Arizona republican., 1911-06-22
ROOSEVELT DAM,
 THEN LOS ANGELES 100000 MILE JOURNEY WILL RE RESUMED TOMORROW. Motorists Tighten Car for Dash Across the Deserts to Southern
 California.

After spending three days in Pboe-
 nix, the greater part of which lime was passed in garage preparin. his
 car for its long dash across the des-
 eTtS to Los Angeles, Dr. Charles G fercINai, who reached the city last Sunday night in the Abbott Detroit
 Thirty will leave this morning for
 the Roosevelt dam. The entire round
 tlp will be taken today as he plans
 to spend tonight in Phoenix and leave In the morning at o'clock for the
 coast. Long as will be the jump from
 this city to southern California. the
 mileage will be but a small portion ot the tremendous trip he will take before he sends his car to th. store
 house and wires the manufacturer
 that the journey is completed.
 The condition Of the ar at the
 time of its arrival here was consid-
 cred remarkable by the automobile
 experts who saw 1t and were able
 to understand the staying qualities Of
 an automobile that could cover 2S.7O5
 miles with so little wear and tear
 Beyond changing tires and giving the
 engine thorough overhauling there
 Was little To do in the Phoenix gar
 age, but although there were no
 parts broken and none to be replaced.
 this work of going oyer the engine
 Was done with the most painstaking
 care as the nature or the test the
 car Is undergoing makes it advisable
 [" begin every stage of the journey in perfect condition. This foresight prac-
 ucally nullifies the possibility of ac- cident pr delay because of run
 down engine.
 since he left Denver with the Ab-
 bott-Detrolt Dr Percival has formed the same attachment for his car that a soldier is supposed to have for his horse. Standing beside it in the garage last Tuesday when its parts We're strewn over the floor in pan demonium Of diSarrangement that was only understood by Burns. his mechanician, he said
 She has come d long way and shes going longer way. one of the reasons We have Su little trouble IS because Burns knows the car as jeWeler knows d watch. and when We start out We know exactly what we're 1 running. IT anything k broken or going to break. We tly to know il. !. and if We are going to meet some ! particularly difficult stage of road | We prepare for it. l believe if own | CTS of automobiles would make it a | point to take a service trip now and then to try themselves out it | would help them a apL I say this be- | cause believe 50~ per cent of the average repair bill is due to the negligence or ignorance of the driver. and not 10 any defect in the car"
 In order to prepare for the desert run and put the car in shape to negotiate the sands. the heavier part of the equipment was unloaded and shipped by rail to Los Angeles. This |, will tighten the load great deal and make the running easier. When the two drivers leave this morning for the Roosevelt dam they will have the equipment they will carry with them tomorrow when they begin the long run to the coast It will con sist Of forty gallons of water thirty gallons of gasoline. sixteen gallons Of Iubricating oil and such other equip ment as is necessary to running. The batteries have been recharged. new 1 tires put on and everything made ready for a night and day dash to Los Angeles. When the car is driven 1ut Of Phoenix tomorrow morning it will be kept on the road until the coast is reached.
 During his stay in Phoenix Dr. 'ercival had a number of pictures aken on the capitol grounds. and ' trough his affiitions with the EIks' odge contributed toward the decora- . ions Of the club rooms by presenting , he herd with pictures taken along { he line Of travel arranged in a frame ( hree feet square. The trip to the T lam is taken for the purpose of ' citing pictures for the New York q magazines. and pr. Percival said e that on his return to the II ast he would find time to write a [ umber of articles on the Salt River T alley. He expressed the utmost ap- S