Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-10
SHOW CARS DRIVEN
OVER FROZEN ROADS
Three Lexington Autos Make
Driveway of Three Hun
drcd and Sixteen Miles.

Aftor travelling three hundred ond
sixteen miles. through mountains of
snow ana ice, four nc1rly frozen men
drove into Detroit with three IeNiuR-
/ ton show ears Just In time for the
! oprulng of the Detroit automobile
show
This remarkable" run was modc NJ
| thc urgent request ut itubyiiruu and
ltansoll the Detroit distributors. when
| II was found that n presented the
/ only way that the cars could be- de-
! lvered In time To make the display.
| freight OF express shipment being out
of the question In this limited time
Experienced drivers, discouraged
| this croHH country route but In spite
| OF thclr mIsgiNnrs. these pluclty men
| loft the factory nt CouucrRyillc. Ind
az . o'clork nm Wednesday. January
! ~. rcnrhing Grrouyllo. o., a distance
| of sixty flyo miles, at . O'Clock the
same night
A. II o'clocl, Thursday tho party
loft Groouuuc and arrived at Lima,
! o, Ht 30, distance or. seventy
lmilrs Not a single ychlrle was en-
cuuutcrod over the sntitc days run,
the drivers being forced tn take turns
I'm breaking uut tho roads for the other
oars There was not a single track
TO guide thcm Ia their urduouH work.
the trnll- maker rauginE the center OF
the highway by tho fence posts
In passing through Van Hurcn.
Harry Myers one of the party. had a
narrow escape from injury when he
was speeding up 10 stop sharp rise
at railroad crossing, child was
playing In the road Just over the en-
hankment To keep from running the
| Illttle chap down. Myers was forced TO
turn out sharply
The snow which had drlftcd along
The road ohscured a deep ditch which
paralleled IT and In the twinkling of
/ an eye his ear was catnpultod into the
ditch where It lay on its side with the
wheels HUll spinning Myers was pre-
cipitated into snow bank from which
he emerged looking like u polar bear
but otherwise unhurt Aside from a
broken Windshield and smashed top.
n hnHty examination revealed little
| damage To the car
Toledo was reached about o'clock
ninety snowy miles having been rcoled
off After "A brief rest. the minute
men started on. feeling that their
troubles were over The drivers were
congratulating themselves when they
lost the trail and found themselves
again In snow up to the axles
At this iucture the Lexington party
was subjected to the worst discourage
ment OF the entire trip, for In Mt
tempting to wheel the last car about
II slid over bank with npthng TO
do but dig II out even though the
thermometers was then registering rs
below zero.
After three hours OF back break
Ing labor they finally succeeded IN
getting tho car back on the road and
returned to Monroe, Mich
| Nothing further interfered with
their progress to Detroit which was
reached shortly after o'clock Satur-
day morning, Il few hours before the
show opened
This mid-wlnter drive over three
| hundred and sixteen miles OF snow
drifted highway In thirty-siN and one
half hours actually spent on the road
and with less than thirty gallons OF
gnsoline per car used was heraldcd ns
a record breaking accomplishment by
automobile men who heard the thrill
Ing story ~ the trip. Hut the worn
out members OF the little party. nurs-
ling frost bitten faces, hands and feet
could take small comfort I'm that fact.