Show I I I I I I Ij SY I Towering Andes Surmounted by Studebaker er Car CarE CarI CarIt OR the first time In history E It an automobile has made a around around around round trip from Buenos Bueno Aires Alre Argentina to Valparaiso Chile Chile Chile- crossing the lofty Andes mountains twice And the honor long coveted coveted coveted cov cov- eted by venturesome motorists of our neighbors neighbor to the south goes goel to Americans and an American built ca car Word Vord has been received In fn this country that D. D B B. B Richardson Argentine Argentine Ar Ar- gentine representative of the studebaker corporation with Paul Rhodes Rhodea a member of his hll staff and his wife and two daughters daughten piloted a series 19 Studebaker six on the round trip Journey through a land Is II notorious for Its nigh altitudes alti tudes and treacherous mountain roads Lack of railways In ex regions of the South AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican republics where numerous and Important places are little short of completely Isolated and the extensive extensive ex ex- ex propaganda of American manufacturers to encourage a awl wl wider r use ule of automobiles automobile as al a means of communication makes Richardson's Richardsons exploit of more than ordinary Interest In a regular standard six der del car equipped with wire wheels the Richardson party left Buenos Duenas Aires on the first leg of their historical journey taking the route to through Moron Las Lal Heras Lobos Lobes Las Lal Flores Florel and Pringles to Bahia Blanca Bianca and then to Patagones after having crossed the Colorado river on on a raft After many discouraging r f attempts e they h succeeded ed In crossing a branch c of the sea lea which cuts Into the road arriving at a week later While crossing the river Limay an an accident occurred that all but ended the trip In disaster diluter In increasing crossing creasing the stream on a raft the Studebaker broke loose from Its fastenings and plunged Into the water but fortunately without serious consequences Between Za pala pals and Las Lajas It was wal necessary necea sary nary to tie the car to a tree to keep It from sliding off Into a bottom less leIS gulch After man many days of hardship traveling over roads that were but little more than mule trails trails and In some lame places not even that the that the motorists mo mo- pushed their Way lay Into Val Val- paraiso having crossed the South American continent from San Antonio An tonio on the Atlantic to the great port part of Chile Before beginning the return trip to Buenos Aires l. l Richardson provided provided pro pro- vided himself with a quantity of dynamite cartridges so as al to blow blowup up any rocks that might obstruct the Studebaker's Studebaker path By way of variety and with a hope that con might Improve the party decided on the San Felipe trail for the last long Journey back to the Atlantic coast This road roan follows the tho bed of the Juneal river later diverting In the direction of Car Cara Cara colas COlli where they are building a tunnel for the railway rail rail- way At La Cumbre It was necessary necessary necel sary lary for the party to take to-take take lake refuge e In Ina Ina a cement shelter at that place with everyone suffering greatly from the Intense cold at that height The city of Buenos Aires was reached only after ble ble- hardships on the road On this long excursion of nearly three ree months month I the Studebaker and Its hardy passengers had covered miles beating all South AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican records for distance On many occasions the strength and resistance resistance resist resist- ance of the car were put to the test as s well as the ability of the drivers Running along the edges of bottomless swamps crossing wa ter tel courses and seeking a way through rough and broken ground the dexterity of the travelers saved them from bad accidents More than once they had to construct a road so 10 as to get out cut of treacherous spots en route High and narrow railway bridges In the Sierra without roadway or railing were crossed by laying planks on the sleepers I Indefatigable and with great reserve reserve power the Studebaker Stude Stude- baker pushed forward across the the dusty t high I plains a altitudes t and snowy descended e ni reaches dc to the of bottom of the deepest forges and crossed heights that had seemed Inaccessible In the sun un wind and andrain andrain rain no natural obstacle could stop Its Ita forward course It Jt conquered natures nature's every effort to obstruct from the lowlands of to the highest peaks of the of-the the Andes 1 n |