Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-24
FAM|LY OF FIVE
ON LAST LAP OF
LENGTHY JAUNT

On the last leg of 14,O0O-mile
trip that has taken them twice
across the continent, through 80
states and into Canada two or
three times, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy E.
Davis of Los Angeles and their
three sons, Dalmon, IA, Ewell, IL,
and Elbert, 6, dropped into Salem
yesterday afternoon and spent the
night in the city.
With side ramblings and a stop
through all of last winter in Della
ware Ohio, where the boys were
put lin school the family has been
on the road since May 27, 1921.
They have seen practically all of
the principal cities of the coun-
try and have visited most of the
scenic spots listed in whats
What in America" including all
of the national parks.
Took Santa Fe Trail.
The eastern trip was made by
way of the Santa Fe trail, except
for detour of around 100 miles
when they hit the Pueblo flood
area early last summer. Their
ogress then was eastward
through :. Kansas. Iarinois, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Vir-
ginia, District of Columbia, Mary
land, New Jersey, New York, Con
necticut, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts and thence up into Can
ada, where they visited Montreal.
October was well on its way be-
fore they finally "wintered in" in
Ohio, where Mrs. Davis once at
tended school and later taught.
They resumed their ramblings
June Is this year, and came west
over the northern, or national !
parks route to Seattle and thence
down the Pacific highway to Sa-
lem. Their route from Salem to
Los Angeles will take them to
Medford and Crater Lake and the
Josephine caves, then over to
Crescent City and along the coast
to San Francisco. From San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles their route
will be by way Of Yosemite park
The entire trip was made in a
1918 five-passenge Hupmobile,
which to date has Travelled 47,500l
miles and still looks capable of
carrying them home in good
shape. They carry full camp
ing equipment and live all of the
time in the open.
Fasteners Amazed.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Davis the most
novel part of their trip was the
reception accorded them in the
eastern cities, where people jam
med around their car in mobs that
had to be cleared away by the po-
lice when souvenir hunters sought
to pick the car and outfit to
pieces.
'tThey could not seem to com
prehend how we had managed to
travel all that distance tn an au
tomobile, with a family of five
and camp out all of the time,'
said Mrs. Davis. while touring
In the eastern states is more or
less general, they do not look up
on it with the same unconcern
that we do out here on the coast
and the idea of making an ex
tended motor trip without stop
ping at night Tn hotels does not
appeal to them Ss generally as it
does to u.s."
Trip and Education. X
Aside from the fact that we \
have enjoyed every minute of it, c
the trip has been of untold value \
10 us, especially to the boys said /
Mr.. Davis. For them 1t has been
1 liberal education, and you can @
not imagine the way it has in s
creased their Interest In history, i
and other subjects.
Where magazines and other liter N
lture had little appeal for them
Defore, they now read them eager
y, especially the articles dealing
With places and points of interest
We have visited