Pueblo chieftain. (Pueblo, Colo.) 1889-current, 1921-07-25
SCOUT Tells OF
TRIP UP BALDY
"Me Eyebrow" Wore Out
Before the Trip Was
Completed

CBy Scout Paul Heath. Troop 14)
Saturday evening the winners of the
efficiency contest helped form a party
Of six that left Park Avenue church
about $50 O'Clock for Rye. We had to
stop several places to get food for the
following day and gasoline for the
trip. We left the city about O'Clock
or later. When we got out of the city
limits We started singing. we knew
, that IL we sang in the city we would
| land down in the city Jail. Someone
said something to Billy and he said
oh Me Eyebrow" and that is Billy's
best word even today. We went along
| fine and as we went we looked at the
sights until it got dark then we would
watch the lights and sing and talk.
We arrived at Rye about 2 or 10
O'Clock and we passed the city up and
did not stop because we were anxious
to get a camp site. We did see hall
where there were a number of people.
one of the party said. there might be
n prize fight and he was right The
next morning we learned 1t was a
prize fight. We found a fine place to
camp, and would have slept fine IL 1t
had not been for Billy's eyebrow. >"
I'll wager he said 1t in his sleep but
| didn't hear him because 1 was sleep
ing.
Assistant scoutmaster Frank ALL
man explained some fine methods Of
over night sleeping in the mountains
and they proved to be a success. We
had little wrestle about where we
would sleep, but finally got settled in
n comfortable place. We all had a good
nights sleep and I woke up when
something whizzed by my head from the
| hand OF one Of the party. We all got
up feeling like going to the top of
Badly in little while We first headed
for the creek to get washed. oh boy,
that water was cold but II sure felt
good. Frank showed us one of the old
camp sites. I think he said II was the
first scout camp OF Pueblo. We had a
fne breakfast and Billy still has some
lemon snaps from the night before.
| Frank told us that about ten minutes
after we got quiet the night before.
that he watched chipmunks play by his
tent. We started for Cucrna Verde in
/ arrived. Nve of us started and Frank
| Altman took the car back to Rye and
WAS to catch UP with US. We were off
for Badly all feeling very happy and
jockey. especially Billy and his eye
brow.
We los. the trail bu. found 4.
again. This scenery is very beautiful
up there and the flowers are bloom
ing. We tried to Identify them but II
was hard for some of us. We knew the
trees better than the flowers. We
walked the Hrst part without stopping
to rest but the other two-thirds were
steep and we had to rest clifford ALI
man said he wanted n dictionary to
hunt up another word for Billy. he was
getting tired of eyebrow and
lashes" but Billy Just said Me Eye
brow" We had quite a time jumping
the creek when we were about half
way to the halfway cabin. We saw
n water fail which We thought was
very pretty. We stopped to cat a fit
tie.
At the half way house We stopped
and tried to get in touch with Frank
but We got no response. About ten
minutes after we got there Frank came
/ but he did not hear our whistlinE or
wells. We waited longer so he could
get breath and then started on from
there and IL was n steady pull to the
top. We got about three fourths Of
/ the way from the cabin and II started
to sprinkle but it did not amount to
much The grade comfnenced to get
sleeper and some of the party COM
menced to get tired. Billyis eyebrow
was gone. he did not have breath to
say It. AS We neared the top. we came
onto some Columhines in bloom. Before
/ long the mountain looked hIue-as we
Got higher the columhines increased
We got to the cabin Just in time for 1t
/ started to hail. We took n rest before
going to tho top. We started on to tho
/ top and the grade was still sleeper.
l W men We reached inc top we Cpulu see
/ Pueblo. Rye and several rivers and
the channels and lakes and farms We
walked over to the west side of the
mountain and saw Wet Mountain val
/ lev Sangre De CriRto range and the
lakes on that side. There were three
right at the foot Of the mountains. We
| thought what n fine place for a scout
camp II would make II ono could get
supplies to it, We were taking pictures
looking at the scenery and 1t started
to rain. We were about one mile from
the cabin and M hill about one half
| a mile We made n rush for tho cabin
not stopping to run down hill Just slid
| ing. not on snow but on ROCKS. The
snow that IA visible from here on clear
days ia about a block long or longer
and that Ia all We reached the cabin
about the time IL quit raining.
We took some pictures around tho
cabin ~and started back. Frank All
man and myself started ahead so We
could get the car back to Cuern,
Verde to meet the others II took us
abou, two hours to get back where II
took six or seven hours to get TN.
Badly is eight miles from 'uerna
Verde and about ten from Rye. 1t
was raining when We got to Rye but
that did not stop us. We met the rest
of the party and started for home, We
had blowout not far from Pueblo
but fxed It and came on in Some of
the party arc still feeling the effects of
II but oil the same any OF the following
will say they Ind snciN time; Assist.
ant Scoutmastrr Ralph Ritte- and
Frank Altman. cuff Altman. and
Scouts William Burr, Thomas o'Eelly
and Paul Heath.
PROMINENT SCIENTIST DIES
Pasadena cal. July ci-IudEe