The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-27

rain. 1t was said also that the winter
wheat crop was a failure The dad
lands, of Montana were beautiful sight
with their wonderful. formations from
sand and limestone which showed the ac-
ton of the water upon them.
1t was on the plains of Montana that
the first sod house was visited. The walls
were about three feet through Poles
were used for rafters and these were COW
cred with sods The inside was plastered
with clay and the floor was of clay. This
was the home of prosperous farmer and
was as clean and neat as any of the east
ern homes. The party was disappointed
at Mile City, Mont, on being told they
were lust two days behind the great
Fourth of July celebration, where typi-
cal cowboy roundup was a feature.
Through dry Montana their lips became
marched, their tongues We're burned and
their throats were sore, due to the aka
line dust and heat, and they say it would
have been impossible for them to have
gone through if they had not had their
large Egyptian water bag, and when it
| seemed that they could bear it no longer
ithev would take only swallow of water
lest their supply should give out and
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| for use in their car. The first irrigation
! of alfalfa was seen III Montana also and
| it was a beautiful sight.
| Yellowstone National park was an in
teresting part of their trip, and here they
spent four days 1t was at the time Ole
Faithful and Giant geysers We're going of
| for SO hours. They were told that the
bears were becoming ugly and just a.
their car started Old 'Bruin Jumped OF
the running board, startling the feminine
member of the party
Just before reaching Butte, Mont, they
saw dredging for gold. Their trip tool
) them also through the great copper min
ing section and they saw the largest cop
per smelter in the world At st. Regi
forest fires were raging and large mum
Der of Automobiles were held up by tn,
fire ranger and the Hamiltons were toll,
by him that they could not go on. The,
made inquiry of persons who had jus
arrived from Spokane as to whether the.
could get through and receiving an en-
couraging reply they started their ma
| chine and went through although tn
fire came close to their machine. In Spo
kane the next day they read in the paper
that St Regis was surrounded by fire an
that there was fear for the lives of every
one there.
In the cedar section, in Fourth of Jul
; canyon, through which they passed, som
of the trees were as much as eight fee
in diameter and these were the first tina
) had been seen, the other country bein
open plain The roads were very mario
for miles and signs were posted, do NJ
ha cd - Hero M
could look thousands of feet straight dow
while the other side of the car almost h
!, the rocks. 1t was a serpentine road al
= there were long stretches where there w
room for but one car On the turns
: the road, which were more nearly levo
" the road was wider. Travellers won
: wait at these places to meet any possit
tourists from the opposite direction T
- road was y miles long and much of t
distance it was as steep as the hin ba
of the Canal street school building
| Brattleboro.
~ Nine miles mp the mountain to the &c
tincntal Divide and nine miles down "
n a terribly rough road and for sevel
:, miles it was necessary to travel over
{, old railroad track After leaving Ellie
- burg, Wash, Beautiful roads were fott
- in Seattle They say there are no hills
- Brattleboro compared with those in
- attic, some of the streets being as ste
~ as the roof of house In Seattle II
fo hired furnished fat for week and NJ
:, Hamilton enjoyed the sessions of
-. grand chapter of the Eastern Star and
y tended reception where 1000 persC
81 were present in one building.
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