El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-08

hundred mound Canadian matron-or
did she weigh a ton2-bumped INTO me
She apologized and well ] trleu u
keep on my feet 7-..
While we were in Vancouver IarsS
bcdv Of overseas recruits arriNeu
from Victoria for service IN -uIopt-
They were delayed by a Wstsholt on ~
Canadian Pacific and remained IN W
CITY several days. One afternoon, they
marched through the city and tneF
were surely an i'll assorted lot OF ul el
tall and short. school boys ana gray
haired men II was a striking Illus
tratiOn Of what two years OF war na5
done for the manhood Of Canada out
suppose that even Sucn as Lneys v l--
do for cannon food" in the trencheS
around Ypres- Another thing l noticeu'
was the unusual number OF women
wearing the insignia OF mourning
Difference in Auto Laws.
on my return across the Frazer
river bridge produced my pass Lo-
the proper officer and thougnI an v ~
we'll until nearly off the bridge. Wheh
suddenly a sentinel threw his rifle point
edlv in our direction and rather Sharply
ordered stop" Being unarmed and
not being Germans. OF course We Sd-lg
10 a stop quickly. He demanded my
papers. and, after apparently eNamln-
ing them carefully. looked al the mum
Der on the rear OF the car ana men
demanded the reason why the nInlue5
on the front was lacking i explained
that il was a foreign car reglsteren
in the state OF Texas, L : A--tnat II
had complied with all the provisions
Of the Texas law which DID NOT require
A front number. He stared at me
moment in amazement and then eN-
claimed st never heard OF that be
forer' and 7 went on Perhaps TO aFoi1
complications / mad better put ON -
At Red Bluff. California. an officer.
driving a dray told me he had a notion 10
arrest me and "have me fined ten doi-
lars" for lack Of front number Al
argument arose and he showed me the
provision Of law concerning two num-
bers for California cars j showed MN
the section governing NONRESIDENT
cars. also my nonresident permit and
told him that the authorities at Los
Angeles had informed me that was all
that was necessary he replied nose
fellows down at Los Angeles are Just
a bunch of d-n Fasteners and don't
know nothin' about California law
anyhow" but he did not make an ar
rest
the BeIlingham Scenic highway, said 70
have cost one and one-half million II
overIooks a fine view Of land and wa
ter. but as a heavy rain was tallngi
we failed TO take much interest IN II
BuekinE The snow.
Writing from Gle Elum, Wasnlng TOM
June 26, Mr.. Lester says
have had several experiences dur
ing nv motor travels in strange lands.
but yesterday and today 1 mad one ina
| when date. location, Is considered Ger
tainly puts the cap she2f on the Wlole
| shock Remember Il is summer Inc
principal in fact the only cross stats
road (east and west,) across Wasnlne-
ton is that over the Cascade noun
| tains via Snoqualmie Pass and connect
| ing the cities OF Seattle in the west
with Spokane in eastern Washing ton.
I over this road is located two trails
the trail to Sunset from Boston 70
! Seattle, and the Yellowstone from
! Seattle to Chicago
4 Now I viii tell you what we drove
/ into on June % and IS in this year
/ OF our Lord dictates I viii never
! forget as long as memory lasts may
| forget many other incidents. but this
never. We left Seattle yesterday
! morning. and. after ferryins across
I Lake Washington TO Kirkville. We took
I the road east The road was very fine
/ and We made good time past beautiful
l lakes, along and across rushing rivers
I through beautiful valleys nestled be-
{ tween towering mountains capped with
1 snow: through heavy dense woods. IN
I which the wOOdsman's axe has never
! rung. and all the time climbing. climb
/ ing into the heart Of the fir clad Cas-
Into The snow.
| When We got well into the Cascades
the snowline got lower or We got "
TO II, FOR the mountains we're then gen
orally covered from base 10 summit
! and the ground under the trees was
! covered deep under the white mantle
| When We neared the summit. we en-
/ tered a cut through the snow just wide
| enough for the car 10 pass and with
almost perpendicular sides higher thar
the auto top The road was fine al
] the way up and we reached the Sum
nit Inn-elevation 500 feet-at 1870
At this point the total snowfall dur
ing the past winter. according to Z
! s Forestry measurement. was over 60i
/ inches. Just change that into feet and
I look at the figures On the east slope
I from the summit-SnOqualmie Pass
the road had not been cleared. anC
I there was a distance totalinE about
/ four miles where the snow was still
/ from two to five feet deep and softeneC
Z by a heavy. continuous. rain all daN
I yesterday and today. Two young men
l driving a Dodge. were with Us and il
] the lead a red-bearded pirate. Wit
I a team OF cayuses offered TO help pull
US through for S20 per car. but ",
/ promptly anathemized him. and we sin
cerely hope it will take and that h
will go TO perdition-
Battle With snow Pile.
We had a good dinner and then. wit
! our fighting clothes on. sent the Dodg
into the snow on The Trail to Sunset
! in midsummer. We sure worked har,
I on that Dodge and when night cam
had worked il into the snow something