The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-11
. /. by
strauss
gantZ
Editors Note:

Editors Note:
Strauss Gantz, general manager
of the Wyandotte News-Herald, left
for q trip to the Southwest here
he is visiting several Frequency
Meditation radio stations to study
practical I'm operation.
Life On the Desert
A we were saying -. our plane
Just about cleared the Catalina
Mountains making a three-point
landing on the hot Arizona desert.
AS We climbed off our perch on the
wing three buzzards flew away :.
disappointed. BY the foiled CLINT in
their eyes you could tell they were
all named Julius.
Two fierce looking Indians came
straight toward us bat as we
reached for 'our pen knife one spoke
up with a Brooklyn accent "wel-
come, cousin, we're your Allies"
Then the homliest Indian asked if
We knew his brother -. said he was
Chief of the Wyandotte tribe
named Melody. 1t was this red
face who later tried to sell us a wig
wan. It's in the bloodl
Big difference between Arizona
and Wyandotte is that here all the
dirt is under your feet and not
In the air.
At seven in the morning it's cold
.. and you put on a sweater. At
nine 1t warns up and you take
it off. At noon it gets damn hot. BY
midafternoon you can fry eggs on
the sand and wish you could
run around In your birthday suit.
People who came out here on
crutcheS for their health
stay q week and then use the
crutches for a flower trellis.
Every Indian has jewelry store
but they don't advertise, Use
> Your Credit. We Trust You. Their
forefathers found out too late that
you can't trust the white man. With
their jewelry stands they are trying
to make up for the gypng their an
cestors took on the sale of Man.
haitian. One more season and the
score viii be even.
Out West everyone wears SOM
brero. II there is a pretty maiden
around you wouldn't know. They
hide It all under their hat. And
then It's good to know the language
=. because If you think you asked
the right question you never
know II you got the right answer. 1t
can be embarrassing.
The food Is good i. if you've got
a cast-iron stomach. Instead of
pepper shakers they use a dipper.
When your insides are on fire
and you ask for water they say,
Don't you know you're on a desert"
They never let you forget that
inside or out.
Nobody lives on q farm. If you
have half an acre of ground
and six chickens =. you call 1t q
ranch. The fasteners flock to these
dude ranches at SIS per day. II
you want to pay $40 you can stay at
q rancho -. which is the same as a
ranch .. only more pepper.
Prices Of things here are very
democratic. They never let you for
get the national debt and every
thing sells for round numbers
around twice as much as they are
worth. It's the code of the west
never give q sucker an even break
The vest has been tanned. No more
six-shooters on their hips. Now they
wear cash registers.
However I. restaurant food Dor
tons are twice as big as back home
Out here every meal Is an institu.
ton. When you sit down to eat q
steak they bring you in half a stee,
-. then sell you the other half fol
. cowboy jacket. And everyone wears
q cowboy jacket after the first week
You can't take a bus ride unless
you've got one on. When the buse.
are crowded you don't get an ord
mary kick in the shins =. but with
spurs on. Even the taxi drivers wea,
bandanas =. and carry whips.
Wyandotte's superintendent Of
public service :. Charlie Conley >.
would have to work for a Twins
here. It's strictly not a one horse
townl
The places that don't sell Indian
jewelry and blankets are liquor
stores. Fire water isn't rationec
here and it's a Chamber Of
Commerce slogan, I'VE May Not Be
Able To Drink 1t Up All In One
Day - But Wen Never Stop Try
ing.
Impressions Of a Small
Town Boy Out West
OF skieS black with B-29 bombers
-. Of bustling aircraft plants on the
desert of Navajo Indians
theunselvex from the land hv the
white man :. now working at lathe.
10 make weapons of war :. that vii
drive off other would-be conquerors
OF siesta time ;. when the Mexi.
cans sprawl in the shade with
heads dropped in an afternoon
2nooze. Oblivious to the stares Of
The more energetic white men. OF
the morning sun that sets fire Il