The evening times., 1911-07-22

lCOWUOy6s LIIaL b all.
The $4,000 miles, of, course, includ-
ed great many side trips. The en-
tire journey was made not for q rec
ord In speed Or length of travel, but
for pleasure. IN the Yosemite valley,
where good deal of time was spent
automobiles are not allowed, 80 Mrs.
Hersey and the party had to make a
number Of trips through the sur
rounding country, in order to take in
the scenery. To avoid bad roads In
Nebraska, instead of Reno, the car
came through Portland. From San
Diego the party went all through
California. then through Oregon to
Portland, and via Idaho, Utah, Wyo-
ming, Montana, Colorado and Nebras-
ka home to st. Paul From Portland
to Salt Lake an agent of the Packard
company accompanied the party and
was much interested in the progress
of the car, which was its own path
finder the entire distance.
Our greatest difficulty was in
Wyoming" said Mrs Hersey. "The
roads seem to have no bottom there.
Ihey were also very bad in Oregon,
but the weather was SO delightful
that we did not mind it.
SO Warm Wax Candles Melted.
There were only two days on the
entire trip on which we needed to
nave the top off the machine, and
While 1t was dreadfully warm we ex-
perlenced no serious discomfort. One
day on the home stretch it was so
warm that wax candles in q grip in
the machine. actually melted. We had
number OF picnic lunches, and in
fact always kept some food supplies
on hand. Towns are so far apart in
wyoming that we found it necessary
to provide ourselves with food in case
OF delay in reaching town."
| Ihe party was obliged to pay 20
cents q gallon Sfor gasoline in Idaho.
me product is carried by freighters
across the mountains, and the Hersey
car" mad many narrow escapes on the
seemingly impossible trails across
these mountains. Freighters know
Just when they should meet other
trallers. but, there was no way for
the automobilists to, have this in
formations and sSthey were obliged to
take q chancsson not meeting a cal
vacade on the road and finding it i'm
possible to get by. Mrs. Hersey left
the car for twenty miles across one
mountain in Idaho because it was inn
possible to take any one in the car
so bad were the roads.
Last 1,10O Miles in Five DAYS.
Boulder. Mont. was the last long
stop on the trip, and the Journey
from there to st. Paul, 1,10O miles,
was made In five days. In Colorado
Springs the party visited the grave of
Helen Hunt, the author, and performs
ed the solemn rite of putting three
stones on the grave and. removing
one. this being a request Of Helen
Hunt to every one who visits her
resting place. The party also discov-
ered IN Montana the grave of an Odd
fellow buried more than a hundred
years ago, his: name and age being
carved on r6ugh hewn stone. The
information is. being forwarded to the
national lodge. n
a very interesting collection of
snapshots takensibn the trfp show
some seemingly unbelievable situa-
tions. The car In MANY nlaces ia
buried above the axles in mud and
wafer. One picture shows the party
q OAAuS0 80 tudC Cney can
feave the car long enough for it to
pc .l1 lh1snled out. In Wyoming the par I;
ty met an Immigrant wagon of the old
prairie schooner type.
Ihe car struck washout near
Granger, Wyo.. and after following
rayine into valley found it impos-
sltble to go on and had to go back up
g. grade that it seemed impossible to
climb; but the feat was performed |
In some of the bitches into which
the car ran 1t was necessary to un-
load every bit of cargo in the ma
chine and to tighten it in every way
possible in order to pull it out. A
helping hand was lent in many plac-
es by farmers and cowboys, and every
one seemed only too glad to aid the
travellers on the way. Mrs. Hersey
said so many warnings as to the lack
OF chiyalrY of the people of the west
to motorists had rather discouraged
her, but nothing but. courtesy was ten
dered everywhere Crossing Santa
Maria river the party struck a wash I
out, and had to be hauled out by a
farm vehicle and four horses.
Formerly of Larinore,
. Another interesting thing about,
Mrs. Hersey is the fact that she ia