The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-08
SPEED ACROSS NEVADA DESERTS.
Autoists Find Many New Experiences
and Interesting Sights.

anu interesting oAShtS'
Editor, Times: "a few miles east o
East Ely, New, June %, 1879 | an
writing while Dix is repairing blow out
the first one he has had since he starte'
from home. We have had two blow
outs on our Ford-one while on tn
streets of Chicago and another just be
fore we got to Omaha. They were u. s
tires and they allowed me at the agen
cies for the L. S. tires in Chicago anc
Omaha $500 apiece for them, as Their
warrant was for $500 miles, or | paiC
$3.50 apiece in swapping. yet have
one tire, front one, that was on the
machine last August, and has never beer
taken from the wheel.
! IL takes a good deal less gasoline pei
mile in these high attitudes than in Yer.
mont. We have Travelled to-day up to
now "A p. M IS. miles, crossed two
mountain ranges, one of them the Shell
bourn pass, little over 5000 feet. The
roads we have passed over to-day, with
the exception of about 10 miles, just
after we entered Nevada, have been very
good. All roads we have passed over
on the Lincoln highway have been inn
proved roads, much better than We ex-
pected.
We stopped at McGill for a short time
TO see them smelt copper. The ore is
brought from the mines east OF Ely, Is
miles away. They were the largest
smelling works any OF MS had ever seen
unless those at Park City. There the
ore contained gold, lead and copper.
In my opinion, nearly all the level
country we have passed through in the
past two days will be in a high state OF
cultivation soon. Most of the ranches
(which will average ON our route for the
past two DAYS to be 10 miles apart
have flowing wells. | asked one of the
ranchers to-day. who kept several thous
and sheep. why be did not bore more
wells. He said il was not for his inter
est 10 do so. as il the country was settled
mp. it would break up their ranges, which
they hire OF the government for a small
sum. He said he could not afford 10
bore many wells on land owned by the
government for the benefit of other peo-
pie.
The average so-called desert We passed
over had about 1900 prairie dogs TO the
acre, and these dogs have 10 have water.
They get IL in most places by burrowing
10 or 10 feet. More later; Dix has got
his tire repaired.l
tENening Of same day.l We are en-
camped for the night at the top Of the
hill near the pit Of the copper mine. ]
nine miles from Ely, and intend to visit |
the pit in the morning. Now more about
our American desert or the territory we
have been crossing near the desert. 4
very large part Of II is level tillable land 1
with water either near the surface or
that can be got AZ a few hundred feet i
beneath. and will flow Of itself TO the
surface, or that can be pumped 10 the
surface with windmills 1.-THE wind blows
lercl, or gasoline engines. The flowing
wells would furnish gravity irrigation
u small cost after wells were sunk.
some Of the best crops We have seen are
IN some Of these isolated, irrigated
anches. sav isols,~a because they are
ar apart. but they are on a highway {
With a. much travel AZ there is between
}arre. Williamst0wn and White River
junction.
In describing these lands, 7 am not
working for any interest OF clique but
Eating my unpreiudiced opinion. In =
say. the ranchers are schcmers. Auto {
sts passing through here have 10 paw :
hem from IS cents 90 50 cents q gallon !
or gasoline. probably a 300 Per cent. q
roft. sud they are VERY careful not 20 {
q the people passing through know that !
beir springs Of water are flowing wells. .
IN level land, the water is pipcd b. the
ouses and the pressure is great. general i
T. Water ~ the ranches now il free. I
az they have heen charging for the wa /
r. in a few places. they say here. III
Have Travelled 1850 Niles. HI
Our speedometers say ue have Travelled 4
so miies since we started from home 1
re and our autos stand She journey - 4 4
" much better than We expected III
later We have been % examine
b. whining pit u has "a altogether
.fercnt method Of mining copper from
iat a. the ElF copper mines tn Yer
ont. which uheY EaF were run ~ TIE
inc company. with Smith Eiv 81 ths
sad We are camping tonight 81 niles
80 "a Eurrka. hct- On n hiI einsa e.
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'-daT. with rrnHfel'r raad Toaas. FROM
20 BIS minrs we wrrt Or rrrr = moun-
in ana came aeuu a. desert about
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n ret q stonF O. - eren ~ fhe 90
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