The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16
EMF PERFORMS
INTERESTING FEAT
Popular Car Is Driven Within
a Mile of the Camp OF
the Clouds

Chester N. Weaver. manager of the
,Studebaker Brothers of California, tells
of an interesting feat performed re-
Gently by an EMF 80" The car
was driven to within a mile of the
Camp of the Clouds and three miles
beyond the points ever reached by an
automobile before, on the treacherous
trail to the summit of Mount Rainier.
in Washington.
Recent hard rains had put the road
in horrible condition. and had ii not
been for the fact that the nature of the
purpose of the trip demanded IL. the
EMF would probably not have scored
such a wonderful victory. Permits
We're first obtained from the govern
ment officials TO drive the EMF be-
yond the usual stopping place for auto
mobiles, Nisqually glacier to Narada
falls.
The driver and the occupants OF the
machine pushed on to within mile
of Reese's camp, popularity known as
the Camp of the Clouds" beyond which
point driving became impossible on ac-
count of the thousands of stumps and
other distinctions in the shape OF big
boulders, fallen, trees and washouts.
Only one automobile this season
reached Narada falls--a Studebaker.'
belonging to r. A. Ballinger, secretary
of the interior. The government en-
gineer, who was met by the EMF
party. said that in his five years service
he had never seen it rain so hard or the
conditions of the road so bad So deep
was the mud that 65 miles of the trip
was made on the intermediate gear.
An interesting incident Of the trip
was the picking up Of z. r. Rudd. a
prominent banker of New York city.
The latter had made the trip up the
mountain by stage and train from Ta-
coma, and welcomed the lift OF the
EMF to Seattle. While Rudd is the
owner of two high priced machines. he
was so impressed with the performance
of the EMP that he surprised W. F.
Plastine the Seattle agent. by voIun-
tarily giving him an order for an
EMF to be shipped to him at Lake
wood. N. J..
''The motor car with it's Increasing
ownership and service bears much the
same relation and value to horse drawn
vehicles as do the steam and trolley
railroads to the stage coach of our
grandfathers. The radical and rapid
change from horse drawn vehicles 70
the powerful. swift motor car is in
volume of conservative feeling which
can only change slowly. says Pres1-
dent Clarence H. Bissell of the New
Jersey automobile and motor club.
To-day the automobile industry. ac-
cording to the compilations of the de-
partment of commerce and labor, is
the fifth industry in amount OF capital
| invested and value of productions. The
automobile industry has taken a great
| lead in the increased valuation OF our
manufacturing industries and now that
| commercial motor vehicles have proven
their worth can not be headed off,
sit is for these reasons that all states
must pursue liberal policy in dealing
with the motor vehicle proposition. The
Individual states can not enact laws
for motorists that will result in the
retarding of this progressive industry
IF federal legislation can not be Sc
cured at this time the individual states
must enact laws that will permit re-
ciproca1 relations between licensed au-
| tOmobileS.
with commercial motor vehicles be
coming in more constant use the re-
ciprocal ARRANGEMENTS must ensue-
otherwise progress is retarded
| Among the newest things for the
automobiIist is signal lamp for the
rear Of the car. This lamp does away
with the hand signal, which, by the
way can not be seen at night. The
lamp is operated by a switch, either at
tached TO the steering wheel or placed
| by the side of the driver. To indicate
a turn to the right the chauffeur
the right hand side of his switch (this
depends upon the style of switch used :.
and there flashes a center red light
with white light showing at a right
angle. If left turn is TO be indicated
| the switch is thrown to the left. when
the center red light and white light at
| the left side are shown In combination.
| In case of sudden stop the center red
| light alone Is flashed. With this light
\ in use many accidents will be avoided