The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
QUAY FOUNTAINS
VISIT THEIR OLD
HOME IN GEORGIA
A PLEASANT VISIT BY J. +. LANG
AND WIFE OF PUERTO, N. NJ,
TO GEORGIA, THEIR NATIVE
STATE.

STATE.
After writing to the passenger agts
of two lines for rates to the A. c. A.
Association | accepted the terms Of
the Great Santa Fe system, $500 for
the round trip from Clovis TO Birm-
inghom, Ala, with n 30-day extension.
On May IL we left our home on the
Little Ford with our son, j. A. Lang,
and went TO Clovis and made some
preparations for our trip; then we
spent n pleasant night with Ed. N. G..
Baily and family west Of Clovis. May
IL we went back to Clovis and bought
our tickets to Kansas City without a
change Of cars, and Mt 8 q. m. we got
aboard a fine chair car and bid New
Mexico adieu. We took dinner at Am
arillo, Texas, and supper at Waynoka,
Okla. We rode all night and in the
morning, the 18th, we ran into the
grand and massive terminal at Kan
sas City which is said to be one Of the
most magnificent terminals in the
U. s. We admired the gigantic and
beautiful structure and as we had TO
await the Great Flyer at $3.50 p. m,
we took n circuitous trip wei the
beautiful city and returned to the
terminal. We were hungry so went
to a restaurant and put ourselves out
side Of a square meal and bought a
lunch basket full of edibles TO carry
US to Birmingham. At $500 p. m. we
got on board the Great Flyer Of the
Frisco system, going to Birmingham
without change Of cars, riding all
night until 8 n. m, May 10. We pass
ed the mammoth Springs and ] thot
of how it would help our country IL
those springs were transferred to the
head OF Puerto canyon. one mile west
of u home, and we went on at 10 n.
m. we got on the Great Steel Bridge
that spars the mother of waters. We
could see boats above and below the
bridge and just as we were near the
east end of the bridge the monster en-
CINE ran off Of the bridge and pulled
the whole train off after il. We felt
relieved when we saw that we we're
out on solid ground. We only stop
ped in Memphis to change engines and
crews, then we rolled out across Ten
nessee, Mississippi and Alabama and
ran into the great terminal Mt Birm-
ingham at 7 p. M. The scout boys
and police thought | was a Confeder-
ate veteran and kept us in line until
We passed out Of the terminal, then !
told a policeman that we wanted to
go TO a hotel and he said, "all right
Cap, and he directed us to the Ala
bama Hotel, not over 100 yards away.
So we went there ard / registered,
j.. +. Lang and wife Of Puerto, New
Mexico, and we got a good nights
rest.
On May l6 we returned to the ter
minal and checked our baggage, and
went to the information agent. | told
him we wanted TO get our tickets ex-
tended and he told Us TO go out to the
front and get on q street car and go
10 10I 10th street. So we went out
there and | told a police we wanted
10 go TO l0i 10Th street and he told
me "all right Cap" and he helped us
on and told conductor where to take
US. So we felt easy then and sfter n
while the conductor winked his eye and
crooked his finger at me and we got
off the car and went into the door un-
der l04. ! said to n man in his little
office that we wanted TO get our tick
cts extended and he said all right let
me see your tickets and I had four
tickets-two over the Santa Fe and
two over the Frisco, so he pinned "A
Frisco ticket 10 each Of the Santa Fee
tickets and then he stamped them
and gave them to me and told me to
keep them until / got ready 10 start
back to Clovis. / put those checks in
the inside Of the inside pocket, then
that hungry feeling struck me again
and we went TO n nice eating room
and got outside another square meal.
Then we took a circuitous route to the
terminal and witnessed the arriving
Of five train loads of veterans and saw
5ome with m arm and others with
n leg. They threw their hats up
and gave the confederate yell as tho
they were only 30 or 40 years old and
we could not help but shed tears TO
see them so happy at their Great Re-
union. Failing to meet our relatives
took the train at 4;30 p. m. over the
Great Southern system 10 Douglas
Vile, Ca, arriving there at 10 o. m-