Show V THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR SUNDAY MORNING fg'1' Quick Action Helps Escape ¥ V k 9 9 '4 The covered wagon train which carried Mary Hope to her new home in Oregon was a large one It left St Louis in June and now after a long period of time was nearing the foothills of the Rocky All the people had mountains been kind to Mary and her mother and father Mary’s father had been sick a long time on the journey One night Mary was greatly alarmed She heard someone talk-iij- g outside the wagon At first she thought they were strangers but soon she recognized the voices Onewas that of the night scout Jack Harmon and the other was Nat Rosard the camp guard “Aw they couldn’t be There ain’t an Injun within a mile o’ here” said Nat “But I tell you J saw them They were camped down in the hollow with about fifty teepees” replied Jack excitedly “You're crazy but I’ll go see about gettin’ some men to ride over there” was Nat’s answer The clatter of the horses’ hoofs reached Mary as the men rode away The sound soon faded and all was quiet After what seemed a century of waiting Mary heard the shouts of the men as they reached the camp Hastily the men and women were called out Mary was terrified but she and her mother were kept busy loading guns for the men In the middle of the battle Mary was sent to the leader’s wagon for mqre As she ran across an an Indian warrior open space swooped down on her and grabbed her Placing her upon his horse he rode away Mary’s screams were heard by the men but they could not stop fighting long enough to give her any aid When Mary regained consciousness she found herself lying in a teepee Her glands and feet were bound with strips of blanket Soon she heard someone approaching An Indian girl entered She carried a dish which she laid on the floor Silently she unbound Mary and gave her the dish Mary saw that the girl was much older than she although she was about the same size This fact gave Mary an idea about how she might escape When Mary finished her meal the Indian girl tied her hands and feet again and left Later in the day the Indian returned with another meal This time it was quite dark When the girl untied Mary Mary grasped her wrists and pushed her on the floor The Indian screamed Mary quickly tied her handkerchief over the girl’s mouth Next she bound her wrists and ankles But Mary Now she was free knew the squaws would be expecting the girl back soon so she must make haste Finally after looking’ around the tent again she crawled under the tent Not far away was a horse corral with several ponies in it Mary crept along by the brush As she neared the corral the ponies moved about restlessly Slowly she swung back the corral Betty Stum Relates Tale on This week’s subject attracted most of our artists with the result that we have so many splendid drawings of Indians that we could scarcely decide which ones to pub-- lish The- - About Smokey i two judges-8electe- d however for first place and all the other very fine ones will be filed and used as’ occasion perlender the new ruling mits every young artist received points for his work and when 11 is published he will receive additional points his’work merits Marjorie Wales 15 Salt Lake City and Mary Louise Gunn 14 Salt Lake City tied for first place Verl Mercer and Pauline Rush worth tied for second place Three drawings of an Indian girl at work should also be classed as second-plawinners but no name was attached to them Rayda Louder ParkCity Claude Diehl Salt Lake ce —(Mary Louise Gunn ) City and Shirley Anne Syrett Cedar City tied for third place ' Betty Ruth Stevenson won honorable mention OUR POETRY CORNER c : The Indian is always an interesting subject to American writers and here in the west the writers seem to respond to this subject more even eagerly than anywhere else It is no wonder then that our young poeisent in so many excellent versesr THE INDIANS This lancf of ours we love so well It must be very old For it once was roamed by Red- skins As I have oft been told The mountains high gave them their game The crystal streams their fish To have good luck dn a hunting trip Was the Indian hunter’s wish Indians were strong and brave They firmly took their stand But the white man pushed them further west And took this fertile land BARBARA JEAN DRAPER 10 Salt Lake City Far up in the mountains The Redmen no longer call Silence reigns supreme unchallenged No echoes softly fall MARY BARKER 15 Far up in the mountains Once rang an Indian's call An answer bold was echoed back From the canyon wall Away up in the heavens An eagle gave his cry An answer clear was echoed back From the darkening sky Ogden THE INDIAN The Indian once so stalwart and hr !' Is now a beggar on the streets Though much to civilization he ‘ gave Now the plainest and stalest of food he eats Once his domain he proudly ruled And fought for his tribe in gal- lant style In hunting and fighting he was schooled He was physically fit all the while The ECHOES Then the white man traveled over his land And took his game and his forests great Thi$ the Indian could not understand And moved westward to escape his fate But he was conquered and now today There are but few like the ancient race The brave and efficient have gone away And left drooping beggars in their place KNIGHT ALICE CAROLYN POULSON Witty a high jump she sat on one of the pony's back Soon she was racing across the plains in the same direction as the wagoh 11 gate train was situated Fearing her captors would be after her in a short time Mary urged her horse on Dawn was breaking when she came in sight of the wagons A great shout arose from the people as they saw Mary Mrs Hope had been ill since Mary's capture but when the news of Mary’s safe return was brought to her tears of joy streamed down her cheeks When Mary herself entered the waon and put her arms around het mother Mrs indeed Hope’s joy was gi-ea- t MARGUERITE Eureka Utah i 4 PHIZACKLEA Age 13 ft Pf II 1935 ARTISTS SHOW SKILL From Red Man t AUGUST Richfield For the movie scrapbooks here are a few interesting facts: Eddie Cantor’s secretary is his daughter Marjorie Kay Francis spends her in Italy Greta Garbo won’t trade her 1927 car for a new one Bette Davis was an usherette in ’a theater George Arliss claims he never sits through the finished ersion of any of his plays Screenland has its school The pupils include Loretta Young Frankie Darro Toby Wing Patricia Ellis Anita Louise Mickey Rooney Ann Shirley Leon Janny and Dickie Moore Yours surh-me- rs one-roo- truly KATHRYN m CRANE Twenty-fiv- e years ago this picture of Smoky was taken From the reservation at Shem Buck Squaw the papoose and their little Indian boy traveled to St George by buckboard At this time they did all of their traveling by team or saddle pony When he was first sighted someone said “Look who’s here Smokey!” So Smokey was his name There he was tagging along behind his mother with dirty face dirty clothes and as e this picture shows shoes which were badly worn In fact if you look close at the picture you will see his big toe peeking out Let us pretend that we are looking at a dusty street where Smokey and his family are straggling ' along Here they come — the squaw has the papoose strapped on her back and Smokey and the buck brings up the rear They come up to us and want to trade pretty baskets woven froiji willows for some home-mad- food If we should follow them back to the reservation we would see stone houses built by th§ government for them to live in Some of the Indians would r ther live in tepees as theii dorefathei did years ago The modern Indians have schools furnished by the govern- ment to train them in any field they wish Some young Indians go to college to receive higher education while others are content to live in their native life and are not ambitious enough to take advantage of the opportunities offered them I wonder if Smokey took advantage of these opportunities? BETTY ANN STUMM 12 Salt Lake City Smart Horse Saves (Continued From Pace Pearl 3) Poor Pearl was frightened to tears She couldn't call as the horse was going so fast Perry kaw the horse a few minutes later but could not see its rider He felt' sure that the child had been thrown and probably hurt Gathering together some men he managed to capture Old Nellie He was delighted to see that Pearl was unhurt Within an hour of the dieadful experience a loud noise was sounded on the back door Aunt Anne spoke in a whispered voice “Hide back of that box Pearl These Indians must have been the down the road cause of Nellie’s fright” Pearl obeyed Barely breathing she heard her Aunt Anne give them a basket of food The Indians grumbled then the door closed Finally Pearl came from behind her hiding place “Is it all right now?” she asked “Yes child and now I know you will have no cause to fear as long as you are with old Nellie” BETTY COWAN— Nephi Utah |