Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-23
Auto Ride In Riverside.

er, and we went In special car over
the Salt Lake and were autoed over
about a thousand miles Of magnolia
and pepper and palm avenues which
would be worth $40 foot to any town
east of the range. Then we scooted to
the top of Rubido mountain and We're
given a birdseye view of more topo-
graphic loneliness than we could pay
for In a million years if we got $4
apiece for jokes Of any vintage. This
road cost $4,000 and Is of such grade
that an auto will run from top to bot
tom without using drop Of gasoline
or jumping the fence single time.
None has ever tried to use gasoline.
but several have tried to jump the
fence. You can't trust an auto. Said
our chauffeur to me-he was promi-
nent citizen-"An auto is just like a
woman-you never can tell what she
will do next" 1t didn't sound like a
joke to me, and / didn't laugh. After
minute he said, But when you get
her going right she beats the world"
Then l laughed, and he said he meant
the auto. All the humorists don't be-
long to the A. p. II.
We were fed at the Glenwood tav-
ern, one of the show hotels of Califor-
mia, and strutted around the place
with our chests puffed out like naughty
millionaires out to buy health at 500 a
throw. Mr.. Miller. the boss, who is
also an artist and poet was in Europe,
and I sighed to think how much liter
OH he,
side has population of 10000 people
and several million varieties of trop-
ical plants. which flourish regardless
of expense.
Saturday night we took a Salt Lake
special for Goldfield and reached that
auriferous spot at midnight Sunday
being met by n committee with a bar
rel of beer on a truck. Sunday being
a sacred day to humorists, we went tt
bed to get ready for. the Monday do
ings. Goldfield dug up wheelbarrow
| load of raw material. converted it into
currency and blew itself. We got
right in the draft and stayed there II
was grand-50 cents for an egg ant
dollar for bite off the hen
|
simply wallowed in wealth. They
showed US the town and everything
| clean down into the earth for $50 feet
| Millions of dollars in gold were IL
| sight down there. but 1t was fastened
| to the ground, and we were unable Il
move it. At night grand exhibition
of smuggling was rendered to the Amer
/ I'm ictc of o. h.
| Hippodrome Opera House. with intel
| lectual stunts by the visiting humor
| lists between scraps, and the scene beg
CARED description. Goldfield has 25.00t
| population and is the greatest mining
| camp in the world. One saloon, will
| gambling on the side-all sides-ha.
been capitalized at 100000 and pay
80 per cent month. The town is oil
the desert, and the only green spot II
sight is small dooryard which cost
the owner 500 a month to keep /
green. House rent is whatever fam
lily will pay rather than sleep In tn
sand. Girls get 81 a day folding pa
pers in printing Office. Lady ste
nographers pull $50 a week. witt
|
Of them have accumulated $500
each. The dust is so thick that whel
the wind raises it they have to blow
1t away with dynamite. Bootblack
charge 25 cents a shine and have t
pay 10 cents shovelful to remove tn
dust before applying the polish.
Everything in town is wide open ez
| nh hill To-
to be when the luck is right an
everybody seems to think that the luc
will come his way, If it hasn't already
Go to Goldfield. It's warm baby
And you should see the town.
Reception In Salt Lake.
Tuesday morning at 0 we got ava
for Salt Lake City-at least the rem
nants of us did. for the party ha
broken up somewhat-and we struc
that well known place at noon mex
day. We were received by the Heral
and other newspaper men and move
/, ont to Great Salt lake to take til
: freshness off our jokes. Salt LAX
City is handsomer than Los Angelo
though very different and not half s
q big and busy. at night we had dil
! ner at the beautiful Alta club an
once again felt that the humorist ha
much TO be thankful for.
Somewhere, some time. we held
> meeting for business and electe
, Frank T. Starlight of Los Angel,
, president and Judd Mortimer Lewis
the Houston Post secretary. The
: was no opposition is about all r
member, and also that the next n
nual meeting will be held at Housto
time not yet determined. Houston
Z In Texas. We will not have to carr
, our guns with US. There is a loo
supply sufficient for all needs, Seer
j. tary Lewis assures US.