The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-03-19


trip was constant run of mishaps,
the car being stuck In the mud sew
era times and at i1:30 when the
machine became mired near the Vet
eran II was decided by tie members
of the party to spend the nigaf there,
their motor being slightly broken by
the heavy pulling. They will make
start on their journey to Goidfield
about noon today.
BY having to stop al the Veteran
the calculations of the party and
their local guide were considerably
disarranged. AS they had expected 10
proceed TO Preston, 81 miles from
here. and pass the night
Their routing from lere is 10 Prcs.-
ton, 30 miles out; kearn Creek, "A
miles farther; Twin Spr ngs. I miles
farther Tonopah Is miles fal lher.
and Goldfeld, 81 miles. The places
mentioned would have been stopping
points for eating and sleeping AMI
with the schedule under which il was
proposed to travel, an al night Jour
ney having been p'ahnei. they would
have arrived. with roads IL Driinar-
lily good condition, at Goldfield late
tonight. The total distance from here
10 Goldfield is 24S1A miles, as regis
tered by Tex Richards machine on
its record breaking trip last summer.
II is now thought that they cannot
possibly reach Goldfeld before noon
Friday. This delay. while sexations,
may or may not prove disastrous TO
the hopes of Brinker and his COM
panions. The nearest competitor
yesterday morning when the start
from Cobre was made was the Italian
Zust ear. which was nearly 500 miles
In the rear and travelling over roads
equally as bad as those being trav-
ersed by the Americans. IL is thcre-
fore entirely probable owing to the
good time made during the greater
portion of yesterday over the smooth
roads between Cobre and here that
the distance will not be materially
lessened. II is to be hoped that the
distance can be kept comparatively
the same ii not increased by fayora-
BILE conditions for running at high
sped later.
Nas interesting indeed to the general
public Not so much does the mech
anism. which has been described at
length many times before. differ from
that of the ordinary automobile, but
there are many differences in the
make of the car body and in the ar
rangements for the comfort of its oc-
eupants. On the front OF the car i'm
mediate1y over the AIR cooler is hung
IA collection of cards. Hags. pennants,
ribbons and other junk of like ma
ture which might well adorn the
"hoodoo" string of any school girl.
In every available space some me-
mento of every town visited is de-
pending. Surmounting the whole
waved proudly two American flags.
one with the stars and stripes very
dirty the other gay and clean, this
being presented from the Teddy
Bear store to the party. In the rear
Is huge tank for gasoline which has
capacity of seventy-five gallons at one
filling.
The ear was not accompanied as
Was expected by the REQ guide bear
ing representatives of the Denver
Post. Salt Lake Herald and Captain
Admundson, the famous Norwegian
explorer. This car was afflicted with
tire trouble early in the run yester-
day an1 was forced to stop. II can
not be ascertained whether IL will
pass through here or will return to
Cobre and be shipped to Goldfield b..
rail The latter is the move expect
ed, however.