The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-24

Auto company were present when the
most difficult tests were made. So
unique was this new invention and
so remarkable the tests scheduled for
it at IrOnwood that moving picture
camera men were sent out from New
York to take pictures of the demon
fstration.
The Ironwood Daily Globe carries
the following interesting account of
the trials of the Armstead snow mo-
tor:
The Armstead snow motor made
its last official test of the season yes
terday (Feb. 22). Grade tests we're
negotiated on the Newport hill and
the a readily climbed the hill lead
ing to the Newport mine office, going
up in intermediate gear.
1.-THE fact that the snow motor had
no difficulty whatever is considered
by engineering experts a remarkable
accomplishment as the hill is used
for testing of automobiles here.
major H. H. Armstead, inventor
of the motor, declares the car can
climb any hill, no matter how steep,
because the auger drive on the skates
of the drums is the most positive and
powerful drive known to engineers.
1.-THE grade tests were even more
remarkable than under ordinary con-
ditfons because snow conditions were
far from ideal for the snow motor.
The roads leading to the top of the
Newport hill had ben cut up by the
use OF teams and the ideal condition
for a snow motor is a road made by
the machine itself or an unbroken
roadway.
Motion pictures have been taken
of scenes in Ironwood and vicinity
for the last two weeks and last night
the Pathe movie operator left for
New York to develop the films. In
order to present every possible con-
dition, many different sites were sell
ected within a radius of 20 miles of
Ironwood.
Numerous Demonstrations
Briefly summarized, the demon
STATIONS included:
Round trip from Pine Lake to
Ironwood over county roads, meet
ing all conditions of snow and grades.
From the angle of the snow motor,
the road was unbroken, although
it had been used to some extent by
teams. The trip brought out the
factor in the snow motor
equation and demonstrated what a
self or for teams.
Pulled "a tons of logs on four
arge logging sleighs at a camp of the
Collins Lumber company at Pine .
Lake. |
Pulled nine double bob-sleighs S
oaded with more than 400 men and I
boys on the streets of Ironwood I'M :
Ter adverse conditions as the snow /
vas gritty and dirty and the streets
were where the travel is at
he maximum.
Performed on glare ice of Pine
AXE as readily and as easily as an
would upon a dirt road.
In Its Own Element
perhaps the most interesting
demonstration from a sport angle
the performance of the snow
motor at the race track of the fair
rounds where the snow was unbro-
ZEN and in places was 10 feet deep.
here the car had an opportunity to
how itself In its own element and
accomplished on top of the snow
a four-wheel drive truck
ou1d do on a dirt road.
"The snow motor ran three speeds
head, backing, turning in small ra-
Jus and negotiating the turn around
he track several times at good speed.
"At this demonstration, the flota-
of the car was clearly shown as
rode the snow like, as one person
srmed ia ship rides the water.
Before his departure for New
'ork and Washington. Major Arm
lead said the snow motor company
I'LL build three sizes of cars-a light
unabout of about 1900 pounds
18th no special pulling power, a me-
weight car of 1000 pounds
1htcb can be used as a snow auto-
lobile or tractor to pull from one
three sleds as trailers, and a five
IN model to be used solely as a tract
IT for pulling sleds as trailers.
Within a few years the snow
rotor will cease to be a novelty and
i'll be regarded with no more curl
3ity than one now gives to an auto-
lobile or motor truck said the ma
II.
HE added: 1T does not compete
it'll any existing snow machine, as
has a niche all its own that nc
her machine even claims to fill. Its
ost useful purpose is to make it's
road in unbroken snow and, hav-
g made such a road, to operate it
,tween fixed terminals, performing
hatever the particular requirements
those terminals demand in way of
ansportation during the snow sea
n.
1.-The snow motor is not made to
IN on city streets nor on plowed
low roads, though it can do BOTH.
HE contends that the snow area
North America is large and many |
are entirely cut off from
pplies and communication for from
ur to five months because their
ads are impossible or difficult for
rises to go over. |
Lumbermen Interested |
Locally, lumbermen have been
interested in following
9 work Of the snow motor as the
r can be used as long as snow lasts