The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
OMAHA NOW WGLTDDEN ROUTE
CHAIRMAN BUTLER CHANGES
COURSE or ANNUAL TOUR.

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PFesasent MeKeen q ReceAtiy OFssaiEed
NeOraukA state AasOciAtiua ASKED
ThAt Motorists Make . NIGHT step b
Hh City-Wm ADJ one nay % mo
on bic Way East from California. q n.
Buster. chairman % the contest board Of ire
American Automobile Association, visited
Omaha, Neb, and made arrangements o.
change the route Of this years oliddtn tour
TO include that city W. r. McKeen. IT,,
president OF the new Nebraska stats ago.
citation, had little dlhlculty IN o0nvinolnE
Chairman Butler that bic recently orgnnlnsd
association should be recognized By q niahf
atOp In Omaha. President McKesn said hia
association had decided 10 make infnelaato
application for membership IN the AmerisaR
Automobile Association.
Chairman Butler accordingly wired Dat
n. Lewis. tho Oficial pathfinder. who Il
now between Fort Worth. Ter. = and lChi-
oaEo on the last leg.Of hls journey. 70 change
tho route after leaving g. Joseph. No. 90
that II viii run direct 20 Omaha. After
leaving S. Joseph, the route win prObatlY
switch across the northwestern corner az
Missouri into Nebraska. After leavins
Omaha Il will turn east and take In nen
Moines. Iowa. The latter place Vas On NE
original route. andhho detour nov plannad
IN order 60 include Omaha will add one mora
day to the tour and take In two sides oi
triangle instead u one. After leaving
Dee MOinss ths cars viii run to Cedar
Rapids. lows; Moline. IN. aud finish IN
Chicago about June So
Arrangements have been completed by
which tho new Nebraska State body VIII
compete its anllhtion with the nAtional
organization az the next meeting Of ne
executive committee 81 the American Auto-
mobile Association. This makes the thrtT-
sixth State association 20 beoOme aflllatcd
With the 4. A. 4. Other State associations
are In process of formation and n = likely
that before the end Of the present rear
every State IN tho linton which has thren
or more automobile clubs within iis borders
will be represented Ia the national body.
During tho last week The tour path
finding party had probably more difficulties
% contend With than the pgthhndeFu Of
previous Glidden tours starting from.
Cincinnati on April y. they ran into a doubia
storm that came out u the AlleEhsny Nouns
tain and swept acro@s the southwestern
part Of The country. No sooner had thay'
finished with this dsluRe than they ran
into another storm. which came up from
the Gulf Of Mexico During the last Wses'
they have done little but search the river
banks Of Mississippi and Arkansas Ter
fOrding places and bridges that had dls-
appeared win the rising OF the streams IN
that district
After leaving Memphis. Tenn. on April
20. they found excellent roads all tho way
to Helena. ARK. TO which point they were
accompanied by a delegation Of au9omohil-
lists who jOurDeyed all the way 10 Memphis
10 meet them ana pilot them across the
State line. The pathhnding party found
unbOunded enthusiasm after they rot
within the borders Of Arkansas They Were
banQueted and enteTtalDed 81 almost every
turn Of the road and ihe natives aloag ~
travellers when they met with such II lnCtl-
ties az bridges washed away and mud holes.
Prom Helena. Ark. 20 Little Rock. Ark,
its astSSrS included re distancs va was more
than rs milee On.what \ called the Grand
Prairie, east Of Little Rock. the Chalmers
30, loaded with four heavy passelgera
miles an hour. AZ Dalsville. ARA. he
party saw 30 convicta employed m the
preparation Of q special road for the tourists.
While al the road VII os pasaa6sf y &c
county officials % the various counties
through which he passes 20 make % many
repairs % possible In order 20 make 2 good
ists who viii visit their districts In Juna Tor
the first time
Between Dalevllle and Te1arkana. ARA,
the pathhnders crossed the Red Rlyef
S SSSG s w h aoods3 s streams tSst
tossed The car about, but Joe 0ardhnm.
the driver, from tho Chalmers factory,
took the party INTO TeNarkana without
mishap The pathhnders we're net ~
Red River By another delegation from
Texnrkana, FORT Worth and Dallas. BEADED
BY NJ. A. sackstedder, president q the
Dallas Automobile Club. These automo-
bnists had travelled 265 miles 70 welcome
the pathhnders into the Statesof Texas.
The last reports heard from Mr. AoWla
and hts party came from Paris. leK.s where
they arrived on April 3. coyerins ninety
In half n day Mr. Lewis said the runqlnq
vas ex~glAnt Early on the morning 81
April - t,s party started for Dallaa, croqs-
fun Of thirty-thres miles 70 Fort WoFth,
Tex u described a. ideal by the local
tourist After q stop az these two cities
Of the lone star state the pathnndn9
party Will head for oklahoma ON the Aat
Gov. r ~ Campbell OF Texas has ssns
formal Invitation 10 Lewis r. speaFe.
president Of the American Automo1le
Association. to run the tour through The
State II Texas This has been supplemented
by an Invitation from the Hon. \ J Hay.
Mayor OF Dallas. and l. q. DANIEL, preais
dent ~ the Dallas Chamber % Comlnerce.
SO far a. can ~ determined nov tho tour
will positively 90 70 Texas, but the route
Of course Is entirely tentative until nv,
Lewis the pathhnder, makes pc reporg
10 Chairman Butler Of the contest board 4nd
mileaRes and noon and night controls are
carefully figured out.
A great many Influences are at work 10
switch the tour from the present route,
but In a general way Il VIII remain un~
changed. Mr. Lewis will undoubtedly ma
II rRCessary 10 recommend certain ch4nG04
which will be- governed largely BY haiaI
accommodations and conditions OF th4
roads during the summer time, hut al
these changes will be minor. They VII
nos affect the general plan Of the seventh
annual reliability contest Of the american
Automobile Association, which \ 70 pro-
sent the automobile 10 the peOpie % me
great Southwest IN the hope that better
roads will be one n the results
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