The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-08-03

We carried complete camping
outfit and started out for a fine
time. We made it to Steptoe the
first day and had our first exper-
fence camping out. We arrived
in Spokane at 10 80 Wednesday
morning. Leaving Spokane we
went by way of Rathdrum and
Sand Point, crossed lake Pend
d'Oreille; spent the next night at
Colburn and leaving there we ira
veled by way of Boomers Ferry
crossed the Kootenai River and
later the Moyie river, which on
our trip we crossed fourteen
times.
Arriving in Kingsgate the ear
was inspected, the number Of the
ear, engine, tires, etc, were taken
Our suit cases were opened but
not searched at all. Here we had
to buy a bond
After leaving Kingsgate We had
our first accident. We were about
ten miles from the place and were
travelling over a steep piece of
road that was made up of short
turns. Going around one of these
papa started to change the gear
ing with one hand and had one
hand on the wheel and before he
noticed, the ear had started off
the grade. 1t had only gotten sew
eral feet off so we all got out ex-
eept papa and he started to back
up but the lower wheels slid in
the grass and the car went off
the grade. The only thing to do
was to go to the nearest place for
help, which was Yahk, rs miles
away. After obtaining help the
ear was pulled onto the grade af-
ter several hours hard work. No
damage was done whatever.
We spent the night in Yahk and
the next morning paid 20 cents
per gallon for gasoline, the high
est we had to pay on our entire
trip.
After leaving Yahk we passed
through a very mountainous and
des0late looking country. As we
were passing a house a lady came
running out and asked us to take
a letter to her nearest neighbOr
seven miles away.
We arrived in Cranbrook in
heavy rain, but made it to Jeffray
that evening but were delayed all
day Saturday on account of rain.
Leaving Jeffray Sunday morning,
we travelled through Crows Nest
Pass. Here we got out and stood
on snow banks six or eight feet
high, also during that days travel
we passed through a place named
Frank, where at one time had been
a land slide. Rock has been dug
out so as to make road through
the place, but the town was COM
pletely destroyed, not a building
IN sight
We stayed in Pineher City that
night and arrived in Mcleod ear
" the next morning. Passed thru
Okotoks and had a puncture-the
first and only trouble of that kind
on our journey. Arriving in the
city Of Calgary, a garage man
told us there that since we had a
Studebaker six we could go any
where. After leaving Calgary
we found some mud and pulled
quite a number Of Fords out. The
next day we had another accident
We came to a mud hole that had
been covered with straw. Rigs
had gone through so we tried it
also and were in about the middle
of it when we stuck and the straw |
under the car was set afire from |
the exhaust. Papa was out in a !
and we found him trying |
to put the fire out with his hands
there being danger Of the gasoline
tank blowing up. But there hap
pened to be a mud hole by the side
Of the road, so we dipped water
out of it and put the fire out. You
may know we were a muddy look
ing bunch when we got out of
there and that's one mud hole we
mad to be pulled out of by a team.
We made it to brother Claude
Rowe's at about 5 o'clock that ev-
sning. We found them all well
and living on fine ranch with a
good crop and garden and we es-
pecially noticed the good water.
He has a well As feet deep and has
good cold water all the time.
Here we figured our mileage
and found we had travelled TBS
miles.
After enjoying ourselves for a
week at Claude's we started on
our homeward journey and spent
two days and nights in the city Of
Calgary and here learned Of the
floods and that we couldn't 90
my farther than MrLeod. So we