Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-11-09
CANADA RELEASES THE
NONSTOP MAXWELL CAR

NONSTOP MAXWELL CAR
I Having participated in the mos
unique and unusual incident ever re
corded in the annals of the automo
|, bile industry, the famous Maxwell
nonstop champion, known to al
motordom as the International Wan
derer, and which for an alleged in
fraction of the Customs Laws o.
the Canadian government was seizet
and held Sin duI ance vile" for near
ly two months, has been released BY
the Collector OF Customs at Van
couver and returned to the Maxwell
Motor Sales Corporation of the Paci
fic Coast.
Pending the final release of the
renowned nonstop car, which less
than one year ago broke the worlds
record for nonstop run, travel ns
more than $4,000 miles without 8
motor stop, and lowering the best
previous record by more than TO-,
900 miles, the efforts of the entire
organization of the Maxwell Motor
Sales Corporation were directed to-
ward regaining possession of the
celebrated traveller.
In the meantime word of its sci
zure went round the world, the
claims of both the Canadian Govern
, ment and OF the Maxwell organiza'
ton becoming matters of general in
formation to every man, woman and
child having the slightest interest in
things which pertain to the modern
motor car.
Two months ago when the Max
well nostop car crossed the inter
national boundary at Blaine, British
Columbia, it did so in charge of rep
lresentatives of the Maxwell Motor
Sales Corporation, the latter being
engaged in plotting the Wanderer
over proposed military defense
highway of the Pacific Slope. AS
tourists the occupants of the Max
we'll registered themselves and their
car and as such were permitted the
freedom of the Kings domains in
Vancouver.
The following morning the path
| finders were hailed before the Gus
toms Officials and charged with q
violation of the Customs Laws, the
claim being made, that, inasmuch as
the nonstop car was literally blan-
keted with lettering describing the
| cars remarkable performances and
with the names of hundreds of cit
lies, towns and hamlets through which
| it had passed, it constituted ve-
hicle for commercial purposes and
was therefore subject to heavy duty.
Without further ado the travellers
We're formally charged with serious
violation of the Kings commands
and their car thrown into the Kings
warehouse. Vigorous denials of in
territorial misrepresentation, backed
up by substantial evidence to that
effect, ayailed the passengers of the
car nothing. The sole concession
made by customs officials was per-
mission to the tourists to return to-
the United States. Ever since then
a legal battle has been waged with |
the Canadian Government which cul- |
minated this week in the release OF
the car.
History of the Car.
Last November 22nd the Maxwell
worlds champion nonstop car start
ed on its experimenting run in
Southern California under the sane
ton of the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION. On the following January
9TH the motor was voluntarily stop
ped, a total of 22,O22.3 miles having
been covered during the forty-four-
day grind. The remarkable record
was made under the most stringent
rules of the American Automobile AS.
ISOLATION and the strictest observa-
ton.
But the termination of the nom +,
stop run by no means ended the b
demonstration Of the power and en- |.
1urance of the Maxwell, for immed- I.
ately thereafter the car was liter 7
lily driven all over the Country. The s
most notable test to which the car |
vas subjected was comprehensive 4
our of the rough and severe coun- /
ry of Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. 7
the car was driven up {
he full length of California, Ore ]
son and Washington, over all kinds
# road conditions and into Canada