Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-24
Auto Ride In Riverside.


er, and we went in a 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 were
given a birdseye view of more topo
graphic loneliness than we could pay
for In a million years If we got 50
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" It didn't sound like a
Joke to me, and didn't laugh. After
a minute he said, "But when you get
her going right she beats the world. T"
Then laughed, and he said he meant
the auto. All the humorists don't be-
long to the A. p. 81.
We were fed at the Glenwood tav-
ern, one of the show hotels Of Califor-
mia, and strutted around the place
with our chests pulled 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 sighed to think how much liter
airy atmosphere he was losing. River
side has population Of 10000 people
and several million varieties of trop-
ical plants, which flourish regardless
of expense.
Saturday night we took Salt Lake
special for Goldfield and reached that
auriferous spot at midnight Sunday
being met by committee with a bar
rel Of beer on truck. Sunday being
sacred day to humorists, we went t.
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. 1t
l
| q dollar for a bite off the hen
Somebody else paid the bills, and we
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 in
sight down there, but it was fastened
to the ground, and we were unable tt
move 1t. at night grand exhibition
Of smuggling was rendered to the Amer
lean Humorists of the World" at thu
Hippodrome Opera House, with intel
lectual stunts by the visiting humor
lists between scraps, and the scene beg
CARED description. Goldfeld has 25,OO(
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,
IS per cent month. The town is OF
the desert and the only green spot fl
sight is small dooryard which cost
the owner 500 month to keep
green. House rent is whatever fam
J lily will pay rather than sleep In tn
. sand. Girls get 81 day folding pa
pers in printing Office. Lady ste
nographers pull $50 week, wit
chances to speculate in Mines and tw
of them have accumulated $500
) each. The dust is so thick that whe
J the wind raises it they have to bloy
1t away with dynamite. Bootblack
charge 20 cents shine and have t
pay 10 cents shovelful to remove tn
, dust before applying the polish. Al
Everything in town is wide open 81
cept the churches. It's bully plac
to be when the luck is right, an
everybody seems to think that the luc
2 will come his way, If 1t hasn't already
. Go to Goldfield. It's warm baby
) And you should see the town.
Reception In Salt Lake.
Tuesday morning at 8 we got ava
i for Salt Lake City-at least the rem
: nants of us did, for the party ha
q broken up somewhat-and we struc
/ that well known place at noon ne,
I day. We were received by the Heral
q md other newspaper men and move
g out to Great Salt lake to take III
T freshness off our jokes. Salt Lak
City is handsomer than Los Angelo
/ though very different and not half 1
8 big and busy. At night we had di,
t ner at the beautiful Alta club an
: once again felt that the humorist ha
much to be thankful for.
Somewhere. some time, we held
r meeting for business and electe
d Frank T. Starlight of Los Angel,
e president and Judd Mortimer Lewis ,
: the Houston Post secretary. The
r was no opposition is about all r
q member, and also that the next n
J. nual meeting will be held at Housto
! time not yet determined. Houston
T In Texas. We win not have to car,
Q our gums with us. There Is a loo
8 supply sufficient for an needs, Seer
I tary Lewis assures ms,