Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-07-12
STATE AUTOMOBILES
ON RELIABILITY TOUR
Win Be in Lancaster Thursday
Of Next Week, July 20.
Expected to Arrive at About 4 O'clock
in the Afternoon Will Remain
Here Over Night.

The second annual reliability tour
for touring cars, ruuabouts and
miniature touneaus, double or single
rum3l9s, will start from the Jefferson
street entrance Of the Hotel P6ster in
Milwaukee next Monday, July II,
aud end at the same place the follow
ing Saturday. The tour Will include
the following places:
First Milwaukee to Marinette,
1870 miles with the following in
termediate stops:
Port Washington minutes.
ShebOygan-10 minutes
Manitowoc-l0 minutes.
Two Rivers 80 minutes. Gas sta.
ton.
Green Bay-10 minutes,
Oconto-10 minutes.
Second Marlnette to Wausau
III miles, with the following in
termediate stops:
Peshtigo-5 minutes.
Oconto Falls-5 minutes
Gillett-5 minutes.
Shawano-15 minutes. Gas sta
ton.
MsttoOn-5 minutes.
Antigo-1 hour noon. Gas station
Merrill q stops)-5 minutes leach J
East and West side
203 miles, with the following in
termediate stops:
Stevens Point-10 minutes.
Grand Rapids minutes
Marshfeld-15 minutes Gas sta
tion.
Neillsville--5 minutes.
Black River Falls-10 minutes
sparta-15 minutes. Gas station
West Salem-10 minutes.
Fourth day-LaCrosse to Lancaster,
1913. miles, with the following in
tremediate stops
VirOqua-15 minutes.
Viola-1O minutes.
Richland Center-1 hour. 30
minutes. Gas station
Blue River ~ minutes.
Fennimore-10 minutes.
Fifth day-Lancaster to GAINESVILLE,
IA. 2 miles, with the following in
termediate stops:
Platteville- 10 minutes.
Mineral Point-1O minutes
Dodgeville-10 minutes.
Mt Horeb-10 minutes
Madison = hour, 80 minutes Gas
station.
StOughton-.10 minutes,
Edgerton-10 minutes
Sixth day-Janesville to Milwau-
kee, 1927 miles, with the following
intermediate stops:
Beloit-10 minutes.
Elkhorn-5 minutes.
Delavan-5 minutes.
BUrlington-l5 minutes. Gas sra
tion.
Kenosba- 10 minutes
Racine 10 minutes.
This will make an average Of 100
miles to be covered each day by the
thirty odd cars that are expected to
be entered.
The officials of the tour will be !;
secretary and starter, James T.
Drought; assistant secretary, Emil
Schandein; pilot. NJ. G. Moore; as
sistant pilot, John W. Kemp. Sparta !;
chief observer, H. L Halverson,
Whitewater: assistant chief observer,
Louis 7. Hill, Sparta; chief checker,
"A. P. Cheek Baraboo; assistant
checkers, Chris Schoetka, A. G.
Brenkle, ". H. Raymond, Milwau-
kee, R. D. GoIham Monroe, Henry
T. Boehm, Lacrosse, L. A. Clark,
Lancaster; official physician, Louis I.
Fuldner, NJ. D.. assistant official
physician, F. Fl. Hagerman, NJ. D.
The prizes to be distribut at the
end of the tour are:
The Milwaukee Sentinel trophy to
be awarded for one year s possession to
the entrant whose car completes the
contest with the least number Of
points to its debt.
The Milwaukee Journal trophy to
be awarded outright to the entrant of
the touring car which completes the
contest with the least number of
points to its debt.
The Evening Wisconsin trophy-to
be awarded outright to the entrant of
the roadster or runabout completing
the tour with least number of points
to its debt.
The Emil Schandien trophy-to