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A week-long blaze near Ruby Creek is finally checked, leaving ranchers, timber and a county bridge in ashes—and one firefighter carried ten miles to safety.
“Bert Harris was badly crushed by the falling of a burning tree. He was carried on a litter by his comrades for ten miles over a rough country to the lake.”
N. Wickstrom, a careful and sober tunnel foreman, was crushed by falling rock at Blueslide — on the same day a letter told him a long-awaited court judgment had come through.
“On the day of his death he had received a letter from his attorneys in Minneapolis, informing him that the supreme court of Minnesota had affirmed a judgment in his favor for the amount of $1,300.”
After months of hand drilling, a crew of more than 500 blows a heading through the Blueslide tunnel — while the railroad’s general manager limps on crutches after a freak construction accident.
“When the hole was made work was shut down and a general rejoicing and good time for the workmen followed.”
Eli Anderson, a shift boss on the tunnel, disappeared after a night of celebration. Months later, his body surfaced near Blueslide—and the mystery only deepened.
“The river was dragged and dynamite was used without effect. The men working on the tunnel have since dispersed and the mystery of his death will perhaps never be solved.”
Thomas Johnston was found dead near Blueslide in December 1908. A justice's inquest blamed exposure; his relatives demanded a second look, and a postmortem found no broken neck.
“It appeared at first from a hurried examination of his body that his neck was broken and there were several other bruises on his person, and this caused his relatives to believe that the old gentleman had met with foul play.”
Three hundred men, two shifts, and hand drilling only: the Idaho & Washington Northern blasts through Blueslide and sets its sights on Ione.
“Over 300 men, in two shifts, have been employed continuously on the job, and it is claimed that a record for building a tunnel (with hand drilling only) has been made.”
After a tragic hunting accident, six homesteaders carry a wounded youth nine miles through sleet and snow to reach medical help.
“At some points the route was so rough and steep that it was found necessary to tie Dunwoodie to the stretcher.”
When a touring car couldn't climb one of the worst grades in the district, Captain Stewart rigged a tackle to the steamer Spokane and hauled it up.
“She is probably the first and only steamboat that ever towed an automobile.”
After a forest fire burned School District 135's schoolhouse near Blueslide, the Idaho & Washington Northern laid track over the ashes without condemning the right-of-way. The district is still trying to get paid.
“The district asked $1000 damages, but received no attention until about a month ago, when it was offered $200, and now has been offered $500.”
Engineer Fleming platted Cady a quarter-mile from Blueslide, where a hotel, store and saloon are already rising—and more saloons are expected by spring.
“The new town will be known as Cady and already boasts of a saloon, operated by Mr. Cady.”
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