The Tahlequah Star-Citizen from Tahlequah, Oklahoma • 1

I OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETi HISTORICAL BLD OKLA CITY OKLA TdluD Tahlaquah Oklahoma Official County Publication Thursday Dacombax IS 195S 132nd Yaar Number 42 lm Malays tang Uiskess Eg fol saaHE Tahlequah city schools are enjoying a two-week holiday Classes will resume Monday Jan 5 Most business firms will be closed New Year's day although a few service stations and grocery stores will remain open Court house offices closed Wed- Tuesday with light drizzle ending Tuesday night Temperatures remained moderate however The holiday week from Christmas through New Day is expected to bring another slowdown in activity Students at Northeastern State college and in Cherokee Shrine Association To Place Bronze Tablets On Buildings head and boomed across with 3:58 left in the first quarter Frank Phelps normally the No 1 signal-caller entered to try the conversion but the ball was to the right and the Redmen had a 6-0 edge which lasted through the whole first half Arizona State landed a big opportunity but follow through midway in the first quarter when Phelps was unable to get off a punt after a bouncing pass from center and ran losing five to the Redmen 17 where the Lumberjacks gained possession Hannah was stopped on the first play with no gain but Sorich fired a jump pass to end A1 Rex for eight yards to the nine Sorich missed his next pass as Northeastern end Charles Moore leaped high to knock it down On fourth down needing only two to gain a first and goal Hannah started around his left end but Phelps sensed it all the way and tore into the Arizonan with a hard tackle It was for a two-yard loss and now it was turn With the big play a 41-yard scamper by Reed the Redmen got as far as the Arizona State 17 but there drew a clipping penalty and that stopped that threat At the end of the half Northeastern was on the Lumberjack 19 but time ran out with Allen in the midst of a passing flurry Although the lead wasn't destined to last for long the Redmen pushed their advantage to 13-0 early in the third period following a short punt by Sorich that Phelps returned five yards to the Lumberjack 38 The 38-yard distance was covered in six plays with Allen connecting on a 14-yard pass play to Jackson with 8:31 left in round three Jackson made the catch at the seven and struggled across with Lumberjacks hanging all over him Phelps converted That lead melted quickly however the Lumberjacks striking back on a 78-yard TD march that used only six plays Cote did the-honors on a sparkling 29-yard run and Sorich converted to leave the Redmen with a 13-7 lead with 6:07 remaining in the third quarter Northeastern came back after tackle James Barrett had recovered a Lumberjack fumble on the 47 and moved to the Arizona State 10 where pass was intercepted just inside the endzone by Alvarez who ran it out to the five But the Lumberjacks later gambled and it cost them heavily Needing less than six inches for a first down on their own 15 the Lumberjacks gave Cote the ball on the fourth down and the entire light side of the Redmen line smothered him for no gain It easy but the Redmen moved the 15 yards in five plays with Phelps barely making it across He again missed the conversion but the hopes were sailing high now at 19-7 Arizona State tightened it up when Sorich hit Rex on a 20-yard scoring play with 1:51 left the touchdown capping a 93-yard march that required seven plays Helping it downfield were two 15-yard penalties that went against the Redmen Sorich kept for two yards and halfback A1 Alvarez picked up three to the six On fourth down needing four yards Sorich aimed for Cote but Redmen fullback DeLoyd Reed broke up the play With their backs jammed almost into nearby Tampa bay the Redmen lossed a 94-yard touchdown drive that can best be described as beautiful if you happen to be an Oklahoman The entire march was staged on the ground with the exception of one of the 15 plays The exception really busted it open however quarterback Johnny Allen heaving a 23-yard pitch to halfback Robert Jackson to move the ball to the Arizona State two Allen who directed the entire operation did the scoring chore himself and nobody deserved it more He plowed into left tackle for one yard then bowed his Local Restaurant Gulled By Fire Fire completely gutted the main dining room of Fine formerly east of town Sunday evening Lesser damage was done in the banquet room and kitchen According to DeWitt Talley truck driver for the Tahlequah fire department the alarm was received at 11:15 and the whole place was in fames when the firemen reached the building The fire fighters were occupied with the fire for three hours Both the GMC and Chevrolet fire trucks were used at the fire The estimated damage was approximately $20 to $25 thousand The fire was discovered by a passing motorist who stopped at the Tahlequah Motel next door and aroused Mr and Mrs Gerald James James immediately called the fire department According to fire chief Ish Knight the fire was worse because it was delayed alarm The heat was tenific In such a fire Knight explained that the temperature runs from 1300 to 1500 degrees and at that point the wood work is breaking down The boys had to get a hole in the roof for ventilation because of the build up of gas in the closed building The nozzle through the roof with the resulting steam and stream of water did most of the damage in the back and banquet room The fire seems to have started at the coffee counter in the main dining room but the particular thing that set it off has not yet been determined The estimated time that the building had been ciosed was 30 to 40 minutes Mr and Mrs Jim Burkett owners and managers of Fine were asleep at their home on Bluff avenue when notified of the fire They were at the blackened ruins again Monday morning still dazed at the event With them were their son and daughter Gordon and Betty Burkett who run the eating establishment on Fort Gibson lake and Orr their son-in-law who runs on Fort Gibson By Lorena Travis There are many stories about how we came to use an evergreen tree in the celebration of Christmas One of the most appealing is based on events that supposedly took place in the year of our Lord 722 It concerns one of the many legends handed down about the work of early missionaries Henry Van Dyke has given one of the most widely used stories about the first Christmas tree He was a Presbyterian minister who taught great lessons through the medium of story tell-'ing Whether the reader approves or disapproves of the evergreen as it is used at Christmas he will see that it once supplied a great need A Benedictine priest of a noble Saxon family left his home in England to become a missionary of northern Europe He was Winfred Boniface who carried the message of Christianity to heathen about the love of God and His salvation to all mankind Up and down through the forests of northern Germany he travelled for many years He took with him a few companions who were not afraid of hardship or danger They travelled over mountains and marshes in fair and foul weather living az best they could while preaching Christ to people who worshipped at dark altars of heathen gods Boniface is described as fair and slight but straight as a spear and strong as an oaken staff He was bronzed by the wind and his gray eyes flashed when he spoke of the evil deeds of the Given a tremendous quarterback job from Johnny Allen Northeastern State of Tahlequah won the national small-college football championship at St Petersburg Fla Saturday with a 19-13 victory over Arizona State before 8628 fans in A1 Lang field and a nation-wide television audience With Ted Sorich at the throttle the Lumberjacks came out throwing and right off the bat Northeastern was in deep trouble On the first play from scrimmage end Earl Randolph came back to take the ball then passed to fullback Bill McCormick for a 39-yard gain to the Redmen's 34 Sorich a left-handed passer got off a 22-yarder to halfback Ron Cote to the 12 and then on the first running play Mel Hannah gained one to the 11 Chest X-Ray Snrvey Continues In County The mobile chest x-ray trailer manned by personnel of the state health department will resume activity after a short Christmas holiday The unit will be in Hul-bert Dec 29 to 31 and will return to Tahlequah after New day and will be in operation here from Jan 3 through Jan 10 Hours are from 9:00 to 5:00 daily The survey this year is limited to adults 30 years of age or older except in cases where suspicious symptoms are present No charge is made for the chest x-ray which is made possible by income from sale of Christmas seals Mrs Ben Hill reported that during the short time the trailer has been in the county response has been good Communities in the county and the number of people who have taken advantage of the unit are listed below Rocky Ford 28 Welling 45 Eldon 45 Cookson 45 Peggs 30 Teresita 26 the rest homes 52 and in Tahlequah approximately 850 the most important facts and dates in their world careers The roster of invited guests who came to these dinners one by one started with Erasmus and included 44 famous people who were such notables as Leonardo di Vinci Confucius Francis of Assisi Mozart Plato Benjamin Franklin Voltaire George and Thomas Jefferson This little game among friends took place some 16 years ago The guests were chosen as the ones with whom Van Loon would enjoy most at the dinner table On the face of it the story is fantastic carried on by real people reenacting the lives of famous people in history as they understood and knew them Yet what better or more interesting course of study could be devised to dramatize and understand history The idea is challenging to say the least If you dear reader could invite famous persons in history to your home for dinner whom would invite? To get some idea of the famous people in history with 'whom Americans would like to down and over a leisurely dinner the Gallup Public Opinion Institute recently had reporters ask this question: you could invite any three famous persons in history from the present or past to your home for dinner which three would you most like to Here are the top 10 choices ranked by order of mention: Abraham Lincoln Franklin Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower George Washington Harry Truman Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Gen Douglas McArthur Mrs Mamie Eisenhower Sir Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt The next 10 choices are as follow: Jesus Christ Herbert Hoover Richard Nixon Rev Billy Graham Woodrow Wilson Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson' Will Rogers Adlai Stevenson and Bishop Fulton Sheen A dinner for all the persons named would require a banquet hall seating nearly 400 people It would be an affair with some strange Although the list of famous persons is dominated by American personalities there are 25 nationalities represented in all including one Macedonian Alexander the Great Over half of the persons mentioned on the survey are still living Eleven persons invited lived in the pre-Christian era Nine out of 10 of those receiving invitations would be men The most popular field was that of government and politics with entertainment next For an interesting conversation with those on the lists it might be necessary for the average diner to do special preparation like friend Van Loom nesday at noon and will be closed until Monday morning Court house offices will again close on New day The Tahlequah post office will also be closed on New day Many Tahlequahans were returning this weekend from St Petersburg Fla where they saw the Northeastern State college Redmen claim the national small college championship They and many others were travelling again this week to visit relatives and friends during the holidays or were remaining home to receive guests Last Rites Here Friday For Joe Cliiiord Wade Funeral services were held last Friday for Joe Clifford Wade 72 of Tahlequah from the Reed-Culver funeral home chapel at 2:00 The Rev Owen Gragg pastor of the First Methodist church of Tahlequah officiated Mr Wade a retired railroad brakeman and former stockman died Wednesday in the Muskogee Baptist hospital following a brief illness He had been a resident of Tahlequah for 31 years coming here in 1927 Included among the survivors are his wife Mrs Ema Marie Wade of the home two sons John Wade of Santa Clara Calif and Jim Wade of Route 3 Tahlequah one daughter Mrs Mary Jo McGee of Edmond and four grandchildren Bearers were Speedy Chaffin Jim Chaffin Lee Bowers Chris Gulager Eugene Krouse Jud Ro-zell and Raymond Edwards Services Held At Moody For Mrs Fannie Dew Funeral services were held Monday Dec 22 for Mrs Fannie Hawkins Dew 85 in Moodys Services were held in the Oliver Baptist church in Moodys and burial was in the Moodys cemetery Mrs Dew dTt'3'aTber home in Moodys Friday Dec 19 following an illness of two years She was a life-long resident Moodys being born there on April 21 1873 She was a member of the Oliver Baptist Indian church at Moodys Included among the survivors are two daughters Mrs Mamie Stewart of Muskogee and Mrs Geneva Snell of Moodys one son James Hawkins of Moodys and 10 grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren Star-Citizen Editor Is Injured In Auto Mishap Mrs Homer Hedges editor of The Tahlequah Star-Citizen is recovering satisfactorily from injuries received in a one-car accident near Muskogee Wednesday night Dec 17 Mrs Hedges was taken to the Oklahoma Baptist hospital in Muskogee where she is being treated for three broken ribs and multiple lacerations and bruises particularly around the legs and feet Mrs Hedges was alone in the car when it went out of control and left the highway on the Shawnee street bypass Vital Statistics In The Hospilal Medical Andy Griffin City Leon Daniel City Virdie Ferguson City A Carson City Henry Cox City Kenneth Collins California Geneva Cooksey City Mamie JameSj City Grover Sullivan City Clarence Sheldon City Wm Keys City Dewey Cowan City Roy Corder Hinds City John Mnrain City Jessie Mitchell Cookson Mose Alberty Westville Lucy Ferguson City Ida Wilson City Robert Combs Proctor Maud Masters City Geneva Gail Craig City Nancy Ritchey City Billie Monholland Park Hill Surgical Iva Adair Hulbert Kelley Browning City Guy Morton Bunch Beatrice Lawson City Births Baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Amos Lane Cookson on 12-17-58 wt 7 lbs and 9 oz Baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Earnest Shankle Hulbert on 12-19-58 wt 8 lbs and 13 oz Fair and moderate weather following in the wake of the coldest weather of the year brought a surge of activity to the streets of Tahlequah during the past week Weather with temperatures ranging down to 1 above accompanied by Ice and snow had brought a lull to the usually vigorous pre-Christmas period but merchants this week reported trading back to normal volume and perhaps even a little above last year Tahlequah was having another dose of less than pleasant weather i leading Citizen Of I95S To Be flamed Hex! Week I outstanding citizen for the year 1958 will be chosen next week based on nominations Which have been made to the Star-Citizen by letter or oral statement Selection will be made on the basis of activities of the individual during the past year or for community service extending Over a period of years reaching climax or new high mark this Jnear It may be that a single effort diligently pursued for a limited period would put some one person out front for having performed the best job for the community this year Nominations may be based upon service in a number of fields: Distinguished leadership in humanitarian causes Contribution to the physical improvement and growth of the city or community Contribution to the financial development or stability of the community by creation of jobs or expansion of income opportunities Effort-to raise cultural standards and extend appreciation for worthwhile arts and entertainment Publicity for the county which has brought noteworthy recognition over the state and the Southwest and resulted in some substantial progress locally Contribution to health morality and happiness of a number of people This will be the sixth annual selection of the number one citizen of Tahlequah sponsored by The Star-Citizen which enlists help of all people of the community Previously selected were: Dr A Gibson 1953 Willis 1954 Billy Parham 1955 Mrs Parker 1956 Dr Harrell Garrison 1957 Although one person has been singled out for the top honor the cooperative selection has resulted in several nominations each year Invariably all persons nominated have made valuable contributions to the city and a measure of recognition for their service has been given to them Boniface said "We cannot spare our logs until we do what must be done this night" To his companions he explained must reach a great thunder oak where people will gather to worship their god This is Yuletide and strange things will be seen there and deeds which make the soul black But we are sent to lighten their darkness and we will teach our kinsman to keep a Christmas with us such as they have never They came to a dense thicket and then passed through to an open space In the midst was a huge oak tree A great throng of people had gathered in a half circle around a fire All who swear by the old gods had been summoned They would sacrifice a steed and drink blood to make them strong A forester warned will be to our peril if we but Winfred called ye sons of the forest A stranger claims the warmth of your fires in the wintry A thousand eyes were bent on the speaker then the circle opened to receive them and it closed behind them are the old priest Hunrad asked seek bring you greetings from England beyond the seas and a message from the All-Father whose servant I said old Hunrad and be silent for what passes here is too high to wait This is the death night of Baldur the Beautiful beloved of gods and men This is the hour of sacrifice of darkness and mighty fear The great god Thor to whom the oak is sacred is grieved because the people By Lorena Travis (OumI ColumnUl) The success or failure of a holiday season may depend on pleasant company or stimulating conversation or the lack of it How much does conversation mean to you at the dinner table or around the fireside How much does the day to day casual pass and repass mean to your happiness meeting in the post office in the stores and on the street Bucy people may not be free to stop and pass the time of day when making business rounds but few people are too busy to say hello Much of the time when friends meet a greeting must be just that a simple good morning good afternoon hi or hello little joy in a conversation when one is held against his will or inclination In such casual meetings the greeting speaks volumes Christmas and New Year would not seem right without the joyous "Merry and "Happy New The old fashioned greeting of "Christmas one seldom hears yet it is probably the happiest of all The idea is to say "Christmas to the friend or relative before that person can give the same greeting The one who says the greeting first is supposed to get a treat from the other That is one way to get an extra piece of candy or fruit Of course times have changed since the days when candy oranges apples or a stick af gum was the sum total of offerings Anything more like a little blue vase with white flowers or a pocket knife with two blades was treasured beyond any actual value But Christmas can be nice and wonderful whether a person has a little or a lot of this goods Anyway the greeting of from a joyous heart is something that money buy In most families Christmas day is family day where few outsiders fit in There are traditions and little cere-tnonies sayings and doings that are special inside the family group It may be that the one in the family gets its presents first that it may play and be happy It may be that the oldest child gets to carry the packages or to call the names of those gathered around the tree It may be that a parent is the master of ceremonies or functions as Santa Claus There may be families that dispense with trees and with -the idea of Santa as personifying the spirit of giving Whatever the family customs there are few Scrooges left to object to greetings of Christmas Happy New A few things are common in the home on Christmas day They include father playing with the toys mother running back and forth to the kitchen where she cooks good food to eat and conversation It has been said that the world gets nearer to the spirit of peace and loving good will than at any other time After the pre-holiday rush when the increasing tempo of activities have reached the climax on Christmas day there is the let-downdown for rest There is nothing like it for another year until another Christmas season How wonderful and rewarding is the day when faces shine with anticipation and then beam with joy at the opening of gaily wrapped packages that have been mysteriously placed under the tree or in a Christmas stocking Thus they learn the joy of sharing and of making someone happy While gifts and good food are important to family gatherings it would be a rather meaningless occasion without conversation Occasionally one hears that conversation is a lost art that it has been supplanted by idle chatter In the book by Hendrik van Loon the author says is hard for some people to understand how two people can have pleasure from just sitting and talking doing nothing at all but just sitting and talking Van Loon devised a plan by which he and a friend could study the lives of famous people in history and then discuss the findings in the light of the times in which they lived A friend of his was of the same mind wanted to sit and talk God out of His heaven and the Devil into his To find out what the person looked like and what they had to say the two friends arranged a series of dinners To turn an idea of an imaginary dinner guest into a real situation Van Loon made a study of the invited needs the kind of food and drink to which they had been accustomed in real life and the entertainment which amused or challenged them In other words These buildings are symbols of a great civilization that has provided much of the background which Tahlequah enjoys today It has become increasingly apparent that something should be done to insure their preservation and to properly identify them to the public They are unmarked and therefore not recognized and appreciated for their true worth by the people passing through Tahlequah These buildings now owned and used by Cherokee county are: the Cherokee National Capitol built in 1867 Cherokee National Supreme Court building erected in 1844 (the Cherokee Advocate was published in this building from 1874-1906) and the Cherokee National Prison built in 1874 This fall the association worked out plans whereby a bronze tablet could be placed on each building the total cost of the tablets being $196 Letters to this effect were sent to Cherokees and friends of the Cherokees though obviously an all-inclusive list was not available The letters contained a request for small donations to pay for the three plaques Announcements have been made over the radio and to various groups and organizations with a request for moral and financial support for this worthy project Mrs Louise Peak 607 Delaware Tahlequah is chairman of the bronze tablet committee and Mrs Peggy Thomas east of town is the association treasurer Any funds donated beyond the amount used in placing the tablets will be used for the furtherance of the memorial project Information regarding details will be furnished on request by the president of the Cherokee National Shrine association Kathryn Fite Smullin To date donations have been received in amounts ranging from 25c to $10 Those who have already made contributions are as follows: Sam Starr Jay Adleman Haskell Tulsa World (N Hen-thorne) Tulsa Mersfelder Oklahoma City Earl Boyd Pierce Muskogee Muskogee Phoenix (Tams Bixby) Muskogee Paul Rogers Fort Gibson Buffington Pryor Katherine Raymond Clifton Watseka Illinois Tenkiller Booster club Hap Brown secretary Vian A1 Clark Dr Fite Bristow ritzperald Phillips Petroleum Bartlesville Dr Fite San Diego California Dr Pat Fite Jr Muskogee Leo Bode Joan Stock Lloyd Anderson Bernice Anderson Mrs Nora Nellie Elgin of Tahlequah The total amount of donations received is $7575 tTzee have spoken but none agree Let the stranger Winfred lost no time in reading the message unto your brother Winfred Boniface that he may teach you the only true faith Hearken and depart from evil works Worship not the false gods and offer no more bloody sacrifices Build our brother a house that he may dwell among you and a church where you may offer prayer" The people stirred and turned to Hunrad who muttered take the Boniface said to Gregory king tree must fall and swiftly or all is On each side they chopped until the tree went crashing to earth is the timber for your Boniface toid the watching group this site shall rise a chapel to the real His eye fell on a young fir tree straight and green is the living tree with no stain of blood upon it that shall be the sign of your new worship Let us call it the tree of the Christ child Take it up1 and carry it to the hall You shall no more go into the shadows of the forest to keep your feast in secret rites of shame You shall keep them- at home with laughter song and rites of The tree was carried to the hall and Winfred told them the story of Bethlehem of the babe in the manger and the shepherd on the hills of the angels and their midnight song of on earth good will to By Lorena Travis For the past two years the Cherokee National Shrine association has been working in the interest of a Cherokee national memorial for Tahlequah The association was organized for the purpose of promoting the proposition of the Federal government establishing the former capitol building of the Cherokee Indian Nation and the grounds which constitute its site as a national memorial and historic shrine Congressman Ed Edmondson has legislation pending in regard to the proposal that the former capitol on the court house square should become a national monument and historic shrine In the meantime the association has considered ways and means to call attention to the importance of preserving the trio of buildings which belong in the group used by the Cherokee National government to be included in the memorial project Services Are Tuesday For Robert Edward Nowlin Funeral services were held Tuesday Dec 23 for Robert Edward Nowlin 61 in the funeral chapel of the Reed-Culver funeral home at 2:00 Mr Nowlin died December 21 1958 at 9:50 a in his home following a lingering illness The Rev Owen Gragg pastor of the First Methodist church of Tahlequah conducted the service Burial was in the Tahlequah City cemetery Mr Nowlin was born March 5 1897 in Yellville Ark He had been a resident of Tahlequah since 1937 coming here from Tuckman Ark He was a feed and grain merchant a veteran of World War I and a member of the Tahlequah post of the American Legion Included among the survivors are his wife Mrs Ruby Phillips Nowlin of the home one son Phillip Nowlin of Sallisaw and three grandchildren eight sisters Mrs Billy McCaskill of Pasadena Calif Miss Ruby Nowlin of Tahlequah Mrs Mable Clark of Tahlequah Mrs Gladys Holcomb of Bristow Miss Carol Nowlin of Los Angeles Calif Mrs Neville Harper of Pittsburgh Pa Mrs Evelyn Martin of Lawton and Mrs Leonard Hicks of Tahlequah and his father A Nowlin of Tahlequah Active bearers were John Purdy Cleone Minor Fred Cooper Jesse Summers Boyd Musgrave and David Campbell Honorary bearers were Luther Ward Finch McJunkin Bob Bean Lee Cook Ed Capps and Bill Wheeler have forsaken his worship Long is it since the roots of the holy tree have been fed with blood Thor claims our dearest and noblest The children stood near the fire playing games with the flickering flames unmindful of the priest as he neared the sacrifice rock Foremost among them was a boy like a sunbeam the son of the chieftain you take a message to old Hunrad asked if my father bids the boy answered His father took a deep breath and leaned on his spear so hard that the handle cracked The mother pushed her golden hair from her forehead then clutched at a silver chain about her neck until the rough links pierced the flesh and red drops fell unheeded to the snow As the priest led the innocent child to kneel facing the east Winfred was quietly moving behind him As the great hammer was raised the mother darted toward the child like a falcon's swoop but still swifter was the hand of the deliverer heavy staff thrust mightily against the handle as it fell The branches of the oak quivered the flames leaped high and a shout of joy rolled along the circle But it was a crucial moment joy wonder anger and confusion surged through the crowd They know whether to resent the stranger or to welcome him as rescurer of their prince The priest Hunrad crouched calling on Thor to take his revenge No one moved Then the frustrated priest called out GD8 trite ITnzsB (SUnznsBmsis false priests with whom he contended One of his companions was Gregory whom he taught to be a missionary He told him of the demons that men had worshipped for centuries in the wilderness and whose malice they invoked against the stranger who ventured into the gloomy forest Gods they called them They dwelt in the branches of the trees and in the caves of the hills They rode wild horses and hurled spears of lighting against their foes said Boniface "is there not glory and honor in fighting with them under the shield of faith of putting them to flight with the sword of On this Christmas Eve Winfred Boniface would have all men know the Prince of Peace But the people in the gloomy forest had no welcome for him Speaking to Gregory he said helmet is strong enough for the strife save the helmet of salvation? What breastplate can guard a man but the breastplate of righteousness? What shoes can stand the wear of these journeys but the preparation of the gospel of peace? He laughed and thrust out a foot covered with a cowhide boot laced high above with throngs of skin See how a fighting man of the cross is shod! I have seen the boots of the Lishop of Tours white kid embroidered with silk A day in the bogs would tear them to shreds Following a narrow road in a dense forest of smooth birch gnarled oaks and a multiple of pines and firs the sun dipped behind the tree tops Though weary.