FLOATING ISLAND
STRANGE PHENOMENA WORRIES
HIS BROKEN LOOSE
OWNERS OF LAND WHO TRY
TO ANCHOR IT DOWN
TWIN LAKES, Ida.—I. D. Meikle,
C. A. Neafus and parties from the
Jesuit college were on the upper lake
looking after their interests regarding
the floating island. This Island,
of about six acres, broke loose from
the main land during the spring of
1918, and after floating around several weeks grounded at the isthmus,
where it remained until the hard wind
storm and high water last week loosened it. It is now several rods from
the shore.
It is composed of a spongy accumulation of rich soil and roots, capable
of holding considerable weight, and
is covered with a fine grade of spongy moss, also a rank growth of cat
tails, willows and many other varieties of small shrubbery, quite tropical
in appearance, and is a menace to
property owners on both lakes, should
it lodge on a private beach or float
into the channel.
Efforts will be made to dispose of
it before the water recedes to the
ordinary level.
Wounded Indians Return. 