Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-12-27
Baraboo Motorists To Los Angel
es Write of Conclusion of e.
700 Mile Trip
DR.. RANSOME ADVISES ALL
TO SEE AMERICA FIRST
The Mud Of Nebraska Is Designat-
ed by Writer as One Of the
High Spots Of Interest

DIR. and Mrs. X. ID. RanSOme ana
the latter's mother, Mrs. E. M. Hoag,
left Baraboo several weeks ago by
automobile for California, which
state they are now making their
home. Enroute Dr. Ransome has writ
ten number of interesting accounts
of their experiences and the following
is the concluding letter of the series.
DIR. Ransome writes that they are
all we'll and that Mrs. HOag moved
into her new home at 335 North Yer
mont street, Los Angeles, California,
on Nov. first
The account of the conclusion Of
their twenty-seven hundred mile trip
is as follows:
Needles is a small town, near the
Colorado river on the eastern border
of the Mojave desert Our real trials
of travel began here and did not end
until the pavement was reached at Vic
torville some two hundred miles west
ward, on the western edge of the des-
ert.
1t was over winding sandy road
that we Travelled the remaining few
miles to Needles, our destination for
that day, as the town lies a few miles
inland from the river. AS we rode
along, evidences of the desert were
visible and by the time we pitched
camp, we were sure of it. Sagebrush,
cactus on every hand, alkalie spots
seen frequently and the water tasted
soa3y, never satisfying nor quenching
as ordinary water is for the alkaii
content was too great.
Needles is a small town, a division
point on the railroad and barren and
desolate were it's surroundings. AT
ter night there, we were away to
an early start More sandy, rocky
roads westward, twisting and turn
ing through the desert country. Some
eight miles out we came to an oasis,
the last for some miles where fresh.
pure water could be had
The farther we drove westward the
more difficult and hard the road. Part
of the mileage has been paved at
some prehistoric time, but has not
been kept up even partially.
Find Roads Bad
On some stretches of pavenlen. eX
ce!lent TINA has been made, bue uIon
entering the lava beds, ore las CT
does find out what hard driving is.
Sharp rocks solidly Embedded in the
narrow road greet one, to avoid them
is out of the question and it is with
fervent wish that one hopes the
tires will hold up.
The turns are sharp and the as
cents are often most abrupt so that a
running start is necessary if one par
gicularly has been driving very slow
~, which is extremely probable AT
ter some miles of lava bed road, one
then can enjoy the pleasures of more
ruts, sharper rocks west of Ludlow.
When some five desert miles from
the first oasis camping place which is
Newberry Spring, (Which is seven
teen miles east of Daggert) our final
and last tube was cut
There, in the late afternoon with
FIVE miles to go, we were stranded,
our new spare tires and tubes cut
(not worm to pieces. Stranded we
were, in every sense of the word.
Until we reachd the Mojave desert of
California our wear on tires was nor
mai. over these roads they were
cut to pieces.
Finally, after an hours wait, a
good Samaritan sold us an old in
ner tube, and with his help the tire
was fixed up and we arrived at the
camping grounds at dark-and here,
too, the old tube gave out-but it had
brought us to camp. Here we had to
purchase a new tire and tube.
Car Parts Ruined
never saw between Los Angeles
and Boston, Mass, so many broken
snrSoG axIoc broken tenders and