Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-18
WOMEN CROSS LAND IN AUTO
Mother and Daughter Go from Port
land to Portland.
MANE TO OREGON OVERLAND
Travel only In Daytime AID Rest
at Might, Taking Life Easy
a. They Proceed on
LonE Journey.

travelling alone. without a guide or the
protection Of q masculine strong right arm
two women left Omaha Wednesday morn
ing on the last half OF a ranscontinental
tour In an automobile. The two women
are Mrs. ". T. MacKille and her mother,
Mrs. E. e. Teate. They are enroute from
Portland, Maine to Portland, Ore, and
are making the long journey entirely by
automobile.
I'VE left Portland, Me-, just a. month
aRo and are travelling by easy stages,
said Mrs. MseKillie, young and pretty,
though slightly sunburBed and wearing g
suit which showed plenteous mud stains.
I'VE have not been able to proceed very
RAPIDLY even had we wished, as the roads
have been something frightful," and she
shrugged her shoulders In recollection of
some experiences.
The proverbial Iowa mud has been the
bans OF our existence, and It took ten
days to traverse that awful state, while
We should have crossed II in three.
never saw such mud In all my life, and
more than once some accommodating
farmer has pulled US out of the mire. All
along the route people have been very
nice to us and ready with their assistance
In times Of trouble. ! suppose that has
been because we are women, while II we
were men they would probably simply
laugh at our misfortunes and pass by on
the other side
One Exciting Experience.
I'VE had one really exciting experience.
Back near Dows, Ia, the little valve oil
cock arrangement in the cylinder head q
don't know just what you call IT. blew out,
and we were fifteen miles from town,
Mother and 1 tried to fix 1t, but our com
bined strength was not enough to turn the
bolts and we were In a pretty pickle. until
a 'horney-handed son of toll hove in sight
He loosened the bolts for us and we plug
Sed up the valve after a fashion and
managed TO get to town where we sue
ceeded in getting repairs"
Mrs. Teate laid she would not consent to
travelling after dark, and they always
stayed over night in some tow or village.
If we think we can not make the next
town before night, we stay where we are
she said. I'VE are In no hurry; are max
ing the trip for pleasure and in the hopeI
Of benefiting my health. and are in nc
way trying to emulate the drivers in the
New York to Paris automobile race. This
is not a race. To be truthful, / can moi
say that the trip has benefited me. but Il
we can only have some decent weather II
might"
Portland, Ore, IL the home Of the two
J women. They went TO Portland, Me-, last
year on a visit, but, as Mrs. Teate ex-
| pressed 1t. she yielded to the within of q
daughter to buy an automobile and drive
it back home" They arrived in Omaha or
Monday and put their machine in the
Deright garage to wait for the clouds to
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W1itham.
The two women say that the trip Il
proving expensive, as they always put VI
at a hotel and put their machine In &
garage over night. and board for them
selves and shelter for the machine cost
money. They. however, say they have N
regrets to offer. but that when they starteC
they had no idea what a courageous tri,
they were undertaking.
But we are in to finish" said Mrs. Mac
Kilie.