The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
AUTOMOBILE JOURNEY
DIARY ACCOUNT OF A TRIP
FROM MADISON TO YAK
INA, WASH.

cial Correspondence: We arrived in
Yakima September 8. We had a very
enjoyable trip and camped out and
hauled the trailer clear through.
Had only three punetures on trip.
Leaving Madison August IT. drove
to Henry. Stopped over cundsy and
went to Lake Kampeska and spent
the day.
Monday drove to Aberdeen by the
way OF Redfield. Big crops of grain
through this section, cutting nearly
all done. Crossed Missouri at Mo-
bridge.
Aberdeen to Thunder Hawk, farm
ing and grazing. Thunder Hawk to
Scranton. We passed through the
bad lands which is inhabited by peo-
pie all along. Scranton to Fallon.
bad lands and sage brush. Fallon
to Forsythe, the roads were rough
and rocky. Forsythe to Billings,
country looks wild and woolly. Bill
ings to Livingston Pass by Hunters,
Hot Springs and Windy Gap. Living
ston. got off OF wrong trail 81 miles
toward Yellowstone park. Went back
six miles and went over the divide
into Bozeman. Mountain scenery is
beautiful. Passed through a desert
ed mining section. BoZeman to
Three Forks. This Is a very prosper
Gus country, grain and stock raising
and irrigation. Three Forks to Butte.
We passed over highest point in the
Rockies, 2,400 feet elevation in 13
miles to top of divide and then went
down grade into Butte.
In going over mountains we use
all three speeds going up grade and
also going down grade. I started on
third speed and came down into
Butte on first speed with brakes on.
Some hill, | guess, but the roads were
fine. Butte is the homeliest place on
the globe. No trees, but has the rich
est copper mines of any place we
passed through. People are there to
make. money and not for pleasure.
Butte to Deer Lodge, 80 miles.
We stopped an hour and went
through the penitentiary. This IL
visiting day and we went through and
found everything sanitary and in ex.
cellent shape. Fourteen hundred in.
mates well cared for and then to
Drummond. They were grading on
these roads and they were In bad
shape. We left the Yellowstone trail
at Drummond and went through the
Blackfoot river canyon to Missoula
Through this canyon we saw the
most beautiful scenery while on the
trip, although we went 40 miles out
of our way. The roads were like Q
boulevard. Drummond to Missouls
Is 100 miles by this route. We Leave
the Rockies here and enter the Bit
ter Root mountains. Plains roads
are rocky and sandy. Seventy-five t.
125 miles is a good days drive. We
went on into Thompson Falls and
stayed two days. We left Thompson
Falls at noon and drove to Knoxon
35 miles. Four miles east OF Knoxor
we drove UP an elevation of 1,50(
feet In two miles and down into
Knoxon and camped there. In pass
ing through here we saw where they
had big forest fires two and 10 year.
ago. Kaoxon to Sand Point, about
20 miles OF most treacherous roads
we had OF the trip. Frosts nearly
every morning and sometimes Ice
would form in our wash dish. The
roads were just wide enough for one
car from Hope to Sand Point with oc
casional places for passing other cars
q distance of "a miles. Was luck,
to meet only two cars on this triI
as the forest is heavy and n canno
see far ahead. We kept the whistle
busy.
Sand Point to Spokane, 90 miles
We camped half way between thaI
night. Roads macadamized and In
good shape. Four miles EAST of Spo
kane stopped at a peach orchard
Had dinner and we all filled up or
peaches until we like to busted. Gosf
but they were good, SO were the wa
termelons and muskmelons. Drove
into Spokane. stopped at the Yellow
stone trail headquarters. They ad
vised us to go by Walla Walla which
we did. Drove As miles to Colfax IL
one and a half hours and stayed
couple of days there. This is thu
wheat belt of Washington. Co,fax
Pomeroy and Dayton. They farm
hills that look like mountains and
the way they handle grain. cut
thresh and sack 1t up In one opera
ton. Dump the straw off in row
and carry the sacks until they hav,
IL OF IA and drop them off in rows
1t takes 80 horses or mules to handl,
one of these machines and five or 81,
men. They 60 ahead and draw tn,
machine which cuts IL to IA feet
From Colfax to Dayton you will SCI