Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-23
KELLOGG RIDES IN
QUAD BUNGALOW
California Singer Makes Trips
Across Continent in Movie
Vehicle.
H0LL0WED OUT TREE TRUNK
Nash Quad Furnishes Motive
Power for Itinerary Includ-
ing 162 Towns.

Even the bockoning twists of the
open road are to be denied the plod-
ding equine which since time imme-
mortal has been the motive power of
the itineraut gypsy van For Charles
Kellogg known to vaudeville audi
ences from New York TO san Fran
cisco bay as the "Bird-Noiced Man"
has evolved motor bungalow by
mounting the trunk of a giant Cali
fornia redwood eleven feet in dame
ter and % feet long on the sturdy
chassis of "A Nash quad truck. Kel-
logg will drive the combination over
land around the circuit Of 1862 cities
on the Keith Il Orpheum theater cir
cult, eating and sleeping i'm his motor
house en- route.
Kellogg's "travel-log" has all the
convenlences and comforts of the fin
est sea pgoing yacht. The interior Is
beautifully designed, embodyng three
beds. "a full-siZe clothes closet,
kitchenet, folding lavatory dining
space and eight large lockers foIlood
and clothing. Electric lights. ~fun-
ming water and a cheerful fireplace
are other modern conveniences that
add to its cheerfulness.
The quad truck chassis which Kel-
| logg purchased on his visit to the
| Nash plant at Kenosha last spring
4
Santa Clara county. California, There
1t was equipped with canvas top
and driven $50 miles to the Eel river
forest of Humboldt.
| There the official OF a large lum-
Der company was taken into the con-
fidence of Kellogg and this woodman
took the birdman to the spot where
a giant redwood had fallen, three
hundred feet long and 33 feet in cir
l o.
cut 1t is believed that the monster
tree had fallen at least hundred
years ago, but was still in perfect
state of preservation.
Odd Sort OF Car Cover.
A 22-foot section was Topped OFF
by 14-foot saw. This part alone
weighed forty tons. Then 1t was hol-
| lowed out, polished and finally
/ placed on the truck chassis where
| II formed the oldest limousine in
| the world.
Kellogg. who is a gypsy by nature.
get his mail at Kellogg Springs ranch,
tucked away in the foothills of the
Santa Clara valley, California. For
years Mr.. and Mrs. Kellogg have
Travelled back and forth across the
continent, sometimes on foot and
sometimes on horseback.
1t was last year while out in Cali
| fornia that the kelloggs conceived
| this latest mode OF travel and the
plan of mounting house on a motor
truck.
The United States army was ma
Ineuverng between the San Francisco
preside and Monterey presidio.e The
mule teams were drawing chuck
! wagons as far as they could go over
/ the uneven roads until they were
stalled. Then motor truck lacked
| up to the heavy chuck wagons, the
mules were unhitched, the truck took
over the load and carried the wagons
on down the road to their destination
without the slightest difficulty.
His interest Immediately aroused,
Kellogg made inquiry and found that
| this capable beast of burden was the
| famous Nash quad. Then the idea
struck him which has since been put
into effect.
Charles Kellogg was raised from
| baby by the Indians I'm California and
| is now a self-educated man with
remarkable voice He can sing in
the highest pitch ever attained by
| human being.
! All his life he has lived close to
nature and by intimate study of the
birds has become able to reproduce
! their voices perfectly He is Red
/ Seal singer for the Victor Talking
MtCnllle company anu Hh9 Hl"NN ~
ords in collaboration with Alma
| Gmck Kellogg has also made close
study of the physics OF tone and can
control his voice so perfectly that he
can strike pitch whose vibrations
are coincident with the vibrations of
] flame. one of his feature acts Is
making a siX-foot gas flame rise and
/ fan in obedience to his voice. finally
putting il out entirely.
For several years Kellogg has been
IA headliner in vaudeville. And his
latest fancy, travelling overland In his
quad bungalow, will be an added
drawing card for his friends and ad-
mirers all over the country.