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THE ORIGINAL
TOURIST
©
By STANLEY CORDELL
© A w o lated N ew sp a p e rs .— W N U Service
IL L RUSSELL runs a tourist
cauip haifway across the state
of Nebraska on the Lincoln
highway.
In conjunction, he operates a res
taurant and store fo r the accommo
dation of his guests.
B ill's place Is clean aud comfort
able. and whenever I am out that
way l put up w ith him. We are
friends o f long standing.
Last week when 1 drove up In front
of his office he greeted me with his
usual pessimistic grin and discour
aged manner.
Business was bad.
L ife was pretty drab way out there
on the plains.
And tourists—tourists gave him a
pain in the neck.
They always had.
“ I ’d like to meet one," he said, “ Just
one. mind you. who Is different from
the usual run. My gosh, without ex
ception they have the same story to
tell and the same questions to ask.
He gave what he thought was an Im i
tation of a tourist asking questions.
“ Is It always as hot as this here? Do
you have much snow In the winter?
Don’t you ever get lonesome? Well,
we drove 420 miles today. Got 19
miles to the gallon. Say, back East
the country’s nothing like this at all.
Ever been back East?—My gosh, they
give me the horrors! A ll alike. And
the worst o f it Is, every danged one
o f ’em thinks he’s the first to make
those remarks. Why, I hear ’em day
in and day—Excuse me a minute.
Here’s one of ’em now."
B ill left me abruptly and hnstled
over to a car bearing Maine number
plates that had Just drawn up.
His whole attitude, as he greeted
the driver, underwent a change.
He smiled pleasantly, he became an
imated and eager. He gushed.
“ Good evening,
sir. Way from
Maine, eh? Say, you're a long way
from home.”
The driver yawned.
"Yep. Drove
380
miles
today.
Easy to make time on these roads.
Nothing like 51aine. Got IS miles to
the gallon. Got a nice, clean cabin?”
“ Yes, sir. Be ready in a Jiffy, sir.
Double cabin w ith running water.
B
“ Don’t These Filling Station Guys
Give You the Horrors, Though?”
Maine's a great state, they tell me.
Three-eighty, eh? Say, th a t’s gome
driving. How long ago'd you leave
home?”
"F ive days ago. Ever been back
East?”
“ No. I ’d like to. though. Just drive
over here, sir, and I ’ll help you un
load. Restaurant's inside, when you're
ready.”
Five minutes later B ill returned to
where I was standing.
H is face was sad once more and
there was an “ I-told-you-so” look in
his eyes.
“ What’d 1 tell you. Did you hear
his remarks? Just like all the oth
ers. Gosh, these birds must think
we’re awful dumb out here. Those
cracks they make give me the hor
rors. I ’d like to meet one, just one.
who’s different.”
Throughout the evening I sat out
front and talked with B ill and watched
him greet the tourists as they came
in.
He was right in his estimate of
them.
They all acted as though they were
pioneers, blazing a path through the
wilderness.
W ith only slight variation they made
the same remarks.
I could see easily why B ill's Job got
on his nerves somewhat.
I marveled at the manner In which
he kept up a cheerful front, gave each
newcomer the Idea that his cracks
were new and Interesting.
A fte r a while I began to hope, too,
that one of the tourists who drove
up would advance a remark that was
different from those preceding him
But this didn’t happen.
I le ft B ill s till stewing over his sad
plight. S till wishing fo r an original
tourist.
The follow ing morning I rose early
and a fte r breakfast drove my car over
to the gas tanks to get filled up be
fore leaving.
While Bill was winding in the fuel
proached.
Let Our Motto Be
Tlie driver got out and watched
while B ill tilled hts tank.
“ Nice morning, sir.” BUI said af
BY DR. LLO YD ARNO LD
fably. "Getting an early start?”
Pro(e»»or oi lUcicriolocy and Proemivs
Medicine, University of Illinois,
"Yes. We want to get beyond Chey
College of M edicine.
enne tonight."
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"Say,
that's
some drive 1" B ill
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
laughed. "Couldn’t
do that
back
where you come from .”
We hear so many people speak of
"No, I don't expect we could. Rath
; high blood pressure ns If It were a
cr h illy there.”
disease* that per
"Thought so. You’re a long ways
haps It would be
from home. When did you leave?”
well to state that
"F ive days ago."
high blood pressure
"Some traveling."
Is not a disease.
B ill took the money the driver ten
People do not die
dered him, but Instead o f going In
of high blood pres-
side to make change he seized a cloth
sure. But high Mood
and went to wring It out preparatory
pressure Is a syinp
to scrubbing the car’s windshield. The
A Minnesota Idea of a Bridge Approach.
torn that something
driver, noticing my number plates,
Is wrong w ith the
came over to pass the tim e of day.
P rep a re d h> th e N a tio n a l O e n e ra p M e Society.
For one thing, the »tutus of the na
health of the body.
W a e h ln itto n . O. C. — W N U Service
"N ice day. Traveling far?”
The blood circu
INNESOTA Is unique among tive animals was drastically changed.
"B eautiful. I expect I ’ll go through
lates w ithin a closed
the states In Its drainage In the yellow triangle, marvelously fer
to the coast,” I said.
system of vessels
system. It sends waters to tile fo r wheat, the buffalo, antelope,
"T h at so?”
In the body. The
three widely separated seas: nnd coyote were agricultural Impos
The driver smiled.
heart is the central pumping mechan ' through the Mississippi to the G ulf of sibilities. The first two were exterm i
"Say, did you hear the remarks that ism. The large outbound vessels from
Mexico, through the Red river and Its nated ; the remnants of the coyote tribe
attendant made?”
the heart are called arteries. These tributaries to Hudson hay; anil through retreated to the green triangle, altered
“ Yes,” I said, and grinned.
gradually become smaller In diameter . the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence their habits to suit a woods environ
It occurred to me then that the the farther they get away from the to the Atlantic. And no other atnte ment, and became “ brush wolves.”
driver, who was standing back to heart, until they finally end In smnll
T h : deer, whose natural home was
has ns many lakes w ithin Its borders.
B ill, thought B ill was Inside making thread-like capillaries. There are many There are more than 10,(MM) o f them.
the diagonal woods bsrrlor, also re
change nnd not w ithin earshot
hundreds o f these capillaries branch
The map of the state reveal* that treated Into the green triangle. The
ing off like the limbs o f a tree from
He grinned hack at me.
Minnesota la cut Into two vast tr i lumberjack, by hewing down the great
"Don’t these filling station guys give the smnll arteries In the skin, muscles
angles by a diagonal line running from er part of the pine there, did the deer
you the horrors, though. Every last nnd organs.
the northeast corner (where the Red a favor, for the birch nnd aspen that
one of ’em’s the same.” He gave
The capillaries are the distributing
rive r (lows out northward) down to supplanted It made a home to their
what apparently he thought was an agents. As the blood in the large arter the southeast corner (where the Mis lik in g ; In fact. In It they thrive and
Im itation o f B ill. "Nice morning. Get ies leading from the pumping station, sissippi flows out southwnrd). Imagine m ultiply.
ting an early start? . . . Some the heart, ia under considerable pres the upper triangle painted green, and
Though one would not alight the
drive . . . Long ways from home. sure in order to insure a proper dis the lower one painted yellow, and pres luscious meadows, vast potato fields,
tribution
of
blood,
the
walls
of
the
When did you leave?” He shook his
to I you have the state roughly divided nnd other agrlcluture of the green tri
arteries must be able to bear the load.
bead. “ L o rd ! And the worst o f It So the larger the artery, the heavier is Into Its natural forest and prairie parts. angle, It has In general been rebel
Is they all think they're original. Say, the load.
The green triangle, before the lum lious In the farmer's hands and so
I ’ve traveled the length and breadth
bermen came, was In general a huge remains essentially a forest and game
A
fter
the
blood
passes
through
the
o f this country, met a ll kinds, and,
pine forest, and begins to be so again. refuge to thia day.
mister, they're a ll the same. Boy, capillaries It returns to the heart The yellow triangle, before the farmer
True, the trapper and sportsman
would I like to meet one that's d if through the veins. These veins begin came, was a grassland “ like the b il have drastically diminished the num
as very small vessels close to the capil
fe re nt! Just one. What a relief It
laries nnd increase gradually In size lows of a great sea. mnjestlc and llm- bers o f Its natural citizens, such as
would be!’’
Itless"; now It Is fields, w ith wind the lim ber wolf, otter, fisher, and lynx.
as they approach the heart. But the
Behind the driver. B ill coughed. The
breaks of planted trees to shelter the
walls of the veins nre never as thick
But the heaver s till builds his dams
d river turned, but B ill was en route
red barns and white farmhouses.
there; the black hear may be spied,
ss those of the arteries, for the blood
to the store to make change.
Is not under very much pressure In
The diagonal line that divides these fishing w ith his paws when the fish
Five minutes later the New York the venous system.
triangles has Its significance, too. It run In the streams; the porcupine In
car had driven on. B ill and I looked
The Tolume or amount o f blood In marks the chief trade mute through large numbers yet gnaws the Jack pine
at each other. I waited.
the state and also a wandering barrier hark, and travels a path which, wlnd-
the
body remains relatively constant.
“ Well,” said B ill, “ by gosh!”
of deciduous woods, now carved up , lug through the snowy groves, looks
The
absorption
of
water
and
other
“ By gosh Is right,” I agreed. 1
to mnke way fo r farms and cities, as neat and regular ns If some one
grinned. " I t seems,’’ I said, “ to work fluids nnd the excretion by the kid
which everywhere separates the pine- had rolled a heuvy truck tire there.
neys
nnd
the
sweat
glands
malntnln
a
both ways.”
lands from the prnlrles.
And the snowshoe rabbit, whose favor
constant Mood volume or balance. In
"Now don’t it, though,” said B ill.
ite diet Is the pine seedlings set out
case
of
high
blood
pressure,
the
ca
Broader
toward
the
South
where
It
His grin broadened.
pacity of the vascular system Is usual attaches to the deciduous woods of by government foresters, travels the
He looked up the road In the direc
ly decreased. Hence the pressure In Wisconsin, It dwindles to a thin scat w inter d rifts on his padded legs.
tion taken by the New York car.
creases because the volume of blood tering of stunted trees toward the
The American elk, or wapiti. Is ex
“ A t last, an original to u ris t! What
remains constant. The capacity o f the north—the final outpost of the hard tinct In Minnesota. The caribou la
a relief. By gosh. From now on—”
vascular system decreases In most In wood forest of eastern America.
almost so; a herd Is sometimes seen
He looked at me suddenly. “ I f I ever
stances because the arteries become
As the ends o f this diagonal mark In the remote fastnesses of the great
ask you how far you’ve come today or
hardened and hence cannot dilate and the low exits of the state's two p rin swamp of Beltrami county, north of
how fa r you're going, or remark that
Increase in size with each heart beat, cipal rivers, the outer corners of the Red lake. But the moose, In the A r
you're a long ways from home or
as they should. This Inability to d i
that It ’s a nice day—h it me over late and increase In size normally Is two triangles mnrk the state’s highest rowhead country, survives In fa ir num
ground. At the outer corner of the bers.
the head w ith a hammer.”
called arterlo-sclerosls or aging of the yellow triangle the plateau known as
Canoe travelers often see the noble
“ I w ill,” I said.
arteries.
Cotean des Prnlrles Just crosses, d i monster at lunch In some lake, his
Certain forms of heart disease also viding the Missouri from the Missis body submerged fo r protection against
Watch Child’s Posture
play a part In high blood pressure. sippi basins w ith Its Immense gradual the files, his Ups curling around the
to Avoid Later Illness High Mood pressure In older adults swell. In the outer corner of the green water Illy shoots that make a dainty
When the child is old enough to sit, Is due many times to Injuries o f the triangle, the "Arrowhead Country” hot-weather salad for this giant among
stand, or walk alone, we must continue heart and the kidney during child above Lake Superior, are the Sowteeth American rnninninls. But he Is wisely
to be on our guard against the forma hood or adolescence, caused by some mountains nnd the Mlsquah hills, rocky, a shy animal.
tion of faulty habits In the use of his Infectious disease. The prim ary dam choked In forest.
Lots of Good Fishing.
body. I ’oor posture and weak mus age Is done at that tim e nnd the
Climate I t “Continental."
Fish nnd fowl likewise have had to
cles w ill follow If he does not hear gradual development of scar tissue
The climate of this pair o f triangles adjust themselves to their new neigh
his weight evenly on his feet; If he finally uses up all the reserve power
Is a g rief to those who resent sur bor, the white man.
does not hold his feet in a parallel of either the heart or the kidney and
A game fish paradise has a way of
position, rather than toeing o u t; If his an elevation in blood pressure Is mani prises. It Is "continental” In the most
emphatic sense. Temperatures range retreating when the sportsman finds
ankles sag in w a rd ; or If he walks on fested in later life.
In a mild year through 120 degrees; It. Thus th- greedy now must go to
the Inside of his foot. A child w ill not
The Important factors to determine
have a straight spine If he sits in high blood pressure then are (1) I In a year w ith a real wallop to It, ns the border lakes to catch a boatload
crookedly, or sits habitually on one the state o f the nrterles, (2) the size ' high as 168. In consequence, the nn- o f pike In an afternoon. But this does
fo ot; If his clothing pulls heavily or nnd efficiency of the heart, (3) the tlve o f outdoor habits must maintain not mean that there is not famous fish
unevenly on the shoulders; or If he Is state of the kidneys. The fact that n wardrobe that Includes everything ing elsewhere.
from the shortest of swimming shorts
made to use adult fu rn iture which one has high blood pressure Is usually
The muskellunge of such lakes -.a
does not fit his body.
Mantrap, or the fighting small mouth
brought out as the result o f a phys to the longest o f long woolens.
Lake Superior, It Is true, tends to bass of White Earth, nnd the many
A child may have one shoulder ical examination made by a physician,
higher than the other, one shoulder and the control of It, a fte r it has de temper the winds o f the region around other fish of a thousand wnters, make
It. hut not to the shorn lamb; no, no. tall fish stories annually, which, In
blade on a different level from the veloped. necessitates frequent medical
other, a hollow back, and a flat chest, examination nnd intelligent co-opera Thanks to the proxim ity of thnt deep spite of the low repute of fish stories,
reservoir of pure Icewnter, a grouchy nre essentially true. Certainly they
and yet his mother may not be con tion with the physician. Other factors
visitor has been heard to complain reflect Justly the fun that ancient
scious that he 1» anything but the per than the state of the blood vessels,
fect specimen she would like him to the heart nnd the kidneys may be that the coldest winter he ever spent sport provides.
was one summer In D uluth!
be! Those of us who do health ex involved too.
And the Minnesota citizen almost
aminations can see this demonstrated
Nor are the blessings of ample rain
The best time to begin treatment
anywhere may go out after supper
dally. Mothers do not see It because for high Mood pressure Is the time
fa ll to be taken for granted. Of late
nnd hook a black bass or a mess of
they have not been taught to look when it starts to > se.
years the yellow triangle, commonly
crappies, or, in not more than a dny's
for it. They see their children through
less rainy and much less snowy than
The individual w ith high blood pres the green, has Involuntarily tried the drive, reach lakes In whose 2(M)-foot
a rosy glow of mother love which can
depths the noble lake trout can be
sure,
after
determining
the
cause
and
he almost blind. T rain yourself to
experiment of getting along with next
following the physician’s direction,
caught on lines of spun Monel wire.
look at your child when he Is un should guard against strenuous physi
to no moisture at all. In fact, Minne
Of the original game-bird Inhabi
dressed for Ids hath—really look at cal exercise as much as possible.
sota has weather to please all tastes,
tants
of the state only the grouse can
h im ; cultivate a seeing eye.
Note
In strong doses which, as a rule, stim u
Strong contractions of the muscles
now be called ubundant, nnd Ils abun
whether he uses both sides o f his body
late
rather
than
k
ill.
dance wanes nnd waxes In cycles.
equally well, and see whether he Is of the arms and legs always Increases
The Nineteenth century marked an
blond pressure by decreasing the vol
This ruffed grouse Is the characteristic
symmetrically formed or not.—Dr.
Immense
change
in
Minnesota.
The
bird of the green triangle. Tame,
Josephine IL Kenyon in Good House ume of blood In the muscles while
white man arrived In numbers to es
they are contracted, and hence there
richly
speckled nnd ruffed. It provides
keeping.
tablish himself In a country where It
is rapidly increasing blood pressure
a voice for the wilderness In the ac
was
easier
to
make
a
living
than
In
the
for a short .¡me. Thh may he disas
celerating thud of Its wings drumming
Hear, Heart
one he had come from. This was not
trous to an Individual with high blood
on some hollow log, a mysterious music
Each w inter brings a prevalence of
a
very
noble
purpose
In
one
way,
and
pressure. Worry nnd overwork, sleep
that the forest muffles as If to hold
colds In the head and chest. Women lessness nnd physical exhaustion, w ill
It led to many Injustices to the exist
secret.
are less susceptible to colds than men,
ing
inhabitants,
both
men
and
animals.
also increase the blood pressure nbove
Thanks to Ill-considered drainage
writes Feminist in the New York
Yet the annals of the pioneer In
the normal, and should be guarded
Times.
vasion reveal, too, a deep longing In and the advance of the fnnner, the
against.
The most vulnerable spot it' man Is
those people fo r the good life, fo r they wild duck's breeding grounds In M in
Low blood pressure is usually as 1m
across his shoulders and it is safer
were certainly ready to undergo dis nesota are largely lost to It; the black
port ant a danger signal fo r the older
to face a draft o f cold a ir than to
comforts
that were sordid and hard V’s of Its spring flight go for the most
individual ns high blood pressure. Low
expose one's back to it. The front of
ships that were killin g In their high part beyond the border Into Canada.
blood pressure In many Instances Is
Nor has the prairie chicken been very
a man’s vest Is of cloth, while the ]
hopes for the future In a new land.
due to a decrease In the efficiency of
clever In adapting Itself to life oil the
back is of cotton textile. Tailors are
the heart muscle. There Is decreased
Its Animal Population.
fnrm nnd as a target.
a most conservative guild and there Is
pumping force of the heart and hence
There was much to he done, fo r the
But the Introduction of a partly
no prospect of ever seeing a cloth-
a lessened pressure w ithin the arterial
white man always Insists on nitering parasitic bird, the ring-necked pheas
backed vest unless a miracle occurs
system.
nature to suit his own views. But en ant, which does not scruple to help
in Tooley street. It seems a pity that
The individual w ith high blood pres
ergy was the characteristic of the age. Itself to the farm er’s corn to pay for
man can choose from 40 brands of
W ith rifle, ax, and plow, nnd later with serving ns his autumn target, has
whisky but only one brand of waist sure or low blood pressure should not
money, miracles were wrought.
proved a huge success.
coat when his health is to be safe delay in consulting a physician.
© , W estern N ew sp aper U nio n .
guarded.
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