The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-28
Manough Writes Of
His Southern Tour
Editor News Wimbledon, N. D.

Editor News, Wimbledon, N. D.
Before LETT Wimbledon number Of
your readers intimated that they would
like very much to have report Of our
auto trip from Wimbledon to McAllen,
Texas. We planned on the trip quite
a while ahead, but did little in prepara-
ton for same till few days before
we started, which was Monday, Oct. 80.
Our company consisted of my wife
the two children, Mrs. Beers and my
self. AS is usual we found great
many things to do the last day and had
it not been for kind friends who gave
us assistance at the last, fear our trip
would have had to be postponed till
the next day. AS 1t was we got start.
ed at 3:40 p. m. and made as far as
Wheatland, 70 miles, that evening,
where several families of our relatives
had assembled at the home of my SIS
ter to visit us before we left. Need
less to say we had very pleasant
evening and good nights rest. In
the morning we rearranged our bag
gage in a position where it was safe
during the trip and went az far as
Fargo by noon, where there was more
visiting The afternoon was used In
getting to Paramount, where one OF
Mrs. Mallough's old-time friends, Mrs.
S. S. West, lived and again we were in
the hands of friends and had delight
full time.
Wednesday morning, Nov. we left
North Dakota, getting into South Da-
kota and into new territory, so we
must needs look up our map of the
Meridian Auto trail that l had sent to
Washington for about a month previ-
Gus to this. Lo and behold no map
could we find in any of the baggage,
it evidently being put in what we were
shipping by freight. This was quite
disappointment for us, as the map out
lined the trail clear across the U. S.
and we expected to follow it all the
way to Laredo, on the Mexican border.
We got state maps and local infOrma-
ton as we went along and in this way
were able to keep pretty we'll on the
trail. Just here, however, ! wish to
say that in many parts it is impossible
to follow the trail on account of it's
having no uniform markings, but is
made up of number of different trails
Hayti was our first stop for night in
South Dakota and while this place was
figured large on the map we found it
very small village, but with good &C
commOdations. 1t was on this first day
out of our own state that we met with
our first and only accident of the en-
tire trip. 1t was about 4:30 p. m. as
we struck some especially good roads
and were running about rs miles per
hour, when we went over one-plank
culvert with just enough raise in it to
give the back end of the machine
where Mrs. Mallough was sitting
throw that landed her face against a
bow of the top in such away as to hurt
her very much. Thursday we started
out with everybody feeling fine except
that Mrs. Mallough's face was still very
sore from her bump of the day before.
Had hard time keeping the Meridian
trail and roads were not the best. Ate
dinner at a farm home. In afternoon
had engine trouble that delayed us
considerably, but finally found it in
a timer wire that was just hanging by
a thread. Put up for the night at
Parker, S. D., having travelled 113
miles for day. Started out at 1928
Friday morning heading for Yankton,
where we crossed the Missouri river on
pontoon bridge, paying 81 toll. This
landed us in Nebraska. Shortly after
crossing the river was had blow out
and just as l got this fixed l noticed a
leak in one of the front tubes and by
the time got it fixed we were getting
late for dinner, so we drove into the
first village we came to. The only eat
ing place we could find was pool hall,
which the ladies considered was some
joke on them. But we had a good din
ner and were hungry enough to enjoy
1t. The first so miles in Nebraska was
just one hill after another and high
ones at that, but as the roads were
quite good we made fair time, putting
up for the night at Norfolk.
Saturday we started about 8 a. m.
and had good days run, making Bell.
vile, Kan, distance of 1856 miles, that
day. Here we stayed till Monday morn
ing, when we started out fresh for a
new week. There was a strong wind
blowing from the south all day, but
the roads were excellent, so we made
156 miles, getting into Newton for the
night. 1t was at this place that we got
an auto blue book, which helped us
very much in keeping the trail the rest
OF the trip. Tuesday, election day, we
had run of 40 miles, crossing the