The Fort Apache scout., 1963-06-01

day things around them perhaps the postoice flag wp
under ee burro grazing or an outcrop OF rock on distant
They them everyday eetng glimpse, then the objects
of mind until they them again Seldom do they
the forest a whole and such is the way of life.
n The pilot Of M this column new enough in Apaeheand to
Scribble about for you and you and you.
Already I've found exciting and awenspiring forest
land manouched here and there otherwise pristine and pm
eva But few glmpse of its expane reveal the whole
OF this White Mountain wonderland extending from beyond Old
Bay all the way across to GrasshGpper yonder in the west
understand what makes this foestand tick and only doing
writer anaze the whole and write ntegenty about the
This, friends is the chore I intend doing
Rome wasn't built in day they say nor will discover in
tick But given time will do it. and the things discover will be
printed right here I'll use pan words by habit and theren
be much mOr because another old has that make
one person chucke in lifetime then you will not have lived
vain.
LITTLE NEED be said about HawIey Lake, Wherver
Nary Hon Dab and such welOwn places Buckets of printers
ink have been used by experienced writer's exong the
tues of these Even shall touch them discover
something overlooked by the others
I'll write about the simpler and down-to- earth
things and places abundant all around IF in glade by sing
ing brook mother aveina guarding her pge roofing in
the SOIL I'll write about that Or butterfly lowering
mountain wldower. I'll write about that Once
good job.
Perhaps I'll about anti that is if the backs up
to me and pushes!
HERE AT Hon Dab where live wild birds come to my
threshold to feast mixed Seeds Every morning pair of red
breasted robins have been joining the er BIRDS and they feast
together without fuss and feathers.
The other morning though episode occurred which all
but shook the needles off the pines Red the male robin had
evidently stuck his foot gob of pine sap and he foaged
tor Seeds I'll eat mustard lemon he didn't 90 and step
cigarette paper The skillet the fire!
Red discovered his plight in wink and began hopping up
and down like Commanche doing dance. He in
tizzy for and ready compon fit when his
and the tler birds crowded around him attempt get him
uStuck.
1t didn't work. so Red hoped up high limb and sulked
His mate followed again pecng at the offending paper but
Finally desperation old Red took off down glade,
his mate following his wobby flight the itter birds stood
goggeeyed watching the show. And the final glimpse got
Red when he faded away the forest just fueng white
spot in the distance.
But the rascal back again the morning the
hunk OF tissue paper!
AND so 1T is the simple little things together with
important that lends zeSt to living here in Apacheand
remember, now the first newspaper column wrote
with eenage sports he happily turned the chore
opened the column with yarn about baseball game be-
tween the CrahopperS and the Agaor the latter winning by
lOpSided of 20 to O. In reporting it. made the biggest
blOOper of my natural born life.
By typographical whobub, column out with
the losing CraSshOppers winning by the big and the m
mphant AlgatOrS getting the goose egg Well didn't appear
the village streets for days thereafter until the ALI
gators their and had thrown down their sticks
and stones.
Here the Apache Scout shall attempt to avoid max
bOoperS of such magnitude but being and only
human, you tell!
But the top booboo of all happened in California
Gently too when covered county fair and story said that
Mrs Smith won top prize in the egg laying contest
NOW ask friends, how a writer sleep nights after
a bloOper like that9
AND FINALLY! Here I'll to write of the stories from
the mouths of the ancient would like with them for
hours the about when