The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-30
AUTO TO SPREAD
5000 ROADS GOSPEL
Ohio Car Selected to Make
Coast to Coast Kun Better
Highways Urged

Starting from City Hall square. New
York. on Monday, November n.
party OF four automobiles In an OHIO
car commenced long and nos
able journey to San Francisco. GOV.
crlng approximately 5000 miles OF
the least frequentcd roads OF the
southern aad Southwestern states.
The trip viii take thirty-five days at
an average speed OF 100 miles day,
the intention being TO reach the Gold
en- Gate city on Christmas day. The
automibiists will convey Christ.
mas greeting form Mayor Gaynor OF
New York to Mayor Mccarthy of San
francisco.
Two noteworthy objects have
promtcd the Ohio Motorcar company
TO under AXE the trip--a thorough IN
yestgatlCa OF road conditions IN the
regiUAs trayersed aud an actual dem.
ons.ratlon OF the cost OF maintain
ing car on coast TO coast run. AT
its conclusion the OHIO good roads
an deconomy tests will take equal
rank In national automobile history
With the historic GlIdden and Munsey
tours and the more recent New York
to Atlanta good roads test.
The road data collected VIII be
complied b. an expert and furnished
free to automcbilists. good roads as-
sociation aud uhps Interested In
the Improvement OF the antional high
ways. The information relative 10
the cost-keep OF an automobile on 80
long run viii be OF highest yalne 10
autoniobilists ald manufacturers In
view Of the fact that no reliable flg.
ures covering THIS subject are now
available.
The party consists OF Ernest
l.. Ferguson, representing the Amer
ican Automobile association, as OIL.
cial observer: Guw W. Finncy, repre-.
senting the Ohio Molofcar company;
Silent Harry Mathess, driver OF the
cilicial starters car in the recent
Munsey historic tour. aud a mechani.
clan. Mr.. Ferguson has been the ex.
ecutiyc official OF the successive Gid
den tour since the first year OF their
inauguration. the first New York 70
Atlanta good roads tour and also this
years Munsey run. He viii collect
The road data and those concerning
the cost.keep Of the automobile
Tie route will be south through
New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Maryland,
Virginia North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida. thence north into
Alabama, Tennessee aud Kentucky,
and west across the Mississippi riy-
er into Missouri and Kansas, when
the course will again be directed
south into Oklahoma and Texas.
Reaching the Rio Grande river, the
route will follow nortbwesterniy
course over the arid plains OF Texas
sew Mexico and Arizona Into Cali
fornia. with the windup In San Fran.
CLEO.
Included In The Itinerary Of large
cities through which the party will
pass are Jersey City. Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Washington, Roanoke
Greensboro, Charlotte. Atlanta, Sayau
nah. Jacksoihille. Tallahassee. NO
bile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Chat
tanooga, Nashville, Memphis. Paducah
ST. Louis, Kansas CITY, Topeka. Guth
rle, Forth Worth. Dallas. Austin. San
Antonio, Houston, Galveston, III Paso
Phoenix. Los Angeles. Pasadena. Oak
land and San Francisco. The stops
viii be only lorg enough for sleep
and meals.
Much of the territory covered will
be over the worst possible roads
their condition III winter making IL
extremely dangerous for any except
the most skillfui automoD,lst. This
Is especially true In the south and
! southwest wnere many SO called roads
have no existence except In narrow
and at times almost lmpassabls
| El anticipation or road troubles
slsch as 'being ztailed In mud or
| sand or being confronted b. bridge.
| less Streams the car viii De equipped
~Itil wreekef r5mpIete outfit,
I consisting Of book and Jackie. sfee
4 cabIc. haEser. noist. etc Special
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