The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-03-10
FALLON RESIDENTS ARE
ENJOYING THEIR SEA TRIP
Mr.. and Mrs. l. II. Kent Are Making
Progress on Trip to the
Atlantic Coast

Kent addressed TO y. II. bingham,
of the Bank of Fallon, is descriptive
of the trip undertaken by he and
his wife that will in due season take
them to New York City and points
in the New England states. Their
experiences prove that one never gets
so far from home but that familiar
faces are encountered and congenial
company is at hand.
On Board the Steamship Newport,
February 26, 1920.
Mr.. C. E. Bingham,
Fallon. Nevada.
My Dear Ed:
I wonder if can give you a word
picture of my surroundings this
morning. 1t is now 7 O'Clock and
have just finished shaving and am
waiting for the ship boy to come
and fix my bath. l take an ocean
water shower. I can look out from
my vantage point on shipboard and
see the coast as our ship glides by.
This morning we appear to be but
three miles or so offshore. The west
coast of Mexico presents a barren
desert aspect much like Nevada's
landscape. This morning the sea is
like glass and the sun is coming up
with promise of day like we have
in August. Our next port of call is
Manzinillo which we will reach to-
morrow morning at daybreak The
Newport is a pretty good old boat
and makes from 10 to II knots per
hour. although she rolls in a ehoppy
sea pretty bad, more of which l will
tell you about later. We have a
fine bunch aboard. Captain Hol-
land and the officers are very nice.
indeed. We have a man on board
from Reno with whom l play solo
who is a mining engineer on his way
to Ecuador. He tells me IL oil is
struck in the Fallon district in pay
ing quantities that he will hit for
home at once as he Is interested in
the district. Although he is a man
of about 40 If there is any place on
the face of this mundane sphere
where he hasn't been | haven I
found IL out. Also there is Mr..
and Mrs. Christianson from Verdi
with their two children. She was
the widow of Lieut.. Eide who was
lost in a submarine accident in
Honolulu harbor. They are on their
way to Peru to reside.
Now | started this letter to tell
you about our visit To MaZatlan.
This occurred yesterday. l also
want to tell you how | spent the
present passed on to me under the
auspices of the Fallon card club.
In truth it went for ice cold refresh
ments which were absorbed with
considerable gusto. l had on cloth
ing for a temperate zone and cooling
draughts to counteract them were
In order. You must know how hot
the sun can shine over one of these
narrow, crooked and dirty Mexican
city streets where all houses are
built on the street line. We were
wandering around In a big public
square you were telling me about
and 1t was quite attractive.
On the day before We passed Cape
San Lucas the Newport rounded
east across the Gulf of California
when we encountered very choppy
sea. Most of us we're sick. I was
up in the saloon playing solo when
| suddenly felt that it was no place
for me and repaired to my berth to
lie dawn. Mrs. Kent had beat me
there. We held our berths down
until lunch time when we were able
to appear at the table so we had the
laugh on most of our ship compan-
ions some of whom did not show up
until the following morning.
| have just been told that We will
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