Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-22

Salt Lake City, the Mormon Temple
showing several miles distant. This
was winding drive down to the city
itself. | am not going to describe the
city but leave ii to others who studied
its different aspects. We drove. sew
eral miles thro its streets and saw the
outside Of the Sacred Square. We fol-
lowed the Lake Drive to several min
ing towns and at last out on the Great
Desert. After many miles travel we
came to a sign r7 miles highway made
by Goodyear Tire Co." We expected
something great but alas! the roadbed
was made in good shape but the public
had travelled on it during the wet
season before the hard surface had
been added. We encountered the
bumpy ruts about half the way but we
came to the gravelled road at last
which assured us that the future tour
list would enjoy the II mile drive.y
From there we came to the mining
towns of Gold Hill, McGill and Ely, all
lying up high and dry, Ely being 5000
feet above the sea. Copper mining
was the great industry but no demand
at the present. SO business was dull.
From there to Tonapoh Desert, noun
tain and valley. The valleys were fer
tile and beautiful mountain streams
quenched our thirst. But frost had
killed the fruit Of the large orclllds.
From Tonapoh to Goldfields where
mining was also diversified. Gold, sil.
yer, lead and copper. The town was
prospering.
We came over one more mountain
range the first Of the Sierra Nevada's,
in Nevada. Nevada is sparsely settl-
ed state Of 10000 population, not as
much as our county Of Fresno. The
oil fever is raging now and surely
Nevada needs something to boom its
lands. We passed two mountain peaks
in California before reaching the town
of Big Pine Rivers. Fertile fields dot
ted the landscape. We came down
thru II or IA miles of Rocky Pass to
reach it. One toll gate was reached.
But the valley below was worth all
our efforts. We then went south to
escape the great height of Mt. Whitney
Q4,50O and other peaks which are
the tallest of the Sierra Nevadas, down
thru another canyon whose iridescent
heights have drawn the attention of
the film companies and they were
planning for grand scene background.
as we went through Rock Hill Canyon.
We then descended into the desert and
came to Mojare, typical desert town.
Thence thru cactus gardens to no end
and beautiful altho not in blossom at
present. Then we came to the last Of
the Sierras. Tehachepe Pass which
was over 30 miles long and series of
climbings and descendings but called a
boulevard with two little towns in the
midst with tunnels for the railroad and
numerous beauty spots for the nature
lover.
The rest of the journey was un-
eventful. Took lodgings for the night
at H. B. Vance's, Orosi. Old-timers
will remember Henry and family.
Came home next day SO miles, found
all we'll and beautiful weather but il
has been quite hot since, "Old Their
nom" climbing to ITO in the shade. A
word about the tourists. We saw tour
lists from every northern state going
west. Going east California predomin-
ated as we met so California cars bound
for the east. We travelled westward
3422 miles in 20 days, average miles
per gallon 81, average price Bic. High
est price zoe, lowest %. Travelled in
II weeks 7225 miles at cost Of $435. .48.
"Nuf Ced."
Best wishes to all East Jordan friends,
Truly yours
Mrs. Jennie M. Vance.