The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-16
SCIENCE LAUDS
DODGE VEHICLE
Desert Expedition Found
Auto Valued Adjunct.

The startling discoveries OF the
Third Asiastio expedition, with their
priceless contributions TO science and
commerce, would have been impos.
sihle without motor cara
That Is the blunt. uneaulvocal
statement OF Roy Chapman An.
drows. leader OF tho expedition.
which returned recently from two.
year search OF lnnerrnost Mongolia,
with tho largest and most valuable
collection OF fossils ever brought into
the United States.
When tho party started from China
MIR. Andrews was told that eamels
and horses were tho only means OF
transportation known in the interior
OF the country he was about 20 pen.
citrate. To cross tho Gobl desert
alone was a feat 10 test tho endur'
ance OF the most rugged car. and
had been accomplished but seldom.
y ANAa NAlt EAANstAAt1 AAA kAN@~s hAA1
billy, roadless wastes OF tho unknown
land beyond tho desert. however. was
considered an utter imposSihility,
KNEW DESERT WOULD
REQUIRE GOOD MOTOR
Nevertheless. Mr.. Andrews had
made up his mind.
dodge Brothers rules prevented
them from contributing their cars TO
our expedition" he said. but felt
that l had 20 have them. anyhow.
even tho numerous other manufRc.
turers had offered TO supply me. l
had penetrated Mongolia before. and
/ knew Just about what would be re-
Quired OF a car.
$50 bought three Dodge Brothers
cars at full list price in P,ekin. ono
touring car and two A-ton CONNER.
cials. / tried every insurance COM
pany In China. believe. in an effort
10 Insure the cars before starting the
trip. They only laughed at me. even
when i explained that cared for
nothing except insurance against
total destruction. We had our me
chanics ard service parts. and knew
that we could Survive any accident
except humiliation. But the insur.
ance companies said no car could get
in--much less set out--and so we
Travelled at our own risk.
what those cars did was a rev.
elntion TO the whole Eastern world.
We crossed rivers. plunged In and
out OF deep ruts and thumped over
boulders until we thought everything
must shake 10 pieces. But those cars
kept going. Terribly overloaded. they
did the impossible day after day.
CHASED WILD GAME
FROM AUTO CHARIOT
"sametimes we chased Wild animals
across the roadiess plains az high
speed remember once the speed.
ometer was registering 40 miles an
hour wtzsn we were in hot pursuit OF
a drove of wild asses Ono would
think no car could survive such
abuse. as the plains were naturally
fun Of ruts and mounds. But we
drove them back to China. after TO-
900 miles OF this sort OF usage. and
sold them without difficulty for more
than the price OF three new Dodge
Brothers cars in the United States.
The Chinese were eager 10 get
these cars. They had done something
that no other car had ever done. The
company that bought ours now has
Is in operation carrying from seven
to Is passengers 500 miles across the
desert from E-algan TO Urga. This
rip formerly required 30 tedious
aays- With their Dodge Brothers
cars they do IL In 4s hours. and there
are no roads"
Mr.. Andrews added. as matter Of
course, that he would again take
Dodge Brothers cars on his next ex.
petition. which he plans to start in
June. 1924.
The expedition which he led into
Mongolia occupied two years. with.
out motor cars II would have taken
20 or 30 years. II Is estimated.
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