The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-11-11

took advantage Of the days stop
to wash and clean up the car and as
our friend had scales We got weighed.
All ready for the road our car weigh
ed 1850 pounds and A little more than
800 pounds may be added for the occu-
pants.
Instead OF going back to Grand Is
land and taking the Lincoln High
way we found upon inquiry in Hast
ings that the reports We had gotten
on the condition OF the Highway
about kearney and Lexington were
not exaggerated. in fact at this time
it was pronounced all but impossible
so we altered cur plans and from Hast
ings we took the White Pole Line"
| Omaha. Lincoln and Denver) west
trough Minden Holdrege and McCoOk.
West from Hastings we saw quite Il
little plOwing done, the crops having
been entirely cleaned up y hail
Where there was no hail the crops gen
orally looked good but it seemed now
! that the further We went the more We
heard of the ravages of hail.
West from Holdrege the fact that
they had a tremendous amount OF
rainfall was constantly brought to
mind by bridges being washed out and
the rough and washed condition of the
I roads, making travel very SLOW and
',OnOtinOus AS well as very severe o,
| car. felt that in one day run
..tm HOlirege est our car va, slra-
rest of the 3,p"O miles that VIC had
Driven it. West Oi a little towl cJl ID
Oxford we struck mud hole that came
the nearest to being the Waterloo of our
&c cd luck that lad seemed to follow
IL; on our entire trip There We ,in-
-. evidence that ot.i ers had be n pull
e.l out of this hole but we could soc M
way OF getting around it Tic lrI.1
was, as We later learned, this piece Of
road had been pronounced impossible
and cars were travelling another route,
| but we didn't know it, so nerved ur
and battcd into It. reaching about the
middle OF the hole when we found our
selves literally glued to the spot with
aXels, differential, etc, clear into the
did not particularly like the idea OF
wading out into that muck knee deep
and digging out so began taking OBJ
servations with view to avoiding eth
cr that or finding Il team to pull III,
out.
l decided that although We were in
mighty deep we had fairly solid bot.
tom. also that the mud was stiff
enough to not entirely close in the rut
back of the wheels so concluded that
the easiest way out might be to back
out. This was so easily accomplished
that we then decided to make another
run and see ii We could drive in a
little farther
Gaining a foot or so at a time we
repeated this operation until We got
through, coming out with wheels solid
to the hub with that glue like muck.
Let me say right here that il ever a
fellow will appreciate having IA start
er" on his car it will be under such
conditions as these. We killed our en-
gine several times in this hole but got
through withou: soil;ng a shoe sole.
We put UP for the night at McCook
making 155 miles for the day. Just
west OF McCoOk We saw the first sugar
bcets and evidences of irrigation so We
began to feel that we were getting nea"
home
The roads were still yer: rough and
travel SLOW until We reached Wauneta
where the road left the lower land and
sandy and smooth. We passed through
Imperial and little burg called La
mar. which is the las, ,own in Nebra-
ska on this Highway, being almos; on
the state line.
From the stat line to Ho,yokc, Colora
do, the road is the very best and nude
30 miles an hour very nicely here At
tIiClyoke we ,eft the Highway and turn
ed north for Sedgwick. our home. a.
bout 30 miles distant. We struck one
mud hole but let down the wires of the
fenc" and went around it, even :hro-
ugh We had to pass through field of
good wheat to do so. We were only
IA miles from home and | knew the
man whose fence ! took down SornC
times tina, makes IA difference you
know When S miles from home We
pulled in a, a friends and announc-
ed our intention OF remaining for din
ncr, plan readily accepted by our
hostess.
This was our best half days drive
considering distance Travelled. it be-