Arizona republican., 1907-12-08
THE AUTOMOBILE AS
 A SAVER OF TIME
A Great Convenience for the Business and Professional Man-Some Rec o-ds ;-ocal and Otherwise.


 o-ds tocal and Otherwise.
 Dr. John Wix Thomas made trip to Liberty this week which snows the
 service ability of the auto. In his two- cylinder Maxwell he made the trip which is 36 miles in one hour and for ty five minutes. The return was run in two hours. The roads were not in
 the best condition. With a horse the trip would have consumed at feast five to six hours each way. The auto is certainly a time saver for tine profess Sional man and time means money. The auto adds zest to the journey and q business trip really becomes a pleas ure and the business man returns not fatigued but with clearer brain and better spirits to his work.
 Those who have crossed the river al Tempe this week. report that it is barely fordable. It will be d great day | if such day ever comes, when the south side and Phoenix is united by a wagon bridge across the river. Such d step would bring the towns in closer touch and make travel by auto or Oth- CT vehicle possible and pleasurable at any period of the year. Speed the time when the people will awaken to the benefits of long stretches of fine drives through the country.
 A. NJ Elias this week made a quick run from Nogales to Tucson. the dis tance being approximately loo miles. The distance was covered in five hours and he was accompanied by another passenger. J. Alderman and arrived [ O e. noon. transacted his business con nected with his position as Mexican consul. and returned home the next morning with no mishaps. The same trip was made several years ago when bicycle racing was at its height in i this country. z. c. Brown won the race. making the trip in 9 hours.
 C. w. Fisher, an Arizona cattleman ! who iS interested in a factory in Ohio. ] says that the formation of an autOmo- bile club is the right step. Clubs have | done wonders in his state and in Oth- i CTS through which he has travelled. for the betterment of the highways. They have done much too. in winning over ! the farmer to the use of the auto and gradually the feeling which formerly existed in the farmers breast against
 the very sight of an auto has been rel egated to the background. whither oth- i CT preiudiceS have vanished. Mir. Fisher says while in the east last sum Inner travelling in a machine, he noted many improved highways. and found
 that the autcist and the farmer are in almost every section uniting to improve the highways. The farmer is also
 jcining the auto clubs. and finding
 a good machine very useful in his daily life. IL brings him in close touch
 with city pleasures and advantages. No longer the matter of ten or dozen miles stands in the way of his enjoy ing many pleasures which before the
 arrival of the auto were almost out of
 the question Mir. Fisher is planning
 to take trip from Springfield ohio, to
 Florida in big touring car this sum
 mer. He will be accompanied by his
 wife and anticipates much enjoyment.
 Though it may not be generally known,
 MT. Fisher has gone some in his time.
 In New York City in an exhibition
 against time. he went g0 miles an hour
 for about 300 yards but then his nerves
 got shaky and he does not care to try
 il again. He came near making the
 auto turn turtle He has left the rac-
 ing field and expects to enjoy the
 auto in a safer manner and see a good
 deal of the country during the next
 few summers.
 An inquirer wishes to know the best
 time made by an auto and motor cycle. According to the best informa ton at hand. the devil wagon editor
 finds that the course at Palm Beach Florida. holds the record. the mile be- ing run in a racing machine in 2S sec onds. or better than two miles a min- ute. Curtis, the maker of the Curtis motor cycle, ran mile on d Curtis auto cycle in 26 2-5 seconds.