Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-18
BERLIN TO PARIS OVERLAND
With Geo 7. Ode and Party Franklin Six.

I original German. because the German
| flag WAS never known 90 be- made up
OF stars and stripes However the
matter D. AN cleared up when the hero
of the town arrives and announces
that we are flying the American nag
The Joy and confusion ia trying Co
touch something pertaining to the
automobile is intense until the machine
starts the familiar "chug-chug' and
amid adieus aud farcwclls we leave
them tO themselves TO discuss their
wonderful experience " American
automoblnsts BOO our town.
Now and then curves and bridges
are encountered, the first large ton
bridge crossing the river Elbe which at
This point i- the boundary line between
the two greatest German states, Prus-
sla and SaN0uy 10 costs us the sum
of 30 pfeuuigs in German money. or
in United States money rs equivalent
d cents to cross this bridge and enter
nom the largest state not long ago "a
kingdom of les own unuuitcd and Tn
dependent. into the second largest 700
size SaVony These many small king
domf still have and are presided over
boy their kings but the king of Prussia,
Wilhelm a. is kaiser over the whole
We arrive az Halle O distance OF 40
miles from Berlin. hy 3 O'Clock ana
here replouish our OH and gasoline
time FOO sending kilograms. etc. we
proceed out ON "a beautifully kept ave-
niue or lane. from Halle and its 1850 900
inhabitants. and on 20 Wcinlar and kr-
furt An ATTEMPT was made 10 visit
the elders lahorng Zoo Halle. but ow-
ing % the time of day and our lack
81 knowledge as TO their whereabouts,
we were forced 60 leave there without
paving them a visit
AVENUES or CHERRY TREES.
from Halle that we strike by far the
most beautiful road OF the days travel
Here the country is SIN level and
the route stretches out straight IN
front as Far as the eye can see. Iu-
interrupted by hills and lined with
fruitful cherry trees lies this road bed
or solid graded foundation packed IN
sand from above. thus Offering the
very hest kind OF contact surface for
tires and still having "A bed that viii
not wash or give way 10 occasional
bad weather.
These cherry trees stand on either
side of the road about a rod apart We
are just passing this part Of the coun-
try az the right time of the year for the
cherries are ripe and for few cents
we buy AN that we can eat All along
the road the men are at work picking
and packing the fruit and We learn
that this brings the government "a good
revenue which goes TO keep the roads
iu good condition If stretched out I'm
one row and one rod apart this lire
Of trees would extend for 500 miles In
length.
70 is iu this southern country that
the lay Of the land begins 90 change
from the level low country to the
high and majestic Alps a little farther
south into Switzerland. The hills and
valleys are alike cultivated While
roaming on over this country, we
come suddenly TO the summit Of
mountain.
PICTURESQUE VILLAGES
The valley below is narrow and the
houses of Naumberg with their steeply
pitched roofs are crowded, one against
another so closely that az we look
down into this mass, we wonder how
90 is possible that there can be road
wide enough To admit Of the passage
OF our Franklin. There are those males
tically rising sentinels of the little
village churches and the ancient Ger
manic castles Of the thirteenth and
fourteenth century princes on the hill
sides once so lively and Inhabited now