Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 1916, Winnipeg, Manitoba I j 11l reaches the City after travelling Miles Over Mountain and Prairie arriving in Winnipeg from Van Couver last thursday afternoon at a White has the distinction of being the first to make the trip from the coast to this City by by performing the who was accompanied by his u if and wins the Gold trophy offered by the Vancouver a i club for the first Motorist to Licach Winnipeg by his own after being tendered a banquet at tiie Vancouver by in automobile at which were Jue sent the mayor and Council of the White and party started on their Long journey in Cadillac of which they were former was reached list and the run from this Point to the City was accomplished in the smart time of five and a half when leaving Vancouver the tourists were preceded by the mounted police of the corporation of Point Grey and the chief of police of Van Couver City and were accompanied to the Boundary of new Westminster by the City authorities and about 40 Unutoa loaded with prominent Well wishers for their Success on the at the boundaries of the City of new Westminster they were met by the chief of chief of the fire brigade and others interested in motoring and Good roads and by Hern escorted through their City and across the Fraser where the official log was duly signed by his worship mayor of new West the first night was spent in the Beautiful town of Bellingham on the a Cilc 54 Miles from Van and 115 Miles far was negotiated the next this 169 Miles is a splendid High Way either hard surfaced pavement of which construction there will be about 60 Miles completed this the balance being Macadam and for Long distances it has been that averages have been made Between these two cities of 30 Miles in hour for the whole leaving Seattle for the East it was necessary to ferry across the Beautiful Inland Lake which takes about 20 the Road from the make on the East Side from Kirkland ferry to Snoqualmie which Point is feet above 4jea is a magnificent piece of which May be judged from the fact that the heavily Laden car Nego i idled the climb in 1 hours without change of from Snoqualmie fulls to the an Elevation of the Grade was but an excellent sunt the Road commission of washing ton has spent and Are spending Large pass which is some two Miles was made in the from the pass Acront the foot of wins Gold trophy offered in first Man making trip in an automobile found hard were fair but not As Good As some travelling in but experienced much pleasure in Long How it was was an abnormal there was a lot of Snow and heavy rain fall and the roads suffered a Little More than from to Calgary a Beautiful farming country warn from excellent roads and the 1m mites from the pass to Cal Arr was in 12 hours run 6n july Lith making a total of 100514 Miles arrival at at Calgary a visit of three weeks Nas made and the party started East on july the Highway practice paralleling the line of the to Medicine Here the the government of Alberta have a graded Road of 188 Miles travelling which gives the tourist a very fair idea of the enormous amount of worn accomplished by in the construction of their wonderful irrigation the largest in the this country is being settled very fast and the crops appeared from Medicine hat to Maple distance of 78 Miles roads were Good for Farmers along the route apparently East from Maple Creek mainly Long the the roads were very nearly All through Gumbo this country is rarely this being the wettest within the the knowledge of the oldest in consequently Tom condition of the the total mileage Miles from Van Couver to Calgary was made in 64 hours actual a Little better is similes an hour 90ft Gallons of Rasol neat a Cost of was gasoline varied considerably 30 cents at 20 cents per american gallon at cents at so if Pincher and 10 cents less at used Warner in addition to the Cadillac party had a Warner trailer or a regular House on a com plete camping containing 2 bedrooms with full sized Beds Springs and a dining room and newest Model trucks Abe More Graceful of line arid Drivers Comfort Are features in the new of i motor truck manufacture that Are be ing value to the truck buyer Beauty demands Atten Tion a motor attracts and holds it causes help to Spruce up in their and them Pride both inthe truck and in their moral As it to keep on and if results in better attention being Given to the appearance and mechanical condition of the truck a motor truck that is for the Dovec easy to operate make the Driver More contented his Little annoyances that make him tired and and that Means real dollars in dividends to truck a Driver gives his truck bet Ter gets More work out of reduces its Upkeep Cost handles the goods More carefully and shows Bis Best Side to the Winnipeg Auto Driver used Goodyear Cord tires Goodyear Cor tires took third fourth filth in the big Northwestern Auto racing event at the Montour Marathon and Golden pot Latch zoo mile trophy the racers of the country were starters this Speedway classic of the Pacific John Soni met Dealene Oldo Eia and five of these started therace the f Cord Timber of racing Raen an the Rotthe j ent othe t Driy Jar flu asst direct completed 300mile run after a j Rifle grind at the rate of nearly ninety j Plant is per hour Only one Stop ton f Power Plant at tire Arcanti Ontaiy Mea he change Folres on thetty a no punctures or works of the fort blowouts had been the motor a Ralph has a driving Obj Mercedes and to f Flo Kuo Watta at 250 a All on Good doubt the and Flint Rej u vim Izui respectively Lewis and de Palara Stop rent installation in or ores Wal Henderson from this the new a entiro300 Miles without new a Terni j a a of which the inst design and Al wonderful we arresting properties of which have been worked out ures station make some time ago Goodyer became interested in the wonderful possibilities of the racing Field and placed a tires Oto some Stock Model cars a run High Speed with marked and Sheepshead tic Sli Tim worthy engineering a few fourteen i direct current de in won race at the Kansas City Speedway which Cost More machines Are operated Ove urea of acres fun in the Speedway event of i acres fun a i the Goodyear initial efforts in a that culls for triple Century Are rewarded in around 165 tons of Copper is Hie winning of four of the first five j tween station switchboard an rom places in the presage the tribute on principally of 250 were Good to after covering about 12 Miles which completes the link from the Colum Bia River to the Pacific at Columbia River the motorists were informed they were about 500 feet above sea but it was necessary to raise from the River to the plateau on the East Side about fee tit was dark at night when this climb of about two Miles wag but the Road was hard and the 25 per Grade was negotiated without from co Lumbia River to the Small but enter prising own of Quinsey a Well settled country was passed through on Good roads where Alfalfa and fruit growing Are the principal industries and on every Side there were signs of abundant from Quinsey to a Dis Tance of 60 the Road was not As but easily negotiable at 15 Miles an leaving Spokane the next morning Over the famous Applebay Highway 1c Miles of which was traversed on a magnificent wide Macadam oiled the whole country what seemed to be u continuation of one nipple leaving the Apple North to Sand a prettily situated Little town on Lake Heille in northing with the heavy floods this year caused by the overflow of Tiu Morea which has its source in British a trestle Bride 2 Miles Long across the Lake was in great danger during the fee slits and at the time of Crossin was lapping Over the planks of the Bridge for nearly the whole crossing the leaving Sand the International Boundary was crossed at East Hope on american Side and Kings Gate on Canadian at 4 Oclock Between these Points the party found two Bridges Over the Joy a River had been washed through the Courtesy of a conductor on a freight who gave them Permis Sion and to save a drive Back of something Over one Hundred Miles they made a run of two indies on the of Money on what is railway on this run at times known As the Sunset the there a solid Rock Wall of 50 intention in building the Road being 1eet High and on the other Side a connect Eastern Washington with drop of 175 the run from the the Pacific coast and when completed Boundary for the first Twentyfive no Grade will exceed five per the Eastern slope Down to the town of Cle trim is not yet compleat but will be this but is now i very fair leaving there on very fair Prairie Road the pretty town of of inhabit is this is in the Sage Brush which is under i Riga and the Farmers appear to be Miles in British Columbia was not very Good owing to the freshest but White was informed by the government Road superintendent that the Road will at once be put in first class brom Cranbrook to the crows nest 107 they were Able to make an average of 30 Miles an the climb Over the crows nest some Auto Horn at and it certainly its the Best value we have Ever been Able to offer in automobile hand the Zero Short hand Horn the Horn that is noted for its complicated mechanism to get out of order no every source of trouble is absolutely fool proof and with a Litte care and a drop of Oil occasionally the Clero Horn will outwear the average the Clero is guaranteed against any defects in workmanship and material and any defective parts will be replaced free of just think of the Price it is really wonderful value at this very special which Quantity buying makes possible for us to the regular Price is with 50 Only on special Ash owns the big Busy hardware i 1917 announcement e have no startling announcement to make for we Are proud to say that the 1916 Gray Dort has exceeded even our we expected great things of this wonderful we knew the Gray Dort was the real matter what today hundreds of motorists Are fellow enthusiasts with us in our admiration of this exceptional the Gray Dort has taken by storms added refine agents the same tremendous Power and greater luxury of Comfort and even greater value we improve on the wonderful Planche veritable giant of Power in the Gray the rugged heavy Frame food the severest mechanically the Gray Dort and is in the searching investigation we did not find a Cray Dort owner who was not enthusiastically Satis the perform Ance of his we have added some final refinements to the it bigger and it is now the Roo Miest car at anywhere near the a larger am and Foo Trail every Way the sturdiest and most mechanically perfect car is now the most refined and comfortable read the remember that in three Days motor experts bought up the entire 1916 output of this r Chatham Dort weighing 318 4 cast in head bore 3j strokf5 2000 horsepower 2ft Jim Kari mushroom cast Iron removable 1520 Carbon steel 4050 Carbon steel drop forced i beam connecting Cam Carbon steel High tempered with three phosphor Bronze bearings timing gears cast Iron helical Carter therm syphon 3 gallon tube and Fina 4 quart Oil pump and splash Westinghouse two unit starting and lighting Connecticut Battery 12 Inch Cone clutch with 6 compensating three Speed and reverse with double Row new departure Universal joint gasoline tank under i beam heavy duty front floating rear with forked tube torsion and Hyatt High duty 1j Inch Chrome Nickel steel propeller 10 Inch internal expanding and external contracting pressed steel 37 rear 50 full lefthand is irreversible worm and nut Type steering gear shift lever enter emergency right service clutch accelerator spark and throttle control on steering artillery Type Wood Detroit Demountable 30 x 3i Dominion Nobby tread Westinghouse elec tric linoleum covered running lock ignition Clear vision Oneman equipment wheel weight 2100 Gray Dort United Joseph maw t limited factory representatives 112118 Winnipeg u 1 i i i ;