The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-08
NONSTOP RUN
A RECORD RIDE
ChaImerS-0etroit Car Covers
Two Hundred Miles for
Herald.
BY w. D. RISHEU.

Did you ever make y 200-miIe trim
over Utah roads inside Of e,e,en -.
IN an automobile? Well. believe me. Il
IS going some. Two hundred miles n
an auto does not sound very large
ana is not on eastern roads. where the
going is ike race track. Then Won
SIT pack IN the cushioned seat. the
driver throws her into the high speed
ana you watch the scenery glide past.
But here, where good roads arc nm
known outside of political nIatfo,ms
the gong is not unlike the bunp-the-
pumps at summer resort. only
faster.
On last Tuesday The Herald desired
10 get IN touch with the many voting
districts OF Utah. Salt Lake and Tooele
counties, and IL wanted quick action
FRANK Botterill of the Botteril automo-
bile agency of this city desired TO
make unique test with one OF his
Cnaimers- Detroit machines, and a
combination Was made where both
parties. got action. Realizing the
adaptabiity of the auto for covering
election districts. the Chalmers Detroit
people made the same eeaI in rs other
cities in the United States and offered
prize for the man who would make
the best record. everything taken into
consideration. Frank BOtteTill has
made claim for that prize. and the
fellow who has him beaten. If there Is
such person. win have to come for
ward with mighty clean bill of
health.
Conditions of Run.
U>-~er the conditions Of the run. the
engine of the machine could not be
stopped for any reason whatever for
the entire 200 miles Neither could any
ire ,aF in
be made. Also. credit would be al
lowed for the machine using the least
amount of gasoline. This. together
with the condition of the roads and the
time used in actual running. would be
taken into consideration in deciding a
winner of the contest If some one OF
those other ia cars beat BotterilI on
last Tuesday, then the driver and the
car are both wonders.
Botterill's record is something like
this: He started on his 200-mile trip at
$50 a. m. and came under the wire at
5:26 p. m. During this time many
stops were made at the numerous poll
ing places along the route. He used a
total of exactly eighteen gallons of
gasoline. Not a drop of water was put
in the radiator from start to finish Nor
was a drop of oil used on any part of
the machine. The hood was never
raised. nor was wrench used on the
machine Neither We're the tires
touched from start to finish The en-
CINE was started at 500 a. m. over
half an hour before the trip began. and
the motor was not stopped until $50
D. m. when the machine was back in
the garage. This is certainly going
some.
How Trip Was Made.
The trip itself was on the regular
IN 0rGn I L
Office at $50 i'm the morning. with
Botterill at the wheel and Lee Moore
as a substitute driver. and the writer
holding down the rear seat, Botterill
opened her wide. and the Chalmers
Detroit was on its way
The first streaks Of dawn were seen
at Twelfth South, and as the machine
dashed down State street over the
frost-covered roads. the cold air cut
the face like a sharp knife blade. AS
daylight began to appear the surround
ing fields looked as IL snow had fallen
during the night. The machine dashed
past Il cabbage patch. Lee Moore
yelled out: The frost is on the cab
5age, Mabel and it certainly was.
Murray was reached in sixteen min
utes. a short stop was made and the
ride for Draper began. A few strag-
Cling Republicans-they are the only
kind of people grown down there-saw
the machine dash through at sixteen
minutes after Z. Then a race with q.
light engine began. and the machine
was first into Lehi- Short stops were
made as far as Provo. and a quick run
was then made to Springville At 9:OS
the first leg of the trip had been made
and the return trip for Salt Lake be-
gan.
Correct Dope at Provo.
Or,
Democratic headquarters followed and
the first official announcement was
made that Jessie knight would carry
Utah county. When asked for the rea-
son, the county chairman replied that
It was because Reed Smot was better
known in Provo than in any other
town in the state.
From Provo north a wagonIoad of
sugar beets had to be passed every
few yards. 1t seemed as if every per
son In that part of the country was in
on the beet sugar game and that elec-
ton day had been set aside as a day
Tor race 10 the Lehi sugar factory
This institution could be seen on the
right pouring forth a volume of smoke
that would make a Pennsylvania roll
ing mill look like a bonfire. As the
party neared Salt Lake more wagons
were passed. but these were headed for
Salt Lake with potatoes
Hunting for a Democrat.
The hardest work OF the trip then
presented itself. Orders were given 70
interview the Democratic judges in
Salt Lake county with a view TO find
ing out how the county was going. The
writer naturally supposed those around
the polls wearing Democratic badges
meant it, but soon found they were
only joking. When asked how Bryan
was doing, they looked amused and
wanted TO know who Bryan was. These
Democrats We're busy instructing their
constituents TO pull the first lever from
the top.
The first long distance phone sent
the message to The Herald that there
was no election in the outside county
districts. merely Republican rally
Sheep Block Route.
The machine reached Salt Lake safe
and sound AZ noon, and after a short