Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1920-08-18
LOG OF JOURNEY
OVER 13 STATES

A long story of absorbing in.
= terest could be related on the
trip Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Freeburg
took from Ashland to Illinois and
wisconsin in a Ford car this sum
mer extending over three months
OF time, touching 10 states and
covering practically 1000 miles.
Mr' and Mrs. Freeburg started
May II, in their car, their obiec-
tive points being Chicago, ILL.,. and
Beloit, Wisconsin, to visit rela-
tives.
The first day out we got stuck
in deep mud hole on the Green
Springs mountain near Keene
creek" Mr.. Freeburg related
"and had to be pulled out with a
team. We only got to Jenny
creek that day. We then went
on through Klamath Falls, Mer-
rill, Alturas, Cedaryille, Virgin
Valley, and to Winnemuca. Ne
vada, where We got on the Lin
coin highway.
THE road signs were very few.
and in consequence we got off the
road one day for 25 miles. Fire.
quently We would travel 40 miles
without seeing an inhabitant. In
one case we did not strike water
for 60 miles--no,hing but sage
brush and sand, with very poor
roads, winding continually up and
down hill, scarcely meeting any
one for days.
FINALLY we got to Ogden and
struck a paved road to Salt Lake.
where the first rain in our Jour
ney struck us. Here we camped
in the first free camp grounds.
$50 miles from Ashland.
THE weather wcs cold more or
less all the way through Nebraska. /
Iowa and Illionis, and we were
in several big wind, lightning and
thunder storms; something new
to us; we also struck some very
roads.
we spent 4 month with rela-
tives on farms near Beloit. Wis.
and other places near Milwaukee
All the farmers in the middle west
apparently live on the income de-
rived from milk cows, herds of 10
and 20 Of which arc MIXED and
the product sent to the big cities
This struck us as u hand to mouth
existence.
Leaving on our homeward trim
Iulyl2, via st. Paul and Mime ]
lpolis, we touched st. Cloud, and
Mt ortonville we crossed into
South Dakota, then into North
Dakota. On reaching Montana
we passed near the scene OF the |
'uster massacre. From there we ,
went on to Billings and Living \
'ton, then south 10 the Yellow I
tone National park. where we II
pent only two days, but saw the |
zig hot lakes, Old Faithful and +
many other grand sights. h
Going out by West Yellowstone. h
We went into Idaho and started n
N our last lap to Ashland. Hero II
We passed through vast no-ac- /,
ountry, with the exception of h
Iountainhome, 40 miles south of o
'oise, Idaho. This is beautiful q
ity in II nice rich valley. After h
his tho country got worse. The +,
astern part OF Oregon is vast s
esert up to Bend. y,
AT Fort Klamath we turned n
Crater lake. We certainly en- II
'yed this better than we did the Il
ellowstone, for the camping is
atter, the water colder and the
emery grander by far. The road
as big surprise to us, for II
as so much better than anything ,
o had Travelled for over 1000 .,
lies. =,
During our entire journey OF -
mewhere around 1000 miles we 80
I'd only two punctures, one blow. -,
1t and got back with three of -,
g original tires with which we -,
It. Altogether we had a very u
ioyable trip with no accidents. p,
Mr.. Freeburg stated prices are ~
out the same for everything in a.
o east as here. Crops are good n,
d bad, according to location. %
here there is irrigation there -.
Q always good crops. No water. 4,
crops. -
Cd PRINCE OF =,