Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-30
Auto Tourist Who Has Driven
More Than $4,000 Niles Gives
Result of Observations.
NO TWO GOOD ROADS ALIKE
aDon't Take Strange Road at More
Than 20 Miles an Hour" His Ad
Vice-Car Doesn't Drive Twice
Alike in Any Roadway.


Little Falls, n. Y.-Archie Baker
claims to be a confirmed automobile
tourist of long and varied experience.
He says he has driven upward of So
900 miles in his 1916 seven-passenger
six; and the car looked it when Archie
and his family pulled out beside the
road just west of Small Gulf, between
Little Falls and Herkimer, to camp
in one Of the most noted of Mohawk
valley tourist parking places
Baker and his wife and twelve
yearOld son and ten-year-old daughter
said that touring agrees with them.
They gave the Impression of having
an Independent income.
My experience is that a lot of
tourists don't know very much, and
don't stop to learn anything, either, y
said Mr.. Baker. The result is, they
have a lot Of hard knocks. When we
were coming into New York state,
about $50 miles from here, We turned
of down a side road to camp by Lake
Lrie. There was an outfit down by
tue lake which claimed they had had
a lot Of hard luck. They dished a
wheel; they tore up a tire; they lost
a tent off the back end of the load;
they slept cold nights, and they were
Just about ready to quit. But,
shucks they won't quit Nobody
ever does quit once the family have
gone to touring right--the way it
can be done. Their dished wheel in
terested me. The man claimed he
DIDN'T drive fast, but he skidded,
caught the weight of the car on the
right rear wheel, aud smashed it all
g-bilm
This was on a strange road, out in
indiana ne said, and it sure did look
all right But it smashed him. and
y was pure luck that he didn't roll
over. I asked him about the kind Of
road, and he couldn't tell me; said
was pretty muddy. but had gravel
on it too.
There YOU are! He smashed up
ana was taught a lesson, and didn't
know what the lesson was. The fact
Is there are more than 200 different
Kinds Of good roads in the United
states. I've been on most kinds. I'll
Fectte few Of them-mountain
contract roads. stone water-bound
concrete roads, oil waste roads,
gravel, sand and clay, broken down
stone roads, cut and fill crushed
stone surface, cinder, shell, bank
gravel beach gravel desert tv1
trackers, and ST on.
No Two Good Roads Alike
80 two good roads are alike
Good and careful a driver as / am.
/ darn near rolled over out west Of
eat1 Lake City last summer, skid
o.as La the dust-dry, fluffy dust.
Why. if I'd been driving 20 miles
instead Of careful u miles an hour.
ea rolled end over applicant, ana
vas a good road, If you knew how
- afiVe 1t. Yes, sir. There is not
road in all this United States, not
.~e best widest, finest. smoothest
lotl that isn't treacherous if O. mans
me-. used to it. 1 don't mean wnd-
80 aammers, but just common folks
{ you don't believe it, you study
'-.s road accidents you come upon as
81 ride across the country. Half
.-7 SAidding IS done where the road
III changes, where man leaves
t'.'.'fsie aud hits oil surface or where
caves the Waterbound stona for
hard pan.
a car doesn't drive twice alike on
any roadway from New York to san
'ciseo ! know, because I've made
TIP Where do tourists coming
bang up with trouble2 It's when
come Of bad roads into good
You take tie westegn part Of
lork state, and people leaving
s's good roads Of Ohio after crossing