Arizona republican., 1922-02-19
FRANKL|NS PROVE
THEY'RE ABLE To
STAND RACKET

SYRACUSE, N. " Feb. 1a-fsra
Olai i)--Laurels Of Tennvson.. hroo,,
threatened. That Immortal
Z. Ieal, which has had the field largo
~ user IN the Eternity handican
VANS - AT times only with Johnnv
ana I friendships formed at Yale
,.,,r,o,., oS "a Two lesser known things
sardlecs of inroads nnada ~, ~ re-
season at last must move over ! ~ :
sS siS 70 give a few dozens OF autonoo-
piles cnance to get by. THE brook
may pc long on endurance hut a. ,,ot
more durable than the ai,tomohiIo
ano Wnen it comes to speed the brool,
simply isn't in 1t! "-ooA
All TINS was determined as the re-
SUIT OF an investigation concluded to-
s uay ~ tne FRANKLIN Automobile COM
Rais - lnls city. The investigation
was intended to disclose the ouynara
OF Franklin cars which had hea,,
urlven $4,000 miles and were stilI so-
ing strong. Instead ii unearthed
ETanklins with a mileage as high as
09U,OOU miles and still In daily service
seventy five thousand mile cars are
as common as dandelions on the front
lawn before prohibition. Hundred
thousand mile cars are still running
~ all parts of the country. Two al
the latter are still being driven in
the Phoenix, Ariz.. territory. One, a.
ROADSTER owned by G. H. Mosely had
a mileage at the last report of 145,700
miles. The other, also a roadster. is
owned by DR.. H. A. Hughes and has
already given better than 125,000
miles Of service.
Apparently the first 100000 miles
are the hardest, for after the cars
reach that figure they seem to go on
and on. Forever may be long, long
time, but it is no longer in snow
bound Maine than on the blistering
sands OF Arizona; no longer in Min
nesota than in Florida, for the old
Franklin veterans are running in ev-
cry state in the Union and in some
foreign countries as we'll.
1t was labor Of love to obtain the
records, as practically all Of the own
er$ are so proud of their cars and
their mileage records that the vet
erans have come to be regarded as
honorary members of the family.
Many of the owners drive late models
but still keep the first cars they ever
owned.
The longest mileage uncovered is
that Of J. C. Cafflin of Watertown,
NJ ", who owns a Franklin roadster
HAS run $50, 900 miles and going yet
Mr.. Cafflin writes on the back Of a
picture of his old timer.
The investigation also disclosed the
fact that one OF the first Franklins,
manufactured In 1902, in still in daily
service for its owner, William Soper
OF Hammond, N. y. Unfortunately
the actual mileage has not been kept.
but it Is believed to be somewhere
around 100000 miles--a half O. million
miles.
A record closely rivaling that OF
the Northern New York car is
proudly claimed by DR. +. n. McGrew
or Carnegie, Pa. From his personal
car DR.. McCrew has a mileage in ex-
cess Of 800, 600 miles. After the car
began to look a little out OF date,
DIR. McCsrew's family hinted, a way
families have, that perhaps a more
recent model might giye him more
satisfaction. Nothing doing the
doctor said. AS a. concession he
bought a Franklin touring car for the
family and a few years later pougnt
a Franklin runabout for his daughter.
But Dr. McGrew still clings to ms
first love.
George Hill Of Syracuse has con-
verted his old Franklin touring car
into a truck He has an actual mile
age record in excess Of 275,OO0 miles.
Another veteran still there in a plncn
IL the car owned by III. N. Roach,
wealthy sheep ranch owner OF Lara
nlie, Wyo. Mr.. Roach drove lne ca cai
az messenger vehicle until 1916,
ss-ben he converted 1t into truck. II
has piled up a mileage in excess q
s5So0O miles. Mr.. Roach has owneo aea
seven models of Franklins since IgcS
and at present drives a late model