The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-01-13
MURTAUGH LOGS TRIP
Run to San Diego Made With Little
Trouble.


The Times this week received the
following interesting letter from Marx
M. Murtaugh regarding his trip over
land from Twin FAILS to san Dlego'
,.iC -, a WIN of thie conntv
=. go.
DecembeF i0' 1910
Before the noon hour Kelly seemed
To he restless for a start for he was
ready to shake Idaho mud, and inclem-
cnt weather.
AT 2:I5 p. NJ. weighed out on city
scales. lust 610O pounds. Two pas
sengers ACCOMPANYING me, viz: l.. A.
Rursor and Edward Corbin, and as
piIot. Kelly. occupying front seat
Crossed Rock Creek bridge at 2;20,
Roads bad on account of mud.
Al 4G miles at 600 P. NJ. we put on
mud chains.
At 2:25 same were taken off as we
passed mile post Sc.
Stopped at koseIson Tor suppeT, an, anu
utl''' nr1 ,, ,;o S ,,l r1isci,iovors nail
I TI~, res,IIroJ which DELAYED ms
80, ,'l'T l ,,I' hoH,,'
ali to,,i,o I,ao, 1tgbtaa
,,,a ,a,,tiT,,ad an, io1rnav dIrin% tbe
[,,r,,,i,,l, ,ItI5onah I1oonlirbt II was q
co1d drfyo rT9wavar he moon cheer
"a nc INA Contact Nevada in the late
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0' 0''''is''
December II, 1913.
Cold and clear, roads elegant. Left
Cortact 1890 A. M. headed for dread
ed snow bound Wells divide, which
was approached, travelled over, and
descended from. without interceptinC
a vestage of snow. Lucky for us as
we were ADVISED thaL snow at l,!S
houf was Lalllng at Lw'n : ans. we
arrived al We'is at @.00 + IVA. any NJ NJ
sho" IN Jhe town. %lIIe a ,y lIL-
extra casing TO arrive from '2a5l l+flhg
we were lfeaIeu 70 q oi'| q, VI Sit wv
storm from ":"O TO 3;VV = M, wv, we
were convinced tlaI 1t was Soll9 l'iir,-
card. Our easing arrived at ''oo =,
NJ Inc late houI soL'l'9'leo us W
STOP over Uh'il iLoIHiilS'
December Is, 1918.
C1o,r Int cold Roaae nlnpant
Soma snow, which ba1nad nc to make
s,1,oo+h +,.ave1Iinm and fact timn
Left Wells at 500 A. NJ. and reach
ed Steptoe Falle| ABOUT noon amer
cllmolhs very heaNE' 5a5lo% "Sy I'l.a
HitI,ou6H Sho" S"pPoi w" II" "'o''
SAND ,.oo ..-,.
arrived az 1HeI ~ oigSN 80, 9,o W,
ping only lof wafer lFayelet 41tiI
o:10: at Whici LIllIe we %!,alil lis5l ~
cold was more than noticeable. We
continued on into Ely on good. snowy
road making a run of $50 miles for
the day.
December ~. 1913.
L. tho oor1,, NJ wa ,,is;tad +ba
forl -, ,,'I coT,,ar ,ifs of nj, u,hera we
1919 ,,ot a. Ioroo Mt vac die
a1 go ,ic n,o+o,.ioi Iros mod
ot t,,it tal,or ' care Of NV active service
~ ri,.a -, civ. staa,,, sIo,,ois
W. roft 10 oor,ra, ci+,, Of 10.90
r,,o,r,,,+ God OIL az, ,vbinf Voc ,nost
Observation-Disclosures sioned aIono entire
ra,,ta cnGv, rafhor doom m CURRENT
rrooI, di,ri5o
poaobad C,rro,+ rroo7, Of o.oo p M
r.biob ondo5 o,,,, do,,,s travol maxim o
abo,.+ io,,rpo,, If en- ,,,i1oe nm, Good
/ - observation-disclosures
December ~, 1913.
Warmer and bright sunshine Beau
tifuI run across Railroad Valley, for
seventy miles. No snow. As we APP
preached Kinny Tanks at dusk we had
snow again on roads all the way into
Tonapah. Arrived there at $50
o'clock. having covered 1870 miles.
noo..,,.., i, to,o
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LeIt lohopah' FaSSeo thfouSh Tolu,
llela before the Soou peeFle WeHieo
thelf way 10 chufCi. Ae we ielI lhs
oRtsklrtS OF Hoi"llelu AZ our Ieal
WheelS as carry as 10 - w. anu ~
10 lIlda 0ullilitI, % mites AIoIii 1oIN-
lletu' GohSi.'eIa awe 80 SiioW On Ile sun.