Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-09-18


get onto Oregon's highway afte
the kind of roads we had in som
states," Alexander Hill of Cincin
natl, Ohio, who registered at tn
auto camp last night, said. TIL
roads, especially through Mon
tana, were very poor, he said.
Mr.. Hill is now retired, havint
been in the color printing busl-
ness, and with his wife is MAXIM
tour of the west. They have beeA
on the trip for eight weeks anu
during that time have travelled d
trifle over 1850 miles. A feature
of the trip is that they have NOS
had a puncture, or for that matter
not the least bit of car trouble, in
the whole distance. Leaving Ohio
they followed the Yellowstone
highway to the Yellowstone para.
They then took the Montana
Park to Park" road to the GA
cier national park. Owing to the
fact that roads were being built
there which made it necessary to
ship their automobile about SO
miles to the east entrance of the
park they decided to take north
ern route into Alberta, Canada,
and return back to the United
States through Idaho. Fear that
railroad trouble would cause con-
siderable delay in shipping the
machine, was also,a factor in maxi
ing the Canadian trip. From Ida
no the party continued west to
Spokane and then went directly to
Portland. Yesterday afternoon
the trip to Salem was made.
Salem is one of the prettiest
towns that we have struck on the
trip" Mrs. Hill said. There is
about the city which a
person sees when just driving
through that appeals to one"
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hill were very |
we'll pleased with the condition of
the auto camp. They said that
Portland was the first auto camp |
where they had to pay. In Spo-l
kane when they drove into the
camp they were told that there
was charge and Mr.. Hill was so
upset about the matter that he
went to the hotel. However, by |
the time they arrived here they
had undergone a complete change
of spirit.
From Salem Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
will go to California where they
may possibly locate.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Krotzer> OF
Youngstown, Ohio, were also reg
istered at the camp grounds last
night on their way to California,
where they expect to locate. Mr..
Krotzer has been tool maker in
the Youngstow steel mills for the
past IL years.
When Mrs. Krotzer learned that
the news that she was giving was
to be used for camp grounu item
she became quite angry and turn
ed away with the words, Mot an
other word do l give. I'm not sup
porting your local paper" Inquiry
her sudden change of
mood brought forth the answer
from Mr.. Krotzer that she didn't
like the idea of being charged for
staying in the camp over night.
While Mrs, Krotzer went on sncK-
ing up and making ready for the
days drive, incidentally once in
awhile saying something about
and not getting their
worth, Mr.. Krotzer said
that they had been on the trip
'or about three months. During
hat time they had taken a zig gag
course, touching Michigan. Kan
'as, Missouri. Colorado, Montana,
Ind the other states on the way.
Thirty-four camps were regis
cred last night. Eighteen were
ayovers and 16 were here for the
irst time, Those newly register !,
d were:
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Heise
nd family. Shelly, Ohio; Mr.. and
Irs. w. G. Gehrke. Los Angeles;
dr. and Mrs. Alexander Hill, Gin
innati, Ohio; r. A. Absolute.
pokane; Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Tea
ant and family, Berkeley; Mr.
nd Mrs. Guy Bales. Burbank
'kla.; Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Boulton
Wichita Falls, Tex; Mr. and Mrs
:. L. Williams, South Bend, Ind. :
Ir. and Mrs, A. Krotzer, Youngs.
own. Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. H. r.
acoby and family, Ashland; Mr.
nd Mrs. w. Foller and Mrs, l.. a
mrna. Boise, Ida; Mr.. and Mr.
Y. l. Swart, San Juan. CAL; M