and swapping meat for other provisions. In 1887 quite a congregation of Mor¬mons lived in the settlement. They pur¬chased the Anderson Canal and I went to work on it. In the Spring of 1889 I took a contract carrying mail from Eagle Rock to Menan. During Winter, Spring or high water time this was a dangerous journey. One time I got lost in a blizzard. It was 20 degrees below zero. The post¬master sent five men out to find me. The snow was five to six feet deep. In 1890 I fenced my ranch and worked to improve it. We had to move to Eagle Rock so the children could attend school. A single man jumped my claim and we lost the homestead. One mail delivery trip I had Annie Hardy and baby along. We took a short cut which would save about two miles travel. Crossing Dry Bed the horses broke through the ice. I grabbed Annie and baby and shoved them out on the ice. Annie walked and carried her baby for a mile and a half to get help. I worked in the water up to my neck unhooking the tugs and breaking the ice with a long pole to save the horses. Some men came from Lewisville and helped me save my team. I missed geting the mail down that day and was fined as per my contract. That night when I got to John Arrowsmith's place my clothes were frozen so I could hardly get them of The coming Spring, high water time, a big log floating down the River upset my boat. Dud Chase, owner of the boat, hung onto it and floated downstream, caught hold of some brush and saved the boat and himself. Late in the Fall of 1890 I lost the mail contract, moved the family to Eagle Rock and sent the children to school there. Emily was too near a nervous break¬down. I then ran a delivery wagon, hauling water for people who needed it. My wife and I ran a boarding house at the fair grounds that Fall. The Oregon Shortline Railroad shops were moved to Pocatello. The railroad company had a water system for their employees which it sold to W.H.B. Crowe. I worked for Mr. Crowe, operating the pump down on the river bank. Francis, Albert and Clarence were born during these years and Albert died. Our daughter, Elva, was kidnapped shortly after Francis was born. She was six years old, and was gone for six or seven hours before we found her. The cul¬prit was sent to the Idaho State Prison for three years. We built a home on the east side of the railroad tracks. The house was very 179 FRANCIS WILLIAM CLARENCE