Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-05 | Page 26 | Miss Anita King in Her Kisselkar, Snapped as She Left San Francisco, September 1

Miss Anita King in Her Kisselkar, Snapped as She Left San Francisco, September 1 Plucky young motion picture actress now driving a Kisselkar from San Francisco to Now York alone. . selkar exhibit In the Palace of Transportation. Transpor-tation. "Afraid to make the trip?" she said. "I should Bay not. I've been driving for seven years, and the first car I drove, by the way, was a Kissel. I've even participated partici-pated In a race, driving in the loO-mlle race for women at Phoenix Ave years ago until I ran into a fence. Onlookers said they seldom saw anyone get out of an automobile more quickly than I did. I counted more stars than even the Arizona sky holds. "1 have everything in the car that I need. If I puncture a tire I can make my own repairs. If I don't keep a schedule sched-ule I have blankets and a tent for sleep-In sleep-In In the desert, and cooking utensils, easily prepared food and an amply supply of water. Also, I have a gun and an automatic, both of which I have used. Lonesome? I should say not. I love it, and the only thing that scares me is tha thought of making a speech in a lot of the towns I meet. "There Isn't anv doubt about making Salt Lake City at the end of the first week and Omaha at the end of the second. sec-ond. I know this 42-six well, and the road is carefully mapped out, so that I can't go wrong." The Utah Motor Car company has recently re-cently taken the agency for the Kisselkar, Kissel-kar, and announcement comes from its offices that a shipment of these cars Is now en route and is expected to arrive in tills city the early part of the week. Word has been received by the Utah Motor Car company of this city that Miss Anita King, the "Paramount-Laaky" girl, who left San Francisco September 1, starting on her long crosfc-country tour, will arrive In Salt Iaka the afternoon of September 7. Miss King will remain In Salt Lake over night, when she will continue on her way to New York. Miss King is attempting the first crosscountry cross-country motor tour ever undertaken by a woman, unaccompanied by an escort. The trip In her Kissel 42-slx started with a record run from I,os Angeles to San Francisco, taking a few minutes less than eighteen hours. To make such time Miss King had to leave Los Angeles at 6 p. m. and take advantage of the night's freedom of the road, covering the biggest part of her journey before dawn and finishing fin-ishing the run to the Golden Gate In a more leisurely manner. Better time has rarely been made by professional drivers along the 486-mtle spin, and probably the record will stand for women drivers for a long time. Here is the daily schedule from San Francisco to Chicago: Miles. To Sacramento 121 . Truckee Fallon 107. Austin US Ely 157 Fish Spring ranch 144 Salt Lake City lit Green River ISO Rawlins 125 iAramie 120 Chevenne-Kimball 124 North Platte 146 Grand Island 163 Omaha 156 Boone 1 66 Cedar Rapids 128 Dixon 135 Chicago 104 Total miles 2,457 Time, 18 days. The novel test of the Kissel was largely the Idea of President W. L. Hughson of the Pacific Kisselkar branch. He headed a delegation of Kisselkar owners who drove from San Francisco to San Jose and welcomed the Paramount girl to the bay, then escorted her to the exposition. Here she was accorded a reception at the Tower of Jewels and another In the Kis-