The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-06-13
Highnghts Of
An Auto Tour
BY the Editor.

We are looking forward with much
interest to those articles of your auto
trip that you have promised to write"
said friend from Kalispell as he sat
in my office and chatted with me Tues
day. Thinking that perhaps there are a
goodly number Of Western News read
ers who are similarly interested, we
have planned to publish a series of
articles touching lightly the highlights
of a journey that extended over more
than 5000 miles and that required
nearly seven weeks to accomplish, a
| Journey in which we travelled through
Is states.
Mrs. Rowe and pulled out of Libby
early on the morning of April 20, some
what nonplussed as to what lay ahead
of us in road conditions. Numerous
| inquiries during the week previous had
been discouraging and there were those
who prophesied we might have diff
Guilty in getting out of Lincoln county.
Different routes had been urged upon
us but we finally concluded that the
best chance lay to the north and east
and SO we headed for Kalispell by the
Eureka Whitefish route, fearful that we
might have to be pulled out of few
mud holes on the way. But we were
agreeably surprised. The highway north
was in very good condition and we
had no difficulty except in one place.
Stuck in the Mud.
We were sailing along in fine shape
not many miles beyond Warland
when we ran into mudhole, one of
the few we encountered We probably
could have gotten by it successfully
by skirting one side of it but you know,
distant pastures always look greener,
and the opposite side of mudhole
always looks to be better going. So we
attempted to pilot the Olds across to
the better looking side with the newt
able result that we slipped nicely and
smoothly into the deepest and muddiest
spot in the hole After attempting the
usual backing and other familiar stunts.
we concluded we were stuck for good
and were just about to start looking up
a farmer to pull us out when car
drove up carrying four husky young
men who piled out and came to our
assistance-four Good Samaritans
Never in our experience was the ar
rival of help more welcome. Those
willing young workers pitched in with
shovels and strong young muscles, with
a fine DISPLAY of that comradery so fire.
quently encountered on the open road
and soon had us high and dry and
poing on our way bearing with us
their good luck wishes and carrying
with them our fervent thanks.
That was the only time in the 5000
miles that we had any highway trouble
whatever. Later in the day. just before
we pulled into Glacier Park station we
did come I'D to another car stuck in
the mud and had pleasant opportunity
to return the favor that had been ex-
tended to us earlier in the day, but
more about that later.
We sped along without any further
trouble over very satisfactory high
: way North and east of Eureka we
found considerable snow, with much
water running in the wheel tracks bu
, with the roadbed hard and the driving
! easy. We were surprised to find thu
season there somewhat later than a
! home. The lakes we drove past were
still entirely covered with blankets D
ice and the timber still carried much
Of the winters white covering Coast,
ing along at comfortable speed
around Dickey lake we had to slow VI
the car to keep from hitting dee
as two of them bounded across tn,
highway in front of US. Again we hac
to slow down while another deer leis
urely trotted along ahead of our car
pheasant experiences we were to carry
with us through miles of travel through
sections so different from our owl
mountainous home Land.
Through the Mountains.
We had expected it would be i'm
possible to drive through the mountain
around Glacier park so early in tn
spring. and had planned to drive soutl
to Missoula and on east over No. IL
But when we reached Whitefish w
made inquiry and were assured tn
mountain road over No. 2 was opei
and that we would have no difficult
in driving through Therefore W
pushed on to Bolton and were agai
assured that while the road through tn
mountains was openA-it was just bare
ly open-but that we would have n
difficulty in negotiating it.
With that assurance ~ our ears, w
decided to follow No, directly to Min
neapolis and pushed on infs the noun
tains. Immediately out of Melton W
ran into" deep snow and fcT mile
travelled through snow in many place
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