The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Careful Account Kept of Gasoline Used and
Working of Machine
By R. r. L'HOMMEDIEU

the trip, and there was no monotony
until the sagebrush was struck, and
even then there was excitement
enough, for the Studebaker dropped
into several large holes not seen on
account of the underground until they
were struck, but even then in a very
few moments the party was again un-
der way. Williams says:
The automobile gave us no trouble
and without it we all feel we would
have missed seeing some of the finest
panoramic views in the country as the
most beautiful are not always TO be
the railroad lies. We encountered
every sort and condition of road, sand,
mud, snow, rocks and corduroy, but
the car never baked and we had little
tire trouble considering the roads"
Among the San Francisco business
women who use the modern vehicle
Hupmon,1e MISS Miss G. c. NJ .eEsl9ngu Easterl
Ti%e Saver aSsmSbjis asg; SsG owns M,.a
manufacturers agent, uses her little
car entirely in covering her large
business. s1;ss In In speaking to s. G. Chap.
she found she could cover so much
more ground and accomplish so much
more in less time that although owning
her car but few weeks, it has already
paid for itself.
The number of those who are taking
long trips in Franklin touring cars
without the incon-
Long FranKi.n nP Car ing sstra . tres IS
ing. Among those
light weight and flexible construction,
having large wheels and tires, will go
far without even a puncture is Joseph
Blethen of Seattle.
Blethen carried three other paSsen-
gers and some heavy luggage in his AZ
horsepower Franklin on a journey
from his home to Portland and back
The distance between the two cities
is 204, miles and the trip by automobile
includes the ascent of stony hill be-
tween Kelso and Kalama.
Some automobilists declare that it
is almost impossible TO get over this
hill with a motor car, but Blethen
mobile finished the journey of AT
miles, which included two side trips
without trouble
During the recent visit of President
Taft to Boston. where he opened a
president Tafts vention and adj
Speaks from Auto dressed dressed a large
end =. nf3i F ua se<auiiels a., az
Harvard stadium. he was taken to the
home of Professor Lowell of Harvard
for luncheon in White steamer. One
of the imprompN features of the day
was the address 0elivered by the presi-
dent to the school children on Boston
commons, which he nrade from the ton
neau of his White steamer
H. e. Doty, assistant Pacific coast
manager of the White company, has
just completed a tour to Monte Rio
and Eagles Nest, coming back by way
of Santa Rosa Doty, who came from
the east this year is enthusia site
about the beautiful auto drives af-
forded by this state.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
H. 0. Harrison reports that his com
the Owl drug company
The rapid growth of automopiling
this year may be seen from the fact
that from January l to June the fol-
lowing number of cars were registered
in the various states: New York, 105, :,
400; California, $4,000; Illinois, 2s.o94:
Pennsylvania, 26.000; Ohio. 25,700: Mas
sachusetts, 23,400; New Jersey. 2l,76I:
Indiana, 20.300: Iowa. 1871; Michigan.
1904; Wisconsin,. 12.767; Maryland.
1887; Missouri, 10,200: Minnesota
800; Oregon, 1907; Utah. 1880. Col
orado has no registration, nor have the
southern states.