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The Beach family, Charles, Doretta, Lela and Claude, set out from Cornwall, Ontario on October 18, 1921. This is Doretta's diary.

Nov. 15th. The men went to town, then came home and we all went out about twelve miles to Hot Springs. Visited all afternoon. In the evening went over to Susie's the eight of us in our car and when we got back to Herbert's, Ruth jumped out to open the gate and fell and the hind wheel ran over her leg. We were sure it would be broken, but it was not, but badly skinned and bruised.

Beach Family (bag and baggage)

Pacific Hotel, Huntington, Oregon. Nov. 16th. Left Herb's about ten, came through a very fertile country, great orchards, apples, peach, pears, prunes and apricots, saw factory where they evaporated dried and canned them all. Crossed the Snake River into Oregon on a ferry and the road was like a snake also up in the hills and twisting around. It snowed a little in the forenoon was bright when we left and then we were about five or six miles. From here it began to snow hard and the roads were quite sloppy. Before we got here we had intended going on to a large town called Baker but lost our nerve, as it was half past four and being cloudy was getting dark early. They told us, here it has been snowing for two days up in the Blue Mountains, so we may have to ship our car through to Portland, as part of the road is very rough anyway.

Hot Lake Sanatorium, Oregon (Dr. Phy)
Left - Cold lake
Right - Hot lake (197 F) radiam activity
2,500,000 gals. a day

Hot Lake Sanatorium, Hot Lake, Oregon. Nov. 17th. Left Huntington about half past nine, roads fine, sun shining sometimes, and sometimes snowy roads winding through hills with a stream of water on one side and railroad on the other. Stopped at Baker, for lunch and then on to Hot Lake Sanatorium. Stopped here to present Dr. Phy a letter of introduction given to us by Mr. Clark in Toronto, a friend of Weston's and after talking to the Dr. about father went on to La Grande, had supper and decided to bring mother and Lela back to Hot Springs and Father and Claude would go back to La Grande and next morning would go on with car with a lot of others over the Blue Mountains and put in garage, come back to Hot Lake for a few days to see if Dr. could do anything for father. The Hot Lake is an overflow of a spring that sends forth water a hundred and ninety-seven degrees hot and flows at the rate of two million and a half daily.

Nov. 18th. Father and Claude got back last night, train an hour and a half late, had a greatly experience getting over, only one other car a Buick and two trucks besides them had gotten through, when they left to come back by train. They took two women who had been there twenty-six hours and the two men had gone to try and get help and one man had stayed with them and the two had never got back, so they left women in hotel. They were six hours going about fifty-five miles, and it was their last chance, as it was still snowing. They had such a time we decided we would have Claude get right back on the morning train and he went, and we were to go on the evening, but after the Dr. seeing father he persuaded us to stay until Tuesday, so phoned Claude we would not come until Tuesday.

Nov. 19th. Still snowing, things quiet.

Nov. 20th. Still snowing, after dinner sort of rain. Dr. took three X-Rays of father.

Nov. 21st. Raining all forenoon, clearing after dinner, packed ready to leave in A.M.

Rev 2003-03-08