The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-17
Owner of World Writes
About His Trip
De Luxe
DESERT AND PARADISE


liy Il GENE 'il'N.
PORTLAND. ono. oct .IJ d.
not "a big mmu from Turb tH l..t.
land. orc. iu those modern dusF ~
'stcnm cara" which m. l...u"
Judge Gregg uuI n,,.B a iU. u...
safp and aatisfartor. mod. OF rI..l
u YOU want to go .Uv p|D.r .hurI.
ttously AaI iu comfort but when 30
comes ~ making 'U. trip n 20. NN
f.uuphl, that Ia ...HtU,.. .uI.I...
dIffcrcpt nmIU IE.' 800 N.'u uIsH.
Il nnd hcrr ur uru .u "a .U.H..
weeks actual RUNNING Nr. In N.
exact ,y, has, travelled 3 .HU wu''
mcmd.ue side ...u r.d .O"Ut i'.
tours aud 49, d. Brown H.I n.i',
tyh. mpdr tN, uIu NIU u. Hi "'..
rDHH. on the r,.II. N.U i.'u. FI'
hu aforementioned H''H ,f.
TIu 100 not tu, fut Nuu 1u.1n"
have wudc thu iNu 'H Tho r'ilh-
wuu u uu automobile, nor w.ll Do Dol
hc last for it IL nJ from being Il
hard trip ana the roads. with th"I
exception Of the southern part otl
oregon ana other spots are all ihhl
could De desired aud az" being I'm
proved every year no rv1l nara
surfaced roads ARE encountered un
~ one reaches the southern part
of California bat from then ON 10 w..
one grand boulevard uu,l tho orc
gon line is reached, There iH Wh'loI
We began 90 have real truuhIc. lt|
rains occasionally In TINS Nl'lhlN
ana when II docs the earth luHt
suaks up thu water until there is no
bottom To- tho roads Absolutely
mono at all And what roads thoro
were have been ruined ny lho con
structi"u gangs putunG In INC new
H. /
when It l7 completed ihe Ioa"n 20
Portland VIII be Just az tl"c a1 ti''
Chiuorhln iohdH ana venture ih'
opinion ihht thoft arc no roads amy
Whero IN thlS or any "th'I country
20 compare WIN lh'Un'
M result "l llS F""u i"A'H 'ni'-
tothh rchps iI'h ha'N'ht II"t" iht
TOURIST trpVcI earh ychr ana h"H
pcrhnpS hItoady Eourh phck moro
thhh INC oIlglnal cost "i IN" r"'uH
ana sun mas tle Iuaus 'h'llo Ihl"'
according 10 lho Eo'eEHlhcIP .'"
su9 tEur'a Juh' given oui, nav M"
me nlosi rHpld increase III p"pul"-
uon during the past ton ychr "l
any s.nto IN the union ana lts go'yl
roads nave been very DECIDED I''-
tor IN TINS accompaniment. los
son that might very properly SINK
homo with the people OF oklhhoho.
Roads can be built Just a. cheaply,
nnd ns wen there M IN taIito'nla ana
u oklnhoma hhd az good ROAD SF"-
tem as California II would nave even
greater population because III hl'
more rcSourceA ana IA httt'r STATE
~ every particular Tor pnslhe5n en-
tcrpriacH oi All klhdd'
But this IL Distressing somewhat
from what I started out to write
u little piece about namely this par
tlcular auto ride. We left Tulsa on
bright sunday morning. reached
oklahoma city in the early after
noon. struck out west through El
Reno and spent the first night at
Clifton, 23O miles from home. The
following night we spent In Amaril-
10, Texas. II was here that we struck
the finest natural roads on the Cn-
tire trip. Also In the enrly morn
!ng we began to SEQ things. Wonder
full lakes and magnificent cities be-
gan to spring up In an directions.
Il, wo had not already heard about
the mirages Of the plains v.c would
have been 80 Disconnected Ly the
great lakes and pools Of water con-
stantly appearing I'm the road ahead
Of us we would have been tempted