The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-09-12
MAKING CIRCLE
OF UNITED STATES
PARTY or TOURISTS FROM JACK
soNVlLLE, FLA, SPENT sATuR-
DAY NIGHT IN FARGO EN- ROUTE
FROM PORTLAND, ORE, TO
NEW YORK CITY.

Mr.. Hirschman, his wife, daughter
and chauffeur, Cliff Davis, arrived In
Fargo Saturday evening. This party left
Jacksonville, Fla, in a 1919 Cadillac
touring a on May IA, and after sixty
one days en- route over 5000 odd miles
over the toughest country ever en-
,countered, arrived in Portland Monday,
July 1a just two days after the closing
of the greatest Elks' convention aver
gon organization, Mr.. Hirschnnan
wants it understood that 1t was nc
fault of his Cadillac car that caused
him to be late for the convention, but
on account of his wife's sickness at
Denver, Col, where ten days were lost
awaiting her recovery. In fact, the
little SUI Drowned, wind tanned party
has had hard luck all the way over the
long trail. The actual running time was
less than thirty-ene days.
GIidden Tour Route Followed.
After following the route used by
the Glidden tour tourists as far north
as Atlanta, Ca, 1t vas necessary for
the Hirschman party to lay over at
Atlanta ten days in order that the
roads might dry u through the
northern part of Georgia, where heavy
rains had fallen for more than a week.
The Cadillac party followed the Amer
lean Automobile association route from
Atlanta across Lookout mountain at
Chattanooga, Tenn, where a stop of
two days was made, Crossing the river
at Jasper ferry they entered the Cum
berland mountains. Through this re-
'gion, roads are there in am only; in
many places there being room for only
the machine to travel and this on low
gear. Three Of four inches would have
sent the machine and its occupants
,tumbling far down into the gulches
below. From Nashville, the party head
ed north through Louisville to Indian
apolis, where they had intended stop
ping for the 500 hundred mile speed
way race on May 80. The big ace had
been finished only a few hours when
the party reached the outskirts of the
western automobile center. From In
dianapoiis they hurried on to St. Louis
and Kansas City.
Run Into Hail Storm.
After crossing Kansas, they sum-
med up the roads by saying that it was
the "wetest dry state" hat they had
passed through all the way out. In
places the mud ran axle deep for miles
and miles, and in two instances when
on 10 per cent grades, 1t was necessary
to pull down hills on low gear, the
mud being 81 deep and sticky. The
party had a very narrow escape from
death near Granada, Col, where they
crossed the Arkansas river. FiVe miles
before reaching the river, the road
winds through a small canyon ranging
from fifty to 100 feet deep. About a
mile from the mouth of this canyon
and without warning of any kind, hail
as big as hens eggs began 20 fall, ac-
cording to the statement Of members
of the Hirschman party. The wind
in such force n with such suction
through the ravine that it almost lift
ed the machine from the ground
throwing on all they could, they m
a steel bridge across the river and
roped the machine to the side of the
bridge while the.y lowerd tbs top. Mira,
Hirschman still shows marks made by
the pelting hail stones.
Each of the party is of the opinion
that it was a small cyclone and the
only protection they had from the fury
of the storm was underneath :Ee duto-