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Show k Lake to Have Truck Day' 3 23 5J ill Mark Arrival of Convoy Qjy-DER-IN-CHIEF and incidents in connection with the transcontinental transcon-tinental tour of the V. S. Army Transport corps: Top, Lieutenant Col-1 Col-1 Cliarlcs W. McClure, who commands the convoy; middle, modern and re modem meet the train of trucks held up by railroad train; below, a for the noon meal. The trucks are deserted while the men gather about rolling kitchens. , t tv-j fiiB 1 ' F , r r . . ' 4 ? . " V ; '1 i) 'V-,". i ' ' - iJi. 1 ( ' " - t" ' J t , " - -I f - n 4 -y- - f, x ;A -r-Cj f , - v 1 ; ; -h 1 f v--. n.vu ; r1- 1 -v- . 1 tv.insoontiiK'nrMi inotnr con-oy. Arrajirc- j tiu-ni.i Usv ;l l.irp'- pani'l''.- :iro under way, in vi::r:i Hk- tn.ifk owners of S'llt T ak? will be uslu-i 10 imrilcipa: p. The fieneni thiv.iln in mind is 10 osiaMih and ent'-r-t:tin a f'jolintr of good roads and ship by trurk p:-oijauand;!.. A larpe reception is tnlntf thou'in of, and e-nlriainment of the .soldiers, who number 3u0. and the oi'iioer personnel is being gone Into lavishly. lav-ishly. The committee is co-operating with oth-.-r com mil lees of the Rotary club, Commercial Com-mercial club and Automobile association. Graphic Description. Prom South Platte, Neb., under data of August 2, comes the following story of the convoy's arrival there: "It was 'Gas Hounds' that they proudly chalked on the sides of their bis trucks vvhtn they pulled out of Washington on : July 7 at the start of their coast-to-coast i trip. Now, after rolling over the sun-parched sun-parched roads of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, Ne-braska, most of which are of crushed stone or dirt, the men operating the vehicles vehi-cles of the army's lirst transcontinental motor truck train are scratching the words 'Dust Hounds' on canvas and board of their moving homes. "The convoy reached here about noon today, ll will rest here over Sunday. "There has been hardly a. sign of rain during the three weeks spent in crossing the corn belt states. Each day a warm sun has come up to greet the army men shortly after a daybreak departure from a one-night camp. Each day the dust has swirled or gently wafted its way from under the, giant cushion-shod wheels into the eyes of the drivers, and of all others whose eyes are not closed in the sleep that come even In the daytime to much-feted much-feted soldiers. Cooled With Dust, 'An' the hardest thing about it,' said one sergeant who withstood the wot-weather wot-weather rigors of the Argonne, 'the hardest hard-est thing about it is to see the sweet and clean faces of tourin' car girls who pass us and smile up at us, find not be able to smile back feel In' that we are doin' ourselves full justice. Of course, the red-head there' and he pointed to the corporal from Kansas 'he's just as well pleased if his face does look like it had just emerged from the dust heap when he grins back at them. Ho is full of freckles, anyway.' "The sergeant is right. The tourists are not eating anybody's dust and they are finding the dirt roads delightful. But when seventy-five motor vehicles of all descriptions descrip-tions making up the army train string their way out on a country road there is bound to be dust -eating 'for those who ride in them. Each moves but a short j distance back of the other. 1 Highway Is Good. "The train is finding the Lincoln highway high-way In excellent condition. Very few detours de-tours are necessary. In Iowa and Nebraska Ne-braska the dirt roads have been graded and dragged by road workers so faithfully on the job that the surface is like glass. "It is especially pleasant to emerge from the dust into a village that believes in oil for its streets. Somehow this belief is a great booster for such a village. One gets the impression that it is a very clean place, a place where it would be pleasant to settle down and pass the summers of old age. "Dust or no dust, the soldiers are enjoying enjoy-ing their transcontinental trip. Whatever the mission the war department gave the convoy, the men know it is accomplishing accomplish-ing one big mission they themselves have given it a carefree gypsy life along the; road and a 'party' each night. The villagers vil-lagers and townspeople a re free givers where soldiers are concerned. They give chocolate and many good things to eat. They give dances and band concerts. They give smiles and handshakes, "Ani the soldiers give return. They show the townspeople how a soldier makes a comfortable bed in the open, how his nieals are prepared for him by cooks who labor Over the rolling kitchens, and how the soldier eats those meals without the aid of table or chair. At nii;ht they get out a big electric bowl and show the 1 townspeople how the sky was lighted up ' when the bocha came over the front lines at night. An authority on good roads who travels with them speaks on the world's latest ideas on road building, and an officer offi-cer tells those who are thinking of "joining "join-ing up" what life in the. motor transport corps will mean to them. "Eieutenant Colonel Charles B. McClure, Mc-Clure, who commands, shows no displeasure displeas-ure at the performance of the motor vehicles making up the convoy. The repair re-pair trucks that follow in the wake of the train are finding little to do. Seldom does a truck become obstinate. The greatest trouble thus far has been caused by poorly constructed culverts, several ot which have given way under the weight 1 of a heavy truck. The engineers soon ' remedy conditions, however. Giant solid I and llneumaiic tires are performing well." ' y Will Extend Welcome to Pioneers in Great Undertaking". Ilowing the meeting of the motor : d.iilers of Salt Take, held Friday lie Commercial club, and a special in? of the committee held yesterday, ' l:' Ulon that all the representa-J representa-J f t'.ie automotive power should unite fl'-'mihiL; the United States govern-transcoiitinontiil govern-transcoiitinontiil convoy, which is 1 rc'irh Salt Lake next Satur- ! In: fi'llouin:; self-explanatory tele-. r";'ri i!'U 10 tll" commiindr of the iHiton.int Colonel Charles w. Mc Clure, Medicine Bow, Wyo., care of Gov-j ernment Transcontinental Convoy: J "The automobile and truck dealers audi accessory houses of Salt Lake join in extending ex-tending to you and the men of your con- I voy the freedom of the city on the oeca- j sion of your contemplated visit. ; "The allied auto tradesmen look for- 1 ward with great pleasure to the advent of , your convoy into Utah and anticipate a I great .uplift from the historic transcon- j tinentai trip you are making. "Your arrival will be the signal' for a j gala day, and w:e trust you will give as j much of your time here as the time sched- I ule of your trip will permit, 1 ".Definite informfi tion as to when your convoy will reach this city will be appre- ; elated. "Committee Frank Botterill, R F. j Duncan, C. J. Simpson, A. F. Savage, W. ' B. Jenkins. Secretary." The automobile truck dealers of Salt : Lake have decided, througn the a bove committee appointed, to establish a truck ! day in Sait Lake upon the arrival of the ' |