Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-31

Lake City-nice city. went bathing
in the Great Salt Lake and it was
grand. Denver and Colorado Springs
are both good live towns and up-to-
date. Colorado has the best roads of
any State / vlsited-good system OF
mountain roads. l met tourists from
almost every State in the Union. It
was surprising to see the great army
of people come into the City Park
each evening to spend the night.
Some would rest for three or four
days, then start out again. 1 saw al
most every make of cars and the Ford
led them all. More mileage on less
expense. l covered the 1885 miles on
actual cost of SIC. OF. This e gas,
oil and repairs, and my Ford is in as
good shape as when l started on the
trip. The most pleasing feature of
my trip, was that all those people l
met were Democrats-all boosting
Wilson. If l met a Republican, he
would deny it after reading Hughes
speeches. 1 visited the great Mormon
Tabernacle at Salt Lake and heard
the Organ Recital and same was
grand. 1 stood and gazed at the great
Temple, but no simultaneously for
the favored few. Will also say we
were not sick a single day and lost
very little time on account of rain
and bad weather."
We-that is, the grandfather, the
son and grandson-took a hike over to
the lead belt last Thursday. VIZ mot
ored, with hr. Alexander engineering
chief. No, we didn't go on business,
either professional or personal. 1t
was merely a neighborly call upon
some friends in the city of Frankclay,
some of whom had in design a de-
parture for California the succeeding
Monday. We wanted to see them,
take them by the hand and bid them
Godspeed on their trip. They are Mr..
and Mrs. M. d. Bells of Los Angeles,
CAL. then on a visit to the parental
family-the household of Mr.. W. T.
O'Neal, whose name my readers will
probably recall. We left Ironton at
10 A. M, and reached Frankclay be-
fore noon, hating a half hour or so at
Pennington in order to shake hands
with the newspaper boys. OF this
more anon, when space is not SO
cribbed and confined. Our reception
at the O'Neal residence was cordial
and as sincerely given as gratefully
received. What old.time resident of
this county has not a warm place in
his heart for the O'Neals, or does not
regret that their better fortune impels
their residence beyond the bounds of
old Iron! A most appetizing dinner was
served at its appointed time-country
time-and our forty-mile ride through
a bracing atmosphere had we'll fitted
us to respond heartily to its entice-
ments. If we did eat more than was
exactly meet to temperate restriction,
lay it not wholly upon u weakness;
the host and hostess did urge us to it
where urging was SO unnecessary an
adjunct! I wonder if Eve had to do
much urging to Adam in that apple
~feast.) After dinner the young ladies
Misses Marian and Blanch-enter-
tanned us with music, and a succeed
ing hour quickly passed in conversa-
ton. Then we men folk, under the
guidance and care of Mr.. 0'Neal, mot
ored to the works at lockwood, and
we cursorily viewed the big machin-
ery-the plant is said to be the largest
in the world. By this time our APP
pointed time of departure for home
was close at hand, so we returned to
the domicile, and, bidding goodbye
to our friends, were Don speeding our
homeward way, The road was fine.
the machine in good order, the driver
competent. Coming back by way of
Bismarck, over a new road between
that town and Frankclay, we made
the return trip in one hour and thirty
minutes-notwithstanding a "blow-
out" which it required just seven
minutes to make good.