The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-11-08
AN EVENTFUL TRIP.
An Auto Expedition That is to Be
Remembered.

Remembered.
With total mileage of Sc, $50 miles
covered since July 81, 1910, and forty
eight states travelled in the globe cir
cling Abbott Detroit "Bull Dog ar
rived in this city Sunday evening. in
charge of DIR. Charles e. Percival, ed
itot of Health Magazine of New York
City, under whose auspices trip of
100, 600 miles is being attempted. The
Abbott car has been travelling since
July, 1910, on the longest trip ever
known to the automobile world-100. 900
miles--and judging from its perform
anee up to date it bids fair to accom-
plish the feat. The car has already
been completely around the borders of
the United States, for the first time in
the history of automobiling, and has
pathfinded the Pacific Highway from
Tia Juana, Mexico, to Vancouver,
British Columbia, and has travelled un-
der its own power from Skagway,
Alaska, over the dreaded White Pass
to the headwaters of the Yukon river
and been to point thirty miles beyond
sixty-two degrees north in the Arctic
Circle and thousand miles further
north than ever before made by an au-
tomobile. For this feat DR.. Percival
and his companion, George Brown, won
| the valuable silver trophy offered by
the Daily Alaskan of Skagway, and in
addition the Arctic Brotherhood, the
famous organization of the Arctic Cir
Gle, composed only of men who have
''mushed" over the trail and lived north
of fifty-four degrees. made both men
members of the order, while DR.. Perci-
val shares with the Lord Governor of
| Canada, Gray, the honor of being
Grand Arctic Chief of the order. The
two men have crossed the continent
twice and are now making their way
east over the historic emigrant trail.
! During the late Mexican revolution the
tourists were touring in the country
and were attacked by bandits and were
interested spectators of several battles
between the federal troops and the in
surrectos. They have been across all
the American deserts and were lost for
forty-eight hours without water in
Mexico near the American border and
were saved from death by detachment
of soldiers from, troop K of the Fourth
| United States cavalry, Captain c. G.
Farmer commanding, who were found
by DIR. Percival after he had made a
twenty-five mile walk across the desert
without water in 100 degrees heat and
ankle deep in sand for ten hours, for
which feat he has been recommended
for a Carnegie medal. having ridden
back with the the soldiers to the relief
of his companion, who would have per-
ished but for their aid. The United
States has been traversed through its
center from North Dakota to the Texas
border and the Mexican border followed
from Brownsville, Texas, on the Gulf
of Mexico, to San Diego, CAL. and ev-
cry state and territory except the
Sandwich Islands have been visited
From this city the old immigrant trail,
made famous by our early pioneers,
will be travelled. and on arrival in New
York City the car will proceed down
the Atlantic coast to the 1sthmus of
Panama, making distance covered
equal to twice around the world and
further travelled in a continuous jour-
ney than ever before in the history of
the world by man or beast. The car is
equipped for all sorts of weather and
road conditions, carrying axes. shovel,
tent, blankets, cooking utensils and is
: essentially an American product, being
equipped with Splitdorf magnetic and
Goodyear tires.
At the completion of the 100000
miles the car is to be torn down and
, subjected to an exhaustive examina-
tion by technical committee composed
of prominent automobile authorities,
) and it is conceded that both the indus
! try and the Abbott Motor Co. will prof.
: greatly by what has been accomplished
! by this $500 American automobile,