The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-19
TELLS OF LITTLE FORD JAUNT
FROM SEATTLE WASH, TO NEW YORK
Make Trip In Dry Weather, Is Advce-Good Brakes and
Motor in Good Condition Necessary For Steep
Grades of Western Mountains-Two Shoes Came
Through to New York With Seattle Air in Them.

weather, when possible The terri
tory is so great that good roads Off
Gals cannot attend to the roads.
When it rains autos cut deep ruts,
and these ruts bake hard as con-
crete.
1t is no trouble for Ford to make
the trip, and car not loaded so
heavily as was Mr.. Deterling's,
would undoubtedly make tho hills
easier. 1t is wise to carry brake lin
ings or have a road mechanic refine
the brake frequently. AT Pittsburg,
for instance, Mr.. Deterling's brakes
were entirely gone.
The main repair expense was due
to a lack Of OIL In the Allegheny
range, the car got to the top of an
incline with a loud knocking. j.
coasted to the bottom and to the
front door of repair shop. Lax
of oil had broken the low speed
drum. The motor was taken out,
and although Mr.. Deterling assisted
in the two days repair job, it cost
1888.
Three days before leaving Seattle,
Mr.. Deterling met a man driving a
Stutz car He said that he was going
to drive to New York and take the
car to France. On the road, Mr..
Deterling met another driver, who
said he had helped man with a
Stutz, out of sand hole, "the day
before" Arriving in New York, Mr..
Deterling made inquiries at the
Stutz headquarters, but his Seattle
friend had not been heard from.
Some statistics of the trip from
Seattle to New York are:
167 gallons gas; 10 gallons oil; 1877
miles per day highest days run; cost
of repairs, parts and tires $197; oil,
So; gas S44; total expense of trip,
SALT.
The Dcterling party slept in their
car, but were not especially enthus-
iastic about cooking. The kerosene
stove taken at Seattle was abandoned
at Fergus, when wicks wet by the
rains would only sputter. Mr.. Bet
erling found supplies costly ana that
it was cheap to eat in hotels or
restaurants.
AT Butte, Montana, Mrs. Dcterling
| paid so cents for loaf of bread.
At Butte gas cost 37l2 cents a gal
lon. 1t is q cents at Seattle. Oil is
] 60 cents a quart at Seattle and $1.2O
at Butte. Laborers were making
/ S12 to $18 day at Butte when the
| Deterling party passed through.
Strange to say, lamb chops were
40 cents a pound in lamb country
milk varied from to 20 cents q
quart. Eggs were cheap in Eastern
Montana, 35 cents n dozen. Buttel
in butter district of Pennsylvania
could not be bought; it all went K
Philadelphia. Montana west of Tho
Cascade, has poor crops, farmers
getting but two out of seven; the cas-
side is desert and cuctus. Buyina
supplies along this route is not feas
ible.
An interesting point mentioned bJ
Mr.. Detcrling is the fact that auto
owners of the plains and bad roa'
districts get acclimated. They skid
slide into bitches and perform al
such evolutions without concern
Sliding into ditch and getting out
is an old story with them.
Whiskey is 500 quart in Seattle
and beer is not to be had. S,
imagine the joy of Mr.. Deterlint
when driving down the Red Trail t.
Sock Center, Minnesota, he met thc
first wet town. 81 drank four glasse
of good dark beer, and say, it wa
the first l had in years, and it tasteC
good. The trail out of wet and into
dry territory is marked by rows o
bottles. Old Grow and Hennessey''
has got it all over the A. A. A. whel
it comes to marking trail.