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Cadillac "8" Lays Out
New Touring Roadway
Laying out the route of the new
Southern National Highway, from San
Diego, Cal., to Washington, a Cadillac ]
Eight recently achieved the distinction j
of making the 3,600 miles in 26 miles. ;
The expedition was planned and exe- !
cuted by the Cabrillo Commercial
Club of San Diego, for a preliminary
survey, or pathflnding tour, over a ;
transcontinental route which will be!
open to motor touring all the year
round. When the new highway is
realized, it will traverse eight States 1
■ —Southern California, Arlzonia, New j
Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee,
North Carolina and Virginia, with a j
Briscoe Co. Disposes
of Argo Motor Car Co.
Announcement was made to-day by j
the Briscoe Motor Corporation, Jackson, !
Mich., that they had made a contract !
with Mensell Haekett. formerly man
ager of the Disco Starter Company, De
troit, for the sale of their interest in
the Argo Motor Company, of Jackson,
Mich.
Mr. Hackett will take immediate
charge ot the Argo Motor Company, t(.
which he will bring an entirely new or
ganization, and it is anticipated tliat
he will extend its business activities in
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FOR A SQUARE DEAL ON USED CARS
ORSON'S
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Values so amazing that auto dealers and
men who know wonder how we do it.
£|i&l Hundreds of Trucks and Delivery Wagons |j|Bß
BBrara m * POUJIAN car praotically 1915 MITCHELL touring; 7 pas- ti&SI
fr a n "T : reduction senger; |425. hftadlM
1916 VVir'l yk' r\'irHn 1915 UHAL.MERR touring car; IT f T
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■BBSS 1916 IXJDOU touring car; uqt-d ...„ , IS&iSSb
very little and 1* in excel- fLif? roadster, C-24 ; p'w
tent condition. extra equipment.
II 1916 O Vl3 RLA N D tourins; 1914 AMERICAN touring car
slightly used; at a big re- electric demountable
KiWMH 1916 bi 1 tOUr T lt: fnn 1914 STUTC roadster; brand-new lailii
mwM 1-16 Kiva .hock abiorbers. $118!
Wfffim tourins car; 8 cyl.; iMKRCEIt speedster; raechan-
HkISB 1916 PMr*p S demonstrator. icttlly perfect; $476. wCTi
fT Tf 1-46 ext°rftt'lre. "" rnel<l THOMAS speed.ter; very f.st; ill
l| 1916 METZ touring car; run 1500 1014 STEARNS KNIGHT touring III! H
I 111 19IK nt-eni.- . a re<J uctlon. car; up-to-date equipment; I
I | 1915 BUCK tourins. "C-37"; real bargain. U
1191311 iir m™nv r ! : r ll ,irei , ISIS K.RIT roadster; slip cov- 111111111
HI m " HUDSON touring car, 6-40; ers; demountable rims; MMM!
■W'J ~,, n r .P'f^ s , , ' ns \'' : snap - Klaxon horn; $250.
Bml ,1, tour j n t? car; mec:han- FORD touring cars and roadsters H
'cally perfect; 6650. at various prices.
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I Gulf division proposed through South
! ern Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia and South Carolina,
i San Diego will be the western termi
nus and Washington, D. C., the east
ern.
Wilbur Hall, a magazine writer who
I made the trip in the route-finding
j Cadillac, says that if the good roads
i movement which is now sweeping the
| south, continues to gather impetus, it
'is only a question of months when
the bad stretches will be surfaced. The
new highway gives tourists a chance
! to visit the Grand Canyon of Colorado,
' traverse stretches of desert, the in
teresting copper country of Arizona and
; takes htm l-.irougii the real South.
However, desert running is made easy
i lor motor cars, especially between the
Imperial valley of California snd the
I Colorado river. Here engineers have
a large measure within a short time.
Mr. Haekett is well-known in automo
bile circles and has made an enviable
position for himself by putting on its
feet the Disco Starter Company, which
I lie purchased from a receiver. Under
his guidance the Disco Starter Company
has developed and increased until to
day it enjoys a very large and prosper
ous business.
Jackson. Mich., will naturally be
benefited by the large number of ad
ditional families the new management
of the Argo will bring to town.
The Briscoe Motor Corporation will
hereafter devote Its entire time, organi
sation, and the new plants which it re
< ently acquired and has under con
struction to the manufacture and sale
of Briscoe Motor Cars exclusively.
| devised a double plank trail for au
tomobiles, so that the motorist glides
smoothly over sands that baffle pedes
trians and burrors.
In spite of the fact that the route
i makers encountered a week or ten
f' days of rain, the Cadillac made the
; ' record time of 26 days for the 3,500
. miles. Those who made the trip were
; B. H. Burreil, engineer in the Fed
i ; eral bureau of roads; W. B. Gross, of
. i San Diego; B. H. Taylor, who drove
> i the car; Wilbur Hall, and Colonel Dell
, j M. Peters, of Clifton, Ariz., president
. of the Southern National Highway As
[ sociatlon.
This is the second path-finding tour
;in which a Cadillac Eight has re
• : cenly figured, the other one having
• I been the run from Chicago to Miami
! I over the proposed Dixie Highway.
MORE MOTOR CARS
OFFERED TO U. S.
California Car Owners Ready
to Pursue Villa Under
Military Guidance
The motorcar stands out as a vital
factor in the pursuit of Villa. United
.States military authorities have been
quick to recognize the value of depend
able automobiles for service in the de
sert and mountain country in northern
Mexico. Closely following the gift of
140 Maxwell cars by Texas owners to
j General Pershing, come the announce
ment from California that a company
comprised entirely of Maxwell owners
H) ready to cross the border.
• lieutenant L. P. Clark, commander
of the first company of the California
j division of the motor reserves wired
Secretary of War Baker, as follows:
"For the invasion of Mexico 1 wish
to tender you the services of First
j Company California Automobile Re
(serve Corps composed of twenty expert!
i desert and mountain drivers and twenty
j Maxwell cars fully equipped for duty."
b. P. Clark, sales manager for the
Lord Motor Car Company, distributors
of Maxwell ears in California, has ob
tained pledges of forty Maxwell cars
for military purposes. These cars are
at the disposal of the War Department
for immediate service.
The motor reserve movement was
originated about a year ago, primarily
through the efforts of Al. Waddell. a
Los Angeles newspaperman. It lias
spread over the entire United States
and many of the States boast of a com
| plete organization. One of the best of
, these is in New York State.
! Much effort has been spent in per
j fecting a permanent organization in
, Los Angeles. Through the efforts of
I Lieutenant Lyman P. Clark, command
er of First Company division of the
Automobile Reserve Corps, the pledges 1
of forty cars for military service have
I already been obtained. These cars are
;at the disposal of the War Department
for immediate service in Mexico
j Lieutenant Clark, who is also sales
manager of the Lord Motor Car Com-I
I pany, has announced his intention of
enlisting a company comprised entirely
of Maxwell owners and it is his hope I
that should a call to active service i
come, the first movement of motor re- '
1 serves will include this solid body of
.Maxwell ears. The military author
ities favor the Maxwell because its
j power and endurance make it service
able In the desert and mountain coun
j try of northern Mexico.
The photograph here shows part of
| the First Company of the Automobile
; Reserve Corps tjnder the direction of
Lieutenant Clark. These gasoline citi
zen soldiers are in full uniform for the
| occasion.
This is a natural outgrowth of the
| motor reserve movement inaugurated
I 111 California several months ago.
!VV herever these motor reserve corps
have been formed. Maxwell cars have
predominated in number almost lnvari
| ably. In the pursuit of Villa, it is a
; desert and mountainous country that
has to be traversed. The proven dur
ability and power of the Maxwell ear
emphasizes its value as a factor in
carrying the fight to the bandit Mexi
-1 cans.
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Third & Cumberland Stl
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THIRD AND CUMBKRLAND STS.
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