The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-07-21
NOW WHAT Do YOU KNOW
ABOUT THIS FOR A YARN
Sian Travels Three Days Over Lin
coin Highway Without Meeting
an Auto-So He Says.

The reincarnation of Baron Mum
chaussen has been located. At least
he was In Elko a few days ago, il an
account in the Elko Free Press of
some of his recent fabrications can
be accepted as verbatim report.
His name now is J. M. Keckler mot
Kicker). To read his tale of woe"
as recited in the Free Press, 1t is
a wonder he Is alive today to trifle
with the truth. He says some bad
men In Reno directed him to take
the Lincoln Highway east. He took
their advice, but jumped the job at
Eureka and switched to the north
ern route. incidentally he Is going
TO sue Lander county for injuries
done to his Sars-Roebuck Model X,
while crossing the bridge over the
raging Reese river. To hear him tell
it, it was terrible trip. over impas-
sable roads, and to cap the climax
1t was an awfully lonesome road, as
he makes the astonishing statement
that in his three days journey he
never met a single automobile, which
the Free Press gratuitously adds,
speaks volumes for the popularity
of the Lincoln Highway"
We are getting used to the
knocks" of those who are touting
the long. northern route and have
nothing to say for those who are
boosting for their road. but while
doing SO 1t might be Just as well to
tell the truth. The other day we
noticed in an Elko paper an article
to the effect that II the papers on the
rival routes continued to speak dis
paragingiy of either road the people
of the east who are contemplating
the trip by auto would come to the
conclusion that we were all telling
the truth and that Nevada was ne
gotiable by an aeroplane perhaps, but
not In an automobile.
For the benefit of the Free Press
we will say that there Is not day
passes but that from ten to fifteen
touring parties in automobiles pass
through Fallon. Many of them stop
over. but most go through to Reno
the same day they leave Austin, 1872
miles. We have interviewed many
of them and all speak highly of the
condition of the road except for a
stretch south of Salt Lake at Fish
Springs. which we believe has now
been repaired, and the road between
here and Sand Springs. which is
dusty and cut up by the heavy
freighting. but none of them have
encountered any such conditions as
they were led TO expect from the
knocks against the Lincoln High
way they were treated to at Ogden.
Colonel Davidson. who headed the
squadron of military autos came
through at the rate of over 100 miles
per day with his heavy equipment.
He requested the Standard to state
that the Lincoln Highway through
Nevada was the best roads he had
encountered since he left Geneva,
Wisconsin.
Over two hundred automobiles
registered at the garages in Ely dur
Ing the month of June. an average
of about seven parties a day for the
entire month. II the gentleman who
told his story to the Free Press ever
went over the Lincoln Highway IL is
certainly a mystery how he could
help meeting tourists In plenty. un-
less he Travelled by night. We don't
like to question Mr.. Keckler's We
racity or the correctness of the in
terview as reported in our Elko con-
temporary, but to say the least
that is-you know-it sounds-well
AS though somebody was taking
undue liberties with the truth.