Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-11-09
SEEING MINNESOTA
IN A TOURING GAR
A Most Enjoyable Trip Comes to an
End

A Most Enjoyable Trip Comes to an
After the roads had dried some
what, Mr.. Bystrom and the writer
left Warren on the 500 railway for
Parkers Prairie for the purpose Of
bringing the car, which had been left
there, back home again. We arriv-
ed at Parkers Prairie between three
and four O'Clock in the morning and
after securing the car we started inn
mediately with Warren or bust as
QUIZ destination. In the early dawn
wedarrived at the little village of Al
mcoh, where to our surprise we came
ne. miring the car in loose sand
ria,t on the principal street. In
stN.d Of going ahead when the wheels
tunted round, the car seemed deter
mt. ed to make a bee line for China.
B5 s1igging away some Of the sand in
frsost Of the wheels, we succeeded, at
tesaseveral attempts, to get the car
onInSolid ground once more. This
Wasf our first adventure. Resuming
our journey, We reached Henning in
time to hear the first call for break
fast at the hotel After satisfying
the inner man, we returned to the
car, which had been left standing
outside, and were greatly amazed to
find that while we had filed up, the
tire Of one wheel had become entirely
empty of its airy contents and look
ed as hungry as a wolf in midwinter.
We repaired the puncture of the in
ner tube, for that is what it was, and
then made a fresh start. When We
had gone mile or two, we were
startled by loud report as of can
non, and we began to look around to
see if any Indians were near. At
that very moment, though, our car
hit the bumpers" or solid ground,
and the two iron rings which held
the tire onto the rim whirled past
wit the speed of a clycone. We had
HaSF blowout as theysay in auto
mobile language. The car Of course
was stopped as quickly as possible
and we commenced to Investigate.
Found that the inner tube was dam
aged beyond repair. After long
search for one of the iron rings
which had rolled far into field, and
putting on another tube that had
been repaired, We made another try.
The tire would not stay repaired. We
were determined, though, that the
car should carry us home, or we car
ry the car, and putting a delapidated
tire on the rim and winding it with
rope procured from farmer, we
managed to get along very nicely,
even though the car did limp little.
Perham was reached shortly after
noon and here more rope was wound
around the defective wheel. An au-
tomobile is really an air craft. 1t
rolls on air and there is air all
around it. When it has puncture
or a blowout the rider realizes at
once that he has come down to Mo-
ther Earth
Though slightly disfgured our car
sped along rapidly and by six
o'clock we are in Detroit, where we
were able to procure necessary re-
pairs for the car. But we press on
ward and get to Lake Park before We
put up for the night
After good nights rest, we re-
sumo the journey next morning at
nine o'clock with Hitterdal as the
first objective point. We had not
gone far before the speedemeter got
tired of speeding. This trouble was
soon located and remedied, but no
sooner was that done, before We no
ticed that front spring, which had
partially broken the day before, was
on the point of giving out entirely
We braced it up the best we could
and at Hitterdal made still better
job Of it. Necessity is the mother Of
invention and little thing like a
broken spring was not going to be
any serious handicap. Every part
of the car that could possibly get out
of order, had done so now, and we
had no further mishaps on the trip
The parts that had become worn out
are really the accessories of the car
and not the car proper. Automobile
makers have gotten their cars down
nearly to perfection In every part, so
that like In the Wonderful One-Hoss
Shay described by Oliver Wendell
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