The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D.
“Give me Lord, the serenity to
accept wnat I cannot change; the
courage to change what I should;
the wisdom to distinguish be
tween them.” This prayer, at
tributed to Saint Francis ot As
sisi, has been passed on to me by
a correspondent who has found
& helpful. It is one of the choice
prayers of all time. It could pro
fitably be'placed on the walls of
wery office, shop and home.
How we all need the' philosophy
contained in that prayer. How
we fight against, fume about
those things we cannot change or
alter. They’re out of our control,
fiet we use up so much energy
cmd time on them that we don’t
fiave enough left to devote to
(hanging those things which we
should and can.
Individually, neither you or I
can do mucn about improving re
lations between our State De
partment and Kussia, and their
aelation towards the world peace.
But we can do something about
winning the peace in our own
hearts, and improving the rela
tions in our own homes between
fiie members of our own 'family,
ilf'yes! We can do that. But w£
want Do ~do something bigger,
fife want to join the League for
filer Preservation of Democracy,
all the while forgetting that there
may be some little democrats
Back home where we can make
Mr influence felt for good much
more, than by writing speeches
Giving long life to harness is
simple. All that is necssary is to
leep it clean and well oiled with
a good harness oil. ,4
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READING THESE ADS
I and articles and signing petitions
I for world peace.
From my observation as a pas
toral counselor, the battlefields
of human heart and mind con
cern us more right now than
world battlefields of tomorrow.
There are some things that we
simply can’t change, and have to
endure. Well', then, why not en
dure them gracefully, pray for
strength to bear them. There’s
no use getting all steamed up
'over circumstances, conditions
and people whom we can’t change.
We only get a phobia or com
plex on the subject. Some of us
have jobs to do which we dis
like, but have to do. Well, then!
Go on and dp them gracefully.
Don’t be one of those who is a
chronic complaintr. You make
yourself unhappy and everybody
else around you.
The biggest task of all is to
be able to discern what we can
change and what we can’t. That
takes judgment, and discernment.
Of this we can all be certain,
that when we start out on any
reformation program to improve
conditions which surround us,
the first one to start on is our
selves. That’s where any adequate
reformation program*inust com
mence.
Serenity, peace and content
ment as far as you’te concern
ed, stem back into your heart
I know of no better way to se
cure them than to* live in the
daily conscious presence of your
^ord. When you make peace with
your Lord and your fellow man,
you’re at peace with yourself.
Elkin Stock Car
Racing Returns
Stock car auto racing, which
has become the No. 1 sport in
northwestern North 'Carolina in
the short span of three months,
booms back into the Elkin Speed
way Sunday afternoon with all
trimmings belonging to the
racing show,
laps of speed and
second such
at the Elkin
the fastest half
mile dirt track in the United
States.
Time trials are scheduled to be
gin at 1 p- m., with the first race
starting at 3 p. m. The grand
stand, largest of its kind in the
South, will be entirely completed
by Sunday, ✓
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County Man Tells Of Trip
On “River Of No Return”
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By Cayce Presnell
In 1805 when Lewis and Clark
were on their way to the Pacific
ocean they came over the contin
ental divide, then they preceded
down the Lemhi river to where
it empties into the Salmon river
in central Idaho. It was there
they gazed upon a river so wild,
so treacherous and so beautiful,
that they could not find words to
describe it. Winding through can
yons among steep bluffs and cliffs,
with treacherous rapids, going
right through Idaho’s most primi
tive area.
Lewis and Clark now proceed
ed down the Salmon river. How
ever, after pushing along the riv
er’s edge for approximately 60
miles they were stopped. They
found that the canyon became a
mass of cliffs impossible to travel
.over or around, and there the
fiver plunged into a turbulent
rapids impossible to be navigated
by boat so they decided. As his
tory relates, Lewis and Clark
back-tracked about 40 miles up:
the Salmon river, went up the;
north fork of the Salmon river
crossed the Bitterroot Pass intr
Montana and continued their
journey.
The rapids that turned Lewis
and Clark back are only the begin
ning, for it is now known that
the Salmon river is a continuous
mar\ of rapids and falls, with
impassible walls for approximate
ly 80 miles from the Lewis and
Cl^rk rapids. Even today there
have been but few people to visit
this Wild, rugged, primitive can
you. As few forest service trails
and a few placer miners who wish
to live out in the wilds by them
selves are the only changes since
1805.
Unlike the days of Lewis and
Clark, the Salmon river can now
be navigated down stream, provi
ded a special type of boat is used.
Experienced river boatmen are
also an absolute necessity. Even
then those who make the trip
down the Salmon river are taking
a great risk, for many have met
disaster while making this peri
lous trip. With all the modern
equipment of today it is still im
possible to come upstream
through this area of the river.
That is how it long ago acquired
the now famous name, “River of
No Return.” •
In the early summer of 1945,
in connection with the Columbia
Valley Authority, a party of U.
S. Coast and Geoditic Survey en
gineers were selected to nttraK
survey down the River of No Re
turn. Two boats were constfSpp
ted in Salmon, Idaho for the trijf.
Two of these boats were built for
shooting the rapids and to pro
vide sleeping and eating quarters
for members of the party. They
were 32 feet in length and 8 feet
wide with a long sweep at both
bow and stern to enable the boat
men to maneuver the boats
through the fast flowing rapids.
The third boat was a small rein
forced rowboat which was used
to carry thewiorkmenaroundthe
to carry the workmen around the
steep cliffs. Names chosen for the
boats were The Dreamboat, The
Garbage Box and The Argument.
The party consisting of 7 U.
S. engineers, 3 boatmen, and one
(took, embarked from Salmon,
Idaho on July 23. It took the party
2 days to go down the river 60
miles to where Lewis and Clark
were forced to turn back. The
third day they began in earnest
the most treacherous river trip in
the U. S. A.
we naa neara mucn lain ana
many comments concerning the
abundance of wild life in this
wild and little yisited area. We
found this to be true far above
anything we had heard or expect
ed. As we progressed down
stream, every few miles there
were beautiful trout streams
emptying into the main river.
These streams were so full of
fish that it was an easy proposi
tion to catch two fish at a time
by having two hooks on the same
line. These fish consisted mostly
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THE DREAM BOAT AND
ARGUMENT
of Eastern Brook, Rainbow, and
Speckled trout. We took many
3olly Varden, Steel head, salmon
md sturgeon from the main river.
Occasionally on Saturday after
noon some of the party woulck
.like up on top of the river can
yon. Here we found many beauti
’ul lakes, all of which were full
of fish, mostly rainbow and lake
tfout. We saw many deer through
out the entire 80 mile trip. Most
of the deer were high up in the
mountains as.there was more for
age in the highlands during the
summer mrj itbf. However we
often ran right "up on a deer a
long the river which had come
down to drink or cross the can
yon. I recall one incident when a
deer swam the river during the
night, coming out on the shore
between our two boats which
of their
boats wei
from the
was com]
Our sc
of
that aH tni
were asleep. Or mayDe it
snoring from the
orought him over to
Then there
them although
and their calvej
However, on our Saturday
noon trips up into the highlands
we saw many proud deven point
bulls. As we progressed about
oO miles down this primitive can
yon we saw an abundance of
sure footed mountain goats. They
seemed to be well satisfied with
their air conditioned home among
the towering crags and cliffs. We
also found numerous mountain
sheep in this region. Both brown
and black bear were common |
sights along the trip; Some few,
moose were also to be seen, buf
they were not as plentiful as
other kinds of big game. Cougars
are to be.found in excessive num
bers as they have plenty of game
to prey upon. Smaller animals
such as beaver, otter, mink, wea
sel. muskrat, and coyote are plen
tiful. Birds such as ducks grouse,
and quail exist in‘abundance.
Army engineers had estimated
that only a mile of levels could
be run in a day down The Elver
of No Return. It was often jgtgeea-1
sary for the men to use ropes to
pull each other over the high1
cliffs. At other times the survey- j
ors had to swim around the cliffs.
But there -were many places
where they co”ld neither swim1
around or climb o-rer. Here
the work boat “Argument” usu
ally solved the problem.
There were only minor mishaps
to mar the trip. The work boat,,
“Argument” was overturned in
one_.of the rapids, J)ut the crew
of 3 swam ashore with the aid
life belts. All 3 of the
■e scarred and battered
rough water. Our trip
ipleted September 21.
survey showed that the
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2000 feet in the 80 mile gttnth.
The one most treacherous rap
ids on the entire trip had a drop
of approximately 200 feet, in a
half mile. v r
Now that the trip has befen com
pleted, the entire cre&r feels that
they have run a survey down the
roughest and vet one of the most
tes. We are *ure that none of us
will soon forget the “River of No
Return," with its beautiful for
ests, sky blue upland lakes, rug
ged cliffs and canyons, and a
bundance of almost any kind of
wild life. Its boiling, white rapids
ahd falls truly make a trip down
this river the wildest boat ride
in America.
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