White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-24

S%unburned. tired and dusty, from
her long trip e the desert MISS
Blanche Stuart Scott, OF Rochester
!. Y, an adventurous young auto
Enthusiast, arrived in Ely Sunday
yening, on her trans-continental trip
rom New York TO San Francisco.
travelling in the car with her is Miss
Gertrude Philips, of Colbrook, N. H.,
n well-known magazine writer and
o~urnalist. whose interesting articles
ave been given much prominence
in leading magazines and news
,apers. Mr.. Harry futile, who is
onnected with the New York office
II the Overland Automobile Co., to-
s;ether with a chauffeur, drives a
)iloting car.
The girl travellers have covered a
distance of 1929 miles in 3S days.
,uring the entire distance Miss Scott
las driven the car herself and VIII
continue to pilot the machine into
an Francisco. She has also done
II her own road repairing and is
thoroughly familiar with the mech
nism of her car. She has had
bsolutely no trouble with 1t,
ut the plotting car had baked on
several occasions and been the source
( much annoyance and delay. In
describing the trip Miss Scott said
hat no great difficulties had been
net, contrary to expectation, n
hat the reports of great h~ardships as
.iven by parties who have heretofore
crossed the continent. seem to have
,een greatly exaggerated.
Miss Scott said she was making the
Journey simply for pleasure and ex-
itement, but the result of 1t Will
re of great benefit to automobilists
Tho may in future desire to cross
he continent, as Miss Scott Is max
ng an accurate road map of the
QUITE followed and Mr.. futile is
making a complete Photographic
ecord of 1t. When this is COM
leted private parties can cross the
COUNTRY without pilots.
The girls Followed the route as
Mapped in the Blue Book of the Am
rican Automobile association as far
8 1t is completed, which is Hastings,
Iebraska, after which they were
ompelled to depend upon pilots.
his arrangement provided for the
elief of the Salt Lake pilot at Tono-
all, where they went from here, be-
lg met at that point by a a sent
rom San Francisco by the Automo-
lie association of that place TO pilot
hem to the coast.
Making the trip by easy stages,
..Al .s-.x 1f-,sf I'D m aAnfo.f
sature to worry them, the young
oman are thoroughly ENJOYING
,emselves. That here is no form
lily about it is illustrated by
Iiss SCOTS unique name OF carry
lg a message from east to west. She
eclined the customary note from the
ayor of New York TO the mayor of
an Francisco and when her friends
SISTED that some greeting be taken,
lie consented, and so agreeing, pro-
eeded to fill a bottle with water
ON the Atlantic ocean which she
i'll pour into the Pacific upon her
rival 1T San Francisco.
81 have had this toui IT view eve
nee ] took up motoring said Miss
colt in discussing it, and do
ut expect to make another IKE it,
ut after a rest in San Francisco, will
isit various places of interest along
he coast and return to New York
v rail. | made the trip for pleasure
I'd excitement and II you want ex-
ltement," she exclaimed, "Just go
trough the Rocky Mountains in an
utomoblie after dark"
They left Denver on the morning
{ July 4th and reached Laramie that
yening. Between Laramie and
fedicine Bow they lost the trail
1ey were following and they were
irift on the prairies for the better
art of the night. travelling a distance