Show L 7 tJ I f The American Automobile association has to Manager Bill of or ortho tho the Automobile lle Club of ot Utah asking for forthe the tho tho names names' of the tho officials of or the thc or organization organization for publication In tho association s official year ear book which will coptain reports ro- ro ports of or the Glidden en tour ur Mrs IU pe Croft has hRS bought tho the bab baby tonn au that was ryas one of or ofte tho te two cars can received b by Barnett ani and I Kaar a short time ago This has has- been Cr very much b by automobile en on- on It Is a a. French gray In color and is equipped TV With everything c that could add to the comfort and convenience of or Its occupants The machine is Ig 3 30 horsepower and Is built to carry tarry four passengers y gers Be Before ore Mrs Airs Croft decided finally on tho the car car she and her husband along with Mr 11 Kaar made mado n a trip to rayson ray ray- son the distance of miles being covered covered cov cov- ered red In fine style and with perfect corn com fort tort From Reno to 10 San Francisco In tn thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen hours a distance of or miles through S sands and up grades as steep as the steepest that automobiles essay to climb is the feat just achieved ed b by Murray Page traveling representative of tho Lo Lo- Lo company compan In n a bl big car Tim The run from Reno to Sacramento over the Sierra ranges rl on a grade that climbs to an elevation elo of j feet teel w was Wt is made made- In Just eight hours hours rive five hours better better bet bet- ter than the best previous record Page accompanied by hJ L L. E. E Kin King whole who ho Is le well eU known throughout Nevada started started start start- ed from Reno Saturday morning and drove to Carson City over one of at the hardest stretches of sand afforded b by tho the Nevada Novada desert roads The road from Carson CIl City to Glenbrook Glenbrook Glen- Glen brook a distance of or fourteen miles over what Is con considered an almost Impassable route for ts was negotiated n In fifty eight minutes The fastest st pres previous pre time timo on record for tor this stretch Is Isone isone one otle and three quarters hours Something of the strenuousness of fourteen miles Is c evidenced by the fact filet that in right eight of them the elevation In Increases 2646 6 6 feet From Glenbrook the ran In In tn the summit where the elevation Is Isi i 96 feet b by way woy of the tho old transcontinental transcontinental stage route and on over o to Placer- Placer yule This wa was the la last t place at which n 1 stop was wag made on the tho eastern side of or Sacramento The run tun from the thEl capital cl city to San Fri Francisco wn was reeled of off In just flee five hours and five o minutes which gave a a. total time for the entire trip of only five fire minutes above thirteen hours But three thirty gallons of gasoline was seas 8 used durin during the strenuous trip and not a seconds second's stop was R made for tire lire trouble with the Fisk equipment The Tho distance to Reno by rail Is 44 H miles and amI the best train when running up lip to the best schedule gives eleven en hours to the trip This while two hours be better than the s time IK ls over a 3 route loute at t least sixty miles s shorter horter Con Consequently the honors rest tt F w the tho In addition to 7 to to breaking the record this Is the first car that has been able to mako make the trip over ever tho the mountains this year rear George F F. Thatcher writes from Lo Logan an that Cache county cO Is taking active m measures measures meas meas- nil ures urea to put the tho roads In good shapo shape and hat before tho the summer passes awa away will have S courses of which any community com m In the west might be rr proud ud In InH of or the Automo- Automo H t letter to 0 Manager club ho he says rae th tint that the motorists of or Cache county lount would bo ho glad la to have have the them e members m of the Utah Automobile Aut club see ECO e what these thesa toads roads are ae l ice and that If a n it rip nip ip Is made to 10 Lo Logan Losan an they will II be shown n a ro royal aI time Mr Rishel t says that ho ex expects cx- cx to call a club run there many liars days aa as the club Is not overlooking o any opportunities to take a n crack at Improved lb who ho ha hl have hamade made tho the trip across Wyoming and tho those 1 who contemplate contemplate contemplate plate making milking the trip will be glad to learn that from now on It can bo ho done dono without the necessity of fording tho the Platte river In tho rho past there havo O been two bad places in tho the eta state to which havo have been a n great drawback to an nn overland o trip across the thu state One was near Rawlins and tho the other near Bitter Creek In a letter received this week cok by by W R D D. D manager man man- ager ngel of ot the Utah Automobile club from B. B A. A th the latter says two now new steel bridges have havo boon completed at these thIc places and have hn been thrown open to tho the public Mr 11 Is pub pub- publishing lishing a Q book on western roads loads and Is anxious for In Information from the tho Utah club on conditions In this state Ho Tie Is also desirous of or securing the names of or all the he garages In the tho state which aro are In shapo shape to take caro care o of touring cars cais over O night Mr Rishel stat states stales 8 that If It those who aro are willing to tako take caro care of tho the tourists t twill will write him ho will see soo that their n names arc aro furnished Mr at once The of Idaho Falls Fall havo 0 organized d a club to be known as tho the Idaho Falls Automobile association Al Already Already Al- Al ready a a. large largo membership has hRs been so- so cured It Ills Is Intended to push the tho Ruse cause of or orthe the tho automobilists In and around the flourishing flour Idaho city and make mako n a special ef effort effort ef- ef fort to secure good roads Mr Wright who Is ono one of or tho prime movers In the club has hns written Manager Rishel of or tho the Utah Automobile club for tor Information about the local club which they hope to Incorporate In their now new association The Tho evolution of ot the automobile has been nothing more than a n succession 0 of ot mechanical victories of the multiple and Intricate problems which have beset the manufacturer and designer in solving tho the problems Incident ent to tho the present high plane piano development de In all tho the history of or the automobile In Industry industry In- In there has not been before a n. single lo Instance whore a single idea has stood out so 90 clearly against the background of or endeavor endeavor en en- deavor or as as that which evolved evol the tho auto aula guide This simple little device the In Invention In- In of a Boston Doston Inventor by the name nama of Baldwin seems destined to revolutionize revolution revolution- ize tho the whole system of automobile tourIng tourIng touring tour- tour Ing an and the same idea expanded merges the Baldwin auto guide Itself Into an elaborate elaborate elaborate orate system of ot routes and tours which will wilt eventually co cover cor r tho the entire country and eventually Europe The Tho auto guide Is a small aluminum cylinder six Inches in length and two and one half Inches In width which fastens on tho the steering column directly beneath the wheel The route sheet fits Into Inlo this and turned b by a small knob which Is veT very hand handy to the one driving the car and ro- ro requires re requires quires no extra effort At night when guide books and maps are arc useless the Baldwin auto guide Is good cud as during the theda da day A small electric lamp attached inside In Inside Inside In- In side of or tho the tube can be switched on on and tho the reading of or tho the chart becomes as plain as ns In the daytime The Jackson Automobile company of Jackson Mich Uch has withdrawn its suit against the Indianapolis motor speedway speedway for possession of or tho the Wheeler der cup The Thc speedway officials have In Inscribed Inscribed In- In n scribed on the cup the record of tho the Jackson's Jacksons Jacksons Jackson's Jack Jack- sons son's performance In tho the race raco for the trophy trophy trophy tro tro- phy last August The Wheeler ler cup Is valued at t It stands over eight feet teet high and weighs pounds The Tho cup Itself Is coin silver It was contested for In the mile race at atthe tho the Indianapolis speedway last August and the tho Jackson driven by Leigh Lynch was i 8 1 comfortably In the tho lead at the end of If 2 5 miles when the raco race was stopped on account of ot the dangerous condition of or tho the track The cup will again be raced for forIt forat forat at t Indianapolis on May 28 25 and the tho Jackson Jack Jack- son will once more mor bo ho a R. competitor |