El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-16
~" BOYSFINDA
SWIMMING POOL
Capture Water Dogs and
Make Trip To Play Base
Ball With Indians.

Chas. Brown, boys, instructor at the
&. NJ c. A, in reporting to secretary
Durkee on the summer camp of the
boys near Mountain Park, in the Sac
rsmentos. writes interestingly OF a
hike TO La Luz canyon for swim and
Of the capture OF a number Of water
dogs. Today the boys are at the In
dian reservation to play baseball with
the Indian team. according to the ad-
vance plans divulged in the letter,
which follows.
some of the natives told US there
IS water in the lake over n the La
Luz canyon, so we decided TO hike
over there yesterday instead of TO the
cave in Box Canyon 1t is only about
five miles from camp, so we Gid not
start until after chapel about 10
o'clock Every fellow packed himself
a lunch OF boiled eggs. sandwiches and
canned beans, to which some of them
added chocolate and cookies, which
they bought at the store.
The lake is situated in a hollow
and can be seen from the top of the
last ridge TO be climbed before go
fner down into La Luz canvon and it
certainly looked good ITO our perspir-
ing bunch Of campers TO see that body
OF clear, fresh water after our long
Nobody stopped TO eat dinner until
taken few dives into the lake. Then
after lunches were devoured and we
had all rested while. the whole
bunch went swimming again There
is a good diving platform with one end
OF il built about 10 feet above the wa
ter and il is deep enough to make ii
a good spot to dive from
Catching, Water Dogs.
Earl Evans spent most of his time
trying to capture one Of the water
dogs that infest the lake. Erie Nun
70 later took up the hunt, and, after
trying in vain TO capture one of the
creatures with pointed sticks, tin cans
and old lard buckets, they finally went
after them with towels used in their
hands as seins, and succeeded in
catching five Of them, which they
carried back to camp in bucket and
added to our camp menagerie. They
are sure curious looking creatures
They look like a cross between a cat
fish and a bull dog.
The tennis doubles were finished
this morning. Jim Lewis and Virgil
Arthur winning the finals from Earl
Evans and Philip Stevens 60. SO, 60.
The tennis singles and all the other
tournaments are still running. This
afternoon We play outdoor baseball
Tomorrow morning early we expect to
start for the Indian reservation. where
We will play ball with the Indians,
returning to camp in the afternoon
Friday
Sunday was spent very quietly at
camp. After chapel all the boys gave
their hunks a Sunday Strengthening
up, put on their neckties and went 10
the station TO see the train go through
to Cloudcroft. Mott Rawlings and
Byron Stolaroff came up to spend
Sunday with Us After dinner. some
of the boys went down into Box Can
yon, some went out to hunt arrsSg
heads, and others remained at the
camp house to read and write let
tiers.
The weather has been ideal so far.
Friday night a storm came up but IL
proved to be mostly thunder and light
ming with very little rain. The two
boys who had come to camp for the
roll Stevens. 90 back on today's train
The army and navy will each lose a
member and we are sorry to see them
leave"