The Schneider Boys move to California-by Dallas Max Schneider

Schneider Boys move to California
Excerpt from Remembrances of Orval Dallas Schneider, My Father

By His Son Dallas Max Schneider 

Time passed and Uncle Les had moved to California and had gone into the restaurant business. He did very well in his chosen location. It was what was called a street car dinner-just an old streetcar parked on his acre lot and turned into a dinner-restaurant. The location was in Hollywood, right across the street from MGM movie studios. He knew the restaurant business very well and he flourished in it.

Orval did not stay long in Burley. With 5 friends they started for California to seek their fortunes. The car they drove kept breaking down and it drained them of all cash. An exasperated Orval Dallas finally made the break from this endless expense and he and another man named Dane, started hitchhiking.

 They made it as far as Las Vegas and beyond to a place in the desert called the corduroy road. The corduroy road was nothing more than two by fours, placed on edge over this sandy stretch of road to Los Angeles. No car would stop to offer them a ride so Orval put his suitcase in the middle of the road and waited until the next car came and had to stop. It was a new 1919 model T sedan with a canvas top. When the car stopped, Orval went to the driver and said, "Where are you going?"

It was an innocent enough question and when he answered, "To Los Angeles."

Orval said, "So are we," and Dane and Orval climbed into the back seat of the car as if they had been cordially invited.   The driver was a nice man who accepted them and that is how Orval and Dane made it to California.