The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-10-12
MOODY ROBERTS GIVES FINE
ACCOUNT or TRIP,
CARRYING Full EQUIPMENT
Taking Their Time Along the Way
and Enjoying the outins-FairIy
Good Roads and Little Trouble
with Tires.
Mack. solo, SUNDAY. 90. /.

ed on the trail just thirteen miles
from the Colorado-utah state line.
No chance for a Daily Herald though
] would enjoy one very much tonight,
No doubt few lines in regard 10
our trip towards the western coast,
since leaving Oskaloesa, September .,
would be of some interest to You and
our friends at home. take the liher'
III Of sending you brief account Of
our travels to date. La
TO those who may make such trip
at some future period 1t may be
beneficial @ f.
On Tuesday, September Z, about le
a. nj. / drove our ''Ford" on the
scarles at the Kalhach Lbr Co. equip
ped for our long journey. The beam
tipped at (2920) twenty-aine hundred
and twenty pounds. Perhapes the
largest load ever attempted with a
Ford car on so long journey. / hac
hoped to weigh out at about t261e4
twenty-six hundred. yet when We
weighted there was nothing seeming
liz that we could spare from or
continent to tighten our load, ana
knowing my car | felt perfectly sat
isfied that could make the trip with
the additional load successfully. A.
1895 d. m. we left 0skaloosa over the
White Way, arriving at Pella 1l:2s
some so, minutes later where We At
dinner i'm the city park and | spen'
some little time in looking over ca
which / had just over-hauled for this
trip. At 100 p. m. finding car .. r
under load we left Pella reachina
Des Moines AGO p. m, where ! added
some slight equipment TO our outnt'
Leaving Des Moines at 5:45 p. m. over
Panora Speedway We reached Panors
500 D. M, our first nights stop,
wednesday, 6th.--Droye to Audubon
over River TO River road, 1 hour, 40
minutes. where we spent the day anc
night with Mrs, Roberts aunt and
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. Oelke.
Thursday. 7lh--Leaving Audubon
$50 p. m. drove to Council Bluffs
where We camped ont car first night.
Friday, sth. Drove into Omaha
where we spent some five hours. leay-
ing here at $500 p. m. over Lincoln
Highway. We had splendid roads
When near Schuyler we stopped and
camped our second night in tent.
Saturday. 9th.-Drove into Grand
Island over splendid roads the lasttcn
miles of which ION account OF dust
aad. high wind were very disagree
able. Owing to this condition We
drove car in garage and took rooms
for the night
On Sunday, 10th. we arose late rot
intending to drive. Yet after VIC ate
breakfast and run around the city
some, it was such a lovely day We
decided to drive ont few miles and
camp. Leaving Grand Island at 1899
we drove out some twenty miles
where we stopped an hour and a half,
cooked dinner and drove on into Lex
ington reaching there at $50 p. m.
AT this point we encountered our first
disagreeable weather. Rain making it
impossible for us TO travel for three
days and nights. However on We'd
nesday 18th, we left Lexington over
heavy roads at 11:45 a. N. reaching
North Platte at els p. m, where
again owing to bad weather we we're
compelled TO seek garage and rooms
for the night. Maxine, our youngest
daugter was quite. sick on our arrival
here with fever brought on by drink
ing too much water, causing stomach
trouble. We all had a touch OF 1t, but
- ho1 MnNiy,a
I bought some "Hosfords Acid Phos-
phate," which We used in orr drink
ing water the rest Of our trip to
Denver
We experienced no more ill effects
from this source. s.- . ... .....
After losing the greater part of the
nights rest here taking care Of Max
inc we slept late. .f
THURSDAY morning, 14th, after all
were un. Maxine felt so much better
we left North Platte at 1l:l5 a. m,
We had splendid roads reaching Jules
hrrg, Colo. at $3.50 p. m. wrere we
canaped for the night.
Friday 18th. leaving Julesburg, 1915
i. nj. We drove into Fort Morgan oy-
er splendid roads, camping at 400
p m.
Saturday, 10th, at 900 a. m. we left
Fort Morgan over the o. l.. d. line TO
Evans where we again took the Lin
coin highway. This road is some TWEEN
ty-fve miles farther than the Lin
coin highway. yet it is a much better
road and one can drive as fast as they
wish over this piece of road. II leads
through the greatest beet and potato
land ia Colorado
We reached Denver at 400 p. m,
where we secured rooms apd spent
sunday visiting the different parks
ana places of interest
on Monday the 18th. we left Denver
at 1915 u. nj. arriving, At Colorado
Springs where we spent eight DAYS,
visiting Cheyenne Canyons, Garden Of