Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1920-09-09

Store and got information about the
road. Mr.. Lauer is an Uncle of the
Lauer Bros. in Payette. We found
the road to Adm very good. From
there to Fall River Mills was thru
beautiful mountains covered with
fir, pine and large oak trees. Most
of the oaks were covered with mis-
tletoe. We met several cars and
Fords, but had good passing places
From Bieber we came down and
down into a surprise valley on a
mountain plateau and then descend.
ed again as far If not farther into
Pitt Valley, which was well named
A large areoplane had landed in a
Mills. We learned that it was COM
mercial plane, and that in starting
the machine the propeller had struck
one of the owners and killed him
For many miles we watched a big
forest fire which lay to the North
west of us. Our road turned and ii
/ looked for awhile as tho we were
going to have to cross directly thru
the path of the fire but the road
turned back and we crossed the
mountain far below.
Nearly all the way from Alturas
we could see Mt. Shasta ahead of us.
1t stood out so beautifully all cover
ed with snow. Mt. Lassen, the vol
cano which was in eruption last
spring, 10,437 feet in altitude, could
be seen to the southwest.
Stopped at Fall River Mills at
4:30, as there were no good Hotels
! beyond until we got to Redding and
that was too far. We had driven 1S6
miles. The high altitude seemed to
effect all of u.s. We walked around to
the Falls and to see the big project
in construction. A company of over
100 men were at work daming the
water below Pitt river falls. This
water is to be tunneled thru to the
other side of the mountain. This is
in order to generate more electrical
power for the cities. 1t will take
about years to complete the project
| We found that one of our cans OF
gas in reserve had sprung a leak, Sc
it had to be emptied and we bought
5 gallons more at 45c. a gallon,
Everything was very high for sup
plies had to be freighted in for 80
miles from the nearest railroad.
Meals here were 75c per capita. 1t
isn't what we ate that made us fat,
it must have been the scenery. We
all got weighed before supper. Cou-
sin Dee was the heavy weight, $50
lbs. was next, 126 lbs. and mother
I124 lbs.
Saturday, July "a, 1920,
People had us pretty we'll scared
Gus the road ahead of us was. We
decided to get up early and get over
the worst of it and avoid meeting so
many trucks and cars. We had travel
led only miles when we reached the
| pass. For over a half mile we rode
along upon shelf of rock blasted
out of the mountain side, and away
down below hundreds of feet was
Pitt River. The road was good in it's
self but the greatest danger was in
meeting over cars. Very few places
wide enough to pass on. Fortunate
ly we met no one along there. No
speed limit signs were necessary as
there were hair pin turns every
minute. But there were signs paint.
ed on the rocks like these; "God is
Love-" and Prepare to Meet Thy
God" We crossed a sandy place
about 80 feet in length where there
had been land slide. We got over
this as fast as possible before the
sand began to slide with us. We
breathed a sigh of relief and loosen
ed our grip upon the side of the car,
but we had more grades that were
even sleeper and longer than this
one. But when you have a good car
and a good driver there is nothing to
fear. At the foot of Burney Mt, we
found clear, cool mountain spring
and ate our breakfast there.
Got to Redding at 1:15 and had
lunch there 1t was very hot and we
didn't stop very long. Tried to buy
gas but could get none until nearly
out of city limits and then only 2
gallon.
From Redding on it began to look
like California. Fruit trees, nut trees
and flowers.
From Red Bluffs we had pave
ment all the way to Oakland. We
enjoyed the pavement after the day
before on rocky roads. Drove be-
tween 80 and 80 miles an hour and
hardly knew we were going