The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1916-10-13

it became necessary for your CORE
spondent to take to the road. This
he did the following day. He con-
cluded to learn the west and travel
east in search of light. He was
fortunate in having as travelling
companions two university profess
ors who had also attended the above
mentioned Fair and were seeking
new worlds to conquer with fine
grade cattle and hogs.
Your correspondent will not at
tempt to describe the Injuries Of
modern travel for this is a trite
subject. The traveller simply goes
to bed at such time as he may choose
and wakes up in a new world. He
is considerably called to his meals
and there enjoys not only the neces-
sites but the luxuries of life while
passing through the country at the
rate of 60 miles an hour. Yes,
modern travel has it's compensa-
tions and is preferred to the OK
teams Of our forefathers.
One of the modern innovations
that stands out conspicuously as
one rushes along through eastern
Wyoming and Nebraska is the
Lincoln Highway" 1t answers
the demands of the automobile. 1t
is as level as the railroad and as
smooth as a billiard ball. The ira
vel over this magnificent thorough
fare is immense. All kinds of We
hicles are seen including the "Prai-
RE Schooner" Before leaving
Idaho it was supposed that the Gem
State utilized the entire product of
the Ford factory but this was clear
ly an error.
1t was the intention of your cor
respondent to keep his eyes and ears
open to political conditions as he
passed through the country so that
the Gazette readers might have
some first hand information as to
the status of the present campaign
but between Boise and the hustling
city of Omaha we never heard the
names of either Wilson or Hughes
mentioned.
Omaha is in the midst of a weeks.
celebration. 1t IS known as the
Festival of Ak-sar-ben which is
spelling Nebraska backward. The
crowds of people that throng the
streets are enormous. The hour is
arriving for the Industrial parade.
An advantageous position is secured
and the privilege of studying the
masses as they go surging by is
amply afforded. A glance at the
crowd as a whole clearly indicates
that scientific methods have not
been used in mating the human
race. The professors before refer
red to would blush with shame if
they secured no better results in
the brute creation. Surely this was
a motley crowd Astounding even in
freak specimens.
Why are there so many homely
women in Omaha? No answer has
yet been found. We have never
been concerned with the manner in
which women clothe themselves but
if we lived in Omaha and belonged
to the legislative department we
would enact law compelling women
to pass physical examination be-
fore allowing them to use their own
discretion in wearing skirts so RI
diculously short at both ends.
The parade was a wonder. 1t
took 45 minutes to pass a given
point. The Gas Co. had eighteen
Fords in line. The farther east the
more Fords. The whole exhibition
showed a lot of genuine business
activity. Ingenuity brought out
the fact that Omaha was never so
prosperous as now. 1t is surely not
the Omaha we used to know. There
are only three modern "sky-scrap-
ers" noticeable. These are Is stor-
les high but the city is wide awake.
Here we also find a lot of politi-
cal activity. Wilson's picture ap-