Evening star., 1926-10-24
AUTOS USE ON BUSINESS,
TRIPS is CLEARLY SHOWN
A. A. A. Head Urges Use of Car for All Missions,
Citing Easy Way of Maintaining Definite Pro.
gram By Planning Trips in Advance.

tDuT, Mr. Smltn declares. On MS
latest iaunt it was the practice to
stop but once a day for food and to
assure that this was kept in proper
carried on the car Celery, tomatoes
and bananas were used extensively in
the diet Of the tourists because Of
their cooling properties.
Precautions were taken against
drinking roadside water Soft drinks
of various kinds were used instead.
These are standard everywhere, Mr..
Smith points out. and it is better to
use them than to take a chance on
the radically differing products of
wells and streams in the country
through which one is travelling.
Mr.. Smith and his companion re-
port the roads, except for short dis
tances, excellent, and both recon-
mend this season for travel to the
Pacific Coast. They traversed hard
the journey and, in the Western
States, found dirt roads over which
excellent time can be made during
good weather.
There is no dearth of service and
filling station facilities noticeable
anywhere along the route they COW
cred. The A. A. A. official Cadillac
car Is run on but one kind Of motor
oil. and that is carried along in 1-gal-
Ion cans. Gasoline, however, Is picked
up anywhere.
The trip, however. was filled with
interesting experiences. On the jour-
ney to Salt Lake City the A. A. A.
officials were called upon to outdrive
a storm, one that caused considerable
damage in Kansas late in September
BY steady going at the speed limit
for eight hours they succeeded in
lodging the elemental upheaval.
Another unforgetable incident to
Mr.. Smith was standing atop one Of
the Utah peaks and looking across at
the nearest railroad, to reach which
required 22S miles Of driving. Still
another was comfortable night
spent in the rich. black and treacher-
Gus mud of Iowa.
Mud Pulls OF Chains.
The road was so bad during that
part of the trip that the chains were
pulled from the car. and it skidded
over to the side of the road, where
it became hopelessly stuck. Seeing
the futility of trying to eXtricate the
machine. Mr.. Smith climbed inside.
rearranged his mattress on the level
and settled down for a comfortable
nights rest
At O'Clock the next morning a
heaven-sent truck manned by three
husky telephone linesmen attached
chains to the front Of the machine,
pulled it out. and Mr.. Smith resumed
his trek to Des Moines.
This was the only untoward Incl
dent of the entire journey. on which
an average of slightly more than 290
miles a day was made.
An idea of the rigidity of the sched
ule followed by the motor club off,
cials is 20 be found in the log book
Of their journey to Salt Lake City.
Leaving Washington at o'clock on
the night of September Is. they set
Wheeling. w. Va, as the objective of
the first lap of their tour. They COW
cred this distance. 2e4 miles, without
incident, reaching Wheeling at Z
O'Clock the next morning. From
Wheeling they started almost at once
for Columbus. Ohio. reaching there
at IL am. putting 124 more miles
behind them.
Indianapolis, 17e miles away. was
the next goal. and they reached the
Indiana metropolis at O'Clock that
evening. They stopped here for five
hours and then headed for st. Louis.
This 244-mile lap was ended at am.
the following day. and they had COW
cred sos miles of the westward trek.
Runs Ahead of Schedule.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Jenkins remain
ed in st. Louis until o'clock on the
afternoon of September II. Then
they started for Kansas City, on the
other side of the State, and arrived
at 3 o'clock on the morning of the
18th. covering ESQ miles in 10 hours.
They remained in Kansas City until
5 o'clock in the afternoon on business.
Salina, 207 miles away, was their next
goal, ana they covered the distance in
five hours. arriving at 10 o'clock that
night.
From Salina they went to Dodge
City, Iowa, reaching there at am.
on September 10, after 1877 miles Of
eventless driving. On the same day
they reached La Junta. Colo, 225
miles from Dodge City, at noon.
Running slightly ahead Of schedule
southwark into Ration Pass, n. Mex,
which they reached at 3 o'clock that
night. On the goth they went to
Denver. 1S4 miles away. arriving at
pm. after an unhurried trip. 'Leav-
ing Denver at o'clock on the follow
ing afternoon. they drove steadily
through the beautiful mountain coun-
try until they reached Salt Lake City.
$50 miles from Denver. They arrived
at the Utah capital at midnight on
September %.
A similar log book shows the return
journey. by a different route. to have
been made by an equally inflexible
schedule.