The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-08-11
HOUSE ON WHEELS
TOURING MONTANA
DENVER MAN, IN PALATIAL
MOTOR PULLMAN, LOOKS
OVER NORTHWEST
BE- Motor Car, Built Over to Afford
Every Luxury, With Bath, Berths
and Kitchen, is Passing Through
Montana; Owner Takes Own Hotel
With Him.

A family which lives in motor
caravan is passing through Montana
en- route to the coast. The truck is
a veritable house on wheels and pos
sessed of many conveniences the
average house does not have. The
family consists of M. w. Tester and
his wife of Denver, Colo, with
Rags" the dog, as family guardian.
The unusual conveyance was built by
Tester, who was formerly in the au-
tomobile business in Denver.
The car cost $4,000. 1t weighs
5000 pounds. 1t is capable of 40
miles an hour. The gas consumption
is ~ miles to the gallon. 1t will
accommodate six people. The house
is six feet from floor to ceiling and
the length and width is six by eight
feet.
The car has five speeds forward.
1t is heated by hot air. 1t has hot
and cold water, electric lights, cleo
trio cigar lighter, folding dining
table with dome light, gas stove, a
large bed, two smaller beds, kit
chen cabinet capable of holding a
months provisions, six big drawers
car and a Dutch oven. The tanks
carry 20 gallons of gas and rs gal
Ions of water.
No Phone
After a scrutiny of the equipment
of the huge machine, which is mount
ed on a White chassis, the comment |
of the curious spectators was that
1.-THE only thing the builder overlook
ed was telephone" He has about
everything else.
According to the announcement of
the owner the Testers are on three
year trip during which they live and
move and have their being wholly
in their house on wheels.
They have taken in both gold
rushes to Alaska. They have fished
from the Yukon to San Diego. They
are now making trip from coast
to coast. On the back of the We
hicle is painted the following itin-
erary: Denver to Florida, Galveston,
Mexico, Yellowstone, Seattle, Can
ada, San Diego, New York, ocean to
ocean.
The Testers have become bored by
Instead of submitting
to Interrogation regarding their novel
conveyance, they have framed col
lection of newspaper articles regard
ing the car, and its movements, hung
on the side of the auto so that he
who wishes may read.
These stories are from papers in
all parts of the country sSOme of
them are blackened with age. The
Tester family has been on the road i
a long time and appear to like it. The
ear stopped for few minutes at a
prominent business building in Butte. :
Rags" mounted a seat, surveyed the
with an eye to a pos 4
'ible fight with a cat, but seeing =
lone of his ancient enemies, lost in :
crest and curled up on the car floor.
The Testers show no particular eff
ects of weathering due to the fact
hat the car is inclosed. The win
lows are provided with silk shades. {
here is mirror over the wind
hield-in fact, all the conveniences
f the average middle class home are
acked within the confines of by
y feet. :,
The power plant for the house IL
; under the hood. The engine fur
ishes light and hot water and like =
rise heats the car. =
THE snail may have originated II
he practice of carrying his house b.
18th him, but this man has improved
n the snail's idea," said an onlook-
r as the big van started down the m
treet. W