Arizona republican., 1908-12-13
UNUSUAL EVENTS AT
 CASTLE HOT SPRINGS
VISIT OF GENERAL E. Q. THOMAS, COMMANDER OF THE DEPART
 MENT OF THE COLORADO.
Result of the Automobile Run-The Six Phoenix Machines Averaged Four Hours For the Trip.


 News was received from Castle Hot
 Springs last night of two events of
 unusual importance to the. springs settlement and of considerable inter
 est here. One was the arrival of | General E. D. Thomas and party, and
 the other was the safe arrival of the Phoenix automobile party that left here about 10 o'clock yesterday morn
 ing.
 General Thomas is commander of | the department of the Colorado, U. | S. A, and is accompanied on his tour
 by his aide. MT. J. Gaujot. They have | been in Prescott for several days, where they were nicely entertained, | and were accompanied to the springs | by R. N. Fredericks, w A. Drake, F.
 P Cruice, Paul Burks and H. D. Ait
 ken. General Thomas is one of the
 old soldiers of the pioneer days and
 has made occasional visits to Arizona
 in late years, but until yesterday had
 not been at Castle Hot Springs since thirty years ago when one was more likely to find a redskin hiding behind
 the rocks than he was to meet pale | face with a hospitable welcome. The general said after trying the | baths that he could not see that the
 water had cooled any in thirty years, and it is finer than ever because 1 of the more cOngenial surroundings. | The hotel plant and all its equipment | pleased him thoroughly and he eX-
 pressed himself as agreeably sur prised at the perfection of everything. The general will remain at the springs 1 for several days and then come to | Phoenix for a short visit, after which he will proceed to Fort Huachuca. Concerning the automobile run from | Phoenix to the springs yesterday, it
 was reported that the average time
 made by the cars was four hours, which is pretty good travelling over | a 72-mile road, much of which is
 through the mountains. and speaks
 well for the kind of a road maintained between the junction and the springs. | Some of the cars made it in a little less time and some were a little long
 CT, but it appears that they were all quite close together. The exact time
 of each car could not be learned last night The cars were met at the junction by A. w. Chaffee, manager
 of the Castle Hot Springs hotel, in ! | longing to the hotel company. He | escorted the procession to the springs, accompanied by H. N. Cox of Hot l Springs Junction, Dr G. W. Vickcrs
 and G. L. Leitheiser. as passengers. l Six Phoenix cars made the run. The
 cars and their occupants were as fol- | lows: Forty horsepower Speedwell, bear | ing w. T. Callahan, Thomas A. Arm | strong and l.. J. Albert.
 Forty horsepower Tourist. bearing Louis Sands, II. C. Lockett and F. D. Futile.
 Thirty horsepower Buick, bearing | George Purdy Bullard. D. w. Nichols, ! H. $. Klawans and F. D. Dunlop. Forty horsepower Rambler. bearing | R. H. Greene, H. F. DeMund, J. S Griffin and MT. Smith, chauffeur. Forty horsepower Mitchell, bearing l Tom w. Higley, R. F. Kirkland, w. E. Simpson and L T. Trump.
 Forty horsepower Mitchell. bearing Mir. and Mrs. J. Thalheimer, Miss | Thalheimer. MT. and Mrs. Fred Trib-
 olet. Mrs J. Tribolet and Mrs. Charles Tribolet.