The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-05-29
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VANDERBILT. JR.
Along the Mississippi

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Memphis, Tenn. Goodwin was
founded by William A. Goodwin, phi
lanthropist, in 1893, and has been
self-supporting ever since. In addi-
ton to the fine auditorium, it con-
tains a large free reference library
and is noted throughout the South
for it's lectures. Yearly they provide
an authoritative system of continued
education for adults and youths who
are not otherwise able to hear
speakers. William Jennings Bryan
talked here often; also Theodore
Roosevelt. Speakers this year in
cluded James B. Pond, DR.. Carols
Davilla, the former provisional pres
ident of Chile, DR.. Robert Lester of
the FBI, and many others.
Drove on afterwards to Vicksburg,
Miss. ,-245 miles. The last rs miles
were bad on account of fog along
the banks of the Mississippi. Before
the Civil war, V%icksburg was in its
heyday and many of the fine old
houses Of this period still remain.
1t was first established as a fort
ISL years ago, and in 1925 was char
tered as a city. Its court house was
built by slaves in 1858, and is still
occupied.
The Vicksburg National Military
park is under government supervi-
sion. In it are 80 miles Of high
y1ov 900 foh1afc at,fhnrfiNo 11u INNof-
ed on the sites of battle engage
ments, 468 bust portraits, statues,
monuments and memorials. The H.
linois memorial contains the names
Of more than 35. 900 Individual SOL
diers. 1t cost over a quarter of a
million dollars. The Iowa memori-
al also has thousands of names and
cost i've $50, 600, and so it goes.
One could spend weeks wandering
through this tragic site Of our yester-
years and ponder over the where
and what of our tomorrows!
Crossed the mighty Father of the
Waters on a huge steel bridge dou-
ble-tracked for trains-but no foot
walk. Individuals who haven't the
fare to ride acros must take their
chances in fast moving traffic.
Sped across northern Louisiana to
Monroe, a pulp and paper center Of
note. 1t has more telephones than
any other city Of its size in this
country today. The towns popula-
ton is about 80, 1000. A military
school at its outskirts resembles
Bernarr Macfadden's near Lebanon,
Tenn.
Raced 1888 miles down across Lou
isiana to Galveston on the Gulf of
Mexico-the last 100 miles directly
on the Gulf-longest, straightest, fat.
test piece Of road along the coast on
which / have ever travelled. On
n side lies the Macfadden ranch
with its famed long-horn steers. Six
hundred miles away across the 9TH
Ell side, lies South America. Short,
muddy. choppy waves Tapped the
shore. At Port Arthur saw tankers
with flags of many nations, loading
oil. Soon they will be running
blockades. Drove through one of
the largest refineries in the world.
Took a ferry cross Galveston bay.
While waiting. chatted with Florida
National Guardsmen on duty with
coast defense guns being moved into
place here. Three to twelve inch
babies jut their noses into the air.
For miles along the Gulf coast to-
day, army environments are going
up. Selectees and regulars from
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Kansas, Ar
kansas. Iowa and Nebraska swarm
ing in. Thousands of British and
Allied sailors are in Galveston also
-four-fifths of them off torpedoed
ships. They are awaiting new car
goes to take back across the pond"
asked n of them how it felt to
be ~torpedoed. Said he, Just a
thump. and the old tub. she keels
over. like the excitement. Us
runnin' like rats to git off. If we
misses the dinghies. we gifts a BART"
Spent two nights at the Buccaneer
hotel on the very edge of Calves
tons famed seawall. Am beginning
to be a bit worn out from the stren-
uous lecture season. but as I am
booked for weeks. it doesn't look
like much chance for a resi- until
midsummer. Lolled grandly abed
on the ninth floor, overlooking the
broad Gulf. Every resort out of sea-
son is alike. This n reminded me
vaguely Of Hendaye on the Spanish
France border, or OsteEd up in
what used to be Belgium. All night
long the surf doomed like it does at
the seashore. and all day planes
droned overhead. And thousands of
sailors and soldiers on leave filed
the fish-food eating places. The lob
sters, incidentally. come from
Maine; the oysters from Maryland;
the mackerel from New Jersey; but
the shrimp, red snapper. sword fish
and the tarpon are all from Calves
tons W back yard.