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FUNDERS COUPE
MAKES RECORDS
Electric Glidden Pathfinder Av
erages One Hundred Miles
Per Day.
From Detroit, Mich., to Mammoth
Cave, Ky„ in seven running days is the
exact record of the lakes-to-the-gulf
route pathfinder for the national/tout
of the American Automobile associa
tion, and as th<» t ip was made in a
Flanders Colonial electric coupe, the
long Journey, which is hardly half of
the entire trip to New Orleans, has at
tracted the attention of the entire au
tomobile world.
in fact, this long journey in an elec
tric car eclipses every redord for long
distance road work ever made by an
electric. It is a performance that truly
demonstrates the fact that country
touring in a luxurious electric car is
possible in these days when practically
every town of any consequence is pro
vided with a charging station at which
“juice" may be obtained during dinner
hour and night stops.
The correct distance from Detroit to
Mammoth Cave is 563.3 miles. The
pathfinders traveled slightly over 600
miles in their trip, as they were re
quired to retrace their r .ute at times to
discriver bettor roads and at other times
natives either with or without a put- ,
pose directed them wrongly. Inasmuch
as ’.he seventh day’s work included only
the round trip from Cave City to Mam
moth Cave, nine miles each way. the
Flanders electric really averaged 100
miles for each traveling day, or six ,
successiva days.
During this remarkable Journey there
was not a moment when the car gave
anv trouble. Steep hills, sandv stretches
and rocky surfaced roads caused by
washouts during the heavy rains of this
year were encountered.
Throughout the entire stretch of
country covered road, work was being
done and when the great tour travels
through there will be found excellent
highways for practically the entire dis
tance.
These roads which in 1910 gave the
Glidden tourists so much trouble have
been mightily improved and many
st’etches are now splendid pikes con
structed along lines of road building
that insure permanency.
Official Pathfinder XV. O. Westgard
and Official Photographer and Corre
spondent F. Ed Spooner, both old and
experienced travelers and'pathfinders,
have been delighted with the 1912 na
tional tour route to this point. Charles
S. Ross, the driver of the electric path
finder, and Frank Smith, .who is in
charge of the trip, say that the 1912
tour has been laid along lines that are
■ delightful in every tCay. What the fin
ishing stretches will show remains a
question, for south of Memphis the
route traversed is new as a great tour
route and must be carefully selected
owing to the heavy floods along the
Mississippi river valley this year.
From Detroit to Adrian, noon stop of
the first day, is 73 miles, which is ex
cellent going with the exception of a
detour to reach Dearborn, Mich. It is
probable that this detour will have been
made unnecessary by October and that
the tourists will travel out over the ex
cellent concrete highways now being
completed to the borders of Wayne
county. From Adrian, the noon stop,
to Fort Wayne, Ind., night stop of the
first day, is 102.5 miles, and all ex
cellent going. The first day’s run for
the ton- was made by the Flanders
electric in one and one-half days, the
total distance being 175.5 miles.
From Fort Wayne to Muncie, Ind.,
the noon stop for the second day of the
tour, is 72.6 miles, and the roads are ex
cellent. The pathfinders took advice
and altered the route somewhat from
conventional lines, passing through
Bluffton, Pennville and Dunkirk to
Muncie The Warner-Gear Company
at Muncie will entertain the tourists
at their noon stop.
From this point to Indianapolis is 65
miles of boulevard, traveling with some
hills, giving a total of 137.6 miles for
the second day of the great tour.
From Indianapolis to Louisville, via
the route laid down by the Flanders
electric and its pathfinding crew, the
distance is 138.1 mib s, and this com
plete day’s run the pathfinders made
without stop. Seymour will be the noon
stop. This is 66 miles from Indianap
olis There was some question regard
ing this route, and as It was found that
the shorter way was impossible owing
to floods, a longer way had to be taken.
The shorter way would have been 123
miles. The Four States tour from In
dianapolis made a two-day jump from
Louisville to Indianapolis, but the na
tional tourists will find no difficulty in
making it a day’s trip, no matter what
the weather.
From Louisville to, Nashville for tne
fourth day of the tour is a trip that
will tax the tourists some, but not a.»
much a- in 1910, when this route was
traversed by the Gllddenltes en route
to I nilas. Texas, and made in one day
at that time undetga twenty-inile per
hour schedule. Since that time the
pikes have been improved and the 31-
mlb run out of Louisville to Bardstown
js a dream over a mad that Is a boule
vard every inch of the way. and being
improved at that From Bardstown to
Nashville is a success of surprisingly
pood roads some bad roads and a few
, eye. cable, but which will be Im
proved befo ■ October, as the peopli
o'* not unapi'ri 'lative of th< honor of
11l ..-ntertainlng the tou’ists t’ountv
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AUTOMOBILE NOTES |
A trophy has been donated by Colonel ;
Gustave Pabst, the brewer, as a trophy ;
for a third race to be run in conjunction <
with the Vanderbilt cup and grand prix a<
Milwaukee in September. It is possible
that a fourth trophy, to bp known as the
Milwaukee challenge cup, will be offered,
although this will depend largely upon
conditions after the guaranty fund is
raised.
Forty farmers have begun the annual
school of theory and practice of traction '
engines at the Minnesota State Agricul
tural College. Mornings are spent in class
rooms. In the afternoon the students ■
practice making pipe fittings, valve set
tings, farm blacksmithing and experiment <
with electricity, fuels and oils, and try
their hand at actual running of gasoline
ami steam engifies.
Paris is to be thoroughly motorized. Al
ready the fire brigade is under orders to
dispose of all horses, motor engines hav
ing been contracted for; the hospitals use
motor ambulances, motor hearses and mo
tyr cars are used in funeral processions,
the horse drawn police vans have given
way to motor driven vehicles, and motor
cars by the dozens are now at the dis
posal of the Paris gendarmes in the event j
of an emergency calling for a quick move. .
Nevada is after transcontinental travel
From Chicago or other points the
most direct route to the coast is across
lowa, Nebraska ami Wyoming, or Kansas
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required here—tired horses wasted energy— tired horse*
Motor Trucks
The Follies of Animal Transportation
M;hen a team of horses pulls two or
three tons up a hill, say of a ten per
cent grade, they become pretty well
tuckered out. There is a great strain.
The effort required to get the load up
the hill would doubtless equal the
effort required to pull the same
load two or three miles on a level
street. Result: very tired horses.
But if you stop to consider, it takes
also some effort for a team of horses
to hold back a load coming down a hill.
It doesn’t require as much effort, of
course, as going up, but there is con
siderable energy expended. And every
ounce of it counts with horse or animal
transportation.
Every step lessens a horse's energy
for the day. At the end of the day he
is a tired animal. Through the day he
must have his rest spells—his recesses
from hauling.
Alco Truck* are built by the American Locomotive Company
COLE MOTOR COMPANY OF GEORGIA
Distributor* also of Alco 6-cylmder and 4-cyhnder Motor Car*
239 Peachtree Street. Phone Ivy 799.
Motor Trurk vs. flnrio—
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The Atlanta Georgian
Automobile Department
and Colorado, meeting at Salt Lake, i’tali,
and then to Ely, Nev., where the route
splits for Los Angeles or San Francisco.
To reach Los Angeles the route goes from
Ely to Tonopah. Silver Peak. Oasis and
down the Owens river. Leading to San
Francisco the route goes from Ely to Eu
reka, Austin and Reno, Nev., and then on
to San Francisco.
The Oklahoma highway department is
doing work preparatory to the construc
tion of an extensive system of modern
highways which will gridiron the state
The department has adopted plans for a
trunk highway to extend from the Kan
sas line to the Red river on the southern
boundary of Oklahoma. An east-and
west highway is to run fr,om a point on
the Arkansas line east of Muskogee to
tlie Texas panhandle line in Beckham
county. Still another trunk road is to
run from the Kansas line north of Bart
lettsville to a point near Atoka.
CADILLAC
STEINHAUER & WIGHT
228-230 Peachtree St. Ivy 2233
I One of the automobile suitcases that
seems to be quite popular with meh has
the toilet articles arranged around the
i ; four sides. In the cover are flaps arrang-
I Jed to hold the shaving mirror, razor strop
i and razor on either side, leaving the cen
ter of the case for clothing. It egmes in
i j automobile leather, plaid. linen lined, and
is light and easy to handle.
’ Gray rajah silk stitched hats, without
• | sweat bands, seems to have made quite a
j : hit with men. as they stay on nicely and
| the brim may be turned down to shade
; the eyes. They are also more dressy
1 I than the old fashioned hats or caps.
Silk mohair dust coats for men come In
i several good models, alk buttoning close
> at the throat and wrists to keep the dust
i from the linen. Capacious pockets have
» button flaps and all the buttons are of the
- same material. They are worn with the
graV hats.
An Alco motor truck never tires.
Going up a hill is without effort.
Hills make no difference. The strong,
powerful motor of the Alco pulls the
load up in less than half the time it
takes horses to descend.
In going down the hill the powerful
quick acting brakes hold the truck
rigidly in the control of the driver.
There are four different brakes. Two
of them are on the rear wheels in
drums. Two of them are the loco
motive, or clasp, type of brakes.
They are on the jack shaft.
This is not presented as a major
argument for installing motor trucks
but it is a major argument why you
should look into them and find out
what they can do. Make the start by
’phoning and ask to
have an Alco Transportation Expert
call on you. No charge.
IF YOU ARE TIRED
Os paying high prices for your Tires and Automobile
Supplies, get a copy of our catalog.
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Do you realize that when you buy one of the regu
lar high priced shoes that you are paying about Ml
per cent for tli guarantee and only getting 50 per
eent tire for your money? And if you are an expe
rienced owner you know what that "guarantee" is
worth.
We offer you NoRWALK tires at ti price based on
the actual cost of making a first-class shoe witli only
a. reasonable profit added, so that you obtain 100 per
cent value when you buy a NORWALK.
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30x3*4 I 19.85 14.30 38% H 3.25
X3lx3*4 20.55 I 14.80 38'' 3.35
32x3*4 I 21.20 1 5.30 38';. 3.45
34x3H_ I 23.05 1 6.60 38% _ | 3.75
80x4 I 27.20 I 18.95* 43'; "l 4.25
X3IX4 28.25 1 9.75 43% I 4.40
3'>x4 29 25 20.45 1 43% 4.50
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How We Do It
The high prices on automobile supplies are due to
the fact that by the time they reach the consumer
thej have passed through the hands of the manufac
turers’ agent, the jobber, the jobber’s agent and the
dealer, and as the profits of each must necessarily be
added to the original cost, the final retail price is
very high, but buying as we do for our ten stores, di
rect from tlie manufacturers in large quantities, and
selling as we do direct to the consumer, we eliminate
those various profits and are able and actually do sell
standard high-grade supplies direct to you at an aver
' age of 35 per cent less titan you can buy elsewhere.
To Be Convinced, Send for Catalog, No. 29 D.
and Premium List Free on Request.
Here Are a Few of Our Money-Saving Prices.
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5011 Mosier Spit Fite Plugs, any size $ .40
4238 Reliance Vulcanizers 1.75
9347 Solid Brass Automatic Plate Glass Wind
Shields, best make 10.00
5019- Storage Batteries ti v. 60 amp., guaranteed 7.50
5554 -Guaranteed Dry f'ells e .15
7084 -Set of 3 Best Carbon Scrapers 35
7086—Flash Decarbonizer 50
1099—Boston Ttfil Lamp 1.50
9024—Ford Brass Spring Bumper Complete .... 4.00
6210—Best Top Dust Hoods, any size 2.50
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