The Washington herald., 1920-09-26
Herald Party Enjoys
2I2-Mile Trip to York

only head shakes, "can't-says" and
"sorries' and finally he told US we'd
better ask the mayor" But may
be the mayor, Z. S. Hugentugler.
had wearied of acting as both boss
and public directory of York, for
he had fed his ofices in the morn
ing.
knows Everything.
At 4:3o o'clock came a ray of
light in the person of W. C. Crsver.
chief of police. Tip: The chief In
good-sized place always knows
everything, II you can get to him.
Credentials were satisfactory; the
chief smiled; was photographed by
| the side of a 75-mm. Skoda gun
captured by the Italians from the
lAustrians and awarded to York for
reasons unknovn; sent his regards
to Mai. Gessford, and told US about
the place. Center square is about
/ the size of Columbus circle in New
| York, but you have more chance
\ OF getting across it alive than
across that in the metropolis And
/ II vas here that the building made
/ famous by the continental debaters
stood until they took the props
from under 1t years ago to make
room for those csllous gods, Growth
\ and Prosperity.
The guide book declares that
York boasts of the largest artificial
| teeth factories in the world. The
editor has always wanted an expert
| opinion on what makes 'em stay in,
but could find neither factories nor
! officials in York to impart the secret.
II is also related that more revenue
! stamps for cigars are sold at York
| than any other Office in the United
| States. The public veal prompted
/ visit to the dispensing office and
| a request that stamps be hence
| forth refused for several brands
or grounds of asphyXiating danger,
but again the editor fell down.
Seriously, York abounds in inter-
\ esting points, easily reached and
we'll worth a visit. One is the old
Zion Lutheran Church, opposite po-
| lice headquarters, where scores of
headstones in German script are
stacked against the church walls.
The present building encroached
upon the ancient burying ground so
the remains were moved elsewhere
and the stones stand as cenotaphs,
A Tortuous Detour.
: The route back was more or less
| exploration on the part of The
| Herald group, and is not recon-
! mended after dusk, largely because
of a tortuous detour beyond Fair
| field and bad condition Of the road
: thence almost to Emmitsburg
| There are bad spots, as noted in the
| route north as taken, but the driver
|! has the advantage of familiarity in
| returning even by dark over ground
already traversed.
! Briefly. she course via Gettys-
burg is as follows: Leave York by
same detour as entry, follow Lin
| coin Highway to Gettysburg, take
| Emmitsburg road, bad and dusty
/ with Seneca Red clay. through
Fairfield; 1918, detour left 1873
through covered bridges. 1873 and
! l54.6, to end detour, 1851; fork,
straight ahead through Emmits-
| burg to fountain; turn right into
| Frederick pike, through Thurmont
| to Frederick and thence to Wash
| ington, as previously detailed in
Herald pathhnding Sunday articles.
Under a cold moon and with a
warm engine, the Briscoe, piloted
by the watchful Mattox who knows
its every nut and gearing from the
ground up launched forth from
Frederick and devoured the miles
to Washington with great gusto