The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-02
STUDEBAKER RUN
SHOWS RELIABILITY
FIRST DAY OF THE 1OOO.MILE RE.
LIABILITY RUN MAKES REC
ORD WITHOUT MISHAP
Running Time of 2S.2 Miles per Hour
on q Total of 1888
Miles
BY F. M. HARVEY

The johnson Bros. Moscow Stude
baker agency yesterday made its frs
days run of the 1O00-mile Reliability
Run for Studebaker cars which is be-
ing featured throughout the country
this week, and in doing it made {
record which will crowd othel
agencies to equal The plans of the
manufacturers provide that in all
sections of the country Studebakel
agents will make runs of $50 miles
four successive days, from a. m
to p. m., making in the aggregate
1000 miles. These runs are. not made
as pleasure trips but are outlined
with the view of making thorough
tests of the cars under conditions as
adverse as are apt to be met by car
owners. Yesterday trip was
laid out to cover hills to test the cars
power, plains for it's speed, sharp
turns and many curves to keep the
driver alert, and rough roads to DEM
onstrate ease of riding and try the
tempers of passengers, and to attain
these ends the man who selected it
was a genius, for every condition was
admirably met.
The run was made in Studebaker
Six, machine driven last sum-
ner from the factory at Detroit by the
Messrs. Johnson, and carried as pas
sengers, C. T. Johnson, cashier, S.
E. Johnson, driver; A. l.. Reid, dr1v-
er: and mechanician, c. G. Hunter,
and the Star-Mirror representative.
Leaving the Standard Garage prompt
ly at 6 a. m. the run was made to
Occur d'Alene, going and returning
via Spokane, and came back to
the garage at Abb P. NJ, having
covered 1888 miles.
The car ran so smoothly that there
was really little of incident to mark
the trip. Pulling out on time the
Six picked up her speed at once, the
gentle purr of the engine sounding
like a lul-a-bye in the quiet OF the
early dawn, and finding its first real
effort on Moscow Mountain, whose
long Is per cent grade was topped on
intermediate at 12 mile per hour, ana
the first race of the day began, that
with the sun as to which should
reach Palouse first. The Six won,
for at 6:35 that city was reached, the
speedometer showing 16 miles, and
shortly after Old Sol poked his head
over the eastern horizon. The next
lap to Pennington took in several dl-
rections, and right here I want to say
that the auto tourist would be help
ed wonderfully if there were more
SIGN boards in the country. The IN
land Empire invites the world to tour
among it's wonder places, and 1t can
not afford to keep the world on cage
hunting the road when few sign
boards would put him right. Farm
ington, 35 miles, was reached at l:2o'
and from there to Tekoa was one sue
cession of up hill and down. | be
1ieye the man who invented the roll
or coaster got his inspiration from
q ride from Pennington to-pts-s-s-s,
there goes rear tire; we WISH peo-
pie wouldn't through their nalis III
the road, anyway. Out comes lne
tool kit and the mechanician, on
comes the tire rim, another is IL
nlace. and we are away in eight min
utes. reaching Tekoa, 46 miles, at
7:55. From there to Fairfield was
course of hills, curves, and dlrt roau'
hut It was made in good time, wnlch
isn,+ +rue of the next stretch, Fairfield
tn Rockford, for there new ROAD IS
in the making ,and it was some rougn.
Rockford to Spokane, 25 miles Oh
macadam, smooth and fast, was mace
in so minutes. Spokane to Coeur
d'Alene, out the Apple Way, was an
other stretch of good road, the END
being reached at 1858. Returning
the trip carried us via Rathdrum' the
road bearing evidence of recent rain
in its many pools of water Ratn-
drum to Spokane was fast dirt roau'
and made in good-bang, there's
that rear tire again, this time
Eight minutes again re-
paired damage and we were in Spo-
kane for dinner at 1890. Leaving at