The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-10

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plishing without mishap what she mad
st out to accomplish, proving, too,
her contention that tour across |
the United States from New York |
to San Francisco was easy for wo-
man IL driving the right car. Not
only did Mrs. Ramsey and her Max |
well successfully make he tour of
nearly 1900 miles, but from start to
finish she not only drove the car all
the way but made all adjustments and
changed ahe tires when necessary,
again proving to the motoring world
that male mechanics were not neces-
sary on long tour, especially when
made in a Maxwell car, all of which
goes to prove the assertion of the
manufacturers of the car too.
When Mrs. Ramsey, accompanied
by Mrs. N. r. Powell, Mrs. w. At
wood and Miss II. Jahns, all of Hack
ensach left New York on June al
cold drizzle was falling. The condi-
| tons were anything but bright for
the start of a tour of this kind, the
| first as has been said, ever made by
women unaccompanied by man. The
| roads were bad and slippery and for
several days after the start the rain
continued to fall, but once into the
| fine macadam roads of the East no Ill
| effects were felt excepting those as. a
result of the wearing of heavy garm-
| ents for the sake Of warmth and pro-
| lection from the rain. Through Roch-
ester, Albany and to Buffalo, N. Y,
| fine time was made, the ladies being
met all along the way by motor en-
thusiasts who wished them well on
the long trip ahead of them. At Buff
! falo a lay-off of several days was
made in order to attend the many
receptions and such arranged for
| them. Once on the way again, how
| ever, fine time was made through
| Cleveland, Toledo, South Bend to Chi
cargo, where several days were again
lost as result of the hospitality OF
the people of that city who wished TO
show their appreciation of what the
four fair motorists We're doing. Here
too. Mrs Ramsey drove her car to
the scene of the Cobe Cuprace and
needless to say the flag bedecked and
dust covered Maxwell attracted deal
of attention. After four days of fun
and Sightseeing In the Illinois city
the trip was continued, the first thou
sand miles to Chicago by the way be
ing covered in exactly seven days OF
running, very good time considering
4 the fact that the ladies' were on tho
tour for pleasure and TO see the coun'
try, alone, in no way seeking a RECORD
: or trying TO make time. From Chi
: cago to Rochelle, the roads were yer,
good but as this town was entered {
I heavy thunderstorm set in which pu
: the roads from that town all through
the state of Iowa In terrible condition
D. For two Weeks the rain fell In tor
& rent, the heaviest In ten years sait
a many, the result was swollen rivers
bridges washed away in many place
!, and the roads almost impossible, il
q some places absolutely so.
The heavy black gumbo of tn
. State resembled in many ways sof
It soap. equally as adhesive and slip
pry. Time and again Mrs. Ramse,
pulled cars out of the deep mire am
on a number of occasions got into
so deep that her rear axle rested II
e the mud while her rear wheels hum
IN the air so to speak. This neccssitat
ed some labor in making bed TO
e the wheels in order to get TRACTION
q SO bad were conditions that othe
drivers put their cars in the barn
= of farmers and proceeded to trave
: By rail to await dry roads before re
| turning for their cars. In spite o
u the fact that the going was hard an
= slow Mrs. Ramsey gamely stuck I
her task and the powerful Maxwell
engine carried the heavily laden ca
through mud and streams never fail
: ing to get out as long as the rea
q wheels of the car could get tractor
Vail wis finally reached, wher
! lay-off was necessary. for tn
bridges between that city and Omaha
as we'll as the roads, were all washe
out. Mrs. Ramsey was strongly ad
vised to send her car across the lin
by rail but she abAolutely refused I
do so in spite of the fact that other
i had done so. Instead however afte
waiting several days for bettermer
of conditions and finding none sh
drove a long way round, up throug
4 Sioux City and around Columbus, Ne
q raska Sioux City was reached Jul
4 2, and here, several days OF rain pre-
G vented travel Mrs. Ramsey. however
a heading southwest for Columbus o
n July 6 over wretched roads, so bad l
a fact that the cars that started ou
as escort turned back 10 the city be
q fore ten miles had been covered
~ | from tnen on, LOT btNoidt uhySI
!. was bad going owing TO the condiio
= of the roads, but from Chapman I
: Cheyenne, Wyoming, through Gran
= Island they We're very good. Fort
miles east of Cheyenne the long har
climb over the mountains was begun
the highest altitude OF 5000 feet be
ing reached after leaving Laramie
= From Cheyenne all the way throug
10 the Wyoming Utah bne 1t was u
p and down mountains. through dee
d cuts and canyons, following along tn
4. old grass grown trails of the Yves
!, From the mountain tops beautift
! views of the surrounding snow cappe
;, peaks were had, bold rugged noun
tains being seen for miles in ever
direction. From the mountain toI
where these trails carried the ladit
$ the paths led down deep into narro'
e passes, all OF weirdly- grandness, III
/ party travelling for days at tim
: across alkali plains. mountains, an
;. deserts, places where rlaught ,elss
n could be seen but those mentione
r cactus bushes. coyotes and prairi
dogs. From Rawlins, Wyoming to jus
east of Ogden. through Rock Rivo
, Rock Springs Evanston and Ogalal'
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