Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-07-12
CLOVER news BUDGET
Postmaster Barrett Returns From
Trip to Far West.
TALKS INTERESTINGLY OF HIS TRIP

TALKS INTERESTINGLY OF HIS TRIE
Glover Red Men Elect Officers for En-
suing Term-Town Founders Clean
up American Legion Larrupers-
Other News and Notes Of Metropo-
lis Of Northern York.
(By Staff Correspondent.
Glover, July 11-Back from a trip to
Los Angeles, CAL, as one Of the dele
gates from South Carolina to the
meeting of the National Council Ju-
nior Order United States Mechanics,
Jas. A. Barrett, postmaster here is at
home after a journey which carried
him through eighteen states. 1nciden-
tally 1t may be of interest to know that
he still thinks South Carolina the fin
est state in the Union although he
does not hesitate to say that Califor-
MIA is a mighty close second.
1t was Mr.. Barrett's first trip into
the far west and he hopes that it is
not his last. 1T would take one full
six months time leisurely travelling In
an automobile to see that wonderful
country thoroughly and to take in all
that is of interest" said Mr.. Barrett
In talking about his travels the other
day. e.
THE west and its people are hard
to describe because the country and
the people are in a good many re-
spects strangely different from ours, "
he went on to say. 1.-The pulse Of the
westerners, as you might call it, Is
pretty much the same as ours just
now and like our people in a measure
they don't know just exactly where
they are at. They didn't get much of
a price for their crops last year. you
know, and like our southern farmers
the prospects for this fall are not es-
pecially brilliant just now according
to their notion.
Money is pretty tight throughout
the west, although understand that
there was work to be had for practi-
cally everybody who wanted to work.
The wage scale out there has been
reduced considerably the same as
everywhere else.
The Crops.
"Im not much of a judge of crop
conditions but so far as was able to
Judge an from the best information
I could get from people whom have
reason to believe were we'll informed,
it is a pretty good prospect through
out the west and southwest.
II didn't get much chance to observe
the Texas cotton crop because we
passed through the Texas cotton belt
at night. The finest cotton to be
foui.1 in Texas, they tell me, is in the
vicinity Of Houston where we travel
ed in the dead of night.
"The great corn belt through Hin
OILS, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and
Kansas bids fair to produce bumper
crop this year. Corn In that belt is
later than our corn crop in South Car
DINA. But 1 don't remember to have
seen any corn in the tassel.
They were busy cutting wheat In
Kansas. One passed acres and acres
of fine wheat-veritable seas of wheat
a beautiful sight as it dipped and
waved in the sunlight.
Salt Lake, Utah.
"Ehe most beautiful city / visited"
Mr.. Barrett went on to say was un-
questionably Salt Lake City, Utah, the'
home of Brigham Young and the Nor
mons. 1t is a model Of sanitation and
civil righteousness. The streets are
as CLEAN as a pin. The buildings are
neat and clean; the inhabitants IRE
smiling, happy lot and it Is in every
respect a model city. Old Brigham
Young did wonderful work when he
took his followers Of Mormon faith
out on that Lonely desert that was,
many years ago and put them to work.
They worked and worked until their
work resulted in the completion OF
one of the most beautiful cities in the
world which is growing in. population
by leaps and bounds.
Learned quite a bit about Mormon
faith that didn't know before. Those
people are not so bad as some of US
might think. They practice polygamy
no longer. They are very stri$t in
their observance of all moral Jaws.
No Mormon who has violated any Of
the moral laws is allowed in the tenl-
pie until he has. done penance for
any violation of which he might have
been guilty. One can't buy cigarettes
in Utah. One can't smoke cigarettes
In Utah in a public place. He may
smoke them in the privacy of his room
in hotel but he is not allowed to
smoke them In the hotef lobby. Utah
is fast becoming q most progressive
state and l was indeed pleased with
what saw. of it.
Dipped into Mexico:
"Oh YES took a little dip into
Mexico" Mr.. Barrett went on to. mar
rate. dropped over into Mexican city
of JuareZ after we stopped at FL Paso,
Texas. II can't say much for Jaurez
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