Eureka High School - Sequoia Yearbook (Eureka, CA)

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left Garberville at six o'clock and succeeded in reaching Kenny that night. From the time that we crossed the line between Humboldt and Medocino Counties fwhich is marked by a tree and a large postj we noticed a great difference in the roads. I think that we ought to donate some crushed rock to the supervisors of Mendocino. At Kenny we learned that, in order to make connections, it would be necessary to stage from there on to NVestport. That night at eleven o'clock we were pulled ont of bed to take the stage for Usal. After the coldest ride I had ever taken, we arrived there at half past two in the morning. All along the road you could look down hundreds of feet into the roaring surf, and if the horses had become frightened we would have been dashed to pieces. We left Usal at four A. M. and our next stop was at Hardy Creek, where we changed mail. We passed through several places en route, but the towns were all closed up as the mills were shut down. At Hardy Creek we were afforded an opportunity of seeing how they load steamers by the use of cables. The steamers are about a half mile oif shore and the lumber is sent out on the cable. It is said that this process is better than being loaded at the wharf. Westport was the next and last stop. We could see the Ravalli going to Eureka. Here we were met by our friends, and we were driven to Glen lllair, after having had the best trip that I ever remember. ?7'!: 9 Dqax ' QQQQTG. v -aglslslzf '1- illlnnnlngur A. F-. 'lO. Mercy! Fifteen minutes of this period gone and I haven't opened a book-not a single one. Don't say a word to me I beg of you. Heavens! there goes my pencil. Say, would you mind poking that girl in front of you, and asking her to get a knife from the boy across the aisle? I have a knife myself- but he is so good looking. 'f it if Now could I trouble you to return it? Thanks a thousand times. W'hat book is that on your desk? Oh! George Eliot! I read a book of his last year but it was so dry. I adore George Barr McCutcheon's. They are simply too thrilling for words. I knew that some one was around me that I dislike. I simply felt it. It is that girl two seats ahead of me with the frowsy hair. I always make it a point not to say disagreeable things about people but she is the most spiteful thing. Fancy! she tries to make everyone think that her hair is naturally curly but once I made inquiries from a girl who told a friend of mine that she put it in curling papers every night of her life and-would you believe it F-the night PAGE THIRTEEN I ,fzg-D--I U X ' .1 P P II U pi u

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We found it necessary to cross Eel River and, after getting the ferry man down, we decided to ford. Except for our getting a little wet there were no bad results. We ate our lunch on the other side, and after having a little sleep in the shade, we again started walking. That afternoon we did some professional walking, and we succeeded in reaching Camp Grant at five o'clock. As we were very hungry our supper tasted fine. I thought that I would sleep well that night but I was disappointed. I was the first to go to bed, and after feeling both pillows I took the softest one, and my partner was none the wiser. As soon as he got in bed the lamp was put out. W'e talked until about eleven o'clock, and then he fell asleep but I found it impossible. Our bed was not the best, but that did not seem to phase him as in five minutes he was snoring loudly. A REDWOOD SCENE NEAR ELINOR VVe awoke about half past five and after breakfast we took to the road again. VV e passed a cherry tree and for twenty-nve cents we got all the cherries we could eat, besides filling all of our pockets. Later, forgetting that my back pockets were filled with cherries, I sat down and the cherry stain did not leave till we reached the end of our journey. That afternoon it grew very hot, and as rattlesnakes were plentiful in that region, each of us carried a stick, and one of us always wanted to be in the middle of the road. However we met no snakes. We covered 26 miles that day and arrived at Garberville at 5 230 o'clock. Here we had supper and then played ball until dark. The bed I had that night was a little different from the one I had the previous night. As soon as I jumped in I nearly hit the Hoof, and I thought there was some one under the bed pushing me up and down. I managed to sleep a little, however, and felt rested in the morning. VVe PAGE TWELVE

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their house caught afire she did not have the presence of mind to take them out. She must have looked a perfect fright. I simply must study. Please don't talk any more or I shall have to change my seat-Uh! I do like your shoes. VVhere did you get them? I really believe I tried on a pair there-look at the face that boy up in front is making. Isn't it too killing? What was I talking about? Oh! yes-those shoes. I tried on a pair at the same store loads too big for me. You must have gotten them. My! It is dull up in this part of the room. How do you manage to exist? I think I'll go and speak to that girl over by the window. . . . That horrid teacher sent me back here. The very idea of her doing that before every- body. I felt so embarrassed. I know my face is purple and my hair is coming down. I must look a fright-a perfect fright. I was simply dying to know when the next dance is and now I won't find out until the end of the period. Isn't it too provoking! Honestly, it is a mystery to me how people can go thru life making such trouble. Now that teacher-Great guns! don't tell me that is the bell. XVhat shall I do! VVon't you help me? Oh Goody! You have your note book finished. I'll just take it along. You don't mind do you? If it werenlt for you, you know I'd have done mine. You talked so much. Thanks awfully. Ta! Ta! Uhr -Blaat Run McDoUo.xL MoNRo1-3, 'l1. .My N the early sixties there were many fights between the Indians and white men. The Indians so frequently lifted, cattle and horses and burned the buildings that the whites had to keep a careful watch over their possessions. A band of Indians had come down into the Mattole Valley and stolen several hundred cattle. This called for severe measures - - and so a party of two white men and a friendly Indian, called Indian Pete, set out with the intention of teaching the Indians a lesson and incidentally of recovering the cattle. The first evening out the party came upon some Indians whom they treated very harshly, although it was not the band they were after. The Indians were camped on a horseshoe bend of the Mattole River. Behind their camp was a steep precipice and in front of it was the river. They had a big fire and were sitting around it roasting trout for their supper. They made an easy target, and the whites, who were across the river, each picked out an Indian and fired. Three Indians sprang into the air, screamed horribly and dropped dead. Instantly 'Wi 23:3 h C Q , fl I PAGE FOURTEEN