The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-11-19
5000 Miles from
Coast to Coast
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mo" said the negro and the
incident was closed and nothing
has been heard since.
Mr.. SANKEY'S lights were
somewhat damaged and the mud
guard was SO bent that it had to
be wired back into place. The
car was left in this condition all
the rest of the trip and attracted
much attention particularly in the
Eastern cities on the homeward
"voyage" with it's two buckets Of
water hanging from the rear and
the Shrine emblem on the name
plate which William H. Taylor
gave him when the car left St.
Johnsbury. At many places MI.
Stanley found brothers who rec
ognized the emblem and he re-
ceived many courtesies that might
not have otherwise been given
him. Mr. Stanley drove the car
all the time and as night came
they generally stopped at a public.
camping place, cooked the even
ing meal, made the bed which was
a part of the car and spread the
tent over their sleeping quarters.
Our readers have been made
quite familiar with their west
bound trip as numerous postal
cards were printed in these col
umns from time to time. Fewer
stops were made westbound and
the roads were good until they
crossed the Mississippi river. They
followed the Lincoln Highwty
which like all long trails they
found good in some places and
mighty rough in others. The lat
ter condition was particularly true
beyond the Rockies where the
road was exceedingly rough. They
both agree that Salt Lake City
was the finest appearin" munich
pality they visited, but they spent
most of the time in the country,
stopping to interview ranchers and
fruit growers and to see the won
derful scenery which could not be
enjoyed had they been travelling
by rail.
Everywhere we stopped" said
Mr.. Stanley, 1--WE found communi-
ty camps where from half doz-
en- people to several hundred fore
gathered for the night. In only
two places was there any charge
for service rendered and where
there was a charge it was COM
mensurate with the service.
These camps had all the modern
conveniences, running water,
stores, etc. and in one place
where there was a modest charge
of 80 cents for the car and 81
night for small bungalow we
found a big building equipped with
shower baths set tubs, gas stoves,
electric fiat irons and all the con-
veniences Of our home"
Asked if there was any da1grr
from theft Mr. Stanley said he
heard of only one case of petty
thieving on the trip though in one
camp in the far Southwest two
policemen served as caretakers Tor
the place. Mr.. SANKEY'S only loss
on the trip was the disappearance
of his raincoat and this happened
from his generosity on the nut
ward trip. The Stanley5 had
stopped in a schoolyard for the
night and a cadaverous looking
man who said he had Only one
lung and was walking to Denver
for his health started the CONVEX
sation. He told Mr.. Stanley he was
going to sleep on some straw in
the schoolhouse but Mr.. Stanley
found afterwards that he bad stol-
en- a sheaf of wheat from the
neighboring farm for his bed.
When Mr.. Stanley found he had
no bedclothes he generously 'oan-
ed the man his raincoat for his i'm
provised bed. Unfortunately the
one-lunged tourist left the place
before Mr. Stanely got up and he
took the raincoat with him.
The most scenic part of the
trip was from Keno 10 Sacramento
and when the couple reached the
capital of California they toured
the state to Santa BoIbara OH the
coast line boulevard. They stop
ped at all the old missions en-
route, saw the fruit growers har-
vest their prunes and grapes and
when they reached Los Angeles
put their car up for a short visit
with Mr.. and Mrs S. C. Currier.
Here too, they called on Mrs.
Henry C. Bates, NJ. ]. Hovey and
John H. Moore.
The surprise visit was at Thor
eau, N. NJ, where just as Mr..
Stanley was parking his car for
the night a man rushed down the
pike and ordered him off. The