The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
west we should have to climb some higt

west we should have to climb some high
er west of here.
Nearly all the land here in the desert
region is covered with sedge and anoth
err valuable plant or shrub, called grease
wood. All kinds of stock keep fat on il
and it grows where it is so hot and dry
the sedge plant would not think Of
growing. Thousands and thousands OF
all kinds of stock are pastured on this
land and they are all certainly fat now
Nearly all on government land.
Hills Some Like vermont's.
From where / am now writing, one
might think he was on Vermont hill
| looking west to the old Green mountains
with the Vermont June temperature.
| Dix is cooking by fire and we by a
gas stove, and the sun is just setting.
Birds here in the West are very scarce.
We have seen birds lately ] should call
Vermont crows, but they call them ra Z
yens here. Supper is ready and SO am J.
All foodstuf is pretty high this side of
Salt Lake. Canned goods are cheaper
here to buy than other foods. Wherever
we can buy milk here they ask 10 cents
per quart. AT Salt Lake / bought six
cans of condensed milk for % cents, and
we like it in tea and coffee much better
than the real article, and a can will go
as far as a quart of milk. We could
buy provisions in Salt Lake City cheap
est of any place on our route.
We have been somewhat surprised with
the Rocky mountains so far. They are
M has
Green mountains, but there are a great
many more ranges. We haye.not crossed
range vet but what was easier to
cross than either range OF the Green
mountains west OF Randolph or Brain
tree, and the roads were much better.
except on that one mountain in east
Utah we could not cross because of bad
road. We passed over 20 miles of road
on a desert yesterday as nice as any
boulevard in a city, and fully as wide.
! haven't said anything lately about
jack rabbits, but they are here all the |
same, whether on the desert or mountain |
top. They are a sportiye animal and |
viii occasionally dodge into the road |
ahead OF us and let us chase them
mile, more or less. and unless the going
is pretty good we have a job to over
take them.
We ordinarily run our cars Ford at |
home with the front tires inflated to 60
pounds, and the hind tires to 20, but
we met on the desert yesterday cars
with tires inflated. they said 10 only 25
md 80 pounds, 20 keep them from blow
ng out. An inflated tire heats and ex-
lands while travelling anywhere, but
much worse here, while travelling in the
iesert.
II our ordinarily good luck continues,
ye expect 20 reach Stockton. Cal. to-
morrow night. unless we stop AZ Lake
ruhoe a day 10 see tie sights. which
hey claim beat anything on earth.
Nevada Not Farming State.
Nevada is not a farming state. On
mr. travels yesterday, the ranches were
rom . 70 30 miles apart and not much
reduce Of any kind was raised. They
we're water stations mostly and the 4
'ater was mostly pumped from wells BY
asoline engines, and they generally .
harged each car 10 cents for what wa
ar they needed 10 make the next sta. q
ION. We expect 10 strike free water
nd cheaper gasoline to-day. q
Cattle and horses We find in neaflyl
] parts II the desert doing well bv
revising grease wood. The sheep ranches
Re al back in the mountains. FNer- Z
on here does not make people sweat. I ;
ippoee the sweat eyaporates before il
% time g. show itself Yesterday onci
our tires picked up q carpet tack and
BE- wind went ont ~ u ,thfio SO ,,.-,e 4
the middle Of one Of the deserts. Bar >