The Winslow mail., 1925-12-25
ARIZONA HILLS
AMONG GRADES
MADE IN HIGH

Without precedent in automOtive
history, the 1925 record Of the pow
erful Star car goes down in motor
| ing annals as one of the greatest
series of achievements motor car
ever succeeded in placing before
the public.
Automotive experts agree, that
there is really nothing Of import
: ance in the matter of high gear
work that is left for the Star to
/ perform. There is nothing that will
more clearly demonstrate it's rug
! ged poWer-pOWer that has sue
ceeded where others have failed
than the cOnquering of every we'll
known western road in high gear.
They agree that in the history Of
| the motor car there is no record
! like that of the Star-climbinS <
steep hills under observation, seal
ed in high gear, placing them de-
finitely upon record as having been
conquered Now the forces of the
Star organization are asking, what
is there left to do?'
From the northern to the south
ern boundaries of the United States
| the most tortuous roads into the
mountains, popular demonstration
hills in every locality, and hills,
scores of them, that have never be-
fore been conquered under obser-
vation, all have fallen before the
relentless Star hill climbing cam
paign
Certified standard stock Star cars
under strict observation, have ad-
ded these famous hills to the stellar
honors achieved by Star during the
past year, in exploiting the Mil
lion Dollar Motor" Palomar
Mountain (west side), near San
Diego, California; Huntington Lake,
near Fresno, California; round trip
/ to Lake Tahoe from Sacramento,
California; Climbing both the slip
perry Ford and Meyers Grade; Yose-
mite Valley via Coarse Gold; Old
Town Hill, San Diego; Old Ferry
Hill, Seattle; Micheltorino Street,
! Los Angeles; San Bernardino to
Lake Arrowhead. via the Waterman
Canyon switchback; The Divide
(both sides), Bisbee, Arizona;
Camp Baldy from Pomona Califor-
mia; Mt Wilson from Pasadena,
California; Oakland Avenue, Oak
land, California; Hall Street, Port
land, Oregon; Mt Diablo, near Oak
land. California; Bidwell Bar, Oro-
Vile, California: Fish Creek Grade.
Arizona; North Broadway and Man
dana Boulevard. Oakland, Califor-
mia; Lake Ossiger Road near Ever
EFT. washington; Alsip Hill, Salem.
Oregon; Monroe Street. Coos Bay,
Oregon; Roswell Hell Brownsville,
Oregon.
These hills, II. w. Curtis direc-
tor of sales and branches of the
Durant Motor company Of Califor-
MIA, pointed out. are but few of
the grades that have been climbed
in the Star high gear demonstra-
ton campaign They have resulted
in countless discussions and, III
some instances, the dOubters have
been shown in public demOnstra-
tions. while others have driven
over the hills themselves, the Star
car always acquitting itself with
high honors.
F'In this campaign" says Curtis
1--WE have not been content to do
the things that others have done,
even though the others happened
to be much larger or higher priced
cars We know we had the power
with which to demonstrate, and
proceeded about these demonstra-
tions to make them conclusive be
yond doubt. So we set out to
tackle the hills where others had
failed. and the Star record today
stands pre-eminent among hill
climb records.
eve found out that it did not
take professional or stunt drivers
to accomplish these high gear rec
ords with the Star I will venture
to say that nine out of ten Star
car owners are high gear demon
strators' of no mean ability. They
take pride in showing their friends
the power of their cars and hardly
day passes but what we hear OF
a number of Star car owners who
have some new tale to offer of q
stunt they have achieved. We
have. therefore, no hesitancy in de-
claring that an ordinary owner who
knows how to keep his own car in