The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-11-06

In a recent issue of your paper you
quote me as starting on my eighteenth
trip by auto from Bozeman to Los
Angeles, Cal. To avoid any misrepre-
s~entation 1 wish to say that 1 have
just made my eighteenth One-way trip
between those points, or the first leg
Of my ninth round trip.
1 left Twin Bridges on the morning
Of September IL, after the mountains
had donned their winter garb or white,
and drove to Butte, where 1 found my
travelling companion, Mr.. Quinn, con-
fined to bed under a doctors care.
Hence there was nothing for me to
do but return to Twin Bridges and
await his recovery, or cover alone the
1000 .or more miles that lay before
me with the north side of my front
\ seat empty and the rear Of my car
containing my stock in trade, con-
sisting Of bedding, tarp, and a re-
peater loaded with double B. For
tunately 1 still have the double BIS,
but from newspaper reports and the
desperate characters passes on
the road, Ibelieve it a great idea to
prepare Tor eventualities.
This was an incentive not to take
the trip alone, and I chose to await
the recovery Of my young friend and
prospective travelling companion.
Leaving Twin Bridges again on Sep
TENDER %, 1 drove to Butte, AZ miles
in a little less than two hours. ]
found Mr.. Quinn ready to start, al
though labOring under a heavy lOaC
Of dependency, but game to the core
We left Butte at 10:30 and drove
we'll down into Hell Gate Canyon be
fore lunch-by the way, the only
home cooked meal we had on the en-
tire trip. From then on we subsisteC
on restaurant fare. Thirty minutes
later we were on our way again, owe.
roads sometimes good, sometime
rough. We arrived in Missoula a
4:3O p. m, having made 1875 mile
from Butte.
We left Missoula September "a a
1880 a. M, arriving in Spokane a
5:45 that afternoon journey Of 81
miles. After leaving Missoula on.
travels no miles before enterin'
Idaho, the state line being on top o
the Bitter Root divide. Regarding tn.
road from MissOula to the Idaho line
I may say that each year brings NOR
wonderful improvement, although
there are yet stretches that viii max
a man forget all the grievances b
holds against his mother-inlaw am
use a vocabulary that is far from tn
good things his mother implanted i
his mind and that doesn't appear il
Webster's.
In former years there was tn
Cancels Hump, which was known frOn
one end of the country to the other
and after passing which any car, fror
Packard to Ford, could furnish waite
hot enough to boil eggs. One ca.
now negotiate the new road on inter
mediate without difficulty. Unde
old road conditions we coasted dow
the west slope, emerging onto a rive
grade for several miles until we az
rived at Saltese, where we began {
climb the main divide Of the Bite
Roots When ] recall the difficultis
we had to surnoeunt Ia former wear
the tow teams we had to hire. and.tt
block and tackle that was brcngl
into play to made an especially stel
pitch or 10 get out Of a mud hole
realize the skill Of the engineer VI
found such an easiez route. windir
over the mountain On q five 90 sev'
per cent grade surfaced with crush.
rock. One can now make this mou'
tain barrier without 8 percepib
struggle IL former years Che Can
els Bump was ts nnly Grade
which <ecs8 kanng had Is chan'
gears between tczenan srd les "a
va te1A ana
Whtn ne survived II the I.