The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-04
AT CAMP BARACA LONG LIFE ENDED
Congregational Juniors at Lake
MinneWaSka
TINE OF THEIR LIVES
Rev. f. h. OehIer and His Class of
Nineteen Boys, With Geo. |.
DObbS For Cook

The Junior Baraca class of the
Congregational church, nineteen
strong, are camping at Lake Mime
waska three miles from Gelnwood.
Their teacher, Rev. F. H. Oehler,
is with them as chaperone. Geo. 1.
Dobbs is present in the capacity Of
cook, and a wireless telephone mes
sage announces that he is having a
touch of the strenuous life providing
sustenance for a bunch of nineteen
lively youngsters.
The boys earned most of the money
necessary to defray the expenses OF
their outing. For some months past
they have accumulated a fund by do
inc the janitor work at the Congre-
gational church. To this they add
ed contribution of fifty cents apiece.
making a total Of $72. Mr.. Oehler
thinks this will be sufficient, but
Dobbs has his doubts, in view Of the
inroads already made upon the COM
missary department.
The party left here Monday over
the Northern Pacific. The train,
which was about four hours late, did
not leave Sauk Centre until eight
O'Clock in the evening. What follow
ed later is well described in the fol-
lowing letter received at The Herald
office Wednesday morning:
CAMP BARACA, LAKE MINNIE
WASKA, June 2. Mr.. Editor. As |
know that the folks in Sauk Centre
would like to hear from the Baracas,
1 will write you a few lines.
1--WE are getting a good deal of ex-
perience and it comes high. We got
to Glenwood over three hours late and
i! was dark when we reached the sta
tion. The drayman was on hand for
Us and soon had our boxes and trunks
loaded. He had a good load. There
We're about Is boxes besides three
tents.
eve walked down to the town, but
the drayman advised us not to go
out to the camping ground in the
dark. So he said We could sleep in
his barn on the hay, and we did, cook,
preacher and all. But we didn't sleep
much. The kids made too much
noise, and Lawrence Woodbury. said
he was going to stay awake one whole
night, and so all staid awake. 1t
rained about all night and it rained
all the time while We were going
out and putting up the sleeping tent.
All the kids got soaked, and the
dray got stuck and we had to take
Of the load and put it on again;
and it poured.
"The load of straw came out the
day before. but after taking the top
off we got dry straw to sleep On. We
got peach of place, and it will be
all right if it doesn't rain all the time.
We didn't have breakfast, so we
could eat pretty good about dinner
time, which was a long time after
dinner at home. 1 think the kids
will sleep tonight.
"We have three tents up, sleep
ing tent, dining tent and cook
tent. Dobbs will have to work some
to keep us a going. A good Spring
is about 200 feet from the cook tent.
The boys in the camp are: Harry
Hooper, Lawrence Woodbury., Thoeny
Austin, Julian Parker, Walter Kells,
Karl Oehler, Leo Hedin, Wendell May
berry, Harvey Dimond, George Con-
key. Fay Cooper, Harold Gilman,
Richard Eddy Edwin Reznichek, Will
lie Johnson Russell Littlell, Edwin
Madsen, Harry Wicklund, Walter Nc
Bride, besides Mr.. Dobbs and Mr..
Oehler.
"One of the tents is the chicken
department because it was used at
the fair last eyar.
WENDELL MAYBERRY,
Press Reporter.