Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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IHIL POHUB January less serpent on earth Tom and I looked at c-'uh other Tom s face was xxhltc and probably 0 lt'-s s xx is ni c Virats the matter with us big mdtts that wt art' Fhere -.nothing t bc afraid of said Tom I couldn t ansxxe We afterward learntd the snake to have becn a bushmaster one of the most deadly of all snakes O't1h s some of Us would lose ourselves in tne dense Jungle but we all came out all right at the hnlsh It was about the middle of May I think tl at rtrrfrs fir t began to reach our ears telling of a rewolution dcvxn there in Southern Mexico Over half of our survey vt s dore but thc rrost dntfi ult part yet rc nalncl We were some nillt so 1th of the City of Mexico the ancient capital of tht Montcztna We vtcre tierra calienta behind and were entering the tlerra frla or cold regions The rumors were at first vague and unce tain but growlng in strength day by day It was our lntentlon to enter the Sierra Madres just south of the clty of M xicm to proc ei gralually southward skirting the farmus volcano of Pups atep tl th n to make the final crossl 5, Just north of Orlzaba 'Ihe mountain of the Star In these mountain somewhtre lt was said were concealed guerilla bands of the revolutlonlsts Each day brought us nearer to the suspected spots Nor were we sorry to leaxe the gulf regions behind for lt was fast app oachlng the rainy season when 11 1 beyond the power of any white man to stay on the Gulf and live We were now approaching the difficult part of our work A road from the city of Mexico northward would hardly vary from an altitude of seven thousand and five hundred feet for athousand miles W were now ent rin? a TGTIOD of the roughest character however one that would demand all our sk1ll as engineers Slowly we pravress d day bl day Gradually the Mlmosas and the Palms of the tlerra eallena gave place to the stately oaks of the tlerra templada or temperate lands ' These ln turn gate place to the forests of somber pine of the tierra frla Barancas or ravlnes open on every side down whose steep descfnts we could 18 ' . . . ' 1 5 1 , , Q C 1 5. ' Q ' my ' 7 -, . n .o 1, in K. . . ' ' ' . ' ' ' ' 1 V: ' o 2 - rv - 1 , , ,, I ' , . '. e' . Q ' . ' - ' ' ' . Y . w W C , , 1 . . 1 Q, I ' . ' I l ' . , ' . 'H 'zx. , , - . ' c 0 H. 1 ' 1 ' 's . : ' ' ' ' 1 ' - Q Y ' - , . .. gradually ascending the Sierra Madres and were fast leaving the . ,, R . 1 i Y . N . . A .4 A v . ' 3 ' , e t . ' , . ' f . ' . c 3 . f- I 1 ' 'fur - - -u ' rr ,, ' 5 - I 1 , ' 1 1' 'f ' 1 1 1 ' r ' ' ' J ' ' 's ' 1 J e e ' g g' ' ' , --a 1 i ' ' - C, c , . ' If . 7 ' 7

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1911 1Hlf IOHOB tultlcs For the hxst few month all went well How we enjoyed tl 1 gla1lT1op1cal mghts mghts wher we all sat at the doors of our tents untll lat hours drlnkmg the beauties spread before Us the balmy a1rlaIe1 wxth the swe t perfume of Tropical flowers the p rfum of th Ma nolla ani tht hmeysuckle the deep green follxgt pecullar to the TTODICQ standmg out IU soft brllllancy ln the soft vvhlte nnnllght ll tenmg wxth delight to the sweet muslc such as only Tropical blrds can make It IS lmDOSSlbl6 for those who have never heard the song of the mocklng blrd to form any JI Jtlow af th meonparable svv elness and softne s of the tones of thls the weetest smger m all the world At tlm6S we would that we knew and loved so well Or we would tell storles or talk of tlmes gone by But such thlngs cannot alvsays last wlth mortal man For some tlme nothlng of great Interest occurred True one of our m n encountered a puma Nlllle alone ln the Jungle one day and lt looked for a tlme as though the ammal would get the best of the scrap wh1ch ensued but ln the end man s sklll prevalled and our man cane out of th fracas wlth Mr Puma s skm And then agam one day Tom and I emountereii a huge bush master In the Jungle and came near remalmng wlth hlm lt was tovvald evenmg whule we were yet on the tlerra callenta or hot lands Tom andl were a mlle or so m advance of our men s leetmv a sultable spot for a camp I was a few feet ln the lead and dxd not notice that Tom had stopped I espled what Icon sld red a gwod canpmv spot Tom I called Tom dld dld not come I turned around to ste what was the matter Goodress' there was Tom wlthm a few feet of a huge serpent and seemed to be enjoymg xt Nearer and nearer drew the serpent Oh why dldn t Tom move' I tried to shout and warn hum but somethmg se med to hold me ha k How beautlful was the serpent 1 began to love hlm Ivxanted to approach hlm and care s hxm There Tom was startmg toward hlm Id go too But sudoenly some thmg broke the spe'l What lt was I do not knew to thxs day but lt saved our llves A couple of shots from our revolvers and one 1 ' 17 'I 'I iv L I I 1 se ' It ' ' ' ,l 5, ' -- sg I. Yi A . L. . , , 3 e 2 g ' ' 1 ' L ' 3 ,Z H i A . K . . . . . .3 .Jef ' .f 3' . 1 e 5 sing, sing the songs that we sang at college-the old sweet songs I 1 ' .- A , V Q 4 I . . . I I , V I I . , . , . . F 3 A . - , . I . - V . . . I . . H Y, ' ' 3, G. 1 . . - ,, . . ' e . . ' ,, . , . ' ' . ' ' . A . . . , v . , . . . 3 If . u . . I I u V v Q u I ' ' I - - , 1 1 , . L nf '

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1911 me Honors loak for more than a thousand feet Arotnd mountams across dmay ravnnes through snow clad forests our urwev ran We were IH the md tof the grandest scenery on the globe ln the mldst of a grand volcamc clrcult Around us were the volcanoes Ornzaba Popocatcpetl lrtacxhuatl and Tolucca Ont day near the end of June thmgs began to happen O th1 part cular day w were busy as usual ln the tasks for which we were ln V1 Xl m Aa we vv rt maklng our way up a very steep baranca a bunch of ragged Mexlca s about a hundred nn number suddenly ener ed from a grove of fig trees on one of the sides of the ravme They polnted thtlr long rxfies at us and ordered us to halt As we had no arm and they had the drop tn us there was nothmg left for us to do but obey whlch vue dld not wlthout sundry growlmgs from Tom however who threatened vengeance ln as strong Engln h a he could muster Thls seemed to make no lmprcsslon on them however for they coolly confiscated our fare Thx done they forn .1 lmes on each slde of us and escorted us up the raume all the whxle Jabbermg ln some sort of dlalect whch I could not understand Presently they led us mto a llttle glade of somber pmes snuggled at the bottom of a box canyon vuth almost p rpend1cular walls Here we came upon alarger band of men squattlng around a number of campfires bullt ln llttle caves hollowed out of the rock face of the canyon walls Anong these men there was one who seemed to be superior to the rest H seeened a llttle less ragged than the others and a llttle ltss dlrty lf I may say lt He even wore a kmd of a stab blng lrm at h1s waist that was meant for a swo d I suppose xt certamly looked as though somebody had attempted to beat lt mto a ploughshare some t1me or other To the gentleman above descrxbed were we led H seerned exceedmgly pleased to see us much more so than we were to see hlm The leader of our band saluted hum and then ensued a conversatxon a few words of vshlch was I able to understand among them Amerlcann plg and all such endearing emthets Fmally the confab ceased and he wlth the sword addressed us xn good Mexlcan as follows You clalm to be Clvnl Engmeers IW 1 f . 1 ' , ',, 1 ' ' - 5 ' ' , . l . 5 Y 1 A 1 l . ' , 1 1 u - A , . n .S I 1 E, V N 1 U - ' . 3 'c.. ' e 'I ' , . C ' . ' .T I ' 2 . , S u x H , , . 1 . ' . . Q ' , . , 's s . ' . K . N , instruments, regarding them, no doubt, as some instrument of war- . 's ' , l S ' ' ' , ' K, - ' e ' . A . ' . C A D . E . M. . ' 1 . . . . .1 ,R . Y . 5 I I K N A . . ' . e ' . ' ', I, ' , U ' H u ' 77 Y I Q , .