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1 THff" 0JJUG0N TSTJTOAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND' SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER ' 3,- 1911. s "SSlY. TO SAN FRBCO Caravan Equipped, Three Ton - Car is First Commercial Auto to Make Journey With Full Load. THIS CORPORATION TtflW FOMnON S public: SPUED Private Pumping Plant Pro vides Water for Akron at Critical Time. From New York to Ban Francisco In "' a- mpt,or truck Is the trip completed " Thursday by E. L. Burnett' Of Detroit. With him at the finish were W. T. Fish leigh and Arnold Hainer. the former Joining the party at Omaha, Neb., and llalner in Detroit. It Is the first com- merctal motor vehicle to moke the con ' tinuous trip under full load from the Packard factory. The start was made July 8. The threw ton vehicle was caravan equipped , and except for the absence of horses ' or mules, presented much the appear ance of a prairie schooner. Sand bags were carried for ballast.' along with one barrel of gasoline and another of oil. ' The cargo was three tons, and the total weight 13,000 pounds. Break Through Bridge. Although they struck much bad go ing In the middle west it was not until after leaving Omaha that the real seri ousneas of the undertaking Began to present Itself. First they broke through a bridge near DuMap, but got them- selves out without damage. On July 28 they arrived at Buffalo Bill's ranch on the trail between Costad and Buthar- :- land. Through sand, over dangerous totter ing bridges and tortuous buffalo wal lows, they fought their way to Chey- enne and Medicine Bow. Rocks and J sagebrush, trails full of prairie dog holes and ruts too narrow to take the wheels, were the roads leading to Dana, . Hanna and Rawlins. To Fort Steele .there were Eteep, rocky hills, and more sagebrush ruts. Just for diversion the crew took a few shots at rabbits, eagles, age hens, badgers and prairie dogs. It was on the way to Wamsutter and Just west of Rawlins that an accident . occurred which came near ending the trip. A rear wheel crashed through a bridge and only prompt and strenuous 1 efforts prevented the outfit from plung ing into the canyon: It took three houra of hard work to gt out Stalled la Stream. Washouts five to 20 feet and sand a . foot deep in long stretches, ruts of baked clay which had to be dug away to get through, were some of the obsta . cles overcome on the way to Rock Springs. In one place was a sand pit on a turn. It was impossible to use skids, and tarpaulins, sand bags and even the cot mattresses were pressed Into service. Near - Evanston they dropped hub deep into a soft silt while attempting to cross a small stream and it was two hoors before they got out The road from there to Salt Lake City, Utah, reached August 10, led them for a long stretch through a rocky can yon. It was dangerous travel but was made without mishap. For two hours the party was lost in the sagebrush, but Fishleigh found a horse trail and followed It on foot It led them over an unbroken waste with gullies so deep. In places that at times As illustrating the point that several heads of corporations have recently been trying to make, namely, that some cor porations are not without a certain re gard for the welfare of the public at large, witness he act of the Firestone Tire & Subber' company of Akron, The great rubber center has recently awakened to the fact that Its water works would have to shut .down for repairs. This knowledge was received by Mayor Sawyer and the other city of ficials with a great deal of apprehen sion, and a great deal of sourrying around In search of water. They had about decided to do without It when the news was conveyed to H. 8. Fire stone, president of the concern which bears his name, who immediately placed at the disposal of the citizens the pri vate pipe line of his company, through which, water Is brought from a lake some distance away for the purpose of operating the large turbine engines late ly Installed In the new Firestone plant south of Akron. In addition to fur nishing the water, the Firestone Tire & Rubber ' company Is running its emergency pumps day and night In an endeavor to supply Akron " with fire protection and drinking water. Best of all, Mr. Firestone did not ask the citizens to pay for It and he says they can use It as Ions; as they need It. Discussing the situation with news-' paper men. Mr Firestone said: "We're all part of the city. The citizens of Akron need us and we need the citizens so we'll work together. They are wel come to the water and I only wish we could get together like this oftener." Mayor Sawyer and Directors Gauthler nd Benner could not say too much for the whole hearted way In which the great rubber company took hold of the situation. It Is not definitely known how' long the pumps of the water works will be out of Commission but ln the interim, Akron home will not suffer. . it seemed as If the truck would stand on end. Things began to happen on' the road to Austin, Nevada First Hainer killed a huge rattle snake that disputed the right of way. At Death Hot.el. the truck damaged a tree, and but for a friendly constable tha party would have been held up by a westerner In true eastern style. At Eko a horse got scared, ran away, and It took cash to pay the damages. Then they ran Into an Incendiary ranch fire. The sheriffs posse blocked up all the roads In a man hunt, and tha truck was able to get out only by mak ing a long detour. After passing over the Sierra sum mits, the route was largely ever oiled roads and a down grade. Once in San Francisco many persons piled on, and the truck paraded through the down town streets. "As far as the truck la concerned, we would just as soon turn around and start right back again." wired Fish leigh. Fishleigh Is the U. of M. man who had tha world's record for pole vaulting. THE MICHIGAN EQUIPPED WITH THE FAMOUS BRIGGS MAGNETO "' READ THIS LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURERS MICHIGAN AUTO & BUGGY CO., 369 Hawthorne Ave., Portland, Or. Gentlemen: Replying to your letter of August 8, we beg to advise you that we do not issue price list of repair parts for Briggs Magnetos and Coils. We furnish 6uch parts gratis. We want every user of a Bnggs Magneto to know that our guarantee is a tangible asset, and that in using the Briggs Magneto he cannot possibly be caused a cent of ex pense for repair parts. With best wishes, we are, yours very truly, BRIGGS MANUFACTURING CO. Per G. A. Briggs, Pres. . There it is all in a nutshell. The user of a Mich igan automobile is guaranteed absolutely against any magneto expense, even if caused by careless ness. What more can you ask? And, remember, this is not the only part of the Michigan that if guaranteed Our slogan, "Made to Make Good," means business. Investigate our service department. A complete stock of cars and parti on hand CAREFULLY EQUIPPED. PORTLAND, f 1850 TO f I960 MICHIGAN AUTO & BUGGY CO. W. A. WILDRICK, Mgr. Phones-East 1421, B-1345 369-371 Hawthorne Ave. WHSTE RELIABLE 1KDCKS ECONOMICAL GLIODEN Ti OUR Speculation and curiosity are now acuta concerning the manner in which the automobiles entered In the Olldden tour from New York to . Jacksonville. Fla, will line up as to formation of teams. Tha decision to name the teams according to the cities from which the entries emanate and tha rule permitting individual motorists to decide which team from tkeir city : thay shall Join, puts a new phase on reliability competi tion because it Is certain that several teams will be composed of oars that, in every day busipaaa. are strong Rivals. Under these conditions, tha partici pation of private motorists, already one of (he features of tha tour, will result in lining up groups of casft npt neces sarily of the same make but each com peting against other mixed groups and such factory teams as may be entered. When a majority of the entries have bean completed and tha full list of cities to ba .represented Is known, it will 4 Interesting to sea some of tha low priced cars linked up as team mates of cars costing $6000, at the same time com peting In their own low price, classes.. A T NEW BASIS , In making the Olldden- tour a team competition Instead of a contest between individual cars, ,. tha contest board of the 'American Automobile ' association has tacitly approved an Idea originally advanced by several of the motor com panies. They contended that when several cars of a certain make partlcl. patf In a .contest, the team score should be considered rathar than the Individual car score, because it frequently happens that only one ear of. a team la able to finish or make a sjrodd showing.. .-. This very thing happened In the last Olldden tour. While one car of a three ear team wae awarded tha -trophy, the other two cars of that team suffered heavily and were withdrawn. : V Thus the 112 Olldden- tour from New York : to Jacksonville. Fla over ' the Rational Highway, will furnish a, new baals of Judging the work of contest ants and the team cars which have been entered by the United. States . 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