Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1931, Page 23

e - BUGGY RIDE COVERS 115, ENDS ONFARM flhn@ehusem Man Tells of i Two-Year Journey and i r . «Experlences. — "&r‘“hw Pross. i STOCKBRIDGE, Mass, May . —Russell C. Beckwith, 62 years old, returned from a buggy ride to Call- Oregon and Washington, was back at work today—and ‘wondering wwhy folks were, making such a fuss over his trip. 7 on a farm, here in this Berkshire w|ill town, Beckwith, powerful New ‘England farm worker, stood before & ‘circular saw which he fed steadily. There wasn't much time to talk. Yes, he drove all the way out to the Coast and back. Started out with his horse and buggy and $35 May 23, 1929, ‘and with his shepherd dog, Fringe. He had a tent, ‘and the dog guarded his tent every night. Along the way he worked for farmers. How'd he go? Out through New York State, Pennsylvania, Ohio, . Indiana. Sold the horse in Indiana and bought a team of mules and a buck board. Tough animals, those mules, could cover 40 miles a day, if need be. Many States Covered. Covered a lot of ground. Iowa, Ne- braska, Colorado, Utah, Nevada. Grand- father Willlam C. Beckwith went out across that country in 1848 in the gold rush to California. He traveled by ox- m. mBeckw".h. who explained he hadn't ‘ehick nor child to worry about, said he took his time, but finally hit California and went almost into San Francisco. No, he didn't go right into that city nor some of the other citles. Too many people told him they didn't allow horses and such on the main streets. Struck up through Oregon and into ‘Wwashington. Fine country. Thrills? No. No excitement, although when he camped out in the State of ‘Washing- ton—well, there was a sort of thrill there, for you could hear some kind of animals shrieking in the night—coyotes, maybe. Horse Bought Back. And 0 he came back, passing through, among other places, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and In- diana. Stopped out there and bought the horse back again and came home. Home is just West Stockbridge and the | hill country around it, where there have | been Beckwiths for generations and | generations. | He couldn't see why there should be | any especial public interest in his pri- vate trip. He saw nothing unusual in the idea of a man hitching unhfl horse, | if he wanted to, and just ing where fancy took him, working along the way. | Next Fall he may go to Flerida. Heads Kiwanis CHOSEN TO LEAD GROUP AT MIAMI CONVENTION. ‘WILLIAM O. HARRIS Of Los Angeles, Calif., who was elected president of Kiwanis International at the organization’s fifteenth annual con- vention, in Miami, Fla, May 6. He| succeeds Raymond Crossman of Omaha, Nebr. —A. P. Photo. 7STATES DISCUSS CHILD President Told of Conferences Fol- lowing That Held Here. The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, held several | § months ago, has been followed by simi- | § lar parleys in Indiana, Georgia, New rsey, Utah, New Hampshire and Jei Florida, President Hoover was informed | § in a letter received yesterday from Dr. H. E. Barnard, director ‘of thé White Houss Conference. All of the parleys, Dr. Barnard wrote, have been held under the lead- ership of the Governgrs of the various States, assisted by their commissioners of health, education and welfare. Similar conferences will be held next Fall in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Louisiana, Colorado, Wyoming, Mon- tena and Oregon. Dr. Barnard's let- ter stated, and many cities and coun- ties also are planning such parleys. Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath Electrical Refrigeration THE ARGONNE 16th ‘and Columbia Road Reasonable Rentals Travel Picture to Be Shown. 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