The sun., 1918-12-29
FIVE ROOMS AND
BATH IN AUTO
Years Trip With Rod and Gun
in Outdoors Restores Tired
Mans Nerves.
BOYS DREAM FULFILLED

DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 2S.--Claude w.
Doty Of this city has realized his boy
mood dream of going all the way from
the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
in a wagon" The only variation in
the fulhlment of the realization OF the
dream IL that the ride was made by
the use of gas instead of horse power.
Probably the boyhood dream would
never have come true IL something had
not interrupted the busy life OF the
Marion. (Ohio), boy who became n
New Yorker but now prefers this city.
The interruption came In the form OF
a nervous breakdown. The outdoor life
for n year that It required to make the
trip has returned Mr.. Doty to health,
strength and business efficiency. He has
Just returned full OF pep for the new
year and enthusiastic for the out OF
doors rs n healer to tired nerves.
Mr. Doty in his trip from the Atlantic
to the Pacific did It in an apartment on
wheels. eve rooms n BATH" as he
chuckingly puts It. He is an automo-
bile man and he knows every part Of
the auto and the 'improvements' be-
fore they were put In. The "ive rooms
and bath on wheels cost $4,000. The
underplnning of the apartment was an
automobile chassis, 1917 model.
The body was built on the lines OF n
bus aud its advantages car be briefly
summarized Interior electric lighting
| system. fun sized bed, radiator. sus-
! pended wire baskets>for storing clothes,
ventilators, complete kitchenette includ-
ing gasolene stove, cushioned side
lounges for rest during the day, under
seat space for storing teamer trunk
lavatory with hot water from the
] Na I TO- ~ t1,a oar n1ngnt for linn iAC
box, gun and fishing tackle cabinet
acetylene lamp in case OF need, station
cry music box, space for additional com
forts installed when needed.
It might be remarked that the bet
used was n regular slumber acceieratoi
with springs and khaki covered mattress
built In three sections, which during tn,
dav were piled md strapped with thu
bedding in tire rear room. Army hlan
kets were used for covering.
Auto Follows Duck Flight.
Mr.. Doty began his outdoor trip as
guest Of William Il. Boulton Of New
York. resident Of the Flanders Club o
Long Island. where lie outlined TO hi
host his idea OF travelling all the wa
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Tina
was in the fall Of 1917 when the iiel,
shooting opened on Long Island an
The ducks were beginning to wing thei
way along the atlantic seaboard.
From the Flanders Club, the mex
objective was Currituck Sound. Mort
Carolina. and both in North Ca"olin
and Virginia Mr.. Doty experienced In
thrill and pleasure of good duck Shoe;
ing. Invariably he got the limit per
mitted by lat in the ten days J." wa
there and left before the close oc tn
seeson because OF the arrival % ice an
snow.
Mr., noty improved IN shooting 70
lowing his Flanders trip ana used ~
Battery method Of ulgging ca~nynSbach
and redhends. His splendid bag raure
from twelve 10 twenty-five, Mr.. DO;
uttributing his previous poor shooting {
tho lack OF opportunity and the sldLe
change from tr~apstooting
"Geese, hrant and swan" rv.Uarko
Mr.. Dot", were to Re seen by the 'hol
:, Islands almost any time Of the day
Some Of the game Mr.. noty carrie
with him, making gold Use Of the gas,
/ lcne rang on the way.