| Show george horton and son drove auto to the coast the march lith issue of the loa los times contains the follow ing article regarding the auto trip which george horton and son of eu reka made during the winter season the story follows no one has praised california and its boulevards more than george E horton and son of eureka utah starting en on a long tour tn in a section they were told coald not be travers ed by an automobile during the win ler ter season they left eureka for a c camping a out trip through utah ne vada and arizona mr horton re lates a few incidents of their jour ney greatest roads on earth in south ern california was his first remark we have been on a trip with our car that made us feel as it if we were in a new paradise when we reached this land of sunshine and flowers no wonder everyone praises southern california we have had a great deal of pleasure on our trip even if we did traverse the worst and and mountain roads in the west we also did some rescue work along the route and really saved one family from suffering and perhaps perishing who were stranded in their r far ar many miles from help on a deso late mountain byroad by road we had plenty of provisions along and as stated in pulling their car out of a very bad place on the he trip through laa las vegas via st george over the arrowhead Arro Arrow wheal hea I 1 trail we had heavy grades of sand but not difficult to negotiate thence via searchlight nevada chloride arizona kingman and ashford to phoenix from phoenix we took a tour all over the southern part of arizona a and n d returning to phoenix again left for los angeles this was mas in december and going was difficult we came across two cars in nevada which were stalled on the heavy prades and sands we rendered as si stance with our car and they then continued rejoicing at a place near mesa arizona we pulled out three disabled cars returning we came to cadiz via ia the parker cut off heavy mud was en countered to tucson we forded across the virgin river twice in northwestern arizona at one place hey they were pulling cars across with hor bior es but after such strenuous woric our car had done thus tar far it was wa s r rather ther an easy task to consider the plunge across the dangerous stream near tolleson we forded the ho agua fria where cars were turning around the occupants earing fearing the attempt and which duj dut ing ng this time oe the year were tak ing ng chances of crossing the railroad bridge |
