Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-19
FIRST AUTOMOBILE
MAKES A TRIP TO
jEMEz SPRINGS
AND RETURN
Otto Berger and Party Accom-
plish Difficult Feat in Case
Car in Few Hours Without
Single Mishap.
INDIANS FRIGHTENED
AT H0RsELEsS MACHINE

The first automobile to make tho
trip a. icmcy Springs. over "A trail
uuui now thought Co be Impossible 20
travel In a machine, reached The
springs last night and returned dds
luutning without mlshap, causing
lercat CONSERVATION among TIE In
dams az the Jemez pueblo many OF
whom never had seen horseless car
Ir.agc.
The automobile was a Case 30 own
ed by otto Berger ana Il carried Mr.
berger George Hottlnger. an expert
chauffeur; A, }. Burkhead aud J. S.
Lovern.
I'VE dld not intend to go to Iemez
| springs said Mr. Berger this morn
ling. "Wo started for trip TO a small
town in Sandoval county but after
IcrOsslng the sands we thought we
might as well see Just how far we
could go so we started for Jemez
springs. well knowing that no other
automobile party had ever been able
/ 20 get through We got there and
/ came back without a mlGhap and we
could have beaten our time easily had
II not been for heavy mud We en-
cOuntered part of the way, which
caused us 20 run slowly
/ George Hottinger, the chauffeur,
who drove the machine said Il have
had q number OF years experience In
sands and mountainous country.
was surprised at how easily we made
the trip. We left here al 1888 p m.
yesterday and reached the springs at
iG:0f 2. m, and we could have Topped
30 minutes more OF that time had we
tried TO make a record On the return
We left the springs al 7:03 q. m. and
got into Albuquerque IN exactly four
hours and 20 minutes, using chains on
the wheels and taking our time II
was the wide built frame of tho auto
mobile that made the run oasy. We
followed the wagon ruts whore pos
sible and found that we could travel
faster and more easily than a noun
tain wagon which usually makes the
trip"
The passengers had an amusing In
. cident when they got TO the Jomez
f1nabio. Himfy ar The Indians had
never seen an automobile and when
the machine buZzed In sight, som. OF
! them fled precipitlously and could not
. bc induced 10 come near the auto
CNANin tAuiNiUHN TIC IlbCNlue Mlh
utely When Q, started. The best rum
ners az the pueblo tried 10 follow a.
Several of them could run beside a
horso ana when tho auto ran away
from them they halted IN amazement
ON the return trip the Indian runners
we're awaiting the auto and again
tried 10 out-distauce 81 bat again went
. down 10 defeat before the latest in
a yention OF the white man.
IN bet those Indians are sim won
: dering what kind OF q deyll that au-
Itomobile was" said Hottnger
In order thar the record made By
his machine might not De questioned
MIR, Berger took care to get a letter
from John Woodgate proprietor OF
Y the stone hotel az Jemez. telling OF
Z the feat his machine had accomplish
p cd. Following rs statement by the
3 party who made the trip ana by Mr
q WOodgate
Jeniez Springs. n. NJ. Jan IS, 1912.
e j. !. Case Implement Co. Racine, WIS
r Gentlemen We left Aibuqucrque
= y. NJ, In one OF your Case 80 automo
: biles at 1888 this afternoon an,
ARRIVED here az G:0i m. We hat
70 no trouble at an negotiating the san,
and mountain roads, doing 80 Will
g ease.