The Springfield herald., 1915-08-20
BY Way Of Blkhart

the county, and over into X lnsas
as far as Elkhart, in til. .,.terest
of the Baca county fair.
The first place we drew rein
was tile live-wire town of Ston.
ington, where are the two big
stores of Thompson and Konkel,
the blacksmith shop and garage
(being built) of Oaks & Son, the
garage of Wes. Alcorn, Barber
shop Of R. Templin, the Office OF
DR.. Hopkins, the restaurant OF
R. B Kerr. and other accesso-
ries too numerous to mention.
Fin ding the folks all we'll and
shouting for = greater Baca
county. we hitched up to our old
Ford and drove pell.mell for the
next big store of the county
town of Werworth and store and
postotfice of the same name.
I." GIVE from hence tu Elk
hart made us acquainted with
some telerably intoIerable roads,
after nearing the river to a short
distance this side of Elkharl.
Some of this road could be
greatly improved by q harrow or
'lrag, but a good part of it wants
to he heavily graveied or gyped.
We were informed while in
Elkhart that the bridge bonds
had been sold, and that it was
the intention of the town of Elk
hart to put the road in good
shape before the bridge is built.
The one striking thing about
E!khart is the building boom,
houses both business and resi6-
ence, and all over tewn-some-
thing as it is in Springfield today.
Probably though the most
striking feature of thus trip to
Elkhart was the number of Baca
county freighters that were met
on She going in snd COM
ing out. We estimated that we
met two dozen of them between
the river and Eikhart-cominR
out.
The first town on our return
trip the next day was the we'll
known town of Richards, which
has lately been trying to take
from Stonington. its place as
third in the county, while Ston-
ington at the same time has been
stealthi'y trying to steal to sec
ond place.
Here is the Richards big store,
and as usual Mr.. Richards was up
to his ears in business-doing
his best to wait on his customers.
Over in the block north we found
our old friend Forest Mitchell
also waiting on customers.
In the block towards the rising
sun we found Charley Malmberg
trying to pound the stuffin out
of piece of iron. We don't
know whether Charley has plant
ed the famous chestnut tree or
+ ot, but if he hasn't he ought to,
as he he's the ideal shop.
Campo was the last town in
the roundup. That Campo is
getting to be metropolitan was
evidenced by the fact that the
town band was out on dress par.
ade.
The big store that Wheeler.
Weeks and the Springfield Her
aid have made famous over the
county, bore out it's reputation
as store-house Of goods. While
the store would be a credit tc
any town in the county, the
striking thing about it is the
quick turning of goods. The boys
have teams constantly on the
road to keep up their stock,
which evidences that they are do
ing a tremendous business.
All the way around on the
trip we found the crops in gocC
shape, except a narrow strip
through Stonington that was
hailed out; but from Campo this
way we found TIE best in Il G
crop line-crops both the rankest
and the cleanest.
Indeed everything on the trir
Indicated big displays at the fair
as the fair has come to be all the
talk of the people.
| Say, that Wagner Motel is sur,
putting on some metrOpOlitOI