The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-09-04
STOP MAXWELL
ON IMPORTANT TOUR
ALONG WEST COAST
Famous Car Now on Journey 20
Help National Defense
Movement


The non stop Maxwell, the car hat
holds the worlds record Of 22O22
miles continuous travel without a stop
OF the motor is engaged in a mission
of national Importance and the trip
will carry 1t from Tia Juana, Mexico,
TO Vancouver, Canada, and return
1t is a great loop trip that Is being
made by the non stop champion The
route as at presen outlined will 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 10 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 it has beer
impossible to WELD sufficient influ-
ence for a 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
foreign 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 Writer'S on Trip.
The nonstop Maxwell is carrying
as passengers Wilbur Hal land Albert
Gill Waddell, widely known as maga
zine writer's, and Jack Griffin touring
expert.
Along the coast towns, the non
stop Maxwell is attracting great at
tention. The service SCARED veteran
had Travelled more than $4,000 miles
before starting on its latest tour. and
The original covers on its motor and |
are yet TO be removed |
or an overhauling of any sort of the |
Interior workings.
MasweIls Aid in Paralysis Fight.
The Maxwell Motor Company. me.
# Detroit. through its branch at
brooklyn, N Y, has donated two
motor cars to fight the epidemic of
paralysis. The company is
.lso providing all the maintenance eI
ense, including chauffeurs. The
Iealth department assigned one of
he cars to the Municipal garage for
work and the other at the
kingston Avenue Hospital for am
ulance work The percentage Of
analysis cases is heavier in Brook
n than in any other borough of New
ork and the health authorities were ,
'ad OF the assistance rendered by the |
axwell company.
mother Coast Record For Maxwell.
Another western coast record was :
ing up by Maxwell car last week [
hen a stock touring car, piloted by q
ay Mcnamara, clipped one hour and !"
Ity-one minutes from the Seattle
,rtland record The new mark also c
ats the time of the fastest train
tween these two cities by eleven
nutes. The train is the Shasta al
mited. The elapsed time for the 200 Ii
les was five hours and forty-seyen TO
nutes. F
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