Arizona republican., 1910-04-28
EXPERIENCE
 0N DESERT. Came Near Being Fatal To.
 Tempe Man FOUND NONE TOO SOON An Incident of Recent Auto Trip Taken By a Party of Tempe Men to Ehren- burg on the Colorado River

Harry Thompson and Dr. w. G. De Wore returned Tuesday from an auto trip of nearly four hundred miles. They
 had planned originally when they started to go as far as Yuma, but later on changed their minds and went only as far as Ehrenberg on the Colorado
 river.
 There is quite story attached to the trip and what led up to it. Some thir- ty-five years or so ago. George Der nard. a well known character in Tempe
 was d prospector along the Colorado river. It was in the days when little was known about oil, but in more re- cent years. every time the report of an oil discovery became known, Mir. Bernard reflected back to his prospect
 ing days and remembered seeing in that locality what he has since thought was oil. He had told a few people here of his early day experience. among them Dr. DeVore. While the doctor did not take much stock in the propo- sition he figured that if opportunity ever offered he would be glad to make the trip and see wha. 1t amounted to. Mir. Thompson was glad of an excuse to show what the Duro car, the ma chine he represents, can do and at the same time take a little jaunt over the desert road. He had, too. the advant age of having crossed most of the road once before. AS the two gentlemen had mutual mining interests that could be looked after on the same trip, they planned the run for last week.
 MT. Bernard was sent on ahead by rail as far as Vicksburg. The auto reached there without mishap. going by way of Buckeye and Salome. MT. Bernard was picked up at that point and the trip proceeded to the river. It was found quite impossible to reach the old prospecting grounds with the machine, so spring wagon and two burrors were chartered for the remain der of the trip, a distance of a dozen miles or so. Long before the objective point was reached 1t became apparent that there had been too many changes in the landscape in thirty-five years for Mr. Bernard 10 ever find the place he was looking for. It was decided to make camp about noon and little be- for that MT. Bernard started to cross over a ridge in the hope of finding a familiar landmark. He expected to join the rest of the party in the space of an hour or so. After camp had been established for a couple of hours and the old gentleman had not put in an appearance. MT. Thompson went back over the road in search of him. An hour or so later Mir. DeVore also joined in the hunt. The two men spent the entire afternoon in this fashion and it was not until dusk tha. the old man was discovered. He was in a com plete state of exhaustion. The sun was blistering hot on the desert and he had been without water for over half a day in the burning heat. Had he not been found when he was. he prob ably would not have survived the night. He is over 70 years of age and rather feeble. He was carried back to camp and given good care during the night and by morning was in condition to resume travel No trace of oil of any kind was found and it was the opinion of Messrs. Thompson and De Wore that there is no oil in that vicinity.
 The return trip was made Monday and Monday night. By travelling all night. Tempe was reached at good hour Tuesday morning.
 The trip demonstrated in fine shape the stability of the Duro car. Some of the roads were in dreadful condition but the little machine went through without a pebble of any sort. A little was experienced with the tires The desert was so hot that the tires almost burned out. and several blow-o outs occurred.