The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-04-09


had surveyed around Milwaukee. His
father had stood for course in me.
chanlcai engineering in school--and
here relations were somewhat
strained.
His Auto knowledge Helps.
Apperson, jr.. had finished his
course at the Culver military academy
with a row with his father, who dis
patched him to the factory, where he
stayed long enough to become ma
chinist of the first class. The Apper.
son car Is not unknown even in Nor
folk. The Halnes-Apperson company
made the first practical automobile
marketed in America. The company
was dissolved year ago and the
Haines and Apperson cars are now
separate Jimmie, an only son, was
twenty-three years old,
SO Jimmie drifted up into Arizona
and was delighted to find auto repair
shops in that supposedly barren
waste. He obtained work as a repair
expert at fortyseven cents an hour.
Jimmie prospered He moved on.
Spent 500 for the Family "Rep."
In time Jimmie found himself at
Lawrence, Kan, with 500, enough to
go home on. And 1t was home for
Jimmie. But no. Just as Jimmie was
about TO HE eastward he met friend
of his sister, who is Smith college
girl. The young lady insisted that
Jimmie should be a member of an
auto party bound for Excelsior
Springs. Jimmie thought he had to
uphold the family honor and went.
His $50 also went
Rode the Bumpers.
Jimmie rode the bumpers into Kan
sas City. He beat around over the
country. He played seven games with
the Leavenworth baseball team in one
of the bush leagues.
Jimmie Quits Railroadina.
Down in San Antonio, Texas, Jim
mic found a friend of his surveying
days and was promptly connected
with job running a level, They were
laying out the yards near round
house Jimmie was to get $125 and
expenses. The job lasted three days
Jimmie was smoking a cigarette. The
superintendent of the road stole
around. Jimmie and the superintend-
ent discussed the merits of cigarette
smoking. 1t became heated. Jimmie
is credited with licking that official in
brief fistic encounter. Jimmie quit
the railroad much as he had quit col
! lege
Restores Fortune With Bath Brushes.
1t was as a canvasser for bath
brushes, as a house to house agent
lines-that the Apperson heir again
scared in prosperity-at least to the
extent of $40. Then after he had been
thrown off box car and suffered
several other interesting experiences,
Jimmie was about ready to go home
when he heard of the Trip county
rush. That was too good to miss for
Jimmie had the wanderlust.
So, Arrested as Bank Robber-
He took the Missouri Pacific out of
Kansas City for Omaha He was not
provided with a ticket and was
thrown off al Stella, Neb. There he
was pinched as a bank robbery '"sus-
pert.' This cleared away, he got into
Omaha.
Bummed Way ito Dallas.
Jimmie came up on the Northwest
ern. He was waiting for a freight
when he got wise to the TI:ipp
specials. He got ON the back end of
a long line of passenger coaches. At
Arlington he got ON the front coach
Al Fremont he went back. A icon"
spotted him at Scrihner. He got Il
later train and WAS thrown of al Nor
folk. BY stages he 'bummed'' his
way to Dallas and mingled with the
land hungry mob around the land of
flee. Then he turned towards O'Neill.
There were cons and other obstacles
as on the trip up
Finally he made O'Neill with So.
A Fly in High Finance.
With the rush prices prevailing
Jimmieis 50 looked small. But Jimmie
had been studying in the classes of
| lH6 university Oh the rOau-IaklnS a
summer course. This Apperson is a
| likable fe1low-as Norfolk people who
met him will attest-and he had soon
won over the boss of a gang putting
up new building. The carpenters
were staying at the hotel. Jimmie's
game was to be introduced as one Of
the workmen. He got a rate of SO a
week. Explaining that his weeks
wages were sti1 to come Jimmie ad-
vanced 81. He was at the hotel for
board and lodgings" for five meals.
Then he admitted that he had lost his
job. The hotel man was kind of
heart and Jimmie found he had sos
coming back from his dollar.
Enter Tilden Night Watch.
Jimmie boarded train coming this
way. He was thrown off at Tilden
on the edge of town. He built a fire
close to the railroad track and came
in collision with the night watch. He
came out Of the collision with the
honors of war-the night watch's club.
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