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London in the far distance seemed i'm
possible Of attainment. and almost were We
reduced to giving up the struggle and
hieing us home in comfort and luxury by
the commonplace methods of railway
train.
However, perseverance was rewarded. and
once again we got going, and such was our
terror lest the wretched engine would again
stop that we decided under no circum-
stances If we could help it would We stop
the car again. and then We realized We had
been without food for many hours. To
save trouble Edge got Off the car and ran
into the village which We were approach
ing, secured food and drink and boarded
the car as it came along. giving some faint
idea of the stupendous and hair-raising
speed We We're travelling at when We were
going.
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leather gaiter for the tire, and in order to
be safe we also made three spare CATERS,
in case of the first one not lasting, which
was wise. because used them all at in
tervals of ten miles. This stop almost
proved fatal to US. as we found on trying
to start the motor that ne'er kick could
we get.
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Five kilometers on l came upon him with
his car In pieces. having smashed his back
axle thus wreckinS the cara good exam
pie of the old saying that ''the race is not
always to the fastest"
From thence onward | was alone. and |
realized by this time that was holding my
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weary-looking objects on a very decrepit
motor car arriving at the hotel at Ipswich.
having succeeded in covering eighteen miles
In seventeen hours.
This was on the Saturday. when we had
hoped to arrive at our destination by mid
day. We had made and remade that
wretched joint four times. and on the last
attempt had succeeded in inducing the
motor to start, although owing to bad
compression We could not make it travel at
more than-at the very most-eight to ten
miles an hour-and thus we crept in to food
and rest
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lapse or years as being only IAN Interesting
experience" CHARLES JARROTT
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After all, perhaps. the greatest and most
strenuous of the rides in which 1 have
taken part was that one against time in
the very early days of motoring. when s.
r Edge and myself started from London
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bound Tor a little seaside village lying be-
yond the ancient city of Norwich--a total
distance of about 100 miles. 1t was the
time of the August bank holiday. and as
both Edge and myself were DESTROYS of
being back to business on Tuesday, We de-
cided to leave late on the Friday and push
on as far as possible.
Never shall l forget our run on that par
ticular Friday evening. No. "5' my trusty
Panhard flew, and-breathe it not in these
days of numbers and "hedgehogs''-we COW
cred exactly fifty miles in two hours. and
put up for the night at Colchester.
Six o'clock on the following morning saw
us on the road again, and ten more miles
were covered in the same dashing style.
And then-a terrible gasping noise ema
mating from the motor and a stoppage con-
veyed to our minds that something was
wrong. very seriously wrong. On an exami
nation we discovered the gas and water
joint at the top Of the motor had blown
out. and that good six hours work was
in front of us to repair it, even If this
were possible at all.
The motor had to be pulled down and
dismantled, and although both of us had
very vague idea as to how the Joint should
be made. we had heard somewhere that
brown paper and boiled oil were the neces-
sary requisites, so we got to work.
AS l have mentioned, we started at 6
am. and midday found me In the heat of
broling sun, sitting in the road with the
top of the motor between my legs, endeav-
oring to cut out brown paper joint with
the aid of an exceedingly blunt pocketknife,
Edge having walked some distance down
the road to a bootmaker's cottage to pro-
cure something approaching the character
of boiled oil. and the next thing 1 heard
was excited cries from the cottage to which
he had proceeded, and 1 saw that one of
the chimneys was pouring out volumes of
SCOT and black smoke.
At this point Edge appeared running
down the road carrying object at arms
length with the greatest care. which even
tually turned out to be old milk can
containing a red-hot thin-looking compo-
stion. which Edge explained was nnseed
oil. 1t appeared the cobbler to whose house
he had been had some ordinary linseed oil.
which Edge had endeavored to boil, with
the disastrous results to the chimney have
already mentioned.
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own well, for no other cars were in sight,
and from the news had had from the last
control there appeared to be no one who
travelling at anything like my speed-I
was averaging approximately sixty miles
an hour.
At Angouleme, however. 1 had a rude
shock when Bianchi. my mechanican, who
accompanied me, informed that the
spokes on my front wheel were loose. and
he doubted very much whether they would
last another twenty kilometers. However.
ninety kilometers to go. the risk was
obviously one which had to be taken, espe-
cially as news came in the telephone
that Jenatzy on his 90-horsepower car was
right my heels. and that l should have
to travel If wished to retain my lead.
1 do not think that any cars in the race
travelled faster over those last ninety kiio-
meters than the De Dietrich which | was
driving.
Having got over all its early troubles the
car was pulling grandly. and without see
ing any signs of JenatZy or any other com
petitor l dropped into Bordeaux, having
made an average speed right through from
Paris of about sixty miles hour.
AS Louis Renault was in another class
driving a much lighter car than the one
was conducting, 1t virtually meant that I
was the first of the heavy cars to start
from Paris and the first to arrive in Bor-
deaux.
A very long time elapsed before any one
else came in. and then about three hours
afterward Gabriel arrived on his Mors car
having started 10th In the race land 1
may say there were over 200 starters from
Paris). and owing to the fact that he had
started so long behind me 1t eventually
turned out that he had done faster time
than l myself and consequently l had to
take third place.
IL was race which 1 enjoyed thoroughly.
although. as | have already mentioned. the
stupidity of the people getting into the
road. not only slowed my speed but gave
me many anxious moments. / little dream
ed then of what that stupidity would mean
10 the other competitors and the deaths
which were eventually caused through it
are now matter of history
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Five clock on the following morning saw
us once more on our way, determined to
reach our destination, and by dint of hard
pushing up hill. and sometimes hard push
ing on the level. we succeeded in covering
the remaining sixty miles by & o'clock that
evening. having taken over two days to get
there.
Dead tired. our clothes in tatters. dirty
beyond recognition and terribly knocked
about we saw little of our friends that
evening. for the pleasure Of visiting whom
We had gone through so many trials and
tribulations.
Five o'clock on the Monday morning we
started back to London again. realizing
that If we wished to be at business on the
Tuesday morning we had hard days work
In front Of US.
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We still had some fight left in us, but it
was In a somewhat broken spirit that dawn
saw us once again on the road. and as it
turned out our last day was to be the haru-
est. Stopping in little village, We pulled
up at a saddlers shop, and made a huge
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Four hours running saw US exactly twen-
ty miles from our starting point, with the
motor getting worse and worse every min
ute, and then, another eliminating
agony, one of our rear tires exploded with
loud report. There was nothing to do
but to once more endeavor to remake that
wretched joint on the motor, and by
o'clock in the afternoon we were sufficiently
advanced to be able to start on the tire,
but very little could we do with it-a huge
rent foot long having been torn in the
cover-and do what we would we could not
make the tire hold air. Our plight by this
time was pitiable-we had had no food all
day. but 1t was not until the late hours of
the night that we toiled into the hotel at
Ipswich to obtain a few hours sleep,
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-25
BEATS THE BAND

Mrs. Malone-O say Mrs. Murphy
have you heard the news? Mrs. Muir
phy-Why, now what's up that's start
ling? You know poor Moik comes
home SO raveled out at mott that he
just sets himself down In a chair and
ates the bite | have for him and piles
off to bed without worrud. Mrs.
Malone-Why you see l went down
town this norning and as 1 said big
crowd lined up on the side walk. and
when l got up there | found that Mas
sic, the second hand man, was having
a special sale on those fine White
E;nameled Dish Pans and Pitchers and
Glass Dishes and everybody was In
line with their money out yelling me
next. Well sir just went In to his
store and O he has everything. You
see. when people goes away they go
to Massie's and sell their goods. Then
when they come back they buy them
back again. Why he has fine Chairs,
Rockers. Iron Beds. Then he has fioe
new all cotton matrous and springs.
Then he has sets of nice dishes and
Glass ware and broOms and o so many
nice things. l never will spend a dol
lar anywhear else but at Massie's. See
him. 80 and "a West Washington ST.
Phone Main 351.
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ORDINANCE NO. 402.

An Ordinance Repeating Ordinance Ne
376, Being "An Ordinance Creating
Water Works Commission and
Prescribing the Powers and Duties
Thereof"
The Common Council of Phoenix do
ordain as follows:
Sec. 1. That ordinance Number 3I6.
being AN Ordinance Creating a Water
Works Commission and Prescribing
the Powers and Duties Thereof, be
and the same is hereby repealed.
Set. 9. That the bonds given by the
Commissioners appointed in pursu-
ance of said Ordinance Number 3I6.
secured by security companies, be ana
the same are hereby exonerated.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be In
force and effect from and after Its
passage and publication as required
by law.
Passed by the Common Council OF
Phoenix, this 23rd day Of July, A. ID.
1907.
Approved this 23rd day of July. 1907
L. w. COGGINS,
Attest: Mayor.
FRANK THOMAS,
City Recorder.
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TO LET

A handsome new residence of Z brick
rooms, with all modern conveniences,
beautiful corner lot. lovely surround
ings; will lease at thirty-three and
one-third dollars per month by the
year.
A nice brick room modern cot
tage, well furnished, close in. desir-
able location; price SIS per month
straight
A pleasant little frame house with
good shade, water furnished; 81 per
month.
6 lots in alfalfa. a cosy cottage in
good condition, with rooms. This is
snap for person that wishes TO
raise chickens; $3.50 per month.
Call on us and let us do your wor-
rying about finding place that will
suit you in price. location and terms.
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aIeandRenta|
Property

1GO acres 6 miles west. 20 acres In
alfalfa. balance in stubble. This Is a
fine piece Of land, well worth the mon
ey asked. Price 800 per acre.
10 acres of stubble land, miles
from the city. adobe house with 4
rooms. This place can be bought on
easy payments. Price $1,000.
room frame house, with regular
size lot. 5000 will take this, and part
cash at that.
room modern brick cottage on the
north side. everything up to date about
the place; has not been any sickness
in the house. Price $4,000. $500 cash,
balance time at per cent.
6 lots in alfalfa, with large shade
trees rooms with porch around the
house. This would make a nice home.
Price $1,000
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SITUATIONS WANTND.

WANTED-Position by lady to do
very light housekeeping. or take
care of small rooming house. Adj
dress G. B.. Republican office.
dentists office by young girl Ad-
dress G G. care Republican.
JAPANESE BOY wants position. Cook
waiter, dish washing or any kind of
work. Town or country. Japanese
Club. zoe E. Washington. Phoenix.
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CHINO DIST

Prof. Fountain Music stores Nos.
and 2. Special price for violin. man
dolin and guitar lessons for the sum-
mer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-25

Davidson's Hcs.esho-ins shop. after
Aug. l. will Be ~ new shop. 394 North
Center. next 60 tsseSE's paint shop
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-25

ACKNOWLEDGMENT STAGE CO.
andth Su
n - ~
an, m. aAd q .
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nor,ce 70 coWYaAeYoas.

Bids will BE- s-e-s~~i ~ tie under-
signed up tiii THURSDAY At p N.
July 25th, 1891. fss The rsassFuetion %
buildings a. PFC pssss All sp~cifi-a-
tions on file IN tA~ sffice Of Trust a
Creighton. srchss~rts Office. rooErt az
Fleming block fh> right ID rsject
any or all bids b. ssssgvee-
FRANK THOaIAS.
Cfty Re order
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WANTED.

l want to figure with you on drilling
your wells and installing your pump
ing plants-large or small
n. l.. CARPENTER with
PRATT GILBERT CO.
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Don't Read This Ld.

But let mo tell you At The Palace you
get tweIvs-ysar MAYFIEL
WHIskEY over the bar; also AN
HEUSER-BUScH BEER.
JOHN p. sODET. Propristor.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-25

Keep posted and happy while away
on your summer trip by having Tine
Arizona Republican forwarded. No
trouble to change address as often as
you wish. Phone. Main AZ.
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The names of the incorporators are
L. p. Degen. Arthur Fiege, Earl E
Smith and II. f Hart.
The name OF the corporation shall
be the
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-To rent team and wagon
for mountain trip. Must be cheap.
Lee Hanscom, Wakelin Grocer Co.
WANTED-A team of driving horses
weighing about 1000 pounds each.
w w Edwards & Co. 2I0 West
Washington street.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
USED eIcLE AS CIPHER.
vers. fran so!c-o'. Told Of Mar
rage Engagement.

Whs1 she left her home In the
small town to come to New York to
take up special course OF study.
aer pet sister was fast reaching the
crisis OF d love affair. saws tn. Trib,
une- The pet sister was most win
some young lady. and had long kept
goodly train of suitors Assigning.
Was this AFFAIR to be the grand af-
fair; The older sister hoped so. for
she liked the young man co-1lally
thought he was just the sort 10
max" proper brother-in-law
But the weeks passed and not a
BIZ. OF definite news about the prog
ress OF the affair did the older sister
receive in her city boarding house
She became anxious Louis she
thought. must not go on recrIessly
tritiing in such important matters
Then one night about ten clock
Just as she was going to bed came
telegram. The servant brought il
up The older sister was country
girl enough to be thoroughly fright
ened by the pale manila. blact mixed
envelope. How ominous il looked
At length she gathered courage to
open it. This is what she read
solomon six three Lou.=e."
solomon six three, Whatever in
the world. Oh, why. yes, stupid, ii
of course means the Songs o. Solo
mon, sixth chapter. third verse But
and her cheeks flushed with shame
she had no Bible,
There was a great scurrying about
the boarding house to find cauv of
the sacred book. The girls we're
routed ont in vain. On all sid the
cry arose. Who's got Eible?"
Just think of the sister tryius to
sleep that night without knowing
what that verse was, 1t woul6 have
been Just Ike woman to lie down
to pleasant dreams. content to know
that she could satisfy her curiosity in
the morning
The landlady. good soul, came to
the rescue. She was no h.athen.
She had Bible. Up to her room
with il flew the sister, and sLur the
door Such turning OF pages by
eager. nervous fingers, Solomon six
three She found it. and then she
cried: "fiurrah,' and laughed. for the
verse was:
Il am my heloyed's. and nv be
loved is mine"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
ktow The Village Progressed.

We'll well" exclaimed the maj
who had wandered back 10 the village
SO the. Eagle hous- +, StEit the Eagle
house No change after twenty
years
There hey been 4 few changes" as
serted fhe oldest .nhab.'aut with some
asretbItN- Since you'Sr been gone the
hotel hoz been respectively the Grand
Union. the Grand Central. the Grand
Junction. the Great Northern. the
Great southern the Imperial. the Re
ga.. the Empire, the Monarch. the
Prince Of NAies the Regent. an few
other ros aiiies which | dlsrecollect
the Mansion house six times an the
Eagle house seven the latter happenn
To be ifs proud patronymic a present
writtn'. piunkSilIe. my travelled friend.
hatn't SO ALFRED behind the times ez
you seem to imagiue.-N ashinston
herald
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
An Embryo Genius. Sure1.r

\ private school for boys on AIadi
son avenue boasts of a pupil who nn
donbtedls is destined TO high rank as
a literary genius, says the New York
Press For some infraction q dis
cipltne this boy was sentenced 20 re
main after hours and write an essay
OF 200 words on birds. This j. What
he wro.p.
i do not Hike birds. for in the morn.
ing when | am trying 10 sleep they
keep me awake with their twit,ering
t"itterins. twittering, twittering. twit
terIns. twittering, twittering, twitter
ing. iwiiterine. And so on to the ex
tent of about 25 words more "And
when | get mad and turn over and try
ana Try and try and try and try- to get
TO sleep they still. continue to chirp
chirp, chiTn. chirp, chirn chirh chirp. :
And So on as before Birds too. are
awful greedy things. They ton't dc
nothing all day but fly around and
peck. peck, peck peck. peck. peck
peck. peck. And so on until the re
CURED number OF words was com
pleteo.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
The PUBLIC Printing Evil.

Washington There al" stored IN
the basrn mt Of the capitol, 10 the OILS
government printing Once, III tht
Raltby building. in the OLD car barns
and in two rented warehouses more
than 9 500 tons of documents and re
ports-enouGh 10 ill freight train more
than three miles long. according L
Victor l.. Rickett. secretary of tins
printing Investigation commission ap
pointed Two years ago In addition ti
It's own storage capacity, The govern
ment Is paving siS 800 a year in rent
ais \ large proportion of these docn
mcuts are OF soete
Ih- joint committee on printing en-
of This year nearly a million volumes
OF the congressional printing alone
end in this the committee uE!N touched
the waste which was pii!ug uH In The
war houses to rot II cost the govern
mcnt millions OF dollars for labor ant
matorfal TO no useful purpos".- New
York World
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
The Real Obstacle at Panama.

Inc white man at Panama musl
avoid that which he cannot endure.
We nave proved that he cannot allow
mosquitoes to bite him, and now it
mnst he acknowledged that he can
not allow the sunlight to strike his
unprotected body
We eliminated the mosquitoes, but
we cannot eliminate the sun. The
soldier who deliberately and unnec-
essarilv exposes himself to bullets
when he could take cover is not only
a fool. hat he is not trne soldier.
His fatal recklessness only weakens
the army.
The engineer who can work all day
in the open in Michigan or New York
should not do it in Panama. writes an
army surgeon. Maj Charles f.. Wood
ruff, i'll Harpers, and if he attempts
it he is injuring the work instead of
helping it along.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
rhs Breaker, 10 aem.la Closed.

Word comes from abroad that Mrs
Vanderbilt 10 70 take . large estate
near London. and that the Ereakers
will not b open this season In New
pert --
This will be the second summer tha.
this magnificent estate has been
closed. and II means a social as well
Is financial loss to the place.
To the gossips OF the smart set II
means that something attractive Is
keeping Mrs. Vanderbilt, and her
daughter on the other side OF the At
lantic-something that draws like a
lodeStone
No longer Is Robert Goelet's name
heard In connection with the hand
OF Miss Vanderbilt, and We are at our
wits end to know just who the lucky
Johnny is,-Sew York American.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
Times Had Chanced.

Did YOU and pa start with plenty OF
money" asked the daughter.
We lived upon very little else but
love. dear - was the mothers gentle
answer,
But | suppose pa soon got lots OF
salsrN?''
no. dear, it was great struggle at
first
Then how did you manager Fa
had a little in the bank
Not a farthing."
@, my George is in just the same
position. and We love each other,
and
If that penniless adve, turer ever
dares TO enter this house again, I will
tell him what | think of him. Go to
your room at once. STRAY Stories.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
New Automatic Rifle.

The selfloading or automatic musk.
ct is now being seriously considered
as the infantry arm of the future The
equipment OF the great armies of the
world with an improved rife is hardly
completed when the mechanics begin
work on a new weapon. At the recent
examinations of the German War
Academy the automatic rife was one
OF the themes for discussion The
piece now on trial has magazine
holding ten cartridges; the recoil is
utilized to load and cock Consequent.
ly the soldier can remain quietly in
position, never removing his eye from
the target. and fire his ten shots
New York Sun
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
German Military TRAINING.

Germany, through the thrift, intelli
sence, and prosperity of her people
illustrates to mankind the advantages
Of training in youth her manhood &c
he use OF arms: the habits Of disci-
pline and the order and cleanliness OF
person are carried into after-life by
all classes of modern Germans; this
permea.es the whole nation. and is
.o-day recognized as a national char
acteristic. The womanhood OF the
nation looks with reproach upon the
ESn ignorant of military training
African MONTHLY.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06

Starch, like everything else, Is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior TO
those OF the present day. In the lat
est discoyery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted. while
the addition OF another Ingredient. in
vented by US, gives to tine Starch
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06

using lJOdn ; MD
ney Pills | was St,
run down and mis-
cradle that ! could
hardly endure tt
Terrible pains in
the back attacked
me frequently and
the kidney secre-
tiors were much h
diSordered | was d
nervous wreck and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
Rnaiand.s Debt 70 france.

One Of the chief debts to France 70
that she nourishes our ideas trans
forms them, makes them her own.
jus, as she transplanted and trans
uittec the flower OF the Renaissance
in an earlier day. With all our ma
tionaI vanity We never dispute the
pareutage II is only territory and
diplomatic prestige and commerce
about which We quarrel with our
-awee, enemy'-London Academy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-06
prerjer Writes for Papers.

Premier Campbell Rannerman, OF
England. is the exact opposite of his
nredecessor. Balfour, in one thing.
The latter said that while he was in
office ne never read the newspapers.
The present prime minister not only
reads them but writes for them.