The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-14
AUTOMOBILE TRIP
THROUGH THE WEST
n. N. ROSE GIVES ITINERARY OF
JOURNEY
Tells of Reaching Washington Where
Scenery is Grand and Crops
Very Promising
Sunnyside Wash. June 22, 1916.

Sunnyside Wash. June %, 1916
My Dear Editor, Clio, Messenger:
Will give you list of towns we Wis
tied on our trip West: in Indiana. But
lar, Kendallville, Ligonier, Goshen,
Dunlap, Elkhart, Osceola. Mishamake.
South Bend, New Carlyle. LaPorte, Val
paraiso, Hammond, Hobert. Illinois:
Chicago and Waukegan. Wisconsin:
Kenosha, Racine. Milwaukee, Oconom-
onoc, Watertown, Madison, Sauk City,
Reedsburg, Lovalle. Union Center, Ell
roy. Kendall, Ontario, Cashton, Port
land. and Lacrosse. Here we crossed
the Mississippi and had fine view of
the river on the west side, arriving at
st. Paul and Minneapolis where we
stayed two weeks, making side trip
to Duluth the zenith city of the north.
Resuming our journey through Mime
sofa to Onaka. Elf River, st. Cloud,
Melrose, South Centre. Alexandria, Fer
gus Falls, Elizabeth. Barnsville, More
head. North Dakota: Fargo, Casselton,
jamestown, Bismark, Mandam, New
Salem. Hebron, Dickinson and Ann
Beach, still following the red trail.
Montana includes the following stops:
Glendive. Terry. Miles City, Forscythe,
Billings, Livingston. Bozeman, Butte,
Dear Lodge, Missoula. Here the route
turned North into the beautiful Flat
Head Indian Reservation. We skirted
the beautiful Flat Head lake on a fine
road for twenty eight miles, then to
Calispell, then northwest travelling
through eighty miles of Forest Reserve)
not seeing living thing to Bonner's
Ferry, Idaho, by way of Sand Point,
Harlum, Flagstone, Rathdrum. Wash
ington state next by way of Spokane.
Here we leave the Red trail to the
no. tn and take the Yellow trail passing
through Ritzville, pasco. Prosser.
Grandview. At Sunnyside and J. J.
Hills the 18th, very tired but in the best
of health. Found all at Mr.. Hills con-
tented and happy, especially ]. j., as he
spends a greater portion Of his leisure
hours in his beautiful rose garden
pucking the most beautiful roses you
you can imagine. Mr.. Hills home is
situated on a slightly elevated plateau
giving them splendid view of the
snow capped mountains of the Cas-
cades about two miles from Sunnyside
little place of 1900 inhabitants. We
have taken several trips through the
surrounding country with the Hills.
1t looks good to me to see the corn with
its good green color about two feet high
and alfalfa ready to cut and in fact
some were stacking their first cutting
using long hay sleds and hay derrick
to hoist it on to the stack putting one
crop on top of the other leaving the
stack open between cuttings. On one
of our trips of short distance we
passed three high schools out in the
farming districts, so you see the boys
and girls are at home nights. The
roads are good, with well graded and
graveled road beds on the main through
roads. Our trip thus far west has been
free from accidents barring an occasion
al tire puncture. Down the stony noun
tains Of probably 5000 feet once our
brakes broke but the little Ford was
stopped within forty feet and saved us
drop into space.
] We are now resuming our last lap OF
our journey going by way of The
Dalles, Oregon. over the scenic highway
to Portland and will send you a sketch
of this part of the trip later.
\ III W