The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-11
WANTS TO ROLL
TO EXPOSITION
GIRL IN WHEELBARRoW.
WALTER DoBSON HAS NOVEL
SCHEME TO MAKE MONEY.

savannah Collector Has a Game He
Thinks Is n Winner-Young WOm-
an Who Is 10 Make Trip Has Not
Been selected. Though Three Have
said They Would De willing 10 Go.
She Must BE Good Looking and
weigh Not over 10 Pounds.
To roll a young woman from savan-
nah TO the St. Louis Exposition in q
wheelbarrow and thereby make large
sum of money. TO say nothing Of the
fame TO be derived from such per-
Torrance. is the scheme proposed by
Walter A. Dobson, Of No. 1874 Whit
aker street.
Mr.. Dobson has not yet completed
his arrangements with the exposition
company, but II satisfactory agree
ment can be reached, the wheelbarrow
trip Will be made.
The young woman who is TO take
the ride in the wheelbarrow, has not
been selected yet, though Mr.. Dobson
has talked with three, who are willing
TO go. The lady must be young and
strong, and weigh not over 10 pounds.
If pretty she will be given the pref
erence, but pretty or not 10 pounds
is the limit as TO weight.
Is Out for the Coin.
Mr.. Dobson only thought Of the plan
a few days ago. He says many Of the
people 10 whom he has talked say ne
is a fool for thinking Of undertaking
such trip, but he is out for the
money.
While no definite arrangements
have yet been made with the exposi-
ton company Mr. Dobson has already
been offered an enga cement at a very
inviting salary, he says, TO go on eX-
hibition at the exposition after he
makes the trip. The young lady would
Of course go on exhibition with Mr..
Dobson.
He figures that he should make sew
eral thousand dollars out Of the trip.
He offers to give the young woman
who makes the trip one-third of the
proceeds. He believes that both will
make a large amount of money by the
performance that is planned.
viii suffer for Money.
His plan is to leave the Court House
here on June /. He estimates that he
can roll a wheelbarrow to st. Louis in
nine weeks. The distance by the short
est route is 907 miles.
DobsOn thinks he can make fifteen
miles a day and at that rate he could
make the trip in less than nine weeks.
He realizes that il will be no easy
task. but he is willing to undergo the
physical exertiOn and suffering il he
is able TO make the financial arrange
ments he hopes 10.
1t is proposed to stop in all the large
towns along the way for a day or so
and give exhibitions In this way, it
is thought, the expenses Of the trip
can be paid and the amount received
from the exposition company will be
clear.
VIII Write of Trip.
Mr.. Dobson also proposes to sell to
a number Of newspapers letters giving
an account Of his progress on the trip.
He has already written to several pa
pers about the matter
Whether he can make the arrange
ments he wants to remains 10 be seen.
He wrote to the exposition company
only a few days ago and has not had
time to receive a reply. He is hopeful
that everything can be arranged all
right, however.
Mr.. Dobson is a Savannah man. and
is a pedestrian by profession. That is.
he is a collector for a furniture house.
For several years he lived in Atlanta,
but has been in Savannah for quite
awhile and is very well known.