Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12
HUNTERS HA We.
Trying TIME.
sAp ROADS CAUSE TOURISTS
TROUBLE
AUTO A SUCCESS AS A STUMP
FULLER
Highways in Washington and Idaho
in Bad Condition, Says Chauffeur
Who Has Recently Passed
over Them

the roads we have to travel on are YER
table boulevards compared with the high
wavs of Idaho and Washington.
The machines cannot average twenty
1--WE miles an hour in that country on ac-
count of the hills and poor roads that are
the usual thing there.
Buckley and a party of four others
went from Spokane to Priest lake in
Idaho on a hunting trip and had an ex-
perience in auto touring that will not be
sasilv forgotten by any of the party.
,rbe first day out they made twenty
eight miles, having TO contend with tire
trouble soon after starting. The first
nieht's stop was made at Rathdrum.
Thev left that place the next morning.
roii1g through Spirit valley into Hoodoo
valley. where they crossed the Pend
dOreiIle river on ferry. La Clede was
reached in time for lunch, a distance OF
twenty three miles being placed TO the
credit of the machine.
The hilliness of the country through
that section makes 1t impossible to do
any amount of fast running as the ROAD
bitches up and down continuously. Inc
next fourteen miles to Sand Point was
made In three hours.
Stumps in Road
There were so many stumps in the road
the party frequently had to get out ana
remove the larger ones before the car
could pass as the flywheel hung so low
that they could not get by
Ten. days were passed at Sand Point
and it was at that place that three OF lie
p.rty Joined Buckley and his companion
who had come through from Spokane.
From Sand Point the party turned bacK
and crossed the PenL d'Oreille river
again. and after passing around a noun
tain crossed It for the third time. put
took arotLer direction from that on the
first crossing. o..
From Carey's ford there was hfteen
miles of good road to Priest river. where
a stop was made for the night. At
PRIEST River station all other machines
had turned back. as the road was TOO
d. Encouraging for them to attempt, but
Ruclxlev sent the car over what was in
places only q trail through the forest
Frequently the road was so narrow and
SO closely bound on either side with big
trees that the only way to get past q
stump in the road was to pull 1t out with
the machine OF cut 1t off.
Use Tree as Brake
one hill that was encountered near the
halfway house was so steep tnat pesiue
using all the brakes 1t was necessary to
tie a good sized tree to the back of the
machine to act as a drag. AS 1t was, the
sliding of the car as it went down the
hill pulled off tire and bent the quick
detachable rim.
A blacksmith was found at the half
way house who did very good Job IN
repairing the damaged rim and start
was made once more and the lake
finally reached the following day
Twelve miles day was made on the
last part of the journey and that was
good time
BEFORE the lake was reached none of
the PARTY felt the slightest need or
correspondence course In stump pull
ing. but a. thought themselves weli
qualified to pass as experts. When a
stump ws foun.. in the road 1t was
bumped a little with the front axle to
see If 1t was loose enough to pull, and
II it was the car was backed up and a
hving start taken that usually removed
the obstacle.
No other car had ever travelled the
last twenty-four miles of the journey
before without the aid of horses SO the
tourists felt quite pleased with the ac-
tions of the Winton in which they were
riding.
IJpon the arrival of the party at the
lake a steam launch was chartered ami
loading the luggage of the camping
outfit aboard all started out for the
hunting grounds.
FOTfn TIuHilHy Fa'S
H. w. Buckley ]. II. Perry, II. OIney'
C. Vangundy and Harvey Weight were
in the hunting party and between them
all they shot in the five days they were
in the mountains two deer. BLACK
bear. three lynx and a cougar.
A Freat many pheasants were sno'
enroute from the front OF the machine
as they drove along, and In one OF the
streams they found the whitefish run
ming and got number of them VITA
the hooks.
When the return trip was begun
trouble started almost at the same
time. Six miles out from the lake a
knuckle on one of the front wheels
broke and delay OF three days was
necessary to walt until the stage coulo
bring in a new one from Seattle. Wheh
the party arrived 1t was found 1t was for
the oth' wheel and could not be useo
so the front of the machine was put ur
on runners and with horses attached a
start was made again.
1t took four horses to pull the ma
chine, and when they came to the hill
where the tree was used as brake
four more were added. making eight
that tugged and struggled until the
car was on top of the steep grade.
At.Sand Point a new spindle that was
right was put in place and under It's
own power the car began once more u
go up and down the hills.
At one point the whole party had q
narrow escape from serious accident
but fortunately escaped with nothing
more than a nervous shock.
Car Strikes Stump
Tho A. wheel ran up on one of the
many stumps in the road and left the
wheels on one side dangling over a
cliff that overhung the river sixty feet
below
BY using the passengers as balance
weight and placing an old log under
the high back wheel traction was OBJ
tanned and the car backed into a safe
position.
The country tnat was traversed is
sparseIy settled and the roads are mere
paths, in many places cut through the
forest with the trees so close on either
side there is not the slightest room to
turn out to avoid obstacles In the way
There are only two cars that can
successfully operate in that part of the
country. and they are the Holsman
with It's high wheels and the Durocar.
that is made here in the city. "rhe
Durocars prove auccessfu there says
Mr. Buckley "as the fly wheel is well
up above the road and well protected.