Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-07-11

International at San Francisco. Otn-
ers from Henderson were Mr. ana
Mrs. r. B. Rose, Jr.s,s.and Mr. and MRS.
r. C. S. Davis.
The mix-up in the letters by Mr..
Peace, referred to below, came ABOUT
bv the postmarks. The letters were
run in the paper according to priority
in mailing as shown on the letters.
Before the party left to the west,
the Dispatch asked Mr. Peace TO
write as often and as much as ne
wished about his observations on the
long. and interesting journey. HIS
abilities as a writer and his capacity
for original expressions and gripping
comments were we'll known to this
paper and to many of it's readers. His
writings have brought many pleasing
comments from readers.
And, now, his final article, "Home
at Last" written after the return
home:
NV letter which appeared in yes
terday's Dispatch should have appear
ed earlier in the series and this let
ter should have followed the Pixies
Peak letter. However, it makes little
difference.
This is the last of my literary eff
fusions. MY style has been somewhat
cramped. My wife instructed me not
to try to appear to be rich When l
got in the West When I got into the
West my brother instructed me not
to try to use any wise cracks When
I got into Hollywood. When my
friends found out I was writing back
home they instructed me not to- be
personal There was boy who came
back from a party and said, Mother,
7 did as YOU instructed, never open
ed nv mouth hut they found out [
was not very bright just the same"
7 am not kin to that boy, but came
from the same town, Oxford.
Let us go back to Pixies Peak. we
are on top. We can see mountains
eighty miles away. We see nigh
way as it stretches out into Tar OH
Kansas. There is no vegetation on top
of Pixies Peak, nothing but large
rocks. Only two kinds of animals live
here, the whistling marmot and the
rat. In comparison to the marmot,
our cat on the back fence, the one
with lungs that reach from his whis-
kers to his tail, including the bristles
on his back, is a runt. The rat looks
like q cross between a squirrel and
a mole. There is one grave on Pixies
F'eak, a girl was killed by the rats.
Her name was Helen O'Keefe, A rat
came out from his hole in the rocks
and gave me the once over. He back
peddled. So did I. We were on top of
-, no RI C0f down
The tainted lady was lying on the
back, seat of my car, her head in one
mans lap, her feet in another mans
lap. We had ito get, down. Never be-
fore had wanted. so much to walk
ten, miles instead of riding-those cur
YES, those hair pin curves, they rose
before me.
Coming up the mountain had said
right much, had given the other tour
lists MY home address in case OF &C
cidert, had told them to write my
wife how sorry I was to have ended
nv last letter to her with yours
Truly" instead of with more endear-
ing terms. On our way up we had
met several cars together coming
down and had told our crowd it
was a funeral procession bringing the
first tourist down. Now was getting
the filters myself However, much to
my surprise coming back down was
very easy.
| In Kansas Mr.. Wheat is the man.
No hills, no valleys, no trees, just
wheat, wheat.
/ President Roosevelt was passing
through Kansas one day. He was at
breakfast in the dining car. Three
cabinet members were seated at his
table. Madam Perkins was seated Just
across the aisle with her veil on. She
had read in the papers about dust
storms. The President peered out OF
| the big glass window in the dinner
and saw all this wheat. "My friends"
he originated, "do we all see through
the same glass?" AYE, aye, aye, sir,
| the same. glass;" they concorded: my
|. friends, you and know that this is
entirely too much wheat too many hot
biscuits. wish to- made a plain, SIM
pie statement, too many hot biscuits.
we can never convince the poor that
they are rich SO long as their plates
are so full of cheap biscuits. Do we
all see through the same glass?''
AYE, aye, ave. sir, the same glass, "
came promptly. Let us then again
visit Washington and pass a law to
curtail all this production" he charm
ed. But" said one, would this not
curtail labor and increase the unem-
ployed?" Exactly so,," said the Pres1-
dent, "but we will have government
planning, I have planned it So we
will issue many bonds, raise big
money, buy the high price bread anc
give it to the unemployed. If we have
to import wheat from Canada and the
Argentine, the Economic Royalist
cam buy it or go hungry. My friends
: do we see through the same glass?
AYE, aye, aye, sir, the same glass,
they boasted.
Besides wheat, Kansas is noted 70
it's original or experimental laws. Sh
was tie first State to pass a law RI
gulating the length of hotel be
sheet. She is the only State that ha
ever passed the law that wheneve
two trains meet at railroad inter
section, both trains must come to
full halt and both remain at flu
halt until one passes the other.
In Chicago, I went to see frien
whose office was on the fourteent