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Show HIGH GEAR DISTANCE RUN BY CHALMERS CAR Sedan Model Negotiates Roads From Chicago to San Francisco. The Taylor Motor company, distributer distribu-ter of Chalmers cars, recent jy received, tue i olio wing xrom tne Chicago agency: "AluUdy, bun-seorciied ana mountain chipped, Out none the less xor wear the Iir&t crobs country lyj,7 Uhalmers seuan arrived in ban Francisco tins week. George G. dreenburg, weaitliy merchant, mer-chant, of Chicago, wuti tne driver, accompanied ac-companied by nis wile, two children ana enough trunks and grips for a traveling stoclt company. .excepting thite nines the entire trip to the coa&t was in high gear. "Ureenuurg is a veteran motorist wtih an accumulation or more than 4UU,UUU miles behind him, embracing some twenty-eight states and inciuu-mg inciuu-mg three trips across the continent. ' l've been at it for sixteen years,' he remarked, 'and although close on to the touring mark of a hall million miles, this is my first extended tour in a closed car. ' "if my trips and mileage experience may be introduced as evidence, the closed car, especially a sedan, is the j pre-eminent car for tours, long or short, j My wire is an experienced ariver and I mutoribt, but always disliked the ex- ' posure and discomfort of open touring. tour-ing. For a good many years she has ! driven her electric around Chicago, but i this trip to the coast has thoroughly convinced her to a sedan and a Chalmers. Chalm-ers. ' "The family of four were after no records anil consumed sixteen days on a leisurely trip from Chicago to San Francisco by way of the Lincoln high- . way. J he exact reading of the speed- j ometer was Sul mile-", all of which was made on the origiual tires which hail already been driven 5000 miles before starting. This fact and the added features fea-tures that their tire rouble consisted ol two puuetures are, according to j Greonburg. a distinct tribute to the j lightness of a Chalmers on tires. " V arying weather and roads were en- j countered .ranging from mountain i ?tnrms in thn Koc'nies to a temperature nf i:;S degrees in the shade at Sand 1 Spring. Nv. B ight outside of this' place- thnv plowed through twelve miles of sticky mud and next hit a mountain grade en-Ued with slippery fog. ' 'That I will never again purchase a high priced car is one of the positive conclusions resulting from our trip,' declared flreenburg. 'T have owned ex-; ex-; pensive American cprs and imported ' machines as high as Mtilnn, but the performance per-formance of in v Chalmers sedan has : put me in the medium price class for- ever.' I " 'The tests of this trip were terri- fir. The wort going wris in Wvon.iiig, where for miles and miles we encouu- , tered one drop after another of three and four feet in depth. Despite this fearful jolting the sedan stood it like a truck.' " 'Our highest mileage for one day was from Cedar Rapids to Omaha, a distance of 310 miles. Despite all the trying obstacles and in the face of continual wind the Chalmers, with a load of 4550 pounds, made the trip on an average of neariv eleven miles to a gallon of gasoline.' " , Mr. Oreeuburg visited Salt Lake, and while here spoko of his delightful trip and wonderful success. |