Arizona republican., 1908-02-18
GARAGE GOSSIP
 LOCAL & ELSEWHERE
The River is Still Not Portable for
 Autos and Trips are Postponed.

The river is yet unfordable for au- tomobiles and for most other vehicles as well. On this account no/trips have f been made across to the southside. The only mode left to the man who wishes to use his machine IS to have it trans ported on a flat car to Tempe and un- loaded. The river is receding grad ually but it will be several days before it can be safely crossed. The current had shifted a few days ago making a new channel which is deeper and not nearly so wide as that formerly fol- lowed.
 The Auto club did not have the meeting scheduled for Friday night owing to some of the members having other engagements.
 Dr. Stones Winton is in service paired.
 Mir. Sands of Glendale is planning a trip to Roosevelt as soon as the roads are in good shape again. The Sands family are extensively interested in automobiles having five in the family in different parts of the country.
 The Tourist which made the hard trip through the rain to Roosevelt is now in fine shape again and in active service. It stood the trip well and but little overhauling was needed
 Among the few American cars enter ed for the long race from New York to Paris is the reliable White steam car, which has been more than usually successful the past year In victories of all kinds.
 Among the eastern automobile tour ists enjoying southern California to the fullest is Alderman Tom Carey ot Chicago, who is a fourth year annual visitor. He loads up his 7-passenger straight line White steamer with Chi cago politicians, who are his guests and take them out in all direc- tions from the metropolis to see the !. sights he is already familiar with and describes them like MT. Dooley would do.
 good auto story comes from Mon treal, Canada A Hebrew junk dealer was trying to get his load of bottles up slippery hill unsuccessfully when runabOut came along and its driver offered to tow the Jews horse and wagon up the hill All went well until the rope broke. Then the Hebrew took off the rains and doubled them for a tow cable. It worked all right. but when the little Maxwell had gotten the old horse, wagon and empty bottles up the hill the Jew exclaimed: Vat a peety der bottles vos empty!"
 Away up in the far north of Alberta in Canada at Medicine Hat. where gas oline costs 50 cents a gallon. an owner of a Maxwell runabout has been using natural gas for fuel He fitted a tank to the car and filled the big tank with natural gas, which is very cheap up there The tests showed a cost per mile of a twentieth of a cent.
 At the Pasadena Hill Climb. which was won last year by a Pope Hartford. there were no serious accidents. though several cars gave out on the course or had minor troubles that put them out Of the running On Wash ingtons birthday this year the great est precautions will be taken to pro tect both spectators and contestants for much faster driving than ever be- fore will be the rule. cars are imprOy- ing so much and all increasing the power. It now looks as though the winning of the fastest time was be- tween Ii. D. Byus in his White. Billy Rense in a Pope-Toledo and a dark horse who will enter at last moment.