The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-22
LAST NIGHT FOUND
HIN N C0zAD
Robinson Encounters Better
Roads and Clips Off
the Miles. :
(By Seal Robinson.)

I am. fit as a fiddle. only hungry as
a young bear cat; ! can't seem to eat
enough.
don't suppose you know much
about this place. Cozad. Well. I don't
either. Aside from learning that there
is considerable sand IN this section, I
know not. The roads are about as
fine as I have struck along my jour-
ney. however. so I will not complain.
I made 100 miles out of Omaha Sun
day and 1875 miles today. I expect to
arrive In North Platte tomorrow noon
and Julesburg, Colo, tomorrow night.
I will feel pretty good when I hit that
good old Denver town. Wonder II
the altitude will affect me az much az
1t did the Minneapolis baseball team!
Along the y; r.
I am hitting along the Union "a.
cifc trail on this stretch. I pulled
up at the railroad station IN one little
town just as the great Overland Linz
tied came along. l think a girl on
the observation platform knew me:
too. for she waved and waved until
the train went out Of sight. I cant
I don't know Of any particular girl
that would have waved at me like
that. The train was westbound. Per-
haps I may run across the same
maiden in Denver. Kind Of hope I do.
Nothing like meeting somebody from
home when you " miles from your
own dinner table.
You know, I thought some Of those
North Dakota towns were pretty
much bohunk. but they haven't a
thing on some Of these Nebraska
believe they knew that the Red Sox
beat the Giants. for. they had baked
beans for supper at the hotel tonight.
Seems t. me they should have had
those beans about a week ago. May
be they have been eating them ever
since-I didn't. think Of that at first.
Meets Anderson.
A short way out Of Omaha I stop
ped ut a nice farm house to get q
great. big, cool drink of-water. and
I ran across a fellow who said he used
to live in Grand Forks. He said his
name was Anderson. I asked him 1t
he was any relation to Hans Ander-
son. our county auditor back in Grand
Forks. and he said he had met a
couple Of Andersons in North Dako-
ia, but didn't remember Hans. Ask
Hans IL he remembers this Ander-
son. L think this fellow used to tend
bar on the East Side. for he had a lot
to Jay about walking across the
bridge that year n water was 30
high.
Foolish Questions. -,
When. people notice. by the letter.
ing on the commissary department on
my machine. that / am riding from
North Dakota to California they all
want to talk to me and ask a lot of
questions. The other day a sort Of q
fresh young chap. came. up and asked
me IL I was riding on my motorcycle.
That foolish question made me kind
Of hot and when I told the fellow
that I. was travelling on the back, of a
Tom"eate he didn't'seen1 to like IT very
we'll. It beats the band what foolish
questions some folks can ask a
stranger. 81
There are some good farms in; this
part Of the country but I don't see
any Of those dandy wheat fields like
We have back home. There is a lot
of this country that is not 8 very at
tractive and I don't blame the U. p.
trains for running as fast as they do
through this section.
I am beginning to look for the
mountains. IrKn6w 1 am going to be
crazy about them. I don't suppose
I will see much OF any until I reach
Denver. when I .Will be a mile high.
fS0 long,
-" Robinson.