The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-23
Letter In Seattle
Ahead Of Schedule
p.nke. OF Lennon, In Dodge
Makes One Of Best Runs.

The relay letter from the
mavor of Chicago to the mayor
# Seattle was handed to the
latter Saturday morning, having
been exactly 81 hours and lO
minutes travelling by automobile
from Chicago to Seattle over the
Yellowstone Trail and its eastern
and western extensions. The
schedule was 100 hours, but this
was beaten by two hours and
fifty minutes.
The letter reached Lennon
on Thursday morning at 5:5o
lust twelve minutes ahead OF the
schedule, although at Mobridge
the letter was reported two
hours and ffty-three minutes
ahead of time. 1t seems that
the night drive across the reser-
yation proved too much for the
driver as he got off the road
once or twice and he also had
trouble on account of bridges
being washed out in the recent
heavy rains. Taking into con-
sideration the fact he was not
very familiar with the road and
also that the drive was made at
night, his time was creditable.
From this point +. E. Papke,
of the Lennon Auto Co., accom-
panied by W. H. Doherty, drove
a Dodge car the distance of 1l2
miles in three hours and forty
five minutes, making one of the
best runs of the entire trip in
spite of the fact that he had the
Bad lands to cross in western
North Dakota. In spite of a
month of continuous rain, only
once was he stuck, and that
time he was not on the Yellow
stone but in driving along failed
to turn and ran slam into deep
mud. Nine minutes were lost
here and three minutes were
bst when starting out of Lem
mon because of the fact that the
banner was not to be found.
Taking into consideration this
lost time, Papke made a record
that will stand for a good long
time between Marmarth and
Lennon.
From Lennon to Hettinger
the Dodge was tr5i.ed by G.. w.
Hose, N. J. Rice and the Editor
Of the Herald, in Mr.. Hoses
Buick and on this stretch of road
the average speed was 36 miles
per hour. There was a trailing
car following the Dodge car the
entire way to Marmarth but
except this first jump not a car
was able to keep the pace. q
miles In As minutes actual driv-
ing time was the speed attained
OoetWeen these two first points.
Several miles of new grading
made the roads soft or there
would have been a decided i'm.
provement on this record. II
was Papke's determination tc
make the trailer lose itself ir
!Ae speed but Hose was determ
.ned to stick and the farmers or
N me line between Lennon and
nettlnger saw one of the pretti.
est auto races ever staged over
country roads. For a distance
ol seven miles the speedometel
never registered less than As
lalies per hour and most of the
ume 1t lowered around the 81
mile mark. Upon reaching Het.
ssl,ager the trailer was withir
nl1y feet of the relay car.
Inc cars and drivers on this
great relay race across the coun
Wy Wy deserve great credit for the
w s..ile made but, no matter how
eooa the driver nor how gooc
we VIE car time, such as this, can
~. ~. ! oe made on anything but gooe
soaos, therefore to the Yellow
s.one s Trail be'o lgs the rea
srealt for this remarkable run
Ne'er ,k before in the history o1
t;s, tiie world has anything of thi.
ana a,'su oeen attempted and for thu
,,r.cessful ,.;a S. management of thu
Wy Secretary Cooley of the
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