The Ordway new era., 1918-05-17
Road Meeting Notes

Scott City is between III and 173
miles as variously registered by three
speedometers.
One of the surprises was that of
finding things so green in such a cold
town as Scott City.
Z. p. johnson made an average OF
better than 28 miles an hour be-
tween Scott City and Ordway, and it
proves that either Ford Sedan is
some traveller" or else the roads are
some roads,"
Scott City's hospitality is about as
warm as an ice mans hands on
delivery trip.
Something did not work just right
for a. time on Downey's car and when
he stopped to correct the defect he
said: 81 know just exactly what's
wrong. 1t either has got too much
oil or else not enough"
Fuel should be plentiful in Scott
City for there are so many sticks
down there.
One of the delegates believes in
having his affairs all in good condi-
tion for his wife when he leaves this
earth and is thrown into the skies
by Ford Sedan. On the trip he
contracted an old habit that of chew
| ing tobacco. and when the car was
speeding along at about forty miles
he tucked the little plug under the
seat and remarked: Just to be safe
and for fear something might hap
pen, I'll not have this tobacco in my
pockets for my wife to find"
The nearest recognition any visitor
in Scott City received was that of a
real estate man handing out some
lead pencils.
Elmer Hosler can pick jackrabbits
| off nicely with a car running forty
miles an hour.
Scott City evidently has lots of con-
fidence in their visitors. judging from
the fact that so little attention was
paid them.
d. F. Bartlett was termed a regu-
lar Barney Oldsfield and was given
the temporary name OF Barney Bart
lett. He started out at a very safe
and sane rate OF speed and other cars
all passed him, but by the time he
reached the Kansas line he was in
the lead and landed In Scott City
first over the top with Johnson's
sedan, Ingalls, at the wheel, 62 n
feet in the rear.
Arthur Henri and Earl Strickland
were the kodak artists on the trip.
w. H. Crisman found a Kansas
City star within five minutes after
he got into the ho,e1 at Scott City.
He allowed himself to believe that
he was over in Missouri, and was
content.
Perhaps they are not so bad after
all. 1t may be that Mr. Scott OF
Scott City was away from home and
that is the reason no member of his
family said how-de-do when we land
ed or goodbye when we left.
The Crowley county delegation
started from Ordway at 1905 Sum
day noon and, reached Scott City at
about O'Clock that evening. On
the return trip the party started at
1880 and all made 1t on the way ex-
cept that one car had to go back af-
ter certain parts of the engine which
a mechanic had left off in going over
the car that day
| Harry Abel is going to make the
trip over the boulevard some evening
when all other traffic is out of the
way and see just how fast he can run
He has car which was deemed a
topnotcher until this conversation
between two boys was heard in one
OF the Kansas towns: The boys took
look at the car. One said: Gee
miny whiz; a twin SIX" when the
second boy put in: "Tain't neither.
It's just a common old Cad eight"
! Some Suggestions
Some suggestions to county COM
missioner along the boulevard:
At mile post 12c there is spike
sticking up at the end of culvert
plank.
A couple of clods are too near the
road 13 3-4 miles west of Brandon.
Over in soap weed flats district
the jackrabbits retard the speed by
running in front of the cars Can
they be cautioned to refrain from
this?
At Chevington an old wash boiler
is laying at the side of the road and
might be taken by a tourist to be
a Ford out Of water. This will tend
to retard the speed OF tourists who
haven't much time to spare. These
little things should be looked after.
The dirt graded to a culvert near
the east edge of Crowley county ia
sixteenth of an inch low Cars should
reduce their speed at this point to
"A miles.
II shingie was nailed to fence
post at the point eleven miles east
of Eads 1t would prevent the sand
from trucking over into the road.
Tourists may save 81 feet by TAX
ing the cutoff just after leaving
bridge No. 8 west OF Horace four and
seven-sixteenths miles.
After all the above In Jest would
be about the worst anyone could say
against the different portions OF the
highway between here and Scott City,
and they claim II is even better from
Scott City to Garden City. 1t is In
reality a road as fast as the car.
Oiney Springs-Mr. and Mrs. r.
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