Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-04-10

driver Is sull heard 100 the
OlsrLs Oh both sides OF The
Missouri aud Arkansas line
TINS rolliCAag old style vehicle 81
early day travel sliiI carries its daily
load " passengers 4Ad ma.l GA d hon.
dred different trails through ihe hills
A Thousand utHo ,illages that appear
a. ~ ryc,s. ou the postal map are
served 100 uo other way
The driver Is the same oil Charac.
ter W. knees ho well .u the earl, days
OF "a. Wrst except mat bee Ia modern.
ILeI 10 some extent BE is Compla
cent. lOqua, .uur gossip, and srHla! boo
fair weather go4chy swearing aud
p-sslmlsl.c .u bad bafnnr ,h- roAd
agents aud hostile Indians. tht owe
land trips by stage through The more
Isolated sections of the Missouri ane
Arkansas Otarks hold alI the roman
tic interest of me old time trails o'
the west. says The Memphis Conner
cial Appeal
Each Route Hss It's Interests.
Each overland route holds its own
Interesting anecdotes. lts special
brand OF scenery .tt chacteristlCs and
Individuality Zach driver knows them
AN b. heart Each tine he talks
aJou, them they are ma.ult.-d There
is ID romaut., stEuKrurss 100 thc name
" eNer mountain valley ridge and
hollow The Stage Tolls slowly 40
Pine mountain dashea gally around
"a, mouth 90 Coon Hollow OF the Lit
,le Sugar Orchard aud desceuds Into
Turhe, bottom
Coon Hollow blends gracefully into
possum walk way over to the vest.
and the driver calls our attention 10
nuzards Hoos, big white b.In on
the river thar winds lti.l' away Ike
a blue ribbon 200 the distance The
eve never grows tired the scene Is
ever changing From mountain TO
farm. from farm to ridge from ridge
20 valley AID ALWAYS uo matter where
you look a creek or river
stage travel m tho Olarks BE- slow
but sure D. Dol wasted apprehension
20 worry about getting TO Noug de-
uuatiou when SOFA chamber Into one OF
TIE numbering old vehicles. They al
Ways 20 through The driver takes
az much pride boo coming Boz 600 Time
a. the 'mus punciuul engineer un any
Of ths other fast trains of ibc vest
or south lir has "A reputation io
maintain as we'll as tbr skilled raj
road engineer aud be- BE- Tain Co tar
uish u
ilc also has schedule. furnished
by lncle Sans postal department
that calls for a report ever, tine he
Is late. and the average stage driver
isn't called ON 10 make bat few About
The only thing that Nlll stop him a.
all is hish water. and oulS then when
the ferry boat b, washed away Or
sunk Modern times have moderuiEed
the stage driver u thcy haven't his
vehicle
tie does not drink any more and
there Is no hidden bottle boz the boot
o. b. not beOaus. he does nor want 20
drink in most Instances. but because
Uncle sam has put taboo on o. The
taboo was pretty hard 90 swallow bur
he did because he liked his job No
driver can drink aud 100 liquor can be
carried on any CONVEYANCE that car
rirs iucl. SANS mail now lie has
discarded tine broad hrmmed felt hat
for slouch &c. has cut m his long
mstaohe aud discarded the high top
ped boots
He does mo-, pack au, long barreled
guns BE Is beld up ouls by some
weary pilgrim who irie. 20 vork him
for q fre- r.de. for which be- generally
falls II there Is room 10 Il weather
he wants protected from and the gun
has been replaced by .hcker. That
romantic part ~ overland travel that
used to center around the drivers COS.
tune is no louger visible Al the res,
/ g. still intact
10 the last hfiy years all sizes and
+ kinds 81 horses auri mules have been
tried on the stages OF the hills a. mo-
. tive power. The medium sized horse
has been the greatest and only sue
I cess Ne has stuck and made good
f Occasionally some man break. ut,
the game With lars- teams. bat BE- ism
long before the, are limpiug badly
/ With tender feet cut 90 pieces The
roads are ROCKY aud their weight and
gait make them undesirable
With mules ths same foot tr0ubl,
has occurred and besides this after 4
few trips they become 80 sloe the,