Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-08
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fTucumcarI News1


the Republican ticket for the state
senate. humorously touches up the
trip OF the losing politicians up Salt
River. and does Il In n way that makes
the boys feel that there IL ye; some
thing In lite alter the battle of bal
lots has ended Mark Twain Is said
10 have made moro Americans laugh
than any other citizen OF our country
Il might Just az well be- added that
Uncle Kline ~ contributing his share
to pui,lng iililC sunshine la SOyeLi-
her weather along with the res, OF
them. lie reasons along the line that
a man may take himself altogether
too DID seriously. That IL correct
too: we should never hand our iron
bles To other people--every succor
has plenty OF his own. Like Kline,
we believe;
III Is easy enough 10 be pleasant,
When life flows along like song.
Hut the man worth while Is the one
who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong ="
| II yOu are looking for conviction
that Uncle Kline Ii one OF these. read
| Lila salt -RiyeI hpmor in this issue,
lnnd when yod have finished You will
get more out OF your Thanksgiving.
Salt River. Nov. 10. 1911.
Hotel De Gloom
Ever since | was a boy have heard
about defeated candidates going up
Salt River" but ! don't ever remember
OF reading an account OF the country
around the headwaters of that histor-
teal stream nor have heard any dc.
lscfipilon OF the people who came here
In the past.
In short. there seems 10 be de.
cided lack of general information In
regard To the geography and Inhabi-
tants of this underlined country.
When a man runs for Office and
doesn't run fast enough 10 get Il. PEG
Pile say. lie went up Salt River"--and
that's all there Is To It..
Now, u seems 10 ne that a country
that IL visited by so many Of our dis
tingllahed Tor perhaps ! should say
|extinguiahed) political lights. deserves
some sort Of v ito-up. 80 ! will try
my hand AT it.
ON the night OF November eth,
Joined the big excursion from Quay
county which left Tucumcari for the
headwsters OF Salt river, The pas.
songers included all the Socialist can.
didatcs In the recent election and all
tho republicans except Pack who gave
Ills tifhei 20 Williams. the only Demo
Itlat la liz. buaCA
The voters on that day had given
us al one way. through tickets and
after We were all SAFELY on board
Charley Kohn pnlled the gangplank
ashore and pushed the boat Oni into
L. Aa. ttaakg
tee. assisted by Donald Stewart. Tom
Jones, Roy Prentice, Sid wharton.
| Harry Mclclroy and Uncle Sam DE.
yor. stood ON the wharf and sang.
God Ne With You TIL We Meet
Again"
When We got out INTO the stream
We found number OF other barge
coming np from other counties.
couldn't make out how II was that
the entire flotllla moved steadily up
stream ~ II each boat was drawn by
an Invisible tow llne,
thought ! had figured Il ont when
| noticed at the head OF the squadron
q large boat from which a heavy
smoke arose and from this inferred
that We were la tow Of steamboat
4 afterward learned that the big boat
contained the state candidates and
the smoke had noticed came from
Bursume pipe
II was not a hilarious crowd Every
one was wrapped In deep meditation
and the nearest approach TO conversa
ton was deep and heart felt Sigh
1 ! have been told that the sccner,
lnlong the banks of Salt river n
lgrand. but don't think you can prove
Il by amy OF our crowd. We never no
tlcod n.
Hy daylight we reached the head.
waters OF the river and pulled up Al
1.-THE landing place. for breakfast,
II Is called 'i0tel de Gloon" and
1.-THE bin al fare consists mainly OF
lcr0w Acrose one end OF the dining
room was q large slgn which read
l"Guests are positively prohibited from
Telling How II Happened aud | no.
ltioed later that all the old timers here
lwOre n button reading, = Know Row
m Happened" and when a newcomer
.hegina explaining they point TO the
button and begin talking about some
thing else. In fact, they allow no
fcfcFen-c al all 20 politics here.
thought this very strange when !
IhFut hearc OF Il. but / am told that
they had 20 cut out all politics he
cause Il wss found nobody would talk
oa any oiher subject and ~ every