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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
TRIP OVER CONTINENT
FOR SMALL EXPENSE

zone. two or three persons can
cross the American continent in q
motor car at living expense of from
two TO three dollars a lay." IL the
tempting BAIT r. w. Watt. OF Pea
body, Kansas holdc out to those con-
eidering similar trip.
Mr.. Watt and his wife have Just
completed a coast TO coast tour and
are 40 enthusiastic about II both de-
clare emphatically that steel rails and
Pullmans hold no further lure for
them
My advice TO anyone who feels the
need OF better health or delightful
vacation, is to buy a tent a wire stove
and cooking utensils--the whole out
fit TO weigh not more than ten or fif-
teen rounds-ioad II on as good a car
as mine and drive 10 the coast" saws
Mr.. Watt. with its infinite physical
benefits the trip also Is cheap
TWO years ago ill-hsalth drove Mr..
Wat, 70 the open. He went TO Cali
fornia. purchased kissel Kar road
ster, secured the agency OF two or
three lines o. merchandise, and he
ard his wife beca me, as he terms It.
modern gypsies." Today he IS ro-
bust and vigorous and declares that
he has been able to make a COM
Portable competence while regaining
his health
Mir Watt asserts that transconti-
mental touring has this year increased
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20

| fully 500 per cent over last year and
that scarcely town was visited on
the trip without encountering several
cars making the same Journey. Eighty
rer cent of these, he said. carried
camping outfits. One party had two
touring cars and a motor truck, car
rytng all the comforts OF home.
There are not only thousands OF
miles OF new State roads. but they
are at last building them right" was
one of Mr.. Watts interesting obser-
vations. I'VE came over the National
Old Trails Route. through Arizona and
New Mexico, and during the entire
run tho worst going we struck was
between Milwaukee and Chicago.
Most people. / believe. are inclin-
ed to think of New Mexico as a COM
parativeiy primitive country. but we
hit wide, splendid roads there, and for
not an instant. even when we were
ascending the tortuous La Bahada
grade, with it's eighteen hairpin turns,
did we court the slightest danger.
Il have driven my Kissell Kar more
than $4,000 miles concluded Mr.
Watt. and fully half of that distance
has been over mountain trails Of the
Rockies and SierraS first drove II
across the Mojave Desert. where the
bows dubbed Il the Death Valley Grey
hound and II sure has lived up 10
it's name. can rely on II implicitly,
and that Ia what one needs In trans
continental touring"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
SAXON RELAY CREATED
BIG INTEREST IN WEST

caring little for what WAS going on
about them.
Coming into Ely after an all-day
trip across the great American desert
and the foothills of the Rockies. we
plunged down a steep grade into the
center OF the town. ] was In the front
seat with the driver and es our head
lights frightened the dimly lighted
street ! saw a mob OF people blocking
the roadway.
It's a fEht, better slow up 1
cautioned tho driver. for we were
hitting about forty miles an hour.
He applied the brakes and as we slid
up to tho crowd. We saw It wasn't q
tight 1t was tust the entire town
waiting for the race. The yelled at us
to know our time and as we changed
to the next relay car. we had to
fairly fight our way through the
throng. beseged by questions When
the next car started. three minutes lat
er, the throng set UP cheer that
could be heard for a mile.
After we were out in the desert
again. ] asked the new driver what
II all meant. Then he told me that the
crowd had been waiting for us al
evening. They had known of the race
for a week, and the dealer said his
place had been the center OF a crowc
for two days. He was only a new mar
in Ely but he had sold eight car:
within a week. Just on the strength OF
the relay"
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Skidding around a hairpin turn.
edged by a 2.oo0-foot drop into space.
low gray car shot past Glen Cove
Inn half way up the side of Pike S
Peak on the afternoon of August i.
A roar from the exhaust and the ma
chine, with a boyish looking driver
at the wheel. disappeared from view.
It's junk" shouted small urchin
at the turn. The crowd rushed UP
to view the anticipated accident Their
fears were relieved only when the
small boy explained that he had mere
ly announced the drivers name.
From the top of the peak a few
minutes later came the telephone
message that Fred II. Junk in a
Chalmers Six and captured first place
in the Glass e event. Less than rs
seconds behind Junk finished his team
mate. Roy Stentz. in another $500
r. P NJ Chalmers IT was the first
time in the history OF American hill
climbing events that two machines OF
the same make had finished in one
two order.
Junk, the twenty-year- old driver OF
the winning Chalmers. refuses to be-
lieve that his name spells anything
less than success In Saturdays race
for the Spencer Penrose trophy he
pitted his car against monster racing
creations with twice the piston dis
placement OF his Chalmers and fin.
ished In third position.
Defeating old heads in the racing
game. such as Barney Oldheld, Hughie
Hughes. Buzane and Patterson, is &C.
knowledged a fair feat for any driver
But Junk, winner Of his first race
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20

central reserve city ban1U Uhov
reduction Of $5.so1.ooo, or 8 per ,
National banks in other reserve ?
showed Q reduction OF reserve n
million dollars. or - per cent
country banks showed a reduct,cI
excess reserve of 20 million dollar
8 per cent.
OF the So million dollars redud
In the excess reserve held juno
as compared with May /. a reduc1
Of 16 million dollars Ia shown IN
excess reserve carried in the N!
Of all national banks and with =
Federal reserve banks, while q
lion dollars of the reduction IN
excess reserved is accounted for n
balance carried with approved re-
agents. ii
Reserve Comparisons with Juhd
1s15-The surplus reserve Of sol
lion dollars shown June 80, 1916
compared with the excess reserve
June 20, 1915, Of 779 million dor
shows an increase during the We;
excess reserve of % million dol
The excess reserve held by natf|
banks In central reserve cities &
30, 1915, as compared with june
1915, shows a reduction Of 81
lion dollars, or So per cent The q,
reserve cities for the same period Z.
a reduction of their surplus res3
of 20 million dollars, or 9 per D
while the country banks for the Z
period show an increase in their
plus reserve of 1913 million dollar
80 per cent.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
NOTHING IN A NAME SAYS
CHALMERS WINNER OF CLIMB

modestlv gives credit to his Chalmers
Six for the victory.
MY little car simply ate up those
10 per cent grades on the straight
Always, and when 1t came to the turns
a simple twist OF the wheel to right
or left did the rest" says the youth
full pilot.
In the opinion of race spectators,
however, Junks skill in negotiating
the hundred or moro angles and turns
in the course were largely responsi :
BILE for his win.
On the most dangerous mountain
highway in the world, from a racing
standpoint, he lost hardly a second in
making the turns. and was on his
way up the next grade before the
crowd at a given point could realize
he had passed.
During the two days racing over
the IL l-2-mile course to the summit
of Pixies Peak, the Chalmers cars
were the most consistent performers
at the meet, finishing in every event
entered. Both cars averaged thirty
miles per hour over the course, which
is ~ per cent curves and has 10 per
cent grades over half its length.
On the second days racing. clouds
drfted half way down the mountain.
obscuring the road and making II i'm
possible TO see twenty-five feet ahead.
Under these conditions the speed
made was little short OF phenomenal.
AS test for stock cars, the Pixies
Peak climb, 14,10a feet into the
clouds. will probably continue to
stand as Americas premier event for
some years to come.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20

adapted to its quality and to its furc-
ton in service. To determine that de-
gree, hundreds of sampled specimens
of steel are heated at different tenn
peratures in small electric furnaces
The results OF tests on these speci-
mems, as made by various types OF
special Instruments. are used in de-
termining the exact treatment to be
used in regular production. For in
stance, one of the first tests which a
piece of steel undergoes after emery
ing from the electric furnace. Is the
Brinnell test for hardness.
Electric furnaces are used because
electricity, more so than other fuels.
may be regulated to a final point Of
exactness. The heat is confined
within a drum or shell, heavily in
sulated. The pyrometer attachment
will record as high as 1900 degrees
Fahrenheit After 1t is heated, the
steel Is cooled. either fast or slow,
in one of the numerous different
solutions standing nearby.
Every step of the long and careful
process is a step In the direction OF
the exceptional durability that has
given the Dodge Brothers motor car
its high standing among motor car
BUYERS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
DEMAND FOR MACHINES
IS GROWING LARGER

That the demand for motor cars
continues is shown by the statement
Just made by the Hupp Motor Car
Corporation for the month of July
The Detroit concern showed another
big increase in business for July with
3s i-3 per cent gain over July. 1915.
The statement bears added signifi-
canoe, as July and August are con-
sidered the slack summer months in
tho motor car industry.
The July statement of the big In
crease IN business for the four-cylin-
der Hupm obile follows the announce
nent made the first OF July by Presi-
dent J. Walter Drake on the busin ess
done for tho 1919 selling season.
which closed June 80. Tho statement
showed an increase OF Alb per cent
for the year. The July record also
demonstrates tho good business tudr-
ment of the Hupp officials in out
lining their policy for the next twelve
months. In his announcement Presi-
dent J. Walter Drake said:
Our faith in the future OF a car
of tho Hupmobile type Is unlimited.
We arc adhering strictly to the four
cylinder practice. In the Series N
Hupnobtle We have developed q car
the public demand for which has
greatly exceeded our production ca
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
Gathers Road Information.
APE ATTACKS WIFE
OF PRESIDENT POTNCARE

Paris. Aug. 1s.-while the Presi
dent and Nine. Poincare were taking
an after dinner stroll in the gardens
OF the Elysees the President was sum :
moned to read some dispatches that
had Just come from the front. He had
hardly reached his study when he
heard screams from the garden, and
rushing back. accompanied by his
secretaries. the President learned from
Nine. Poincare that the moment he
left her she had been attacked by a
strange being"
While an inquiry was being made,
DR.. Henri dc Rothschild. who lives
Q few doors away from the Elysees,
arrived on the scene and explained
that an ape which had been sent 10
him, had escaped from Its cage and
had been seen climbing over several
garden walls in the direction of the
Elysess.
The ape was found In q tree, but II
was not until . Hindu attendant had
been summoned that the animal could
Be induced to como dowr
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
ROSS AUTOMOBILE CO.
SECURES BEN REMMARD

c. Arthur benjamin, general sales
manager of the Ross Automobile
Company, of Detroit. has made an
nouncement OF the appointment Of
Ben Rennard as special sales repre-
sentative. Mr.. Rennard IL a veteran
In the automobile field. having en-
tered in the earliest days when he
was connected with the Locomobile
Company in a special engineering ca
pacity. For tho last year and one
half he has been a district sales man
ager for the Chalmers Motor Com
pany. acting. in the South. and prev-
ous to going with the Chalmers COM
pany was district sales representative
and special sales representative for
the Chandler Motor Car Company,
with the South and Southwest as his
special field. Years ago Mr.. Rem
nard was branch manager for tho
American Motors Company at Mem
phis. Before joining the sales organi-
cation of tho Ross Autom obile Com
pany. Mr. Rennard made a number
OF long and difficult trips in the Ross
Eight, and literally ''Bold himself on
the car whfch he pronounced the
greatest with which no WAS ever con-
nected.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
PIXIES PEAK ROAD READY
FOR RACE. ABOVE CLOUDS

wheels, the racers arc making prac-
tice runs up the mountain Just be-
fore the contest begins, a huge tank
WIN be mounted on the truck chassis
and tho course will be thoroughly
sprinkled The supplies that are need
ed for the race Will be carried to the
starting point on the truck.
Eighteen carloads of high explo-
sives. or $50 tons. were used in blast
ing the eighteen mile route. The sur
face is composed entirely of disinte-
grated granite taken from the noun
tain-side This granite WAS packed
and rolled by the good roads truck.
In addition, the truck transported
supplies, tools stone-crusher and other
equipment used by the 500 mon who
were employed.
Fourteen miles up the grade there
has been prepared a parking space
for 1000 automobiles At this point,
q 600 feet above sea level, the spec
tators can see 9h per cent of the road.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20

million dollars. This was 1877 million
dollars more than the Aggregate
amount which was required to be car
ried either in their vaults or in the
Federal reserve banks; for A. 70 l1s
millions Of the money carried in vaults
and In Federal reserve banks, 1t was
optional with the Central Reserve City
their vaults or with their Federal re-
serve banks.
Reserve with Reserve Asents--The
reserve carried on June 80, 1915, by
all national banks with other national
banks acting a. reserve agents was
a41 million dollars. an excess Of 633
million dollars Reserve carried with
agents May !. 1915. was e54 million.
the excess at that time being SIS mill
lion.
Reserve OF Central Reserve Cities
The national banks In the central re-
serve cities held, on June 30, 1915, in
their vaults and with their reserve
banks, a total of $50 million dollars.
an excess Of Sc million dollars above
the amount required to be so held
The amount so held May 1, 1915, waA
SIS million, an excess Of 81 million.
Reserves of Other Reserve Cities
other reserve cities held in their
vaults and with their Federal reserve
banks on June 80, 1915, BOT million
29s million dollars, being an excess
of the amount required. The reserve
held with their reserve agents in the
central reserve cities shows q total OF
2sS million dollars, being an evcess
reserve there of 1913 million dollars.
The total reserve held by other re-
serve city national banks June 80,
1915. was b96 million dollars. a total
excess over requirements Of 220 mil
lion dollars. May !. 1915, total re-
serves same banks was 62s million
an excess of 253 million.
Location Of Reserve Of Country
Banks- The country banks on June
80, 1915, held in their vaults and with
their Federal reserve banks, Se3 mil
lion dollars, or 50 million dollars moro
than the amount required. On the
same date they held with other ma
tional banks in the reserve cities a
total Of SAB million dollars, an excess
of 4s6 million dollars.
The total reserve held June 80, 1915,
by all country banks was e26 million
dollars, or 4s4 million dollars more
than the amount required. May y,
1915, all country banks held total re-
serve s53 million: an excess OF 5a4
million. June -, 1915. all country
banks held total reserve 73l million,
an excess Of 366 millions
Surplus Reserve June 30. 1919. a.
compared with the surplus reserve
held on May !. 1915. all national
banks showed, Juno 30. 1919. q 70
duction in their excess reserves Of
es million dollars, or per cent Tho
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
HOPE is IN
THE CHILDR

THE hope of China In in th>s
ing generation" writes Baptist
sionary Sunstrom, from Kong n
and It is imperative that Ne
the children under the transfor4
influence of the gospel, Other
the hope cannot be realized. I n
found that our primary ana q
mediate schools are among
mightiest evangelistic agencies
pupils como under tho daily q
ence OF the Christian teacher
the Christian atmosphere OF
school. We make 1t our prha
object to get the pupils sawed,
just to educate them. Our ~
not to educate heather childrens
to win them to Christ, and thnrS
lect from among those who have
come Chrtstians tho brightest 4
send them to the training sohol5
prepare for active Christian vua
The day school pupils are q
to tho ohApels on Sundays ana
tho power OF the gospel - 6rcs
to bear upon them still TN
Many Of these children would II
ably never have . chance b -
they could not como to Chr2
ochoole"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
TROOPS ARE REMOVED
IN MORMON MACH|RES

Military experts have heaved a
huge sigh or rollcf with the assurance
that mobilization and supply move
ments VIII not he handicapped In the
future by possible railway shoTtCom-
ings. From New York to san Fran
cisco by automobile IN a little more
than five days is The achievement that
has made military men feel much
easier
Experts eagerly watched the propo-
sit1on OF the American Defense So
ciety 70 send Narroon "a through
from coast 10 coast On a military and
riga schedule that would not permit
OF greater speed than fifty miles
an hour s Il. stevens. chairman OF
the Motor Reserve Division. was not
at all worried. but no laid his plans
carefully,
In five days, eighteen hours and
thirty minutes from the time he left
Columbus Circl, in New Y ork he was
in San Francisco with a record for
trauscontinental automobile travel
This Is almOsr as good time as is made
by through rallroads The MarTnon
"a was in excellent condition at the
finish, and the trip had not been more
arduous than is the ordinary routine
Of tire soldier.
The Marmon was thoroughly In
spected and sealed az both ends OF
the trip hN the Automobile Club OF
Amerlla and found TO have funcuoned
perfect The Ignite aluminium con-
structiou n engine and other parts
Fwere found 10 have delivered a. maxi
mum OF energy with a minimum OF
resistance In short. the Marfnon 80
was exCellently tuned upon arrival.
An indication Of the precision with
which the schedule was observed may
be had when II "A shown that the
Union Pacific Railroad held an i'm
portant train fifty minutes for Mr..
Stevens at one point
THE Marmon went on ahead with
another driver said Mr.. Stevens.
while laid over In Chicago. To
avoid losing a moment out of the
schedule J was compelled to reach
Omaha on time The Union Pacific
train was held fifty minutes out of
courtesy 10 the expert n ent. 80 I could
keep 10 the schedule"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
MAXWELL SMASHES
RECORDS IN WEST
Between Spokane and Seattle.
Portland and Spokane.

Ray r. Mcnamara, plotting Max
well car. recently made some remark
able records on the western coast,
adding TO the reputation this make
has established for all-around eff
cheney.
He broke all speed records in a
run from Spokane to Seattle in a
stock Maxwell roadster. The elapsed
time for this run was eleven hours.
fifty-five minutes. The Maxwell bet
tered the train schedule between these
points by more than an hour and low
cred the former automobile record
five hours
McNamara averaged thirty-two
miles an hour across the desert lands
of eastern Washington. He crossed
the dangerous Blewitt Pass in the
Wenatchee Mountains and the Sno-
Qualmie Pass in the Cascades after
midnight and arrived In Seattle early
in the morning.
cially by the newspapers of Spokane
and Washington.
Another Record Run.
Another record for speed and ef-
f1cienoy was hung up by MCNAMARA
on a run from Portland to Spokane,
Tho distance is 4bs miles and the
elapsed time was fifteen hours and
thfrty-one minutes. The best previous
record for this run was made last
May, when a motor car aid the dis
lance in twenty hours and thirty
minutes
Mcnamara attributes the success of
both runs to the quick acoeleration,
perfect cooling system, excellent
brakes and the Maxwelrs ability to
stand q good hard beating over a
hnxardous course.
Gathers Road Information.
During his tours in the West, the
Maxwell pilot has been gathering
some valuable road information for
the benefit OF tourists. A recent trip
out OF Portland carried him more
than 1000 miles over deserts and
through the mountains. Rain and
rough roads followed, the Maxwell
through this junket. but the trip was
made without a sem blance of me-
chanical trouble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
OLOSM0B|LE RUNABOUT
IS STILL IN DEMAND

Again the Oldsmohi1e demonstrates
the longevity OF advertising. From
Hearne. Tex. there recently arrived
at the factory an inquiry for one OF
the original curved dash Oldsmobile
runabouts, in response to a series of
advertisements run in 1e0l--the first
automobile advertisements ever print
ed
The elapsed time between the date
OF the advertisements and the post
, mark on the inquiry is more than
fifteen years. which 10 probably tho
record for any individual advertise
ment.
Once before the Oidsmobile received
a long-delayed inquiry from its origi-
nal series OF advertisements last year.
when prospect wrote in for a curved
dash car from Evergreen. Va
This was considered so remark
able at the time that 1t was COM
mented on by advertising men
throughout the United States That,
after the lapse of year, the adver.
tisement should repeat, is even more
astonishing, likewise no small tribute
to the appeal Of the old car.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20

pacity. We have no radical changes
to announce with the start OF the
new selling season, although each Sc
ries OF Ave thousand cars has con-
tanned such minor improvements as
our engineering department has de-
veloped from time to time.
While a general automobile report
Of the past year would show one OF
the most unusual selling seasons in
the history OF the motor industry, it
is our belief that the future holds
equally bright prospects,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-20
ADOPT Another GID.

New York. Aug. LIT is report
ed from Roxhury. " Y. whore Mr..
and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard are Mpen d.
ing tho summer that they have adopt
ed another girl. The shspards now
have two boys and two girls in their
adopted family.
Finley. Jr. four an orphan. was
adopted one year ago. Early in the
summer two other children, Helen
and Louise were taken 10 Iynd
hurst. the Tarrytown home Of the
ebepards.
Mrs. Shepard was Miss Helen Gould
bAfore her marriage.