Show TRIUMPHS OF THE AUTO Ian l Many eastern journals are devoting much space to 0 the achievements and triumphs of the motor cars But in a practical cal way the greatest triumphs ever eyer wrought by automobiles have been in UI the deserts of Nevada It has not been a contest between different machines the thought behind them all has bas simply been to get there Theirs has been a double mission mission mis mis- sion Sian in Nevada Nevada to to make more practical and ond effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef the time work of men and and to keep keel the men in the desert in close touch with all the time outside world One often hears the thc question How far is such or such a camp from froni the railroad and the time reply H Only four hours b by auto anto That reply means that the distance 1 by by mule has been reduced from three days to four hours That is not nearly all th the difference The mule has to be fed more important still he has to be watered moro I still he is subject to disease more still the prospect I of a three days' days journey by mule on the southern deserts of Nevada in summer time is so dreary that the average man is prone to turn h back ck before the horror horror hor hor- of it Jt Many a stamp is now ringing in southern Nevada Neada in camps that except for the time automobile would still b be as silent as they were for ten thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand years prior to the time advent of the automobile |