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Show INTREPID DRIVER GETS Takes Studebaker Six Over Storm-raked Wyoming Highways to Denver. A. E. Young, inventor of'a practical device to forestall the effervescent "joy rider" who delights in stealing your car for a ramble aroaind several sections of land, or through a few counties, coun-ties, recently motored to Denver, after spending four months in Salt Lake, in a Studebaker car. He writes lucidly of his ratJier strenuous stren-uous trip to the Studebaker Bros. Co. of Utah, describing the run in detail. Mr. Young's letter follows: . As I promised to drop you a line when I was talking to you in Evan-ston, Evan-ston, I will now endeavor to do so. We are at last through the mud, snow and wilds of Wyoming and comfortably located once more in a nice warm room in Denver, which, I will say, is the first comfortable place we have had since I last saw you. After leaving Evanston 'and Rock Springs, we surely got into the mud, as it rained continuously, also snowed until we reached Denver, which was Sunday noon. I suppose we passed at least one hundred cars that were stuck in the mud, snow and otherwise put out of commission. com-mission. We almost lost courage at times and felt as though we should do as the rest, either wait for better weather or ship our cars through, hut as we had the ever-ready and trusting Studebaker Six, which fears neither mud. snow nor water, we decided to continue our journey, which we did under great difficulties. difficul-ties. I am enclosing you one picture pic-ture that shows what a really muddy road is. I have taken several others, but haven't got them developed as yet. Of course, you know the members of the Ffisc- Ad club all got tied up "in the mud and snow except Mr. Durant, the noted racing driver, who arrived here yesterday about ' 3 p. m. We led him into Denver with the Studebaker Six about twenty-seven hours, breaking all records and speed limits the last twenty-five miles in a time of thirty-seven minutes, which rec-. ord shows our car was apparently as good at the finish as it was when we left Salt Lake. Everybody here was amazed and almost horrified to think that we had made the trip, because the scout car that left here to meet the cars of the Ad club had turned back on account ac-count of the bad roads. We were the first car to come over the Divide after the heavy snow which covered the ground about three feet, and in many places the drifts were from five to ten feet deep. Useless to say that it was necessary for us to shovel our way out, but at all times we went through on our own power, never once asking the aid of any one. A strong booster for the Studebaker, Stude-baker, which never quits, T remain, Yours very trulv, A.'E. YOUNG. |