New Ulm review., 1922-08-30
new ULM YOUTHS
BACK FROM WEST
CARL HUMMEL AND HERBERT
BUSCHERS DROVE 1000
MILES IN FORD. =
ENJOYED TRIPsi IMMENSELY BUT
ARE MICHTYsGLAD TO BE
BACKBONE. =

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Carl Hummel, 10 years of age, and
Herbert Buschers, 20, drove up in
front of HummeIs store on. Minnesota
street late last Thursday afternoon
winding up a 7,000-lnile drive in a
Ford, to the Pacific Coast and back,
the time of the trip being three days
short of two months. They were a
pair of tired and tanned travellers
who aighted from the old Ford, but
happy indeed at being back home after
trip full Of experiences for the youth
full sightseers.
Left Here June 9th.
The two boys left here June 9th.
They had 5000 each in their pockets
when they left. OF this amount, young
Hummel returned with 500 still un-
spent and young Buschers did even a
little better than that, he having $100
intact on his return. The boys carried
two new extra tires and one old extra
at the time they started. They re-
turned without having bought single
tire on the way. In the matter of re-
pairs, they spent only $40 on the trip,
buying the parts needed and doing the
repair work themselves. Being capable
mechanics themselves, they saved a
great deal of expense in this way.
Only once did they have to haul into
a garage when it was necessary to
have the end of the car hoisted up in
order to effect the repairing job.
Camped All The Way.
The boys ,camped out all the way
and had no hotel bills or garage
storage space to pay for. In several
cities on the way, they visited with
relatives, which also helped materially
in keeping down the expense. This
included the cities of Seattle, Wash,
Portland, Ore. and Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The boys took the northern route
going west through the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington, then
south along the Pacific Coast through
Oregon and as far south as Sacrannen-
to, California. From there, they took
the Lincoln highway east through
Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska and
Iowa. ....
Saw Roundup in Montana.
One of the interesting events wit
messed on the way west was the round
up at Miles City, Montana. The most
interesting part of the entire trip, how
ever, was the visit to the Yellowstone
National Park At Seattle, Washing
ton, the boys spent ten days, visiting
with relatives and journeying to points
of interest in the vicinity. Amongst
other experiences which they will be
sure to remember in after life was the
climb up Mt. Rainier, near Tacoma.
Caught Star Fish.
They ran into a fishing sport, new
to them, on the Pacific Coast, where
they had chance to catch star fish,
This fish acts something like a sucker
or leach and sticks to the rocks near
the shore. At low tide, and when the
waves run back out to sea, one has to
rush down with a knife and cut just
as fast as possible to cut the star fish
from the rock, and then run for shore
before the waves come sweeping in
again. The boys thought this was as
good sport as anything they experienc-
ed on the trip. Some of the star fish
caught was left for drying and will be
shipped here when dry. That will
serve as a memento of their fishing
exploits in the Pacific.
Portland Most Beautiful.
Portland, Ore., was the most beauti-
full city visited, AYERS Carl Hummel.
But Salt Lake City, Utah, was close
second. In fact, down town Salt
Lake City was prettier than Portland,
with it's wonderful streets, so wide and
fine, with benches on the street corners
where you can sit down and wait for
the street car, and everything as neat
and clean as a pin, But the, outlying
residence districts in Portland made
that citY Che most beautiful. Seattle
Wash, was chilly to please. i.
Portland,s Ore, is already advertising
world's.fair in that city to take place
in 19258and the boys say that they
are sureN going back there then. They
carried M banner. home u with them
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wt It'll TirSsasf Desert .l't,st y
Passing through the Great American
Desert, before getting to Salt Lake
City, was the worst part OF the trip
This desert is all mud with the high
wav h1ilt through if from crushed