The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-09-30
HAS BAD OPINION OF ROADS.

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and their respective families drove
from Beatrice, Neb., to Mena, Ark, in
ssseir Fofds, and on August rs, writ
ing at Mena, the former sent the fol-
lowing to the Beatrice Daily Sun:
Eve have reached Mena. Ark, all
q. X, but if we had to travel the
same road over again in order to get
our Fords away from here we would
sure come home on the train.
Sin this country there isn't dirt
enough to make roads of. The rocks
are everywhere in the roads, and run
in size from loaves Of bread to Me-
braska pumpkins. We came over
Rich Mountain today, said to be the
highest in the state. My car had but
i've gallons Of gas in it on reaching
the top, and one grade | couldn't make
until the rear Of the car was raised.
III we had to 20 1000 miles around, we
would rather do it again than go over
that road to Fort Smith again.
Brownies old Ford just rattles right
along, he takes the lead. He painted,
~From Beatrice, Neb., to Mena, Ark, =
on the rear of his car before he left
Nebraska. and he says just as soon
as he gets out Of Arkansas he win
paint just below 1t, "But Going Back
Home, Thank Cod
where we camped last night the
hogs tried to eat US up. There doesn't
seem to be any mosquitoes here.
@The Oklahoma roads are pretty
bad where we came thru. One night
in Oklahoma we were fixing to camp
in real nice place but had to move
because wagon containing 1000
quarts Of nitroglycerine stood about
fifty feet away. We moved fifty
yards, but the noise kept us awak,
nearly all night. The six of US had {
real interesting time. But wouldn'
Trade ny team sf ss:s.les fer al H f
kansas i've seen.
I'VE think we will drive south o.
irxarkana IN order 20 come home. i
is only about 500 miles out of direc
line, but wouldn't drive my team O
mules over the road we came. Every
body directs one over the worst road
and the gasoline men sell four gal
Ions Of gas for five gallons. Mex
trip iii take five gallon can along
One can't describe these roads. The,
are lWSt aS uaG Us one can ittidEiHS
Mountain scenery looks nice in pic
ture shows, but it's awful when on,
looks ahead down q pile Of rocks tina
these people call roads.
"This morning q mountaineer toll
Ms that the next grade was mile lonl
and when we reached Eagleton tn
f2own grade was so rocky that team
hardly ever come up.
tkEruf1,n sraf csft HE ,~a1n. nnI uos<
-'George lets shave. you know it cost
SIS TO have dead man shaved an
believe me I'D rather drink pint o
castor oil than come down the side o
a mountain again.
That's rubbing it in with curr,
comb and sandr@rer,
Mr.. Morgan sure had crouch. and
in part we can't blame him. Som
Of the rest Of us piloted cars owe
that road from Mena north not ia
from that time, and in all truth tn
man with the steering wheel had n
eyes for scenery, except as We've
down the pile of rocks that thes
people call Il road. And, too, th
travel is about equally divided be
tween the vertical and the horizontal
Therefore, assuming that MI
Brown esteenls his team Of mule
highly, he may be pardoned for hi
comparison N their value and all h
saw in Arkansas.
But for all that, his vision was shor
and narrow, or biased, or all three
And. sometime when he feels better
If he will come back, say when GU
Jefferson highway has smoothed tn
way we win agree to show him 10
of good things that 20 to make hu
manity happy and life sweet on tn
old world that even Nebraska hasn'
got and can't produce, and then the
won't be picture show displays either
Those roads We're "fierce"--they ar
some better now, and scores Of peopl
are travelling them almost daily an,
not SIS shave has been called for We
$50 soften up. Nebraska friend. an,
some day try again.
You probably will thank God fol
it, if you do.
Of course the old world will war o.