Arizona republican., 1911-12-23
FORD AUTO
 WELL TESTED. Made Successful Trip From
 Illinois to Phoenix SUFFERED N0 BREAK DOWN Car Carried a Load Equal to Its Weight and Did Stunts That Would Have Embarrassed the Big Machines.
SUFFERED NO BREAK DOWN

Dr and Mrs. William 1rllhblt, anu their little daughter arrived last Sat rrdav from thier home in Effingham, Illinois. and expect to remain indeii- r,iteIv. the visit to Arizona having been undertaken for the restoration or the health of Mrs Trimble. Ihe journey was made in a Ford 1910 model T roadster ear and was ir many respects a wonderful trip. The little car is a twenty horsepower four cylinder machine weighing l2'" peunds and it came through with a lead equal to it's weight In fact the outfit loaded was weighed in Canon City. Colo. and tipped the beam at 2"SJ rounds.
 There. be those who say the little
 Ford is all right to run around town
 with but will not do for a long haul over a bad road. and especially with q big load. but this kind of per
 formance is a test that makes tord agents chesty and it is no wonder that Ed Rudolph who has the local agency at 4l7 West Washington street, lest no time in hunting up the doc
 tor. He is now showing him about town with as much pride as the mak-
 CTS of the big machines exhibit Har- vey Herrick. Harris Hanshue. Ralph Franklin ar any other of the crack drivers of the far west. But Ed says that without wishing to detract any thing from the skill of pr. Trimble it was not so wonderful after all con sidering it was Ford. for he verily believes any good driver should be able to do the same thing.
 The doctor started with a complete camping outfit. tent. ice box. camp stove. cooking utensils. bedding, fold ing cots. extra clothing. extra tires. axe. shovel. blocks and rope. every thing it was conceived would be need ed. even to his little daughters pet dog. The marvel is that he could pack so big a load on such a little wagon
 The route was through St Louis and Kansas City into northern Colo
 rado. Estes Park. Boulder. Denver, Colorado Springs and Canon City were visited II was first planned to stop in Colorado but the climate proved too severe for Mrs Trimble and they q, cided to keep on down into Arizona 
 where the climate is fine for every body. From Canon City they trav- oled up the Arkansas river to Salida then over the range into the san Luis valley near the head of the Rio Grande river.
 The trip from Colorado was made along the Rio Grapde valley. through Taos. Santa Fe. Albuquerque, Tor rance and Alamagordo to El Paso. thence to Deming. Lordsburg. and across the line into Arizona where they stopped a minute or two at Bowie. From that point they fol- lowed the usual route of travel down
 the Gila valley to san Carlos and via Globe and Roosevelt to Phoenix.
 That the Ford car is too light for that or any other kind of travei ro the doctors way of thinking is a myth. for no large car he says could carry q load corresponding to it's weight with SO ltle trouble. His car has travelled in the neiGhborho"d ot II 900 miles. Two extra castings and tubes were purchased on starting from Illinois These six tires are still do- ing service no others having been used The car has never been started on battery and none is carried. The magneto in addition to its intended ignition purpose is lighting the two headlights.
 All sorts and conditions of roads were gone over-mud to the running boards and sand almost as deep. Washes so deep and so steep that gas could not he gotten into the carburetter were tackled. and m that event it was sometimes necessary to haul the machine out by block and tackle ar with farmers team. put always when the car was near enough right side up for the gasoline to run
 it was on the job. ready for business The doctor says the roads in north ern New Mexico are mere trails. many of them seldom traversed by wagons In fact the people of that section
 even carry their wood for fuel on | the backs of burros.
 At Albuouerdue the Trimble party caught up with Mir. Weber of fg ritner iC