Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-07-10
DUKE TELLS STORY
OF TROUBLES


Il appears that woodward w.
Duko, aen of ne mllll0nnirh tohncc0
king. who pnaaod through hero with
four competitions thia week ID I.oA-
ler cug ~ route from LOe Angeles 40
Princeton, N - had some rather
alrenuoaa expprlAneee on tho "trip be-
side those he encountered ln wcsl-
ern New Mealaol He telle the t,he
~ follows 10 the Los Angeles Ex-
pftsa
AFTER loaylus Pain EpfluFS. car.
We continued 10 Mecca over horrible
noads, yards thick With duet. where
the thermometer reglplofod 1906 de-
arees In the ninao a. $50. Leaving
Mecca for Blythe. the FIRST is miles
were awful, heavy and eand high con-
ters In the rood. nildo from sha faet
thct We climbed from SEQ fe1l below
spa level q 1900 feet above. Il was
Awfully hard on The car, bus she did
II monty.
after This stretch ine roads were
somewhat beiiOr but slowly darkness
overlook u.s. and on Investigation, wo
found oue f'restolilc tank WAS empty.
however. vie contlrnsa ny no light ~
the moon. until L went down anont
~ aclock. Not being Willing % stop
with Blythe ~ far away sc dion con
tluned Ia absolute aarAhrss untu our
drinking MATER gave ont. We dravo
so miles across the desert IN the dark
nniii we found noueo where there
~ns Z we'll We filled up with water
and Floppcd nearby nnd had mid
nighs meal on the desert. oouslstlng
% oolfee, benns, deVnod ham and
rraekeFs
after this We fell better. 20 put
ont Tor Blythe Happily We hlt on a
bright scheme FOR q neadnsni Each
On the fhllowa would lake tnrns--2 V
miles esen--lslns on tho left trent
Gender holdlnK oar camp lantern in
mont 81 ihn ieft headlight no that the
reflector threw 4 faint light ahead.
"wo eonllnued n this way nntll
dawn. After which un soon reached
fllsthe, However We could only got
wlihiu Eix miles % town on account
Of me overflow from tho Colorado
riyaf. hence We cqp1S not cross tho
Colorado 90 Hprpubure, whlcli
knprked out plans elsywnrd To set
across tho river, Sc would Dc forced
~ ~ 40 pnfker and 0fats on the SAN
~ W. railroad brldfo.
IN set % iliyihe Jn9clion on the
santa W, we were faYced 20 cross 4
wash that no maehlne had evel
crcEsra ar - own neNer Autos
from Blythe 10 the falcsion transfer
their pasarpacra H. horse and h0nny
"a this place, hut, letting Tho Wind
unt " cur Hfsa. We sailed W the ian
peasihln wash. the Loaler Baby Doli''
beine tie flrat machine "a rroas the
wash and climb tie bank undnf sla
own power Just before we reeehod
blythe Junction SO encountered an
other stretch III nanH that no car had
CROSSED for q year pn ~ own power,
an thc people h lna Junction came
nut ~ watch ~. gItnsH az an ovation
when vs. drove up, They said they
Houldn't have hoiiftn1 that We had
done 4 Y they sedH seen ~.
'We CROSSED The f'IFcad bridge
otel tile Colorado Hak ulofninR, haV-
Ink M trouble. oxoeit mat d rut Gus
tires np some.
ron our Nny into rhpfnIx sunday
morning We had oif 4Aflh hiowoul
me ioinl ~ OUT tr9pa|e ~ iht onl|rf
Aposlscr Parry f1mlLe.
fnat nHofnnf lfaI |nentaI patti
a now on tnc Nee |a4Icated BY iht
io||op'na from The No pewanap0f.
WIN bis can 81 water onulpin4n|
slowed away On ffN I4Olne heard o|
h'H 'ndebaker ieafsns ear