Imperial Valley press., 1921-09-02
BY FRANK CLARK.

| Formerly neWSboy IN New York
| City, | contracted the ''wanderlust"
when quite young, and have been like
the Wandering jew on the go cver
since. | have visited every known
quarter of the globe except Thibct,
and have met with adversities galore.
Travelling through the United States
and Canada | personally go by the
"Side Door Pullman" having crossed
the continent eight different times
+! from coast to coast.
l have been thrown off and shot at
time and again but never seriously in
jured. Going through England, Ire
land and Scotland l found the people
very sympathetic but poor. The roads
are always in good condition, but you
are not allowed to camp OUT i'll Eng
land but must go to the, Spike or
casual ward, for nights lodging. The
next day you must either break II
hundredweight of rock or pick two
pounds of oakum to pay for the nights
lodging.
spent three months travelling
through Spain. l found considerable.
poverty, the people very religious. 1t
was while going through this country
that | saw beggar on horseback with
tin can attached to a long fish pcle
to save himself the trouble of dis
mounting when receiving aims.
Travelling through France or fake
passport walked from Marseiles via
Lyons to Paris with simply shipping
permit having the consul's stamp and
recent date upon it. The gendarmes dc
rationale, thinking it was passport,
allowed me to pass on.
While touring Belgium i was acid
up by the police for not having IA pass
port. was tried in town called
Neifert the next day and was sent to a
prison at Hasslet for two weeks; then
was shifted to Brussels and put in
st. Gllis prison over night and again
sent to prison in Antwerp. Finally |
was given Is francs or three dollars
and passport good for 4S hours and
told to leave the country, which | did,
going to Rotterdam, Holland.
While in Genoa, Italy, got mixed
up with a gang Of beachcombers who
had fake letter claiming to be Ar
menian sufferers in distress. With
this letter they reaped quite harvest.
At last they were rounded up and
happening to be among them, was
jailed. After 25 days in prison was
released, gievn 25 lires or 50 and put
aboard steamer bound for Algiers
in Africa. This money was given me
to prevent me from landing broke and
appealing to the authorities for assist
ance.
In China and Japan | kept along
the coast. found the Chinese mucn
more liberal than the Japs. Many
thousands of the Chinese live on house
boats and seldom come ashore: In all
my travels through these various coun-
tries remember never paid one penny
for transportation either by railroad
or steamship. would either work
my passage or stow away. eBing a
sailor it helped me out considerably.
Later | was on an old English bark
bound for Calao, Peru. from London.
We sprung leak and had to take to
the life boats, after SO hours ON the
ocean we finally reached Staten Land
off the pitch of Cape Horn, a station
for the Argentine government. After
week we were taken off and sent to
Buenos Ayres, the Paris of South
, America, where the police have 6
nasty habit of raiding the cafes ant
searching the foreigners for weapons
If you have any they will throw yor
in Jail and fine you from 10 to 20 dol