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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
AUTOMOB|L|NG ON
MOUNTAIN ROADS
W. N. Bransford Tells of Hard
ships in Idaho During Rain
and SnoWstorms.

That an automobile can be used TO an
advantage in the mountains under all
KINDS OF conditions is being demonstrated
py w NJ Bransford and party from Salt
Lake Bransford has been out for consid-
eraoly over month, and during that time
has encountered the worst roads In east
ern Idaho and western Wyoming He 1.
sun going and evidently likes the game
IN letter received last week Rransford
tells of some of his troubles Ths isttar
follows: N "
Just returned from a ten DAVIS trip
into the hills. via Miles: hard trip. snow.
rain. etc 49,
My trip to Birch creek which I sent
Chipping FOR was the worst / ever saw
, taik ABOUT Weber canyon-it was a boG-
levard compared with It," (Bransford and
MS car was one Of the party which polited
the American car In the New York Paris
race through Weber canyon during a rain
and snow storm
Il sent you couple OF postals on II. but
! would nave TO write you book TO give
details OF the trip. Eight DAYS of snow
and rain and II was real snow and rain
too L passed over roads that have the
Indiana and middle west roads backed or
the board. Get out the Goodrich folder
and look over the Big Six pathfinder ex-
perience, then add streams lakes of wa
ter anywhere up to 900 yards and up TO the
frame in depth. Yes. up to the frame with
muddy and rocky bottoms. Also few
sand hills. not flats. / think all the sand
In the United States came from Ross Fork
and Camas. This will give you sane idea
of the road from Dubois to Idaho Falls
after rainstorm.
THAT little old thirty horsepower en-
Gine carried 1860 pounds of mud. etc. and
never missed a shot or boiled once
Twelve gallons of gas were burned in
the fifty miles. which were made on the
low or intermediate. The radiator was
completely choked with mud. I don't be
lieve dozen holes were open and the
spokes were solid. Who is IL that uses the
expression. 1t won't come Off? Well.
that is Idaho mud for you. / don't know
that | can describe the system of roads
and do justice. but it is some like this
only ten times more so.
Ten teams started out on the road
At the end of the first halfmile, one team
quit and took to the sagebTush in disgust
4 mile further on another quit in disgust.
This continued until at the end OF five
miles the last team | was following quit
i'm disgust and went strtight up. We
finally took to the sagebrush. which was
higher than the radiator caps.
''On two occasions the wheels were sunk
so deep in the mud that they spinned in
side of the chains. You can have your
skies and forty-five. but as Charles john
son. one of the party. says: My thirty
will go any place a yoke Of oxen can
Believe me, il Is the best car I'm the world
and you can tell George Pierce | said So
Ny tires are pretty much on the bum
have supply on hand as ] may go 10
pieces any day.
You won't know the car when you see
it, The paint is all gone. and the glass
front is broken. but run: can do fortF-
five miles right now and have done forty
nine since leaving Salt Lake
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12

the secure feeling that with her bolted-
on tires none can be pulled off. even If
a tire is fiat.
If factory engineers were accessible,
they would be busy turning down the
cranks that turn up. but this would
make no wheels go round.
y *
Carolyn" the hill-climbing motor
boat OF J. c. Wetmore, automobile
editor. is in commission again on the
Shrewsbury river, New Jersey. and
during June il located and surmounted
three new sand bars that had formed
during the winter. On one occasion the
party. which included Perriton Max
well, the magazine writer; Mrs. Max
we'll and c. J. Post. the writer and IL
illustrator were rescued from the dry
hunlor of the bar situation by the
CORPS of a regular United States life
saving station. A week later river pi-
rates stole the climbing marvel at
night and started away with her. but
thew could not stand the amphibious
pace of "Corlyn" and cut her adrlft-
X x
I'll. c. Barroll of Los Angeles, Cal,
who. with his wife and daughter, is
making the trip across the continent In
a locomotive car for his health, arrived
at OGDEN Utah. June 20, and in a let
ter of that date wrote to New YORK;
.'Thirteen hundred miles from Pasade-
ma. Car working fine: no repairs or any
consequence. Roads very, very bad.
y &
An impressiye object lesson of the
great national strength of the Amerl-
can Automobile association and its ge-
ograpbical scope is provided by a map
hanging in the headquarters of the A
A. A. at the Iroquois hotel, Buffalo On
this man the color scheme brings INTO
relief the twenty-four states ana ter
ritories now holding A. A A. organi-
cations affiliated with the national
body. while the individual CLUBS COM
prisine these state organizations are
indicated by pegs. and the several
other states in which A. A. A. organl-
cation is now being perfected are dis
played in a contrasting Color Inc
trunk line railroads have recognized
the national cha>acter or the conxeh-
ton by granting reduced rate or rare
to Buffalo.
Howard Herr, who has charge or the
hotel accommoda tons for the Gnoden
tourists. is a noted story teller and en-
tertainer. To cheer the detected ones
who have lost points during the uay
Mr.. Herr will hold forth at night at the
meetings called by the tour mahaee-
ment and thus make the occasion OF
dispensing penalties seem less soiemn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
New York-Paris Race-From vladi-

Following is the news in brief of the
big New York Paris race from the
start in Vladivostok to date. Note the
disadvantages overcome by Americas
champion and the slow but sure pro-
press the Thomas made in gaining the
lead in the world-famed contest:
May 19.-Cablegram: Racers leave
Nladivostok today. Thomas, Protos.
Zust." Prizes offered of 1000 each for
first car TO enter Chita and st. Peters
burg De Dion withdrawn.
May 20.-De Dion driver wanted to
ride on Thomas. RefuSed-tried to cor
ner gasoline in Vlad., delaying Thomas
two days.
May 22.-Dispatch: Leave today.
Paris or bust! Schuster." Protos left
Vlad several hours ahead of Thomas,
in storm and-mud,
May 24.-Report stated Thomas was
on road steady forty-eight hours.
Caught up with Protos and pulled lat
ter out of mud. Siberia rain-soaked
and very dangerous. No roads and
bandits reported ahead. Ninety-four
miles nearer Paris.
Nav 25.-F'loOd stopped Thomas in
thunderstorm. Made attempt to push
through on road. Returned TO Nikolsk
TO follow tracks of Trans-Siberian rail-
road Protos used tracks and thus took
the lead some distance ahead.
MAY 2S-Protos still sixty miles
ahead of Thomas, 204 miles from Vlad.
Thomas nearly hit by st. Petersburg
express while travelling on tracks in
tunnel Roads worse than anything in
America.
June 4.-Report received stating
Thomas met with accident May % on
railroad track. Five days delay while
Schuster got supplies. from Hardin
Crew camped in wilderness-later
guarded by Russian soldiers Protos
overturned, but again started with aid
of soldiers. reaching Hardin six days
in lead--537 miles from Nlad.
June S.-Racers still used railroad
tracks. Official withdrew privilege of
free use OF tracks and insisted in hold
ing Thomas at each station TO meet
train schedules. Zust reported as re-
entered in race. Positions. according TO
cable. were: Protos. zoo miles west from
Vlad and 200 miles ahead OF Thomas
flour days.; Thomas, 4Sa miles from
Vlad: Zust, IA miles from Vlad.
June 12.-American embassy at ST.
Petersburg made arrangements TO pro-
tect Thomas in Russia after being in
formed of threatening letters received
at Buffalo from bandits and anarchists
June 13.-Thomas left tracks and took
the road again. Gained a day on tins
Protos,- and was only $50 miles behind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
llFIElD IS STILL At IT
Barney Is on His Way to st. Paul,
MINI, to Cut Loose
Again.

Ohleago, July 11.-Barney Oldheld
''oFed into Chicago yesterday on his
~ from Cleveland to st. Paul. where
+ viii cut loose on July 16 in the
10 race meet to he given by the
e'orists of that city. Barney recent
/ purchased a six" and a -Four"
rom the StearnS company. and after
lmng up the flyers to their best
peea ne started out last Monday to
|iageS.
We didn't let the cars loose until
reached Wauseon, o." said Old
assistant driver. Charles Soule.
~. lom that place 10 Butler, Ind, a
s'dhee Of ia miles. We sure burned up
roads. Our time for that distance
less than four hours"
Ut me Steenth time in his career
1ueId declared he hadn't quit track
|ans. he expects 70 perform on a
al track this season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
BLAME PUT ON UhP|REs
New York Magnate Says Arbitrator
Drove Griffith Out Of
League.

Frank Farrell, the owner of the New
York Americans says. in reference TO
Clarke Griffith's resignation:
L have always sustained Griffith and
would have upheld him to the end II he
had stuck to his position. Griffith has
always been hard worker for me and
would have made a success as manager
of he New York club if the umpires
had given him fair treatment. Just be-
cause he is a hard loser and fought for
his rights the umpires got down on
Clarke and made II very unpleasant for
him. They had him spotted so that he
got il worse and worse from them all
the time. Our team received raw deal
from the umpires OH its recent western
trip. In the first place. several or Mr..
Johnson's umpires are VIGOROUSLY IN
competent and all of them had II In
for Griffith. Jennings and the Detroit
players could do Just as they pleased
last year and rode rough shod over
everybody and everything with the UNI
Dires' permission, and thus won a
championship by buildozing methods
that by right belonged to Connie
Mack Next to my own club / would
rather see Connie Mack win than any
body else because of the way he was
euchred out of last years pennant.
Had the umpires been one-half as strict
with the Detroit team as they always
want to be with Griffith and the rest
of our players. IT would have been the
Athletics flag in a walk. Grifnth mas
heen driven out of baseball by these
men-Mr. Johnson's umpires. Judging
from what took place in the west re-
Gently. these umpires must have been
in league to force Griffith into retire
ment by the way they treated him.
am sorry to part with Griffith / con-
slider him a first-class baseball man. He
worked hard for me and IL treated de-
Gently nv the umpires would have given
New York a pennant winning team
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
ELL DRAW COLOR LINE
-nley Ketchell Says That He Will
Never Fight
Negro.

ioTk July I.-If our fighters con-
10 eraw the color line il will only
question OF time when the colored
s'S.s viii either be compelled to fight
!" their own color or quit the rins
VIZ In the last two months great
NAne pugllists have openly de-
"a that they would never meet a c..
ooxer. no matter how big a purse
OItered for the battle.
Stest fighter TO Craw the color
|s,,, ,sldhiey ketchell, the middleweight
I5r'On or the world. Ketchell was Of
~ SHsht with Sam Langford. the coll
h csller OF Boston. to be fought at
y, Souroth' club at Colma. but as
~ =, ne received the offer he wired
49, SoItroth, stating that he would
'lsht cOlOred man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
Mike Powers Has a Scheme.

Mike Powers of the Athletics SAYS: II
wish / could arrange a four-club league
between graduates of these four colleges
Illinois, NOtre Dame. Holy Cross and
Georget own. Just think of the players
that graduated into the American and
National leagues from those four univer-
sites. Georgetown would have Doc
White and Doom a battery. Holy Cross
would have Coakley and Coombs for pit
cheers. Notre Dame would have Norwood
Gibson. Reulbach. Mike O'Neil. Joe Biz
mingham. Henry Thielman and myself
up with Jake Stahl. Lundgren, Falken-
berg, Cook of indianapolis and lot Of
others"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12

by the contemporaneous dispensation
of humor
Foster Champion, New York attor-
ney living at Eastport, l.. l., who owns
a big Pierce Arrow car. used II last
Sunday, first to rush hose TO a. burn
ing building. and afterwards to carry
an invalid woman to safety when she
had been rescued from the burning
house. Attorney Champion. while driv-
ing by the burning house in his Pierce,
saw flames issuing from the building.
He secured hose from an adjoining
neighbor and hurried back TO the hre'
where Mrs. Sadusky, bed-ridden IN
valid, had Just been removed. After
unloading his hose he lifted the old
lady into his car and carried her TO a
neighbor's house. where she received
medical attendance. and then he re-
turned to fight the fire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12

Made 400 miles in four days on Siberian
roads.
June l6-Protos reached Chita and
won $1,000 prize-14 400 miles from Vlad.
Her gasoline tank afire at Imeno.
Thomas cut down Protos' lead of five
days TO three. The accident near Po-
granitchnaza cost Thomas the prize.
Zust 1000 miles behind.
June 17.-Thomas reached Chita-now
only two days behind Protos. Many
narrow escapes from roads, animals
and lawless bandits. Crew badly
tagged and showing the strain. Slow
but sure the Thomas catching up.
June 19.-Thomas reported 1.769 miles
from Vlad. Report that Zust was de-
stroyed by fire 3S4 miles from the
coast.
June 21.-Thomas nearly caught Pro-
tos Just missed boat carrying German
car across lake-few hours behind
Reached Irkutsk. 1879 miles from Vlad.
Had to wait nine hours for gasoline
after Protos left.
June 23.-Dispatch from Berlin re-
porter Protos at Kansk. half way to
Moscow. Thomas about 100 miles be-
hind.
June 27-Thomas caught Protos at
Tomsk American car sank with ferry
boat and Germans started ahead again
Great demonstrations in villages all
along route Inc race mere Dis exciting
as any speed contest could ever be.
x X x
A motor stage line. with two seven
passenger horsepower Pierce Ar
row touring cars, has been established
between Mojare and Love Pine. Cali
fornia. by Z. T. Garter of Mojare and
j. Hume and A. T. Hay of Los Ange-
les. The route lies for 80 miles over
sandy road and makes connection with
the stage coach at Keller. The enter
prise is paying so well that the pro-
moters contemplate putting on addi-
tional Arrows.
An interesting feature of the Glidden
tour is the experience of woman with
the most modern devices in the line Of
time equipment, removable rims. Mrs.
Joan Cuneo. who drove from start TO
finish in last years tour, had some
very sad experiences with tires and
lost precious points because Of delays
through tire troubles. This year she
is more anxious than ever to get
through with a clean score, and she
has had her new Rainier equipped with
a set of Fisk removable rims. of which
spares ones are carried with already
inflated tires bolted on. With this
equipment Mrs. Cuneo expects to be
able herself to take off punctured
tire rim and all. and replace them
with another rim and a hard tire In
less than five minutes. She also has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
~ n - HEALS

Sores and Ulcers blood They that the
infected with and poisons which are being
constantly discharged into the place to ire the delicate nerves
state OF
and disease the blood the result Of
whether
and ulcers and that
antsepc effects but nothing applied the
cure s. and ulcers of every kind gets down
the trouble and removes every trace OF inquiry or
the quality the
fston SO that instead feeding diseased with impurities it
6 in with healthy supplying with rich blood Book
desired all who write
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
SUM MER FICTION.

birmingham Age-Herald-)
That's a hundred pounds of ice, mum.
The ice man.
'.No, / never was in love before The
summer man.
Il will be yours and yours only.
summer girl
II caught eight in less'n an hour. One
of 'em weighed five pounds. The fish
erman.
I'm getting where I don't care who
uins The baseball fan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
SCHRECK Is BEATEN.
"' lakes Part in One Fight That
Is Not Fixed.

h, ~, I,i.iidu, July 1i.-During a street
o,a S4lAe Schreck. local pugilist. who
~, uihe aspired TO be heavyweight
n, or the world. was badly beat
,. ana may have sustained perma-
'ech was found by the police
On The sidewalk in front of 1SS
s"0rth street. and as he was
gu with blood he was picked up
,s,ol lt 70 the city hospital. His face
hSlen 10 double its size, both eyes
y hCAened. and he Is horribly cut
ised. IL is feared that he
Sbsu Internal injuries.
losaaS refuses TO either name or
b ule his assailants. who the po-
say are friends of his.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
Addle Joss Likes Pitcher Wood.
Why Brooklyn Released vickers.

"A wild pitch while warming up cost
me my job with Brooklyn a few years
ago. says "Rube" Nickers. II was
pitching to Tommy Ahearn. and Tommy
Is not any taller than 'Topsy Hartsel. so
when ! happened to let a high one go
Tommy could not reach II and IL hit a
man in the grand stand and cut his eye
open. 1t cost the Brooklyn club $40 10
settle and | lost nv iOb.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
ALMOST A FIRE.
PhiIadelphia Inouirer)

philadelphia Inquirer
There was nearly a bad fire at the
theatre last night
How was that?'
THE villain lit cigarette and tossed
the match into the snow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
FRETFUI DAD.

washington Herald.)
This son of mine is always up TO
something"
Boys will be boys
Il wouldn't object to that. But he
wants to take a female part in college
plav
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
|orEzY TALKS WITH AMERICAN
7 LEAGUE PLAYERS AND MANAGERS

LOUIS They crossed us on evsrx,bir,
Ina sna' We tried the last two games and
II case of arrange a new set for ne
t,1m, n we don't IL is case of get
tslhlhsa -FOUR straight by St Louis 10,
II the Neps get onto them McAleer surely
The change worked all right for they
heads. oi inc"
Mourning Over Slump.
II certainly am puzzled as to wbv our
shtife team should be batting so moor
~. SAYS Harry Davis. when one or
TWO players OF team lose their batting
eye no one expresses any surprise. but
Wnen whole team, one that has been
noted Tor its hard hitting. goes TO the
Dao. then one has TO do some guessing
we seem to he meeting the bali as well
as ever, nut somehow or other we cant
nj EN- where they amt. Pretty tough
when the best batter on the club Is bat
ting only go or so. We have been
lleldlng wen and our pitchers have been
gong pretty well. but you can't win with
out base hits
"Rube" Vickers Touts This Man,
Just imagine" says Rube vickers OF
the Athletics, "a man who can hi like
I'd Delehanty used to. man that run
bases IKE Bill Lange. a man that had
Amos Rusie' speed and YOU have Doc
fIillebrand. the Princeton pitcher that
signed with Washington and then never
reported. In my opinion he is the best
ballplayer in the country. few years
ago was playing with the independent
team al Burlington. VI. We had Jack
Warner and several other professionals
that are well known on our team. One
day we went against Plattsburg Hille-
brand pitched for them and I pitched for
Burlington The game went thirteen in
nings without either team scoring. Hill
lebrand struck out nineteen men and
made about all the hits that PlattsburG
made He weighed 30 pounds then and
stood six feet two inches but he was as
fast as bullet. He would be a sensa-
ton in the American league"
Addie Joss Likes Pitcher Wood.
over at Toledo, the other day. [ saw
the best young pitcher that l have seen
in many a year. said Addie Joss yes
terday. 1T is Wood Of Kansas City.
whom Boston has an option on. He has
about as much speed as any one j ever
SOW. and he showed me a new wrinkle.
curve that he delivers the ball over
hand. It's a corker and if he does not
lose his arm he viii make good in the
big league next season. They don't make
them any better than him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
SPORTY WAITER.

journal Amusant)
Waiter. what have you got this morn
ing"
"A headache
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12
Has Plenty of CoIleeians.
Cot Onto Boston's Signals.

Cleveland got onto our signals" said
/ member OF the Boston Red SoX just
eiors McGuire's aggregation left for St.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-11-26
Reached His Limit,

Little Henry had been very naughty
and was shut UP In q closet until he
should express proper penitence for
his misdeeds. Near by sat his moth.
er. ready to extend pardon to the
small offender at the FIRST sign OF
sorrow. At last a faint sigh caught
her ear. Creeping silently to the
door, she discovered the child seated
on the floor In a disconsOlate attitude.
''Poer mel" he muttered. with an.
other sigh. why can't get QUIT
Tse done sorried all can sorry!"-
Delineator.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-11-26
THANKSGIVING Toast.

Thanksgiving day! The Fates benign
Have gwen us in Joy to dine.
To womRnhood / raise this glass
Let every lever toast his lass
God bless our sweetheaFts, yours and
minel
In Loneliness why longer pine9
Be wed ere next shall oVefpaHs
Thanksgiving dayi
Now pledge me this. good fellows nine,
shine.
Well send one backward thought, alasl
To Bachelorsi Unhappy elaasi
And drink one toast TO Aud Lang syne.' %
Thanksgiving dayl
Ernest Neal Lyons. In Sunday Maya
zine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-11-26

the people we're TO gather boughs OF
eedars and willows of the brooks. II
may be from this custom that the
present day decoration OF churches
with greens and vegetables arose.
Herodotus mentions this autumn
custom Of thanksgiving, and Homer
writes that cakes and Jumps OF
dough thrown at the head OF the sacrt'
fetal victim formed a part OF the
Greek offerings TO Apollo. the sun-god.
At the feast Of the ingathering."
In ancient times Apollo received the
honors of the harvest festival, but the
rustics sacrificed to Vacuna, the god
dess. Images Of Vacuna were made
Of straw. wheat, barley and rye, and
were carried about with singing and
cheering. Even now in England Inn
ages made OF straw crowned with flow.
ers are occasionally carried about and
called Ceres-tho goddess Of agricul.
ture. Apollo was formerly woFshiped
In Britain. and the May-pole is q
pretty relic OF those days. They dec.
GRATED Il with gArlands 10 welcome the
noFthward coming Of Apologize sun
lat whose Appearance the flowers
and fruit began TO grow.
Various customs. all containing the
same Idea. have prevailed in different
countries. In Scotland. when the
reapcrs have finished their work. &
small package Of corn, called the
Corn Lady" Is hung up In the house
The ancient Egyptians offered saori
fees and made offerings OF corn and
wine to Leith. the mother Of the sun
Wheat, according 10 both sacred and
secular history. was the most impor
tRnt grain grown In Egypt. and this
mode OF harvesting Il IL interesting
Instead OF the usual method the reap
eFB cut the straw Just below the eal
OF corn. II was carried In bags 70 ms
threshiHg floar, '-here II was trodder
out By oxen. Sometimes tie wheai
wa raaped In the usual way and
Mexico Missouri message., 1908-11-26
There and Back.

Once upon another time a tramp
was being fed at college cookery on
the pieces de resistances Of the fresh
man class.
Some authorities claim that bad
cooking drives many men TO drink"
said the assistant principal; was that
the case with you?
Looks to me. lady, like de odder
way around" answered the hobo. un.
gratefully; 1T wuz drink druv me to
thisl"-Illustrate Sunday Magazine.