New Britain herald., 1922-03-31
THROUGH WEST BY
 AUTO, IS LECTURE
Highly Club, at Final Meeting,
 Hears Payson Jones Talk

The final meeting of the season for the Hlgh-Y club was held last even- ing at the Y. M. C. A., Payson Jones, Yale '22. telling the members about trip made by him and two friends through the West
 MT. Jones' father, who was also at the meeting, ;old of some of the won- Gers Of this age. the trans-continental telephone and :he wireless.
 Payson Jones began his talk by reading q poem by Arthur Chapman, writer of cowboy songs and stories, Out Where the West Begins"
 One day during the early part of last sun,r1er. he and two friends started out in a small touring car to rlalc q tour of the West They went by way of Chicago, making the trip to Denver in 10 days.
 At Cripple Creek.
 From Denver they went on to Cripple Creek, once the greatest min ing camp in the west but now .nere- ly skeleton of town with aban- doneG houses and grass-grown itreets. He told of Johnny Nolan's Place" a great gambling den in its lime
 From Cripple Creek they travelled to Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak. He told of the auto races which are held on the road to the summit of 1'il:e's Peak every year. of the tre- ,,erdous obstacles which the drivers meet on the trip to the top, and of rounding the curves at the speed of fifty or sixty miles m hour.
 O. hey travelled through Utah and the desert of Dead Mans flats. Here t,ev broke . spring and they had to creep along at the rate of 3 miles an hour for hours. From time to time t,ey rassed the 1bleached bones of animals.
 New England Best.
 Yellowstone Park, according to MT. Jones, has nothing on our own New England Aside from the freaks Of nature, such as the geysers and the hot springs, the scenery is no differ ent from that found in the Berk- shires or ;he Iitchfield Hills.
 The widness of Glacier Park, cx- cellinC anything in Europe, was Vlv- idly described. He said that In Eurcpc one can practically tour the Alns in an automobile, but one must travcl through Glacier Park on horse back. While speaking about Glacier Park and the Rockies, MT. Jones read several extracts from his current works. which fully did justice to the wonderful scenery.
 Climb Glacier.
 They climbed the Great Glacier, an extremely interesting experience, ac- companicd by two Swiss guides. The rartv were tied together as protec- ton against accident but one or the members of the group had the oe- liehtful experience of falling 1nto one of these crevices," being hauled out by .,is friends.
 Seattle. Portland and Crater were other places visited, and they at last arrived at San Francisco and C,l'H1- town. The Chinatown ot San f'a'- cisco is a very dangerous rtace son'e times. The Chinese come from lons Kong and Canton getting irto trcun.H in their attempt to pattern alter the Americana.
 He was escorted through emma town by q member Of the ponce oe- rartment. who took MT. Jo3e'' through all the interesting places. lie was shown the Chinatown Tollce poN' in which are kept warrants, sworn ont every two months. for every mo- torious C,inaman in the place.
 Visits Tong Mouse.
 They entered tong house, seeing the great Joss, or place or wor5h'p' and at last entering the tong Toom' where several members Of the toAs were asleep. These men cculd not venture out of doors because tong war had been in progress and they were afraid of being killed by the bichbinders, should they venture into the Gtreets.
 Have t,rnCSOmc Job.
 The hiehbinders are men who nE hired by tong to kill the ;nemnefs ,f a rival tong They do nothing put rjtl people. When not engaged ih this delightful pastime they live rS nrinces, enjoying the best that can DC provided fo them. When q war starts they get busy. Altho"eh .hcy do To, Of killing, very few ot them ever are caught. When brought 70 court. although fifteen Chinaireh ina. ,,,yc seen the deed, all fifteen or them will swear that he IS innocent
 They also visited the iaHous ,,,ubling r;ub Of other Ga!s, ehe ni- to,i,n cirb. They inspected the get .,,..,,. holes. the concealed entrance 10