The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-07-20

Except at some of the larger cities
enroute the personel of the Ocean-to
- Ocean party have not received any
where enroute such a reception and
welcome as they received at Julesburg
on Friday evening. Word was receiv-
ed that they had passed North Platte
at four p. m. and soon after the fol-
lowing named owners of automobiles
left Julesburg with their cars filled to
meet the travellers;
Irwin Brooks, R. M. Adams, Mark
Burke, DR.. C. w. Rook, w. H. Hile-
man, Dr. D, M. Cook, Howard Wig
gins, DR.. Grant Babcock, Owen Brooks
Omer Flora, Luke Williams, r. J. Do
bell, John Brooks, C. C. Saunders,
E. D. Hamilton, E. H. Rood, Mrs. w.
H. Pound and 7. A. Smith.
Eighteen cars We're lined up by the
roadside when the tourists were sight
ed and 3. d. Parker Jr. President of
The Julesburg Commercial Club and
r. M. Adams went down the road to
welcome the incoming strangers.
Irwin Brooks and B. d. Parker Jr.
led the way into Julesburg followed by
the visitors and they in turn followed
by the local autoists. Upon the arriv.
al in Julesburg the procession stopped
at the intersection of Front and Main
steets where the Band rendered sew
eral selections after which there was
l.; nf Dre l,,
Frederick and the visitors were finally
piloted to the Brown Hotel where
they stopped for the night. The autos
were takkn in charge by City Garage,
their tanks filled with gasoline and the
, cars were made ready for their onward
journey to Denver which was begun
early Saturday morning,
sYh;, ran is sne most remarkable one
ever attempted.
The participants in this run have
formed an organization known as the
philadelphia Motor Tourists, compos-
ed exclusively of owners of Premier cars.
The party is made up of the following:
F. H. Lippincott, chairman; George c.
Allen, president of the Republic Trust
Company of Philadelphia, treasurer:
John Guy Monihan' of the Premier Mo-
tor Manufacturing Company. secratary
c. G. A. Loder. prominent druggist
of Philadelphia; D. F. E. Cook, of
Philadelphia: P. w. Baker and Samuel
Root, prosperous tobacco growers of
Landisvilie, Pa; Charles Lex, of Phil
adelphia; c. Francis Jenkins, of the
Franklin Institute gold-medalist and
inventor of the moving -picturemachine
John H. Murphy, city commissioner of
New York: F. E. Miller. son of a retir-
ed banker of New York city, and Ellis
worth Sprague, of New York city.
Accompanying the twelve cars are
three official cars. The pilot car is
driven by Ray Mcnamara, famous en-
durance and reliability tour driver of
Glidden tour fame. Confetti is distrib-
buted from this ear to mark out the
route for the tourists, in the rear is a
service car equipped to aid those who
d get ditched. lose the road or encounter
any VI IllC OlucI WIlCu oIOulu
not be unexpected during run partici-
pated in solely by non-professional
drivers. In addition the caravan in
cludes also motor truck, which is
carrying the baggage and complete
camping outfit, consisting of cooking
utensils and sleeping appointments.
Another interesting feature of this
run is the carrying of message from
the Boy Scouts of the Atlantic coast to
the Boy Scouts of the Pacific coast.
This message is in the care of twelve
year-old boy scout, member of this
party.
Carrying flags presented by presented
by President Taft, United States
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania;
United States Senator German of New
York, and Mayor Reyburn, of Philadel-
phia, and bearing ''good roads" mess
age to be relayed to the Governors of
thirteen States, twelve wealthy motor
lists, driving their own cars, started on
a 4,OOO-mile transcontinental tour from
Atlantic City on Monday, June 26. To
give literal significance tc their slogan,
"Ocsan to Ocean," the cars made the
actual start with their rear wheels lap
ned by the waves OF the Atlantic ocean.
Before they reach the terminus of the
run, at Los Angeles, CAL, the front
wheels will have been washed. by the
Pacific ocean at Golden Gate Park,
San Francisco.
2.o enable the cars to actually start
Xom the ocean at Atlantic City, d run
way had been built over the soft sand