The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-02
NON. STOP MAXWELL
ON IMPORTANT TOUR
ALONG WEST COAST
Famous Car Now on Journey 70
Help National Defense
Movement

The non stop Maxwell the car tha
holds the worlds record Of 2202.
miles continuous traye without a stoI
OF the motor Is engaged in mission
of national Importance and the triI
will carry it from Tia Juana, Mexico
TO Vancouver Canada, and return
1t is great loop trip that is being
made by the nonstop champion The
route as at present outlined viii carry
the party up the California and Oregon
coasts as far as possible toward the
northern boundary Of the United
States; the return Itinerary is
through the interiors Of Washington.
Oregon and California to the starting
point at the southern international
line.
The highway between Mexico and
Canada generally followed by motor
lists is inland for almost the entire dis
tance. The coast road north has been
neglected, mainly because the popu
lation is SO scattered that ii has been
impossible TO WELD sufficient influ-
ence for boulevard system that
would make all-year round travel
feasible.
Road VIII Be Logged.
The necessity for defending this
coast road has been pointed out In
Vulnerable times by military experts
and one of the first important items
In making our west coast safe against
foEeign invasion Is to place the roads
IN such condition that troops and
heavy armament could be moved ex-
peditiously In motor trucks and auto
mobiles.
Every detail of topography is being
carefully noted by the Maxwell party
The road is being logged and at the
conclusion of the expedition "a report
Will be submitted TO the federal au-
torities and to the officials of the
states through which the tour ex-
tends.
Magazine Writers on Trip.
The nonstop Maxwell is carrying
as passengers Wilbur Hal land Albert
Gill Waddell, widely known as maya
zine writer's, and Jack Griffin. touring
expert.
Along the coast towns, the non
stop Maxwell is attracting great at
.ention. The service Scared veteran
had travelled more than $4,000 miles
before starting on it's latest tour, and
he original covers on its motor and
arc yet to be removed
or an overhauling Of any SORT Of the
Interior workings.
Aid in Paralysis Fight.
The Maxwell Motor Company Inc.
t Detroit. through its branch al =
Brooklyn, N Y, has donated two
actor cars to fight the epidemic Of D
ltantile paralysis, The company is "
lso providing all the maintenance eY p
ense, including chauffeurs, The g
Iealth department assigned one of II
le cars to the Municipal garage for y"
nergency work and the other at the o.
,ingston Avenue Hospital for am
llance work. The percentage of
sralysis cases is heavier in Brook
n than in any other borough of New ol
ork and the health authorities were =.
ad of the assistance rendered by the h,
axwell company. al
1other Coast Record For Maxwell. u
Another western coast record was r.,
ng up by Maxwell car last week. te
len a stock touring car, piloted by an
y Mcnamara clipped one hour and w
ty-ohe minutes from the Seattle
rtland record. The new mark also e.
ITS the time of the fastest train
ween these two cities by eleven ?
lutes. The train is the Shasta al,
lited. The elapsed time for the 200 the
es. was five hours and forty-seyen to
utes. p