White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-31
NEAR FIGHT AMONG
TOURISTS FROM WEST

Those people engaged in conduct
ing a public garage frequently have
opportunity to get closeup obserya
ton of human nature in all its yarieo
forms. An incident OF this sort was
recorded the other day at the Lincoln
Highway garage. The setting of the
little drama-or rather comedy-in.
Guided Il REQ sedan and the east OF
characters was composed of WI men
and their respective wives. who were
travelling therein.
Word was received at the garage
that a car was in trouble out in White
River valley, nea tae Wheeler ranch
and Roy Matthias went out and
brought the party in. The trouble
was not serious, something having
gone wrong with the Reo's ignition
system, which temporarily stopped
progress.
But after the travellers had safely
arrived in Ely some trouble deyei-
eped among the tourists themselves,
which attracted the interested atten-
tion of the garage attaches. The
party was travelling from Los Angeles
to some town in Idaho and the man
owning the sedan and his wife had
invited the other couple to take the
trip. the owner of the a furnishing
transportation and other expenses.
After getting the car fixed up at
the garage the party left Ely in ap-
parently fine feather and q few miles
out they stopped to have dinner by
the roadside, as they carried a full
camping equipment and were pre-
pared to live in the open At this
nnint ~ roc nvfarurard Ira,okt ~at
something went wrong with the gen
orator, delaying the meal but gen
Grating a rumpus between the two
men. 1t might have been the delay
In the eats, thereby proving the old
adage that a hungry man is an angry
a
At any rate, the man whose trans
portation and expenses were being
paid by his friend decided to break
loose from the outfit and hailing a
passing car came back to Ely, leav-
ing his wife and the parties of the
first part at their roadside camp 1t
Ia said he couldn't show money
enough to buy a box of matches. but
he was proper mad and endeayored
tc hook his gold watch for money
to buy a railroad ticket back to Cali
fornia.
While he was trying to make a
raise of funds his travelling eompan-
lens returned to Ely and hunted him
up and negotiations were commenced
toward signing an armistice. The
two ladies. although considerably in
terested, did not mix in much but
confided the nature of the trouble 10
the garage people and sat tight while
the battle ragged. The two men had
a real chin-wagging match, which
lasted for some time. and it was
growing late in the afternoon before
some sort of peace terms were agreed
upon and the sedan and its occupants
finally left toward Utah.
The owner of the car told his re.
Dellioas passenger that he would
gladly pay his fare back to the coast
only he did not have the cash handy
and would not have it until later or
during the journey at some towr
along the route. where he had pre-.
siously made arrangements for its
receipt.
And all " e "a difference of opin.
ion concerning a generator.
Said one OF the boys at the garag,
as the car OF d~issension was disap
pearing down Aultman street:
} If anyone offered to pay my ex
penses on a trip like that I believe
anything he said would be all RICH
with me and l would agree with hin
whatever he said-'n' everything"