Capital journal., June 21, 1924, Image 6

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THE CAPITAL J&RNAJ SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1924
Circling the Nation
With George Graves
Article No. 8
Kansas City, Mo., May 17 I had
hardly ran out of the atata of Ore
gon when I ran Into the negro ele
ment. At the hotel at Boise they
had negro waiters, tho same at
Pocatello and from thore on they
Increased, chambermaids bell hops
porters, elevator boys, nnd last
night I went to a movlo and they
hud nice chocolato colored Jmly
ushers. I don't mind them rather
like them as they seem to be about
tho only ones who will speak to a
stranger. The cast may be all right
but give me the west where all
seem to bo on an equal. Have been
here two days and have not made
one acquaintance. If I try to Btrlke
up a conversation with some one,
they walk away like I was a bunco
man. Kvcn tho hotel clerks will
not hold a conversation with you.
I would like to say right here
What I think about, it, but thero
ore too many church members in
Bale in.
Prices here are about the aume
as they are In Oregon. The only
thing I have found cheaper Is
shines, price 10 cents. Hotel rooms
and meals are higher.
I huvo not seen an Orogon auto
mobile license since leaving Wyom
ng. Tourists have disappeared en
tirely in fact they hardly know
what they tire here. Another thing
that has disappeared Is the silver
dollar. You always receive one
dollar bills In exchango for a five.
I am far enough east now that
people stand around and gaze at
my car. Have twelve stickers on
tho windshield and more going
on every day.
Until my arrival here, had not
seen a speed cop since leaving Ore
gon. Say, you ought to see the truffle
officers hero who stand at the ;
street intersections and direct the
traffic. Some boys I tell you.
They are dressed In dark blue, blue
flannel shirts and no coats. Out of
one hip pocket sticks the butt of
a large revolver and the other the
strap of a billy. They seem to
handle the traffic well and no
traffic jams. They allow no park
ing whatever on the priiifipnl
stopped at a filling station and
asked the attendant bis opinion In
regard to putting on chains. He
advised me to do so, which I did,
and I was sure glad of It, but then
I do not know If they were of
much use, because I seemed to
skid JuHt the be mo, the mud was
not deep, It was all on the surface
so It took me Just one hour to
make eight miles of skidding. At
the end of 40 miles the cars had
packed down a hard dry track, so
I took off the chains, and had
good wheeling the balance of the
day, all up and down short hills.
Finally I came to a narrow wood
en brldgo, Just room for one car
to pass over at a time. At the
end of this brldgo I hud to dig up
25 cents toll. Geo! The fellow who
owns that bridge must have a
good thing. Then X went on and
came to tho Missouri river, cross
ed on a railroad bridge, and went
clear past a gate tender but had
to return and pay another toll.
This time It was 35 cents one way
40 cents for the round trip. Can
you Imagine that? I call that
soaking it to tho tourist. No won
der there are no tourists to be
seen around here.
After crossing the river I found
myself in St. Joseph, Mo., I do
not know how that happened, for
I had started for Kansas City, and
it was then ix o'clock and I was
due there. Anyway I was glad of
It for I liked St. Joseph. It was
the first town 1 had been In that
reminded me of my boyhood days
spent In the east. The streets
were so narrow you could cross
them with a hop, skip and a Jump.
The hotel was a dandy, a big one
with a large porch In front, with
largo green painted rockers. It
reminded me of the hotels ut Sara
toga Springs, New York. The din
ing room was old style, but beau
tiful, meals were excellent and
low priced, which made them
taste much better. Old southern.
negro waiters, one showed me to
a table, another gave me a card
and a pencil to write my order
on and another waited on me. I
had a fine room and met a civil
streets, no taxis. That Is what I clerk, who seemed willing to talk
should bo done In Portland.
Brick, brick, brick, brick every
where, streets and sidewalks pav
ed with it and when a man des
cribes a building (o you he tells
you how many bricks It contains,
even the warden ut the peniten
tiary at Leavenworth had to tell
me how many bricks tho convicts
turn out in a day. I will be glad
when I tint back so I will not see
any more brickw.
yesterday women woro selling
artificial flowers on the street for
' Memorial day. It mndo mo homo
sick for a niniit of tho Oregon flow
era and rosea.
Tho only thing I see around here
that reminds mo of Oregon Is tho
Jautson bathing girl stickers. 1
notice on tho windshields.
Tho Imrhei'H hero are all dress
cd In while, even to I heir low
shoes and hosiery.
So much for tilings I notice that
ore different, must now get back
to my continued story.
Arrived In Omaha May 20th, a
week ngif (d;iy and I nm no far
ther east now than was then,
which I kImiII explain later. At
Omaha. I was then Jiint half way
dermis the country. Had made good
tim but nm losing now.
At Omaha I vlMh-d three days
with fricnd.4, n woman I used to
o with, when she was a girl of
fifteen In Portland. She moved to
Omaha 21 yens aso nnd I had
not seen her all dining that time.
Now she Is married, has n beauti
ful ghl at the age of fourteen nnd
a lioy elttlitcen. She had changed
no I would not reenirnif.o her, but
t 111 who IooKh young and pretty.
They were nil so nice to me, and
die made me lemon pie nnd straw
berry shortcake, bei"Miftp sho knew
I wai very fond nf thT.i.
Talk about luck. I had driven
fill the way from Salem to Omaha
nnd I h;ul not tic "it a drop of rain,
that meant a whole lot to me, for
If It hnd rained while I was In
"Wyoming ami Nebraska, I would
havo had to utay rh;hl there, until
tho dirt roads diied up.
The night lWi.ro I left Omaha
there Were two thunder and light
ning filormn, I left tho following
morning and went to tho edge of
the city on rough broken up brick
pavement. There before me star
Inn mo In (lie face was the black
gumbo mud roads of Nehrascn. I
to me. No wonder, because he had
lived on the Pacific coast and In
Salem and Kiigene. Another thing
I noticed was tho heavy red car
pets. Your shoes would sink so
deep it was difficult to shuffle
your feet along.
Time to close again. In my next
will tell you nbout my visit to the
federal prison at Leavenworth,
tho U. S. government soldier home
thero and the Kansas state peni
tentiary, also about Kansas City,
Mo., and that's not much, because
I am stranded hero on account of
rnln and the muddy dirt roads of
Missouri. i
Very truly yours,
CitiO. H. GRAVES.
Kansas City, Mo., May 28. In
my last t forgot to tell you about
tho Elks' club at Omaha. They
havo a new building, opened a
short time no, a very expensive
one, but I could not see it. The
lodge room Is finished in black
walnut nnd this room alone cost!
$83,000. Have an organ that cent'
f 1 0.000. The loungo room Is also I
finished Jn black walnut, the fur
niture Is nil imported. This room j
cost $17,000.
They havo a dining room, also!
I ths public. Ths faclnr on ths
squar foot, tho total cost of the
facing $1000. The total cost of
the tabla $(,000. Thers are prob
ably 40 tables In this room, and
each table cost $ 1 2 0. They are
covered with black Titrolite.
The Klk building at Saint Jos
eph, Mo., Is only one story In height
It was built In 1905, It Is pretty
on the outside, finished In the Elks
colors, and looks mors like an Elks
building than any I havs seen. It
has a large porch. The lodge room
is In the center of the building and
all other rooms open off of that.
I fooled around all morning in
Saint Joseph, because I liked the
place, had lunch at the Elks club,
and then started off for Leaven
worth, Kansas, went through an
other tall gate. At three o'clock
I came to the Leavenworth prison.
I wanted to go through It. As it
was Saturday nothing doing so I
telephoned to the warden and still
nothing doing but he told me that
if I would remain over until the
following day, he had a party of
friends he was going to show
through and I could Join the party.
I certainly stayed and I was well
repaid. I cannot tell you all about
the prison, as I could not take notes
X remember the warden said the
gate to the prison, the main gate,
cost $5000. I will tell you of some
of the things I remember seeing.
Wo came to one part of tho prison,
it's a separate building. The war
den would not allow the women to
enter, because the men In this
building are as bad as they can be.
They cannot be punished any more
for what they might say. In this
building there are 22 cells and In
one of them X saw Roy Gardner.
They have him where he sure will
never get out as he did at McNeil
Island. In another they had a tall
young fellow who had killed four
men, the last one was a guard at
the prison. It was In the dining
room. He held up hts hands, the
guard approached to see what he
wanted and he stuck a knife In his
heart, then braced up and said:
another man dead from heart
trouble. What are you going to do
with men like that excepting to
lock them up In solitary confine
ment. I saw all kinds of crimin
als notable ones. The prison con
tains 2700 inmates. Twenty-five
per cent negroes, most of them are
dope fiends, 43 bankers, 47 preach
era and 42 lawycns. Saw one old
gray-haired man, the prisoners call
dad, who had been there 19 years,
and still he was not a trusty. I saw
so many good looking men, saw the
seven men who were convicted with
Doctor Cook, they are figuring on
letting them out.
We were through at the dinner
hour. The warden took us into a
small gallery facing the dining
room, right under us sat the or
chestra, and in plain view, a fine
looking lot of men dressed In white
They were all professional players.
How that gray-haired fellow wear
ing glasses could play the piano,
and tho snare drummer, a fine
looking young negro, he was sure
an expert. lie fore coming to the
prison ho pulled down a salary of
$175 a month for playing with
those drums.
Finally the hour approached,
iho orchestra struck up a lively
march and In marched the prison
ers two n breast. They walked to
their places at the long tables and
stood all facing us. I thought they
would never stop coming. I did
not wont them to stop. I have at
tended swell banquets and heard
swell orchestras play but I never
heard one piny as this one did.
After they were nil In their places
tho en plain gave the eignal and;
l cafeteria, tho latter Is open to they sat down and went to eating.
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Z had th menu but cannot find it.
Ths oroheatra played all during
the meal. When each prisoner had
finished eating he folded his arms,
when they were all folded the cap
tain save the signal and they all
arose at ones and marched out as
they had entered. I cannot des
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ma during that scene. I had never
seen anything like it, never any
thing so Interesting, and I could
have sat thore all the afternoon
and listened to that orchestra.
The warden took us Into his
private office and showed us many
interesting things, the rope he had
bought to hang that man who kill
cd the guard. The manuscript of
the life of Roy Gardner as he had
written up, dope and needles and
many other things. He told us how
much food It took to feed the
prisoners, I do not remember all
that, but I do remember he said
it took 450 dozen eggs for one
meal.
I spent two hours in the prison
and believe it the two most Inter
esting hours of my life.
The city of Leavenworth is an
old town, not progressive, the pop
ulation decreasing instead of In
creasing. I pulled out that after
noon and after going three miles
over broken up brick pavement I
found myself at the National Sol
dier's Homo, I drove up the beau
tiful driveway and was astonished
at the size of the home and the
boautlful grounds and the most
beautiful band stand I have ever
seen. From here I went on to
Lansing about three miles and
there was the state penitentiary of
Kansas, built in 1SG4. Built of
stone, and reminded one of a Euro
pean castle, with its stone towers.
From here I headed straight for
Kansas City over a paved highway.
First passing through Kansas City
and then over a long viaduct to
Kansas City, Mo. There Is where
I stopped again. In my next I will
tell you about Kansas City and
what I hear about the roads
Missouri
Very truly yours,
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