Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-01
BACK TO 7AF7VI[LE AFTER COAST
 TO COAST TRIP IN THEIR FEWER

they,were stuek,-in the sand--up to ttei:
 hIfbss We worked - on their s car for two houcs.r and finally pulled it out; :;
 when they drove back to town with us they gave us a turkey dinner at the best
 hotel. in. the Splacf. >t-t-4 -+at ; sTravelingH acrosA the. desert vas nlo:e
 or less exciting: We didn't know. when
 we wo1id sink into the sand. or run out of water or gAso.4$e. Ea> tF.tf S@-s
 | When there. .was m Not hiug 4rnuch to do,
 we amused ourssIves by killing rattle
 snakes. We. killkd as many as seven
 in day by hitting them with long
 stick Then we would cuts7off the rat ties and send them4bdck tc the folks in
 Connecticut. =,
 At one point we tried ito ford 8 river in our ear, but the river bed was sandy
 and We found oureseltes Sinking. We wore rescued by a man with; mule team who offered to: pull us out for two dollars. We Aafterward slea1ned that he. had post ed the signs irinlseH directing motorists to the short cut, across the river, where they. were certain to find trouble and would require, to, be pulled: out. s2l.
 In Los Angeles. we found work and also visited the studios of several tf
 the large motiop picture companies, and
 saw, them at work, filming jphotoplays in I the mountains and 'on the beaches. We sold the car In this place sand purchased another with the proceeds. It was in Caiifotnia, we. ran across Denny Murphy who, was playing ba1 with : the Vernon club ,>,4't $.s'ls isl T 5@>s
 E. Having fenjoyed sthe air at Les Aa- i Ksles, we toos1 a littIe trip into Mexi:o,
 stcpp1ng at Tia Juaria, " hlichsis famous
 for Its gambling casino, and it's pull ring, There are a blnch = of Indians in this town and they are the .dirtiest; greasi- Test bunch of individuals 1t has been our luck to run across TteSonry thing claan | about. thenn~is; the+bri ght scolored hand
 kerchief around their neck and I often wonder what keeps this clean,
 ] :. Next we jaunted into Nevada, where We fviA;ted the pace; where Mary Pick:ord l was obtaining divorce, and we later
 found work in Gardnerytllei and Red house Then W e, rode into Wyoming and made a tour .iof Yellowstone National park, washing our clothes in the Hand
 Kerchief Basin, .which ris5 one of the hot springs and seeing the canyon in the park. We also visited Helfs- Half Acre 1, A miles west of Casper on the Y eilow- stone Highway, which is a tract pecala- ] in it's natural and picturesque scenery ] resembling giant bowl. or depression 1 in the earth, covering approximately 1 s2o acres, which. from, its great depth
 the coloring of it's walls and, pinnacles | the beautiful weather carving of the sur
 face shales and tales, resembles the i Grand Canyon of the Yelowstone. Ali l old Indian legend says that in formel days the red men drove buffalo into this great corral for slaughter. Many flint arrow. heads are found here to- l day. AE.
 Leaving Wyoming. we went into Idahc and crossed into southwestern Montana | This Is wonderful sheep and cattle eotIn
 try, and there are thousands of thest
 animals being shipped weekly to. th'
 stocxyards. Some of the ranchers had { roundup of their cattle and branded thea so that we conld take some pictures DC
 fore i've left. | We found the people along the wa! very hospitable. In fact. when w camped near town we generally fouai some one who would take us in. In on small town of inhabitants. We re sided with the judge, who was also /; real estate dealer and paper hanger The judge had an evening dress sui
 and a silk hat which he always we1 when attending the movies. He allow ! ed us to be photographed in this re I ealia.-- A great attraction for the in ] habitants of the fsS western towns wa
 the. radio which we carried along. A I night we would stage a concert for thei ibeAsat, and it always naade>a great hit. l eWeerode on to Denver: and yisita
 Pueblo. Col, where we had the oppor I.tunity .toisee the damage done by the re cent Hood. Whole bridges were, sw P i away, and much of the business sectto
 of the town suffered' heavily. Then "
 came oh to, Dodge City. Kansas, whs'
 we. first worked and visited eoTnS of eu i former employers. We had a Chance
 see how hckle Goodass Fortune is, fo