The Parker post., 1917-10-20
COUPLE LOST
ON THE DESERT
ON THE DESERT AS A RESULT OF
DEFECTIVE GUIDE POSTS-THE
SUPERVISORS ARE TO BLAME
FOR CONDITION OF AFFAIRS.
Especial to The POST }

QUARTZSITE. October 15.-On
the morning of the 18th large tour
ing car stopped at Quartzsite, ON the
way to Yuma, thence on to Imperial
valley. 1t stopped only few min
utes. just long enough to inquire the
way to Yuma. and started then on
their way across the desert. The car
contained gentleman and wife, also
fine. heavy. white bulldog. Early
on the morning of the 14th the peo-
pie of Quartzsite saw a very tired
looking couple-wtth the bulldog
bringing up the rear with a very wry'
looking countenance. The little lady
was limping badly. in fact. could
hardly walk. After getting a room
and going to bed, they told their
story-the same old desert story
the roads at the different forks were
not properly marked,
A very low sign had been put up
at the point where the Cibola and
Cinnabar roads leave the Yuma road.
The sign could hardly be seen and
the wind had blown 1t down. They
had taken the road toward Cibola.
And as Cibola has very few settlers
and hardly any voters, our supervi-
sors have never thought it necessary
to keep the Ctbola road In repair.
The big Buick car finally got stuck
when out about thirty miles from
Quartzsite. Not knowing where they
were. unable to move the car, they
started to walk back to Quartzsite.
The little woman not being used to,
or having the proper kind of shoes
for such rough walking, almost broke
down before getting to Quartzsite.
Her feet were one mass Of bltsters,
and swelled so fast that the shoes
could hardly be removed from her
feet. While here in Quartxsite she
has been walking In bandagsd feet,
being unable to wear shoes.
After resting up here they started
out on the morning of the 18th in
the car Of W. E, Scott, who will try
to pull them out Of this much
neglected piece of road. back on to
the Yuma road.
The gentleman and his wife lived
in Yuma years ago. when the syphon
was being put In. They are Mr..
and Mrs. J. o. Beck. Of Tallula, iii.
OF course. the little lady thinks that
she has had the experience of her
life, and then some, and would per-
sist in asking: But why don't you
people put up good, big signs THAI
the wind can't blow DOWN." and
then. after another lapse, she would
excla1m: "And such awful roads!"
The way the people around here
got out of 1t was to merely hand
them the address of Messrs. Elliott,
Proebstel and Hopkins-the present
board of supervisors for Yuma county
that is the southern end of Yuma
county. of course! 1t is a very
strange thing when one end Of the
county can sport Warrenite roads
the other end cannot even get proper
sign posts put up at the different
forks.
But. good people of the lower end
of the county, the people of the nor
thern end Of the county have stood
for your neglect of US until patience
has ceased to be virtue. We will
grin and bear your neglect Of US as
long as we have to, but there is a
day-and it is not 80 very far of
when we'll simply
shake you from our backs and strike
out for ourselves. In other words.
there will be another county. for you
seem not to appreciate what you
have! A. g. GROSSMAN.