Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-03-17
CASE TELLS OF
SOUTHERN TRIP
IN CASE WRITES FROM TUSC-
nm ARIz-DESCRIBES POINTS
OF INTEREST

Mr. and Mrs. Case and Roy left
IN their new Hudson car January
and had good going until they
reached The Dalles, Ore, where tney
learned that the Columbia River
highway was closed from Hood Riv-
or to Stevenson, a distance Of 80
miles. They took the boat between
these points and were unlOaded with
their car at p. m. on the Wash
ington side, being advised that the
roads were better than on the south
side of the river. They found
themselves in two feet of soft snow
and it took them and IL other cars
until 1880 the next morning to wal
low through to Camis, about SO
the chains and have not needed
them since.
They stopped ten days at the OIL
fields near Bakersfield, where they
met several local people, including
Walter Abrams, Floyd Walston,
Floyd Myers and Lester Perkins.
Amos says the oil production is
some business"
Short stops were made In Los
Angeles and San Diego where Bal
boa, the finest park in the west.
and the exposition buildings were
visited. From there the party went
over mountains with snow and des-
erts with sand to Phoenix, Arizona.
For miles through the deserts, IL a
car got out Of the track 1t was
stuck in the sand and 1t was neces-
sary to clutch when passing another
car. About $50 miles between Yuma
and Phoenix Amos characteriZes as
the poorest road he has ever travel
ed and which made 1t necessary for
them to camp over night in the des-
ert,, circumstance which they did
not enjoy after being told about the
centipeds and tarantulas, but were
not bothered.
The Phoenix country, being wat
cred by the Roosevelt dam and hav-
ing good soil, Is suitable for raising
any Kind of grain or hay as well as
eotton, the last years cotton stalks
we're still standing and some of them
70 feet high. The Tuscon
ro,uatry n,ay is dry and only suitable for
III, ing and stock raising.
,,ou Inc Case party witnessed base
nai pa,i game and bull fight at No
saies, which is described by Amos
as follows:
we made the round trip to No
Fsa,es, sth Mexico, 6S miles, Sunday. the
th' ,n' ana saw ball game between
me, me @o'h Infantry and a Mexican
e' winch was good, but we did
no' see the finish as we wanted to
eee ,he bull fight which was goins
on q, the same time and held In an
, "ieha 100 feet in diameter sur
h,ouhued by seats. The arena was
so"raea up on the inside and had
,our places In opposite positions
r"efe the fighter could go for safe
sGS G II too closely pursued. The
nAa'er entered the arena first
"nu was loudly arplaudod. He
was followed by horseman with n
reou 10 feet long and immediately
"l,'r me bull was turned loose. The
a''mai was quiet and did not want
10 10 Iight, but the horseman stuck
nun nun with the prod and the fighter
waved red flag In his face and
plereed him In the neck with sharp
uarped sticks about feet long and
me size of lead pencil Even
shen the poor bull did not want to
,'Sht and SO was run through the
nouy with 3-foot sword, This
uid not kill him and the fighter
SUCK him In the base OF the brain
WIN a short knife. It seemed very
understandable to us as the bull
was doomed from the start. There
were four to kill, but one was
enough for us and we did not stay
10 see the finish"
The Case party will start back
west from Tuscon in few days
put do not know when they will
reach home.