Weekly Chemawa American., August 28, 1908, Image 1

VOL. 11
Our Boys Abroad
BY A PUPIL.
Bright and early Monday morning,.
August 10th,. the two parties of boys got
together to start on their trip to the
coast. One party, the large boys, was
under the supervision of Mr. Larsen,
and the other party, consisting of the
smaller boys, was in charge' of Mr, En
right. .
Both parties started for the Wheat
land ferry, a distance of nine miles, go
ing through timber, fields, orchards and
berry patches, robbing the hogs of all
the green apples thnt chanced to fall to
the ground on account of the wind, etc.
All arrived safely and began swimming,
boating, and hunting. It was three
hours before the provision wagon got
there, for it had upset just as they were
fairly on the main road. But as the
wagon did arrive, dinner was cooked
and eaten, and we started for Sheridan,
some twenty miles away.
We arrived at Sheridan and had a
good -supper, sleep and breakfast, and
moved on for Grande Ronde, some
fifteen miles farther, around the point
of one of the big hills of that country.
Three of the party, Messrs. Enright,
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Larsen, and a friend from Salem, Sorahan
by name., started to take a short cut by
going straight over the hill, getting into
camp about three hours ahead of the
party.
They went straight up to the very top
of the hill and seeing how very easy it
was to come out ahead of the party they
decided to take a nap. When they laid
down the sun was still on the east side
of the hill, for it was yet morning, but
when they awoke the sun was on the
west side of the hill, for it was afternoon.
But they did know this, and believing
the sun still to be in the east, went
down the hill on the same side they
had just climbed, and arrived back with
in two miles of the starting point before
they realized . where they were. As a
result of their short-cut they came
into camp a little worse than, five hours
behind time.
Because we reached Grand Ronde it
rained and we were 'compelled to re
main over a day, but we finally got
started for - Henry ville. We reached
Henryville, too at least the boys on
foot did. There we waited for the
wagons until after dark. Shortly there-
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AUGUST 28, 1908.