Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-09
AUTOMOBILES

weather. About noon It turned colder
and a hallstorm struck us about q
O'Clock. This later turned to rain and
just to I'LL our cup of trouble, Gross re-
ceived a telegram that he must go
home at once on account OF sickness in
his family.
1T was alone that night and the next
day, and 1t took turns raining and
showing with a little hail and sleet
mixed in. Schmidt came up to take
Gross place Saturday night Sunday
morning when we awoke 1t was raining
harder than ever, and as there was no
indication of better weather ahead, we
decided to try and make Soda Station
before night. The continued stormy
weather had so softened the snow that
there was practically no bottom to it,
and to make matters worse the water
running underneath had made 1t full
of holes which were not visible on the
surface. Even now. 1t is a mystery to
us how the car ever pulled through, but
pull 1t did. Sometimes we would back
up and take run at drift, and make
maybe six inches Roadway; other times
in making a run at a bad place. the
front wheels would drop out of sight
in hole undermined by water. 1t was
then q case Of throw the car in reverse
and pull the front end out of the hole,
but the worst of 1t was when the
back wheels would drop into one Of
these water holes. The car would set
tie down to the running boards, and
the only thing to do was to shovel
out the snow till the back wheels
could get traction on the ground. This
usually meant that the car was sitting
on an angle of from 80 to As degrees
when 1t was ready to pull itself out.
Then It Shows Again.
I'm spite Of the unfavorable weather
and road conditions, the Buick arrived
at Soda Station Sunday evening, and
as the next three miles was an easier
grade, we anticipated no trouble in
making the Summit Hotel Monday
morning. But we did not figure on the
weather. The first sight to meet our
eyes Monday morning when we crawled
out of our sleeping bags was six inches
of fresh snow and more falling all
the time. About noon there was a
change in the weather and at last 1t
WAS u CHduB6 1OI TIC pStbSts AZ q
o'clock we left Soda Station and at 8
were at the Summit Hotel Three
miles in three hours may not seem very
fast, but when the fact is taken into
consideration that the snow was from
three to ten feet and that the front
and rear a1les were buried all the
time, it is to be wondered at that the
car could make any Roadway at all.
Tuesday morning was clear and
cold with a light crust on the snow.
This gave the chains something to grip,
and the Buick climbed the big drifts
between the hotel and the summit
without difficulty.
1.-THE crossing through the snow
sheds at the summit was blocked with
20 feet of snow, and in order to get
onto the road on the north side of the
sheds, 1t was necessary to cross d.
rectly over the top of them. This
crossing was made at a point known to
railroad men as the eastern end of
Tunnel 7. At this place the snow sheds
join a round granite knob, and by driv-
ing the car up a steep narrow ledge 1t
is possible to get within II feet OF the
top of the wooden shed, but this last
IL feet is the hard part. The roof OF
the sheds are built on a one to two
pitch and the chains on the rear tires
almost wore the heavy planks which
form the roof in two. The descent
from the top of the shed TO the road,