Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-12-14
SATURDAY: DECEMBER IA, 10
w. D. Austin Writes From Arkansas
Prescott. Ark. Dec. l, 1912


Editor World, Wa-Keeney, Kans.
How are you all getting along? We
all like it down here.
Well Shorty, will try and give you
little history of our trip: we left
Voda Friday morning, November Is,
at a. m. Ran over two big black
dogs, the first half day. and killed
both of them and it wasn't a very
good day for dogs either. We ate
dinner at Lacrosse, and passed thru
Larned at p. m. and did not stop
there on account that we were afraid
they would use US for their first sub
jects in their new asylum, so we went
on TO St. John, where We stayed the
first night; next morning we left
there and ate dinner at Kingman and
after dinner we continued our trip
toward the sunny south, and got tied
up at Rago in the sand where they
had washout, and by the way there
is farmer, who lives right by the
sand washout, he keeps a team to
pull autos out of the sand, charges
all the way from one dollar to five, /
had on overalls so he charged me on
ly one dollar, it only took him five
minutes, he has the best job of any
man in Kansas, / think the garage at
Kingman has an understanding with
this farmer as they send them all
that way and they all get tied up
and call on this farmer with his drag.
We arrived at Harper at shutdown 30
miles from Kingman, where we put
frr he irlr IN
we ran into Anthony 10 miles. where
we had trouble with Old Black Betsy
and Harry took her pulse and found
her magnet had lost its attraction
and we were tied up for the day while
Harry took her magnet to Wichita
and got it recharged and got back
next morning. After dinner we
continued our trip south, crossed the
state line at 2:30 p. m. stayed in
Enid that night, by the way Enid
is fine town, has fine paved streets
and fine buildings, but, like all towns
it got ahead of the country, we all
know what that means, as you can
see all over the town this sign in big
letters This House to Rent"
Next merning we left for Okla
homa City, ate dinner at Kingtisher.
arrived in Oklahoma City at ) p. m.
left there as soon as we could get our
bearings, got lost in the sand hills,
had TO put up for the night at a farm
house near postotfice called Meshak.
Oklahoma City is nice town and
has miles and miles of the finest
drives you ever saw. Next morning
we went back north to Chocktaw,
then east and south to McDowd where
we ate dinner and from there south
east TO Shawnee and there they turn
ed us north again and that night we
stayed in Prague, left there the next
morning expecting to go TO McAlister
but when we got to Okemaha they
turned us north again to Okemulgee
where we arrived at , o. m for late
dinner and spent the night, here we
visited the glass plant and was much
interested in the sights. We saw
them dump the sand into the inferno
and saw it taken out. melted and
blown into great tubes, fiattened and
came out in great sheets of plate
glass. 1t is a sight worth ones while
to see, if he has a chance. Next MORN
ANONSAbCI We 4GA
for Muskogee, where we had dinner
after which we left for Webber Falls,
where We crossed the Arkansas river
on a ferry boat about p. m. and
crowded on, we thot we would make
time to put up for the night, but
there was where we were mistaken
for we had to ford the Illinois river
and as Harry had driven old black
Bets over rocks, stumps. mountains,
sanu and some of the worst roads be-
tween the two poles, he had great
faith in her and lie thot she could
swim, alas he pulled little too hard
on the gee line while we were in the
river and she went into place feet
deep, poor old Betsy dove in, reared
upon her hind legs, coughed once and
died. So here we were miles from
town and dead in the center of the
Illinois river, so Harry put on his
rubber boots and got out in the water
where il was so deep he could just
sit down without bending his knees.
he waded out, found farmer, who
hitched his team to old BEETLES tail
and pulled her out on dry land: We
went back to Goar. small town, to
stay until morning. then we started
out for the Illinois river again with