Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-17
'HOB0[S' HAVEACAkP
Spot Near Council Bluffs Known
as Heaven of Rest" to
Weary Willies
THE COOK is CALLED "k'Ne"
Tho Place Has Boon Fixed Up in Com.
Portable Shape and All Who Visit the
Place Are Expected to Contribute to
the Future Benefit Of the Members
Of Hobo Club.
snecial to Times Republican.

Specia, to Times-Republican.
Council Bluffs, July 17.-About one
half mile north of the Northwestern
roundhouse in this city, "hobos" have
established camp and each man as he
passes thru Is supposed to contribute
something to the future benefit Of the
members of his order. All kinds of
cooking utensils along with books, old
papers, actresses pictures, pipes and
tobacco have been gradually gathered
in this nest of weary travellers. until it
is known all over the west as the "Ha-
ven of Rest"
Some inventive DO has constructed
fireplace where the cooking Of the
camp is done. This is so arranged that
anything from the boiling tomato can
to roast pig can be taken care of by
the cook of the party. When pig or a
chicken is to be roasted, two fOrked
sticks on which rests q long iron rod
is moved over the fire. When can is
to be boiled q sheet iron top rests so
that the fire plays thru round hole
on the can. Seats constructed from
railroad ties have been placed around
the fire in convenient distances. One
large can which sits near the fire place
is the tobacco can, and it is never emp
ty.
AS rule this camp is under the
charge of a head tramp who styles
himself king" He rules with a high
lind and. what he says goes. The man
who has been king of the Council
Bluffs camp for some time Is nowhere
to be found at present. Not more than
four weeks ago, two street cars We're
held up and the conductors forced to
give up their cash. Since that time
the king" of the "bos" has not been
SEEN Since the disappearance of this
man, professional cook has been act
ing as head of the camp. He is cook
who has commanded big salary at
one time In some OF the swell restau-
rants Of the east, but his fondness for
liquor was the cause OF his downfall.
He sends the tramps and crippfes who
stay at the camp out for the victuals
and when 1t is brought to him he cooks
in a way that makes his followers want
to stay in this camp right along.
However, this cook has made the
order that no man shall stay In the
camp longer than week, for, he says,
tramps must keep on the move or they
cease to be tramps. He claims that
inside Of few days now, he proposes
to move on to some other camp.
The camp here has large trees and
beautiful grass. Big Lake Is located
near by and, strange as 1t may appear,
many hobo has been seen to take a
bath in the lake. All thru the day.
men may be seen sleeping on the grass
and at night, there are hundreds OF
empty box cars in which they sleep.
Few of the men at the camp are real
professional hoboes. Most OF them are
on their way to some place where they
can get work. Just at present the ma
jority are headed for the Dakotas to
help take care of the grain crop. Men
of this sort stop only for day or so
when they reach camp Of this sort.
They simply rest and then move on.
! The professional tramp wants to stay
some time when he strikes an up-to-
date camp like that in Council Bluffs.
However, the rule Of the present chief
that no man shall stay longer than a
week. is strictly enforced.
Wednesday,, Detectives Callaglian
and Wilson Of the local police force,
visited the camp and told the inmates
! that they must move on. The orders
Of the chief Of police were to the effect
that any hobo found in the city after
D. M, Thursday, would be put on the
chain gang. Yesterday, the detectives
visited the camp and. found just as
many men there, but only three OF
them were of the large crowd. on the
former day. The cook and two men
only remained Of the seventy men OF
4 the day before.