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The Middle TouristIiWepi•il..traveling before; jsbme hflvesortsand daughter# living jn the Golden '^c8t, who; are bringing then) dut^ Mady,fof tbeip are crippled withrheumatism, many suffer froth' indlgcstionTnd many of the other complaints to tfhich flesh Is heir as the body*grows worn and old;;This porters1 say “it’s the: darndest lot of cranks' in. the wdrld” they are hauling. Some have * possibly {made'.‘W lot of money, some^have only deeumu-lated enough to keep them; until the end; Their^ tips are smqil; and jhelr demands are large. Many bring their baskets ?pf sandwiches and home-made preserve)* and eat them In the sleeping carsf exbh In the standard Pullmans, adding a hot cup of cof/cc, perahps, to the cold luneh in the basket. Many do It becauseTt ‘is• neoiesstfiy io economic In order to spend the winter Jn the famed coast •climate; many do If bei cauSe they have grown rich doing that way, and get accustomed to spending money even ibr com forts on a journey.Summer It*s Different.The summer travel to the coast, porters and Pullman conductors sy, Is usually made up of the younger, das* of,people, bound there with small bath-Jpg suits, for fun /and sightseeing— children and grandchildren perhaps, of the old couples who go for the winter to escape the rigors of “northers” and snows—but the win ter travel Is quite largely done by elders, - mostly crude, simple minded folks. The Indians at the Harvey| hpuse here are positiveUelights to-them; the beautiful painted landscapis of desert: .Arizona and New Mexico are only 80 many milestof-sand, and desert' between the home farm and thV paradise they expect and are disappointed in on the shores of-the Pacific; people who gpt aboard the train at way„ stations are only nuisances and when the conductor can’t give them a stopover on their Pullman tickets for the Grand Canyon tliey grow angry andrtalk of It to every other passenger1‘on the train who will listen.When they can*t stow away enough of, a ‘meal at a Harvey house to* get what they consider full Rvalue for the d oil nr ex acied^and ’ n o where else ca n you get so much for a dollar-^they will wrap up the oranges and apples onJho table'In handkerchiefs and carry them out' with the* announced intention*of getting their money's worth anyhow.Make Baggage Car of Pullman.They carry baskts and boxes and flour sackauind kits and packages of all sorts Into a Pullman car as luggage and expect the porter to find a place for it; even If he has to drjve some pan aenger. outof an adjolnlngr or nearby section to s|orc it. They buy a berth and expefet to occupy a section, and if you have to sit fn it;with one or two of them, they get even by opening their smelly lunch baskets or telling you all about thelfaches and pains nrtd.pityihg„ anyone who has to Jive Ip-your part .of th’o country. -f believe it was ah Iowa o^n Illinois soldier who 19; reputed to have -sajgffiyhcn he was on. Mexican border. duty That he bcllevddMho government had sfcht the/miiitia down Jo whip Mexico and make it take Texas hackle,If all the people In the central westate the sort of these old ones who are making, up a majority of the passengers ou the Call torn lo-bound traihs these days, someone ought t$ go. towar ngainwith GcfrrtHHy take all these folk; and fce punishment for haying; cent people. ;
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Carbon City News
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jan 15, 1921
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