Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-21
ACROSS COUNTRY
AND BACK AGAIN
BY AUTOMOBILE
Interesting Trip Taken by Two
y Newark Residents, Covering
Over 5000 Miles.
HAD FINE TIME AND
MET WITH NO MISHAPS

Sp~ial Corrc~pondence Of Every Evening
Newark, Aug. 2l.-Ernest Frazer and
William III. Barton. retired merchants of
Newark, have completed an automobile
trip to California and return. The trip
was made IN MIR Frazer's Cadillac car.
They left Newark on May 81, and covered
S,66l miles on the journey to and from
the coast.
MIR. Frazer, who drove the machine
every mile, SAYS IL was a remarkable trip
IN every way and that they had fine luck
During the entire time they had but one
puncturc and three blowouts, and used
$50 gallons of gasoline. They had prac-
tically no engine trouble. I'VE struck all
kinds of roads, but as a general rule the
roads of the east are far superior to those
of the west" MIR. Frazer said The trip
took them over deserts and mountains,
through the grain belt of the Middle West
and the fruit districts of the Far West.
AT one place four gallons of gasoline were
used in going 13 miles over Dead Mans
Mountain, IN Oregon.
The two men were In San Francisco
during the Democratic National Conven-
ton and called on the Delaware delega-
ton and also attended the convention.
During the trip they passed through %
States
Leaving Newark, MAY 81. the two men
made their first stop at Cumberland, Md,
for that night. The next day they took
the old National highway to GAINESVILLE.
Ohio; then to Indianapolis and from
there to Chicago. Leaving Chicago they
stopped at Davenport and spent four days
at Des Moines with Mr.. Barton daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Chambers.
After leaving Des MONIES thev stopped
at Omaha. At Salt Lake City they
spent several DAYS sightseeing From
Sale Lake City they took the Arrow Head
route to Fillmore, formerly the capital Of
Utah, and then over the deserts of Utah
and Arizona to st. Thomas, Nevada.
When they reached St Thomas it was
liz in the shade at 3 clock in the after
noon. They had to stay over night in this
town, as the next stopping place was 80
miles away, through desert. This was
the hottest day encountered during the
trip.
From Nevada they went into California
stopping at San Barnardino and went
through the sun-kissed orange grove of
5000 acres, then to Pasadena, to Los
Angeles over the Pacific highway to Santa
Marie, then San Josa and on to San Fran
cisco. They remained week in San
Francisco and went from there to Port
land, Oregon, making a number OF stops
on the way. One stop was at Crater
Lake, Oregon, where a national park sur
rounds the lake. They took the trip of so
miles up the famous Columbia river drive
which was the finest stretch of road they
struck while away. A trip to Van Couver,
British Columbia, also was of much in
terest.
The men took the Oregon trail to La
Granade, to Boise, Idaho where side trip
was taken TO the Arrowhead dam, which
cost the government Sc, 900, 600 and which
irrigates many thousands of acres of land
for miles around. A stop of several days,
with side trips, was made IN Yellowstone
Park and from there the Yellowstone trail
was followed to Chicago.
Returning from Chicago ,Messrs. Frazer
and Barton followed the Lincoln highway
route but found it in terrible shape and
had to leave it at East Liverpool, Ohio,
going from there to Washington, Pa,
following the old National route to Balti-
more.
They encountered practically no rain
on the trip until they reached Ohio on the
way back. The only Delaware car seen
from the time Hagerstown, Md, was left
going out, until they arrived at the same
city, returning was one in Montana and
this one was from Marshallton. Those
in the Marshallton party were Mr.. Gregg,
his mother and one other woman.
On two occasions during the trip Mr..
Frazer and Mr.. Barton had some sport
snowballing This was June Is, on Pixies
Peak, and July l, at Crater Lake.
They called on several former residents
of Newark while away, including William
Armstrong at Denver and Walter Medill
IN San Francisco. Mr.. Frazer SAYS they
found the people of the West hospitable
and very honest. Both enjoyed the trip
so well they say they would not mind
taking it again.