Imperial Valley press., 1924-05-28
BUY, CAR FOR $40
GETS LAUGH BY
READING HIS TALE
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and things ant showed Walter how
to manipulate the thing and bid
him God speed.
Here's His Letter
West today is in receipt Of the
; following letter, which to say the
least is self-explanatory, and which
is reprinted verba tim, as Walter
wrote it. West says he knows now
there IS at least one honest man III
the world and that s Walter, for
there s many a man who has for
gotten to keep his word after gain
ing { coveted $l5 reduction.
Here's the letter. brought TO The
Press by our good friend Mac Donald
of Mountain Springs, who pledges
, his word of honor that the whole
story is true.
'Howdy Folks:
"Arrived here Tuesday p. m.
/ You said you wished you could
make this trip with mc. It is too
bad that you cOuldn 't--vou sure
missed something. I didn " But
you learn something every day and
that was one of my busy days. |
learned q lot. The tuition fee was
about S25 but cheap at that when
you take into consideration the
kick ] got out Of it. ~
"'This is fine town if Won bring
your lunch. Just about as much ex-.
citcment as Mountain Springs. Lets
of folks seem broke and if l hadn't T
been that way when I got here l
would be now, so it all wor'ss out
the same.
But / want to take you on this
trip with me. If you can get as
much kick out of reading this as
] do ont Of thinking about Il, it
will be wen worth the time spent.
81 got to Jacumba all right but
discovered before l reached. there
that high was going to be of very
little use to nc. She was blowed
up. Well, / was going to stop for
eats SO headed in by the drugstore
at Jacumba amd-stoppe,l-after |
had knocked down one Of those 12
by IL hollow tile posts. That set
me back 10 bucks. l had $22.5O
when | woke up that morning and
spent $l.15 before l started. Had
breakfast and off again. got on
a steep down grade and the foot
brake wouldn't t hold. I kept her
i'll neutral and used reverse for
brake. Pretty soon the thing start
ed to smoke like u house afirc. i
stopped, looked her over. / didn't
know what it was all about but
filled her up with water and put
in AN extra quart Of ell. !
81 got about two miles this side
of Buchanan Springs-merc squeaks,
more smoke. Looked her over, drains
ed oil, had about a cup. Got Il. ride
back to Buckman Springs, got a
half gallon of oil, off again. At
the top of the next grade l got out
and got under to find a bolt gene
out of the oil pan up near the front.
No bolt in the store to fit. | took
a small bolt, fixed wooden wedges
and drove it in; 5000 feet in air and
10 brake but reverse. l am glad
those birds didn't back up much
if that reverse had given out l
wouldn t be writing this. i
Kids Pull Him Along i
81 got down all right-thc engine,
died one mile this side of La Mesa.
j worked on it about an hour. A
couple of kids gave, me Pull to
get started. l gave the kids 50
cents-all i'll small change. l got
two miles further and got stack in
the middle Of the grade. Couldn 7;
start---got a ride three miles to-
East San Diego. Got garage man.
to go out. He put in q new timer.
Came in on own power bin. Left,
Lizzie-rodc in on street car. Went
back yesterday to see what could
get out the wreck. Man said bill
was $4.60., | asked him $15 for car.
He offered me $40 which added to-
bill equals $1,000. lie got Lizzic-I
have the experience. Here's how
the whole transaction stood me.
"Paid out--Gas, $3.50, oil $5.15,
patches 40 cents, car $40, cement
post, SIS, pull, 80 cents,-total,
$3l 90.
"Sold car for 500 which deduct
ed from tho $31.60 leaves in red
ink s25.65.
cam waiting for check. If no
thing shows up BY the time it ar
rivcs, will leave here for anywhere.
lol.