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Show MOTORISTS WILL CROSSJMTINENT Unique among tho wagers that have been made inolvlng automobile travel and globe trotting Is an agreement agree-ment which Dr. H Benton Young of Trenton, N J. and William B. Kurapf of Mount Holly, N J., have attompted attompt-ed to fulfill with the certainty that one or the other will win $10,000 Starting with a high powered au- tomobllo and only a $6 bill in his pocket Di. Young has begun a trip from Malno to California. Under tho condltlonfl of the wager ho must cros3 the continent, financing his trip by his own earnings en route, without recourse to his bank account, to hlfl friends or to the practice of his profession. pro-fession. Jn every town whero ho stopd as long as two hours tho doctor must earn $10 by legitimate methods. The bet grew out of a discussion is to the ability of Bomo pcoplo to travel trav-el extonelvely and at tho same time earn good Incomes. Kumpf ridiculed an assertion of Dr Young that ho could cross tho country, earning 510 in overy place he stopped, and the young physician was promptly challenged chal-lenged to do so Dr Young thereupon there-upon prepared his Columbia roadBter and started for Maino, there to begin a run that will mean a dollar a mile If he wins oo |