El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18
Youngest Girl Rider In New York

Miss Sophia Bertha Heyen, of Brook
Ign, n. Y, bears a double distinction.
She is said to be the youngest girl
motorcycles in New York state and
she was the first of the fair sex to
ride motorcycle on Long Island.
Miss Heyen is Il years of age, but
she handles her two-wheeler like a
veteran She is another Of the host Of
girls who ride motorcycles because
brother did,
Miss Heyen's brother was a motor
cyclist and tandem attachment in
troduced her to the joys of motorcy-
cling.
She was not long content on the rear
seat, however, and longed to operate
machine of her own
She persevered in her desire and
soon became the owner Of a motor
cycle, all her own"
She finds her motorcycle of practical
value, as well as a means of bringing
health and recreation Each day Miss
Heyen rides her twO-wheeler to the
high school which she attends. And in
the evening she motorcycles back
home again.
Week ends" find her ranging
through the surrounding country,
spending her spare time on Saturdays
and Sundays skimming over the good
roads in the vicinity of her home. She
rides gracefully and has almost from
the first day experienced no difficulty
in operating her machine.
Motorcycle Notes.
The Dayton. Ohio, board OF health
has asked an appropriation with which
to buy motorcycle for its sanitary
officer. The board members said they
must either have motorcycle or ad-
ditionaI officers.
A motorcycle with a sidecar at
tached was used as an ambulance in
Toronto the other day. The motor
cycle was on the spot first and ne
victim Of an accident was too seriously
hurt to wait for the ambulance. He
was taken to the hospital in the side
car.
They have all sorts of weather and
road conditions in and around Fergus
Falls, MINI, but the towns three rural
mail carriers, TOmhaye, Davis and
Haarstick, use their motorcycles regu-
larIy with unvarying good results.
Mr.. and Mrs. A J. Sadler of San
Francisco, have completed a motor
cycle trip of 5000 miles to Houston,
Texas.
Floyd De Long, of Lima, Ohio, rode
his motorcycle S69 miles in one day.
He left Lima early in the morning and
arrived at Buffalo at o'clocsk in the |
evening.
The National Capital Motorcycle club
of Washington, D. c., is looking far |
into the future and is now planning |
a 20OO-mile motorcycle tour for its /
members. The tour will be held next |
autumn.
Motorcycles are being used in Mime
apOis IN furthering the extension Of /
scientific farming. In one high school |
where they have an agricultural de- /
partment, the teacher has motorcycle
purchased by the school district. upon
which he speeds around in the. after
noon from farmer to farmer. Prof. /
A V. Storm, chief of the college Of
agriculture, sees great possibilities N
this method and has given it his warm
approval
The state Of Oregon boasts 1888 |
licensed motorcycles, of which ISL are I
in one county-MariOn. OF the ISL. |
Salem, Ore, has 4S6, thus clinching
the title of the banner motOrcycIe |
town of Oregon.
Harry E. Patterson, of Pittsburg. is
one Of the latest to join the constants
~ growing squad of motorcycle trans
commentaries He rode from Pitts
burg to Whittier. Cal. on his motor
cycle, the distance being about 5000