Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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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 , .

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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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IIII IOHUI January from the United States surx eylng for a raxlwly down here do vou not Ireplled ln the afflrmatlye and translatcd to the othcxs I do not bcllevt vou hc rfplxed coolly tba are SDILS dligLllSLd as suryeyor tmg tl tmplty of tl Government forces We mll lnxestlgate and lf vu nnd lt to b you w1ll be condemned as QDIGH and hanged ucry one of you Thx was too much for Ton Am the general ua- ordulng the soldltrs conternlng our dlspos xl for the mght Porn Jumped foxvs 1rd an shakmg hls fist und r th I 1 nos sh mu l Say you confounded old sklndxnt what ID the Dxckcns do you mem b calllng us lxars and bpl6S and ordcrlng Um art und ln tlns fashlonl Darn your old Grcaser plcture don t you know nat lf you oflc r to touch one of us that Unclt Sam wlll stnd 1 IILINLII of soldltrs real soldlers down nere and vupe you off the face of the earth you you you lll ll'7 and Tom vxasl d away forclbly yu 1 the rest of us The gentleman wlth the stabblng lron remalrcd perfectly cool and collected whlch I could not understand untll I redected that he knew not one word of Lngllsh We were led to one of the caves ln the hlllslde and made to enter There we were told was our apartment for the night A guard of soldiers was set at thc mouth of the cave ID order that we mlght not escape We spent a estless mfht forthe weather was cold and we were allowed no Ere The spot was well up ID the tlerra frla snow was everywhere on the ground Neverthe ess we managed to survne the mght Tn '1 xt mrrnmf dawn d mth a coll north wlnd blowlng and the sky overcast wlth heavy clouds It looked yerv much like storm to our eyes Nothing occurred durlng the mornlng W were given nothlnff to eat and we began to feel the pangs of hunger Probably our captors dmd not haxe enough food for themselves they certaxnly looked It About the mxddle of the afternoon we were led agam to the one wxth the make belleve sword He recelved us calmly T e accusatlon afalnst you ha b on found to oe true he sand You w1ll be shot at daybreak tomorrow mornmg And he waved us to our prlson - 'I ' J 7 1 1 . :U 'I 1 1 , ,C . , V V V., . . . .V V VV V VV li ' YF ' , I4 ' V , f -, , - ' - ' . I be-lu-ye .t you ' ' . 1 . . f Q s, ac ID me 1 -' I0 V V V. . V . V . VV . . VV VVVV ' 1 ' '- x'I 1 's 2. Q - r - ' 7 ', ,I ' '- 2 , 'y V I V ' 1 . ,E . ' ' . H ., l. , ,. ll' d e e .n,g11al t e . tel . .. ' V V . . V . I .V V V VV . V . V V . V . V V . . VV . V V V .V V , V V V V.V . V .V . . V V. V V V. . VV .V VV'- . -34 1 ' I Y. 1 1 I I l I lu 1 ' 1 ., . . - - ' c 'tl 4' I a . t . H . I ' I I . V V V . ' - Q ,. . ..-. ' , . , . . ,, . ' , u V ' v v. w . . . 'e . e, ' D ' e + ' ' 1 ' . e ' :J ' A . . . H h . ' ,' -. ,. I H - ca ' , D 3 39 , . - . VV , V . .