Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-06-10

Jyon, Tex, we came to Clovis, ~ M,
where we staid in our first auto
camp
Dec. II, leaving Clovis, we passed
through Roswell, N. NJ, where we
encountered our first mountains.
The road was good and the ascent
gradual, that only by the cold did
we realize we were in the mountains.
We nearly reached the summit by
night, an elevation of 5000 feet.
We staid in the mountains that
night at hunters lodge called
Lone Pine Inn. 1t was surrounded
by some of the grandest scenery we
saw on our trip.
Next day, leaving Lone Pine Inn,
we ascended to the summit through
White Mountain Pass, the highest
point passed over in our whole trip,
but very gradual and regular. Af-
ter leaving White Mountain Pass, we
went through an Indian reservation,
where we took some pictures. Then
we passed Alamogordo, on to Ell
Paso, Tex, and staid over night at
Camp Grande, the largest and best
equipped auto camp in the United
States. 1t is city within itself.
You can drop a nickel in slot and
it unlocks a meter with gas enough
to cook two good meals. 1t was
here we first found we needed a
friend in a strange land We found
our fund running quite low, and it
was late Saturday night, all banks
were closed, also places of relief. At
the entrance of Camp Grande,
found a police station and asked if
there was anyone there of the or
der to which / belong. ! was in
formed that there was. He directed
me, but didn't escort me to police
headquarters. where / met Captain
of Police L. T. Roby, who without
any other means of Identification
than the receipt of my lodge signed
by Claire Miller, and the stamp of
the lodge, gathered up $50 for
me and became responsible, that l
might go on and not be delayed.
For few miles from Ell Paso
next day, we found the roads were
paved, then gravel roads, sometimes
little rough, but not bad Over
this road we only made 166 miles
that day, passing the towns of Mesil-
la Park, Alden, Akela, Deming,
Separ, to Lordsburg, N. M. Took
picture of Continental Divide near
Wilma, ~ NJ. Near Lordsburg we
staid at Green and White auto camp.
The cabins were all named inns,
such as Come Inn, Tumble Inn,
Squeeze Inn, Stay Inn, Back Inn,
and others.
Dec IA, we, had fiat tire in the
111r-
ing the day-the most tire trouble
we had during our whole trip. We
Travelled by way of Granite Gap,
and Apache, to Douglas, Ariz., near
the Mexican border, a distance of
only 100 miles, the shortest dis
tance we made in any one day. The
next day, in going from Douglas,
Ariz., elevation 1000 feet, to Mule
Pass, 5000 feet high, the road as
cended 1000 feet in distance of Is
miles. In making this ascent, we
passed through Bisbee, where the
ascent was very steep. We obtain
ed some fine pictures. Bisbee is one
of the great mining towns of the
United States. AT Mule Pass sum-
nit just beyond Bisbee, 5000 feet,
there is a monument and warning
sign of which / took a picture. On
the descent from Mule Pass we
passed through the city of Tomb
stone and took a picture Of rock
monument built in memory of the
founder of Tombstone, Ariz. Then
we passed through Benson, Pan
tano, Vail, to Tucson, where we
talked a few minutes with Mr.. Nc
Clelland, son of Cary McClelland;
thence on to Phoenix, where we
staid that night in a fine auto camp
named Orange. Phoenix is the cap
ital of Arizona; has a population of
$4,000; is surrounded by an irrigat-
ed country, and has a healthy eli
mate.
Dec. 16, we went north by way of
Wickenburg, to Prescott, Ariz. A
part of this drive was being newly
built and we were held up on the
mountain side for several hours, by
a steam shovel. This made it diff
cult to get over and we were late at
night getting to Prescott. A large
buck deer became blinded by the
lights of our car and made several
trips back and forth across the road
before he could get away. We staid
at hotel in Prescott, as we reached
there too late to find an auto camp.
From Prescott to Flagstaff, AriZ.,
we had very good mountain road
At Flagstaff my brother Ben Brown