Putnam patriot., 1925-10-30
By II. H. DAVENPORT

==--=-ljl,, 1 The next day made Ogden Tr.sh aso miles, via Granger. Kemmerer Masatch, Castle Rock, Echo City pevii Slide, etc. Some very poor roads; lot of waste land in Wvo- ming; mostly sheep raising.
 Utah was much more 0icturesoua over mountains and river roads. co. den nice city of 10000 population Nee accommodations at the Reed Hotel. ''ssN
 Salt Lake City
 From Ogden drove to Salt Lake City, distance of thirty-seven miles of paving through a wonderful fertile valley-Wasateh Range on one side and the Great Salt Lake on the other. Many apples, pear and peach orch. ards. l spent few days in Salt Lake City at Hotel Utah which cost g. 500, 900 tthe Hotel. mean). I went with guide to Assembly, Hall. the Mormon Tabernacle. which has a seat ing capacity of s.000-was built from 1s63-ls67 Neither nails nor iron us- ed in framework. Cost $500. 900 ex- elusive of organ. No one except Nor mons in good standing are ever allow ed in the Temple. which was about thirty years in process of construc- tion and cost four million dollars.
 Another day l took q sightseeing bus and toured the City. passed "The Lion House" and "The Bee Hive"-Brigham Young's homes. The theatre that he built, in which Maude Adams, a Salt Lake City girl. made her debut
 I also went to the state house and university huildings-to the park of several hundred acres, donated to the city by Brigham Young.
 also had the pleasure of seeing the "Round-up" parade in which there were hundreds of horses, cowboys and girls-several bands-many floats rep resenting the pioneer days-some real Indians. This Is an annual event
 The next day was a firemen's par ede. with veteran firemen and early equipment, down to date
 Around noon. August l9. 1 returned to Ogden and then on to Brigham and Logan. l crossed the Utah Idaho line soon after leaving Richmond, and one could almost tell hlindfolded when they crossed it.
 Into Idaho
 At ! ?. m. reached Pocatello. Idaho. distance of 1s7 miles.
 The next day l drove l29 miles to Twin Falls. town of about 5000 population. The roads were wide and either gravel, maeadam or asphalt which took me to American Falls. Massacre Rocks and Bnrley. the eoun- ty seat Passed 121 GOO acres of ir- rigated land and Hansen with the highest suspension bridge in North American t345 feet1.
 The next night found me in Ontario. Oregon, just PIT miles from Twin Falls. There was eleven miles of paving-then good gravel roads to Filler, Hagerman Valley. where on the north bank of the Snake River can be seen the Thousand Springs gushing out of the ereviees of the Canyon. Gienns Ferry. Mountain Home to Boise. the center of the Idaho finan l cial. agricultural. mining and eduea 1 tionaI activities. Here l took the low CT gravel road to Caldwell and then the graveled valley road to Notus, Panma and Nyssa, very fertile vai- ley.
 On August 22 I drove 132 miles to La Grande, Oregon. wonderful wide. smooth gravel roads. Some very crooked ones around mountains for nearly fifty miles. At Huntington time changed. l set watch back one hour.
 Baker. the county seat. with popu- lation of 5000 Lumbering. livestock, farming and mining. County mines produce eighty-fve per cent of min eral wealth of state. Haines, known as it's great hay center. From Pyle Greek the road follows along beau | tiful valley, then down a narrow can von known as Pyler Canyon which i opens up into Grande Ronde Valley Union has a Sl50.000 hotel. baker has a sl60 900 sanatorium-the spring i is the hottest in the world
 3oo Mile Drive
 found very nice hotel at La Grande and decided to rest up one dav. which put me in trim for So9 mile drive to Portland, Oregon. went through the Blue Mountains to pendleton. the Dalles. Cascare Locks [ to Portland, a lovely city of Z5s.ooo population. .lo..
 The scenic beauties and wonders along this 90 mile trip are said to be unsurpassed anywhere in the country, and the roads and bridges are vel nigh perfection. Nothing to compare in ali the western states I've been
 The next day l drove POT miles to Roseburg. lovely drive via New6erg, MeMinnville. Monmouth a college town). Junction City and Eugene. I saw dairy farms, apple, peach pIuhe and English walnut orchards. rom Rosehurg to Medford. Oregon, IS very attractive trip of ll5 miles yla Grants Pass, following either the Umqua or Rogue rivers most of the trip. Many crooked roads though naved and wide. Many prune, pear apple and peach orchards.
 On August 27th. drove lSl mllss to Castella. California. Picturesque and good roads most of the way; how ever the hardest and most trying mountain drive to date. Crossed ths Oregon-C California line between Ash- land and Hornbrook. Paved road iron, Edgewood to Dunsmuir. Snow-cappea Mt Shasta latitude l4,5sV iestl !"