The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-26

tire that Ne alV9yS carried our 0eS
ert water haG fall of water ant
lpientv al lshrxatiag OIL
Some oaAer tourists came along
and gave nae enro4ga Iubricating oil
to get To the aext town. At Soccoro
New Mexico, ~e met an Iowa mar
looming hack He had been ives,
from there ic~c miles and he said
the SNOW WAS 81 deep hecould 60 no
further and the next town west he
had tefephosee3 hack to Soccoro not
to let any snaNre tourists come that
way as they e~aaad not take care OF
them. We s0aausa out that the road
was OPEN SasatA to Dcming, New
Mexico, SD VIC continued south by the
way OF HillSher~ to Dcming. From
Soeeoro to- Dcmaiag, nearly all the
way. WAS hike a night marc awful
roads and hills hanging on the side
Iof the nsoaeasalsa nearly all the time.
| Several tourists said we went up the
steepest hill mear asillsboro they ever
saw, The lANAge made it all right
but some Of tho Others had trouble
getting tip D was stuck in 4 snow
drift once esa this read but got out
on my owt, power.
About rs aeestcs north OF Deming. !
ran into what they call bog and
stuck good and fast, up to the run
ming board ON ONO side A cowboy
came and hstehed on to the car
with his rope tied to the horn of his
saddle. he put the spurs to his horse
and | turned @sI the power and we
went OUT with i rush, He was awful
proud of his AerSe> He said he had
shipped htnl all wVcr the country to
roping CONTESTS he could pull more
by the saddle than some horses could
by collar.
At Demtmg, We saw the big army
cantonment, wAsSh is located there
We ran out es SNOW a few miles
north OF D~rasmy and left it for good.
We continued west from here along
the Southern Pacific Railway to
Tucson. Arizona From Tucson we
to Phoenix, Here we saw hundreds
OF acres OF eos,nm and alfalfa and
thousands OF ea,aac feeding on the al
falfa. They arc still picking cotton
at Phoe:.lN> Here the Dodge dealer |
had me tell tho story OF our trip for
aad took a picture of us
and -etar-eseF Ft=s advertising purposes.
They routed us sn northwesternly |
direction from Fhccnix over what is |
called the Parker cutoff but we
ORE course a little and |
crossed the Colorado River on a fer
~ boat at trahcrg and started |
aefess tsaasiurnia desert al +
Blythe. CALIFORNIA; 1t is o5 miles
rom Blythe TO Mecca across the des-
,rt by this route There are two or
hree we'll in this distance where
travellers cam ge, water, We camped
me mig INT at Swcaa about half way
lcross the desert
We proceeded from Mecca by
way Of Palm Springs, Banning and
riverside to- Corona, where we made
'ur first for few days. This is a
'reat orange and demon growing dis
riot.
We met lots OF interesting people
N the trip and saw many interesting
lights on the way. We were IS DAYS
m the road bat could have made it
quicker if VIC could have gone a d.
eet route and had less snow.
We saw IL OF Is cars from differ
mt states on the pead to California.
From Phoe@sx we travelled with
wo other cars to Boulder, Colorado.
Ne camped together and became
lell acquainted and good friends.
We bid them goodbye at Corona,
ne was going to Long Beach, the
'ther to WI. :er, California. We
anne through without a bit Of tro :
lie and never had to- change tires on
ne whole trip
Hoping this letter will not be tire
ONE. l am. J..
Yours truly
lo1,p Sheer T.