Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05

main foad-ws pitched our camp In
a beautiful grove and waited pn.
uontly for the Jap cook and his
crew of helpers tp prepare the
victualr and to make tho hlg an
nounccment which would hrlug IN
all h-runnng Ia dinner The hig
announcement came--flnalN aud n
delicious dinner wB served up IN
royal Style- way out thrI" IN the
woods-mind you miles and miles
ana more miles away from nrond.
way, city chefs and those millions
~ Rhded food palaces FOR which
New York is famous After dinner
when Saio, the Jap, Wnmott
were putting things In apple pie
order for breakfast next day Ed son
Fofd, Firestunc. burroughs and llur
ley congrcgnted around one ~ those
big CHEEKY camp fires and talked and
told stories unlii nearly midnight
some day when new and marvellous
things IN transportation, In electric
lty and IN natural history appear. IN
wager W. can look back 10 this night
aud say--"rhan they were born"
The next day ill never forget that.
certain. We started out strong and
wcll-fed along about \ O'Clock after
fotd, Burroughs and firesioue had
shot ~ "A target with rifle and had
decided that they could hit n Huns
concrete heart at 500 yards. no mat
tor how pmSy ue day might he
Right after thls I steps on those
good old l2-Cylinders. We shot over
INTO Greensburgh. got r,s. oil ana n
linen duH,er for Mr. burroughs. then
We kept on going toward Connells.
vile, hut our luck 80 far was too
good 10 he true. knew n couldn't
hold out much longer which WIS
rfrht; Tor Just as Wa were slipping
along nice and cozily into Connells.
Vile. my fan iron broke and pune
tured tho radiator right out OF a
clear sky too.
Henry Ford. Mr.. Hurley and Mr.
fire~tone had TO pile out whllc
crawled around under the hood ana
tricd to coax her 10 get agoln' again
Hero, ! am confiiing to YOU. IL
where my correspondence school
training certainly Left me IN the lurch
That broken fan iron aud punCtured
radiator absolutely refused To let the
put them on a working basis again
and finally had TO admit that the
problem was too much for me Then
Horny Ford stepped up. real business
like, took OF his cost rolled mp his
sleeves and weir TO II like rcsf me
chsnic who knows his Job and In
anxious 10 get TO tinker,ng around In
tho machinery MIR Ford was anH-
ious to get u crack at that engine |
think ~snNway he took most ~ the
darncd thing apart. adjusted things
here and resdiusted them there and
IN no time at all hs had tho car run.
Ming sick M n whistle and We were
on our way again headin' right for
Connellsville All Of which proves
say l. that this man Ford certainly
II on intimate terms with every little
holt and nut that goes 10 make up an
automobile and which proves. also
that n man must know his business
from the ground up before he can
have 20 900 people working for him
before he can convince us all that
there's worse things 10 do than turn
out millions Of flivvers.
We'll. at Connellsvillc. we found u
good garage and decided to put the
car In for repairs Three hours
slipped by while we were waiting, but
II Edison, Ford Burroughs, Firestons
and Hurley wesried ~. this the ma
IlN'N hi luf Nlllth' Nul'N hllN J. l'f
they swarmed out aud buZZcd around
our cars. each one almost breaking
his neck In nm endcnyor 10 got a
birds eve view of the elusive celeb
rifles An this time We We're min
us truck No. which wouldn't have
meant 40 much II hadn't known
that said truck was laden with fried
chicken mashed potato ana other ia
hits from Satu's gypsy Kitchen, and
that In case this already tardy canton
" cookery ala rst mntrrialIze very
shortly, We would all ~ without
lunch At q O'Clock tny stomach
registered : O'Clock, I'm sntel we
drove into the hamlet ~ lniontown.
and truck 80 I was stlll forty miles
away Fortunately there was sum
n.er hotel which We irducicd into
SerNce in which dinner along about