The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-14
TUESDAY, SEPT. z, TO
Be BIG day IN M|NOT
Nineteen Large Trucks Will Be Shown
Demonstrating Trucks Practical
bility for Farm Use.

The National Motor Truck Develop
ment Tour which has been in progress
since Aug. 4, will reach Minot on the
evening Of Monday, Sept. 1, and will
show here all day Tuesday. The trucks
started at Chicago and will finish at
Milwaukee Oct. 4.
A large crowd is expected to be in
Minot on Sept. to inspect the large
variety of trucks. A truck dealers
parade has been planned for the morn
ing of Sept. 2, with band concerts
thruout the day and dance at night.
The members of the local commit
tee on arrangements are E. A. Long,
W. J. Jones and Will E. Holbein, to-
gether with all local motor men.
The following are some interesting
facts concerning the tour, and from
perusal of them, it would seem that
every farmer who visits Minot on Sep
TENDER 2 will learn a greal deal to his
advantages:
A 60-day tour through Illinois,
Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Minnesota and Wisconsin, over route
5000 miles long, to prove to the coun-
try the efficiency Of the motor truck.
There will be 10 trucks in the tour.
Tour is under the direction of the
National Association of Motor Truck
Sales Managers.
Only one truck entered from each
factory.
All trucks will be pneumatic tired.
Trucks will range in size from one
to 21s tons.
In order to demonstrate the trucks
practicability for farm use there will
be truck body in the tour capable
of carrying wheat, corn, oats, potatoes
and other crops. There will be
truck with a bed designed to carry
loose, hay. There will be a truck body
to carry hogs, cattle, etc. In fact, a
body for every farm purpose.
The tour will proceed slowly, cover
ing on an average of so miles day,
stops of from an hour to two days be-
ing made in the towns enroute.
Numerous demonstration loads will
be carried. Trucks will carry loads of
hogs. wheat, ETC., to town for farmers,
showing them how quickly it can be
done, thus saving time which is vital
'ly needed on the farm. The demonstra-
ton will show the economy of trans
porting farm products by motor truck
over that by horse-d drawn vehicles.
This tour was organized solely to
show the farmer the benefits to be de-
rived from the purchase of pneumat-
ic tired truck. Time means money on
the farm, as in every other industry.
There is a labor shortage and conse-
quent speeding up of all farm activi-
ties to fill the gap. Trucks are not
essentially city vehicles. They are be-
ing purchased by the thousands by
farmers. This tour is being run on
schedule time, and with the assistance
OF the newspapers and farm periodicals
each city and vicinity will be kept in
formed as to just what time the tour
will arrive.
The Department of Agriculture in
Washington is deeply interested in the
tour and is cooperating through agri-
cultural colleges and county agents.
Moving pictures will be taken enroute
and will be exhibited al over the Am
erican continent to show the value of
the truck to the farmer
A naval band has been donated by
the Government, and by this act the
Washington officials have put their
stamp of approval on the tour.
The trucks entered are: Atterbury,
Atlas. Bethlehem, Diamond T, Clydes-
dale, Gramm- Bernstein, Master, Re-
public, Signal, Service, Sterling,
Hawkeye, Maxwell, Whittier, Selden,
Firestone Tire Co., Goodyear Tire Co.,
Standard Oil Co.
A train of trucks mile long equip
ped with pneumatic tires will be a
novelty.