The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-05
SCHOOL LIFE IN TENTS
Scheme in Arizona to Build Up.
Health Of Delicate Boys.
OUTDOOR WORK OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

steer Tying, branding Contests
Hunting ana Camping some OF the
Features Of nm Institution which
Is called a ePrepv school In the
open.
"Prepv school il the open-each /
young fellow possessing his own tent
horse, seven dogs, If SO inclined; study !
with hunting and camping
trips to the mountains, mines, Indian
reservations. steer tying and branding
contests. prehistoric ruins and the big
horse ranches, almond orchards and
orange groves that are marked features
Of the Salt river valley, Arizona this
is the latest addendum to the popular
desert camp life which is proving such
a. boon 20 people who need the outdoor
living to build them up. says a dispatch
from Tucson to the St Louis Post-Dis-
patch
Boys temporarily disabled by over
zeal in study or athletics; pale, weak
ana anHmic, yet anxious TO keep up
their class work, have found an al
freseo school life where development Of
Drawn goes on with that of the brain
an attractive and delightful prescrip-
ton for how to get strong and be
contented while getting so.
One Of the young fellows, just out Of
high school. who went last year from
the east prohted 80 wen by his years
experience in self reliance and the abil-
ity to fend for himself that at the close
of the school year in May last he started
with only his saddle and pack horses
for company for the long overland triE
across the desert, through the range
country and over the Rockies to Den
yer. cooking and caring for himself OF
the way lie returns this fall brown
robust, keen witted ready for another
year that win fully re-establish bis
health and at the same time finish hi;
preparation for one of the eastern col
| leges.
The mise en- scene Of this queerest 81
/ schools is an interesting one. 1t Is
situated on the very edge Of the desert
near the little city OF Mesa, which wa.
first reclaimed from purely deser
about twenty-five years ago by tht
Mormons, who were the pioneers II
opening up these pleasant lands to civ
ilization On the east are the Super
stition hills, around which cluster &
many Indian legends and SO many tales
of lost mines. OF toward the nortl
rise the Mogollon and San Francisco
ranges, and in the distance -Four Peaks
looms up. whose snow clad SUBMITS
are the rancher's weather bureau
which he consults to ascertain wheth
er the valley is to have a plentiful sup
ply Of water. Nearer BY is the rex
Mountain Of Mcdowell. where Genera
| Crook and his followers fought ant
| finally overcame the wild Apaches. ant
to the south Twin Buttes and the dis
tant hills of Saeaton.
For the boy with Archaeological or eth
biological predictions this section of
fers a fascinating field for private ex
i ploration and study In every direction
rise well defined prehistoric mounds
filled with countless pieces Of pottery
broken to be sure, but with colors ant
| patterns perfectly bright and clearl!
defined; shell and bone amulets. arrow
points of obsidian and flint bits O
| turquoise. chorred corncobs and stoni
/ implements galore -alI relics OF tina
skillful, industrious. provident race tina
! dwelt in southern and central Arizona
centuries ago. but vanished, leaving III
history of where it came from or thi
cause Of its disappearance. Here, too
are the pictured rocks. their color
/ still as fresh as when the prehistori
artist depicted on these tables Of ston
strange birds and animals long sine
extinct
1 Five miles away lies Los Muertos
the fields Of the dead, partially IN
earthed by the Cushing expedition il
1880 This was one OF the largest 0
these ancient cities whose population
prior possibly to the pharaohs or re
man kings. has been estimated at NOR
than 65.O00 All about IN the deser
are the ruined eorals or stock pens Fl
which the llamas and other animals 0
the inhabitants were kept while th
irrigating canals still III use are I'll
splendldly built prehistoric ones, sim
ply cleaned out and repaired by th
thrifty ranchmen of today