Show MAKE TRI DE 01 MILES Rev I i Carver Describes Long Northwest Tour Through Mr and Mrs B n J t FInch Pinch and son Donald returned this week from an extended tour of the tho north central Rocky Mountain country Tho The trip extended to the tho Canadian border borderon borderon borderon on and from Spokane on tho west to the Glacier Park and andI the Wind river mountains mount on the tho east They were accompanied by Rev Revand I and Mrs John Edward Carver and their son John Jr Ir Mr 1 Finch Is district engineer ot of the United States State bureau of ot public otI toads roads I I Ithe The The purpose of the trip was to tom tomake i m make le an on inspection of ot the arlous I II road projects now under construe construe- construction I tion and to look over some of the I wilder and more secluded mountain moun moun- mountain mountain I tain trails that may be roads Of the future I This purpose said Mr III FInch led the party Into a II typical moun moun- mountain mountain tain country and furnished a II rare opportunity to see timbered and I mountain western scenery at Its best Nineteen days were I consumed consumed ed cd In tho the trip and more than miles mUes of roads covered The route after traveling the tho main high highway oy ay to Boise Dolse Ontario and Wels r ids Ida led through the tho North and South South highway highway now being rebuilt through the central portion of Idaho This highway will wilt be one of the scenic automobile roads of the west It leads through real timber and up tho Weiser river to Its source ana down the tho Salmon from the rise of the west branch The road la s made more Interesting because It passes the old placer diggings where in early das da s the gravel was so rIch that half halt half a pint of nuggets was aday's a ada ada da days day's s 's harvest according to the old old- timers old timers and in one winter more than men came camo to this part of Idaho to pan gold Many of ot the tho scenes of the old diggings are along the North and South highway TROUT STREAMS The Welser Weiser and Salmon rivers are clear rushing trout streams through virgin pine and as soon as this highway Is completed It will doubtless become a mecca for forca cambers ca ers and fishermen Its It la Is Willi be- be beIng being be being ing made doubly attractive by the construction of more than 20 miles of broad highway along along- the shore of the Coeur dAlene dAleno lake The I portion of the lake shore traversed by the new highway is densely with Ith pine being In the midst of ot the northwest lumber region leads by some somo Of ot the largest saw mills of the entre country A side trip to Wallace was taken and visits made to Burke Kellogg and the mining towns that make Wallace Vallace the mining metropolis of the state Burke Durle presents a desolate deso deso- desolate desolate late outlook because of the fire that swept the canyon recently Tile road supervisor Iso I has been compelled to place a railing around the three fine lne monuments that have havo been erected to the pioneer engineer who laid out the road to protect them from vandalism The face tace was being mutilated and the marble carvings of the side arms broken off the road from Wallace Vallace to Spokane is being traveled lly heathy hea Cass Cals from all eastern points are seen and travel is very heavy on 0 the northern east and west high high- highways is ways ays ays TO BONNERS BONNER'S FERRY From Spokane and Coeur dAlene the party went north norta to loaners loaner's Ferry and thence east along the tho border to Front From here re a side trip was made through Glacier park The region along the northern edge of o Montana and Idaho is one of fascination for tor le leperson and person lakes who loves timbered solitude and lakes th that at ha have o not teen been re- re remade re remade made by men Many lakes were pas passed ed These were timbered to the tho waters water's edge and as few travel the road the game gamo was quite tame The I lowers flowers of tho north were Here ere abundant abundant abundant ant and In their prime From Kal- Kal KalI Kal I the party came camo down through Missoula over to Helena thence to Butte and down to Spencer Idaho From there through Island Park Parl spending t two 0 days in Yellowstone We Ve then 1 went on through Moran and Jackson Jaclson camping on Jennys Jenny's lake lako The home homo route nos 1 v aa as over the I I Hoback and Gros Ventre up the I Buffalo river riter to near Its source do down don n along the Wind Ind rh river Ater er range and over oter 0 er to Pinedale and from there thero through Rock Springs and Fort ort Bridger down the tIle Echo and Weber can canyons ons to Ogden Osden Many road building projects were visited some somo of the most extensive being the work wont on the Welser Weller and Salmon rivers and the work nork ork on the BitterRoot Bitter BitterRoot BitterRoot Root Mountain dh divide Ide east of Wal Val Wallace Wallace I lace The Tho work worle around Coeur dAleno dAlene lake and along alons Lake Pend OReille 0 the tho work near Spencer and tho the resurfacing near West Vest Yel- Yel Yellowstone Yellowstone Yel entrance Tho The enlarge enlarge- enlargement m ment nt of the Snake River canyon road the Hoback summit construction construction construction tion the tho commencing of or the Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo falo river grade on the cast east Lander entrance to Yellowstone park parle and the tho Bear river and Echo canyon stork ork cast Colst of Ogden Besides the wild game earne in Tel Yel- Yel Yellow low 10 stone stono we encountered bear deer deel beaver beater and ond many kinds Ls of smaller mailer game along the tho wooded roads and l lakes lales Rupert Hughes and his moving mo Ing picture company hero ero taking a picture at Old Faith Faith- Faithful Faithful ful grounds ground The 1 he game gAine the trees the tho flow low lowers flowers flowers ers the many Indians the lakes the tho old and present mining minim projects were fascinating said Rev lev Car Car- Carter Car Car- Carver ver ter SID PIC na TRIP I was waa surprised t at t the beauty and size of Lakes Pend Fend and nd Couer de Alene Aleno and a dozen others that I had never novel heard beard of before At one town tonn we found a sheriff with two truck loads of Ca- Ca Canadian Ca Canadian nadian Scotch valued at nt which he had just captured Alon Along the border we wo met several s i ca hose drivers acted suspIciously Jennys Jenny's lake lale Lake Lalee MacDonald In Glacier park and ond the tho northern wooded coded bodies of water nater ateI were won won- wonderful wonderful wonderful The rho old placer mine ruins ruin of Salmon rh river riser er region and Helena territory was as fascinating When we were In Helena Helen the report was wa circulated that a new gold tefa oln had haa been just tapped near there and very rich ore showed in the tho J was Interested In the stale slate universities at al Moscow and Missoula We Ve had a powerful carand car carand carand and an on excellent driver or we could not have havo made so 0 long a a II trip over so 80 varied a n a stretch of roads In sO short a a II tune time with comfort In all It was the greatest trip I have ever taken and Ind through a country I have always desired to see sec |