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FRIE^AY, JANUARY 8, 1932. VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON PAGE FOUR ted die! 1 reckon we got to go to some other place about as rapid as our nags can carry us,” said Amos. In their haste the Algonqulns had left tlielr suck of skins and a much smaller one half-filled with dried meat. Amos hauled out an nriuful of fur and stuffed It Into the meat sack. He slung the bur den over his shoulder. “ 'Now good-by, mother, dear! for I'm a goin’ away,”’ he quoted as he beckoned to bis comrade, They waded and climbed over dead timber at the edge of the small river for some twenty _____ rods where they went ashore and hur ried southward, keeping tlielr pace darkness fell upon them. At uf the foe finning until a noisy brook they drank and ate and lay down for the night. "My God!” Amos exclaimed with EDITORIAL a laugh. “Them netops went as ¿y IRVINO BAC-HELLER quick as a ghost at cockcrow." “I never saw a scared cat move TIIE NEW YEAR IN "I should think these swine un blew out his 6reath. I.ater he quicker," Robert answered. THE HIGH SCHOOL We made a monstrous quick worthy of the sacrifice that you showed his mouth to the white men, who could see no evidence of burn move ourselves," said Amos, "My are making,’’ Robert remarked. ..................... Now that the new year has The Father answered: “They are ing. Father Cauvet explained that nags is tired." begun and the old year is left “So are mine.” swine, and yet they are men. Their the savages have a mysterious fortitude is heroic, tlielr patience art in evading the effect of heat, They were up at daybreak and behind the students in the schools Is sublime. They are hospitable He had seen a woman walk continued their journey, browsing should think about the mistakes to all save an enemy. They have through red fire apparently un on fish and flesh as they walked. that they made in the beginning keen Intellects and sometimes nn scathed. They bore southeastward and, after He told them that the sick man a tedious anil uneventful journey, of the school term and profit eloquence that Is moving. They ask: ‘If God made heaven and earth would be left to die alone if he came to a well-trod pnth going due by them. where was God before heaven and were unable to walk when the west. Many of the students have thus “This Is an Indian path," Amos earth were created?’ They ask camp moved. Robert and Amos set out with a whispered. “I reckon the lake Is far only been doing enough to many questions which we cannot just “get by.” Now is the time band of twenty braves In the morn near.” answer.” They proceeded with great cau to start over again and begin They returned to the camp. It ing. The Indians' otter skins were was silent. The fire had burned stored in a big waterproof sack of tion. Soon Amos said: “There’s studying in earnest. low. Achawat was lying with the moose hide. They reached the out been no man travel on this path High school does not do much, others under a rude bark-covered let of the great lake, but the Dutch for days. A moose and two deer shed alongside the smoldering em trader had not yet arrived. The went over it last night. We’ll spur if any, good to those students bers. It was a strange mingling of braves began to make a rude shel our nags and push nlong faster." who day after day go to their Coming to the top of a hill they classes with their lessons unpre dogs and bare bodies. The girls ter when they heard a tapping in and women and young ones, who the near forest like that of a clape. could see the broad sunlit waters pared, and are continually play always get out of the way when a It frightened them. They ceased below them. There Amos climbed feast Is on, as the Father explained, their work. One of them tapped a tree and satisfied himself that ing in the study hall disturbing the coast was clear. A mile or so their fellow students. had returned to camp and were eat on a tree. ing together before a fire some ten Nearly everyone is getting a It was part of a system of mys out he saw a shallop with a full yards away. Their favorite dogs tic signals known to these children sail heading southward. There high school education now, and were with them. As they ate they of the forest, In a moment un Al- was no other sign of Ute on the in a few years the person who wiped the grease from their hands gonquln scout hurried Into their water or along the shore. The sun on the hair of the dogs. They made presence with whispered explana- was about two hours high In the has not gone to high school and the white men welcome, who sat tions. It was like shouting at a east. got the most that he could out Amos descended nnd they hur of it will be at a serious disad down among them and ate dried herd of deer, What a scurry of fish and moose and blueberries. greased bodies I What a splashing ried on to a sheltered cove and a “Their heaven Is paved with blue as the braves sprang for their sloping sand beach. On a flat rock vantage. If every student in the high berries,’’ the Father explained as canoes, their scout among them 1 near the water were the dying rem- they began eating. In a few seconds the whole fleet nants of a campfire. There were school would think of that and tracks In the sand. The meat was well cured but was out In deep water and speed year’s resolution to “Some fine lady has been here make a new was filled with surprises, for a ing away. Their expertness In quantity of hair, dirt and twigs had boarding their moving water steeds this mornin’,” said Amos, "Look I get all that he could out of been beaten Into ft. astonished the white men. It was, at that little shoe print. L I reckon I school during this year he would In the four days that the Eng doubtless, the result of much train they camped here last night, I gain a great deal of knowledge lishmen Bpent with these nomads ing In the art of getting away. seen their shallop headin’ south. and pleasure. »1 of the waste they saw a life so There was no crossing of purposes, It’s a place where the savages Rachel Ek. strange and revolting that only a no confusion. Every tnan knew when tliey are in these parts come down to trade with the Dutch.” small part of it may be here re ills place and went to it. ALUMNI GIVE TALKS In a moment Robert saw a white corded—children three years old “They can move quicker than still nursing their mothers' breasts, a cat before a bulldog. Ye git one handkerchief hanging over the wa In the Christmas program as- women giving birth to children o’ them lazy pups skeered an' he ter on a dead branch. He pulled sembly on Wednesday, December the branch toward him, released without help or the slightest out can travel for God’s sake,” Amos cry and the same daj- going on whispered. “I don't bliiine ’em. the handkerchief and examined It. 23, a number of the alumni of “Od's blood!” he exclaimed. the high school were called upon with their work of building cab It's poor fun to be burned alive ins for the winter, while the men and cooked. There's a big band “This Is Peggy Weld’s handker to give short talks to the as were asleep by the fire. The girls o' Iroquois near us—you can bet chief. The odor of roses 1 I al sembly. ways observed that when I was could not be distinguished from the on that. Hell’s kettles!” Among the speakers were Char young men snve for tlielr double A flight of arrows hissed out of near her and here are the embroid girdles at the middle and below the the edge of the forest near them ered initials ‘P. W.’” lotte Green, Charles Hoffman, “Jerusalem, the golden!” Amos Glenn Hieber, Neal Bush and Gil- breasts, and their Heads and ear and fell In and around the last rings. canoes of the fleet. One struck the answered. “We missed ’em by less bert Bergerson. A band of scouts from the forests arm of a brave and clung there than sixty minutes. Never mind, Notice was also given of a south of the river came Into camp waving as he bent to his task. An boy, Amos Is happy. We’ll tag one evening and reported thqj they other was imbedded in the bare along after ’em with a shallop of Christmas greeting to the school could find no Iroquois south of the back of the stern pnddler In the our own afore midday.” “What do you moan?” Robert from Miss Pierce, former teacher great river. The Englishmen were last canoe. While Robert looked told that tlielr journey would be he saw a red line stream down be asked with a look of distress In gin at daylight In the morning. A low the arrow. Still the wounded htsanimated face. band of the friendly Hurons ar men held their pace with no ap (Continued Next Week) parent lessening of their energy rived that evening. The sorcerers began their work. and courage. In a moment ten The devil killer borrowed Robert’s canoes filled with Iroquois war For real bargains—watch the sword and began howling and hiss riors had taken water and In pur ing and slashing the air so furious suit of the fleeing northmen. classied columns of the Eagle. ly that the sweat poured from his ’’Now by the hazard o’ the spot- brow to his feet. With wild yells he V ÍCANDLE SIN THE WILDERNESS of aiïfetf Sngïanô of the high school, by Wein Hie- END OF DRY CYCLE ber. < SEEN FOR OREGON Candy was passed around to the pupils and visitors at the close State College Moisture Record* of the program. HOME FOR VACATION A number of the alumni who returned home for the holidays were Charles Hoffman, Glenn Hieber, Charlotte Green, Gilbert Bergerson, Norman Green, Vel- don Parker, Dwight Strong, Don ald Hodges, Neal Bush, Cather ine Hoffman, Leonard Hall, Della Cline, Ben Spencer, Marvin Por- terfield, Robert Holcomb, and Dorothy Throop. SNAPPY CATCHES A visitor could surely tell that Santa Claus had made a visit to the school pupils this Christmas. Among the many presents to be seen about the school are sweat ers, dresses, ties, book-ends, pen cils and pens, coats, shoes, and a watch fob. But no new school books. We wonder if the bright red tie that was seen on a certain senior boy was a Christmas pres ent or if he just hadn’t dared to wear it before. Santa might have given the senior room a new pencil sharp- ener. And he also might have given the pest who swipes our note book paper, a week’s supply. Coach Tucker spent the Christ mas holidays in Bandon. Mr. McEntire spent his holi- days in Forest Grove. Miss Bolton went to The Dalles. Miss Drake spent her vacation in Willamina and Coos county. A number of students also left Vernonia during the vacation. The students were encounter ed by a nice newly oiled floor and painted steps when they re turned from their vacation. ALUMNI DEFEAT THE HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD Show Bright Outlook for Coining Crop Year Oregon’s climatic dry cycle, which has continued with more or less severity for 10 years and which has been acute the last two years, appears definitely broken. A check up of the year’s rainfall together with present conditions throughout the state shows the most favorable mois ture condition from an agricul tural standpoint in the last de cade, report men of the soils department of the Oregon State college Experiment station. Weather records at Corvallis show that the rainfall there for 1931 was 39.50 inches as com- plays every Monday night against the alumni girls at the Legion hall. Lucille Spooner a former Ver nonia high student who is now a senior at the Jefferson high school in Portland, spent Christ mas vacation with her sister here. THE NEW YEAR Now that the New Year is here the students that have not been doing so well should start anew. If, perhaps their lessons have not been the best, here is one way to begin anew. A good lesson is always a good asset to a student. A pupil’s conduct is also a drawback. It isn’t hard to obey the teacher if only the stu- dent wants to. Many students make many good resolutions, Why can’t they be kept? The Civics class took a test on the Constitution last Monday. Watch the classified section This test was published by the and see for yourself the many Kansas State Teachers’ associa opportunities listed there. Redd tion. it every week. The alumni defeated the high school basketball team Wednes day, December 30, by about 50 to 30. The alumni had some expert players, while the high school was handicapped by the loss of Ralph George, who injured his hand and was unable to play. Barker was also absent. Bergerson was high point man for the winners and Magoff starred for the school. A girls high school basketball team has been organized and Order of Eastern Star Take the Oui of THREAT With Wild Yells He Redoubled HI* Efforts and at Last Pretended to See and Exterminate the Ac- cursed One. redoubled his efforts and at last pretended to see and exterminate the accursed one. Some of the war riors had a sweat under a low arch of poles covered with blankets and heated with hot atones. They were like a dozen fighting cats In a barrel howling, hissing and kick ing as the sweat proceeded. A Huron sorcerer, hailed ns Os couta, undertook to cure a sick man by taking a small red hot atone from the fire and putting It In his mouth and biasing ami growl lug In the face of thu invalid ns he Square Beal Service Station U. S. Royal Cord Tires Shell Products Dependable Mechanics Shop Work Guaranteed J Don’t let that word “IF” stand between you and financial betterment. There’s no no haphazard chance "IF” to success * ’ . 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While these figures would not apply throughout the state, the compar ative difference exists elsewhere, indicating a much better moisture supply for crops than for many years past. Much of the recent rainfall in the warmer sections of the state has come in the form of snow in the mountains and other highe- or colder regions, thus assuring better irrigation supply and bet ter range conditions than have existed recently. Fall crops west of the moun- tains went in to the winter in good shape in the main, but in the lower sections fields will re quire some attention to prevent damage from standing water, the soils men point out. The soil is completely saturated with water now so that the main problem through the remainder of the winter is to keep the excess from accumulating on the surface, Keeping the surface ditches open at all times and tile lines clear will prevent damage. Meanwhile the extra moisture which may be expected between now and spring will still further add to the welcome supply of stored moisture in the mountains and in eastern Oregon where more may still be held in the subsoils. Oregon-American Lumber Co. A. F. & A. M. Nehalom Chapter 153, O. E. S. Vernonia Lodge No. 184 Regular commu A. F. & A. M. meets nication first at Masonic Temple, and third Wed Stated Communication nesdays of aach First Thursday of each month, at Ma month. Special called sonic Temple. All visiting sis meetings on all other Thurs- ters and broth day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors ers welcome. most cordially welcome. Leona McGraw, W. M. E. G. Anderson, W. M. Alma Bell, Secretary. W. E. Bell, Secretary. Mountain Heart Rebekah Lodge No. 243 1. O. O. F. No. 243, I.O.O.F., meets every second and fourth Thursdays in I. O. O. F. hall, Vernonia. Visit I.O.O.F.—Vernonia Lodge No. ors always welcome. Margaret Lines, Noble Grand. | 246 meets every Tuesday night 'at 8 o’clock, in I.O.O.F. hall. Vis Bessie Herrin, Secretary. itors always welcome. Chas. Holt, Noble Grand. Pythian Sister* G. G. Holt, Vice-Grand. Vernonia Temple 61 meets G. M. Holt, Secretary. every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in W.O.W. hall. Isabel Culbertson, M. E. C. American Legion Clara Kerns, M. or R. & C. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HARDING LODGE 11« Meets every Monday night in the W.O.W. hall. Visiting broth ers welcome. M. D. Cole, C. C. H. Culbertson, K.R.S. Vernonia Po«t 119, American Legion. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month, 8. p. m. J. E. Kerr, Com mander; Eugene Shipman, Adj. An Exception
