Show 0 The Aura Aurora Aurora fa Borealis C GIor o o I OFFICIAL CAMP NEWS VS CO COMPANY IP ANY NUMBER 1345 Moon Lake Camp 37 JT On The Little Yellowstone By J Under Direction of Education Wm m Casaday Canaday Advisor Vern A Vern V. V Duke PROJECTS Progress on the new Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone road running running- eastward out of camp is advancing rapidly Practically Practically Practically one mile has been completed ed on t. t this is project The road carries car car- I ries rles an 18 foot width Leaving I camp the new road will cross the Yellowstone river on a new bridge I the cement abutments for which I have already been laid The construction construction con con- to date had been thru considerable stretches of rocky country The road at completion will with the the project started started started start start- ed last fall out of the Uintah n river river riv riv- ver v- v er camp CCO DAY BY DAY I Tiny Chamberlains Chamberlain's modest and I casual statement to the effect that he at one time was one of foremost tenors An inland touch of the Admiralty alty JenkIns alty-JenkIns Jenkins bares his webs when swabbing the Ule decks of the Mess IG Kitchen The battle of the century century Fifty t ty loggers with twenty acres of snowballs opposing five K.P.'s in a covered wagon wagon The The Kitchen Police Police Police Pol Pol- ice effected the final blow with ith a I I han hall of carrots and peas One of ot the loggers was heard to summarize ize the event to the effect that It isn't enough that we should eat cat them but now they expect us to wear them Ice cream three times last week somewhat monotonous Stick SUck to it fellows and let us know lenow if your teeth are getting cold Lt Elting's sick lament I 1 wish vish I 1 were well so that I could get inon Inon in inon on that Jello and ice cream Our Chamber of Commerce re- re ports a decrease in the population population population j tion for the previous week both the owl and little Billie Billic the tile pup met with untimely deaths a arid and d the suspicion is that our Tom-cats Tom have fallen into the fell clutches i of the Taxidermy class The Yellowstone river checkered checker checker- ed with ice floes ice floes a beautiful sight by moonlight recalling that first child picture of Eliza Eliza racing from the wicked Simon Legree A pleasant trip into Hells Hell's canyon can can- yon an yon an odd name name does docs this imply imply im- im ply ly that nature presents one hell of a mess to the eye when emerging emerging ing ng from this beautiful canyon Genial smiles have been the fashion these last days due to Mr tIr Fahrenheit presenting us with sixty degrees Summer degrees Summer was never like ike this Rules Of or Conduct Dont Don't wash before the meals meals the washing habit takes time and furthermore fur fur- you shouldn't look too healthy you may get a n. heavy job If you catch cold just take off your jacket and open your shirt it t is a sure way to recovery When the he Doc gives you a pill just grumble because it isn't a liquid You know a little water will wm make a whale of a difference in its med- med cinal value If you have a me messy sy job to do such uch as cutting hair or burning horns cof-horns or skinning an animal take talce it to the barracks The boys will vill undoubtedly enjoy enjo it and invite invite invite in in- vite you to come again especial again ly y if you leave the mess on the floor loor I Dont Don't sit on your own bed it will vill be sure to disarrange it Use the he other fellows He will not mind if he lie isn't there Anyway smooth smooth and regular beds dont don't count toward winning the inspection inspection tion ion prizes each week Six or eight should sit on one bunk and fight to see who can break it down first The camp keeps a maintenance crew for repairing repairing repairing re re- re- re pairing the damages and they should have something to do By all means all means dont don't follow sanitary sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary regulations Always be late for roll call The top kick will like you much better and the officers officers of of- will pin a blue ribbon on you Dont Don't do any anything tiling around the barracks that takes effort such as sweeping making fires or packing in a bit of coal Such small jobs are arc just common things and should be beneath your our notice Abhor the thought of picking up litter on the floor or in the camp i area What are the light duty men for anyway Last but not least throw all your candy tobacco and gum pack packages packages packages ages es ageson on the floor of the recreation hall If you haven't enough of these items to do the job get some other trash and do the thing right right- It must be kept knee deep in such junk dunk to o make one feel that he has done something to keep up the appearance of ot the camp The inspectors praise the Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain when they see this You cannot can cannot cannot not imagine how they love to see sec such a fine display of carelessness There Is no need to tell you that we e are a cinch for tor the blue flag if we observe all these simple rules Oh Oh yeah Did You Know That Our mess sergeant used to work at the Leeds Camp Doc Anderson Ander Ander- son despises celery soup Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Bittman hails from Portland Ward Vard Evans is in Sunday School at Boneta Lt Elting has a home in Montana Chas Rogers was wounded in the World War Var Harry Fetters Is the most quiet man in hi camp Timberline is still en cn the wagon Gordan Gordon Ellis' Ellis real name is Hunk Lowell Farmer cats eats beetles Lt Stewart is an accomplished violinIst violinist violinist viol viol- inist Curt Robinson runs the camp store Jack TacIt Cannon expects to be one of the Big Guns among among among a- a I mong writers some day Mervin Hatch has blood poison in his mitt Jay Milner could sleep on onan onan onon an on iceberg during an on quake earth e and that someone stole stol the little i CAT during the week end layoff II And then did you know that I Supt Warthen was expert at I throwing the thc knife To say nothing nothing nothing no no- I thing of the bull PERSONALITIES Doc Castor Oil Anderson attended attended attended at at- tended the thc basketball game and dance at Mt Emmons lost last week He had to leave his puddle jumper jump jump- er stuck in a snow bank south of Altonah He lIe retrieved it the following following following fol fol- fol- fol folI I lowing day Oh what a n night o Last Saturday Frank Skin Warthen spent the entire afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon in Telephone Hollow coaxing his onto the he beaten track At six o'clock a truck from Hardman's Hardman's Hardman's Hard- Hard mans man's sawmill came along and after after after af af- af- af ter a strong and pullI pull from a bottle and a little pull I from the truck the feat was accomplished acI ac ac- Frank returned to I camp in a very exhausted condi condi- tion Such is the life of a circulating circulating circulating I lating superintendent o 0 Barracks four won the radio this week for the Life best kept bunks bunIes cleanest floors the neat neatest st yards around the buildings To the victors victors victors vic vic- tors belong the spoils we hear even if the tile radio plays loud enuf for only one to listen at a time o 0 o are seriously considering considering considering consider consider- ing swapping their trucks for motor motor mo mo- tor boats Warm weather has brought on a thaw that nearly inundates in inundates in- in un the grounds around camp Even the tom torn cats are seeking the roof Racks s for daily papers and the themore themore themore more popular magazines have been added to the convenience of the themen themen themen men in camp They are now able to enjoy their favorite publication without too much fuss of locating it Of course proper care must be betaken betaken betaken taken of these things or they will ill not Mt last t. t I Personalities ties Rogers has applied to Mrs Rogers for a five day sick I leave from camp Fritters Fetters rec received ived a aletter aletter aletter letter from a lady friend 0 so laden with love loye that it took six cents to send it Ah he thinks he is isa isa isa a real Romeo Romeo Romeo-doesn't doesn't he Dedicated To Doc Anderson She plows thru the snow v with the tile greatest of ease Though he calls caUs her she cuts thru the thc breeze She sails over over- rocks over rocks and knocks down the trees 0 As madly she gallops along She sputters and as she goes thru the ruts Like the flames that crackled in Rome Then she stops in the snow and refuses to go Thru the drifts piled around Home Then out jumps the driver and tries to revive er He must bring the bus in today But with nothing to grip the wheels could but slip There was nothing to do then but stay Soon came horses and men to start her again They were off to the camp in the hills To his aide by his side the driver then cried Well We'll just have have to feed her some pills LaVar Johnson As a preliminary means of casing easing ensing ens- ens ing into the days day's work worle Here Herc Flannigan last Thursday wrapped a couple of ram-like ram fists around the crank of a big 60 caterpillar Now one need not persist long in inthis inthis inthis this pursuit to suddenly aweke to the fact that all kicks are arc arc not de delivered delivered de- de e- e livered in ill bottles In fact after the smoke e had cleared away the Great Here was seen nursing a limp left wing to camp considerable time was lost in inpan pantomIme pantomime pantomime pan pan- before Leader Symes This was altogether necessary in al allaying allaying allaying al- al laying dire suspicion which hovered hover hover- ed cd over Heres Here's chances of missing a raw row and windy day at hard labor la la- bor Even Dr Anderson l no little difficulty in determining determining determining deter deter- mining the location and extent of the swelling It seems that feeling feeling feeling feel feel- ing along Heres Here's sinewy muscles Is like feeling over a cobblestone road in hi the dark in hi search of the eight ball Well Vell at any rate Here shot several several sev sev- eral nice games of pool Thursday afternoon while outside the men toiled and groaned in the icy wind indo o 0 With no evident ident desire to change I Lt Stewarts Stewart's opinion of or it Barracks Barracks Barracks Bar Bar- racks No 2 last week valiantly strove to drop a n. few rew more bars A little practical experiment in taxidermy l last st Wednesday night in the eager hands of Sel Monk soon assailed the suffering nostrils nostrils nostrils nos nos- of the inmates Odors may come and odors may go but this one olfactory offense which stayed stay stay- ed while the enrollees did the go go- ing Del Monk stayed however until he had su successfully run a n. red-hot red iron thru a smudge belch ing steer horn Bravo Del You are at least saved the mornIng morning morning morn- morn Ing sweepers no little consternation tion By fumigating the premises you ran the tonsorial department out of business That industry was cluttering the shop with locks s long neglected and discouraging much travel Wont Won't someone kindly go into a huddle and offer definite suggestions suggestions suggestions suggest suggest- ions whereby Barracks s No 2 may permanently assure itself this low order of life on the lag Other barracks may rank high but No 2 is the rankest George Smith last Saturday in ina ina in a promising atmosphere of expectancy expectancy expectancy tancy rushed out of camp to race rac that regular bird the stork Geo couldn't have shown more concern had he been destined to soon assume assume assume as as- sume the roll of a new father instead instead in in- stead of just an uncle Glen Clements to date remains I undisputed as the recipient of the fattest letter in the history of camp Moon Lal Lake e. e Which fact is material for Ripley's Believe It or Not when one realizes his wife wrote it But then Glen hasn't had many moons drift thru his marriage yet Sports In The CCO After a mediocre start in basketball basketball basl bas bas- l the Moon Lake team has gradually polished themselves into Into in into In- In to a smooth working machine and andare andare andare are now basking in the lime-light lime at the top of the league The team to date has won every every every ev ev- ery contest that has been played but dropped a practice game to the strong Roosevelt team earlier in the season Bluebell also defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de the second team in a practice practice practice tice tilt The third loss of or the year came from the hands of Upalco Upalco Upalco U- U palco town team when they defeated de- de defeated defeated de de- the camp quintet by a score of 34 to 23 last Monday night Many of the camp fellows have I been given a try-out try for the team and as a result eight are being held on the squad to represent the tho camp for the remainder of the season At the pres present nt time Tom Bingham Bingham Bingham Bing- Bing ham playing left forward for the camp team is going great guns His scoring for the nine games played has hns b been n nothing short of phenomenal Pitt his running mate also has been showing sho clever clev clev- er heels to the guards and if each man continues his scoring scoring- spree the team should keep climbing Hal |