The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-28

From Spearfish we Travelled through
Beulah and Sundance. The roads in
eastern Wyoming were fine and the
| scenery into Upton is beautiful. Din
ner was eaten on the trail. We went
through Reset to Gillette. Made good
time into Crvada.
The scouts enjoyed themselves
looking for rattlcrs and prairie dogs.
A stop was made at Arvada and u !
little night driving was made, sup
per and camp being made about eight
miles out of Arvada among the rat
tiers, but between rattlers and mos
quitoes,-give US the rattlers!
Sunday, July ga start was
made Mt 4 n. m. this morning, fifty
miles being travelled before break
fast. We passed through Clearmont
and had breakfast in Buffalo. After
writing some cards and holding Sun
day services we travelled on. The |
climb into the Big Horn Mountains
was long and hard. After few
hours climb it began raining and we
had to stop till 1t quit. The roads |
from there on were muddy, the trucks |
barely pushing through even with the /
aid of all the boys Along toward
supper time we drove into mud
hole and decided to camp there for
the night. It took six horses and /
twenty fellows to get the truck out. |
The camping spot was in beautiful |
place, the snow in the high peaks be-
ing visible, and the mountains the
prcttiest we had seen. y,
mi, hn l
dead tired. A little conversation was |
heard during the night. One scout
heaved about in his sleep muttering !
"All right fellows, heave," evidently
thinking it was a hangover Of the
day before. Since it rained in the |
night, and the tents were not we'll |
ditched several awoke in puddles Of |
water. AS Vic said Half the night,
l slept in puddle and the other half |
in skating rink"
The fellows did not have the snap |
due to the fact that they did eighteen |
good turns by pushing the eighteen
cars around the mudhole. The pull !
was hard. Every car we met going |
east told US we never would get |
through. The roads were muddy due I
to cloudburst two weeks ago. Din
ner was eaten and again we pushed
off, soon landing near the worst |
mudhole on the trip that far. We
pushed out Hudson in three minutes |
that had been stuck seven hours and
helped two Fords through. Then af-
ter we rocked the road we drove one
truck in and got it stuck. There |
was no bottom to the mud. Scouts |
use their brains and the scout pried
the low wheel out foot, packing |
rocks under the wheel. It became |
dark, and we left the real test till |
morning. Tents were pitched on the |
other rain came up and another rath-
er uncomfortable night was spent,
but in the morning the sun came out |
bright and a good breakfast fixed the
fellows up.
Tuesday, July 24.-In the Bighorn |
Mountain before breakfast the scouts
started road along the edge of the
hill. A rock bottom was made and !
rocks and brush and dirt piled on.
Several tourists came along and aid
ed. Five cars were put over the
new road before the trucks went
over. A steady climb was kept up
through the muddy pass, and over the |
| pass at the altitude of 666 feet. |
Many of the scouts were affected by |
the altitude with listless, tired feel
ing. The down drive was more solid, |
but the roads we're rough. The news |
of our coming had gone ahead and /
one tired tourist from Massachu-
sets was glad to see US, for VIC push |
ed him out of the mud after lie had
been stalled one and half hours.
The down drive was long and hard,
gears being used to hold the cars. We |
coasted nearly to Tensleep, coast Of |
Is miles. Here we found the tour
lists we had helped along the road. !
There were more tourists than the |
population of Tensleep. The tents |
were pitched in level spot, and the
scouts enjoyed the best sleep yet We
are over the mountains and antici-
pate longer drive. We have reach-
ed no postoffice for three days,
hence the dealy in reports.
A SCOUT"