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Show Arrival of the j Convoy Makes an Important Test Less than a century after the gold rush of '49 when the overland Journey from eastern states to California was one of the extreme hardships, dan gers. and months of travel through tractles and desolate country, the U. I S. army motor caravan is making the same trip oer mile after mile of state J bJbwgaya. The convoy's coast to coast run will cknionntrate the practicability of long hauls by motor truck and will point out the necessity for a system of good roads linking one state to the other. We an- only beginning to realise the tremendous commercial possibilities possibil-ities that the motor truck presents. 'Luring the war, it was one of the bic factors that made the work of the Service of Supplies possible. It transported trans-ported men, munitions, and supplies under the most adverse conditions that could possibly exist over roads that were little better than rivers of mud and across country pitted with shell holes. So much importance has been attached to the war work of ! the motor truck that Secretary of War j Baker described the world struggle aa I "a war of motor transports." In the face of war conditions, the j motor truck proved to be a practical j means of transportation. What it may 'accomplish under favorable conditions ! is a matter to be considered by every j alert shipper. The arrny convoy's Iran-emu inental run merely foreshaij- ows what may be expected in the line I of motor truck transportation in the future. I Eccles Family Leaving Mr. and I Mrs. LeRoy Eccles will shortly depart for Los Angeles where they will reside re-side for a few months. The change in residence is occasioned by the Tex-18 Tex-18 oil interests of Mr. Eccles, who will i find Los Angeles a more convenient j place of residence. The beautiful Eccles Ec-cles home on 25th street and Eccles j avenue has been leased to S. M. Edgell. ! third vice president and treasurer of the Amalgamated Sugar company. oo |