The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-11-30
EXCURSION UP
SALT RIVER
Salt RiNcr, Nov. ~. 1911.
llniel DO Glnnm.

Salt RiSct, Nov. ~, 1911,
Hotel dc Gloom.
Ever since ! Va. hoy have heard
about defeated candidates going up
Salt River. but don = ever remember
Of reading an a"c"unt of the country
around the headwaters of tha, historical
stream, nor hav" heard any descriptiou
OF the people who came here n 'hc in
the past.
In short. there seems t0 be- q decided
lack nf general information in regard to
th" geography and inhabitants Of this
underlined country
| When man runs for office aud does NJ
run fast enough to get ". people say.
lie went up Sal, River '' and that :
all there il 10 IT,
| New, II seems 20 me that country
that j. visited hy ~ many Of cur distin
guishcd cor perhaps should say eS.
tinRuished) political tights, deserve.
some sort of q writcup, 40 I will try my
hand ~ IT,
On the night Of November 'ih, Join.
ed the hig excursion from Quay coun.
lty which left Tucumcari for the head
waters Of Salt River The passengers
included all the socialist candidates in
the recent election and ali the Repubdi
ears except Pack whc gave his ticket
to Williams, the only demorra, IN the
bunch.
| The voters on that day had given us
all one way. through tickets aud after
We were all safely on board Charley
Kohn pulled the gangplank ashore aud
pushed the boat out into the strenin,
while the Central Committee, assisted
by Donald stewart. Tom Jones. Roy
Prentice, Sid Whartou, Harry McElroy
and Uncle sam Dcvor. stood on the
wharf and sang. Good BE- With You
Till We Meet Again.
when we got out into the stream we
found number Of other bargcs coming
up from other counties. couldn Z MAKE
out h, IL wus that IN" entire flotilln
moved steadily up stream ~ II each
boat was drawn.hy an invisible TOW line
: thought had figured II MT when |
noticed 80 the head IT the squadron a
large boat from which q heavy snake
across aud from this inferred that w
were in TOW OF steamboat I after
ward learned that the big beat contain,
ed the state candidates and the smoke
had noticed came from Bursum : pipe
II was not hilarious crowd. Every
one was wrapped ia deep meditation and
! the nearest approach to conN"r-atio1
was a deep and heart felt sigh.
| have been told thar the scenery
along the hank. of Salt River i grand
but don't think YOU can prove il by
amy of our crowd. We never noticed II
Iiy daylight We reached the headwu
tors of the river and pulled up ~ th'
landing place, for breakfast.
. II !. called Hotel de Gloom an,
p IN. hill of fare consists mainly of crow
| Across one end of the dining room wa
/, a large sign which read, f" Guests ar
4. positively prhibitcd from telling Iiov
+. II Happened. - aud ! noticed later tha
I nll the old timers here wore buttol
I reading, II Know How II Happened,
: aud when q new conner begins explain
. ing they point to the button and hcgi
o talking about something else In fact
n they allow no reference ~ AN ga polite
J.. here
d thought this very strange when
>, first heard Of il, hut am told that the
e had Ia cut out all politics because
was found nobody would talk nn an
= other subject aud as every fellow wan
4 ed To talk about bis own | got cut m
It note book aud pencil aud they jus, ha
= H. Gu, il all out.
y You can talk about strictly nou,pa
u tisan things like the Multiplication II
d bile OF the Possession of Equinoxes, h'
II not about politics, II won = do, and "
1t soon quit Il,
II Being in the newspaper business,
A. got out my note book and pencil az
u started out 10 get material for Il st"r
and some day when | feel like II, | a
Ig going 90 write up this country,
i. We have all sorts Of character, her
NJ and what makes II pleasant everyboc
ie j. on the same level aud you talk
I'd whom YOU please, There are lots
1T people here, aud more coming aft
is every election.
y. Thus far the population has consists
entirely OF men, hut the adoption
a. woman suffrage by many states is su
er TO bring up a steady supply Of fema
at members of the Salt River Colony.
or Some Of the old timers like Webst
II. and Sam Tilden are afraid that the a
n. vent Of the new eleEent is going
nd raise the dickens with the social aha
". Of the colony. diiherto, the men ha