE Cases Country and Night Calls Office in White Bldg.

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