If there is any phase of twentieth, century business in which man excells woman, Mrs. Zona Berg, Su­perior Ne., wholesale and retail dealer in motor cars, would like to know about it. Mrs Berg has just literally and figuratively, demonstrated her contempt for such business barriers as freight shortages transportation route from Dodge Brothers Works in Detroit to her salesroom out in Superior, 1200 mile away on the Kansas border.

The route was the drive-away. Mrs Berg lead a fleet of four cars overland, on their own power, through snow, frozen ruts and a temperature which wavered between 15 below and 15 above from start to finish. She drove one of the cars, her 12 year old son Jack drove another. Two of her sales mechanics had charge of the third and fourth cars. However, the mere fact that the mechanics were in the party does not warrant the conclusion that they did all the driving. For let it be known, Mrs. Berg’s mother was also in the party, and never yet has she gone on a motor car tour of any length without taking the wheel for a goodly share of the route herself. Likewise in the tour just completed. The lady Is Mrs. J. H. Kesterson. She is two years less than 60. The fact that Mrs. Kesterson was the first woman who ever drove a motor car in Kansas may account to some extent for her continued enthusiasm over this form of travel. At any rate, she does continue enthusiastic

The party proceeded by the way of Elkhart, South Bend. and Chicago and from there followed the Lincoln highway. It is one of the few trips of this nature ever made by a wo­man dealer and probably the longest of any of the many "driveaways" that have been necessary this winter by the fact that there have been no freight cars for shipments. An idea of the difficulties encountered on the long journey may be gleaned from the following characteristic telegram from Mrs. Berg, sent to Dodge Brothers on her arrival home:

"arrived home yesterday finest kind of shape. Positively no car trouble and very little tire trouble. Jacks car came through without a puncture. We proved the Dodge Brothers Car can plow, skate, wade and swim. A high wind drifted snow over the roads in Michigan and as I led the party, I broke the roads, occassionally being shoveled out. To our party however that was good sport. We stopped in Chicago a day and received numerous courtesies from your dealer there. From Clinton Iowa to Marshalltown we traveled over ice and Charlotte (famous fancy skater) does not have anything on a Dodge Brothers car when it comes to skating. (lost) ....creeks and were held up at West Side until the flood receded. Mighty proud to say we found our best roads in Nebraska. Pleasantly greeted in Omaha by the Dodge Brothers Dealer. Spent Sunday in Lincoln. We all want to make the drive over many times. I drove my care the entire way without a particle of fatigue. Mother enjoyed roughing it as much as the rest of the party."

Inquires are coming in from Kansas and Nebraska dealers as to the success of the trip. It cost little if any more than actual freight, and as I see it, one cannot afford to close up shop on account of freight car shortage.

Lancaster Daily Eagle, Lancaster, Fairfield Co OH 2 March 1917