The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Weaponless, Elk
cept for Type
writers, They Fol
low the A d vice
of Horace Greeley
and Hope toPene-
trate as Far as the
Pacific Coast

Ger many a border they'll travel with
zest
And. save their typewriters, they weap-
ons have none.
But the drumfire Of those many battles
has won;
They can shoot in a column as quick as
you please,
There never were any rough writers like
these.
AS a matter OF fact they left New
York yesterday, headed all the way for
the Pacific coast. the special objective
point being the Round Up at Pendle-
ton, Oregon, where fiourishes each
autumn real old fashioned rough rid
ing with all it's frontier trimmings in
a sort of concentrated picturesqueness.
Going and returning the literary
junketers- are to see much of Yellow
stone National Park. Mount Rainier
in Washington, the famous Columbia
River Highway, Salt Lake and the
cities of Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
where considerable in the way of
special entertainment is being planned
for them. M
I George S. Chappell, probably better
known as DR.. Walter r. Traprock of
kawa fame. is perhaps the headliner
of the troupe, if it is possible for
mere explorer to nose out such lit
erary notables as Charles Hanson
Towne, Wallace Irwin, Ruth Hale,
Walter Trumbull of THE NEW YORK
HERALD Hubbard Hutchinson, novelist;
John Held. illustrator. and Mrs. Put
nam and George Palmer Putnam. the
publishers, who is by way of being the
bell wether of the flock
1t happens that Mr.. Putnam before
the war was for some years resident
of Oregon, and it is largely at the
invitation of friends on the coast who
wanted to stage q really notable
Round Up" entertainment for East
ern writer's that he has organized the
outing. Joining the expedition at the
Round Up and returning with it TO
New York Is Frederick O'Brien,
author of white Shadows in the
South Seas" who has been in Cali
fornia all summer. Another addition
to the ranks in Oregon will be Charles
Wellington Furlong, l.. r. G.. s..
author and lecturer. and probably also
II. c. Witwer. author Of "The Leather
Pushers" and other gems of American
slanguage
Taken all in all, it's going TO be a
tremendously "booky" party. The ex-
petitions official data demonstrates
that this maverick band OF authors
has to it's credit-has written. any
way-not less than thirty books. Sc
rious, humorous, poetical and fictional,
not to mention a devastating total
production of periodical and news
paper material. And, as a matter OF
fact, this particular undertaking viii
be something of a literary birthday
party. too. because during September,
while their authors are actually ON
the way, four new books are 10 be
published There is TONNES novel.
THE Chain" Traprock's burlesque.
my Northern Exposure" Chappells
modernized Rolo book "Rollo in So
ciety," and "Nonsenseorship,' COM
pendulum Of comment anent prevail
ing censorships in whose authorship
four members Of the expedition figure.
And il Is understood that new vol
umcs by O'Brien and Witwer shortly
will be launched. Not unnaturally
then. while Let 'Er Buck" is the Off
cial slogan of the Round Up. these
itinerant rough writer's have adopted
for their motto Let Err Book"
DR.. Traprock Stranger
To the Pacific Coast
Something of an exporting trip this.
too. At least it's all exploration into
the unknown for the one member OF
the party who actually is reputed al
ready to be an explorer. For DR..
Traprock has never been TO the Pa
cific coast. He admits that. 1t isn't
clear Just how he contrived to get TO
the Filbert Islands in the South Seas
without seeing that part of America
first.
I'm seeing America last declares
the intrepid explorer. adding, bit
testify. that he doesn't see why he
should be asked so many questions
about a simple outing TO Oregon. Re
member. there was time when Lewis
and Clark, and even Balboa, hadn't
seen the Pacific. I'm just back from
the North Pole, and now naturally
want 10 go west as far as | can. dry
shod. It's just a case OF following
Horace Greeleys advice to go West
and dry up with the country. And,
anyway, / want to test the sediments
OF the Western States"
As il happens, several members of
the expedition were originally West
erners themselves. Wallace Irwin is
California product. Walter Trum-
bull lived in New Mexico And nearly
every one in Salt Lake City knows
John Held. who worked there az .
newspaper cartoonist and sports writ
er until some fen years ago. and now
returns TO his native stamping ground
for the first time.
one of the itinerant writers who has
never been west of Chicago Is Ruth
Hale. who is to prepare some special
articles for Judge about her impress
sions of the wild and woody as u Is
to-day. prohibited and woman sur
fraged and all the rest of Ii. Miss
Hale. always a prominent figure in the
Woman's party and active on the fem
mime side of national politics, is also
the founder Of the Lucy stone League.
which stands for the absolute inde-
pendence of women. economically and
socially. even TO the point Of married
women retaining their maiden names.
q preachmeut practiced nv Miss Hale.
whose husband Is Haywood Broun a