New Britain herald., 1927-06-01
5000 MILE TRIP
 ENDS IN THIS CITY
Miss Hunter and Friend Come
 From New Mexico

Miss Katherine Hunter. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. George H. Hunter of 131 Winthrop street, returned home last night after 8 year and . half stay in Albuquerque. N. M. In company with Joseph Milan of the western city, she made the trip by automobile, covering the distance, about 5000 miles in 10 days.
 To seasoned autoists. there is nothing remarkable in the journey just completed by MT. Milan and Miss Hunter, but the extraordinary part of their story Is contained in the fact that the car in which they rode, was a small coupe and over the entire distance. the conduct of tho engine was uninterrupted by even . spark plug fouling. no blow outs were experienced and the tires needed no imitation during the jour ney.
 The two left the city in New Mexico . week ago last Sunday morning at s:30 o'clock and arrived at the-home of Miss Hunters par ents in this city last night at 11:45 daylight saving time. The last leg of the journey was made from Reading, Pa.. directly to this city.
 Starting from Albuquerque. they crossed the mountains of New Mex ico and came into Tuncuncari, which Is almost out of the Rocky Mountains. Continuing. they enter ed the great plain section known as the Panhandle in Texas to Sham rock where they spent the second night of them journey. This town is one of the most recent oil boom towns which have sprung up in the far reaches of the Lone Star State. As 1t is very infrequent in this secA tion for rain to fall, the travellers were surprised to encounter their first shower there. For miles along the great plain roadways, cars were of on the sides and some even turn ed over attesting to the fact that the residents there are unused to driving along wet highways.
 From Texas, they entered the state of Oklahoma reaching Tucson and staying third day in Oklahoma City. They passed through beau- tiful section of country and entered the southeastern corner of Kansas passing through Galina. Going over the hills here. they passed through the zinc mining section where for miles upon miles can be seen piles of slag rock from which the ore is taken.
 Entering Missouri they spent the fourth night in Springfield and the next day started over the Ozark Trail which winds over the Ozark Mountains. A perfect road and per- feet weather gave the couple an ex- cellent chance to enjoy to the fullest possible extent the beatty and grandeur of this passage. the most beautiful of their trip. Entering St. Louis, they passed the fifth night there and on Friday morning. they crossed the Mississippi River into East St. Louis. As this section is above the hood zone, the river ap- reared near normal to the travellers. Here they encountered downpour which lasted all day. They passed on the edge of Indiana and Illinois with the rain coming In torrents all day long. They approached Terre Haute and along the road. hundreds of cars were drowned out. Strings of automobiles were marooned be- cause of wet machinery and heroic struggles were seen all along to tow the mired machines to dry country.
 Saturday dawned with the rain still falling but as the travellers kept on, the weather cleared. On enter ing Columbus, however, they en- countered an electrical storm which to their minds was the greatest they have ever seen.
 Again it poured but still the hardy craft of the local girl and her com panion kept on without the slightest sign of falter. Sunday, the pair reached Greensburg, Pa. and after resting there that night, started out Monday to cross the Allegheny Mountains. Up grades five miles long the little car progressed and here the only mechanical trouble of trip was experienced. The brake bands were so badly worn that they had to be replaced immediately. But for the rain and the foggy weather. they would have seen for miles around from the high spots. They reached the Lincoln Highway and drove into Reading, Pa. Monday night leaving there yesterday morn ing at g o'clock and arriving home last night.
 Miss Hunter. who Is native of this state, plans to return to New Mexico in the fall. Her compari- son of climates is not very compli- mentary to New England although she states she loves the land of her birth. Mir. Milan Is native Of Tennessee and has been in Albuquer- que for several years in the tobacco growing industry. He was an em- ploye of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture and was relieved of his duties to attend to others in the tobacco fields of New Mexico. He plans to visit the tobacco planta- tions in this state this week and will teen re-enter the employ of the gov arnment. He will be stationed in Tennessee and will return there next Monday.
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