, 1923-08-01
Tourist Camps of Northwest
Not Up to Standard Here, Suys
ReU. Carter in Letter Home

Everything from helping injured
persons out of a serious car acci-
dent to observing the method of
making highways in idaho and
oregon is recorded by the Rev. L.
E.. Carter who is making a tour of
the west. The Rev. Carter recent.
ly sem a letter to The Tribune
stating the details of his journey.
1t will be of interest not only to
his many friends here but also to
anyone contemplating making q
similar trip.
The Rev. Carter says that he
has found no tourist camp to com
pare in convenience with that of
Casper.
Following is his letter:
MY Family and I are quietly
resting in a shady. comfortable
tourist camp at lie Graude. Ore.
We have motored in our Maxwell
1000 miles since last Monday and
arrived last night. having come
over some of tho best roads any
where to be found in America. We
started yesterday morning at IL
a. m. from Boise. Idaho. and drove
&0o AhAAt1 aAAAsAAb hGLt CT CIV ~ II
The road was as smooth as a psrlor
floor and wide enough for ears to
pass going 80 miles an hour. The
speed limit on the Old Oregon Trail
is 80 miles an hour in the country
and 20 miles an hour in cities. This
is the Oregon law. But IN one
town in Idaho we encountered a
different sign. AS we were driv-
ing along we noticed this sign,
Speed limit 10 miles per hour.
Fords do your damndest.' We
failed to learn the name of the town
for before we were aware of It the
town vas back OF US. 1t had a
filling station and four or Ave
houses. I doubt II It had a name.
We found good roads from Cas-
per to Lander. and even over the
mountains by way of Dubois to
Moran the roads were good except
for a few miles near the top of the
mountains west of Dubois where a
cloudburst had changed the road
into a mud hole. State highway
~orkers were stationed there with
teams to haul cars through the
mud. but Max asked for no help
though the mud reached to the DIFF
ferential. Largers cars were stuck
but Max plowed through alone.
We finally reached Moran safely
and on the second day camped OH
the highest point on the Teton
Pass. over 5000 feet above sea
level. We needed all our bedding.
Two congenial parties from San
francisco camped there also. not SO
much by choice as compulsion.
That afternoon one party drove TO
tho summit, parked their a and
looked about for scenes to kodak.
While away from the car a few
hundred feet taking pictures, the
big ~Studebaker Six disappeared.
The owner thought 1t had been
Scolen. but upon investigation found
II u thousand feet or more down
the side of the mountain. 1t had
taken IL trip down an old road and
plunged head FIRST into a bank. The
tftnt wheels and radiator were
damaged, possibly more. but when
I lcft the Californians were watt
ing fCr a garage man from Wilson
d come to their rescue. They were
tn uk.ul no pms was in the car
whoa u plunged. The third night
we camo,d at \ ~na;atorium, rs
vi cs west OF Focatcllo, Idaho,
ywhsrs a warm spring with a tenn
pfra;ure Of o5 degrees flows into a
swimming pool. Though it was not
saturANy night we ventured to take
a sw N and wash off Wyoming and
Idaho dirt.
THE next day we drove TO q
hamlet named Bliss. but we did not
find much bliss there. for there was
no camp ground. We did stop in a
vacant lot not far from a black
smith shop. too tired to set up
camp. We spread out a few
blankets and slept under the stars
with the blue arch.of heaven as u
tent.
Rising early we drove Is miles
before breakfast. then On TO Boise,
Idaho, where we stayed about "a
hours in q we'll kept tourist camp.
They charge 50 cents for the first
day and rs cents for each day after
that. But they kept the camp
clean. and provided a shower bath
fcold, no hot water. q wash rack
for cars, an electric washer and
nat iron. Leaving our luggage at
Boise, we drove in the afternoon to
Arrow Rock dam. said to be the
highest dam in the world. 1t Is up