The log cabin Democrat., 1921-07-19
WRITES INTERESTINGLY
 OF RECENT JOURNEY
J. D. Dunaway Tells of Trip to Hot Springs, Va, Washington and
 Other Points.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:


 If you will permit me a short space in your paper 1 will give you a short account of our trip to the meeting of our 100000 club of the Missouri State Life Insurance Company which was held July II and 12 at Hot Springs, Va. Leaving here on July 8 with w. N. Jones, E. N. Morgan, Miss Bennie Gibbon, representing the Bank of i Conway, my wife and myself made tup the party. Leaving for St. Louis on the night of July 8, we arrived there at 7:30 a. m. We were met at the depot by R. H. Frazier, an old Conway boy, who is now a promi nent St. Louis business man He drove us over the city of St. Louis and to the old worlds fair grounds and every thing of interest about St. Louis, dropping us at the Missouri State Life building at 10:30. From there we were assigned to our reser- vation on the Big Four road direct to Hot Springs, Va.
 Passing through the states of Hi nois, Indiana and Kentucky there are many interesting things. The crops are fine in the above states. It looks as if one sees enough corn from the train to supply the world for an- other year. Oats are good. Many fine herds of cattle are seen in every direction grazing in the pastures.
 At Hot Springs we met our crowd and held two-day convention which was one of the best we have ever held. We had Jno. L. Snuff of Gin cinnati for two speaking dates. He is wonderful speaker and is in great demand all over the country for large insurance conventions Our president, M. E. Singleton, is a fine St. Louis business man. He has two good friends in Conway, Henry Frau enthal and P. F. Cleaver, of whom he spoke very highly. Hot Springs rivals anything I have seen for beauty of grounds and surroundings.
 The golf courses look as if they had been shaved with a razor. The hotel cost five million dollars, Only twenty plunks per in the busy season. Their hotel and surroundings are fine, , but we have them beaten a dozen different ways at Hot Springs, Ark. when it comes to the water 1 did not fail to tell them so, either, and to boost the state of Arkansas. Our crowd was invited to take dinner with the president, which we did on Sun day night We felt a little out of place, but got through o. k. without 7 breaking any dishes. We met Chaun- ; cey M. Depew at the hotel. He is 8 fine looking man. Has clear voice and walks like a young man. He ; was invited to address our convention but declined as he was on his vaca- tion.
 From Hot Springs we went direct to Washington. After visiting the seeing them print the actual money and postage stamps (making p mil f lion stamps per day), we took in fol short time the white house and na- tional museum. The Roosevelt col
 
 . lection in the museum is something , wonderful. It would take several days to see this one building and its contents. At the capitol we heard Tom Watson of Georgia, speaking or the soldier bonus bill. He is a fine looking man. We saw Vice President Coolidge, but President Harding was not in the building so we did not see him. No trip to Washington is com plete without seeing Mt Vernon, which is Is miles from Washington and easily reached by interurban railway. There you see the old home of George Washington just as it was when he died. All his furniture and personal belongings, family bible, musical instruments, etc, the bed on which he died can be seen in this