The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-17

: containing every camp comfort-N In
il rich man and his wife are tom
ing the west assisted by a chaaffeur
and a cook who occupy the front
seat. II is their boast that thew
have never stopped at a hotel. Per-
haps the next car to pass-apd If
! will be but a little way behind
is that of a business man and his
family. They live in ST Louis. ap5
after many family conferences havs
decided to go to California in TIA
old family bus or bust. Evervho8v
is burned quite red and having =
beautiful time. Mother is learning
to make biscuits in a dutch oven
the children want to keep doing
this the rest of their lives. and
rather has already sampled Is dr.
ferent golf courses and 19 local
varieties Of hootch.
One jump behind this family mar
ty is a f1ivver laboring under a
heavy load. 1t contains man
from Missouri who has sold his
farm. at high figure and is going
west with his family, where he can
buy three times as much land for
the same money. In due course he
will sell out and move again. His
father moved from Massachusetts
to Missouri in a wagon, and his
grandfather came from Ireland in
a sailing vessel. He is but carry
Ing on the family tradition.
Jitney HObOes and Pirates,
Next comes very rusty and de-
Grant IL nlEine
couple of overalled men in 1t. These
may belong to any one of several
classes. There are large numbers
Of floating laboTers now who 90
from place to place along the main
roads looking for work. News of
lucrative work in harvest fields or
lumber camps may send them a
thousand miles in a few days. Thev
always camp, pay no rent, and their
food costs them little. They en-
joy free and interesting life and
work not more than half the time.
Many Of them are good fellows.
ready to help you if you are stuck
in a mudhole. Others are thieves.
always ready to steal tires or any
other equipment that may be living
around loose. There is a well or
ganiZed class of these jitney pirates.
You hear tales of their depredations
all along the road. There are some
armed highwaymen, too. The fav-
orite ruse of these is worked again
and again. The robber hides his
own car and tramps along the road,
feigning the part of the footsore
wayfarer. He halls cars that pass,
those that contain only
one man. Always sooner or later
someone compassionately picks him
up. This dialogue followed in one,
instance:
Gould you give me a cigaret?''
Driver stops and pulls out box Of
Match? ?"
Autoist gives him match.
Now give me your rOlli"
Autoist, who was Just about to
start his car, turns in surprise and
finds himself looking down the
barrel of a gun, one inch from his
head. He passes over his pocket
book and watch.
Now start your car"
ne does Inc DdnniL Steps from
the running board with a polite
nod and smile of thanks.
Don't STOP" is his final order.
So the road is not without its
periIs. But don't shun it on that
account. 1t is no more perilous
really than living at home And
the road is romance and adventure
and fresh air and health. Here the
iitney of the poor man, working his
way, is as welcome as the limousine
Of the millionaire. Water, wood and
scenery are free to them all Let
no man say that he is too poor TO
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