The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-05

them, so that the barrel would bt
forgotten in the efforts to smother
the opposition with the barrage o.
cold water. This foul move nearly
always brought its own punishment
to the squad that persisted in II
most, for the barrel lying without
anchorage at such moments was east.
ly swept away by the nozzle that was
first directed back to it, and this
forced the fouling ones to again dir
ect their stream upon the side of the
barrel to stop its rush for the dead
line. The contest was so stubbornly
conducted by both sides that there
was no decision.
The school recently suffered a
complete loss of it's big barn and
about thirty well bred Holstein milk
cows by fire at midnight. When it
was discovered it was so far advanc-
ed that none of the animals could
DE taken out, and nothing was saved.
When the alarm sounded, the boys
responded instantly, many of them
barefOoted and in slight attire in a
cold April wind. They fought hard
but had no chance at any time to
save the barn.
J A unique feature of the dinner
hour last Friday was the illustrations
or signs painted by the students. 1t
was an outdoor feast of hot dogs,
beans, weenies, doughnuts and coffee
with sugar and cream. The hot dog
thought was featured in the signs
bearing the picture of a dog being
roasted over a camp fire-in one case
the dog being held up on a big spit
and in the other merely suspended in
the air and weltering in the full heat
of the fire-hot dog in each picture. |
The luncheon was served on paper |
plates to the number of seven hun
dred, including the white visitors, |
parents and all. The assemblage |
consumed four thousand weenies and |
200 buns, besides patroniZing the |
private booths where hot and cold |
drinks and ice cream were served.
The culinary ability of the stu
dents was set forth in the school
exhibits by tables loaded with past
ries and salads in fine array, tables
set in good form with linen and sill
yer, and next to them an exhibit of
aprons and kitchen dresses adorned
with tasty emblems done in needle
work.
The government expends $3.50 per
capita on these students during the
school year, and this amount covers
all living expenses, clothing, teach
ers salaries etc. The students come
from their homes and camps, not
bringing much with them, and they
return home well dressed and we'll
and all of this for the school
year is paid out of the $3.50.
This work has been going on with
The rising generations on this reser-
vatiOn for about bird of century,
back in the late eighties
with scant attendance of wild boys
and girls rebellious in their attitude
toward the school. In the early
nineties the school work had pro-
crossed so far as to secure attend
ance from most of the children by
going out to the camps on cold win
ter nights and kidnapping them.
When the wagons bearing the human
freight arrived at the school, the
were herded into the laund-
ry and put thru a course of baths
and haircuts and their clothes and
clipped hair were all burned, assum-
ing that it was justified as sani-
.ary measure. They were then dres-
sed in new clothes and a Waterman
remained on duty about the dormi-
tories to guard against departures.
AS spring came on the vigilance of
he Waterman had to be increased,
and then sometimes squads of pur-
suers and pursued could be seen in
different directions vending their
way toward the little mountain val
leys among the high peaks. By the
line school was out there might not
be enough large boys left to man the
machines for the haying season.