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From Goderich to Los Angeles
by Motor Caravan,
Chronicles of a Trarscontinental Trip by A. M. Glover
and Party. Written by Mr. Glover for
The Signal.
N'heu 1 startled with my family to
it Boor from Goderich to O*lifornia, I
1':•.tnisetl su many pople letters de-
s(' thing the trip that It would be 1m•
pr.able to write them a11, and 8o I
x.., eller if you would publish the story
1.1 your columns -then they could all
re of it who wished and I eould mate it
ul.oeb more detailed than It f had to
w•*hue r:m•I4 line separately.
After a stood deal of preparation on
m; w u uitte in the way of seeing ev-
e thing was tight and in Rexed shape
and the trailer wade to work 311 right.
We gat away late , lis August and
e►1tr•te1 tto make the trip in about live
/o stereo weeks; lint that was before
W,, waw the I'.14.' roads. They have
dotutded some of dorm by the name
••1•.l:hwars•" toot 111 Canada we would
c,14 thein cowpall►a, and pawn onea at
1111 t. Ilowercr. hi Rr4 on with the
ot. y.
I'tlr party consisted of fire. and we
emits! 'everything we thought neces-
sary for living in a tent along the
road. and much more besides. (tight
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•c let mP bey that every caw 1er we
me hail Martell wifta lots more than
he h d such time a, he "frock the
Ito•kie We we; hundreds of people
doing jus the same as we were doing,
aid they 11 tell the same tale: take
Ai. little as ver you ran. even though
you have to buy sem,• thing, along
the road• out with two cars atm, nue lad broken
lite Outfit ('res Interest. down and we were bringing It along
,11,1.• We struck Leamington just be-
' fore dusk and its the "gang' did not
feel like getting all., the camping truck
out we stayed at the hotel in Leming-
. toll and talk i 1 the sights of Saturday
11i4111 . It .111.1• was a Illl.y town for
its site and we have ,ten nothing to
beat it, 4i7e for size. In all our travels.
Right Through Detrelt.
Next morulas. which was Sunday,
1 w,• .•' away for Detroit, and 11.-
1 road., which had leen .t No. 1 up to
phi, 1.1:41. nuat began to tae pretty
rongIt oil aecolnt of the heavy traffic,
1lower,•r, we finally reached Detroit
and crowd over the ferry. but jus
as we landed on 111• other side it b• -
4.4n 1,i p„)nr with raid again, This was
a ,pretty -wet" wcleoine for :a country
• ,•-,I1't :11111.
thatwas snµpoosed to be Ib) u
we isertliinly did not appreciate it. as
we all got more or less of a wetUtgt.
However..atter get tins 'steered in the
wrong direction by "trate. trop." serl•r-
-al-time-% we finally got 4114 the right
!nisi( ollt of the eity and reached
Ypalauti that evening. We were all
pretty tire) and sick to 1death of the
rain, so we decided we would once
more try the hotel. bot only on the cun-
dition that we ''camp for wort.' tuutor•
row night. Ido .we stayed at the hotel
I that night.
• rdays'
fit ul in tl r )reel t
1vr end f u 1 { w
I rills float while we hail a top o11 our
1 trailer it did me keep the wet from
:driving in and the dua+ri from getting
'among oar things; .o et Ypsilanti we
!knight a big tarpaulin sheet to cover
the whole outfit. It also lwprorel the
appetite's.... 'Lots of people along the
way had thotight that we had started
•1Veil.
the fir.: rr we ar at tied 4111 Mehind. People would may.
14'I;w'are, which i. : Holt I.nm on, "What happened to the Ford?" refer-
Ntor-sc-it was roll ' gain we sea iv the trailer. It reminded tete of
at an hotel end had a al good time. the, man with the big tear who used to
1W our way this far we h d no trouble iiy he "earrirl a Ford in his tool bag
with the exception of a lowout in -to case of a 'breakdown."'
to, trailer tin.. hut this as soon
Aced and away we went ■Ra When
pa -sing throngs imndon our out t
pretty dusty and created quite a
l.r,iwtlout. Ant we got through
richt, without Ming arrested. t
w'• pit tap for the night at Ie•law.nre
it was again a 'soiree of conversation ;
�tid_li entire, thought we.had'a long.; l
aay to go. So did We. 1 we
Next morning opened up bright and :.and
clear about 10 a.m. and we got under road
war, travelling :clung the northern
share of Lake Erie as far *s beaming-
fe.1. Lt'e hook this route as the rain
of the prrrioi•t day had made the I saw ihetroit tinder uncomfortable 4!, ett++tna con-
rated,- wltieb +. rl,ty.• r teat cent• oftet' wished to ray
THE SIGNAL
• ltteutlon, C.H."et
• int 1 1 Hill, LL
• t'. 11, of Long lslaud (Mr.
• Chas. Watch who has been writ-
• lug tootle motoring letters from
•, New' fork for TIie dismal, has
bad some thioga to sty abut
line roads in this Province, 1..
• the genwral effect that they are
• not a4 guidl a. they might lie
• and that they are ittfe''((for ro
• the roads on the other side bt.the
• line. We call hi, attention to
• Mr. (:lover's letter in this issue
• of The Signal, and Mr. Glover's
• coilp:rl•i.o11 of some of the main
• roads in the Staten with the
• roods In this part of the coitus
• try. Even lhl• fame) I,ineOlr►
• highs:ty was not up to his idea
• of %%h:at a road should be. com-
• pl:a•e1 with 1':uadt:al standard..
Huron comity 18 Just gelling uitve-
• ly started Au :1 Iu•ograut of high-
• way improvement, 81141 when it i.
' • completed Ilurou's roads-
• which have always been noted
• Its of much More than average
• q litys,wrill, we believe, be the
• del ht of motorists from all
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- GODEIRICH, ONT.
OWES HER LIFE TO
"FRUIT-A-TIVES"
After Year. of Suff•rine with Des..Apia• tkis Fruit Medicine Gav• Relief
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Owl's. 11 minute longer than WAS air
.)luh•I,r ms•essarr. Ypalalit 1. our
11ret aoppiug.plae• in the $tatrs. look
„1 good to ns. LYe got gikal treatment.'
Tim city w 1s.pretty..-diad -wide pave)
street. and everything was clean and
good. \t'r stayed here for a few 1 Is
for lire ''1 ir., etc.. find got away
.,M,11 after dinner.
Peer Koads in Michigan.
1'IIe c,iu•riete road andel at Ypsll-
ant1 and we struck soave macadam
Nnfaew which was betty fair going,'
a ,in
I R R•.
but not to M'. compared with our
adieu Malls. Even the concrete roads1
betwe n Detroit and Ypsllauli 1114
large hole. in places which made pret-
ty poor going. flowerer, we had'
started nut expecting all kinds. ands
we did not kick, until we .truck places
where they were :'4•tnally ploughing I
up the whole width of the road and
leaving drops of three and four feet
into soft gravel. which we had p, hand
time getting out of. and this was hap-
eniu • o
r •tI
>, t t across Michi-
gan
1 t s _:d h u cit Ili_
lly R I _
TTt1�
gnu older the pretem•r of tusking new
road.. • They could have left i pass
1 little strip along nue side "unite easily
Thou Iiand% of ('ars. I \
4484 From 4h'troit to Ypilant1 is Just II"
ittle thirty miles and it is concrete all the
11 way. We rime. along It on Sunday ASTHMA
vh afternoon and a stream of cars with
un' more than ten feet ietween each
r and We next was running toward+
ru)t
los_the whole of the way._There
not hundreds, there were thou -
and thuus*wl, of cars on this
ile we were passing over it. (If
conrs., t is woiid be one of the busiest
drys and [lir lar* were returning to
Ih,h•oit after the Sunday's outing. We
USE
RAZ -MAH
fN Saski s -fie Ssrari a -{ie sniff
Jest Swallow a Capsule
-RAZ=MNAR- Is Guaranteed
to restore normal breathing, stop mucus
theriugs in the bronchial tubes, give
nights of quiet sleep; contains n•
heist -to d $1 00 t d
NLLR ANTOw4CTT( ti0UCHEN
917 Dorton St. Montreal.
'I am writing to tell you that /owe
••y
life to
•Frau
-a-rives' for this remedy
eeliere,l enc when I hail abandoned
•II hope n. ever reoovering my health.
/ suffered terribly mils Dyspepsia. I
_had it f r years and all the medicines
I took .ltd not do me any good.
I read something about 'Fruit-a-
tives' being good for all Stomach
Troubles and Disorders of Digestion
so I tried them. After 6nishisg •
few boxes, luau entirely rtrfisesd of the
Dyspepsia and my general health
wits restored. -"
I thank the great fruit medicine,
'Fruit -a uvea', for this wonderful
relief."
Mlle ANTOINETTE nOUCHEIL
50e. a box, 6 for V.50, trial sine late.
At a.1 dealers or sent postpaid by
Fruit -a -uvea Limited, Ottawa, 'Oat.
--wIttront hindsrint the -work. if
:anyone with a little cenaideration had
ew
hem in charge. _ -_
We probably mate fifty or sixty
miles when we saw what we thought
was a gaol spot to camp. It was at
the foot of a hill close to it lake and
the scenery was beautiful. There wax
also ■ windmill supplying gaol water
clime at hand. Everything "looked"
fine. 440 we set np our tent. It took um
abort an hour this time, but after a
while we could.*et tett np 1a trtlnt?
minum•
teand pr
have supper west"' near-
ly cooked, for we all had our own part
of the preparations. However, to de-
etrlbe our first camp.
l(g rug. l enciyour rug-
a Total Erre at our ages or writs Skeeter's and Fllea,
Teoapletows, 142 1 ing W., Toronto.
The spot, as 1 say, looked fine, but
Local Agents -Dunlop's Drug Stere,-"tD3r*aw atm" onty- thing blondes the
ROBIN
weather that waa fine. Skeet•rs by
the wi111,4 after the sou hail gone
down, 44, r ides by the thousand before
it went down. We closed the door of
the tent and they all pretty :wetly
roasted 111 there uud couldn't sleep, so
wv gut up early. trade breakfast, and
abated away. We had a 11111 to face
first Thing and with the trailer liea•lly
'oaths' and the engine enol we had a
areal lime "Making the grade." The
folks gut nut to give a push and they
were all 1111.111 ng hard when the en -
_111e suddenly look it intwita head to
pull and .he Just stepped HOT-- awed)',
hearing the folks standing jn the
middle of the road --a4 they still,
"looking like fools," pushing at empty
:lir.: Anyway, 1 let them get hi and
ride after they hail walked to the top
1.1 the hill. We learned something as
to camp ales that 11111e, and our of
the 1(141141 important things was always
to pick the highest possible spot a4
by 41 ' • this you will not be rua+td
in your hent. and to avoid a body of
rr aper, as 1f pm don't you w1)1 be raters
alive by ske•ters at night and the.
flies will help you to teat your supper,
{\'e also learned to shay where we
could get plenty of wood for our
canny fire.
We went along all day without 111114.11
trouble and about 4 u'clo•k struck a
good phew by a farm 1 se to camp.
Generous Fanners
WIwl we were getting water from
this fernier the lady aske1 is if we
would like fresh corn and tomatoes,
and of course we were only tel plena -
ed to lake them, and do we had a tine
time that night, for we 1a11 pleasant
Neighbors and a pleasant rawpiug site
on high ground. We (111tH our thertuor
flasks with hot tea and good spring
watt for the midday meal and left
this t loaded with tomatoes anti
.wtM't t rn. The people were niee.
batt the Is were Mad, real bad. We
n w u was getting 11
leaved one ma h t K
1
R D
a Prop of potatoes lie had leen growing
along the side of the road and Pw1411rep1
the way. After genllg Gila informa-
tion we were admiring 1114 PON
and he afferell 11s all we wanted. and
he sure dill see we were well supplied.
for ht• gave ns enough to Zest 414 about
two 'weeks. a n,1 they were daudle4.
Elkhart and South Heed.
The next city of any acwunt that
w *truck was Elkhart a Id it certain)
e t y
was a pretty place, but we feat went
straight on through to South 1k'ntl.
which practically joins it. This i4 a btean-
tiful city. too. and has 44)me wonderful -
bridges. We tamped just rnntside. as
It was getting late In the day. l'he
road' for thirty miles around South
(tend are concrete and In fairly good
shape. It was at South (tend that we
first .struck the "I.ineotn highway"-,
the trallscoufinental road that we had
been tell to expr•t Al) much 01 and which 1
we telt sure would be "goad golag"
i9R__l certainly, for was it not the
main highway from wonderful ilia --j
Francisco to t11e great New lurk? We
did not realize hat they understood
as a road he . However, we were
,ping to ha the word highway dem-
onstrated tty forcibly from cow on.
although a didn't know it at the
Mite. - r���
Liweolq�HIgbway a Dla•pneiatni4 &
next town of any size that we
rk w -a. 1.11 Porte and the Asada be-
n Smith 1te11d and there were
rnerete and in' good 4hape. but after
that they Megan to deve•lup herd holes
right in the c •vele aid no efforts
apparently hail bred made to fill them
in or repair in any way. with the re-
sult that they were getting wore all
the time. We were told that it waa'the
heavy aruly truck train,• that bad
rause) these holes, but It most have
been a considerable time sites. 'any or
these 111111 bell in ee tellsi4e n'') and
lots of time had ala••-•• I t I AIM e 1 1r
repair,. After a 44 1lle t M cot creta
i fit+Leel , nd jt.4' tin p1 1;11 nese data
coo, roll -,4 I and lists w••Is •"1 np
so 1•-i 1 1 t..it a` Valparaiso. lb-• 1a•'
great Slaughter Sal.
Continues Until December 31s
and will give the people of Goderich and vicinity a chance to buy
Christmas Gifts at Reduced Prices.
Brushed Wool Mufflers
Those smart shades witl. fringed crus in a iovel%
quality,, to clear at $I.49.
Met's Fine Shirts
l Fee very fine quality in neat stripe To clear
at $I 93.
Men's Black Wool Ribbed Hose
Men's black wool ribbed Hose, sizes 10 to I I
To clear at 69C.
Men's Fine Braces
Men's fine Bra, es, hest quality. To cleat at 63c
r
oselaectiteireSeawsesesesewsese
Men's Gum ' ubber Knee Boots
Cotton line •, dull finish. To dear at $4.45 -
Men's Combination Suits
Th are made of good -weight yarns, in sizes 34
to 42. To clear at $2.19.
en's Four-in-hand Ties
In silks and fancy stripes, and all popular plain
shades, made to sell at $I.75 to $2.00. To clear
at $1.35•
Men's Fine Gloves
In grey or heaver, suedes. tan, tape, plain, fancy
backs. To clear at $I.95 and $?,4e,
:iuy Here.
McLEAN'S 'BLOCK
We Fight tar o ser Prices.
BC
ROBINS
OPEN EVENINGS
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HOEY'S GROCERY
\1'e have .t 1resh ,tock of goals fot the Christntt,
baking, including
RAISINS, CURRANTS, PEELS, EXTRACTS,
etc.
Red Err>tperor- Grapes
Fresh O}'stets in Jars
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CHOICE CANDIES AND FRUITS
Also a full stock of General Groceries
W. A. Hoey; GlOCER •
Phone 110
Cor. Square and -East St
FARM HELP
Owing 10 unemployment in centres of population there
are many melt now available for farm work. A large num•
ber of these men have had farm experience and thkir services
are now available at moderate wages with board. Farmers
who can usefully employ one or two of these men at this
time will be rendering a service to the community as well as
to themselves. Many farmers have repairs and other odd
Jobs which have been put off for )ears on account of the high
cast of labor. This might be a good time to get caught up
Mir
with work of this nature.
Farmers desiring felt please communicate with your
local Repreientatite and state the nature of the work and
wages you are willing to pay. -
S. B. STOTHERS,
Agricultural Representative;
County Huron.
HONORABLE MANNING W. DOHERTY,
Minister of Agriculture.
•s•
eity. It was * real eity and busy as
• flee, but after the mown (nursery we
did nut like In slay. We camped be-
tween LaPorte and Joliet and It was
at this camp that we were ever refused
water. We had travelled from 1'1114'
age m ' a forte and right there had
cunahlei cede the trouble: in fact, we
trove +) fie distatb'e mn I fiat tire to
?ry a1' nuke i.a i'orte. awl we did
make •t •nly to find the inhabitant.,
t[aea :o
/011 id German. We didn't
►� 'o • •r there. but pushed on Into
b•Nu ru 'e, Ste rut cid:a 1. 1. wa .104.0.t ..,entry, lis the hope of finding a
cI.M'I to . •,at 1 it, -'. SO letter place to pitch our tent.
1.1Vett-Ern was MY :wrier. *lieti-We - We (llmb.l an up grade for n few
t o .,•-o, which 14 about 100 miles and struck what looked Ilk.- a
-.msec west of ('hleago. We struck the good plate, and *'* It was getting late
State of Illinoh at Chivas,. Heights we pat 1qo oar tent and went to an all -
11 MI the roads Nonfinite.' rough right jaient farmhAnse to get water. They
Into Joliet, *not we de•ide1 that we told 1114 they hail not any. However.
we did eventually get water from nn•
tither place. but our opinion of the In-
habitants of that ,section was pretty
poor• e'pe•iftdy as they had w,nte wire
Ione dug' Which they let Lose. 1 had
a full-sized nee with nu• bud one cafe
(loner to oar tent than ne•P'*ary. 1
used the nee el) him find he did nut
trouhle 114 again. 1It.' were glad tai get
out of this sr•tlnn and to• Joliet. bill
the roads were hilly and rough.
Where They Have Red Hills.
54,4111,1 take the D.L.D. road. which is
-not highly advertise,! but I' a Road
cam'. -country road running ,-Icor from
Detroit through Lincoln. Nebraska, to
Item er. ('olHerne the initial.; i).L.D.
It is marked on the telegntph poles
right along the road by a 141,1) on a
White ground and yon l•auts,t mi4s the
4411 r.
On the D.L.D. Read.
i stopped at :.fie place to take Un
gas slid a bystander asked which road
ee were taking and we said the 1)1,11).
from now on. Another said, "What
Lees that stand for"' in chimed an.
other, "Why, that means Detroit,
Wes1.' colo and Denver:" 'Why, that'a not
t all," seam ata last man. "It mean*
long dint*nee; " and believe
me the last ran ons right.
We stayed the night at Joliet and
part of Ila• next day to look over the
THE REASON
e why so many who e
are run-down in
vitality, find res-
toration in
1 scours
1 EMULSION
is that it possesses in'
purest form, elemlrhts
of nourishment that
determine growth
and strength.
For alt debilitated
conditions, take
Scott's Emla on.
i.vMe a Mane Tmmnto. Ona 241 :Ik
. Speaking of 111114. we 114441 to think
(hot the -dock hill" was step. Wily,
that isn't n hill• it is Just rolling
'ground. Take the ground rn either
tilde of the roadway there 10111 mn*e
11 two or three milem long and yon have
some leftof the hills we tweet over.
Lida of.t m were twice as steep as
the "dock" and all of them Vitae or
font times alt lung or we never uotieed
them. in (bI dlstriet they were host
bullding,'a lot, of highway* and They
pit the traffic on aide roads, and It
sure 411(1 cut up the soft dor: surf*'•.
However, we finally did arxtye. _st
Joliet.
it was lucre that .the trailer began
to hang heavy and we derided to atop
it and ship our baggage by rail; no
while the folk* were elstting aronnd
i put the baggage we 11111 not need In
storage until we bad n permanent ad.
dress In t'slif*rola.
Learning How to Travel.
We now trnvellel a good d 1 ilght-
Pr and more gnlekly and motile ter
dine on the road; and ahnull evtrr
make n slmiler trip it would be wlth-
'snut knything except the clothes that i
wore, a real old *1111 to wear when
driving or fixing up on the ear or
*mind the camp, just the merest
tjntking utensils, a real warn sleeping
hag with waterproof on outside. R41(1.11
water hags and tin to Parry food. i
armlet not ids bothered with a lig car
or entry a lot of spare. es filmiest all
of thee can be Rot along the road
without match trouble. They all add
weight to the car and take np • lot
of room that could he 11444 to better
advantage is other waym "Travel
light" wnnld he my motto, end the
lighter the better. We found that our
tF.ern:na 41.1114 were Indispensable and
they were one [Mee 1 would not leave
behind When we had breakfast in
the morning we would 1111 up one flask
with lint coffee or hot tea to u'e at
midday, so making it unwe4seary to
build a fire then, and the other we
would 1111 with goose apring water for
a
(NMI drluk. Tow•rdr the end of the trip
we found that the water -hag as need
in the desert was a very tine thing, •s
it kept the water col and fre..h even
on the hottest day. They are merle of
a very strong relive.. and the water
weep. through and the sun evaporn te+
it gradually. The (totter the sun, the
e,4nler the water In the hag, as the
,•rsploration Tj-iip ranch more nisi
and the cooling effect .n much greater.
it I* a peculiar Ile• -"the hotter the
.1111 the cooler the water"
(To be footnoted. )
FRIENDSHIP'S
PERFECT WPT.
There's no gift like a good
portrait -nothing so distinct-
ive, so enduring, and so
sure to please.
An appointment now will
assure you "personality por-
traits' for gift -giving time.
J. T. Fell
NOVELTIES
for Christmas
NEW CENTRES
N EW HEMTiTCHED
PILLOWCASES
And many other new things
for the Christmas trade.
The Original Broiderfast
A new embroidery needle -
just the thing yon want for
Christmas work.
Miss S. Noble
South Side Square Goderich
Tee a Wei Ad i• 7M /Vlasic