The Dickinson press., 1917-07-07
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MOTOR NEWS
By the Motorist.
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Trail blazing operations along the
Black Trail are we'll along toward
completion, work being done by G. B.
Wolf, who has blazed many trails of
the continent. The marks along this
route consist of two white stripes
with a black stripe between, or a
white circle with a black center. The
Black Trail has its inception at Mott
and it's northern terminus is Estevan,
Canada, passing through New Eng
land, Dickinson, Manning, Killdeer,
Grassy Butte, Watford, Alexander and
Williston. Manning claims the honor
Of having given the route its name,
the cognomen having first been ap-
piled to an orchestra organized there,
which "died a'bornin'," but left the
name for the highway.
New feature map Of National Parks
highway have been published and are
being distributed to motorists. About
$4,000 copies will be sent out. The
map includes a description of the
route, miles between main points and
pictures of the beautiful scenery en-
route. The only bad stretches Of road
on the entire highway, from Chicago
to Seattle, r said to be between
Moorhead, Mimi, and Lacrosse, Wis.
The Red Trail is getting a great
amount of boosting 1rom tourists who
pass through Dickinson. Several par
ties motoring through here this week
declared that the highway is almost
perfect in this section, the only spots
which gave them trouble being in the
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mont region.
Bowman county boasts that it will
soon have the best system Of roads
in the country. Grading is going on
in full blast in the county. Road
leading south from the Yellowstone
Trail, passing east of the Bowman
cemetery, is to be graded soon, which
will afford a frst-class highway south
to the South Dakota line.
The Studebaker corporation an
nounces that no change in the models
Of the Studebaker car is contemplated
this year. In making public this in
formation, Sales Manager R. T. Hodg-
kins says that in his opinion the Stu
debaker engineers have reached a
point of near-perfection in the Series
Is cars. They have been concentrat-
ing on the one basic design for the
past four years and have constantly
improved the product. One of the
best cars in the world, regardless Of
price, is what Hodgkins deems the
Studebaker.
Weight and power in scientific bal
anc is the predominant feature in
the latest edition of the WHY'S Six,
just announced by the Willys-Over.
land Co., at 1925. Officials of the
company declare that the all-impor-
tant factor in a motor car is the re-
lation Of power to weight, and of the
weight of one part to the weight of
another-in other words, balance.
The new WHY'S Six is a lighter
weight six, with a powerful 45-horse
motor of the L-head type. Besides
the seven-passenger touring car, the
company announces a four-passenger
touring car in sport model style on
the same chassis, officially designated
as the WHY'S Club Six.
Discomfort and inconvenience of
making tire repairs or minor adjust
ments at night is reduced to a mini
mum by the adjustable headlamps on
the Dodge car. Merely by %loosening
the lock nut, the head lamp can be
reversed and trained directly on the
real wheel, flooding it with light and
throwing every detail into relief. By
using the exterior of the highly pol
ished front door as a reflector and
turning the front wheels at an
angle, the light can be thrown on
the front wheel. Reversibility of the
head lamps also enables the motorist
to illuminate the engine from both
sides.