The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-02-07
FROM The WILD
AND WOODY WEST
FRANK RIeseY WRITES BACK TO
FRIENDS IN DEAR OLD LIN.
COLIN.
Tuscon, ArIz. Feb. 3.

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Dear Interior Journal readers
II you will allow space In voui
paper for a few items of intesest o.
my trip through the west. will try &C
comply with my promise to some oi
the T. J. readers and tell OF some oil
the happenings along my journey.
On December, 10 1910, ! boarded
the afternoon train to Louisville from
stanford Arriving in Louisville n
due time, ! spent the night at the
willard Hotel Next morning was
up by seven O'Clock and on my way
to Illinois Central depot, where | pur
chased ticket calling for points men
toned. Princeton and Paducah, Ky,
Memphis, Tenn. Jackson, Miss, New
Orleans. La, Houston, San Antonio
and ri Paso Texas.
/ | arrived at III Paso at $3.50 a. NJ,
on December 10th, staying there I'M
tile the afternoon of the 18th. At
this point J visited my aunt, Mrs. G..
h. Johnston formerly Mrs w H.
hutchinson and my cousinn, Mrs. w.
w. Fender and family had very
pleasant visit with my relatives and
found III Paso a thriving city OF 49,
00J inhabitants, and everything as
modern and up-to-dats as in a much
larger eastern city. There are several
cement business houses under con
struction there at this time, one Of
which will be twelve stories high.
In company with my cousin Miss
Leah Il. Hutchinson. We went to Jua-
req, Mexico, and visited places of in
terest, among them being the market
place, Jail and the old church. The
market place is a large building, with
stores Of all kinds under the same
roof, partitions limiting space TO each
dealer. The Jail is a rude affair.
Most OF the prisoners are kept in
the yard with high walls around IL
and a shed to sleep under. A few are
confined in cells, open on two sides,
except for the heavy iron bars. They
are allowed one blanket for bedding
and ten cents day for food The
church is claimed to be three hun
dred and fifty years old, but is in
good state of preservation. having been
remodeled a few years ago.
On the whole | was glad to get
back to III Paso and feel that was
in the United States again.
arrived in Tuscon at 1880 a. H.,
on the 18th day of December. My
cousin, Joe X. Hobbs, met me at the
train and took me 10 the home OF his
mother. and my aunt, Mrs. }. {.
Wheat. formerly Mrs. b. Y. Hobbs, OF
your county, where ! was welcomed
10y all the family.
Z During the following day, probably
mot less than 80 visitors called n
my aunt's house, some OF them being
my cousins, but most of them were
merely curious 10 see the newly -arriv'
al country jake from entu'ky'
think the expected 10 &c, ms VIZ" q
jug OF moonshine whisky under the
arm and a hogshead Of tobacco undc
the other.
In the afternoon II, b, burgess took
me out Ia his automobile and sh >wed
me a great deal OF the surrounding
country. MI Burgess wife is my cou-
sin. formerly Miss Lenna Hobbs, vino
was. for long time. Lancaster cor
respondent to your paper,
spent two DAYS with my cousins.
James White and John Colyer, both
formerly OF Kentucky. They are rail
road boys and work in the yards here
at good wages. While with them, |
went jack rabbit hunting and saw a
aosen or mere, but didn't kin any.
II. $. White is also working in the
railroad yard here, am: says he made
more IN one month here than IN a
year ON his farm in Kentucky.
Christmas was spent with nay aunt
and her family, and We were all very
merry. On Monday evening my aunt
gave socia. party and a number Of
young people were present. The even
ing was spent in games and social
pass times. and it was very well en-
loyable.
Almost everybody here remembers
his friends at Christmas with useful
gifts, and not a child in the city, how
ever poor. was allowed TO awaken on
Christmas morning without finding
some present in his little stocking
ana not a needy family in the city but
whnt reoeibed Christmas basket
with food for the whole family ana
clothes for those who needed them.
MIR. and Mrs. IA. Burgess entertained