The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-09-26

gether with terrific force The front OF
the Oldsmobile was completely crushed,
the frame broken in two. The other
sedan was thrown off the highway onto
its top. a mass of splintered wreckage.
There was one man driving in each car.
Nearby farmers had rushed TO the
scene when they heard the crash, had
succeeded in freeing the badly injured
men from the wrecks and putting CIT
a fire that had started in the old car
Both men were unconscious and bleed
ing f,leill cushions of the 0lds
were out of the car by the side of the
highway and literally soaked with
blood Before we arrived the men had
been hurried away to a nearby hos
pital but people were still standing
around examining the wrecks. ! doubt
if either man lived Another sacrifice
to the Moloch of speed.
Hurrsing Westward.
Our speeding car carried us through
Lackawanna. Dunkirk, Fredonia, West :
field. Wesleyville and into Erie, all the
way skirting the lake and through
pleasant little cities and lovely
countryside. Erie was beautiful city,
or at least it appeared that way to us
as we passed through Then on into
Ohio through Conneaut, Ashtabula,
putting up that night at Geneva, Ohio,
a little city of over 5000 people. The
next morning we travelled on through
gainesville, Euclid. Cleveland. At
Cleveland our route carried us away
from the lake through Elyria, Norwalk,
Fremont, Bowling Green, Napoleon and
Bryan All of this country was pros
porous. agricultural land neat, at
tractive little cities. countryside
gently rolling and apparently rich in
agricultural wealth.
But we were not stopping to sight
see through any of this land after hav-
ing left Buffalo. We had decided that
the time we had allotted for our vaca-
ton trip was drawing to close. Mrs.
Rowe wished to spend more time visit
inc in Minneapolis and we figured
when that was done most of our vaca-
ton would be used up Therefore
when we turned west from Niagara
we had the intention of covering
ground as rapidly as possible, not stop
ping for any particular lettering along
the way.
Leaving Ohio we drove into Indiana.
passing through Nappanee, East Gary
and through the south and western
suburban districts of Chicago As we
were aiming to save time and as all Of
us had been in the city on former oc-
casions, we did not ATTEMPT to see
Chicago. BY that time we had seen SO
many large cities that theyA were be-
ginning to pail on US And further
more. all large cities are much the
sama-large and griny buildings. clut-
tered together in hodgeDodge OF
ngliness That is nv impression of the
business districts Of most large cities
Many of the residence sections are. OF
course. delightful but have vet to see
large city that can establish any real
claim to beauty in its business area
II we had had several weeks at our
/ disposal we could have enjoved visiting
| Chicago. its art galleries. its beautiful
parks, its many stately buildings; but
inasmuch as time was limited. we sailed
| bv this great metropolis of the Middle
West and put up that night at Des
PLANES.
The following morning our route
turned sharply northwestward cut
ting through the upper corner of Ill
inois and with us stopping at Lake
Geneva, in southeastern Wisconsin, for
breakfast This is a lovely little sum-
mer resort. There we had the first flat
tire Of the entire trip. With a change
Of tires. on we sped through Elkhorn
Whitewater, Fort Atkinson to Madison
where we took special notice of the fine
Wisconsin state university. Onward
from Madison we chose to follow r.
S. highway No IA, eventually reach
ing the Mississippi river at La Crosse
and there we crossed the river into
Minnesota, following this beautiful
stream much Of the way into ST. Paul
A Beautiful District.
Since this series Of travel articles is
chronicle Of some of the interesting
things we saw and the beautiful seem
cry we enjoyed, we cannot hurry
through this next district without a
few words of description. The drive
from La Crosse to the Twin Cities is
beyond question one Of the most beau
tiful in the United States. we were
amazed at the marvellous beauty Of it.
For mile after mile the highway follows
the majestic Mississippi There the
river flows between bluffs SO high and
rugged they could almost be called
mountains. The highway is cut into
the sides Of these small mountains and
swings along high above the river But
the thing that makes this drive SO OUT
standingly beautiful is the greenness
and the fresh verdure with which the
bluffs are clothed AS we passed along
that spring morning every foot Of the
way seemed to be clothed in a soft
garment Of beautiful greenness. Our
car moved along, turning around points
that hung over the river and then
swinging back over a cuving roadway
that followed the natural ms and outs
of a rugged riverside.