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Show Empire Car Is Lightest in Indiana-Pacific Tour ililMsWiirTTSMPasssstfsassBssiSsiaa1 1 1 aasiiassssssi ixBSmSSbSSBbSmBm iMaBssssBsassl sssssssssssBssP SW BsssSTIiYsV VssSS ssssssssssVBl An Empire flve-paasenger touring car fa the lightest car in ths big Indiana to the Pacific coast automobile tour, which is in ths city today, demonstrates the ease of transcontinental touring. Thla great tour undertaken by the Indiana manufacturers, has already shown the automoblltstji of the country how simple it is to see America first by automobile, and, as a result of this tour, future seasons sea-sons wll bring s flood of transcontinental ' tourists through the city and '.ring to us the motorists of the far parts or the country. S This is the third time this eason that ths Empire, popularly known as "The Little Aristocrat, has come into national touring prominence. In May it was chosen to lay out the official trail of the little Giidden tour. On June 23 it led that tour itself as the offlclalpilot car carrying the tour officials, when the Empire entered the Indiana -Pacific coast tour promoted by the Indiana Automobile Manufacturers' association, the Indianapolis Indian-apolis News said: "Particular gratification was felt by I. A. M. A. authorities at the entry of the Empire, because of the fsct that thla car, the Ughteat, In other words, ths baby of the lot, can Illustrate better than any other machine the extrems ease of transcontinental touring, which Is the salient feature ths proposed run is to point out. The Empire has a distinguished passenger pas-senger list In the car are Cecil E. Gibson, Gib-son, general manager of the Empire Automobile Au-tomobile company; Harlow Hyde, advertising adver-tising manager, and Joe Moore, who has driven many Important tours. As a guest of the Empire company Miere is J. M. Cooley. general manager of the great Prest-O-Llte company of Indianapolis, which makea Prest-O-Ute with which the majority of ear are lighted. The Empire is thoroughly prepared to camp wherever necessary, and as there are more than one hundred men in ths big Indiana tour, the party expects to csmp ten or more nights. The tent used by the Empire, and by most of the tourists, tour-ists, by the way, (s the latest wrinkle in auto tents. It folds up into leas space than an army blanket and weighs but seven pounds. It la snake, bug and water proof. |