The San Francisco call., 1910-01-30
OVERLAND AUTO A
HEALTH RESTORfR
Eastern Doctor Saved From
Operation by Motor Trip in
the Open Country

The benefits to the health to be de-
found to be great, but probably one of
the strongest stories of this quality of
the automobile is that of DR.. Frederick
E. TulIy of Granite City, Ill The doc
tor was i'll. weighed 2O4 pounds, and
had made arrangements with his sur
geons to have an operation performed
However he diagnosed his own sick
ness and decided to take an automo-
bile trip Accompanied by his wife
and his 16 year old chauffeur he started
out on his health seeking journey. The
tour lasted 81 days and covered dis
tance of 5l66 miles, spent all the time
in the open air.
Throughout the long trip the auto
mobile was their only conveyance, and
a tent they carried with them was their
only shelter. The doctor and his COM
panions have completed their tour in
his Overland car and he is now q well
man, weighing 164 pounds, and his
muscles are hard and his eyes clear.
He has Cancelled his engag cement with
his surgeon. The story is best told by
the doctor.
The effect of the camping tour on
my health was beneficial beyond my
expectations. Few of my friends knew
it, but when I left Granite City in July
1 was told that l must undergo an
operation. My idea in making the long
cross country trip was to reduce my
weight so that it would be safe for me
to go on the operating table. OF
course, at the time I felt that l could
not escape the operation. Now l find
that the operation is not at all neces-
sary. My life in the open air. the eX-
ercise and the frugal camp diet have
removed the cause of my aiIment. [
feel so well that L am getting ready
for another outing. 1t is better than
all the medicine l ever took. That
sohnds like a queer thing for a doctor
to say, but it is literally true
Mrs. Tully also talks enthusiastically
of the trip and laughingly says that
after camping under the stars for
nearly three months it will seem
strange to again live in a house. The
automobile used was a four cylinder
Overland. roadster OF so horsepower,
not specially constructed for heavy
road work. Doctor Tully says that
his only motoring accident in the en-
tire 81 days was the skinning of a tire
by rough macadam. near Dayton. O.
He writes that he did not even replace
a spark plug during the trip.
The actual cost Of running the car
was less than three quarters of a cent
a mile-less than SO for the entire
journey We made no efforts to es-
tablish speed records. We rode until
we were tired and then we pitched our
camp. The average daily distance
which we covered was 70 miles. A
tour like that requires lot of nerve,
because of the hostility of the people
in the east. In the west we had no
trouble, but after passing through Buff
falo we found that we were regarded
with suspicion, and while in the east
ern states hardly day passed that 1
did not have a physical encounter with
some one. They all seemed to think
we were crooks, and in many cases
they were lighting mad when we would
ask permission to camp for the night
in their pastures. Even near the big
vor, and those who consented TO talk
with us asked us why we did not go to
hotel like other folks do
Mrs. Tully declared she will always
have a vivid recollection of the most
exciting episode of the journey Near
Vernon, n. Y, one night she was awak-
ened by noise and saw a man creep
ing into the tent. The party had been
warned TO beware of thieving farm
hands, and Mrs. Tully had placed re-
volver under her pillow. She pointed
it at the intruder and told him to get
out. He saw that I meant business
and YOU should have seen him run. .
said Mrs. Tully. Doctor and Mrs
TuIly will start from Granite City this
month fer two nanths' hunting trip
in the famous duck country around
Point Isabel, Tex.