The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-19

long IL will last. We left iron
Mountain at $3.50 got 10 Escanaba at
I 80
We had a puucture and also stopped
for lunch on the way. We spent
about an hour at Escanaba and then
went on TO Gladstone. our second nights
stop.
1t rained terribly during the night
at Gladstone so that we had muddy
roads for our trip 20 Manistiaue. Ii
was II 40 before we got away from
Gladstone owing to two flat tires
that stared MS in the face IN the morn
ing Thanks 20 Isl Jacka's cement
we got fixed up nicely. the road be
tween Gladstone and Rapid River is
supposed to be pretty fair but that
morning we found much mud and
water. AT Rapid we put on our chains
and between there and st. Jaques
we had need for them. About a mile
OF clay road through swamp had Just
been turnpiked up. With the con.
ditiops existing that morning il is
questionable il worse piece of road
was met with on our whole trip -
far.
From St Jacques 10 NAhma the road
is about like fair supply read in the
early logging days with the exception
Of a stretch Of about three miles Of
limestone maoadam immediately after
the railroad is crossed at Ogantz. The
road forks here and man we met told
us 10 20 straight ahead but demurred.
He added that the macadam lead
TO Nahma and | told him that the
stretch already was the first piece Of
good road had seen that day and
proposed 10 drive on IL If never did
anything else. We arrived at Nahma
at 8 10 and took few gallons Of gsso.
line aud some lunch. Mamma is n
small lumber town. clean and mp to-
date with fine flowing we'll which
supplies water 10 the town.
From Nahma to Isabella the road is
fair ''farmer road as we under
stand them in Crystal Falls After
crossing the railroad at Isabella we
struck vast sand plain like Penola.
The sand il very heavy and shifting.
We got stuck bat quickly worked
ont and got on little frner footing.
then took Herman Holmes advice
and did some cruising that took me
about an hour 10 paid me- though,
for ] laid ont course by which TO
get around and escape .ploug ng
through the deep sand We ran about
mile on low and then had a fairly
good road TO the big sand hilI We got
up that fairly assy and worried
along on the garden road, wondering
If we were ON the right road rs the
roads are simply trails, like the plains
about Crystal Falls. About 6 30 we
reached the fork for ManistIque A
guide board there directed us and we
were mighty tickled The new road
was no improvement on the old. We
were still on vast plains ard finally
concluded that we were - lost A
Jingle riR haS crossed the plains ahead
Of us aud concludes Ito fellow
lived somewhere along the route and
followed the tracks Just as dark was
on ne we came 10 four corners and
Il ~. - a ,,ar xr nx tnid SO tlat tLc nood
crossing the one we were on lead q
Manistique and that il was GOOD
road.
II turned out that I had wandered
into farming settlement with a good
road leading 10 town. Ne liz up ant
drove at good speed 10 Thompson
where we struck 4 macadam road lead
ing 10 Manistique where-.we arrived al
Q 90. Our friends at Manistique hac
become alarmed and were getting a
car around tN look for us wnen we 60
TO Thompson and telephoned in.
Sunday morning at 0;50 we started
for Newbsrry Another rain had
made tie road very muddy There 4
"A stretch OF about miles of limeston'
macadam and we skinned right alonl
TO Whitedale where We put on chain
and started of across fair country
roads to Blaney
Was greatly surprised AT the numbe
Of farmers and the good farms IL
Schoolcraft County. II has ali th,
other counties beaten in that respect
Crops are bne all along tho route.
Blaney has big shingle mill an,
we visited the boarding house wht n
80 men of the mill crew are housed.
Between Blaney and Gernfesk VIZ
ran into some new road work on TN
side of y hill we had 10 climb II wa
stretch OF about 40 rods and a,
we got within about 20 feet OF II an,
my car sank TO the running boards 4
the mud. My shovel and axe came II