Arizona republican., 1919-10-19
CLEVELAND MAKES REMARKABLE TRIP
 ACROSS CONTINENT

l.. $. Cobb of Fresno, Cal, has justl completed drive of 3,259 miles in a Cleveland Light Six from the factory in Cleveland, Ohio, to his salesrooms in Fresno and on this trip drove a large part of the way over desert sand, tortu- ouS mountain trails and every condi- tion of highway.
 On this trip Cobb also made what he declares to be a stock car record be- tween Chicago and Fresno, his time for the run being nine days.
 Prior to this trip the Cleveland Six had not been driven any except the usual distance required in final fac tory testing. The car made a remark able economy showing on fuel, and oil consumption and arrived in Fresno as fresh as when it left the Cleveland factory.
 Cobb who is a member of the firm of Cobb and Evans, Cleveland distributors in Fresno, left the factory of the Cleve- land Automobile company, September 5. His itinerary included the following towns: Akron, Toledo, O.; Detroit, Bat tie Creek, Mich; Chicago, Ill.,; Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Omaha, Neb; Cheyenne. Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Carson City, New; Lake Tahoe, Sacramento, Madeira, Fresno, Cal.
 l This being the longest test of it's kind ever made in Cleveland light six, Cobb's trip was watched with in- terest and daily telegrams to Sid Black, vice president of the Cleveland Auto mobile company kept the factory in- formed of events en route.
 The IoO If Cnhhie trip runuJd y,nakn interesting data for those who are now doing their utmost to bring about a nationalized, improved highway sys- tenn. For days the Cleveland struggled through mud, deep sand and over mountain trails.
 After his speedometer recorded S45 miles at Clinton, Iowa, Cobb wired the factory: Gasoline average 16h miles per gallon; road conditions unusually bad; car has remarkable power on high; riding cannot be surpassed.
 Again Cobb wired from Salt Lake
 City his chief complaint being that the roads were nearly impossible. He also
 stated that he was maintaining his average of 1a miles per galoon of gaso- line over the extremely bad roads en- countered and added Cleveland Six
 has withstood all this abuse without
 once wavering."
 Leaving Salt Lake City, Cobb started
 over what is known to transcontinenta tourist as about the worst stretch in . the United States-that section of deS- ert and mountains between Salt Lake Utah and Carson City, Nevada Here
 the motorist battles with the desert
 spreads out canvas strips over the sand
 to get traction, is continually concerned /, over the prospect of boiling radiator r and suffers himself from the relentless 5 sun and the white heat of the desert s Scarcely has the car passed the terror T of the desert near the Nevada line ). than he begans to climb over or driv' : around mountain range after mountain t range and these are encountered witi e disheartening frequency until Carson } City, Nevada, close to the California e line is reached.
 However, Cobb detailed little of thess t conditions in his dispatches. Instead 0 at the end of his trip, he wired thi' : rather prosaic repot SotriadlBkct--I . rather prosaic report to Sid Black, a v the Cleveland factory:
 Arrived Fresno, O. K Nine day s from Chicago. As far as we know i . best stock car record. Roads all bu e lInpaSSaDle. covered S'105 InlleS. Cd i in excellent condition"
 1 Cobb's trip proved to the satisfaction i e of the factory and it's dealer organiza - tion that the makers of the Clevelanl p Six have built into the car the element
 that make for efficiency and durabilit
 of the highest order. It is the first tri
 of it's kind ever made in a Clevealn
 and the car survived the test withou = mechanical difficulty of any sort ana
 as well, showed economy in operation t 30, and until that date an emergenc. e flOtilla based on GrimsbY will SerY