The Dickinson press., 1917-03-17
National Highway from Chicaoo. TIL

National Highway from Chicago. ILL.,,
to MT. Rainier, Wash. She will drive
a six cylinder car and will travel alone
without chauffeur or mechanician tn
advertise the route and to demon.
strate that the Red Trail, on which
Dickinson is located, is the most feas-
IDLE route to Scenic America. This
young lady is only eighteen years old
and should she accomplish this feat
it will be a big advertisement for the
Red Trail and incidentally for Dickin-
son. Later a complete itinerary and
schedule of the trip will be furnished
our readers.
The tremendous demand being
made upon the Ford Automobile far,
tory for the Universal car has lreadv
pushed the output of their car from
August list, 1916, up to 32O,817 cars.
more cars than the factory has ever
put out in any one year before. and
they still have more than five months
of their fiscal year left. The Ford
factory counts it's year from August
first to August first of each wear. and
any material change in price is al
ways announced at that time. al
though it is the policy of the Com
|pany not to make anv guarantee
against a possible raise in price.
which may occur at anv time. and
which has been freely predicted for
the past two months.
H. A. Diedrich, of the Dickinson
Motor Car company, who is intro
ducing Smiths Form-a-Truck in
this territory, tells a good storv
which illustrates what is being done
with a Form-a-Truck. A tall south
erner, white Of hair, and chewing
a long cigar, angled into the office
OF a southern district sales nj
er. "What can I do for YOU. sir.
sit down." invited the salesman. The
visitor did SO, chewing meditatively
on his cigar and looking about the
office. "What can 1 do for vou?"
questioned the salesman. The visitor
did not answer for a moment long
er. Finally he said:"You No'therneTs
are a great race" Flows that?"
asked the salesman in surprise. "Well
sub, in 1861 you freed the niggah.
fact, sub, theyah was quite a howl
sub. We didn't like that, sub. In
fact, sub, theyah was quite a howl
over. it if I remembah, at the time.
sub, such as Gettysburg, and a few
othah quarrels, subj" He folded the
tips of his fingers together rumin-
atively and stared hard at the cell
ing. But, not satisfied with YOU
presumption in that regard, sub, YOU
come down heah in 1917, sub, and
free the mule, sub, with YOU con-
founded Smith Form-a-Trucks."
Starting from Washington immedi-
ately following upon the Inauguration
day ceremonies a stock Saxon -Four
roadster will begin a journey, the like
Of which has never before been at
tempted in the annals of the automo-
bile industry. It will traverse the
boundaries Of the United States as
near as roads will permit. This trim.
undertaken by the Saxon Motor Car
Corporation, is in the nature of a
trail blazing for a national boundary
highway, a road for motor travel
that will circle the country's edge
from the tip of Maine southwark
to the tip of Florida, thence around
the coast and west along the Rio
Grande and the national boundary to
the Pacific, then northward to the
Canadian edge and eastward follow
ing the contours of the Great Lakes
and rivers to the northern limits
Of Maine and so again to the
Atlantic, completing the circuit. Five
months it is estimated will be re-
quired to complete the trail blazing
for the route, which, for the most part.
has never been charted and the
Saxon pioneers will have to feel
their way along. From Washington.
the car will head Immediately for
the Atlantic Coast and will then
turn southwark on it's journey. Not
only will the trip mark out a new
route which has long been desired
by tourists but it also will afford
a most difficult test for the Saxon
-Four. Accurate records are to be
kept of the cars performance, it's
gasoline consumption, it's tire wear
and it's general wear, as we'll as
the mileage made in the journey.
The largest attendance on record
and sales approximating $780, 900,
are claimed by Chicago automobile
show officials for this years show,
which closed Saturday, February 3.
"And. it was the greatest selling
show in the history of the indus
try" observed l.. J. Ollier, v~ice-pres-
ident and director of sales of the
Studebaker Corporation. The crowd
that attended the Chicago show taxed
the capacity of the huge Coliseum
and the adjacent buildings in which
the overflow Of exhibits were on
displaV. It was a we11-dressod nroc-