Arizona republican., 1917-03-10
WOMAN DEALER
 DRIVES DODGE
 LONG DISTANCE

If there is any phase of twentieth century business in which man excells woman Mrs. Zona Berg, Superior, Neb., wholesale and retail dealer in motor cars, would like to know about it. said Charles Pope of McArthur Bros, while holding forth at the auto show yesterday Mrs. Berg has just com pleted d little business drive, literally and figura lively which establishes q record. She demonstrated her contempt for such business barriers as freight car shortages by establishing an In deDendent" transportation route from Dodge Brothers Works in Detroit to her salesroom out in Superior, l20O miles away on the Kansas border.
 "The route was the drive away. Mrs Berg, led a -.eet of four cars over land, on their own power, through snow. frozen ruts and d temperature that wavered between l5 below and l5 above from start to finish. She drove one of the cars. Her l2-year old son, Jack, drove another. Two of her sales mechanics had charge of the third and fourth cars. However. the mere fact that the mechanics were Tn the party does not warrant the conclusion that they did all the driving. For. let it be known. Mrs. Berg's mother was also in the party and never yet has she gone on a motor car tour of any length with out taking the wheel Tor ii goodly share of the route herself Likewise in the tour just completed. The lady is Mrs. J. H. Kesterson She Is two years less than 60 The fact that Mrs kesterson was the first woman who ever drove d motor car in Kansas may account to some extent for her continued en- thusiasm over this form Of travel. At any rate she does continue enthusiastic. The party proceeded by the way of Elkhart. south Bend and Chicago and from there followed the Lincoln high way It is one of the few trips of this nature ever made by q woman dealer and probably the longest of any of the many 'driveaways' that has been made necessary this winter by the fact that there have been no freight ears for shipments. An idea Of the difficulties encountered on the long journey may be gleaned from ;he following charac- teristic telegram from Mrs Berg, sent to Dodge Brothers on her arrival home
 .Trived home yesterday. finest kind of shape Positively no car trouble and very little tire trauhlc. Jacks car came through without puncture We proved the Dodge Brothers car can blow. skate. wade and swim. A high wind drifted snow over Che roads in Michigan and as 1 led the party ! broke the roads occasionally being shoveled out. To our party. how ever, that was good sport.
 We stopped in Chicago a day and received numerous courtesies from 5our dealer there. From Clinton, Ia.,
 fa 4Ii fr-ss- 1g1 tef and Charlotte famous fancy skater) ioes not have anything on Dodge .3rothers car when it comes to skating
 Western Iowa was a sea of water.
 Ne Ian through swollen creeks and were held up al West Side until the Hood receded. Mighty proud to say we
 ound our best roads In Nebraska. Pleasantly greeted in Omaha hy the Dodge Brothers dealer. Spent Sunday .u Llncoin. We all want to make the drive over many times | drove ny car che entire way without particle oi fatigue Mother enjoyed roughing il IS much as the rest of our party.
 Inquiries are coming in from Ne braska and Kansas dealers as to the success of our trip. IL costs little if any more than actual freight and as l see 1t. one can not afford to close up shop on account of freight car short ages
 Mrs. Berg's territory comprises four .ounties. two in Kansas and two in Nebraska When her supply of cars dwindled and the outlook for freight shipments became less hopeful every lay. she wired the factory. asking if she could have the cars If she came after them The result is the remark able mid winter journey of d woman merchant. her 5S-year -old mother and l2-year- son under conditions that would discourage the most energetic of business men