10 August 1913 – Half way house

Joe Johnson left about 9 o’clock riding one of the horses which belonged to people who stayed here all night. Gay, Stew and myself are the only ones left here of the bunch and things are quiet. We have a lot of grub and want to sell it or give it to packers for being packed in. John Dary has only horse up here and we are left in a stew as to how to get back, anyway tomorrow, because things are too dead up here. I wanted to go up to hot springs but its too late now and Stewart doesn’t care to go up. There are hot mineral baths and drinking water. Some old jake here says, there’s no use comin’ up here, without goin’ up to the hot springs. Nearly 50 people are up there at present. Stewart and I climbed the hill in front of half way house and I took 4 pictures up there. We afterwards went swimming in river. Made arrangements to pack in to North Bend.