MOTORISTS WILL
RESPOND TO CALL
National Touring Week Will
Be Observed in Every State
of the Union
Quick confirmation of the sentiment
National Touring Week is spreading
over the entire nation is found in
President AVoodrow Wilson's recent
action creating a new national scenic
playground on Mt. Desert Island, lie.
The President set aside 5.000 acres of
the rugged mountain land directed I
south of Bar Harbor. It will be known
as the Sieur de Monts National Monu
ment.
The President's proclamation, in
spired by a new policy of the Interior
' Department, fathered by Assistant!
Secretary Mather, marks the establish
ment of a national park near the dens
er populated sections of the country
It means that more such scenic spots
will be set aside in other States, as the
department believes America r.ot onl\
has scenic beauty superior to the won
der spots of Europe and other contin
ents. but that this scenic beauty i>
broadcast. No State has a monopoly
of it. nor is any State without it.
This is exactly the viewpoint taken
more than a month ago by the Nation
al Touring Week and Buy-Your-Car-
Xow movement.
"See America First by Seeing Your'
Own State First," is the golden text of,
National Touring Week. Nature lias
been prodigal with her charms. The |
motorist who thinks he must travel a '
thousand miles to the far-off country r
to find scenic beauty worth his at'en- 1
tion is harboring a mistake. The Na
tional Touring Week and Buv-Your- j
Car-Now movement is roitsin the
motorists of this nation to their mis
take. The remarkable automobile out
ing. which begins on August 6, has
awakened the owners of motor cars
to their scenic possession almost with
in sight o ftheir garages. The nation
has a million woodland waterfalls scat
tered over the land, a single cascado
of which deties commonplace.
The realization of this, brought ,
about by the National Touring Week
movement, is influencing many an au
toniobilist to plan a vacation motor
ing tour co-incident with the week of
August 6. The idea has gripped the
man at the wheel. Not only will thou- !
sands of automobilists answer the call i
of the road on August 6. but thousands i
more, caught by the momentum the j
movement has gained, will depart on
motoring vacation tours all through I
August and September.
The makers of automobiles enlisted
behind the movement with a general
end enthusiastic endorsement, and put
thir endorsement into active promot
ing of the success of the motoring out
ing.
All phases of National Touring '
Week are well in hand, and the motor- j
lng tourist when he sets forth will find
that the National is on the lookout ioi
him.
At Anchor 2 Years,
Ship Earns $875,000
New York, July 23. After lying at
anchor off Stapleton, Staten Island,
since September, 1914. the German
iron sailing ship Indra was towed up
to Beard's Stores. Erie Bason, to un
load her cargo of nitrate. When she
arrived in port tho cargo was worth \
about $125,000, it was said, but on ac
count of the great demand for this
chemical in the manufacture of ex
plosives through the war in Europe,
Its value has increased to ? 1,000,000.
Walter Johnston
Is Leading Pitcher
WALTER JOHNSON*. "
Of the Senators, is the hardest worked
ind most f-ffective twirler in the Ameri
can circuit. He has labored in mure
ihan 200 innings to date with in <arnrd
>un average against him of hut 2.6$
»«r cent. Close upon hi? heel:-, hov. -
tver, are Harry Coveleskl, of Detroit,
Bid Stanley Coveleski. of Cleveland.
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' F "M«n Year* of Strnlshtforward Business Methods Have .Made /
/ I s the Acknowledged Headquarter* for l sed Cars, Have ,
/ T h i 0 "Friendly Customers" Who Have Itccum
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' Guarnn'ee Stund Back of Every Car We Sell. Honest?, Sa'tislac- /
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SATURDAY EVENING,
General Funston's Car
I Equipped With 'Nobby' Tread Tires j
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAK£N AT FORT SAM HOUSTON. TEXAS
Here is Major-General Frederick Funstor.'s personal car with Sergeant
James O. W iley at the wheel. General Funston, like many other army
officers, insists on having: United States 'Nobby' Tread Tires as part
of the regular equipment of his personal car, because the big, thick,
protruding knobs give the best anti-skid protection, and the tires them
selves have proven their amazing durability under the most drastic road
and heat tests along the Mexican border
SAXON MAKES NEW:
I RELAY RECORD
Travels From Coast to Coast in
Six Days, 18 Hours and
Ten Minutes
Precisely at 4:40 last Saturday i
morning, July 22, in San Francisco a
, world's record for automobiles run
ning from New York to 'Frisco over '
the Lincoln Highway was establish
jed.
Thirty-eight "Six" standard model
regularly equipped automobiles with
dealers at the wheels, racing in re- !
I lays, shortened the best previous time i
of any make of automobile by nearly
' a day.
I The first Saxon "Six" swung out of !
the New York Saxon salesroom at pre
cisely 10:30 Saturday morning, July
15, bearing a message from Mayor
Mitchel, of New York to Siayor Rolfe,
of 'Frisco. Accompanying the dealer
! were a representative of the Saxon :
Motor Car Corporation and an official 1
I observer. Tho official observer travel
| ed every foot of the distance, chang
ing from car to car as tho race pro
gressed. The 38th Saxon "Six" pulled
, up in front of Mayor Rolfe's office in
'Frisco just 6 days. 18 hours and 10
minutes later." j
The official mileage of the Lincoln
Highway is 33 31 miles, but the dis
tance Saxon traversed on the relay
j race was considerably in excess of
tills, inasmuch as the Highway Is
| torn up in a number of places and so
' long detours were necessary. In ever:-'
case these detours were over very bad j
1 roads. In the absence of accurate j
Sgures. It Is safe to assume that at |
'.east 300 additional miles were trav- ,
j eled in the tours.
Probably no automobile test of re
cent years has attracted so much at
tention from the motor world as this
thrilling Atlantic-Pacific Saxon "Sis"
' relay race.
Mr. Ford stated that he felt the out
come of this sensational trip was an
impressive tribute to the remarkable
qualities embodied In Saxon "Six." He
; pointed out that all the cars partici- !
paling in this 'cross the continent chal
lenge to time wore stock model Saxon
"Sixes" and had not been "tuned" or
"doped" Iu any way to make them ap
proximate racing cars. Furthermore.'
he called attention to the fact that '
the drivers were Saxon Dealers and
not professional racing drivere.
In tho course of thfe run nearly ev
ey kind of road condition that ever
j exists in any part of the country was
encountered and surmounted by Saxon
"Six."
Precious time was necessarily lost
at each step, and this added to the
burden of speed and endurance which
the drivers were forced to ask of their
cars.
Mr. Ford points out the real lesson to
be dra- n from this run does not con- !
cern itself with the record-breaking 1
pace, nor with the condition of the;
roads, nor with the length of the trip.
•ut with the fact that these Saxon :
"Sixes" did no more than the Saxon
"Six' of any private owner can do.
For in every respect they are identi
i cal with the cars that are now being
:old from the floors of over 2.000 deal
ers throughout the country.
As n matter of fact, the time of 6
days, 18 hours and 10 minutes is sev
eral days faster than the Saxon Motor
Car Corpor ;ion had expected would
be necessary to complete the run. The
main reason for this is found in the
reruarkablo strength and stability of
Saxon "Six" construction which en
abled these 3S cars to compete in the
ocean-to-ocean grind without a me
. chanical fault.
FLANDERS WANTS
NATIONAL TOURS
President of Maxwell Motor
j Company Sees Great Good
in Movement
Walter E. Flanders, president and
general manager of the Maxwell Motor |
Company, Inc., of Detroit, has en
dorsed the movement for a national
automobile touring week. August 6th
| to August I2th. Manufacturers of au
tomobiles and accessories are co-op
erating to make this event such a suc
cess that It will be a pleasurable an
nual festivity and Mr. Flanders looks
j on it as a healthy sign of the public's
crowing Interest In motor touring,
j Tho automobile editors all over the
. country are giving the movement
their support and the result is wide- i
spread publicity of keen interest to
motorists.
There is no doubt but that the mo
torist who uses his car for touring gets
the maximum out of it from the stand
point of health and enjoyment. More
over. It brings a more intimate knowl
edge of the country traveled. The '
automobilist will find beauty spots he j
I didn't know existed within a brief ride I
■ of his home.
! "This is a movement that deserves
the unqualified support of motorcar
i manufacturers and all others inter- |
Jested In the trade," said Mr. Flanders, i
[ "I believe it makes for a more cordial j
, relationship between the manufactur- j
1 ers and the public. Besides, the bene
fit to the industry Is obvious. It will
instill a larger desiro for motorcars
in the minds of those who do not own
i them and it will create that demand I
at an ideal time for the motorist.
"This is the natural time of tho year
to buy a car. August, September and
I October are by far the most enjoyable |
motoring months of tho year. The I
: roads arc in tho best possible condition j
and tho weather Ideal for touring.
"It is certainly appropriate that a
brief season be set aside as a fitting
testimonial of appreciation for what'
the automobile has done to add com- j
fort and enjoyment to the daily life'
of millions.
"It will be primarily the week of i
the motorcar owners, during which
time their thoughts will be especially I
! directed to the great boom the auto- i
mobile has given them. If the plans |
: of the promoters carry out every coun- 1
try road will swarm with tourists dur
ing 'Touring Week.' Now is the time !
to get the old car ready or buy a new
one, if you intend to take part."
Light Cars Develop
the Suburban Property
At a recent gathering of dealers in (
suburban homes property, it was I
unanimously agreed that the automo- I
bile has been one of the most Im
portant factors in the sensational de
velopment of that line of business dur
ing the last few years. No longer does
the real estate salesman have to spend I
hours of argument in convincing the
prospective purchaser that the trip
from his downtown office to his fu
ture home in the suburbs will not oc
; cupy much of hi 3 time. The long
street car or train ride is an objec
tion which is now almost obsolete it
was stated.
"In my city," said one of the deal
prs, most of our suburban property
is being taken up by those who have
owned homes In the more congested !
the town. A few years ago I
buyer represented a most
cifficult problem. As the downtown
property had increased in value taxes
and upkeep had eaten up practically
all of his capital and in too manv
\ mortgage attached
I* ?v. which kept him hustling
to meet the interest charges. We
would show where ho could buv a su-
a l much less tha « the
Lost of his city home and then would
arise the objection about the long ride I
~a " d ' o " h from the office. At
that time automobiles were so expen-1
sive that even the mention of them to
a buyer with limited means was out of
tha question.
• To-day, however, it is not a diffl- I
cult task to show the future suburban
home owner that by disposing of his
downtown home and purchasing on
the outskirts of the city he will have
at least six or seven hundred dollars
baance which, if invested properlv,
will obtain for him an automobile
fully equipped and capable of get
t ng him down to his office in less
time than when he lived in the city
proper. Only the other day I was try
ing to sell a client who made the
remark that he would buy in a min
ute ifhe owned an automobile like
the one which I drive, t happens to
be a New Series Model 75-B Overland.'
I immediately explained to him that.,
.f he bought the property I was try
ing to sell him, he would be clearing,
close to a thousand dollars and that
if ne chose to do so ho could invest
less than S7OO of it in a Model 73-R
Overland absolutely fully equipped.
"I then pointed out to him the i
pleasant advantages of owning a car
from the standpoint of his wife and
children, as well as its economical
and time-saving features. Of course
I sold him the lot.
"I'm strong for the automobile, es
pecially the small light car like the
New Series 75-B Overland. It's a real I
.-•sset from the dealer's standpoint, as
well as from the owner's. If you want
to get a buyer sore just get him on a
street car and make him ride an hour
or two before he reaches your subdi
vision. When he finally reaches his
destination he is certainly in no frame
of mind for buying. On the other
hand, take him out In an easy riding
car, over well paved streets, and you
will find him so enthused over the ex
hilarating ride that he reaches your
property in the most ideal frame of
mind for buying."
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Cadillac Eight Makes
Record Over Mountains
Another road record has just been
added to the long string already held
j by the Cadillac Eight in various parts
of the country.
The latest is from Philadelphia, Pa.,
to Youngstown, Ohio, 376 miles.
Albert Elton, driving a roadster,
made the distance in 10 hours, 32
minute* actual running time.
A great part of the route from Phil
adelphia to Pittsburgh is through
mountainous country, the Alleghanies
being the highest range crossed. The
grades are stiff and many, and there
are numerous sharp turns, both up
and down. In spite of these condi
tions. the Cadillac made the entire trip
in high gear.'and maintained an aver
age speed of 35.69 miles per hour. The
car left Philadelphia at 2 o'clock in
the morning and checked in at
Youngstown at 1:55 p. m. the same
day, ,
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Heavy Buying of Motorcycles
For the Military Service
Increasing orders for motorcycles
for military work at the Mexican bor
i d»r and other military encampments
show the marked rise in popularity
, for military service which th« ; e ma
chines have made for themselvefc in the
first year that the country's attention
ivas seriously turned to affaifs mili
tary. In the past 90 days approxi
mately 250 new Indian motorcycles
alone have been bought by the gov
ernment and State forces. Thtse ma
i chines are to carry dispatch riders
and also officers and extra met, eith
er on the tandem carriers or in side
cars.
In addition orders have been placed
for 35 of the new machine gun out
fits frequently designed by the manu
facturers of the Indian. These ma
chines are very fast in getting ove* the
ground and the development of this
arm of the service will be waUhed
i,with much interest T A
JULY 29, 1916.
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