Arizona republican., 1918-02-03
.O[DS EIGHT MAKES LUNG TRIP IN
 FINE SHAPE

Combining business with pleasure. x, (. Huntington, vice president of the Mascot Stove company. sportsman and auto enthusiast of Chattanooga. Tenn. accompanied by J. s. Pursley, have just passed through Phoenix in an Oldsmo- bile Eight en route to California and the Big Bear valley, having left Chat tanooga shortly before Christmas.
 MT. Huntlngton's experience, relative to this trip, as related to MT Ferguson of the Ferguson Keeler company were fuIl or intense interest and adventure Their route from Chattanooga led them oy way of Nashville, Tenn, and on through the states of Kentucky Indi- ana, and Illinois, thence across to St Louis, Mo. A perilous cross of the Ohio river was made in Illinois by means of tiny gasoline launch, hardly larger than the car itself, the little boat having to literally fight it's way through closely floating acres of ice nelds and the treacherOus water was negotiated only after too many mar row and unpleasant escapes were ex- perlenced. At one point, within a stones throw, large river vessel was seen to be struck by an ice field and sunk
 Anything but good traveling condi- uons confronted the party through the state of Illinois, where severe and un- precedented snow storms were en- countered, causing drifts to cover the car at times as night as the head lights. Ar. Huntington relates of an Ingenious method he employed in mas tering this difficulty. By backing the car a few feet, the wheels and radiator were used as battering ram whet the full force of the car sent ahead would break their road foot by foot. Thus. In this slow manner, many miles were covered.
 Alter leaving the state of Missouri. the trip carried them across the plains or Oklahoma where roads were found to be in excellent condition being smooth and straight for miles at a stretch. Difficulty of no character was encountered while passing through the state of Texas and a new road which was taken, leading to Roswell N. M. thence through the mountains to Fl Paso, Tex, proved to be a delightful ride, with the exception of at one point about 62 miles east of Fl Paso, where Srtisian wells had flooded the country around, within quite d radius The sticking qualities of the black gumbo mud caused by this flood put the sturdy little Olds to it's severe test and ac- cording to MT. Huntington, was the Dnly car 10 cross this slush, regard less of size or weight of car
 The old Southern Pacific road was taken after leaving Fl Paso, which brought them in via Wilcox, Tucson Ind Florence.
 The remarkable feature about this lrip," says MT Huntington, lis the Iact that through the entire 4,0OO pile journey, not a single accident of mechanical nature happened to our ar, that would tend to mar the pleas tres of our trip. I arrived in Phoenix With absolutely Tennessee air in my Oasings, which means that I never fhanged a tire. One might call this good fortune, but l would say that this Iood car had lots to do with It.
 So far, l have ged 19 40 miles to the gallon of gasoline. When tome one said, And the greatest of these is love- he clearly expressed my lentiment toward this Oldsmobile, which, by the way is my fourth car of his make"