The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-09-16

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along TIE &ay te4aec.ded m5Y#l-
theleas ID keep - me tolle " szg
day + turned OF to b. me OILY
tine he couldn't ~nd n0t u 81
hotel to spend ~ nights
In Men phis
Tuesday eyen!nf found, hi b iii
Memphis. Tenn -layin<ai Hi'ed
b. way Of Chattal1oga HI rig
nal plans had not 1lciudeo G saea-
nooga and several Of the . aces
he reached on trs Journey tut
since he only care9 about rtacn-
ing The West he took anyXr.de
heading IN that geraral direction
From Memphis be aen 10
Little Rock Ark a. he pulled
out one Of his re. dy- made signs
reading Dallas TEX set i LIP
on the highway ia ~aited He
finally discarded she sign. but
had his first p.esv Of real luck
anyway a geolos<st picked him
up and drove him~all the way 70
his destination
4 Leaving Dallas ~ Thursday. he
/ drove around Wes @fn Texas and
spent part Of the Afternoon tour
ing an oilfield Wit> a cons1derate
superintendent H. last ride Of
the day took MIN , Lubbock
In Lubbock % friday he .ook-
ec around the cole &c therA before
beginning d chain Of short rides
that took hjm wek into the de
sert, To Albuqqerqp 4 New Mexico
His drivers mostl. rough-loGk!ng
ranchefs turned sit to -be the
most fun and thE~ kindest is d
general rule Of als the people ne
met on the trip
Tremendo.3 Heat
Tie heat in thee esert gas ire
mendous recalls Tack but he
VOWS that the mA1t disaeref able
temperatures hey encountered
were right here ar and FarmvlHe.
He highly recomt%n ds IRE West
for those sufferil from sInas
trouble
Leaving Albuqul .que Saturday
morning With th Intention Of
heading for Los Angeles. he
changed plans at WILLIAMS. Arz
to stop off and looAy at the Grand
Canyon His decis on. to do this
brought him wone srful luck He
ran into an excha~lge studel't TO
the University Of Wisconsin from
Germany who was driving to Salt
Lake City and sees @g the cor .tey
on the way
The two boys wnlt through the
desert OF Northelss Arizina aid
hit part Of the ~ tky Noun alas
N Southern Utah before ar viag
at Salt Lake city ia MONDAY BE
fore parting ways hey visited tae
Mormon Temple tie University Of
Utah, the famous rose 8dldels
and even floated q Salt lake
Prettiest lace
On Tuesday he ding for Den
yer. Colo Jack sp'at the night at
little place Gated Steamboat
Springs Despite I'll near -sreefing
temperature. he sa this waS the
prettiest place he has ever Seen
and fisherman's paradise tieh
trout. streams II lning d Wn
through the centen of town
From there to lexington. NJ
braska, a d pas; snow-r trrd
mountains, he nally lea he'd
Denver where tn tcmper ture
read IS degrees t.e passed over
the plains of low, through Des
MONIES, on into llnois He ar
rived III Chicago thursday right
and here his uk,el by tt NIB
about ended
Catching bus . Chicago Fr-
day morning he friyed in ClQ-
cinnati that afterr2on arfd stay
ed overnight win an au1t Who
lives there
Saturday night found Sim IN
Lexington Va on, more 3hump-
ed ride. and he home Sunday
afternoon. much 8 the Surprise
OF Mrs LETTERS 49, thought he
would be- gone least three
weeks
a Small + rtune
Jack figures hi thirteen day
journey averaging between 400
and 500 miles eah day would
have cost a small"ortunc" If ac-
complished the co%sentional way
As it was. he not Nnly saw much
Of the amazing I~riety and re-
sources Of this 2 <lntry bu, he
learned a numbeiFof interesting
things by hitch-hl! ng.
For one he fc4nd ott that
many people are 9Illng to give
rides, and Il selees ed with care.
can be entertain ng travelling
companions AcquAntanships Ne
made out West IN. y prove 10 be
friendships He has already writ
ten the German b " and man
from Idaho who ac>npanied them
on their tour OF Salt Lake City
He never knew una h. saW AR