Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-09

Mountain Home girls have brains
and for that once the Gonding peo-
pie got a representative of the dem.
onstration OF the proposition that
that old saw, beauty and brains
don't go together" ia absolutely
based upon an absurd principle, foor
we point with pride to our girls.
Our representative was Miss June
Evans, the Junior representative,
Grace House.
This unlucky and boneheaded dis
cussion would be without that fin
ish that excels,if 1t made no mention
of the literary club, the Senior Forum.
This was a club organized by THE
senior English class for the purpose
I of gaining knowledge of current
events, as published In the Literary
Digest" and to gain experience
In parliamentary law and public
speaking We owe our success to
the efforts of Miss Steelman,
gentle but efficient critic.
Now comes the heat Of the day,
as will attempt to describe some of
the events which made the senior
picnic of 1917. the most enjoyable
event Of the year. The seniors were
unique In that they succeeded In
getting started early, only twenty
minutes after schedule time, at six
in the morning, which, contrasted
with the starting time of other senior
classes, reads like fairy tale.
We were all there, but two. We
had as chaperones two very popular
members of the faculty, Miss Blu
chanan, and his Imperial Majesty, the
high muck-a-muck Qong for muck
err, of the school, Professor f. +.
Sparks
We travelled as far UP Syrup creek
as we could with our wagon, and then
turned back and stopped on Canyon
creek
Then, first of all we had dinner.
Say, but that tasted good, after some
eighteen mules Of eternal jolting.
1t Is funny to say,but you can be-
lieve me, that of all the rocks we
hit, not one of them was soft! /
know that several times l left the
rack, and came back with thump,
and Immediately bump would again
appear, and l would repeat the action
over again. recall once as / was
peacefully riding along, not bother
Ing the rocks In the road, one In some
waycontrived to get run over. left
the rest | was 30 much enjoying,
and came down, of course, and hit
on none too dull projection on the
wagon. Well, / didn't swear, as l
don't always express what / think,
but 1t made me feel like | was trans
lating Latin. Our friend, theBig
Fish, (Mr. Oswald Hering) had sew
eral such active tt lines. Mr..
Sparks was made to act as lean
ing post, or tying post in this
case, and 80 Jared better. Miss
Buchanan was so busy keeping in
the wagon that she did not see me
making love to-the banana bag, but
another Individual did, and offered
to share the spoils, which, of course,
caused the thing to be called oil.
One of our members tried to be
athletic,an attempted to chin herself
on the side of the rack, but only
succeeded In getting skinned wrist
and q turned ankle. But she Is
rugged and her day was not spoiled.
Another young lady, while out pick
ing violets by the creek, came in
contact with native of the place
and asked him II she could secure a
drink of water at the house. He
kindly and thoughtfully suggested
the creek, but finally gave her per-
mission to use the we'll. |, who hap
pened to be along, expected him TO
charge us something for the trouble
he had put himself to. If he had |
suggested 1t, the young lady in per-
son, might have asked If kiss would |
do, but the occasion didn't arise.
young lady developed weak
knee, probably the result of over ex-
ertion, but still had her wits about
her, or rather her eyes, and succeeded
In securing an ardent young swain
to help her over the bad places.
understand that the young man had
10 be coaxed to do this.
Then after dinner, five young la
20 scale the highest point in view.
After climbing awhile, two OF the
5oung ladies decided that the hill
opposite was the highest and de-
cended to ascend 1t The rest of the
,arty proceeded toclimb. They pro-
,eeded to climb for some time, and
mid groans of WEAKNESS, and slghs
or rest, they reached the top. They
we're rewarded for the climb by the
Jew which they secured. Then,
oming down, may be said to have ,
,een the best time of the trip, at
my rate, for the boys, But after
liding, running, falling and crawl
ng, they managed to reach the bot
ON, where rest was very welcome. .
'ome others of the party scaled the ;
Ill opposite, and swear even to this
lay that they were highest, but l
yer, and will be backed up by our :
'unch that we were 30 high up that ;
We couldn't see them, on the top of :
he hill. But, we climbed so high, i
hat reaching up, pulled down bit u
Il the blue sky and still carry 1t :
With me as memento of the occa- h
ion. Far below us, In the valley, h
he sound az II an air rifle had been h
hot, reached us, and we wondered ;,
Who had brought an air rifle, when q
ne of the party remarked that Mr.. y
parks had brought along his army =
pringfield rifle. :,
The way home we evidently hit :,
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