The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1915-06-19
WILD DASH ACROSS PLAINS

lays between Mobri lge and lem
mon.
The reservation country west OF
the river has been drenchel with
ram time and again for the pas
month and the road was in IA Yer,
bad condition: three bridges had
been carried away and every hole
aud raNlne was filled with wa
te.'
j. w, Harris and II. +. Schmidt
made the run getting ont of Mo
bridge at ll:21 p. m. they arrived
! III Lennon ut DDS Il. m. after
having been stuck in mui hole
and Il washout hole for an even three
hours. In deducting the loss of time
from being stuck in the mud they
made Lennon in 20 minutes less
than the schedule time. The Lem.
mon driver got away with the let
tel l. minutes still to the good.
In eros sing the river a clever
stunt was performed, the car was
sent ahead and Capt. jacobson
ferried it across, "A Ii. Brown was
ready with his big car at the meet
ing place where the letter was
transferred, and literally shot
JArlls down to the nVer landing
where Bob Horn was ready with
his launch, all speeded up ready
to shoot ahead as soon as Harris
got IN the boat, Allel Miss held
the watch on the run and states
that :he river was crossed in >
minutes and i3 seconds, Schmidt
was already and as soon as Harris
got IN they we,e off.
In the run from Mobridge to
three miles south east of Nc
Laughlin, where they got stuck in
the first mud hole. cXceedin ely
fast time had been made as that dis
lance was made in | Ii and 81 Nj.
and through country that is full of
buttes, ravineS and stones; before
they got stuck in the first mud hol
they must have passed a hIndre o
of others and ought to consider
themselves lucky that they done as
we'll as they did considering that
they were travelling after dark and
at rate Of speed that registered at
times % miles per hour.
In the first hole they were stack
fast for II and 10 Nj after making
every effort possible to get out,
Harris was forced to walk 3 miles
to Mclaughlin and get Jewett ,he
auto man out. they returned with
two big ears and still were unable
to eXtricate the Ford and finally
had to resort to the use Of fence
posts to raise the ear up high
enough to make a block and tackle
fast before they could get it out,
the other two ears were fastened
to the tackle and had to use all
tl.eir power before freeing the
durn little Ford"
The next bad stop was ) miles
south east of Mcintosh where they
went into bad washOut hole and
were stuck there again for another
% minutes before being able to free
the ear
The following mornings mail
brought two letters Of cOngratula.
lions to Harris from the president
of the Trail and also from the see
reiary's Office for the splendid run
that was made AS that one stretch
of country gave them more worry
than any other section of the road
as they full realized the condition
the road was in from the recent
rains.
in the run from Aberdeen to
Moblidge, ). IT, Collins, president
of the Citezens State Bank made
the run in w. +. Mailand' car
who had motored to Aberdeen to
return with him They left Aber.
deem I, 10 p. III, Wednesday night
and arrived here at ll:27 p III.
having made the trip in + hours
and IL minutes having gained .
minutes on the schedule. It is
more than probable that the run
would have been greatly reduced
if an error had not been made III
selecting the road ate leaving
Selby
Considering that the run was
made after dark and that at times
he ear was speeded up to - miles
an hour it can be very easiy seen
that II was difficult to distinguish
he right road; fences, hills aud
other objects blend together III IL
way that is most disconcertlng
when travelling at that rate OF
speed.