The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-13
TRAVELLING SIDE
DOOR PULLMAN

This is the first of a series of
articles by Albert Almberg of
Archer, known to his travelling
companions as Overland Slim, de-
scribing his trip thru Montana,
Idaho and Washington by side door
Pullman. Almberg writes in the
language of the road. Don't miss
it.-EditOr.
! have just returned from a trip
Of about three thousand miles of
side door Pullman travelling thru
Montana, Idaho and Washington,
and / have promised the Producers
News TO write my experiences
which l have enjoyed both smooth
and rough-going. So here goes.
l left Plentywood on the 14th of
September by car to Poplar where
l visited with friends and rela-
tives a couple of days. And was
just getting ready to get on one
Of Jim Hills side door Pullmans
when two men the same as myself
who were going west in one of
these $4,000 cars of Henry Ford's,
drove up and invited me to ride
with them. "Well, alright" saws
1, so we started, but we had to
come back to Poplar for repairs
as old Ford had seen many a hard
day and maybe nights too. Any
way we got the Ford repaired and
got as far as about fifty miles
across the Missouri river when it
got too dark to see any road (this
Ford did not hae any hghts). So
we slept on the ground that night
in the land of rattlesnakts, but no
snakes bothered US. l don't know
why! Maybe because we were
snuff chewers, or maybe because
we were /. w. VS.. Anyway by
sunrise the next morning we were
on our way and got as far as Bill
ings, Mont. late that night. 4.
stayed in Billings two DAYS and
left there by n. P. freight, the
10Th of September.
On the freight train had a lot
of company, hundreds of laboring
men that were going to the won
derful west, where they had heard
work was plentiful and good
wages. I STAYED with the same
freight as far as Missoula, Mont.
where I stayed three days, and
where I met a friend of mine bv
the name of Jack Pollard. l was
sure surprised to see Jack, as Jack
and / served in the same war for
Democracy not so very many years
ago. Jack had just been discharg-
ed from the U. S. Veterans Hos
pltal at Fort Harrison and was no.
n the best of health, but anyway
they took him TO fight forest fires.
there didn't seem to be any excuse
or exemption for him, no, l should
say not. Noi in case of forest fire
where valuable timber and other
property is in danger, a laboring
man viii have to join IN and fight
fire althO he may not be in the
best Of health. There is more of
chance for an excuse or exemp-
ton for one of these loyal Ameri-
cans that were tanning themselves
and some soldiers sweetheart with
an exemption card during the
world war. The war some of ms
remember so well, when the people
here at home in the land of the
free and the home of the brave.
saved all the sugar and white flour
they possibly could for US soldiers
that were overseas. Once in a
while we hear the war was not
fought IN vaini Lest we forgeti
Lest we frogeti
Some might be wondering will
We forget, or have we forgotten.
Wondering. Just wondering. VIII
there be plenty of flour and sugar.
etc, for the farmers and laboring
class for the next few wears to
come? Some are wonderingl
Some worry Some don't do eth
er.)
(More of Overland's Sims adj
ventures next week..