Arizona republican., 1908-01-10
MOTORING GOSSIP
 BIG OUTING FOR CLUB
Talk of Members Spending Day as
 Orqanization at Granite Reef.

: one of the trips planned by the Au- ! tomoble club when il is fully organ l ized is run to Granit, Reef. in which it IS hoped tn be able to inter i est most all of the owners. IL would
 be special days outing. dinner would he taken along and general picnic iniulged in, IL could he made
 not only a pleasant trip. but would serve to inform many who have not visited that great project just what | the government is doing The roads are still in good shape and the run : has been made in good time several different occasions rhe past two
 weeks Long trips of this nature by ! a number of autos will also awaken q new interest in good roads and serve to unifv the membership of the club [ for the accomplishment of the pur- [ poses for which il has been organized. 1 A number of other objective points might be added to the list which bunch of autoists might set out for on other days.
 The river still continues to be good fording for automobiles. those making ! the run the past week having little 1 difficulty. and no narrowing eXpc- rienccS
 The work of enrolling new mem
 bers in the local auto club is meeting with satisfying success. Every owner in the valley should make il a point to become member of the 6rganiza tion. The belief which prevailed for a . time that the automobile was only toy for the rich was exploded by the , demonstrations of the reliability and efficiency of motor cars. and now the wealthy have Paid for the experiment tai stage of the game and the general public has begun to reap the benefit. The ,idea that il takes considerable money to buy and operate d motor car has been laid away on the shelf with other mistaken notions that came from lack of knowledge of the pOssi bilities of machine and its cost of operation.
 T. has finally come to point that the man who is able to own good horse and rig can now own an auto mobile and not "nly get it for the same. or less purchase price. but actually save m-nry in the operating expenses.
 While the cost need be no more. or as much to operate a runabout as it k tu properly care for Ja good horse and rig. the advantage the car has over the hcr>c-drawn vehicle is SD great that. considering the efficiency. Il is much cheaper.
 With the present methods of manu- fracture and the standardization of the automobile. manufacturers are able to put out thoroughly reliable machine that will run hundreds of milcs> and i in some some instances they have run thousands, with no expense other than that for gasoline. lubricating oils and recharging of batteries.
 More foreign automobiles were brought into the country in November this year than in any previous No vember. the Number being I45, valued at s42S.4S5. The previous record for the month was in 1906. 9S cars worth S37e.752.
 Pennsylvania State highway officials are experimenting with twentv-eight varieties of limestone. in search of an inexpensive vet satisfactory road ma terial
 Business amounting to over $2.J00.- 000 was done at the Chicago show by the exhibitors. over 1S5.r00 persons paid to see tke ears displayed.
 With the recent redemption of $20. o00 worth of bonds. the Automobile Club of America. New York's big or ganization. had paid off S40.000 of the indebtedness on its million-dollar club house. into which it moved in April.
 Paris auto makers are exceedingly wrathy because the American govern ment refused to waive duty on ma chimes imported for the New York Au- tomobie Salon. The duties on one firms exhibit amounted to SS000.
 H. LecheTpy. who has just been elected to the French Chamber of Deputies. after Whirlwind seventy five-day campaign. during which he visited personally 5000 constituents. won one vote bv assisting q citizen to replace a wheel on an automobile