Show OLD TIMER TIE I OLDS OLD'S GAR CAR i Makes Run From New NewYork NewYork York To Oregon in 44 Days Now that the Olds Motor works Yorks Is the Quarter century quarter mark of continuous automobile reminiscences are Inevitably In order T Twenty years have seen many man aehl In the automobile In World world In fact so eo young Is the miracle industry that all of Its achievements hav have been registered In that brot span spar It may ma ba ho remembered I d that front from the beginning self vt- vt vehicles ve vehicles met with skepticism and andopen andopen open opposition In England Englant their early operation was wai permitted only when they were preceded at a n sato sate distance by a man with a a boll and nd inda n a red flag to 1 warn unwary ary pe- pe pede pc de that th the destroyer Was as comIng As recently as ns 1905 1906 mot most mo people thought that the of automobiles o er country roads could result In frightened horses I numerous runaways run as slaughtered Ih estock and wrecked nerves and ant perdition generally So when the Olds Olda Motor Works ork announced an- an announced an announced a transcontinental race en Vu t two o 0 In the early part of ot 1906 there was as n a storm ot of o protest Tho The storm was useless as us It turned out In 1908 1903 an nn of ot the familiar cun cursed cuned cd dash type t pe with a 11 steering handle en by the In- In intrepid In Intrepid trepid Whitman had made the tho then almost perilous trip from fromann from San ann Francisco to New York In 72 sl It coveted ed a II lo road distance of about miles without break brenk break Iner Ing either the tho metal l of ot tho the ma- ma machine ma machine chine chino or the mettle ot of o the man though It was ns lly a gruelling experience for tor both The mere announcement announce of o the ace was waa enough to stir the blood bloo ol ot every American There was LS something epic and wonderful about It The Tha Olds people ere acre o In a flood of volun volun- volunteer volunteer volunteer teer drivers and mechanics tut ut the selection was as finally made ot of Percy Megargel of Buffalo and Ight B HUBs Husa of Detroit as the th drivers Milton e dro with Hues Huss and D Stanchfield ld was JIll Me- Megargel's gar gargel's gels gel's mate The Tha year was the th centennial ot of o Lewis K 8 Clark nt at Portland Ore and In memory of ot the hardships hardship of o th the pioneers pioneer who walked and fought their v way ay across the track track- trackless trackless less lees wastes wa tes In fn the late and the early a good food roads eon con convention con convention had ben arranged at nt Port Port- Portland Portland Portland land beginning Tune rune 21 1 The cars were scheduled t olea e olca e New v York May ray 8 and It was QS belle ed Id I'd that they would be bo able to reach Port Port- Portland Portland Port Port-l land nd In time for tor the 1 and that they would bring some i convincing 1 evidence of ot the need for good roads The entire distance was co covered cred In 44 H days of at which only 40 days w were re actually consumed In rung run run running fling ning- Hue Hua v won on abundant tame fame ton foil the tho little seven horse power Oldsmobile that had covered the th long thelong route with so little apparent bad effect His arrival at Port Port- land Portland could scarcely havo have been bet bet- better bet better ter timed reaching the city Jut t ju ton on hour lour and two minutes before the opening of the Road convention Two days da s a out of Oregon Ore Ore- Oregon Ore Oregon gon descending the Cascades down Mile Seven Mile mountain HUBS flues set his brakes but the rear wheels dragged and who ho was act act act- Ins acting Ing aa ae n II Il brake was as drawn along 0 oser o er the se sewn se en mile stretch This was the mot moot exciting experience ence that the winner of the race raco reported In the entire time of ot the th trip Megargel came Into Portland a little over a II week behind the th winner Inner but brought his hia car In In good shape |