Show Famed Auto of 1905 On Good Roads Tour P a N F M d r 0 N s a r rd d y 7 r w r C a ay q c y fir fira a Same Driver Piloting One One- One Cylinder Cylinder Oldsmobile Across Count Country Taw New York City One Ona or of tho One made mado inthis In Inthis this country U In tho o past quarter of a that century t UH H that r of 1 Individual 1 1 tet trans trans- transportation s Is I is being strikingly dom dom- dom ted by o n convoy of or automo automo- automobiles biles which has half Just started from this city to retrace tho the route of or tho the nut first transcontinental race raco The caravan la Id led Jed by same sarno car driven by tho the same samo man who won that first drat raco race In 1905 lUOS This first r t cross orosa country automo- automo bilo biro raco race In 1 1005 was sponsored by n a of or tho the federal good roads Dureau It was won by Dwight B II HUM HUlls driving a curved dash dalh Oldsmobile powered with u a cylinder even coven power motor The route from Now York city to Portland Oro Ore was waa traversed tra l I In 11 days Huea HUls at Portland Just an hour before tho the opening of the tho National Conven Convention lion tion to which ho be was a n delegate from Michigan 1 l ho 1931 tour now being m made mad dJ by HUH Huss and tho the same little Oldsmobile is 18 a n tribute to tho the building and ond ox- ox oz tension of or modern highways that hAve ve made present day motoring It is 18 endorsed by Thomas 1 A u henry II r III 1 t of JJ tho and n numer- numer rr ous oua public officials interested In hJ highway hway development The Tho 1905 trans continental race raco was far moro more than a n sporting it was n a test o of tho capabilities of th n nn rt g tr then derided automobile I The Tho fact that those s sv motoring pioneers sue sue- suc succeeded ed sg g nW in overcoming v f all obstacles Isuf In crossing tho the country over this dini- dini cult cult route did much to advance the tho automobile in tho the minds of or the tho nation The Tho race raco also demonstrated the tho crying need for tor Improved high high- highways highways ways and md Is la credited with giving tho first stimulus to road building In Inmany inmany many states Conditions encountered by these early arly racers are unbelievable today They rhey traveled In seas of water nn and l mud with telegraph poles as os tho the only indication of or the tho road might be they wore were forced to ford streams with water above tho the floor boards rutted baked clay roads wore out u a sot set of ot tires in 00 miles one ono day they scored Cl Gt miles milos In for days daya they drove over 1 prairies and those deserts theeo were Ii a afew few fow of or tho the obstacles they en- en encountered encountered on countered l That they thoy won through to tho the the tho country During the tho present tour Buss Huss the tho winner of tint th early epochal event will speak before organizations In scores of or cities and towns Ho ilo win will contrast tho the roads of or 1905 with those of or 1931 and describe the tho bene bene- bene- bene benefits benefits Ot fits derived from Improved highways lie will be bo accompanied on his tour by a convoy o or of S b when e cg compared r t tS to his 1905 Old l Scout II will forcefully depict the th advancements mado made In motor car cars caras as well as aa In highways highway |