The San Francisco call., 1910-06-13
GLIDDEN TOUR TO
START TOMORROW
Competitors Will Begin Journey
From Cincinnati for Hard
Two Weeks Trip
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The eyes of the motoring world viii
be centered on Cincinnati tomorrow
morning. From that place will start
the seventh national tour of the Ameri-
can Automobile association for the
Glidden and Chicago trophies. From
the rules, as laid down for this con-
test, it may be seen that il will be
one Of the hardest contests that the
Gliddenites have ever had and will give
TO the buyer and user an idea of the
capabilities of the competing machines.
The 'contesting vehicles will leave
Cincinnati only after a rigid examina-
tion by the technical committe. The
only thing that can be done on the
road without penalty being imposed
viii be replacing tires or rims, and
even in the tire equipment there will
be complete record kept.
The contest will be interesting to
follow, as it is the first time that
Chairman Butler of the contest board
has been in complete control.
Il have been figuring for number
of years., said ID. II. Lewis. scout for
the American auto
Daf Lewis fo mobile association,
Become Farmer who mapped the
~ - route for the 1910
Glidden tour in a
Chalmers 80. how | could make nv
fortune. 1 have struggled along for
quite a while and this fortune has not
yet assumed very startling proportions.
But while was on the pathflnding trip
| learned that fortunes are to be made
In farming if one knows where to buy a
farm.
Since our trip through Kansas. the
four of US who laid out the Glidden
route, have determined that we will
spend our declining years on a farm
IN that state. We had all of us believed
that farming consisted in owning $50
n Ia Il
chiefly occupied by a mortgage and a
little livestock. But we had our eyes
opened in Kansas.
1T had rained steadily for two solid
days and the Kansas road was almost
hub deep with gumbo We finally
pulled up on a slippery hillside, with
rate, but with no progress resulting.
We sought aid from the nearest farmer.
He proved to be a husky person, some
where between As and IS years of age,
with a ruddy complexion and white
Whiskers Sure. l will help you out,
he said. and called to his hired man to
hitch up span of mules. We were
dragged out of the Shiny mud to solid
ground and UP to the edge of the
washed out culvert, about 5 feet ACROSS
and feet deep 1t looked as though
we were hopelessly marooned.
Then the farmer agreed to donate
several wagon loads of old ties to fill
up the young chasm. Two hours later
when the job was done, the crew OF the
died under the lee of the automobile
and smoked a sociable cigar
Our chief. reason for giving this
farmer one of our best cigars was that
we sympathized with his hard lot in
life. We might have offered him money.
but we knew the independent spirit of
the American, farmer, so we prevailed
upon the lonely and hard worked agri-
culturist to sit with us and smoke the
best Perfecto we had been able to buy.
Imagine our surprise when he spoke
somewhat as follows:
- own a mile square about here,
with two houses on it He then went
on TO enumerate how many cattle,
horses, mules, pigs and so forth he pos
sessed. ! then .ventured the query:
About how much would man make
each year from a place like yours?-
q oh. about $4,000 net said this
humble tiIler of the soil. And when we
had finished smoking. he pulled out of
his pocket some Perfectos that made
ours-look like Pittsburg stogies.
And that is why I am thinking of
seeking my fortune on the plains of
Kansas"