The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1920-06-03
Home From,
Long Trip



Mr. and Mrs. l. H. Kent arrived
home last evening from q trip OF
four months duration in the course
of which they travelled about 20.-
900 miles by rail and boat and
visited many points Of interest. EN-
barking on the boat at San Fran
cisco during the second week in
February they went to Panama.
making IL stops on the west coast
of the continent on the way south.
They remained within the canal zone
for month, taking In every point
Of interest there from the ..mpregn-
able Notifications at Balboa on the
Pacific side to the native Villages in
the Panama republic which Mr..
Kent deems mighty weak sister In
the league Of nations. Dirt and
squalor. immortality and unprogres-
siveness are Panama's chief distin-
| gushing characteristics, said Mr..
Kent, mere thoroughfares separating
the zone Of American control from
the Panamans. On the Pacific side
Balboa and Panama are thus de-
fined while on the Atlantic side
Christobol and Colon are side by
side. Culebra cut, said Mr.. Kent. is
a wonderful piece Of engineering.
and the great mountain that rises
abruptly from the artificial water
way gives constant trouble. During
his stay in the canal sone, Mr.. Kent
said that an island raised up within
the canal from the tremendous pres
sure that bears down constantly
from the moving mountain and
dredges are at work continually
keeping the waterway open to the
ships of the world. An average Of
10 vessels pass through the canal
daily and from end to end Mr.. Kent
found much about the canal that IL
inspiring.
Mr. and Mrs. Kent embarked at
Colon on United Fruit Company
steamer for Havana. making q stop
at Port Lamon In Costa Rica. Here
they took train and went to San Jose.
the capital of the Central American
republic where they gave several
days over to the delights Of the
mountain country in which San Jose
is located. There they found many
charming personalities among the
old Spanish families who reside In
San Jose and the period spent in
this outlaying place forms one of the
pleasant recollections arising from
the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent went from Port
Lamon to Havana where they re-
mained for ten days and found an
unparalleled measure of prosperity.
Sugar and other commodities of the
Cuban republic have brought an un-
wonted measure of prosperity and
they left Havana with more or less
unfavorable impression of Latin
nature, going across the straits to
Key West, Fla.s from where they
went direct to New. York by rail.
Six weeks formed a stay for the
travellers In the American metropolis
that was replete throughout with in
teresting experiences. There Mr..
Kent observed and studied the coun-
try's greatest marts, took note of
political conditions. and watched
rapidly changing economic affairs
and he returns home with some very
fixed notions about the immediate
future. Prices of certain forms of
merchandise have dropped material
ly In recent weeks, according to Mr..
Kent, and further drops are newt
able, no matter what any one may
say. The action of the federal re-
serve banking board In eliminating
banking consideration from the pro-
fiteer has had the effect of releasing
vast quantities Of boarded stocks
with consequent downward move
ment of prices Mr. and Mrs. Kent
went to Boston and other points IN
the New England states and there
he saw the activities OF the textile
centers. 1t Is In this form OF Ameri-
can trade. said Mr.. Kent that the
most radical changes are occurring
at this time, 1t being his opinion
that foodstuffs will not drop In pro-
portion to the decline charactcrising
the clothing industry and that eat
ables will be high In price for sever
al years to come.
The wisacres OF New York. said
Mr.. Kent. are as completely
nonplusSed over countrywide
political conditions as are the
smart ones OF the west. No
one seems to know who's who and
only convention events will settle
this moot question. He Is certain.
however, that eastern sentiment ia
vors McAdoo for the Democratic
presidential nomination and that the
Leonard Wood boom was killed when
his slush fund contributed by New
| York mi.lionaires, was exposed by
the recent congressional investiga-
tions. Just now, Mr. Kent said. con-