The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-09-12
High|ights Of An.
Auto Tour
BY THE EDITOR
FOURTEENTH INSTALLMENT'
Into New England.

A traveller running eastward out of
New York City along the north shore
of Long Island Sound passes through
an enhancing countryside We found
ourselves enjoying this drive immensely
one refreshing morning as our car
purred along over wide and smooth
highways into historic old New Eng
land. The highway was lined with tall
and Shady leaf trees through which we
now and then caught glinpses of the
waters of the Sound Numerous SUI
burban cities of large and stately
homes greeted us, houses set in ex-
tensive grounds and made attractive
by generous use Of shrubs and
flowers. It was delightful section
The land bordering the highways was
not covered with down timber and gen.
eral debris. The highways were spot
lessly neat and trim, The homes gave
similar impression. Throughout all
OF New England when one gets away
from the cities one COMMON type OF
architecture predominates. 1t is The
old New England house Of picture and
story, generally two stories in.
height. always painted white with
green shutters, in most instances, no
porch of any size; entrance to the
house so frequently being from a stoop
directly through the main door. This
type of house predominates to such
an extent throughout all Of rural New
England that it caused US to comment
upon it.
There is something decidedly pleasing
about those old white houses with their
green shutters. They leave a pro-
nounced impression Of neatness and
cleanliness and order They are found
all over rural New England and in
great numbers even in some of the
smaller cities and villages
Long Felt Desire Realized.
From the days when boys heart
was thrilled by the stirring exploits
Of the men who fought common foe
that they might found a government
Of liberty and opportunity | had felt
a longing to visit this land so rich in
historic interest This old land in the
northeast corner Of our now great
nation is so full Of historic shrines that
it is impossible in limited space to cite
more than few Of the sights that net
our eager eyes as we travelled through
that favored section As one man has
said, Whole Libraries have been writ
ten on the enthralling past of New
England On this very soil have trod
mailed Vikings, Sieur de Champlain,
Captain John Smith, Miles Standish,
John and Priscilla Alden Governor
William Bradford, Benedict Arnold,
Ethan Allen and his Green Mount
ain Boys, Washington, Franklin,
Where else have occurred so many
epoch making events The Landing
Of the Pilgrims, the Boston Tea Party,
the stand Of the farmers at Lexington
and Concord, Bunker Hill, and hum
dreds Of similar happenings SO in
extricably tied up with the founding
and development Of the United States.
We traversed this delightful sec
ton on u. S. highway No. ! on our
way to Boston, and it lead us through
many attractive and apparently thriv-
ing little cities. One of the first points
of interest that we reached that morn
ing was New Haven, Conn. There we
visited well-known Yale university, one
OF the nations great institutions of
learning. We drove around the beau
titul campus and noted the many
magnificent buildings Of light colored
stone and brick, all apparently in a
high state Of repair and leaving an i'm
preston on the passing traveller Of
great care and efficient administration.
But busy travellers could not take tine
Tor more than casual glimpse Of
that great institution and soon on we
sped through New London and across
Rhode Island, passing through Provi-
dence and Pawtucket Soon there
after we crossed the state line into