davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Bill and I asked other Scouts to
Join us. but they would have none
of it. We were allowed to go be-
cause we had permission from our
parents. We had decided to visit
Casa Larga, small Panamanian In
dian village about miles into the
jungle on the famous rock-paved
Gold Road" used in the days of
the Spanish conquistadors.
Native Woman.
At 5 o'clock the following morn
ing, We set out, since that Is the
best time OF day 10 travel in the
tropics. Our path was over the
main road for mile and then into
the jungle on a dirt trail wide
enough to allow the passage of some
four wheeled vehicle.
Soon it was becoming lighter and
stickily damp. Unexpectedly we
walked completely out of the jungle
on to a large plain. Amazed, we
paused and looked about. The
Drowned pampas grass was high and
stretched across the plain to the
border of the jungle. which was on
the side of a steep slope. Our trail
headed straight across to the op-
poSite side.
Again entering the jungle, the trail
wound up the slope and down the
other side, where there was a wide
shallow, rock-bedded stream. Across
the stream, to our surprise, We saw
native woman, dressed in white
coarsely woven, homespun dress
washing clothes on the rocks.
Like African Village.
Fording the stream, questioned
her in my decidedly poor high schoo
Spanish as to the location of Cass
Larga. Grasping the meaning of a!
many of her words as could, in
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was food intended for him. but he
wasn't quite certain whether to
take it. This I could tell, because
he skipped about and circled the
bread.
AT last my patience was rewarded
when the little animal picked up
the crumb and ate it, all the time
nervously looking around to be sure
no one disturbed him Each time
I threw the bread a bit closer to
myself, and each time the squirrel
repeated his curious chattering and
scurrying about before taking it.
When I was certain he no longer
feared me, 1 held my hand out
stretched with another crumb Of
bread in it. He leaped from log
to log until he was within one
hop of my hand and peered at 1t
shyly with his sharp little eyes.
Gathering courage, he made one
last hop, snatched the bread from
my hand and scampered into the
woods. That was the last saw Of
my little forest friend.
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smells. however, at that Time old
not know the names of half of them.
Just before the Worlds Fair closed
in the fall we visited New York,
spent several hurried days at the fair
grounds, and then decided to take in
New York's famous Museum of Nat
ural History.
There we found many interesting
exhibits. The best of all, TO me, was
the display of sea shells in cases that
lined the walls of a long hall. Every
shell was identified by its technical
and common names, and I also
learned where various types of shells
were found throughout the world.
This tour made my shell collec-
ton more valuable and enjoyable
than ever. because now 1 can iden-
tify practically all of them. Properly
classified and arranged, they make
an interesting and attractive dis
play and are a constant reminder
of the happy vacation days I spent
at the seaShore.
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hike. Remember, first of all, there
is no use in calling things by wrong
names. Learn to know the birds
and all the other woodland life by
name. Now, I don't mean TO say
that one should learn to call of
such long titles as DidelphiS vir-
giniana (opossum to you and mel.
but do learn the real English name
for each and every common bird or
beast you meet up with. 1t isn't
hard, and it's half of the fun.
We have come to recognize how
valuable birds are and how much
they have been menaced by growth
of cities and dWindling Of woods.
Collecting their eggs or skins is
prohibited by law and public opin-
ion. except to licensed museum COL
lectorS. OF course, we all realize that
hunting birds with camera in
stead of a gun is much more fun
and requires greater skill. Go to
your library and read the biography
of Audubon by Constance Rourke.
The life of this great artist and
naturalist will give you inspiration
to carry on
If you think you are really good,
try to photograph some of the many
phases of bird life. Your equip
ment need not be expensive, but
it does take knowledge of woodcraft.
stalking and patience. For real
accomplishment learn to initiate the
calls, notes and songs of our most
common birds.
And then there are such projects
as scrapbooks on birdlore; paintings
and drawings of birds: plaster
tracks of aquatic or marsh birds;
field journals of observations; aban-
doned nests and records of birds
noted in the field for each month
of the year, with all data such as
date, locality, etc.
Never take large groups on bird
hike. A careful observer can &C
complish everything that he may
desire without an instructor, if he
be determined. Some of our great
est naturahsts have been lone OBJ
servers who made careful records
of everything that they saw.
Every one is a naturalist at heart.
We all like something new. Perhaps
that is one reason why we all like
nature. We cannot always buy a
new book. see the latest movie, or
take a long trip, but we can always
find in living things about US new
interests which satisfy the mind and
heart.
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Girl CORRESPONDS
With Children in
Foreign Lands
BY LORRAINE RICE, 13,
Jefferson Junior High School.

My hobby is corresponding with
children outside the United States.
Mrs. Pearl Hiatt. who was my
teacher in elementary school, really
started me on this hobby. when she
visited Canada cne summer and
went through a Canadian school
She brought back to the classroom
the names of some Canadian chill
dren, and we began corresponding
with them.
To help us further, Mrs. Hiatt
suggested that we write the super
intendent of schools, Ottawa, Cana
da, and inclose letter for Cana
dian child, asking him to select the
one to whom it was to be delivered.
1t wasn't long before I received a
letter from girl in Quebec.
I then decided to send letter to
the superintendent of schools in
Honolulu, Hawaii. Some time later
I heard by mail from a girl in Oahu,
Hawaii I now write to three girls
in Canada and one in Hawaii. 1t is
an interesting and enjoyable hobby.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

We would or would not have this
campaign. In our class and many
others the vote was unanimous in
favor of the campaign.
In a few days we opened the
campaign with an assembly desig-
mating the first day as "demonstra-
ton day" The president and vice
president of the Little Congress
spoke on good manners and several
ways in which we could be more
courteous were suggested. Ever
since. Macfarland has been better
school.
One thing we always try to re-
member is this little rhyme:
what kind OF school Mould
my school be
IT every one in it tUere Just
like me?"
I think it would be very good for
a lot of schools in Washington if
they would have a good manners
campaign, too.
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terpreted her as saying it was less
than mile.
Casa Larga, when we reached
there, turned out to be surprisingly
similar to pictures I had seen OF
African villages. About is small
thatch-roofed huts were grouped
together, forming through the GEN.
ter a dirt main street" boys play
ing together and native bronze
skinned men lolling in the shade.
We were startled abruptly by the
sound of a motor. Hey, Bill" L
said, where's that sound of mo-
tor coming from?"
Fright behind us, Joe" he an
swered, "and it's in a truck"
Mahogany Logs.
A truck was about the last thing
I had expected to see in the wilder
ness, but surely enough, humping
along the road behind us was a
small truck. The driver stopped.
He couldn't speak much English, but
we understood him to say he had
come to secure two large mahogany
logs mahogany is very valuable
timber, and that if we would help
him, he would take us back to the
Scout camp.
We were overjoyed, and off we
went, past the village and into the
jungle where we finally stopped.
The driver led us into the under
brush, and there were the two ma
hogany logs, already cut down and
stripped. With the ingenious use
of a tow rope and the help of a
few native men. we finally got the
logs on the truck. 1t was a tough
job, and the sun was hot.
All Bill and I cared about then was
to get back to camp without walking
The return trip was far from COM
Portable. The continuous jogging
of the truck kept us busy keeping the
logs in place AS We passed the viii
lage, four native men hailed the
driver and climed aboard to ride to
the main road.
The natives looked fierce, with
their long, black hair, machetes and
ancient rifles, but they were as
friendly as could be. They laughed
heartily at our poor Spanish, and We
at their attempts at English. Bill
and I hoped out when the truck
finally reached our camp.
I1n.never forget that country. The
! tropics are so entrancing-something
intriguing about them and not easy
to forget. Only actual experience
can bring out the mystifying beauty
and joy Of the tropical jungles anc
! their people.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

GOlQ IlcI dUOuC
Travellers Aid, and We Immediately
went to the bus terminal to inquire
further about it.
After being directed to the right
desk, we were greeted by a very
nice young woman who told us she
would be glad to do anything she
could to see that I arrived at my
destination safely I explained my
plans and she took a description OF
me, wrote down my schedule, and
said a copy of it would be sent to
the woman in charge at each stop
would make. where changed
buses and where there was q
Travellers Aid helper.
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ence, from the
way he chat
tered. I sat per-
fectly still. ex-
cept to reach
for a piece of
bread rTsrII my
lunch, so as not
to frig h t e n
him.
When I saw
him peerin g
over the top of
his look ou t,
which was a log,
I tossed him a
crumb of bread.
He knew that. if
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u dulIlS, SIlS " DIS
able to assemble
about so flags.
1 asked Betty
Jeanne W hic h
ones she consid-
cred really out
S t a n in g. II
think they all
are just as i'm
portant, for they
represent to me
all the great ma
tions S Of t h e
world she re-
piled. But the
red. white and
blue b nm er,
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Wings for Youth
BY /. r. HEGEL.
WEST POINT OF THE AIR.

WEST POINT OF THE AIR.
To speed up recruiting for Uncle
Sam, travelling boards of examiners
are moving around to the country's S
post Offices and colleges, interview
ing applicants who want to join the
new and expanded West Point Of
the Air
To enter this most promising of
all Army careers an applicant must
be between the ages of 20 and 81, a
United States citizen, unmarried,
healthy and intelligent. In apply
ing to the board when it visits his
city. he should bring his birth GER
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Riddles

/. When is a gardener like an
author?
2. Which tree is best-liked?
3. Why is a hand like hardware
store?
4. What singer draws the best and
is clapped the most?
5. What is heightened when It is
cut on both ends?
Evening star., 1941-03-02

which I always place above the
others. is the one dearest TO my
heart"
Besides having an outstanding
collection, both in interest and beau
ty, Betty Jeanne is a good student,
and her name is always listed on the
honor roll. She wishes to continue
her hobby until she had the flags of
all countries in the world. Then her
collection will be complete.
Betty Jeanne lives at 3014 Cleve-
land avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

happen to you?
That's the way
it was at Mac
farland when I
entered last fall
Then someone
in the Little
Congress Sug-
gested that we
have a good
manners" CAM
paign. A f t e r
that. the repre-
senta tives told
this to the stu
dents in their
ella Sses and we
Evening star., 1941-03-02

Fiction.
PETER PANDA. By Paul E. Walk
er, with pictures by Theresa
Kalab: Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Picture story of a new character
in juvenile fiction-a little panda.
Interestingly written and attractive
ly illustrated.
ROUNDABOUT. By Charlie May
Simon, NTH drawings By HotU-
ard Simon: E. P. Dutton & Co.,
Inc.
What happens when the familiar
sign, Road Closed-Detour." trans
forms lonely country road into a
busy thoroughfare. Excellent.
MY DOG LUCKY. By w. F. Hall
and Helen Hall, NTH pictures by
Mildred Lyon Hetherington: !:
Beckley-Cardy Co.
Story of boy and his dog. Very
good.
THE FLINT CLIPPER. By Thames
Williamson: Lothrop, Lee d
Shepard.
Story of boys life in Stone Age
England
Non Fiction.
OUR FLAG. By John Harbourt.
Pictures by Albert Carmen: Lo-
throp, Lee & Shepard
Story of the development of the
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for at least Two
meals, four can
teens full of
W a t er, h 6 h
boots for pro-
lection against
snakes, sun he'll
NETS, maps and
compass, a n d
two machetes.
MacheteS are
efficient, long
and wide knives
commonly used
by the natives.
We used them
often for hack
ing away under
Evening star., 1941-03-02

step-birds and
bees and flowers
and in S e c t S.
There is no liv-
ing thing unin-
teresting. There
are only unin-
tereSting people,
as G h e Sterton
once remarked.
There is thrill
lin g adventure
for you in the
woods this time
of year, if you
know how to eX-
perience the full
onin.r,,nnrnt nf O
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realize it. this
department has
Helped numer-
,us people who
have been lost
and are hun
CRY and out Of
money.
Last summer
I went alone to
California by
bus. My mother
naturally was
worried about
my safety, since
1 was going by
myself. A friend
fold her ahOllt.
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Prize Contribution.
BY CLAIRE JENNINGS. II.
Alice Deal Junior High School.

family the in the small fishing
collect all shells The conh dollar
pewinkles the found
growing collection of shells.
Beaufort again last and bought home still more
Evening star., 1941-03-02
BY EVELYN LUCKEL, II.
Anacostia High School.

If the many departments of the
Community Chest, possibly the least
known is Travellers Aid. Although
there may be many who do not
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Prize Contribution.
BY DOREEN HURWITZ, Is,
Maret School

spirit inspired Harre H. seventh
School, interesting hobby Of
world brother Bobby
collection model apanes thus became the Of
family attention.
Betty decided would the
flags She started out with the:r-
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Poser A nStCerS

/. True. 2. Indoor baseball. 8.
Walter Camp. l. False. 5. False.
6. False. 7. go 8. A Notre Dame
backfield.
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Fully Equipped Explorers
Begin Trek at Daybreak
Weary Youths Rumble Back
To Camp on Aged Truck
Laden With Mahogany
Prize Contribution.
BY JOE BILL STEPHENS, 15,

The Panama Canal Zone and the two important cities Of the Re
United
the little country jungle wild
the world.
Canal for and last Easter at
Scout
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School Improved
By Campaign for
Good Manners
Prize Contribution.
BY RONALD INGRAHAM, IL,

Do you go to school in the morn
ing and get pushed around in the
corridors, showed into your locker
or have many other things like these
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Woods Offer
at
This Season
World to Explore
Is Right at Your
Own Doorstep
Prise Contribution.

BY ROBERT Z. WILLENBORG, 1A
Eastern High School.
At this time of year, as at no
other, a hike into the woods is an
absorbing queSt-a new country, q
world to explore right at your door,
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Squirrel Eats and
Runs Away From
Girl in Forest
By CHARLOTTE ZEIGLER, 15
Roosevelt High School.

AS I sat on log at the edge Of
the forest, I chanced to notice
small squirrel hopping among the
trees. I think he sensed my pres
Evening star., 1941-03-02

Riddle AnSiCers
/. When he's working on his plot,
g. The poplar. 8. Because it carries
nails. 4. The mosquito 5. A ditch.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

dte, IL, also Ill AiiltTlCdH, dllu
ie preparations for an explora-
nto the jungle. We took food
Evening star., 1941-03-02

flags She started out with the*C
beautiful Stars and Stripes. By
purchasing, asking friends and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
LEGISLATORS 70 LEAVE TONIGHT
 ON SITkA TRIP
Dozen Representatives Six Senators Going to See
 Pioneers Home

Eighteen members of the Territor- ial Legislature will leave tonight on the North Coast for Sitka to vlslT the Pioneers Home and for side trip to Goddard Hot Springs
 Six members of the Senate, + members of the House, Senate As sistant Secretary Lorene Hagen and two wives of Legislators will make the trip, returning here Wednesday
 The trip to Goddard to lcok over the property purchased by the 1858 Legislature will be made by small boat
 Senators to make the trip are Norman R. Walker, O. D. Cochran, Leroy Sullivan, Don Carlos Brownell, Hialmar Nordale and c. H. (Alabam) LaBoyteaux.
 Representatives signed to go are Leo Rogge, Crystal Snow Jenne, Howard Lyng, Harvey Smith, Stuart Stangroom, William Egan, John Me Cormick, Charles F. Herbert, w Leonard Smith, Amer J. Peterson Frank Whaley and Jesse Lander.
 Mrs. Stangroom and Mrs. Whaley will accompany the party.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
CLOVER BACK FROM H0ONAH
 WAFER SURVEY
Extensive Project Starring in Hoonah- Twill Cost
 Around S5,000

Arthur E. Glover, Regional En- gineer of the U. s. Forest Service, has returned to Juneau on the For est Service boat Forester after spend- ing one week at Hoonah planning and laying out a new water system for the village. He was assisted by Alfred Cohn of the PRA who will remain in Hoonah for another week to complete the details of the sur vey.
 According to Glover, the project is quite extensive for a village the size of Hoonah. It consists roughly of one mile of open ditch leading into a pipe system of 6.000 feet in length, varying from 12 inches max imum to 6 inches, from which the residents will be serviced and fire protection provided.
 The system will cost approximate ly $5,OOO which includes about $1,- 800 worth of pipe salvaged from canenries. Actual funds of approxi- mately $3,500 will be used, of which the residents of Hoonah will con- tribute $2,500 and the Office of Indian Affairs, $1,000.
 The Forest Service will contribute all the eco labor for the project and all supervision required. Fore man Milo Clause, working out of the Admiralty Division Office, will be in charge of the CCC crew carrying out the construction
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
SULLIVAN IS DEFEATED ON
 LEASE LEND
Nome Senator Only 0ppo nent of LaBoyieauy
 Memorial

Over the objections of Senator Leroy Sullivan of Nome, the Senate today suspended it's rules and pass ed Senator c. H. (Alabam) I,aBoy- teaux's memorial calling upon Con- gress to pass the lease-lend bill to aid England.
 Sullivan, only Republican member of the upper house, argued that AL askans have no information about which to base a judgment on the bill, that Congress has heard expert witnesses and should be able to make it's own decision and that a vote on such a measure by any Alaska Legislator would be a blind vote'' because he wouldn't know just what he was voting for.
 The Senate, however, voted seven to-one to pass the memorial, Senator Sullivan casting the only may"
 WOrkmen's Compensation
 Senate President Roden today in troduced by request a 50-page bill providing for Workmen's Compen- sation Law. The act would cover all lines of occupation except domestic service, agriculture, dairying or the operation of railroads as common carriers. It would provide for death and injury benefits and for the crea- ,.1 4o T minister the Act. The board would consist of the Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer and Highway Engineer, with Commis- sioner of Labor serving eX-officio if the Legislature should create such an office.
 The Senate adjourned until Il o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
GOV. SIGNS
 FIRST TWO 1941 BILLS
Deficiency and Pioneers Home Transportation
 Measures Now Law

Chapters l and ? of the Session Laws of Alaska 1941 went on the statute books today as Gov Ernest Gruening signed the first two legis- lative measures to be presented to him.
 Chapter is the Allen Shattuck bill CH. B. 6) appropriating $1,000 to pay the transportation of indigent persons to the Pioneers Home.
 Chapter 2 is the deficiency bill (Ways and Means Committee Sub- stitute for H. B. 5 appropriating s1 800 for the Registrar of Vital Statistics, S20,O00 for hair seal boun- ties and S60,0O0 for general relief.
 As both bills carry emergency clauses, they go into effect immed- lately. Both appropriations are to be spent between now and the end of the present biennium on March 31
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
SEAL B0UNTIE5 WILL BE PAID
 OFF AT ONCE
Treasurer Begins Issuing Warrants for S14,781
 in Back Claims

Hair seal bounty claims which have been piling up in the office )f Territorial Treasurer Oscar G. Olson since last July due to ex- haustion of the appropriation will be paid immediately, the Treasur- CT announced today following en- actment of the deficiency bill.
 Treasurer Olson said warrants would be issued within few days to pay the $14,781 in outstanding claims and would be mailed to claimants.
 The deficiency appropriation for seal bounties, to carry until March 31, is $2O,0OO The bounty is s per seal scalp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
DR. C0NGD0N BRINGS
 BACK x-RAy pLAH5

Dr. Palmer Congdon, Tubercu- losis Clinician for the Territorial Department of Health, arrived last evening on the Alaska after trip to Westward cities where he in- vestigated tuberculosis cases,
 pr. Congdon brought back over 1000 x-ray films to be developed. The x-rays were taken of sls- pected cases and of cases prevl- ously identified to check up on progress or retardment. It will not be known until the films are de- veloped how many of the newly suspected cases actually are tuber- cular.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
PETER SMITH. DIES
 AT HOME IN VILLAGE
 SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Peter Smith, elder in the Memor- ial Presbyterian Church, passed away Saturday afternoon at his home in the Native Village follow ing a long illness.
 He was 55 years old and was active in the Alaska Native Brotherhood. Surviving is a brother, Robert Smith of Klawock who was in Juneau at the time of his brothers death.
 Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Memorial Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Walter Soboleff will deliver the eulogy and interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-10
WEAPONS USED
 AT PRACTICE
 BY GUARDShfEN

About ten officers and enlisted men of the Juneau unit of the AL aska National Guard made trip to the rifle range at Mendenhall Gla- cier yesterday morning with the company's new weapons for target practice and to become familiar with the ordnance.
 Headed by Capt. William C. Wal ther, the group used light machine guns, Browning semi-automatic rifles, .45 calibre Colt revolvers and the newly adopted MI (Garan0 rifle