Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-10-05
Hikers, Radio Bugs, Big
Cars, Little Cars and Fords,
All Mix On Sunset Highway

With from 100 to $50 cars passing thru
here daily it is not to be unexpected
that the crowd will be interspersed with
all kinds of freaks, peculiar outfits and
otherwise. Although it does seem that
each year witnesses greater variety
of oddities and experiences and the ev-
erlasting desire to have something diff
| ferent undoubtedly has a hand in the
get-up of some of the outfits that have
travelled over the Sunset Highway this
summer. While it was impossible for
US to maintain close scrutiny of the
ever passing procession, wehave noticed
number of oddities, among them be-
ing pair of sisters who were hiking
from the east to the west These girls
stated they were going from New York
to SanFrancisco. Whether they were
or not they must be given credit TO,
not claiming they were walking on
wager. They were simply going be-
cause they liked to see the country and
wanted to go somewhere. They never
refused ride and were not bit back
ward about asking for one. There were
couples who were working along at odd
| jobs SIS they went from one state to an
other. While the mixers are given con-
sideration the poor author who claimed
he had been hiking since Nov. 1921,
hasless, coatless and moneyless, to prove
the hospitality of the American people,
and expected thereby to sell his book to
the publishers; but that old wager hoax
| is about worn out or should be. In re.
ality he was just advertising himself.
Of the outfits, big Car from Seattle
carried it's own radio set with the areal
arranged in the top. Neat little sum-
! mer houses mounted on trucks were
common. One car of rewly-weds three
weeks out from Minneapolis, had fine
weather all the way and their sundry
decorations were intact and Eyes, we
have no bananas" could be read several
blocks away. There wore two yrung
| men from an eastern city who were
looking for q rattlesnake-rea live one
that they could kill themselves so as to
be able to carry the rattles back as a
souvener. Two Tramp Garages mount
ed on trucks with the sighn, IF you
! want anything, stop me-" These alone
might prove useful in case of car troub-
lie away from town. One party claimed
the car they were driving and it's con-
tents, represented everything they
owned in this world, and we suppose
they will be perfectly happy as long as
they can get enough gas to keep NOV
ing. Four young people from the east
had their pet chickens along. To
mention the oddities without mention
ing the lady who was travelling with
her husband, collie watch dog, a lap
poodle dog, and canary bird, would be |
overlooking one of the good things in
the tourist line. Many motor cyclists
have passed, leaving no impression but
a cloud of dust. Not all the outfits |
have been hauled by gasoline power, as
there have been several old fashioned
prairie schooners. The tourists seemed
to be about equally divided, the ones
going west travelling as placidly as the
ones going east. The rush has not per-
ceptibly slowed up yet. Car after car
goes by, some loaded to the point of
breaking with all camp necessities.
One big classy car with New York
license plate, even carried bath tub.