Arizona republican., 1907-07-30

quently we saw a man and a dog or
two dogs pulling a milk wagon. The
! dogs had harness on, similar to
horse. and it was most interesting to
see how they set themselves TO their
work. straining every nerve in pulling,
without any urging. Immense. fine
| looking fellows they We're.
In some sections there were vine
yards. all in good condition. These
were mostly in the rOugher or hill
country. In some instances the grapes
were cultivated on hillsides so steep
that. in our country. we would insult
a billy goat by asking him to climb
up ii to hunt for something to eat.
In other sections hops are extensively
/ grown.
Everywhere along the line of our
journey there was evidence of thrift,
Of industry, of earnest effort TO sue
ceed. of apparently happy home life.
I could but wish that the United
States could get a few hundred thous-
and Of such people as we saw. in place
Of hundreds of thousands she is an
nUally getting.
GOOD ROADS,"
L
the first Good Roads association I can.
after seeing the splendid roads of Italy.
Switzerland Prussia, Germany and
France. No wonder so many Ameri-
cans take long auth trips over this
country, for they have such fine roads
over which to run. We saw a num-
Der of them going at a rate of speed
that indicated that they had little re-
gard for the lives Of natives. to whom
the roads belong. or of their own lives.
AZ result almost every days paper
tells of some American killed or MAIN
ed in an auto accident. After we had
seen the great sights of Venice. it had
one great virtue that we can find no
place else in these countries, for there
is
Where the autos cease from troub-
And the pedestrian for his life jump
ing"
Because OF the many accidents.
measures are now being taken to reg
ulate the speed.
RAILROADS.
The railroad officials Of our country
and the officials whose duty il is to
look after the health and safety of the
public ought to come to these coun-
tries and learn a lesson. Here there
are no accidents at road crossings. for
on every public road. at a railroad
crossing. there is n bar or gate and
person always there TO attend It. Be
fore the approach of all trains the
gate is closed. By n similar regulation
in the United States many lives would
be saved.
WEATHER.
In one thing we have been disap-
pointed in nearly every place we have
been-the weather. OF course they
say" they have never known such
season before. While we have had
some fine DAYS the most Of them have
been too cool and many days with
more or less rain. BY your letter yes
terday received. ! am satisfied you
have had much nicer weather in
Phoenix than we have found FIRE.
quently when hearing Americans COM
plain about the weather we have said:
Come to Phoenix next winter and find
the best winter climate in the world"
And we have received a number Of as
surances from such that they will find
out whether our representations are
true or not.
Just as we were getting on the train
at Lucerne We met f. F. Kellner and
family. but did not have a minutes
time to talk. They were bound for
Italy. On our steamer down the Rhine
we got acquainted with DIR. and Mrs.
F. II. Slayton. He practiced medicine
six years in Clifton. Arizona. Rhine
did I say? Well l would like to tell
you OF that. but my letter is already
lengthy enough. / must leave that for
my next. A day down the Rhine on
fine steamer is not surpassed in travel
any place.
1t is IL O'Clock noon. but Phoenix
is still asleep. as it is not yet o'clock
there. In our journeyings We have
been three hours nearer the sunrise
than here. or ten hours ahead OF