The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-04-12
FROM IDAHo 10 HAWAII.


The Nezperee Herald;
Sometime ago a private letter wal
published in The Herald in which
gave short description Of our triI
from Idaho to the Hawaiian islands,
but am now going to relate, in more
or less detail this journey from Hager-
man, idaho, TO Holualoa, Hawaii.
will probably reiterate some Of the
things said in the above mentioned let.
ter:
AS soon as I received my appoint
ment, which came by telephone from
Holualoa 10 Kawaihae pronounced
Kwy hil, thence TO Honolulu by wire
less, thence to San Francisco by cable,
thence by telegraph to Bliss, Idaho,
and thence BY auto stage to Hagerman,
I made arrangements to sell my prae.
tiee, and sold to the first doctor who
answered my advertisement.
He drove into Hagerman from Og-
den in his auto ON the evening Of Nov.
LIST. Our ear was loaded and standing
in the road ready to start. The doctor
and made the necessary financial ar
rangements regarding the transfer Of
my practice. We climbed into our car
and started on our long journey. We
went to Rodgerson, idaho, the first ev-
ening. We did not see much OF the
country as it was dark most Of the dis
tanee. We started off bright and ear
" Nov. 2, and reached Condor, New.
that evening. The country passed thru
was mostly desert, but near Jarbridge
there was large stock ranch by the
side of which we drove for about 30
miles. Helen discussed the prospect Of
trading her Nezperee ranch for it. but
finally persuaded her that il would
be too cold to live in such e place 50
she decided TO keep her Blue Bell ranch.
The roads we're fairly good during the
whole days travel We spent a very
unpleasant night in Condor as the hotel
accommodations were very bad. Sol alb
solutely refused to sleep in the bed
furnished as Our meeting and getting
acquainted with a prominent family
from n. d. at this place was one Of
the pleasant incidents Of the trip. They
were going to California in a Cadillac
Eight.
Our next days travel was the most
unpleasant of the trip. The roads were
very, very bad indeed. Several times
we were forced TO go a distance OF
twenty five miles at a rate less than
ten miles an hour altho the country
was a level desert. We went for sew.
enty miles without seeing any water,
any habitation, or any animate thing.
At Battle Mountain the auto road
ran on an abandoned railroad grade
which was followed off and on until
we reached Reno, Nevada. A short
distance out Of Battle Mountain some
men were putting rock in the road
where the sand was very deep. They
told me to run my ear over the rocks
but It seemed 70 me TO be rather hard
on tires While was discussing the
matter with them a Hudson Super Six
drove up behind me, went off the road
into the sand and passed around the
place where the men were working. Z
Then said to the men ''why can I I
7 go around that way" and they re.
piled, ''Oi that man has a good ear
and he is a good driver too" OF 1
course excused them for making such
a remark as knew that they did not
know me, but, nevertheless, felt that
Il was a reflection on my ear and on
my driving ability; consequently i'm
drove off that road into the
sand and around them I vent, and you
know me when I say went. We
for at least fifty miles look
ng for place to camp for lunch. There
we're plenty Of places, but no fire wood.
Finally we found a few sticks Of wood
Iround place where a house had been
orn down. want TO tell you people
hat the meal cooked and eaten out on
he surface Of that windswept sandy
lesert was the best meal had eaten
n years. We arrived at Loveloek,
Vev., on the evening Of November Ord.
he hotel accommodations were good.
We got an early start the next morn.
ng but we had an awful time finding
he right road. Finally we got on the
railroad grade again and
Dllowed at all the way into Reno. The y
My puneture Of the trip we enjoyed
as about thirty miles out Of Reno,
ito which city we drove in the early =
fternoon. drove into garage 70 2
II up with gasoline and oil and to =
I'VE look over the car before going "
yer the Sierra Nevada mountains to y
leramento, California. ] found that we y
ID three broken springs and ! could p
It get any in town and as Il MSS Sun e
y I could not get them welded; con.
quently I proposed to the garage man ~
trade my Oakland for a new Chal. NJ
srs 1900" which was standing along n