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Show nin 11 Maxwell Car Bearing Good Roads Boosters Visits Three Nations. CRKSCKXT CITY, Cal., Aug. in. Smeared with the mud of Mexico and the dust of eighteen California counties, the "International "Wanderer," a Maxwell touring car, rolled into Crescent City today to-day lio'ui.l from Tin Juaua for Hritish Columbia on a mission of great importance impor-tance to motorists of three countries and residrnte of cities and towns all along the l';!''ifie const line. The "I n tor national Wanderer" Is the sa me stock Maxwell touring car which traveled miles without a slop of Die motor last winter in southern California, Cali-fornia, crf'atintr a new non-motor-stop record which was accredited anil allowed by the contest hoard of the American Automobile association. After completing tlie yrcat non-.stop performance, the car v.as used in Arizona for loggintj a system sys-tem of desert and mountain highways, then sent back to J,os Angeles, where it was a, show iVature for severnl weeks. When the Interna ttona 1 Highways association as-sociation officials proposed a trip from Mexico to Caripiia- over the coast road, .lack Griffin of the Maxwell touring hureau was called on for co-operation in the intereFt of the motorists of the west. L'se of the famous old car was secured ;if ter a personal t rip to Ios Ansjclts, where he obtained the car from the Lord Motor Car company. Griffin was t hen commiss'oncd to drive the car through for the International I f iglnvays association , and make an official report on the road conditions. Ail along the route officials of the association asso-ciation he ve met t he touring parly and have pledger! support to the international good roads movement. |