The sun., 1908-09-07
BEER COOLED AUTOMOBILE
A TALE or GOLDFIELD, WHERE
MONEY rs PLENTY

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And Where water Ia Scarce Connection
Between souse and Tank Demon'
strated In tho Nevada Desert-kind
Deed 20 Tired Fishes on an Albany Trip
sJust been out 10 the mining fields Of
Nevada said the wanderer dropping
into his club after a long absence. Great
country out there. They do things,
Some Of the things are queer to the East
erner. but there Is always action.
-You know, I never got the automobile
craze. That's one thing have passed up.
I like to ride in them all right, but never
hankered to own one or run one. / don't
know the first principle OF the mechanism
of the things. know the names Of
certain parts of the machine, but what
they have to do with operating 1t 10 oil
Greek to me.
"No. I'm not going to take up autolng
and be daredevil driver can't see
anything In that. but you can do things
with one Of those machines that make you
have a. great admiration for them, And
that admiration may be born OF envy.
as you can imagine from an experience
/ had.
Everybody who amounts 10 anything
In q prosperous Nevada mining camp
owns an auto. You see as many ma
chimes out in that country as you do
around here.
"A trip from Goldfeld TO Tonopah
or to Bullfrog is a regular thing. The
roads are not the best have seen, but
the machines those fellows own are mostly
the imported kind and they make good
time.
Il hadn't been in Goldfeld long before
ran into some old friends. fellows I had
met in my travels. One was running
gambling hoise and doing good business.
The last time had seen him was in San
Francisco, where he was trying to live
by running q small hotel
"He has a very nice family who are
not unknown In Boston. but they don't
know him now. He passed out from them
for being fired from college, but that
has happened to lots Of fellows-me.
for instance.
Another chap hooked up with has
an interest in one of the mines and is
millionaire several times overAnot a
paper millionaire. but real gold mill
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years; our last meeting was several years
ago at the Fifth Avenue Hotel here when
he accepted with apparent reluctance
but evident pleasure a good dinner and
several drinks. He was then slipping
to the deadwood class. but he put on the
clutch. pulled himself together and
landed in Goldfield
Come to the auto story2 Sure. but
they're real live interesting persons and
worth talking about. Besides this chap
owned the auto, and l thought you'd like
to know about him.. Here goes.
Gre morning the gambler. a couple
of others and the auto man fuEfed around
doing rcthirg except having a drink
row and then. ar d It was decided 10 take
a run over to Bullfiog In the Tachire
Bullfrog 10 about fifty miles away. /
ehould cay.
We PILED into the machine and the
owner took the wheel He's a good
dri yer and has an intimate Knowledge
of hi machine. but for couple Of days
he had been distributing his gold with
the wet goods bu siness men Of the town
and he had not paid much attention to
that auto,
We had snooped up the main street
and were passing out Of town when our
host got an idea. He expressed 1t In q
neat little speech to this eject:
The trip was a long. and dusty one.
We needed beer, beer, lots Of 1t. just
about FIVE cases slowed away In the back
of our wagon would be grand cargo.
A case of beer a man-twenty-four bottles
Prolonged cheers as the reports al
ways have it when describing good
speeches. We turned about and went
back to a saloon. The beer was lifted
aboard and ice packed neatly around
on his brilliant idea as he put on second
speed -SVhatever that is-and we left
Goldfeh behind US.
II didn't begin to get thirst until we
had gone about twenty miles. There was
no reason why should. The rest Of the
party seemed to be fixed the same way.
we were then on desert. and perhaps
that had something to do with it, was
about to suggest that the beer time had
arrived when ! noticed that our host was
looking at the front OF the machine and
had slowed up. He was worried. that
was certain. Finally he stopped and
began looking over the thing.
grunt 'Weter all out Of radiator. We're
up against it. L. =
From what ] could make out II was
water cooled car. The water in the
radiator had been used up and the cylin-
ders had become overheated. We could
get along some distance. but we would
wreck the machinery. and even then we
wouldn't be any better of than where
we were, II appears that out in that
country, where the wind is high and the
air hot. water is used up pretty fast in a
machine.
1t wasn't very pleasant situation. as
| knew that our man was up on what he
was talking about. Two OF the party
made suggestions to him.
-The gambler sat on the roadside
holding his head in his hands. He always
was a resourceful chap. For long time
he didn't say a word. Then he dropped
his hands and raised his head.
The beer!' he said.
No go said the other two fellows.
Il said nothing, but looked doubtfully at
the owner.
just the thing he said, smiling for
the first time. Should have thought Of II
self
I'VE pulled out the beer and poured
bottle after bottle into that radiator.
My. but 1t was waste Of good beer!
Il never saw anybody or any thing
consume as much beer as that radiator.
1t may not have been right, but I sneaked