The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
MAYOR IS HOME :
FROM THE COAST
Chief Executive of the City
Returns From Extended
Auto Tour.
| NOT A SINGLE MlSHAP
REPORTED ON THE TRIP
Machines Shipped From Los
Angeles and Return Made
by Rail.

Mayor J. s. Bransford and wife and
l.. A. Evans. wife and family, returned
TO this city Sunday forenoon from va
cation, in which they Travelled. since
juno 2, 25oO miles in an automobile
Mayor Bransford said that he had been
glad TO drop his various business cares
and official duties. but that he was also
glad 10 be back in Salt Lake City. Wal
lace Bransford and his wife. who also
made the same trip in sln automobile. re-
turned to the city Saturday night.
Speaking of his trip. Mayor Bransford
said that the party had left the city on
June and had gone to Brigham City
and from there on TO Elko. Eureka,
Fallon and Reno New, spending q night
In each place. From Reno. the party
drove the machines TO Lake Tahoe, Cal,
anu from there to Quincy. Plunas coun-
that place. IL being the old homo OF the
mayor, At Indian Valley the party also
stopped for n week, where the mayor re-
newed old acquaintances, barking back To
the time when he served as sheriff OF the
county for eight years and as assessor
for four years,
Sees the Big Fight.
After leaving Indian Valley. the party
proceeded toward Greenwald and from
there TO Red Bluff At Vallejo. Cal, tho
eutomobiies we're shipped across the bay
TO San Francisco. where a week was put
in seeing the sights. From there, Mayor
Bransford ran down 10 Reno In time TO
become spectator at the Jeffries-Joh
son fight. The Santa Clara valley was
the next point of interest. and from there
to the Santa Cruz mountains. where the
redwood trees are to be seen.
Between Del Monte and San Luis
Obispo. q sight, which might well have
been entitled The Woes OF an Antomo-
bllist" presented itself to the party. Tho
Salinas river had Ia be crossed. and al
though dry, 1t contained large beds OF
quicksand Some unfortunate automo-
billst in attempting to cross the river had
his car mired In n bed OF the quiclisand
and was unable to move forward or back
out. . He went to nearby ranchman
and. buying few loads. Of straw, scat
tered il beneath and In front Of the ma
chine, hoping thus 10 drive the car
through the sand.
Car Is Burned Up.
When he was ready TO start he opened
the cutoff OF the muffler on his car and
turned on the power The result vas
!gnited the straw, and before the eyes
OF the. unfortunate automobillst his car.
as wei as his trunks and suit cases con-
tanning his clothing. was virtually CON
sumed. When Mayor Bransford and his
party drove by the car was still in the
middle OF the river bed, a monument to
the woes of the autonlobilst.
After Los Angeles was reached, the
automobiles. in perfect working order
were loaded OH freight cars and shipped
10 Salt Lake City, the party returning
10 this city by rail-. Speaking OF the
trip Mayor Bransford said that II was
without a mishap of the slightest kind.
not even the sand causing the slightest
bother TO the machines. which had not
been touched with a wrench or screw
driver since leaving Selt Lake City.
Asked what he thought of the fight ct
Reno, Mayor Bransford stated that he
was disgusted with the spectacle and
with the very poor showing made by JEFF
fries.