The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-09-28
STUDEBAKER STARTS
AFTER NEW RECORD
,,ty of Oakland sends Stud"hnkcr
Blg.SiA or 50O-Nilo RECORD
breaking "Trip.
GREET TRANSPORT CONVOY
Snccd and Endurance uf Siudc-
baker car Revelation To
Newspaper Men.

california usual. does the un-
usual II may be tho spirit OF me
west. so-called, ihht gets INTO lht
soul ~ man and makes him cillnn
boldly up TO the highest attain.
m,uH. or just 4 perfectly natural
cousruueuce " living In country
where prrccdenis go unhocdcd ana
I5 minutes ago Is ancient history.
ANYWAY. the weston general, ana
california ln particular persists IN
breaking into the press regularly
Invariably into the spectacular
This time, like many times pre-
ccdlng. ~ ls an automobile perform
luoc extraordinary and honors are
equally divided between the city ol
Oakland. a Smdebakcr Big Six ana
progressive Oakland newspaper
Rtnlging the tremendous interest
among thousands Of Alameda county
residents who have been looking for
ward with keen enthusiasm 70 the
rntrance into Oakland OF the United
states motor transport convoy
which began It's history making
Journey from the nations capital
.mly 7, an Oakland newspaper dis
patched three members OF It's starr
to proceed with all haste into Ne
yada with definite instructions 10
reach the truns-cont tinentnl band or
military tourists before any other
representative from tho Pacific
coast arrived on tho ground and
having met them 10 gather In movie
ana stili camera an idea for the
readers Of the paper OF the roads
over which the convoy Travelled one
OF the most important missions OF
the motor transport has been TO ed
ucatc the entire United states 10 the
need OF hard surfaced highways for
military and peace purposes
with the official greeting OF the
city ~ Oakland TO Lieut. Colonel G.
W. Mcclure. expedltionary com
mnndor OF the caravan. tho newspa-
| per men stepped into "A 6O.horae-
power S,udobaker Btx-six touring
| car and were Off, on what later
| proved to be probably the fastest
/ Journey ever made across the desert
/ sands of Nevada since motor vehicles
| came into use
Seven miles east OF Eureka, Nevh-
| la. and more than 500 miles distant
from Oakland. the studebaker party
handed Colonel Mcclure the mu-
| niclpality's greetings The Big six
pushed on unfailngly through the
sands and over the steep mountain
I grades without STOP ~ ~ n noufH,
driving It's Rfduous trip over No
yada desert wastes. the roads OF the
| Falloa stink. Austin summit Pan
cake flat. and other equally difficult
stretches OF alkall wastes far too
/ poor I'm character TO be classified as
| roads
/ The return 90 Oakland resolved
/ itself into an arduous test for both
/ the Sudebaker Big-Six and It's pas
sengers. Save for the time out TO
/ eat they rode without resting. ~
| continuous hours so far as can be
| learned. this II one OF the longest
[ drives on record for party Of five
motorists During the entire round
/ trip Of over ,0O0 miles, the Stude-
/ baker Bigsix performed IN a man.
nor well-nigh unbelievable In all
! Of The rackinE and stralning 10
which II was subjected over the ter
| rible desert roads. Il never hesitated
an instant And spe~d gas. OF course,
/ esseCtial TO the work OF the pewsph
| per representatives. Their Scoop
In publishing pictures Of the motor
| transport convoy out on the barren
stretches OF the Nevada desert, days
! before its arrival on the coast Is
sull the talk OF western newspaper
/ dom