The San Francisco call., 1908-07-09
GL|DD[N CONTEST
WILL START TODAY
Fifth Annual Reliability Tour
Will Begin at City of
Buffalo
Strenuous Affair Over Roads
That Are Trying to Car
and Driver
By K. K. PHOmmedieu

The fifth annual reliability touring
contest of the American automobile as
sociation will start this morning. This
event is known as the Glidden tour. and
from the strenuous times that the con-
testants have had in the past it has
its attention on the event. The start
will be from Buffalo and will be over
roads that will be most trying to both
the car and driver.
]. W. Leavitt company reports the sale and
delivery of a 90 horsepower two cylinder REQ
roadster to Wyatt Brothers of willows and one
to Hansel & -Ortman Of Stockton.
Nat Boas of this city reports a most enjoy
able trip in his model F Thomas runabout. Boas
left 10 days ago and covered 1000 miles.
Another instance where the automobile is
Gently during the floods in Kansas, which played
havoc with the railroads Captain Frank II.
Laughton, purchasing agent for the war depart
ment in Kansas City, received telegram or
dering him TO proceed to Topeka at once. This
seemed almost impossible at first glance, but he
turned to the motor car for a solution He Sc
cured a Studebaker which was equal 10 the oc-
casion, and successfully reached his destination
although at times the car was driven through
up to the running board. The car went through
in splendid shape in Is hours.
The White company reports having estab-
lished an agency for Riverside and San Ber-
nardinO with the Riverside auto transfer COM
pany. 1t is 10 receive one Of the very first
1909 models.
Franklin cars, accompanied by Mrs. Hamlin. ar
rived in this city the first Of the week The
trip was made up the coast in a Franklin run
about, and Hamlin has now started for a tour
through Lake county, from where he will drive
home by the inland route. Hamlin is of the
best known automobile men in California, and
recently brought into prominence by win
ming both the 30 and 100 mile track races in
Los Angeles, the latter in time claimed to be
worlds record.
Henry Mccoy has gone three weeks fish
ing trip He will make his headquarters in
Grants Pass, Ore, but will tour through the
southern part of that state. He is accompanied
by Phil Lyon and Mr.. Avery of Los Angeles.
Charles S. Howard. manager of the Howard
automobile company, says that June 20 the Buick
company shipped 153 cars, 139 of which were
White Streaks. On the 30th the company shipped
$50, of which 12J were the White Streak model
Nearly 1000 ears were shipped from the factory
last month and 1000 Of the 200 which were
promised by the 1st of July have left the factory
Howard reports the sale of q Buick two cylinder
runabout to DIR. Gibson of Alturas and IS
horsepower four climber White Streak to Carl
Christensen Of Gilroy.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Tyson touring Lake
county in their Oldsmobile. Their car, which is
a 1907 model, is well able TO give good account
of itself in the mountains and wherever they
have travelled.
Consul General Robert P. Skinner Of Marseilles
furnishes the following report concerning the rub
Der tire demand in France and why the American
tire finds such Insignificant consumption: "A
very serious obstacle 10 the creation of demand
in France for rubber tires Of American manufac-
tBre is the application of a duty upon such tires
of S1T.S7 for 200 pounds. while tires from other
countries dutiable at the rate OF only S13.51
for 200 pounds. One well known American tire
house. realizing the difficulty. has passed over to
a French firm its patent rights, with the result
that. in several other lines of industry Amer
lean solid rubber tires being very extensively
sold in this country, although there is nothing
American about them except their type. The
general demand is said 10 be for a solid tire
through which run two parallel steel wires
An auto line will be operated between Escon-
dido and San Diego, beginning August l. making
the trip of 80 miles in about three hours Three
Pierce Arrows will be used and will be quite a
gain over the present stage. which consumes nine
hours making the trip. Freight of various kinds
will be carried IN small quantities.