Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-09-10
&. w. King Arrives in leWistown on
Monday at l O'clock From Great
Falls in an Automobile.
ADAPTED TO MOUNTAIN ROADS
Built Especially for Traversing the
Rough Mountain Roads in the
Nearby Mining Districts.

Il. W. King, accompanied by Benja-
min Whitton. arrived in the city in
the first automobile that has ever been
run In the confines of Fergus county
about | o'clock on Monday afternoon.
The machine is the property OF Mr..
King and was made expressly for him
by the Haynes-Apperson Co. Of Ko-
komo, Ind, and cost s1.40O. 1t is run
by a six horse power tandem cylinder
gasoline engine and with Mr.. King
at the lever, weighed l,790 pounds.
II is fitted with extra heavy springs
and pneumatic tires for mountain
work and is especially designed for
use on the rough mountain roads of
this section of the state. II has al.
ready been demonstrated by Mr.. King
that the machine will climb heavy
grades with ease and the steep Sur
prise creek hill on the Great Falls
road, was surmounted easily, though
rendered slippery by a recent shower.
Mr.. King left Great Falls at IL
o'clock on Sunday and reached Gey-
ser, the same time as the stage
which left the Falls at 7 o'clock that
morning, after stopping an hour at
Belt. Giving the stage over an hours
start. Stanford was reached easily by
the time the four horse team arriy.
ed there. and at that point a stop
a made for the night. On Monday
morning at S O'Clock the machine left
Stanford and made the run to Lew.
istown by / O'Clock the same day.
An average speed of fourteen miles
an hour was maintained and. though
while at Great Falls, a speed of 80
miles an hour vas attained on the
race track, IL would hardly be safe
to travel at a high rate of speed on
the rough roads in this vicinity.
Mr.. King said that the appearance
Of the machine caused much interest
On the road and children and more
elderly humanity turned out en- masse
to see it go by. After taking a short
rest Mr.. King very kindly brought
the machine out on the streets and
put 1t through its PAGES for the bene-
fit Of the citizens. many of whom en-
joyed a ride in the swiftly moving
machine. II is elegantly fitted up and
carries a full leather top. fashioned
like a buggy top and is comfortably
cushioned. The machine is capable
Of travelling over much rOugher roads
than a buggy at a higher rate OF
| speed and with comfort to those who
occupy the seat. 1t has been sub.
Iected TO very severe tests TO demon
strate whether ii would stand the
heavy roads in the mountains and
has withstood them in a very salts
factory manner.
The automobile Is regulated by
means Of a speed lever and steering
lever, which is operated with Ease
and gives perfect control over the
machine. Mr.. King will use 1t for the
purpose OF making trips to the mines
in the North Moccasin and also
to Gilt Edge and %apprehends no diff
iculty In surmounting the heavy grade
on the latter road.
f. w. King made a trip to Kendall
yesterday In his automobile. The
time occupied In going over was two
hours, while in the return trip Mr..
King made IL in n hour and forty
minutes. The grader attached to the
machine showed that the grade on
some parts of the Kendall road is
22 per cent. The sand is four inches
deep in places and the trip shows that
the machine is fully capable to travel
on the heaviest mountain trails.
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