Show GET REAllY READY FOR JOR TRUCK CONTEST Veteran Manager l of Touring Touring Touring Tour Tour- ing g Tests to Direct Power Wagon Event Preparations for the tho first national motor truck reliability contest to be ue berun berun run out of Omaha peat next ett June under official sanction of or th the contest board of or the American n Automobile association association tion and under the tho auspices of or the Omaha Bee flee are already well und under r Wa way There is a n vast amount of ot de detail de- de tall tail to bo be carried through h long before th the tho great contest and General Coneal Manager Charles Challes P. P Root has this won well in hand I Mr Ir Root Hoot is a a. veteran manager Ser of ot touring touring tour tour- ing contests of or every character passenger passenger pas pas- sen er car and automobile and Is in addition ll representative or of the A. A A A. A A A. contest c board This board delegated del him to pre pre-paro pato the rules entry blanks and registration blanks and placed an on O. O K upon tho the copy he submitted J. Technical committee representatives h headed ded b by F. F E E. Edwards who Is also 0 a J. J veteran in his line of or work must certify prior prior- to tho the start of ot tho the run that each truck taking part is stock I in every particular III In addition there is th the preparation all along the route for tor the trie reception of ot tho tour at each ch point to for too the housing of ot men who will be bc participants eIther cither as drivers observers mechanics or guests gunts and of ot the officials The Tho noon night ht and Sunday Sunda stops slops must bo ar nr- ar- ar r ranged Roads must be bo gins gEne over by bya a a. pathfinder er which Mr Root will take takeover takeover O over Or r cYer every Inch of or the nearly miles of ot road The route matter must bo ho prepared This data will include the th mileage to every cry point along tho the road particulars of or interest to tho the contestants contestants con con- and a mass of or additional data Tho The controls at noon and at night and for Sunday must b bo by arranged for OH Oil and gasoline supplies m in n every wor town and city of oC consequence must ot of course bo be certain Arrangements for cars rs to carry the ther r pathfinder In his work ork to transport tho the officials on tho the trip and nonet to transport transport transport trans trans- port road engineers to look after utter tho the bridges cs and see seo that the they aro are safe to carry arry the tho medical staff tho the checkers and starters timers and other othor off off- dais Mals is ig a part of ot the work which Is most Important At tho the time timo of ot tho start in Omaha over every detail taU must have been attended to for tor nIter alter tho the arrival ot of f the contestants at ct Omaha there will willbo he bo 10 no time to look after minor affairs The rhe entire route will be marked with confetti which will bo be laid by b a J. J car traveling raveling ahead and experienced men must be found for this work other matters require continuous continuous con- con md and mart many work for months month |