The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-03
FIERCE TEST
In AUTO RUN
SECOND LAP OF STUDEBAKER-SIX
1OOO-MILE RELIABILITY RUN
MADE YESTERDAY
Slippery Roads Due to Driving Rain
Cut Running Time, But Great
Record Was Achieved

In the second days run of the
Studebaker-six Reliability" test be-
ing carried out by Johnson Bros.
Moscow agents, perhaps no six any
where in the United States was given
the test that was made by the firm in
the run to Grangeville and return
yesterday with a view of making 25C
miles within II hours. Rainy weather
severe grades, slippery roads and
varying circumstances prevented the
car from completing the 25O miles
but the varying attitudes and unfa-
vOrable circumstances under which
the run was made. in which 225.2 miles
were covered, clearly demonstrated to
Johnson Bros. the extreme durability
of the car and both members of the
firm expressed keen satisfaction with
the result.
The start from Moscow was made
at a. m. sharp with S. M. Johnson,
c. T. Johnson and Mechanician A L..
wheel, and j. G. Gelsky and D. w.
Greenburg. The first part of the jour-
ney was under favorable circumst-
ances and the party pulled into
Grangcville at 11:27. In the course Of
the journey, the time and mileage
were recorded, elevations taken and
f,,or, OIc a.
Not once on any of the steep grades
did the car fail on intermediate gear.
The record shows that the machine
traversed roads at attitudes of from
$50 to 1900 feet. Grades as heavy as
25 per cent were negotiated on in
termediate gear as easily as on Is
per cent grades and without change
of gears on grades did the motor falter
when rounding curves ranging from
Is to 60 degrees.
The detailed record of the run is
from many standpoints as
we'll as interesting in view of the fact
that the return journey from Grange
Vile was made in a driving rain, ma
king it impossible to pick up speed,
either on the level roads or in nego
tiating the slippery grades across
Lawyers canyon, Reubens to Culdesac,
up Soldiers grade out of Lapwai and
up the lewiston -Uniontown grade. The |
following is a record of the run. The
is indicated by "M"; time by |
IT,; and elevation by "E":
Moscow, T 6, E 1850.
Uniontown, M 17.2, T $40, E 29O0
Uniontown hill crest, E 31O0.
Lewiston, M 31.2, T 1880, E $50.
Lewiston, time out 1885.
Lewiston Orchards, E 1900.
Upper Tammany, E 1775.
Lake Waha, M $40, T S:35, E 34OO.
Lake Waha, out at 1888.
Top Waha grade, E 1900.
Forest, M 67.3, T 9:35, E 1850.
Forest, out at S:37.
Morrowtown, M TAT, T 9:45, E 1000.
Westlake M 75.7, T 9:47, E 41OO.
Cottonwood, M S2.9, T 1920, E 345O.
Cottonwood, out at 1921
Happy Hollow, M S9.6, T 1880, E
900.
Happy Hollow, out at 1926.
Denver, M GIG, T 11:05, E $3.50.
Grangeville, M 105, 11:27, E 1850.
Grangeville, out at 1925.
Denver, M 114.6, T 12:44
Cottonwood, M 123.5 T los.
Ferdinand, M 1924, T 1892, E 5000.
Ferdinand, off road and back, M
378, T 1850.
Ilo, M 1901, T 2:25, E 1850.
Reubens, M 1923, T $3.50, E 3450.
Reubens, out 1886.
Culdesac, M 1923, t 4:31, E 1850.
Lapwai, M 1881, 5:14, E 1925.
Lapwai, out at SIG.
Lewiston, M 1852, T sos.
Lewiston, out at 6:15.
Snow schoolhouse, blowout, lost 25
inutes.
Moscow, M 225.2, T 1858. |
Summary-Mileage 225.2, lapsed
me 1883, running time 1890, aver
,e time 1872.