The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-14

eatessens. We took advantage Of eoun-
try travel to supply ourselves with
fresh fruits, eggs, cream ana mllA
We carried canned heat" for tea
and coffee. The national highways lie
near Americas abundant orchards and
store-houses, and though our course
ran through the Bad Lands, described
as q land fantastic in It's desoIation,
though we saw whole regions deserted
because of forest fires, miles upon
miles without dwelling. everywhere
and all the time good fortune" was
our companion. ..-
The mishaps are scarcely worm re-,
cordtnq One set Of tires, used b,00o
miles In California before starting, re-
placed by new, one spring broken COM
pletely. another partly, two break-rods,
where they could be easily repaired.
these constitute our "car troubles
July 10. our first full days travel,
took off 144 miles from the $50 to the
Yosemite, and that day we came
through bakersfield. Old Sol outdid
himself that day but we were allowed
to skip through this Sun Spot" at 80
miles per, which we did with scarcely
a nod to Death Valley, If It Is just
ed that there was only one other place
mentioned in the Bible that was hot
ter than Bakersfield. If some wizard
could divide up that temperature, and
transfer some to relieve 1ndiana's fuel
famine this winter, he'd be doing more
than his bit
We found relief at Grubb's Gulch
camp two nights away and entered
Mariposa Grove, park OF Itself, but
regarded a part of the Yosemite. We
had been told of the magnificence of
these trees, but were unprepared for
such splendid towering monarchs.
Each seemed to compel reverence.
Never were we SO impressed with the
grandeur of Gods temples, with the
greatness of single tree. Meekly
transfixed at the foot of 'Old Grizzley"
we tried to realize how it had stood
there in all its majesty for 5000 years.
its base 104 feet in circumference and
its first limb 100 feet from the ground
Muir says, There is something Won
derfully attractive in this king tree,
which draws us to it with indescrib-
able enthusiasm, its superior height
and massive smoothly rounded out
lines proclaiming its character in any
company, and when one attains full
stature, as has "Old Grizzley," it seems
to be the very God of the Woods
Think of the seventy million acres of
forests in the national parks alone!
At one time we rode for 80 miles
through one stretch of splendid pines
and frs. The incense filling the air
with sweet fragrance will ever linger
in our memory, and above all, will
their vastness, their strength, their
permanence, always remain in mind.
Some one says. Their branches are
not swayed, nor are their trunks bent
by the f1ercest winds; they stand
calm, silent and majestic, hoary her
mits of the forest, unmoved and I'M
affected by the puny actions of the
youthful world surrounding them"
One tremendous fellow lay sprawl
fng-been down an average lifetime
so large a trunk that a ladder with
twelve steps was needed to reach the
top of the log. We rode through two
standing monsters, the cut passage
ways not weakening their bases. Here
there are not just a few trees of enor-
nous size but multitudes of them
many named for some state or dis.
persons.
1t is impossible to realize the vast
supply of timer and wood in this great
Northwest. A Seattle contractor says
1t would build bungalow for every