Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-11-01
.HOBO-DE-LUXE'
VISITS HERE ON.
7TH GLOBE TOUR
o. II. RICHTER, AUTHOR, WAN
DERER AND PSYCHOLOGIST,
REACHES OREGON
100. 600 FlILES ON FOOT
COUNTED BY HIKER
Six Continents Covered With Total
or 100000 Miles; Arm Lost in
France; Leaves for Medford ana
Grants Pass.

Styling himself as "hobo-de-
luxe" o. H. Richter, writer, war
veteran and champion walker, stop
ned over Monday night in Ashland
on his way to where he Is going
from where he came. His present
destination is Vancouver, B. c., and
he hopes to leave soon for Costa
Rica. and to make his way over the
Andes before May, at which time the
winter season sets in and billiards
make the trip impossible.
Besides being a natural born wan
derer, Richter is somewhat OF a
psychologist and moralizer. Anec-
dotes fall with the readiness OF the
rain as he talks, his tales of out oil
the way places carrying one from
the highest mountains in Asia 10
the Orient, back to some little VII
LACE in the United States, and thence
IN South America with such a rapid
itv that the listener is bewildered.
Richter is now on his seventh trip
around the world. He has been IN
nearly every country, climbed a ma
iority of the highest mountains, has
run the gamut of nearly every known
experience, including a few original
ones of his own. North and South
America. Australia, Africa, part OF
Asia and Europe are known to TINS
man.
Though handicapped with the loss
of his right arm and a decided liml
in his right leg, both of which were
received during the world war, wher
he served with the Australian forces
in 1915, Richter supports himsei
along the way by selling pictures
pencils and doing odd jobs. In I'M
meantime he take photographs o
his wanderings and writes accounts
of his experiences for scientific mag
azines. Numerous articles have ap
peared in magazines, as he Is ais'
a short story writer.
Richter left his home in st. Lou
when but mere lad, making III
way to the Pacific coast, attracte'
bv the gold lure in 1896. Here n
made living by playing violin Il
cabarets. From this time on he ha
been under the spell of the opel
road, which continually calls t
him.
Previous records made by Richie
include the walking of 1OO,OO
miles. with total mileage to dat
of $4,000 miles. He has climbe
Mount Aconcagua, in Argentine,
peak that is 23,091 feet high
climbing to an elevation of 10000
where severe storms kept him fror
reaching the summit. He has climr
ed 10000 of the 10000 feet boaste
of by Mount Mckinley, in Alaska
Pixies Peak and Mount Massive hav
been scaled with a 80 pound pac
upon his back. Richter stated n
attempted to climb Mount Shast;
but had been deferred by a heaV
blizzard. He intends to return an
add this to his collection.
This present journey, which he a
lows himself five years to complete
will return him to Bangor, Maine
his starting point, in 1927. He lei
that city on April 1, 1922, an
walked to Los Angeles via San Frar
cisco in six months. One dollar II
posed in his pocket when he started
and for every dollar he has when \
returns in few years, he will
given another dollar.
Richter walked from Hornbroo
Monday, resting here over nigh
This morning he left for Medfor'
where he will stay this evening
Wednesday evening will see him
Grants Pass. He is making the tri
at his own convenience, having n
set number of miles to complet
daily.