The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-07-27

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belt, which continued throughout
the entire trip until our return
to this point. Claude Miller de-
clares there were welts ON the
body of the ear from the above
named animals.
On the morning of July 7th we
left Boomers Ferry, travelling up a
steep grade out of kootenai Can
yon to the next town, Troy, Mon
tana. We then went through Lib
BY. AT this place we were inform
ed that the roads were impossible
from there to Kalispel, ear of a
popular make having tried this
road and had 10 be pulled back to
Libby by team. However, by this
time we began to have confidence
in our Dodge and tackled the
tough roads, our ear being the
third to successfully negotiate
these roads this season.
We had some more experiences
while travelling over this piece OF
road. We We're in mud hub deep
from the time we left Libby. On
our arrival at the top of the noun
tain we found two teams stationed
there for the purpose of pulling
out ears, the National Highway
directors having anticipated trav-
el would soon start. For two
miles and a half we pulled
through roads that teams We're
supposed to pull you through.
fortunately we did not have to
use them. We travelled on by
Crane and Thompson Lake AT
this point we were hit by one of
The worst rain and electrical
stroms ever known in the Bitter
Root mountains. We travelled
along a grade about sixty feet
above the lake edge. As it was
heavily timbered above us trees
began falling both in front and
behind us. One tree fell across
the road in front of us All
hands tried to move it but find
ng this impossible we had no 9TH
n choice than to run over IT.,
which we did without doing any
iamage to our ear. Running on
20 a house we stayed all night on
account of the storm. Next morn
ng we encountered numerous
trees in the road and had eOnsid-
cradle difficulty in getting around
them in many places
When we arrived in Kalispel at
8 a. m. we found this city in a
wrecked condition from the pre-
vious evenings storm. Many plate
glass window fronts in store build
ings were broken, telephone wires
were down and shade trees were
blown across tn streets in every
direction. We travelled the lake
shore of Flat Head Lake for dis
lance of So miles to Poison, which
is located at the south western
end of the lake. We found the
roads in. fair condition between
these points
Our next important town was
Missoula where we spent our third
night and encountered our second
electrical storm. Leaving Mis-
soula at seven on the morning OF
the eighth, we again encountered
very bad roads and passed car af-
ter car either stuck in the mud
or broken down. Passing through
Drummond at noon we found the
roads still fierce. From this point
to Avon we were travelling above
the clouds, having reached the
highest pass Of the Rocky Noun
tains. AT this point we encounter
ed the king of all rain and cleo
trical storms Of the trip or any
other mans trip. This storm kill
ed, Just a few minutes ahead Of
our car, 40 head of sheep; a short |
distance further on a man and two |
boys who were hauling rock from /
a field that adjOined the road, %
head of cattle and ten head of
hogs. We all certify to the fact
that right here we thought of dear
old Nezperee and all the wrong
things we had ever done in our
lives and were not sure that we
would ever live to record the trip
through Montana We were so
badly frightened that we did not
care for time and stopped right
here for the night, not leaving the |
next day until eleven a. m. We
made Cascade that night having
travelled over the best of roads,
which was certainly appreciated
BY this time We left Cascade on
he morning Of the tenth and went
through Great Falls where we .
7iewed what is claimed to be the
highest and largest smoke stack in
he world We also viewed for
,ur first time the muddy waters