Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-07-19
TIE AUTOMOBILE MAKES GREAT
RECORD OVER ALL 9TH.
Err MACHINES.

That the modern motor car has been
brought to high state of perfection is
shown by the usual run made by the
pathfinder which laid out the fifth an.
nual tour of the Minnesota State Auto
mobile association last week. The route
lay from the Twin Cities to Winnipeg
and back, total of 1895 miles being
covered by the car. The tour proper
starts from st. Paul July IS and will
be composed of about 40 cars in all.
The officials of the state association
chose the Mitchell "Baby Six" to do
this hard work and that they chose
wisely is shown by the fact that the
car went through the nine days of
path8nding work with a perfect score.
No work Of any kind was done on the
car; not minutes time was lost on
the road on account Of the car or
tires; in two days the pathfinder, max
ing stops in all the towns and villages,
equalled regular days run Of the tour
a feat never before accomplished by
any pathfnding car ever put over the
road. Not drop Of water was put in
the. Mitchell the entire. way and this
fact asst! astonished all who are familiar
Eight days were hot and the sun
was out doing business ali the time.
There were miles Of roads deep with
sand; sand hills there were in plenty;
rough roads calling for. low speed work
and mics Of rsad repairs were some
Of the things met and conquered by
the .'Baby SKI II the water in the
car had boiled, no one would have been
surprised, yet the Pathfinder is still
running the streets Of Minneapolis, and
not : drop Of water has been put in
it.. ~ ~, t..v, .i.t !.
J.. II. Psior, the viee,chai1man, Of
the tours and contests committee Of
the, state association, who was in
charge Of the party. said no car, no
matter what the price, could have done
the work any better than, the. Baby
sixo Mitchell did,. Motorists along
the route who were watching the pro
! gress Of the car through the press,
were astonished at the progress made
The car was loaded for pathfnding
work, there being -four passengers al,
the. time and FIVE some of the time;
rope, shovel, az, two extra tires on de-
mountable yims; overcoats, sweaters
six grips, camera and typewriter. Ere
quent stops are necessary in pathfind.
ing work, to inquire the road. to inter.
view motorists in all the towns. and
villages and to call on the newspapers
These together with the bad .roat con
ditions met with, were. enough to hold
the running time down yet so perfect.
" did the Mitchell work, SO little
shifting Of gears was necessary and SO
good was its sped on the good street.
ches, that the running time Of the tour
was equalled many times.
The Mitchell "Baby Six" will be
the first car over the route again at
the time Of the tour, being known as
the pilot and confetti car which
marks the route.
There will be over thirty cars it is
thought, when the tour starts out Of
St. Paul, Thursday morning, July Is,
anG others will join the caravan along
the Inc. The first night will be spent
in Wadena, MIMI, 1s1 miles out; sec.
ond night, Thief River Falls, 1ee
miles; third night, Winnipeg, 172 niles.
Returning Grand Forks will be the first
night stop; half day to Fargo over
night, then Glenwood, MIMI, and Min.
neapolis.