Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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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 . .

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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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1911 THB, POHOB We spent the rcmalnmg hours of the afternoon trymg to tonjtcturt ways and means of escape but to no purpose To be shot at daylight llke dog, l Oh the c uelty and lndlgmty oflt We A ntrltans tool Could not some way of escape he found We 1 nc w I our txcrtlons but all IH va1n At last even Tom gave up I o sald he sadly I guess that we mlght as well say good by to all hopes of L cape for ou1 every chance seems cut off It th mll I llovv means what he saxd and I m sure that he does for these fellows haue a hablt of dolng thlngs of thls sort tomorrow at tht tlne we shall ln all hkellhood be ln eternity But boys let Us shov these fellows how Amerlcan plgs can dle Novs boys Loud and cltar rang out the cheers even as we slghed at the though of the home whlch we should never ee agam At last camt the mght Of course very few of us could rest Tom anl I lld our best to be llght hearted but all to no purpose At la t the campfirts became less brxlllant the soldlers settled themselxes to rest Tom remamed on guard near the mouth of th v It nast have have been nearly mldmght Ithmk when I wa 'wvakened gently by Tom Somehow or other I had dczed oft' for a non nt or two and was IH for a good sleep when awakened by Ton Bat Isprang to my feet wxde awake ln an mstant .sm h h whlspered Fom Come here He led me to the mouth of the cave polnted to the two guards on duty there Thur backs vsere towards us and they seemed more asleep than awake Tom looked at m and I understood I nodded Sllently we stole back and told the sltuatlon to the others sllently we tlptoed to the mouth of the cave sllently we stole up behmd the guards and m a few moments they were well bound and gagged WlthOUt a sound We passed through the sllent camp and entered the woods and struck out full speed for parts unknown Nor were we a moment too soon As we entered the woods we could hear the rellef guard bomlng and ln ashort tlme the camp was ln an uproar Thls served one very useful purpose however for It kept u m a straxght lme from the camp otherwlse unused to the woods as we were we mlght have travelled ln a clrcle and ln the end have returned to the camp As lt was however we soon left the ' 21 7 ' ' . . I ' .V .Y Tb. y T . . . . . , 1 ' ' ', ' . f . -Q wc: ex- ' ' ' ' . . 6 yi, . H ' ' ' - ' fl 1 Q. ' ' ' . ' , ,S .A I A . . . . . ' , , fs 4 1 . I ' , ' Y ' ' ' 1 1 three cheers for Home and Country. Here goes, one, two, three. f 1 1 I I 1 , V ' . - ' ' s ' . f 1 . . , . ' L I . ' I A' 5 E 1 . . , . e c1'e. . ' ' ' , ' , 5 t . 1 . , I V I . . uw, 'r ',, ' u if . 1- ' , . D ' ' L Y v v - I I . . ' s ' - I h I ' I I