Arizona republican., 1921-01-16

Given the young men on holiday bent I two high powered motor cars a day of freedom and scenery that is unsur- passed; given these factors, let us say and who can question the pleasure of such a combination.
 Such was the situation last Sunday when members of the force of Barret and Pottberg, Inc, the local Studebaker distributors took one-day jaunt tc Roosevelt dam and return. The trip was a success from start to finish.
 The one doubtful factor of the trip proved a most agreeable surprise namely the condition of the road. Sew eral of the party who have made the trip many times agree that they never ! have known the road 10 be in such i good condition as 1t was on that day. ! i At no place could the road be classeo l as really bad" The road shows evi- dence of having been worked on and there has been no heavy rain this sea son to cut it up. The trip was made in a Studebalzer Big Six and a Studebaker Light Six Primarily the trip was arranged in or der to test the light six, which is the new model six cylinder car brought out by Studebaker a few months ago tc replace the four-cyllnder motor, dis continued in 1919.
 The demonstration of the light six proved beyond a doubt that the little car is all that the factory claims for it 1 and more. Having a wheel-base of . only II2 inches and weighing, fully equipped, only a trifle over 2,50o pounds, the light six showed riding qualities usually found only in cars of much longer wheel base and greater weight
 In fact so marked was the comfort of riding in the little car that a news paper man who was a member of the party volunteered the statement that fl lis the easiest riding light car' he was ever in. And everybody knows that when hard boiled, pessimistic. cy- nical, newspaper guy, in an unguarded moment, grudgingly lets slip a word of praise about anything-then indeed is that mans enthusiasm stirred. The trip was scheduled to start from the Studebaler salesroom promptly at o'clock Sunday morning. That was the schedule. However, the newspaper 2 guy (his name like the circulation fig [ ures. given on request by Charlie Pott- \ berg) secretly decided otherwise. When 1 the appointed hour arrived and the E scribe did not appear, a roundup was instituted One of the searching parties found the delinquent one at his club ' and finally brought him back to con
 sciousness. In the process the cot was H upset anu several QudflS Ol COlQ water spilled where it would do the most
 good. The expedition got under way 1 about 6:30.
 It being a pleasure trip, no attempt was made for a speed record. Nu- k merous stops were made along the way
 to view the scenery and to watch the
 "galloping dominoes" gallop. And all
 the dominoes in captivity seemed to be 4 out that day for a convention or some q Tn cal bar 4 that one of them stubbed it's toe on an
 ace and fell from the top of Fish Greek \ hill to it's doom several thousand feet 4 below The others didn't gallop st s briskly after that.
 Arriving at the dam at little after \ noon, the party had ample time to view \ that structure, enjoy dinner at thu \ Lodge and take on a few rounds o
 African golf before starting back. Tn golf course was found to be ideal quiet surroundings, lots of sunshin' and just plenty of room
 Mess was sounded again in Mesa q
 o'clock and at S:30 the destination
 was reached. Altogether it was one O
 those days one reads about, not a sli \ having occurred to mar it's happ, q course. No one was fatigued, in fac
 all agreed that as a one day jaunt | 4 this vicinity it cannot be surpassed \ Of course the road may have been un
 usually good. Also. as above stated
 the trip was made iii StudebaIer auto
 mobiles, and there was nothing to wor \ " about.
 Very few cars were passed eitha way and it was remarked strange tha
 more persons are not taking advantag
 of the present good roads to see thi
 panorama of natural beauty
 Just as we go to press the Stude
 baker publicity man informs us owe
 the telephone that the motor in the bi
 launch at the reservoir is equipne V@ with a Studeballer 1914 four -cylins4