The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-09-08
THE KELLOGG TRIP
To The Pacific Coast and Return
In Ford Touring Car As
Given By MIR. Kellogg.

Mr. and Mrs. kellogg and daughter,
Miss Marie Louise. reached Richmond.
Friday, August %, on their return trip
to the Pacific Coast in their Ford tour
ing car. When asked for an account of
the trip. Mr.. Kellogg said:
Eve left Richmond on June 5, going
through Cincinnati and Dayton to Lima,
Ohio. from which point we followed the
Lincoln Highway west. Our course took
US through northern Indiana and Hi
nois, crossing the Mississippi river at
Clifton, Iowa. ard the Missouri river at
Council Bluffs, Iowa, from which we
entered Nebraska at Omaha.
The Lincoln Highway leads almost
direct west from Omaha through Ne
braska and southern Wyoming to Salt
Lake City, and from that point there is
choice of two routes to Reno, Nevada.
The northern route follows the Union
Pacific Railroad quite closely, while the
southern route is through Salt Lake
desert, and is at many points 100 miles
from the nearest railroad. The price of
gasoline at such points was often 80 cents
per gallon and lubricating oil 25 to 30
cents per quart.
From Reno. Nevada, the route by
at this beautiful lake, and from there to
San Francisco through Sacramento and
Stockton.
"Of course, on trip of this kind
great many interesting places and sights
are seen. But what probably was one
OF the most interesting experiences was
the fact that at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
we were able 10 see the buyers for foreign
countries inspecting cavalry and artil-
lery horses. Many of these were brought
in fresh from the ranches and never had
had rope on them, and it was necessary
before they be inspected that they have
saddle and bride put or them, and be
ridden. The best riding COW boys in the
world were there TO do the work but
some of the mounts offered them were
so wild they couldn't stay on. 1t was
no circus play, but real business, ami
even before saddle and bride could be
put on some of the horses they had TO
be thrown and their legs tied together,
with two or three men Sitting on their
heads The question was often asked
by the spectators-and there quite a
mber-as to what would become of
the Frenchman or Englishman who
tried to ride some of these in battle, and
the conclusion was that they would
probably be in more danger from their
mounts than from the bullets of the
enemy.
STOPS of day or two were made at
Omaha, Nebraska, Salt Lake, Ut.h.
Reno, Nevada, Lake Tahoe, etc, the
trip out requiring thirty days.
1T might be well TO state that the
Lincoln Highway and other transconti
mental routes are simply the best ac-
cepted grades on which to make a trip
of this sort. Except at very few points
there has been no attempt made to pave
any Transcontinental Route and the
roads are in some places hard to get
over at any degree of speed even in fair
weather. When wet weather is en-
countered, especially in the states of
Illinois. Iowa and Missouri, roads be-
come almost impossible. The claim is
made that some Of this farming land is
hard to think of any such price when it
is realized that one cannot even go to
see his neighbor when it rains, unless
he uses an airship. Through states
such as Wyoming and Nevada, there is
enough sand and rock in the soil To
] make the trails hold up pretty we'll even
in wet weather, and strange as it. may
seem, the best roads, except of course,
those that are paved, are encountered
on the desert and on the salt flats. The
latter when in good condition are as fiat
as concrete pavement and admit of un-
limited speed. On the trip out chains
were used on the car only one afternoon
from Cedar Rapids to Marshallown,
Iowa. the balance of the time the roads
being dry.
About a week was spent at the San
Francisco Exposition and the drive was
made 10 Los Angeles by what is called
the Coast Route, which follows the
Santa Clara valley and passes through
Pdso Robles, which has for some years
been the training grounds of the Chicago
White Sox, and through Santa Barbara
On this trip the San Marco Pass was
gone over just before reaching Santa
Barbara. IL is hard for anyone who ha,
never driven on any of these roads tc
realize what Pass of this kind means
The road for twenty miles before be
ginning the actual grade led through q
valley filed with treacherous dry wash
es and chuck holes. and the grade itsel
is 1-2 miles in length running as high
as fifteen TO twenty-five percent grade 9
good part OF the way, with one hairpir
turn after another in and out along tn,
side of the mountain. The road is 81
narrow that it is necessary TO blast tn,
road wide enough. so that two cars MAJ
pass. If two cars meet between tn.
passing places, it is necessary for one t.
back up 10 let the other pass, and wher,
the road is narrow. one may look out o
the side of the car straight down tn
mountain hundreds of feet. This par
tucuiar Pass was used so much this sum
mer that the road was in very bad con