HomeMy Public PortalAboutCarrey, Tom and JeanieJeanie McLeary %aaaey
" (�ditoA'.j niilce: Ihi j .tom the tAu2 . i.. /e j ioArz o/ my lWe z aj told
to me the 4even yeaaj Ake .lard a4 an invav�irl and I nuked heA. ReA
qAeat featvA Jlivinq zuzj never r_vn -sited b been. sit pvvA health, and
I have izi.ed to put on papeA heA 9,zea.t je"e o f humoA, Faith, and
cowzage aj 4he .lived heA .li /e, which she Moved and enjoyed &Wttqh
a.l ita "haAd6hipj o f e.I dV Idaho pivneeAi.ng ". Ah/zq !a/zAey MegoAden
In DinguxzV, ROJAZ4e, Scotland, it tva4 Aat beanie 1".j m4 6o4n.
,lAizi_v.tng a,4 the :thi/z.teenfh child of flay ArLeacy - a Aeipected bmilll
o f Ai4 .Li the Scot iA vi.l aqe. being ,the Loca. meach n.t, a Ah4oa, and
0ea con o f i z e chat✓, ,.
Line a U chi.lda.en bona in Dank m U she ente zed into .the .binge houjcho.ld;
though being the 13t�, jAe urz4 a qi /t 4,,qom heaven iv iheie p- vteni4, who
a4awned e,ich neu altAiva. a Ue44inq unt, Aein cvmlolt.& Le home, 1.eit�e
kn(yu.t.ng that in eye /w tv come �eanie',j . i/e !ivu. d be that o f a 1.ivneeA
Torwn in .tlzAe laA of " .land o f tke United Statea off` AmeAica in .tine zugged
mounta.t_►z,j vl Idaho.
Ab,j.t o f .the McLeacy lawUy, of ctAi.ch the oldeA child zen weAe 9,Aa!n now,
we,ze o� L,1tge rAaMe and 4andy /,ai z complexi,in - but Meanie - they liquAe-'
wybe becau4e 4he w" acpu gen.tlr; ;'he , ajt o f ihei z childAen vaj very
ima.11 ;`o4 heA age; but /Oz one 4o tinny neveA had I�ay and A)ihez McLeuy
been Ue4 ,jed wi th such a bundle c,/ aciiv.i ty, She r: a4 ,zeaVy a 4 ve q
�i&Ue Uach- hai/ted gi/d wick Ain ljv , ai/t who. eaAned ;�uicldy io keep up
with. bnviheA Johnny in 4wipinq "hones;" j1wm Ae Fan&,q when their old
Pi.t ju� cook, wa jn't a &Aina. ye a, indeed, .i t wa4 r eanie uh . eli the
bee4aux on ate top 41ep o f the 4- aiA4 to z Fathe,;, a jui.ck J. ide down, enAVute
to chuac� in Aij Sunr&y juii. It .took gizeat undeAatand nq even jolt th.4
kind /atheA to undeAwtand heA jerz4e o f humoA ad he Oat There on Mite 1. oo z
on top it Ai4 4tove pir-e hat and h,i4 cut -awy tai. 4 j. igh;Uy torn.
HISTORIC ke &0_�0'4 I '4 -jmaV, Beanie ,wA a veAy heal y . tUe gi/zl -
.. FaMu2Led h.e.z mu4ic and .jchvo. itudi.ei veAy jeai.ouj. y, and ai .the age of
4,zxteen had accomp. Z4hed heA "hireA educes ti vn" and 9.Aadw red wits by vim.
Ai) 5e ae Scvtt.i A chi&Aen went tv jchoo� the yeaA aAVund, 4o ai a
DO NOT RED ' ! � Aacned and Aeadc tv go out it to the wvA,ld in a new . i /e-
mancy to to,, n .land a4 .Aei z bAVihelt4 and 4ijj eA4 6eloae sham.
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PAYETTE LAKES d9
PROGRESSIVE CLUB
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/3eing the younge4t in a lam4el o f iki teen certain y had i;td advantagej
to Meanie. She had a lot to choo .4e 1,zvm, ad by nzvv .she had b.,wae2,j and
4i4 Lea. in South Al i.ca, Au4;twiia, New Zealand, �outh Ame zica, �anada, and
the Unite ,d Sta,&1. Upon Aeadutg the Lettea4 home �aom each o f them, jAe
decided jAe would like to come to /baiaeal, Tcna8a, .to vi4i,,4 hea 61othell
there, uAo wa4 an electaicaL eng.i.nee/r, .then on dorm aclzoaj .the United Qa.tej
to A.L rue t4ue, New Mexico, Flo herz I a voiz ate b iw;lhea, Roddi.e. koddi.e, krf by
Ai4 time i j doing veAy wU in the 4heep 6ujine4 ,j, but had neverz malmi.ed.
Upon Yeanieza almivuL bAothe�z 2oddi.e made aaizangement4 10a a nice dz.nneiz
panty in honoa orl hiJ 4i4 eA I,4 aizai.val 1aom the old countay; with all Ai4
kzi.end4 Zi w4 a Lange a / /a.uz. YeanLe, in Ae2 very bea -t ru ll -Zed daej4,
found he,"eLl at the head o f Aij bmzutiluL .Long #r Ue and the centan o f
aitwction. To Ae�z d irm y the uzuUe2a liA4.t leaved jome odd - looking food
.ahe had nevea jeen be jone in hefz rzati.ee Scotland. "Mha. tm4 .jAe Ito do ?"
%hey had jezved cantaloupe Milled wi#A ice cubeA, and neve2 begone had jAe
4een ice cube4. Only a peaon ,`,zom a /oneign coun.tiy, placed among 4t4ange",
can imzgine he/z i,ight and embaaiza4ment at uhat tv do. Bret Leave i.t to thi4
Scotii.4h &4,6 to do 4ome ;wick thinking. She knew all the guedta weae eager
,w hem o f hen tAip aboaAd 4kip, .4o with a twink. e in hen eye, an.,- a tilt o f
herz przetiq black head, 4he be man a good .long otolzy about heA comi-ng acizvm.
Hen grzeat` gift, Aai o f convex. ,jat.z_vnaUdt wi;& a gaeai 4en4e o f humvR, IM4
.soon at .t t4 beet, but in beiveen 4he waj miching to .gee what ike4e people
dirt wi.,th the ice cubee. Dial they acaua.L y eat the4e thi rzg j that Looked Line
equaizee o f glaefe - how would you chew them? Yu4i ae .dhe had the whale
eke had Been ai eea coming up io epout, eke noticed the man next to heiz take
the ;- aong4 in an empty plgve and a.enove the ice cubed, then daft and peppea
.the melon; a.Cao jAe noticed he ate it with a epoon. R had woa.ked; now ehe
knee how to eat hen melon, eo dhe cut herz etoay ehorzt and pzoceeded ViA
pealed eaee and no embaaaa44meni. fleae and now .she Lealrzed hen /i ":
lejaon in a forzeign country iuith many wap eizange .to hen - hen gaeate4t
gift uxze io be able io talk /amt and yet �,atch what othe2e weize going -
Ae plzoceed.
6Uhile having a nice vi4i with helt blzothea, ehe tni.ed hen 41wt expeizi.ence
at and had .the w:jloAdune of getting bucked oll, and .the home kicking
hen in .the mouth hnocking all hen teeth bode. 6,zothe�z Boddie, h.vweven, 4aw
.to it that .dAe had the beep o f cane and a erjecial denti4i ,A,& msde heiz a
lovely eett o f plated, even eke could haze q tell .they weaen't hen velu nun.
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f=ed.ang he/a4d/ once again., she =4 anxious to get a job. Through
Pmi y connect.eon4 she w.4 now to go to rhtcagv, Minoi4p io have a
mvnde/c ul pi4iiion " 4ove/ane4,j of -the chi)Aen olthe Levi St/aaa144
�famii y; they weae mrza /actuae&j of nation id
-cue men ' ,j cloA ngm Levi
St/aaus,j Ove/aad Y'. On he/a a/ua,i.vral in Chicago 4h.e w4 met by Ae J anvUy
chaulleu/a and di zven tv a home that looked P Yean.ie Like a beauii�d
man,j ion; .it �oohed ;& �ean.ie 40 large that 4he ua" veay r Aighiened at .the
it ought vl enteA ng.
In D.tngtara.11, lamUie4 ju4t had the one cook io help -the mothe/a of a la/uge
hou,jeho, d. juch aj the on in uAi..ch jAe /ze"el j cvaj Iai -jec4 6.1 heae *ni.e
found heA4elf in the Stnaua home tvi;& a j;&# con jiiiing of a , iA4t cook,
2nd coon, up4taiA4 rnaid, doL"ta.uaa maid, butlea, and eke t" to be .the
noveaneaj to /U,'L cluange of Ae ch,t,ld/aen, in a jtnange count/ay and in a
veay large city too. She rruj jhoan -to a cheealul /zoom and told to unpack
and lAe4herz up, then &4. Staaajj r,ould be zeady to jee he/z. Afte- -4 a bath
and Ae4h aloih.ej, he/a ScottiJh vLuch began tv come back. She Y)a4 ju/ae she
could vlea4e the 1- anvUy, and hadn't many old count/ay gi1d4 come to Ame./r i.ca
to be nulwe4 olr goveltneljje4 to wea.Cthy Inmaip-4 because of their p/zopel
t/za.i.n.ing and good education.
Upon meeti 3 In"- 5t1rauj .4 .ihe a a4 Avon put at pe IAC- -4 ease; nevea. had 4he
met a moae p�eaxan.t and mv/ze gnaciouj .Cade. Re/i dutiee we/ze to have lull
c4a,zge o f .the chi&Aen and the.iA dai,Cr{ Routine. Mu- 5.t aul" exrCa.i.ned
.th.e 441 .she would not eat in the h -&hen with Ae Zejt of tote Jtalt but Pin
the /rejt o f the 1ami,ly in the dining avom iviA the clU.&Aen a4 ihecy enjoyed
having the ch,i ldaen dine with them. Among oAe/a dutie4, .she and to 4ee
that the cJr i,Cdaen',j ta6.Ce manne/w uxa/uranted dining /zoom et&juette.
Yean.ie'4 life at the St/wjuaj' W4 ruvnde/r /uh; jhe joon became aqua.inted and
clo4e j ziends wiiA the neat vl the rx , and .Covinq &U, da.en jhe =4 a
natural jva heA wo/th and .Coved each lacy. (yk. S:/raus,j ua4 a 6ajy nab, and
,jeldom h,ine except tv/a meals, ii jeemed to all the h.ou4eho�d help, 6ut li}a4-
St/rau4,j they all de aaly .loved. She had of cou/r4e a p/r,ivrate aearrr4ize44, who
dejlgned and made all he/a bcauti ju. clvthe4, and even had the cloikea she
Ul" tined o f made Pen lo/a ean.ie, oa. the i"t cook, •slt.o weae neaa hen in
,Ji ,5e. Condejuen#.Cy Yean.ie joon lvund he/wel/ a ve/act cud�44e44 young ladcy,
getting to weza wny d //e?ent jtyle4 of clo.th,ing, and d t/elzent to hen
na.ti.ve "WU4 ", and getting to go many place-4 of .intene.4t, a4 .the Stucco»
le y enjoyed taking the ch.i ldnen wheneve2 poj i ble. One of hen mojt ex-
ci t.i.ng dara =4 the /i"n jAcNvi a in rh,icago o� Ae "flight 8/zotheA4' ai4plane.
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�ean.ie6d now had me.-IL a nice Scotch. boy and a, #et many good i me4 iogeih.er
on het "days oll" dhe had accepted hi4 engagement ring. He c.!a4 a d4uggi4
and awned �eani.e he could provide rzell jot het when 4hen&a4 teadcr ;16
malty him.
fvety,ihung wiAin the Stw" houjeliold moved along .smoothly wifh a good
feeling o f coamde.,A.ip be&een .the lami.ly and the houjehold help, excpi Ivt
&. 5Lwajj, who now needed a vacaiion, Ayer much jamiZq di4cum.ivn, U
=4 decided Aecy ruvu& ;touA furore, ;&hi.ng. �eanie and Ae children aj /at
a4 Dingwall. �ean.ie now 6eing Ruch a ia";ted (ovennP -44 Aey �el;t they
could leave Ae children a.t het, home with het un -til Ae.uz teiu/tn. She
had nod taken any o f het vacaiZonj ad pan.&d each Beat, jo U M j decided
.she could have a month oll betote they jailed jot f_utope. She now had
only one zela;tive in the Untied 5ia;ted, an uncle out we4� in Yohn Day,
Onegon, w1wm 4he wanted iv go 4ee. �oinq 'Te4t in Aoje dayj way really
a ven;une, /ot my ,4;t o/ a Ae country wa4 unje.t.Ued, w.i A mo4V y ca. ;tie
and 4heep ta.i.4ing, and 4ome mining boom 4own,4.
She would ao part way,by train, .then 6y j;tage coach. .the wild 4tvti.e4 of
Ae We4;t were Aoon itue to th4 young fa4;tetnet, At a4 jhe 4tepped oll .the
gage that jpting day in Yoh.n %y dhe 4aw a man'a body lying in .the , iiceet
p,w;t al -ien a gun /i.ght, the cafe o f rain hi..11,d .46el. Th i j in ii4elt =4
horri. /ying and jlugh.te►zi.ng, bu.i :then on het second glance around #own Jhe
ua4 lace ;to /,ace wi h het li.tg� .jig)U of Indi.anj eveatat .ere. R ux z4 Vzij
SCO ;t, jh, la ,44'4 eta rme tv 4ee a teal Indian, and 4he wondered i. maybe
ye uing accu4.tomed ;to Chi cagy hadn't been enough, and ma#6e jhe .4houldn'.t
have 41?i.ed io ven#u"e into Ai4 wild wej�etn ahnojpherze. Hen knee4 were
4hahi.ng 6!/tAe time het uncle, flay Aclntyre, atti.ved with hiA hot4e and
buggy, However, he w 4 the loll y pen"on .she had expected him tv be, and
a /,teiz loading hen luggage They goon attived a-� h j copy ac,lceage home, and
4he uxa4 Aoon 4e. pled down Vi4i i ng him and hv� Twee# wile.
Tlu4 m4 a wonderful vaca-tion Pt �eani.e, and .jhe loved thij beautiluk
Yohn Lucy Valley with f i�lw6 filled ., i�h beau;Ulul #enef old ca;&Ue. Hen
uncle'4 small farm a4ained a large ca;ale ranch known for mile4 around a.4
Ae Q. . Ttwtide ranch. Catile tac4 ng =4 again 4omeAing new to
�eanie, C4v
on hearing #haz het n*hbon, 1114. Twvbt.idge, had #alien .ill
.suddenly when .they had a jcrge crew o f 0 ;to cook for and coin dn' ;t geit
hell : - 4he o f f eted #o go ovetand do what she could - in .the early day
cuj.tom. 3e4i.de4 jhe had had hen. vii t vu-i iviih heA telati.vea and uxza get -
�i,ng a bU ze4;Ueim.
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The ranch m.4 a typical 6iq we4tern concerzn, w.i.A many good cow6oyj who
could ride tfze toughest of wild horse ,4on th.e open range, and .then break .them
for good pir ix4 to wrangle and rope .the 4tock. , jeanie =4 kept ve W 6u4q
getting up at daybreak and helping the ranch cook, and 4erv.zng the big ranch
tables with. good rood, and o f ten zeN�4, for theje hearty out -door male
a ppetUes.
She no;ticed one verrf handsome man who had very dark shin lihe -the Indian
who came in late joa dinnea. She joorz "heal "cook ", "I4n'.t he Indian ".
The cook said, "Oh, you Crean Tom Garrey. !/e'.4 one o f the jteadrf cow6oyyj,
and dk. Taow6ri4e sap one o f the .touvheaA d bA4 on .the ranch, ke',j very
handsome, Lint he? put he .i in't all Indian. Ri j lathez ua4 well -kn wn in
;A,iA country ad "French ffohn" He came oven / ,tom Faance and Iran lne qAt
wagorv4 in this codintay Ior year4, latex ho ving a good -4ized eheep out�t t.
He even jpohe brohen 6ngl dsh when he died of penumonca and left a laizge z`amily.
Upon Tom'j mother's remAA age, he didn't get along well with Aij 4tep /.a:ther
and .left home at a veAy young age. V j been w.rrA p.(. even jince, and Q.�.
,jap he'll make a /ine atoc%rran 4ome. dray. "
/om, in the meantime, having +fit o-- an erne lox good horwes and cw4, w"rz't
one to overlooh a pretty gi&4 and uxaa wondering who =4 .the new g.in.l in the
hitchen - 4o ti.rz.t and quich of smile, w.t..th. AAt coal -blach ha ii and jhin Like
white velvet. She juae none Nancy cloihe4 for an ordinalzy AiAed gi/d, 4vo,
and he jurely had never seen hen around Yohn far/ begone. A4 he ate hij
meal, he .stole many cuaiouj g,Uances torvaAd the hz tchen. AA! jin.ce he had
been late for dinnea he had a good excu4e to 41ay a /ter .the other men had
left the table jo he chose th.i j to be a good day to in"ejd the cook ru.i;&
hi4 good manner] and carry Ai4 empty plate .into Ae hi.tchen. Sure enough,
a /ten hi4 Ai/d clicinh of mien, l rally caugAt on to Tom',j unusual
behavi.on and .introduced him io gean.ie Acleay from Oing a U, Scotland, and
�U4-i out 1.rom rh.icrzgo.
"gjo ,jh, lV m, you reallzy are a .Gong my /,w7r home, rind I'll bet K might1
lonesome. 41ould cfou Like to go /oiz a ride ;tonight and I'll show you
around the ranch ?" So each even<ncg, as gean.i.e completed her ;b dlu about
Ae big ranch houje, Tom would be was ti►zg to tope her jorz a izide akoxt
AX44x'a xrA and .then back to hex uncle',j adjoining zfairm. The days Pew
by. j'eanZe uas ao gay and happy - a quick beat yr her heart would make
het head swim uAen 4he saw that daizh weete2n 49ure ride in to the corlzalls
a4 the men came in /oiz meal4. She uxr4 madUy in love wi th Aid strange
young man uAoje ,Cite m4 40 di/. e�zent from anything 4he had even known, and
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whom 4he had known only a lew 4hoat wee%.
She moat act morze 4arze. She ua4 engaged tv .the ScotcA. 6or,,x in I- Ai.cago
who could Japvade well loa hen ,pon marriage, and woo laze/) hen way o f
L.i /e in Ae city and .the old countng . i t a oa hen na.ti.ve Scotland, and
didn't .jh.e have u e;c% many a young g.i/d would envy, iviA the good tcage4
,j.he urz4 pad and .4o happy, w.;& .tine 5trau4a ami.Lry. A g.i/d o f her
padi.iwn didn't j�u,4t come out cejt and in z6uo weel4 meet and /.all in
Love wiih. a we4tenn cowboy, who earned orz ;y a dollar a day and hi4
bailzd. 3e4 de4 Cook aaid Anti man or the Local g" had Ae.i�z cap
.yet for %om - he uia4 juiie .the colorzlul cowboy in Ai..a area, holding
.the name aj .3e4.t to 3nonc Riding, at all the ?odeoj. SuizeLy he muwt
ju;jt be being kind tv hen, •j nce 4he ra4 a 4t4anger at .the /ranch, 6ut
/V/z Koine /zea4on ohe did not undelmtand .she had never �eZt Ai j among
j,a,�c.i sat &)n jo/z the kotcfz bog in Chicago. ;Neves begone had she had
" zoonderluL /eeLi.ng in4 de toward any nrcn, that wod�d m"h oven
her at the meae .4inAt o± %om.
M". iUne.» 4eemed to rxzjj, and i,t urzd nea/zt.ng .the time
for �ean3e' month vacation tv_are in th "'eat. Soon 4he would have to
booed the jtage -coach Joe her trip back eaat and help .the .Sinauaj gamily
get ready 16r the tlzip to ,`ulzope. She ahouV be jo happy at ge-i .inq to
go home to ScotLarzd and 4ee hen dean mother and IaAea, but whey zcrza t t
that she haled to Leave Bohn (lacy, and hen heart ?wild atop beating at
the thought #hat .she wouldn't be 4ee.ing Tom any more.
It waj hen Lade dark gi the llowbri4e Ranch, and wi& the.i.z tltanA4 /or
her coming iv help out; %om uaa there to aee hen. home. Upon nearing hen
urzde'j /arm, Tom 6ur#t out o f Ai4 long jilence tvi.th, "Neaae, geant e,
don't go back to "hi.cago. 1 hav -n't much to ollen you aamcy wi le, except
mu Love and mg o. an a lo/z a h.omeatead in Idaho dome dark" - .do .i..t W4 Aa i
ahe .jent here ring back to the Scotch boy and wrote her letter of reirn«t.ion
to the Stii=44 /am,i..l y, and caiA n .tine week jhe and /om were mzrzri.ed.
.Hen I i/e a4 a Veatern woman ma4 now to begin. the cook at .the f4avb1zi4e
%fanch had tv Leave, av o11ered Yeante the fob at a dollarz a day, and
with lom'4 =,ae4 Aey were oll to theiz Matt in mz/N age.
eanie had never cooped t o hen Ii/e, io you can well inrig.rne the c.i./zcum-
atancea that roae to meet het, but hever in her It Je had thta Luile Scotch
g.inl givn in .to any problem, and with. an added chuchLe in hen 41eeve ahe
w4 goirnq tv Leann to cook lo/z thi j b.r, cat,Le crew, oz die !,Uh her
boot4 on tnry.tng. 4t the local mercantile atone .thee gave away K.(.
3ahing l o-,cde/c cook bvh,, jo .jhP had %om go /ugzt down and gei pea one.
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Ee"Yone had ou.tdoon to.ilet4, 40 Yean.ie nude hen vu;t4 ide zxzll4 a veal
bu4irzea,j venture. She'd tahe hen cook book with hen - Aid under. hen apron
jo &,j. [4mbai4e aoulcn't 4ee - and 4he would .jiudy and memoai3e .the
aeci.,�ea. [hen .Ae would come in, 4et urn hen cookbook li.he 4he had !?een
doing ih.ij ,vn ryean4, and 11fl .i.n.to geVinq a meal. It a cane wvu.Ldn'.t
izi ae, v2 ell, 4he Auld �uichly whe a •sauce and .deAve .it a.j a pudl ng.
She fooled eveayone, and .l.i.ttle did anyone know o f hen anxiety o f being
a beginner..
Soon jhe and lom were given a ranch jew/,aie 14om the dome wnch to
oj,emte by themelvea, do ton the IiA4t time .she got tv keep houae jit4t
/oa themdelve4. the one /Aiqhten.i.nq thing ahe could handily qet u4e1 to
here u o iOm'4 MncI Indian /nienda. ,yen ve"i -on of the Indian W4 4till
ha o f the &,j n
:er .jto4ie4, and ii t., 4 hand Ion hen not to /ear them,
.Let alone feel �n i end.4hi p. %om had one � /t&cu tri t o.ld Indian tniend
who .Loved to come often ten to ve4i.4 altmp ml.h.i_ng, in zui;&out hnoehing, and
l.ihe all Inrl'4R4 Ma bang 40 40�;UV noone would even hno+u they were .zn .the
hoa4e. &nzy a time �eanie wouldn*ije up 1nom l00%ng at a pie in .the oven
to Lunn aavund and Lace "Indian Sam" #en /n,i.glzt a.lmoj4 mzde hen jc,zean,
bust aj ; me went on .�h.e beacme move accu4tomed to izei.n way and learned tv
think oaf' them as hen /atendo too. The natuaal -boar weatenb wo!naz aL.4o
took in 4tA de the flange" o f bnonc Audifnq at the lone.[ celebaatiorw, but
Yecznt.e nevea go.t ov& .the /ear when 7vm L" chojen to n.ide aga.in4t the
men of the day.
A.j .iime went on, thezlz de4.uze grew io get j<ted on theiA homestead, .jo
they took what jav< g.j they had and moved to Idaho tiv the aged moun wind
of the South f=oah o f the Salmon Rive/z. 11,a�en4, Idaho, m4 at Ai-j tune
a bocxni.ng mining txan, and [vm having ?elat.iv -?4 therze and may /ai.ende de-
cided to home4tead 20 mi)e4 down the n.i.vea and izaije 4heep, as n..i4 Pthea
in Oaegon had done. [om /eft he had leaaned enoucah o f the 4heep 6uj.uzeoj
o f h.i4 day io be to h,i4 advantage. So they aan.i.ved ai 'Iaaaenj,
and what excitement [om'.d ba.ide oaj to tki4 paimi.tt ve comuni.ty, .still
hay.ine the beau&lul clothes de- 4ianed by N&j. Stwu.»' 4eamji4e44 and
weang, hat4 of the .lrzte4t "plume" 1.avm ('hicago. yani
a.i e as a jht of the
latent fa4h.inq: maga3.i.ne to the women of thi4 mining connun.itcy. &enY
womn n town di jcu4aed the lac-t that /om wj cizajy to tAinh Ai, ai try
in
lade would .jtay long on a Sou;61oah homestead - but once again, even w.i.A
all the nea - /ound hand4Aipj o f earl day homesteading, tUA little woffian
held hen gaound and raz4 onlq peen in on yealdy &L,94 /on •�upplie�.
Soon the jioAiej •4paeaa Hound of how a mi.nen, tnappea, va ne.irihbvn neve)z
node ra4t hen hou4e without a heantry welcome 11tom hen doves to "!^ome to /on
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�irzne/l " v/t i t wa4 /zea. co. d a "Tee flvt %va'dry" u.,a, good medicine, oz t/
night ueu coming on a wea/ty taavel e/z a. uayd knew you were made cue. come tv
.etay vvenn.igU at Tom and �eante'4. She javed the wooden cnatea theia
,jup;;. e4 came in, and the4e made wortde41ul hi &Aen cup6oa", and a�onq, wi;&
a Jew oadeA4 tv the catalog lo/r cvzetonne, heiz home w4 goon coey with.
cuatain4 he/ze and Aeae, /om 4ecuaed money lAow the %i4e iank to 4ta/zt
hij /.ur,, i band o f •sheep, and woahed on .the di.de jon Ae rvizei t Se/zvice to
give .income lo/z 9/zocezi.e4 and /ranch ju,,)pLi.ej. Lete/z they weze to have a
iw.cngifig 6/ri4e ac/zv44 the /zive/z to tAei z aanch, but at /i",a the on. y mode
vl ;6randpo&62 ion bd4idea ho,?.je6ach ove�z steep t/raii 4 uaj a 6uchei puL ed
6g a cable at Ae oppodUe end, which made .i_t po.44.rRe /o/r peop. e to caves.
One n,iryh.t aj %vm came in Jaom the moun to n.4, Yeaniiwo al ', m o/ going tv .the
/zive/t many t. ee, ad ahe could hea/z a woman 4c4eaming and hep� /eel ng t t ca4
,jvmevne on the v&?JZ side urcntin,a to come acno.e4. Soon alte/z %om',d az,?ival
4he again heand .the jczeam. He eylatned that she needn't be l4igh�ene,d, that
uxrj the .jec�ram o f a couga/z. Aeae we/ze many couga z in the South. Foah count/zy
at #hat t ime. In fact . a iea #hat 4ummea Tom hi,C ed the bigge4t one even AV. ed
in .the aaea; iWe out in camp. and ju4.t tubing Aid 22 4o he could 6A ng in a
leu 9nou4e joa juppe,z, Ai4 dog tneed tUA huge be" . Since he'.e left Ajd
,zille in camp, heattemt wed to kill the cougaa wi th onlg the .jovU 4hell. He
.4hot U by ce 6whveen .the eye4 and by ce AwagA the ea," 6elone the big cat
u+aa dead. A i j took .jome couna0e on %om'e �xr/zt, but he uvA /a/z mope cvncenned
about horn ,rand jAeep the couga/z would hi U than about hij own . i/e. Couga/z,
6eaa, and coyote4 weae a con4,4ant 1i9U I-oa a Aeepman, a4 .then could joon
depe.te any band.
/9/4 Pund %om and Meanie expecting a baby. Ail uau a great Doty tv both.
Aeae uxw no doctoa loo mi&j and mi,lej, 4o a4,wngemerz 4 were Trade with the
nea/ze,it na.ighbo," to come and help. %ht, a, moj.t meant �eant e'4 It je a.4 she
.lay l'o/z days in hard la6v/r, Ae 6e.ina dv fa-jq and .the baby excepti,ona.L q I? i.g,
twelve/z wu6h. %h.ey named him �ohn !lacy atte/z both, g./rand /athe&4. Ae next
yea/z anoAen c1i,.i,Cd m4 expected, do tUA time Yeante owt t/uy to aeach the
neaaejt medical ca/ze. Ai4 mean# go.cng holweback .to 142/i4en,4, then by dvg-
.team o2 tobaggan pulled by Ao/rjej w.i;& .4nouhhoej on ,onto Ra4gdval, and then
on to Ac!'alC , Idaho, uAeae dhe neanea.t juali..i<ed mid-wile took cane of mateaniiy
ca4e4. Aeae uw4e .4izU no docto/4 in dk)c all in thoje daim, but eveayone had
g/zeat cvnlidence in "Aunty; l hc" M&all, aj jAe ua4 known jolt wUee around.
!Vi.th hea good cage and the /act that ;&i j baby m4 much jmnz Ue/r, �eanie had a
nomnal delt.veay o f a daah -eyed g.i 4Z named "Cja y ", with a touch o f Scotland added
in the mfdrUe name "AcLeay ".
,jeann.-e u-a4 soon able to go back home, and Inom then on rraj aea Uy kept
6u4y uk-uhing di.apze4 on the 6oarrd. The ciao ch.ild2en Coming 40 c.l04e 4ogeAe)z
wa4 a bwj,4 �Zi e ha v cnq twin4.
%hen came even "ha/cde/ .t,ime4" /o)z eves;gone Vuzoughout the United. Sia.te4. A2ny
bu4i.ne,me,j in Ae oui4ide woud were do4i.nq Aeisz doolw, and in the4e 4 me4
Tom could not meet the moaigage coning due on Ae 4heep. Then <.t uezi ;U me
& jeV the P L.L .lambs, he tnaii ed a.l.L the sheep to AcCa.l.L, fee. irzg 4Ay
blue and dijcouiraged ovelz .the yea" of hand woAh that •jeemed to be uxwted, he
Goal ded the stage /o/z 13o,i je, eh,,-ea he went in to Ae bank to irr /oirm them that
he had Ae ,Aeep in Me!alu /orz 4em to zeceive, ad he could nut poaaiRe meet
.the moa# gage. The p.ionee2 managea h/ the Idaho Fi,".;t Ala iona.l Ranh at Ai.J
po.i.n-i played a big paint in .the �iveA of �eanie and Tom. Thies man'.j IniA in
Tom',j hone4ty and ello�z.t4 ucw 4hown when he told Tom to take the eyee Each,
and he uxu wil. ng to .jtahe him anoihez yea2 lo,i needed supplied and expen4e4.
The next yea z jaw betteA pai.ced /oa woo. and lamb4 do AeiA /inancia. ci�zcum-
,jiancea became eadie2.
Life in the4e dardd had U4 g ,zeat pleaduaed too. Neigh6o" and / ,ziendd 16,z
mile,j aaound would aide /o2 dacyj .to the 4A of Yu. q ce. ebirationd in di fleient
aA�ad, the wonln pnepa/z ng their 6edt 2ecipe4 and .the cWdnen having .the
b.ur ea.t o f "pink .lemonade ". Lemonw and orzaaged u-eze in them4e. ved a big
treat, buy: uAen Aunt M2/z,9anet and Jeanie decided to add huchlebe"iy juice
.to the .lemondade - to Ae cWdaen that utw aeaUy Fouath o f Yu. y. Lots
o f /un aa4 had b 1 a U - o. d oa young - in the 6aonc tiding, hon ,de zac-�d, and
loot vce4 The aiot of one 6i.g ce. ebiration zta4 at Tom',i experwe. Besides
being good at Aiding tough ho,"ed, he had loiz yeand been the . eading toot
&icea, 4o at a b.i,g ce, e6aaii.on in Aeadoni4, Idaho, dome bet6 to the amouni of
$/00 weae put a.t .the d&he, that Tom had to challenge. IV'hen he az4ived with
h4:A /u end4, they- 400n dr.dcovezed the man to qun ag:;.r.ndt him =4 a 91WA44iOr d
who had been 6,wugh.t in to make the zace IteaL exciting. Ai j man had the edge
on Tom, having taacl; dhoew, trzunhd, and al4o having been in btai.n.ing. Tom
and hi4 1iri.endd were unAzepaaed, and weze deerly conceaned, ad .they didn't
have time to .fend out /o2 4hoe-4 and 4,Aunh4 - do i,4 ua4 decided he couAl Arun
in h,EA VOL and dtoching feet.
A4 time pfoa the trace Aew neaz eA wRe and mote .Lange bets we2e at .Mahe, with
C. Lem /- Uaclaue.C.l, an uncle, .lame ca;U�eman, and owne2
of Ae Saloon in A-cCa U, taking any fide 6et4 anyone wanted to rmhe. A hl,ge
c,zowd gatheAed and the two men weae oll. The trace ±cad neclz and neck, but just
a,, they weae coming in .the home dtaeich, aigh.t by .the 9,7and4.fand, Tom had the
mi., orztune of lLij 8VY-d coming unbuttoned. Tom 61whe hi4 pace to tay to
button up. The cmytkl went wild with. •dcAeam4 and Tom could on�q think o� aV
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A.e old=timeu who had the.cn hand - earned money on h.4 winning; be ught
tW =4 no time ;& jiop /on mvde4ty, and gave all ate apeed he cou (d muRen fvn
.the "glad line". He came in #Ae w.i.nnden, but �ca4 jo embanarv»ed he kept On
going till he got behind a loaLl Gann lvn tepa.cnj. fvengvne had a good .laugh
at lomI4 expen4e, but he 4wone herd jAoot the next cowbotg to jugge4t he nun
a loot race in h.ij BBD' ,j.
The neigh6o z4 would a.14v oathen through the dean at each othend r home., and
all Aij helped 6neah the lonelinejj lon �eanie. It way a real treat to get tv
,jee another women, jon 'o rwncy of the come Ad and aoeu by the ranch were tnappenj
and mined. Hvwevez, along with th.ei t vcj.it4 they would also b zing the mail,
which waj do wondenlul to �eante. -Aerie were many pacArgej Inom Scotland with
huge among vl "Scotch .jAont6,zead" and homespun tweed. There lett� tnom hen
baothead and ji4tez4 to other /oneign counizie4 and nand elaborate gi/t4 Invm
hen a.i4 tel, Ooll#e. Ooll.ie .Lived in London, �ng.land, and had marai.ed one o f the
live doctoa4 into caned lon the beloved King and (teen.
MIAenea,j 1 ean.ie could save eaa.i,ly i t i.►ity anc� more cuCtu�ed rxcat yr Amen.ica,
with hen education and travel i, hen .ignorance of weitean l.i /e and wejtean ialh
brought mnn y a chuckle to the natt vej o f Salmon Riven, and to Yeanie he"el�,
who never lost hen jerwe 0/ humor and hen wit at hen own tr�nvraae in living in
Ai,j new land o f America where jAe a" jo proud to be a United Qutej ci.ti.5en.
One of hen /dvonite chuchlej u" the 4to,W 01 Tvm. Alter wvnhe.ng /on Ak- Tnvw-
64,i4e he aeal i.5ed the necejjitrt /'on good 6needing jtvch, jv along with. the
.jheep he had acccunulafed a le" head of cattle, and h.i j recent extnavagence had
been to punc,u"e a good Henelord bull to jtant toward good beet 4tvA Tvm
had gone to the 4heep camp, but old Henncy Smith, a na.ti..ve and a Jn.iend of Tor.,
had pnvmi4ed to jtag at the ranch to do the chvne4 and help gean.ie until lom
came back. Another rte.i9A6on 7a.i4 ng cattle hle and orl /om'd puacha4e, and phoned
to a4k .i/ he could borrow the bull lon h.ti head - a coernvn plzactG.ce in ealdy
dares, Jon all homeateade" being jhont of money 4ha4ed their extra ejuc meat,
pack mulej, vn 'itock. The ne.i.cbvn, hnow�.ngeanie tv benvm the east, felt
he ought to use a mvne cultured vvnd than bull, a4hed it he could bolmow the
"gentleman cow ". �eanie muwunde,14iood the f�iwne cvnazer�atwn, thought he ached
.i/ any oil the "gentlemen were there; an xveAed, "Hen zy Smi.th..i j here - will he
do ?" you can .cwg..tne the a4tvn.ijhed ne.igfwn at the other end of the phone.
%hough. To ujuallry taied to get a man to jhzy at ih.e ranch when he had to be
gone to camp, man,; tiwe4 tkij Y," inpodjible, ao beanie and the ch.i,ldnen were
lerlt alone. She had to lea /zn not to be /n.ightened at the .4cneam oil the cou-
gar4, on the ,lonejvme call o f a coyote. Hen won4t lAight a" the newer by phone
that a ,.:nojpectvn up ,the liven had lvjt Ai j mind, and =4 rcande/zing down the
trail. �ean.ie iza4 in hen 4eventh month o f pnenancy and there alone with the
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• two 4mU chi,ldaen, Johnny and Cary. /Vext day 4he 4aw a maneoming acAo44
the "Ywi,ngin' 6,zi4e �Uji 6e�w ;Me Conch houae. He we4 on Ai4 hand4 and
knee4, q' iUing h. hat on Ae 6oa2dd of the bAid4e. She rm4 6e4.i.de he4,j/L/
with 1Ai9a a4 jAe /ett flute th.ti mcz4 i be :the ".i.naane nnn ". She hid the
ch. a'Aen under the bed, and izatched ,�jith h.oARot a,, the mart came c.lojet and
clo ,jet to .the whin. #owevet, above hea tetaot 4he joon zea.lii3ed the
oacom.i.ng man urn a Local pto4pectot .4he knew, and he wrie merely catckin
9ta44AoppeAd io go /.i4A ng.
[he 1 u4 At however had jevete el /ectA, and %om came home to /ind'ean.ie
very W. She LoAt hV n 6og7; then comps icaii.ona 4et in Jwm not having
p4opet cane, and 4he wa4 �aben on a jt4e.&he,7 to %ije. Hen Lile hung a i
ai4b J.ot mny da 4 , a-4 U uxxj a .Gong 4Low i/zip with. slow mode o f travel to
medical arthe. f4th the help of kind ne.igh6o/w along .the wy, 7ean.ie did .live,
and came home to neaume hen Caned ,l.i /e dutt e4.
1921 Pu ad Tom and dean.ie expecting another ch-ild in the cold month. of
Fe?mm,zy. %hij meant another .long, tAip hoa4ebacb to 'faan.ena, and .then by
dog team oa hotwe4 with 4nowAie4 pulling a toboggan into then on
io Mc(all. Again with the good cane o f .Auntie McFall in hea ffaieznioty hone,
Yeann.ie and the nee baby git� , qty Co.l.i.na ", in three weeh4 were aeady to
.jtatt the long tteh Bach to SouthPth. /%i4 tzme gean.ie wa4 zealiy to have
an advenhvwuj tizizo, lot at the /at end o f %ayette Labe the dog team, going
around a 4teep mounta.zn 4.lope, up4e.i the toboggan. (aago - Yeanie and a
new6otn ba6y.weae AAown .into th.e kcy mieA4 oaf the .Labe. �ean.ie w4 able,
even with, hea heave .long AiAtd, to get Mooting, and 4he Mood in the 6.i.tt ea
.icy wa.&,4 above h,a uai4,4, .holding th.e baby up uniil the .j&ge dt.i..vet could
teach het. (Ter and cold, they had to Ahde on lot nvi le4 to teach .the neaaeat
"ha /-ray" houde. ltz4 a Pa czy /,wm how today we women /z.ide in /, ,a4.i ca/w
with nice ,ta/un heave/w to teach a hojpital to have out bab.ie,4.
However, 4Ae accepted hen .l.ile aj did the other women o� Aoje days, and none
could hav been mote happyin the .love oaf het Auaband and het nov -found happine44
in moth.eltlwod. Meanie loved ch.i ldten, and each baby w4 an added boy to hea
.lt /e. She had al4o by now become 6ettet acqua.in.ted with the .focal people of
Chia p imLt ive aaea, and uxw L.ibed and tepected by all aAo Anew het, lot het
many n indnewe4 to otheA4 in time oaf 4 i,chnes4 and death; and a4 eve.ayone along
the wezy knew you could never �mp het door without a /Aiendly invitation to
come in /ia a good meal of to 4 toy ove4n4ht.
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She o)ten .laughed about the time jAe aa4 ca� ed to go caize lvn "gwnnrd
kantiwnne , a colo,? Ju l o.Ld .Lady who 'wore by note and . ived doom zi.ve/z w.i A
hen hu46am4 a taappen, and Ai,, manct houndA.
Tom took oven the chu. daen and waj .ircg 6g hand on the bound o f the man%/
diapeA4, tdt.ich. unj a veng genenou4 o.`len of he. p jo�z an outdoon7 we.4tenn mcn.
�ean.ie node /on mi e4 to give (cranny the 6e4i o f cane, to the extent o f all
hen home lzemedie4, and cooked /o/z Mz. Hanthnone and aU the dog. - wh.i.Le Tom
at home zw4 knee -deep in 4oap 4udA, ca4 ng /oz the .twee ch,i.Ld/zen and doing
the outdoor wnf, o f the mach. Alien Yean.ie had been i4ene lour days, one
dart' 9itanncy'4 . oud gnoanw oa pain cea4ed. She three, back the covey and hopped
out o/ bed . ike a gi/d o/ 4.ixteen and 4a.id to fean.ie, "You can go home now,
I'm doing /.i.ne, I j:u4t got dam tuned o f cooking /on old mun #anthonne and
h..i4 hounda.
Ad the yeanj pa4.ded and the clzi,Ldnen became 4ch.00l age, 7om'4 opponturtt try
came to .tirade Ai4 homestead and what Mock he had accum Zi ted tvr 1z(14 a ,Langer.
out /i-t on the Big .Salmon ?t veiz near ?i9gin.4. Anothe/z man, Yohn K.imbnough,
who /.inanced many .Mock men in thoje dare, tx4 tvi.L c.ng to gam/Ue on Tom',4
integAUY and ab.i,L. ,q to rrai4e cheep, 4o the lnmi(c/ moved with the.ia /ew 6e-
long.inp to Shontd 32/t, and Tom Inced a hugh .indebtedne.m of i'443, 000, which
in those dap uxr.4 a huge amount of money. Az. KimbnouoA and Tom became venrl
do4e //Ziend4, and he continued to make h.i j home with the (aiurery4 until l he
died jome 20 odd yeas later. /f'aag couldn't Jay & K.tm6nough, jo in cWd
talk named him "/lbono "r Ao "Mono" he w4 to everyone on the W,?CA, and though.
,people Atom milea around came to -dee Abn on 6u4i.ne44 oa to 6Aow . alZge dUM4
lost .invejtment, it two a. my4 hand to dZ4t.i.ngui4A him Awm the hiaed men, /0,%
he wolthed around the ranch /ix.ing f ence4 an j pitching hay the fame aj the otAea
men. "Abono uA24 wondealu.L y kind to many; hid never 4ent a man auary wi;&out
a .Loan .i/ he /e. i him honeat and a good woA/,e2. 3ut it m4 a cort ,Jtant ,coke 6e-
;6ueen him and Tom when a /a4t -&AZng "mining. przomoten" Ai. the /ranch, how they
twuld my to jic the Ta4t taVC en onto each oAea. oa lalt money .inve4tmentj
/Mono mng t.cme4 pretended to be Tom and would fiend the man dortvn to the l.ie.Ld
4agtng, "That .tom Ah. K.unbnvuglr, dv<<.n iAerte with the holwe4 , then al.kp into the
hou4e lon a 4noole, .LaugAing to gean.ie a.4 he came in about the good one he got
on lom, MAO W4 ncxw 4,4UM with Ai4 /ddt=ta.Lkutg chaaaaciert down in the #.ield.
Another chairacte&Zdtic o f &ono',j that wiU aZmy4 Macy in evenczone',4 mind
who knew Ai4 outatandi.ng pezion who in the4e daV and t.ime4 uw a pn.ivate bank
/on the pooh peop• e, and .the jtochnen ton mUe-4 around, aaa Aij abi tq tv
chew tobacco. He bought Ai4 tobacco bg Ae cafe, and a4 joon aj Ai4 . a4i brie
of 6neaktfajt atw done he took a big "draw" and =4 never wi;dwut it unta he
went to bed at n.igAt . %him habit z&juized joi,400rt4 all oven the houje, and
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and in .Later yearo when eveayone got czars it au4 .the standing joke that novae
wonted to ride w.i & Abono, Pr he drove the A,4ec. ion he decided to dpi,,
scaring any pa4senge" half to death, expeci.a.L q on the vcLay narrow/ road into
.town with the big SaZ? vn Riven jujt be cxv .it.
GG'iA %om',j good management, the bless.uzqA vl good lo/rtune, and h.4 and Yean.ie`s
hand worfz they continued to proppea. There wad a good p/z,i.ce Pr wool and
lamb4, and in pur yeanw Torn uxza out vl deb. , and owned hij own outli-i com-
,� te. y, dean o f any .i.ndebtedne44. Many happy yealw were now ahead lvn
,t i4 law/. y. Yean.ie did jo love Shoff err. The /ranch lay at the mouA of
Shor.tj !/reek. w.i#r #fie beaut.ilul jteep mountairw of the Salmon River behind
.the house and aclrojs .tire riven. It w4 /vzeve/r a joy .to hea to see the
childzen &idi.nq skein old white mule "%/arty" v tv school each morning, and
to stand on the porch and .look up at the miles and mi lea of high wenten /range
where .the sheep wvu. d 9ra3e, under the contant rcatch. vl the header and .the
wel. - trained dory.
They were days of hand work, but jean.ie never seemed to tire. Up at daybreak
dressed in a c4i4p dean house dress, haiz sv tidy, and a bit o f rosy on hen.
ercch,�4, she bustled about the #oomy /ranch house prepalting stupendous amoun.td
of of pod - cakes, pies, and many wonderful /zi.ch dessenta to teed the c/zelu
of men and tAe people who sat about the big oak table. Short. far =4 almy4
Ae scene o f ac;iivr.ty, Pr none even drove by wiAout stop,�.ing /v/t Maus
anal a chance to vi4it �ean.iels gay personalist/. At lambing and shea/t ng
time extra men were hilted, which meant lame c/zewd to cook to ", along wick
hay crews, and vege;ta6le4 and large quantities of 1.ruit to be canned in hall -
gallon ja44 ion the ranch and txz summer sheep camps.
�ean.ie now boasted to hen lonmea CAicago �Aiends, ll "W and May Stevenson, #hat
she now had a wa h.ing mach.i.ne, hv.t and co, d uaten in the house, and also a
bath, and now Tom had pua.chsed Aei/z lilwt car, so Aey were able to meet (11.c,ll
and inters trra.in at NeW MWdows. TVt Stevenson had staated as a rtxrter bore
for the Union %aci/ ?aiZlzoad, had worked Airs rcay io become one v# the head
men in the.uc rh.icag.o ollice. Anxious to tey the company rs many newly acquired
services to the public in the western area, thqiy came each summer to spend
what was to them a wvnde/z /ul vacation at Shams &A with �ean.ie and Tom. qV
even took 4ome Irom one of these #izir,4 a young cub bem which uxrs later given
to the rh.icago Po an-� name4 "Idaho ".
Twenty -Live years had now rolled by in gean.i.e's li /e, and hen one desire was
to go back to Scotland to see hen mother, who uxzs now very eldeA, y- So Tom
arranged for a housekeeper to care ion the ch.i,ldnen any' the ranch dutiv4, and
�ean.ie went back to (Aicagv wal TiV and /!tae, #hen up to /rvn&eal, ranada,
where she vijited her brother. From .these she saii ed 6y "luxwzry liner" /or
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been bdoved native Scotland.
Leave ct io �eu zie 6e haa,' mcezi o� k?gejte�d Lip. in _'daho had taken
away none o f hen w.ii and candvn. Aboaird 4h..ip Aerg were having a ma4querrade
pantry. She donne)z hen 6e-4;t black and cdu.te jui,4 a wA Ue 4tocbing and black
ahoe, a black jtvchinq and bonnowed whUe jho,e, and laom the jAio',j ban an
emr try bottle of "Scotch., black and wAi& label ; which 4he IiUed wi. A tea.
Imt taxiing .the chanacten or a toulzi44 aboa",d a 4h.ip a wee 6.,t ttpdg - the
crowd joon /elt hen Sent Ion a Boor- tome, and jAe won jcwt pai5e.
Upon the 4hip',j almival in London, eke ,aj met by hen beloved ji_4 ea Mollie,
who u)aj now a tv dvw, having &4t &t. FAench irz sudden deaA, and giving hen
only ion, al.4v a doctva, #c be among. the joldi.,da4 c/ !!'onld !'an I who lie to
an unknown grave. ®<jten Dollt e'4 home made .the name .imp :.ne4 ,j.i.on orz Beanie
a4 hea IiAji dart' with th.e 5tnau4 .dej in '- Iticago. It waj huge, wi th je zvarzt4
eveagrdzene. To Beanie, alter all the rgeaa7 of hen li/e ca,,zinq Ion o;&e44 on
a 4anch, .r t waa expecoaU hard to become accuj {omed to .the "�ng, i4h wary" o f
lonmalUy of the Aized 4elp and Ae 4envtng of chamragne and 6neakfaat ih bed
along wUh Ae luxu/zio" dUA1oundir,,g4. lag crcn they (Yiwve to Scotland, where.
Beanie 4taged a wondeajul month w.itA hen mother and old 4chool mu,&4. She
laughingly told them much o f th.e.i)z ,Li. /e in Idaho , o f going to .sheep camp
with lom in Ae jummen4 and tahi.ng the cAi.ldaen. lien li/e in Ame/zica =4
vent' d / /enent 1,zom naiive Sco.tlaad.
Thee weite a4tounded when .she told item of hen li,-, ,i sheep camp expeni.ence.
Tom canni.ed .the baby &arg in hi4 anm4 on hid ho44e, and had a nice gentle
old white h.on4e, 'f,h.i.te , lvn Meanie, rag in /nont, gohnncg on behind. �ean.i.e
had evoked I.vn rlau4, pi.e4, cahej, cooktej, tnea,14 loo Ae men in camp, and
had .them tied heAe and there in lloun 4acA4 on Ae 4addle. 8e4 dea holding
Ae baby, Tom .Led Sze pack mule 4tn,i. g, .Loaded with. food dupplte4 foa the
henden, and up the .jteep mountain trail Aerg itanted. A big black bean hap-
pened to 4auntea down Ai4 pxnti.cu,Lan t wiZ and came lace #o /ace with �eanie�
old '�TWery ". I(IIA iecy nave a jnont, hvo bucho, and headed a neven4e diAecti.ofz
Cjag /hying in the ai z one stay, , ohnnrg another, and Meanie ano fhen, with pie4,
cahe4, and coohi.ej going all diAect.ion4. ,jeant e li. on hen j.c tten rui ih juch
a jolt even the het irw /low loo4e !Aom here neat bun, but when 4he looped
Up to 4ee Tom .laugher cq at henm .she wa4 4o mad she jumped up and proceeded
(6he conlemed tv hen moAelz) to uae hen lilm� attempt at /Wejtenn cu4,j wvndj.
She aijo told o f hen ;bzipA out to 36i4e ton medical cane, and the time Tom
made dental appointment,4 be /one therg wen# back again .into the hi.11.4. He c. a4
40 in4i4tent the denii4t check Yeanie',j teeth. - an /oiz the lin4t tome in
.the ryeanj of thei,a maAAiage diicovened hi4 wale had denture4. Meanie wa4 a
vend proud peiz4on, and even back in -the h.i.114 od South pock, hept up heL
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pe.44ona. appearzance, .jo neat, 40 tidy and clean.
lheee v.z 4i;td zueae wonderzlu. /orz geanie in hers mothert'.d Each garzderz,
with the town lo. h 4tol ping on l_va a "wee dram" orz a " -dro.t o' tea ".
She �ate z con /e44ed .jhe had /orzgotten how much tea the ScotcJ peop_ e
did drz,inh, even though they were known aw native4 o� the [and o f good
whi4hezy.
Ilea di4ten Do.0 ie attended each cyeaa the .je& icea in 7arti4 o/ dedication
to the "Llnhnown So. di.ea ". So ah.i. e Meanie cla4 home, DOUi.e in4i4ted
4he tape the bzip with he/z. It wa4 61zeath- tzhing to ,�eanie to .4ee %arti4,
and . eaan o f the cu.4tom4, do .she could come home and ie l Tom mote o f
h.i4 lathea, "Fizench YhAn "'4 native .Land.. It zr4 all a wonderzlul dream
come truce /oa �eani.e, to have Aid 4unmea wi A hez moihea, and to ravei
throughout (umope with Dollie. Llut jhe 6e came lone4ome > orc Tom and the
ch,i,ldrzen, and way anxhou4 to 4ai. /orz the .Land that had now become home.
,jeani.e aZmct-4 acid theme i4 no /un lihe the people a6oarzd whip .together,
and anain she won li"t p ti3e Ion the ma j pervade pa&ty, thi j time having het
Wtie and lull zegalia /oz a Scot;UAA la-440 an -/ dancing the lligAland Fling.
She wry happ,� to 6e 6ach to the rzugged moun ,i.nw o f Idaho and hen 5hortt4
&ia rzanch home, ha Tina besought trzunA4 �ull of old countary gilta to all hen
J,ziendA and o f couue hi lt4 1o4 the lama y - except %om; 4he couldn't butte
Vi4ua�i5e t L4 zuejtean man in a hilt, do h.i4 co-4 a of Scotch. "laid
tie4 and wool j hiAtj. #e/w rz" a wondealul .life, beanie felt. She had
lul lu enjoyed every minute .the .dpent in the old countrzg v.i ji t, but it IMO
•4o good to 6e 6ach uiA he z IamV y, and hea dojeat #ru:nd, Helen loncy. She
hay' z i"t met #elen in the ealdy daze at %,"en4, as Helen m" a hotel woman
and had Dort cteaa-j rzun the "ar enj Hotel, latex 6uging the 'Wi!lazy Inn" a4
99-irw. %hey became clo4e /,zi.ena!4, and werze much alike in pe"onal.itg, al=p
.Laughing and having a good time; and a4 P Shoats /pia, jo w4 the ",yiCag Inn"
a -itoppng place lox zuvnderz /ul lood and no ".4ouldough" down on hi,-i luck evea
tuaned aaacy; anyone who evert 4taryed therze ltvuld chive mV e4 orc a zetuan tarp
to d;b y oven at the Inn in the t tt le town ol '4ggi aj, wheeze 1". %oncy •4eaved
the big .long table• oaf food lamV y jtzile. It wa4 the cu4tom of SaZwn Ri6ea
lolh,4 to a.luazd.4 go to the hotel on "hn.z4im4 Eve, which. ua4 the annual time
of ho. idacy �e4iivitie,4. Aunt #elen, aj .jhe =4 hnoun to evegyane, aZmy4 had
the dining rzoom decorzated 40 pnettzy with the CA4i4 =4 cactuA in bloom, and
in the centers of each table i aj ahuge bowl of Tom and YdItAy made 6g hen own
.4peci.a.1 /zecipe. then the people enjoyed j tting around the ltaep ace in
the 1o66g, vtjiting and wzjhinc9 each other holiday cheerz.
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Ye-4, �ean.i.e leli Thai ih.eilt tta4 a happy li /e, and now the ch.i,ldaen weae
glzow.i.ng up to be do much #un, a.4 well a j help a6oui the 6u4y tanch, gohnny
;tahi.ng aaeai .i.nte�e4t in Ai4 /aAen d knowledge 01 4#vc4 and the g"
lealzn ng io cook, and also to help with. vutdvolt iaj/d. The gib alw
loved iv rude and go to camp, .jo they gaea up a"i a atew o f men who
each aided in teaching 'hem how to turn a cow weak. Aeia holz4 e at a dead Itun,
olz 4hvvi a gun to -the qual of mane men. Azch c�zedii can be given iv !'.the
M'e4tenn Aar", and the unwzitten law of morial4 in ae4pect to woman in .the
mvuntii.n.4. Ae ze would be lewe2 heacU ne4 in out papea4 day about mortal
4iandand4 and dex ct&zej i/ the eihicj of the nation weae that vhf the mountain
man. The gi zt 4 grew in-to aveirage a,4&zacii.vd women the aaame aj AA young
gi4l4 vl .today, but weae many ttmej alone in .the mvunia.irw with Ae h.ined
maa vlt joining 4heep o, ca-Ule men. They were egpecied to be able to aide
with .them and to be o f help a.4 much a j any man, iv cane /oa ih.ei z own hv44e4,
and i/ it e /t z4.t in camp to aAio up a camp meal, bui nevea weze #hey
in4u4ied in anry liay, and nian a time alie.¢ bedding down J.oA Ae n.iah4 in a
/vpok undez the pine4 iheq mighi be awakened6y a loud cnajh vl .thunder, and
lightning popping all about = a.4 a g cnl, hating iv aa'mLt yvulza clteuex, you
would tough. Z� out a4 .long a4 you could, bu.t eventually you'd be ijak<ng the
flap o f the he,zde.,z'.4 pup tent, anddianding iheae j"nq in goun ".Gong handle4"
you'd a4h ;- e�n-t.4 ion to move yotut lvpok into the tent. Any man, old va
young, in iho4e time4 ttho would have taied in any stay to molea# oit .tn4uli
a wiman anwAene in the mvuniu<n4 I am wevte would have laced anoi/zea man i
/zetuAn with a gun in hi j hand and the aim &jd put a bullet between the eyea.
So the c ti&zen gAew up, spending wondea jul .4ummea4 in camp, k ding, 4hing,,
and hunting, beoeen .the haying. azopj ttAi.ch he� eveiuYvne 6ujy at .tli.e ranch;
and each .4heep outl -it and Aeiz lamiliej made a big, occajion in the JaCl vl
,41tcppcn9 time. The mvjily came in vll' the zanae in the Jall and bzui.le,� in
to .the .jiock yam in McCall, uAene the tuomdn /vlk met .them ri)iA all the
.t?eai4 o/ ate .4eajvn, died chicken and mateamelon, and lute vl /un waj had
by all. Tom'j a6ii iy a.t buyuzg, jelling, oa trading 410Ch wj at4o veiny
pitoliia6le. Ainy time4 a.4 piti.ce4 would go down in .the 4heep 6uaine4,j, he
would avoid 6v�cavwing money to keep .the jAeep in the clea/z by veniuiting
into anvihea bujine4.j. He jeemed to have an innea 4en,4e o f pitice changea
and what io o/z what not to inve4-i in.
!Vitt. Ae coming vl %newia'eni hoo4evedt'4 admini4iwti.on, .the a pavgwm
4iaiioned in Idaho uxt4 velty paoIZ&Ue iv Shonta One camp auj lvca.ted
on Tom 14 land, and 6ecau4e vl ihe.iA building noad4 mans milea up .the itiveit,
he W4 able tv ome.i many dap o f iitavel wiA mule4 to qei iv 'heep camp.
Supplie4 could be hauled up many caeefd by can and Ae pack 44zing /teached
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in a Ao/den lime. %om al do Il.t the next yea/t would .bee a good p/tice
Ioa /at pip. Pe made alt,-angcmen t�, xo haul the garbage /,wm the Cj Camp,
and mzde a big p Ache o� weanea pip, which he aldo /ed /attening ma.4h.
Ndxi 4p/ti.ng he 4o.ld .the pip ai a good p/w /i-t, which ovezeame the .loed in
.the j. wnp in wool and .lamb pzice7. #e al4o deal to g/ceai deal " raider
and with hi4 g�ieai love l'o2 �o"e4 , uxza a.l mqj in -6e mAet toa a good
one o/t one o f neliale value in .the .lowe/t counity.
fie it i.ed iv "4 Ai4 na;&Aa.l al)Ui,4y on tv each child. l/e paid �ohnnie
and the 3i z td to/t tAe.ut wo/t% on Ae /ranch .the .game aj he r .L� .the h.iared men,
buy he in /luenced .them io tafte tAeiz unge4 out in j- toq,',,dAow.i.nq hay; Aeiz
inve4tment would gam' wiA the .incaea4e vl a new -bv/tn cal/ va lamb, ao each
child ivvh g/teat pAide in h.i j own 4#och. To -teach thern how you could be
cheated in dealing i/ you didn't know ,vu/t 1-u4inejd, he uxr4 a.l mp trading
and dealing with the chiidaen. �ohnnie'4 ve/r4ion o f hip Dad',j 4upe4i.o z
abil.t ty to deal actd in Ae iuv u;tion, "I)ad could J.aV in a toilet with an
old juU v* and would come up weaainrg a new one ". Nvvne could ou- -deal
lvm; he had a :dui dz mind IoA .cgu/te,j, and zea l.lcy ftneu jtocfz and va lrr ib:on.
Caay, however, aljo pvade-4,j.eng h.rj a-l) l.L. y- decided once ;to vu.tdo rkcd. flna,
one old 4,00tt ed cow, uaj due io calve. Cyay injijted, ,lvohing the ccvv ove/t,
that i-i uaa going to be twin calvej. flea /aAe/t ja.id no, AQ;t it would be
a 4ing.Ce ca.l�, ao the be# of $5.00 =4 ,rxc,,- ai 4;tahe. Cay and /NAy h4p;t
4o,7,4 ,tans rurtch oven. ,�Idna, hafting tu/tnj goino io Ae baan unbehnowrt4t to !%d.
1'e night the call uxta aea.l.ly io be boar #hey bolmowed an a.ln/rm docft, and
wen:f tv the baan each hvua. At 3 A.M. they had one ca.lt, and Ae next Aou/r,
4u2e enough, theae we/te tuv. So they �u e.tly d;tole to bed aei A this nav
.decacet. A"exi mo/tn.tng a.t 6/reah/a4: (,�'ay jaid, "Dad, I'm ju/ee old 6dna',j going
-to have &irw - I'U /raai je my bei �o $10. lom, -thinking -to teach in one good
l e.64on not to gamble, jail, "Nl /r qh,4 110 .i t .i j and you me to caah. "
R uadn'.t until yealz4 la;tea Tom /ound ou,t about Ae a.la/rm clod and the gi/alj'
ftnoau.ng ahead of time aboui the .twin calvej.
Ri,j con4.tan�t intetej.t in buying and 4elling jtoch b/toug ;t many acrjuainiance4
and inteae4ting people .to the /ranch, along wi tfz Puny o f the po/teji Seavice
pw,r,le and many 61 Ae CT olli.ceaj and theiA w.i.vej, who weae now neighbo,",
and They did enjoy going ou.t ;&,, SAo/rt 82a. lot a //deadly dinnea and b jpend
an eveningv 4iii.ng and .li iieni.ng to the /ranch men haR o f their adventwtea
vu,i in the moun.tai.n4, ad many o f ,them we/te fawie/tn aamy olli.ce4.
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One o/ lvm'4 jnvoA to 4torie4 of hi4 expeA,i..ence4 a.luxzg-j brcought ,laughter ua4
on one of hi4 herders, ,q m AcCo, %Qe. Y&, wa.4 quUe a character "e� /. when
he decided he needed a .laxative, he proceeded to cAwj "chitum barh ". he 4. ightly
overzdid hi4 do -4age, which ?ave Aim a bad cafe o f dysentery, 40 Tom to.Ld him to
4tal� in camp that day, and he iou, d coo out wvith the 4heeo. Camp had been pitched
on a rt,cdge, with a 4tee,,., j.lope over the Bank into a creek bottom where gim made
Ai4 wild runes behind the bu4Ae4. Tom came in jaw.t at dUh to Lind a bi, bro,vn
bear in camp W ping h.imje. l to the camp chuck, jo he let . oo4e with. a ahot at
Alma. :bear, who took o/ I ovelz the 4. o,:-.e and night on :top o f g.im in the b"hej.
go let out a Uood- cuadLuzg 4cream, thinking the bear tva4 a /ter Aim, and ,viA
4zv4peader4 dqagqing proceeded to run down the trail with the bear lo.l. owing, Pt
a4 /igAtened alder Tom'4 jurzpzi4e attach. F.inaVy dim IeU down and the bear
ran Airyht over the top of ham, and ju4t dept going.
There neve�z cea4ed to be .Coto of comica. conve44aiion a4 well a4 hai/z- raijing
thing. .thai hadhappened during there men'4 geaar4 out in .the p4imi;tive area - aj
w d� ar manor big /ijh.ing jtolzipr. F.i jh.ing. at Ai i ew4 out o f th..i j wo�z. d in
a� the 6eau,& /ul-4. /zeamr and Maker. however on rome o f Tom's ranee at the head
o f Lake Creek .there were - fhree . ahem with no f i4A; Aey had never b een named
or 4luxvn on any o f the Foaert Service mapr. So Tom made arrangementr with the
game department to recure baba liA zrhich he packed in ,[range mi k canj, and tvi-6
many .Long hard t pr atocked aU three .Laker, then named the Agee a/ cer hij
chi dAen, �ohnlp cjay, and &,zy. The Lahe,4 can be reerz on an,Y forert Service ,rap,
and continue to provide good /ijAinq.
So aU in aZ4 many were the people uho came to Shortr liar. �jeanie'r good coo,, . ng
and gay hvrpc,trz, 4tl were known jolt miler acrorr the United Stater, and by people
in a.0 uaVe4 o f . i je, inc&linq the Late Senatolt 13orah, who ured tv ,Love to rtaty
over a lew dz" on Aij trier into the area - 4ometme4 coming or going .into %Aq-
doat lzrh.ingm ahwip zouying that he cou. d ivat jmd. when 4z4. Carreq r %a4 cooking
Chore o& la4hioned j. icheA dumpLinq,4 and huc, �eberrzzy cobUer. Beanie .Coved
the Senator',j v Ait4 alt the never ceared to be ro proud of being a Untied Staten
"ei.tijen" and tddh great pride in the growth of our nation. She a.(imyj aa.id the
had much con f idence to know a man . he Senator .Borah copd reprerent our rttzte o/
Idaho back in ! arhzngtvn, D.C. On Sunrl ay on one of hij via.ttj they took the
Senator on a drive up the river. doing aLong he noticed a house aclzorr the river
with a huge w+arh on .the .line, and commented on Lt 'what a white tixt4hing,
and I .imagine the woman wa4hed it on a bound." feanie je,lt that though thi4
man uar a we.l known orator in Tarhington, he d4vap had the poor and working
people in mind in him ellortr to 6etter our couni y. To her th.i4 wau a wonderlu.
couniay where the . eaderz4 of the nation were a 4o o f the peop. e - Mmy /fwm the
lo,vw. i -tier o f the Lf rzg. i4h wa p ii/ ?o ya. ty ".
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The yealz4 we,ze again IzoU ng by /.apt, .the c Wdnen g raun noey gay ma t rjed, and
�ohnnry out in camp moot o f the time a44uming the ,ze4pon4i6il iti.e4 o f the
.sheep and giving Tom mo ze 1- 4eedvm to go on burying trripd, in which Jeanie av
enjoyed joining Aim. Aizay .m4 away at dch.00� moat of the time, but duung
he ,z vacaiionw home, and 4umne,r4, jhe kept the hou4e ve zy much a. ive with young
lo.0 , and with bahi.ng the cahea tahen /110m the pantay P z swimming pan- &e4.
l)Aerze day and Johnny had been o f a moae je tiou4 natu ze, . ook ng to .the ,rand,
.Li /ru in choosing /o ,,z a lutuae, /�h zy wn4 of a di/tenent natu ze. She enierred
into a.LL the 4chooZ aciiviiiea and =4 a.Lw V on ,the go, doing hen jAamv, of the
,ranch -;.?2h on the 1�y in orzde2 to enter into 4ometking maae inteaeiii.ng with
AA young peop.Le o f ?i.ggin4 and New Meadom.
fl'i th the r a�ing o f time it were hand /o ,,z Tom and Jeanie to zea. ip even theuc
baby, /a zg, a" no;v a young .Lady, and a veay active one .too. %eanie noticed
hen "pin money" ad .dh.e called the cream eked dimi.ni44ed when ,4h,,ty milked .the
live cows. Tom would pack the j&i.ng loa dhay to take to camp. on ajdi,gn .he r
4ome nidi.ng with .the cattle, which jhe ,Loved, but avuld daag tie old mulea back
drxun the mountain a a /a4t pace to get back to join the "gang" who werze going
to McCall that night to a jhow and dance. Upon hen a,ucivca� home jhe would
find a note /aom /k7m 4ayin g, "&ay, daal.cng, I have gone with %d 46 .Look at
4ome cai;Ue, we wiV be late getting Bach. See that the men ha ie a good 4uppea
and mi b the cav4. Jeanie would .Laugh in la tea yea /z4 varying, "Ue,4, llkny waxes a
wonderzlu� managerz at getting thing4 done. She could get a big rinnea /oz a crew
o f men, miA live cow4, and be ,wady loa hen date at seven, The 4eC4et =4 to
milh thaee cow4, tuen the te e, in to milh hwo; next mo.¢ninglgainie would
be 4u ze to /ind .the big. J2ying panes hid in the ,a/Aing oven - a 4hoat cut to
getting dinne,z oven and the di Ae,4 done. "
&,zry Melt .that ,ranch giR �4 were at a gaeat dz4advanta9e, a4 hea g.cnl r niend4
in .town had all at teanoon to /ix the.uz hai t and nail4, tzhiie jAe a4vaya had
jiA4,' to milk thoje da,zn old cowj. Jeanie, being very undeA4,4and ng. o f yorcth.'4
wanting to be ./)ith otherz young people in Aeia /un, never told './)ad" od /'aay',j
many jhont cut4 and managing of time and haw het pin money went to the calve4
who werze getting the crream, /orz Tom uxrj having enough taouble trzying to be
unde/t4tan6ling of the change .fin thi4 new generzation.
J Le the p,zogaeg in highmyj and ca", Tom w4 jo happrl to no® be able to
burr po rdable ,radio] to take to h.i j hendeiza in camp, but he deli.ni.te. y won't
,jo ent4u4.iajti.c .that today the young men who came to call on /�z,zy, came in
new card, with /radio intact. The new 1,rd among the young people mj to go
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#o a Am o/z dance #hen come home and ,..anh by the hou4e and .lij�en to
8 ng Cw iby croon, o2 ;to a good dance band. Ai j new .idea ol.' uouO d idn' ;t
apl ea l 4o Tom, and much to Zdd ,'�kincr'� ho/vzot lad came ou;, in h<.4 tw .Long- �
handled urzdeea/z one n.i.gA;t ,to call, /�ztg, ate you comi.ne in hete .to bed. //
3oy! fd Atarahy'i .LiWe ;tan fond headed down Ae ,zivet a# 4ixty �,�en and A"aty
ItV4 4U/Le hen P.th.en had embannaaed het /'on .l.i /e.
So .c t utw Sze otden a�t 'at/ze j f the !young people o f the communi;tg were alwW4
welcome. Thee could come in and when Tom and gean.ie and ieV .them all about
#h.e dance, 4ho-,, on panty - aa.id the ne_l nlgenaion lo/z midn.i,ghi jnacr�4, bu-t
;here w4 no .a.i.Ui zg out in .the caa by .the hou4e . 4.teriing & can lzad.co4, aj
no daub# "%a" Ca/Uzey would appears a a.in in hi.4 "long handlej" w.i.th iha# lizm
bo.ice o f . di4ppzova� .
gohnn.ie matnied and iooh oven Shon.t,j &a; Cjary and het hu4band &A Ae Nev
Meadows ranch; iizny m zai.ed the .Local merchant in R ggin-j, .40 Tom and �ean.ie
moved io down to bug a nice .l.i..W e hou4e and &he �i. e "u;t nou, .4adne 'i'd
came co .th A happy /ami.le;, lot .the .6hock ng necA w4 #had the.uz �ean.ie had
deve.Lor -ed an ,i.ncunab.le blood di4eaje, peAn.icivcvj aenemia. A;t A.4 dime ih.ene
w.4 no hnomn curse, even eu.i#h Tom faking, hen to rwn ,4, known .jpecia. i-44 and
a.L.l .the help given by our beloved On. hutjton o Council, who jen�t het
blood .jample4 ;�o mane labona,on.ie,4 ton 4c.ien ,4.ilic j#udv. She could only be
kept alive by con,4&n.t tzan4 jue.ivn; on Aoje datp Idaho dill nod have .ihe
wondenlul b000d bash of &day, 4o the blood had iv be obtained Isom local
ciiipna. The jami,L7 could never expne4,j Ae,ire gta.&iude �o the people o f
Aea Aeado,,,a, Councl,L, and &ggirW, udzo acme .40 w.i.L.L.inglt/ and gave Aeiz blood
and heZ,r..ed keel.; het a.L.ibe.
Though eanie w.4 conli.ned to het hoapz tal bed of hen room a,4 home lot .4even
.Long rueaty the courage orb hen cs7outh Aa:f pooh hen .through Sze .h.and4h.cp'd
of p.i.oneen,i.ng and home4;�eadirzq .j&yed with hen .th.nough hen .jbzonq la.iA in
a "Hi.ghen %oven ., and heA .love o f people. Dn. ThuZ4;ton a" a.l ,jo a native o f
t'h.icago who hasl come we4-i in h.i j younger yea", 40 he and Beanie .Coved to
.jw jtotie4 o - .the.irz eaz. clay ex et,ience4 out weji, and exchange mane good
.Laugh ,j. 9A. Thut4.ton expaej4ed hen f:.e &donabi�y a4 dial trend o4het4 uho knew hen -
iha;t even though ehe hen laced .the burden of jichnejj) jhe had the great
gi /.� o� giving happine.44 .to ott e". The doeton aZmyj aa.id when he himje.11
/e,L.t tuonn and meaty Isom .Long, dayj and n.irghid o f work, he could enter feanie'4
,mom, jii on hen bed lot a chat, and a,&uy4 Leave r r.i#h new tvij /om on a
ch.uchle ,lzvm one of het good "Scotch!' 'd�tot,ie 'd.
-21 -
�ean.ie .Coved io tell Scotch jioltie -j, and a.G!a ,4 .i nj.i j;ted in hen %e. V' da p
v
when .6hopping at the local j.toAe *;t ".dhe ua4n't about -to pay /So a cczn Molt
Dutch 6leanaeit. R had to be sold .to a Scot6mzn ai two /on 25o jo jAe could
•xcve a n.ichel here and there. " [he mercchanij aAaya ob�i..ge with heit pn,ice
cut4 with. a qn in, loa the next breath jAe would buu a Q,5 ondea o f 9 ocelti..ea
/on a pooa lami.,ly 4he knew about, .to whom they weRe to be delivered, fven
On. Muz4ton found hea geneaoj.tty a johi_ng. pojUion joa h.im4ell. Upon hen
lo44 of appetite, he duggea.ied jAe have 'a wee nip o f wine" au an a,,petijen
be /o ,ze mea, 4. So the .jAea4y uau pulzchajed a4 a g.ijt /aom Jz, lhuA4ton and
ju.iet.Ly taken to hea room. Upon AiA da4q lzoundo, he noticed the bottle o f
w.i4 uAa4 going down napidl y, and then dieicovelted r/Ay. Ye -.n.ie knew /_an
too any v/ he oheA p tient4, and a" geneizou l y je zving a "wee nip" jo)z an
appe�e,z
aj dhe made hen d-, ii y v.i j.i.ta aRound Jhe hoapztal. doctors and the
farm. q goof a big h.ich out of th.i j, aj .t.t =4 jo .l.ihe yeanie'.J 're l darjj" of
hen Fiziendl.cnejj, f9�en jAe would c all 1itvm hen kitchen door, "come on in tv
dinae,z ; oz iy�' a cold jtAanzet Mood at the dooA, Vo come in, I'll /ix you
a wee Aot a. wy4 a44u/zing the que4t it ua4 heal by medic.i•--e, &en
#Aough. he had a good .laugh. oven. the .jhaned nine lost appetl4end, Dn. Aunjton
decided i� beat loT the hodj.)Ua. shat �ean.ie'.j a[j-,eb:4ea •Aoule be changed
to pne4cn.if-4ion loam - tdwugh the Aelmy wad a good .idea Ion he,z at home
rdte,ze .the could jomve het many /n.iendj who caAe da.i l y to caU.
And jv a4 thc- yeanw ahead grew .dAoateiz /on Ai4 Zile on earth, we all who
knew gean.ie and .Loved th i j .l.i.t;le woman 1.itvm the HigUand4 of Scotland ar w i j
the United State4 to the mounta.i.n4 v;I Idaho - we hnew Aat .she a" 40 well
pae�.aa.ed Io2 heiz hezeaf teiz a /te z .the many yean4 o f only good that she had given
unto Ai4 eaath and to hen le�low wn - and that .jAe had 4o well eaizned hest neat.
Reif ann.iva.l in Heaven would b/zing happi.ne4 ,j; with the touch of hen hand
and a ring of .Laughter in hea voice 4he would jtarzd at the great en:nance
,jay.i.ng, "They told me on fa/z #hat Heaven uaa one place a 5co&4mn could
oe:t in 1,1ee, 40 14aveda day here and ;Aere aj I ualhed the .lone journey of
tit e, ao I could .joend 6 #e1z.n.i ty helze with. you. "
Subject: Jeanie Mcleay Carrey -John Carrey's mother, a Biography
Address:
Date:
Born Dingiwall, Roshire, Scotland, 13th child
She came to Canada to see a brother and to New Mexico to see another brother
Chicago, 111. to be a governess for the children of the Levi Strauss family
First showing of the Wright brothers airplane
Met a nice -ic )kottish boy, who was a druggist and became engaged.
Went west to visit an uncle Hay McIntyre, for a month in John Day, Oregon
Seeing indians,west was very uncivilized
Helping out on the B.C. Trowbridge ranch, saw a very handsome, dark skined
cowboy name Tom Carrey. Wasn't indian
Tom best bronc riding at all the rodeos. Jeanie very much in love with the
boy, but still engaged to boy in Chicago
Ton's proposal of marriage, sent her engagement ring back and resinas as
governess to Strauss Faminly J
She and Tom married
Life as Western woman begins on the B.C. ranch
She and Tom given there own house
"Indian Sam" tom's friend
Move to Idaho to homestead on the South Fork of the Salmon River.
Raise sheep
Warren's booming
1914 expecting a baby,121bs a boy John Hay after both grandfathers
1915 another child, "Aunty Mac" McFall mid -wife. Gay Mcleay
Many hard time approaching in U.S. and with there sheep
lath of July was quite fun in Meadows, Idaho
1921 another child, Mary Colina
Moved to Shorts bar
Jeannie go8es to Scotland to visit family
Helen Tony owned Warrens Hotel, and "Hiway Inn" at Riggins
P
John, Gay and Mary lakes named after the Carrey kids, at the head of Lake Crk.
Johnie married and took over Shorts Bar
Gay and husband took over New Meadows Ranch
Mary married local merchant in Riggins
Jeannie ha incurable blood sease -DIL clz
Star News 3/1/1949
Jennie Carrey, his first wife, died 2/9/1948
Tom Carrey
Laid to Rest
Funeral services for Thomas
Jefferson Carrey, an Idaho stock-
man and miner for •nearly 45
years, were held Wednesday at
Riggins with the IOO.F lodge in
charge. Mr. Carrey died Sunday
night on the eve of his sixtieth
birthday following a long illness.
Born March 1, 1880 at Long
Creek, Oregon, he cave to Idaho
about 1904. He at -one time owned
Iranches at New Meadows, Riggins
and on the South Fork of the
Salmon river and had mining in-
terests in the Warren district.
Survivors, include his widow,
the former Mrs. Martha Ann Pea -
body; two daughters, Miss Gay
Carrey of New Meadows and Mrs.
Roland Megordon of Riggins; a
son, John H. Carrey, Riggins; two j
sisters, Opal Costello and Mary
Ellis, both of Boise; two brothers,
Raymond of Nerw Meadows and
Brad, of MoGall, and three grand-
children.
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