Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-04-25

was asked. The war had been over for
80 years.
why, l guess we are
Then you can pile right offa this
land" Retreat upon the part of the
company, Then a voice from the house.
Hey, wait 2. minute You car camp
down there below the pig sty -"
1t was hard for Lieutenant Moss to
maintain discipline at such a point.
The boys rolled dark eyes toward a
watermelon patch, but were reprimand-
ed by the officer-Who, however, stated
ambiguously a few moments later, iii
there's any foraging on this trip therell
be a court martial. But if I find a
mess of chickens here in the morning
I'll consider it an act of Providence"
There was a chicken dinner the next
day, with which Providence may OF
may not have had anything to do.
Under the Wire
July oath was the great day of ar
rival and the reporters notes are vivid
If Sketchy. Pushed on to st. Charles
in wet and stopped for storm to settle
Met by a delegation of st. Louis wheel
men, Started about DOR Crossed
Missouri river on r. r. bridge. Passed
through four miles of heavy sand onto
oA- 4LOOLr 4OJh lOdQ 1IllO OJ. AOuLS- MCl
at city limits by big crowd of wheel
men and escorted to Forest park. Com
pleted trip at $50 o'clock Saturday af-
ternonn July "a. Distance 1,9O0.6 miles
6-3 miles per hour. $50 miles per day.
What Price Glory
The hard work was over. Why not
enjoy a little glory? Several days were
spent in making out a detailed report
for General Miles edification-tht
economy of the trip, its beneficial eff
feet ON the men tmost of them actually
gained weight; the report concluded
be allowed to return to the Fort Mis-
SCUBA base lightly equipped.
General Miles answer was hard te
swallow. His congratulations were
lavish, but his military thumbs were
inclined earthWard at the idea o.
standing another trip. Take the trair
home" was his order, and with it van-
iShed visions of parades through east
ern cities and the W~ell-earned plaudits
OF bicycle-crazy fans.
But the young Missoula reporter wal
not to be cheated. His journey to Louis
vile elected column long stories from
the Commercial, the Times, and even
the German paper, the Anzeiger of that
city. "A marvellous trip" said a head
line in the first, and added that 1t was
lone Of the greatest feats of the time;'
Lieutenant Moss picture appeared in
the Times and above and below it an
interview given out by Mr.. Boos; an
even longer interview came out in the
Anzeiger, and with it q picture of Herr
Edward w. Boos." The populace de-
manded that he wear his unique and
travel-worn uniform everywhere he
went in the city. His bicycle was ex-
hibited in show windows, a muddy and
despatched traveller over lands far out
of the ken of many a window gazer.
The immediate effect Of that epic
journey was, Of course, one of personal
satisfaction. But the total result must
have been one Of disappointment to
Lieutenant Moss. His dream of a BIZ
cycle corps was slowly destroyed by the
insidious advance Of the automobile
and the bicycle. The bicycle, except
for courier service, never reached the
place he cherished for it in the United
States. The French government was
watching, however; and If it was any
satisfaction to a United States army
officer, Lieutenant Moss saw it's adop-
ton on the continent into an extensive
bicycle corps that is still functioning
there.