Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-16
and the car was on dry ground.


ger. town the size OF Deeth we Sc
cured gas and supplies We con.
tnued on to Green River, a distance
OF 30 miles with but one light on the
car. We stopped in Green River that
night and left there at IL o'clock the
next morning. The clouds were hang.
ing low and threatening Fourteen
miles to Rock Springs, all desert. Out
OF there We headed for Rawlins. IFS /
miles east. Twelve miles out of Rock
Springs We overlook a car ahead.
tied up alongside the road The good
old Cole had broken pinion gear. The /
driver had gone back to Rock Springs
to wire Denver for parts. The re- !
porter, Harry Macpherson OF the Salt
Lake Herald-Republican. was trying to /
make himself comfortable, but being
out OF food and IL miles from the {.
nearest dwelling. with u prospect OF
IL hour wait, welcomed what food
we could give him. l have agreed to
meet him here at the Brown Palace.
where the car now is a problem.
In the afternoon 1t started a hard
downpour and by 4:30 the roads were
so slick the car would not hold the
road. We made camp as best we
could. A sheep herder had his camp
a short distance away. He lost three
sheep that night between our camp
and his. The sheep were dead along
the road next morning.
1t froze as usual that night. The
sheep losses in Wyoming have been
terrific. Some sheep men have told
me they are 60 per cent. This rainy
night was the 18th day of snow and
rain and freezing weather on weak.
worn out sheep. The sheep men are
surely not eXaggerating for from
Granger east the desert is strewn with
carcasses. On one old bed ground |
I counted $50 carcasses. On another |
: counted up to 200 and gave II up. The
enormous snow drifts we past by tells
the tale of one of the most severe and
persistent winters Wyoming has eX.
/ perienced in years. Whole fields of
: hard packed ice-like snow 90 to so
feet deep. not mere drifts. but fields of
il.
Next morning we made an early
start over frozen ground which quite
likely would have mired the car few
hours later, when the roads began
TO thaw. We slipped and slid and
wormed our way past Point of Rock.
a store and depot. over slippery.
| dangerous railroad grades for miles
on miles.
Next Red Desert. II isn't town.
? but Union Pacific operators home
and a sign board and bigger mud
hole than those proceeding. Sector
hands laid planks for us. Red Deser
Is like the rest, only desert OF rec
. clay. Just the kind to stick cars
An immigrant train told us of the roaC
10 Warnsuttcr ahead, TO keep thei
track. n new road they had made Il
get away from the edge of lake or
the old road. They informed us IN,
Saxon had mired there the night be-
fore.
We followed aforesaid track which
was very nice except that the driver
lost his bearing in the sand hills. went
n mile in the wrong direction, turned
and corrected his error. Some cal
following him did the same, so did
We. So well defined road is now
made of that error and suppose
. every traveller will now loop that loop
Over the hill we passed through
large sheep ranch. Loading up hay
rack loads of sheep pelts. The prin
cipal industry of Wyoming at this
writing Owner said he lost $4,000
worth OF sheep in one night. believe
IT, The desert looks like battlefield
as far as the eye can see. CarcasseS
are scattered everywhere.
Well down the desert we went tc
Wamsutter, a little collection OF hous
es I'm 20 inches of mud. Had to go IL
, for gasoline. Otherwise the town car
and should be passed up In that hor
| ribly muddy condition.
I No more ranches, only desert. uuti
p we reached Rawlins. our sixth da
q out Of Salt Lake.
! From Rawlins TO FIT. Steele, wher
}. we camped on the banks OF the Mort
2 PIutt II was good driving at % I
p 30 miles per hour. From there I
I Hanna II was rough work, hard q
the motor but not sticky. From Har
S ma we headed for Medicine Bow, 3
A miles away. The road leads up lon
? draw over low summit. The road
I grow worse and worse. We passed
4 horse being led and from the road
p we concluded some one was stuck
which failed to strengthen our ow
h nerve. We finally came TO II. Gu
h old friend the Saxon. We had caugh
v them. Also the mud caught them u
n TO the gears and broken axle.
81 There were FIVE cars at that sun
, nit trying to negotiate II. II was
n case of pick out your tracks for
n hundred feet and then get out and d
=. tho same again. II took us two hour
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