The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-29
WESTCARD CAUGHT.
BY NEW YORKER
NEW YORK TOURIST, WHO HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING PATH.
FINDER, IN MissoULA.

Three automobiles. a Pathfinder, a
Premier and Packard. will leave Mis-
soula early this morning for Murray
In the Pathfinder car will be w. A.
Westgard, official pathfinder of the
National Automobile association, and
his wife and driver: in the Premier
will be H. w. ingalls, and party of
good-roads boosters from the Coeur
dAlenc country; in the Packard will
be II. NJ. Hurd of New York and his
party of six. including a driver Mr..
Westgard is going to Spokane and
farther as is Mr.. Hurd. The Coeur
d'Alene people will stop in their home
country.
There Is an interesting story in the
arrival of Mr.. Hurd and his big
Packard yesterday. Il am just lazy
New Yorker. taking his vacation In an
auto" said the tourist last night. Il
left New York June II and have been
chasing Mr.. Westgard across the coun-
try. Now l have caught him and w.
viii go on together. We will finish our
trip at Seattle and return home by rail.
We have not been after any records
and we have camped out good deal
OF the time
MIR. Hurd has, however, made fast
time across the continent in n machine,
26 days. He Is making this trip In the
same Packard that took him and his
FAMILY from coast to coast in less than
month two years ago. with him are
his wife and three children. a nephew,
A. ID. Ffskin OF Seattle, and chauf-
feur there being seven In the party.
He is the first tourist over the new
trail" said Pathfinder Westgard.
Il believe that Montana Is second
only to California from the standpoint
or the man In an automobile" he said
last evening. "The state is splendid
and the convict built roads are fine.
We have had no trouble in Montana:
today we came down from Butte In
seven hours"
Mr.. Westgard was taken to Hamilton
yesterday In Senator Donlan's car, ac-
companied by the Murray people and
their Premier. The pathfinder was en-
thusiastic last evening about the Bit
ter Root its beauty and its possibiii-
ties.
This Is what the Kalispel Inter Lake
had to say about the visit of Mr. West
gard and DIR. Craighead:
Wnat uiu you tnlnk OF the trip to-
day." was the question asked of Mr.
Westgard and DR.. Craighead when
they returned from Glacier Park yes
terday evening.
we are almost too full Of II to talk"
was the reply.
"Well?"
We'll it is a splendid drive through
n magnificent country. with something
magnificent at the end OF II. That
about sums II up. One can't add much
10 II by saying more"
The several automobiles went to the
park by the Columbia Falls road. ana
on the return trip from Bad Rock came
through the farming district on the
east side. The visitors emphaticalIy
expressed their admiration of the coun-
try through which they passed They
were delighted with the road. with the
scenery on the way and with Lake
Mcdonald and it's settings. and al
though II Is just those things of which
Mr. Westgard is taking special note on
MS trip. to plan travel routes where
the roads are well built the east side
farms were too much for him. Pass
ing splendid field of grain he said.
i am taking only road scenes on this
trip, but must have a picture of that
field of grain" And he took II, and fol-
lowed 1t up with a number of others.
II was too much for him to resist.
nave been practically all over the
world, he said, and within the United
states ] have Travelled very extensively
ana nowhere have | seen a more beau
'lnl country, or apparently n better
one, than this of the Flathead. II
ought 10 become a wonderfully rich
and prosperous region, and II certainly
will"
In the evening there was an informa,
reception at the club, and both Mr.
Westgard and DIR. Cmighead expressed
to all with whom they talked the
strong impression the country had
made upon them.