The San Francisco call., 1908-12-21
AUTOMOBILE CLUBS
MAY HAVE TO Join
National Government Body VIII
Issue Sanctions to State
Association Only
Local Organization Intends to
Issue Road Maps in the
Early Spring
BY x. K. PHommedieu


L. P. Lowe. president OF the Cali
fornia automobile association, is max
Ing plans for a vigorous season. At
present the association has member
ship of about $50. The coming year
the remaining clubs and associations
in the state will be asked TO join. This
they will have to do if they expect TO
hold contests of any kind. The Cali
fornia association is the recognized
member of the American automobile
association, and by the new order of
things in the national body sanctions
only will be granted to members Of the
state association. Lowe also said that
the association had been preparing
road maps of the state and had more
than three-fourths of the counties laid
out. The work of finishing up will be
somewhat hard because several counties
have no official maps. and the associa-
tion will have to make surveys Lowe
expects that these maps win be ready
for distribution by spring, when they
will be needed by the touring motorists.
What Is probably the seyerest test
TO which an automobile has been sub
jected in California
&C., wo-1- was the two years
'oo ~ Ru,., service exacted
!. from two two cyl
inder Buick tour
ing cars by the company on the auto
stage line between ST. Helena and
Aetna Springs, Napa county. Len d.
owen and his driver, Randolph Pres
ton, drove these cars to this city last
week
During the two seasons service
these cars were in use daily. except
Sundays, and were overloaded with both
passengers and baggage on almost
every trip.
The most remarkable features of the
showing made by these cars were their
ability to negotiate the heavy grades.
their constant reliability and last. but
not least, the grand total mileage of
21.000I miles for each machine.
In appreciation of the showing made
by the two cylinder Bucks. Owen has
placed an order with the Howard auto
mobile company for two four cylinder
seven passenger so horsepower Buick
touring cars of the 1909 model. which
he will place in service on the ST.
Helena-Aetna Springs line for the sea-
son of 1909.
c. Z. Williams, a prominent motorist
from Portland arrived yesterday with
:. his 80 horsepower
IC..In o-.f Chalmers Detroit
Chaimers owner car and win +o,,r
...------- the state. The Sc
Gritty of TIL e
weather during the winter season in
the northern state prevents motoring
on any extensive scale. and a great
many enthusiastic motorists of the
Webfoot state are expected to follow
the example of Williams and immigrate
to the land of sunshine and flowers with
their motor cars.
The popularity and the patronage
that the Studebaker cars enjoy and
:. !. the significance of
issud.h,E. this at the present
- p.. time is told in the
following telegram
which has been re-
ceived at the local branch of the Stude-
baker Brothers company of California
from the New York house: 'sNotwith-
standing inclement Weather sales at
the eastern branch constantly increas-
ing The last two weeks they sold Al
cars
Coming as it does from the New York
branch of the Studebaker company the
dispatch indicates not only q healthy
demand for Studebaker cars in the east.
but likewise throughout the southern
part of the United States, as that por-
tion of the country is controlled by the
eastern branch of the firm.