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Show fill TIDE ! FfifT MIR J.ers Show Vital Interest ""Nin Journey of U. S. V"1 Army Convoy. " ,:n a century utter tin' cold j ,,f '4!'. when 'I"' oxorlund jour f'.'in eastern states to raltiornia i v; e: oxtivme hardships, daubers f rvntlis of 1 1 a v t through trackless ! 1 ii'!;iI0 country, tlu" 1'uited States f meter c:ir:iv:iu has made tho Itiii'OMT mili after mile of state .os tlvr.mslily posted with llood-markers. llood-markers. ,lo Y:'.e arm at of tlv ivUl seekers i; i!;i arrival of l!io l'ni!il Statos v'k'.'avv in Vraiu-isoo this ih firs: niarkoil tlu li;iiiniiii of a 1: was a day to w rito In tho 1,'roial li:s!ory of tlio naiiou. The xn-s vas!-: voast rim has dtvn-ts.:d dtvn-ts.:d i!a- i-rai'iioalulitv of lone . l"iv iao:or tru.'k and has pointed lvt ruwssiiy tor a s"stott of ood ' j Ir.'.kin-r oiv s:ato to thi othor. ' fsroor.iy 1-fianini to roali.-o tho ' ' 'iei.iiotis .onunoroial vossibilit ios that tho motor truck prosontii, savs K. K. Kanti.vr, Salt Lake mauacer of tho !-. '. Goodrich KubU-r companv, 1 laist Konrth South street. Purine tho war it yvmm one of the hik' factors that made the v o r k of tho service of sueplies po.ssilde. It transported men, munitions and sup plies under the most adverse conditions that could possihlv exist owr roads that were little Letter than rivers of mud and across eountrv pitted with shell holes, .So much importance has been attached to the war work nf the motor truck that Secretary of War t'-aker descril.d the world driij;nlo as "a war of motor transports." In the face of war conditions, the motor truck proved to be n practical means of transportation. What it mav accomplish under favorable conditions is a matter to lie considered by every alert shipper. The I'nited Stall's convoy's con-voy's transcontinental run merely foreshadows fore-shadows what may be expected in tho line of mot. r truck transportation in the future. The H. F. Goodrich "Rubber company is particularly iutercsV.l in the performance per-formance of the army motor convoy, not only because of these reasons, but also because tho increase of truck hauling haul-ing which will be n result of the army's truck demonstration will it iniul!it. greater activity in tire manufacturing. National touring maps were supplied the convoy by the H, F. Goodrich touring bureau, and the pilot car leading lead-ing the three miles nf trucks was equipped with Goodrich tires, as are manv of tlv other motor vehicles of which the caravan was composed. |