The Parker post., 1913-05-10
MAY INSTALL
CATERPILLAR
BROWN ARRANGING TO HAVE
BIG POWER ENGINE HAUL
FREIGHT BETWEEN BLYTHE
JUNCTION AND THE SUMMIT.

BLYTHE. Calf, May Z. - If
present plans are to the carried
out as expected big Bottom Holt cat
erpillar engine will be hauling freight
over the desert sand between Blythe
Junction and the summit within the
next four weeks. Trucks will COM
plete the haul into the Palo Verde
valley.
r. V. LOveland, a transportation
man, was in the valley last week to
make arrangements for the immedi-
ate installation of one of the Holt
engines and Floyd Brown expressed
himself as satisfied with the .propo-
sitiOn which the caterpillar repre-
sentative made him.
The plan is to establish a transfer
station just north of the summit and
! fifteen miles out of the junction and
to have the caterpillar haul the
freight to this point where it will be
taken over by the trucks and brought
to valley points. The caterpillar to
be used has capacity of 80 tons on
hard roads and it is estimated that
it will trail from 10 to Is tons on the
sand at the junction.
The big freight engine will haul
gravel and rock on the back trip to
the railroad and use this for upbuild-
ing the road over the sand. Mr..
Loveland states that after a years
running they will have gravel road
between the summit and junction
equal to the best macadam highways.
AS the construction of the caterpi-
lar is such that it will pack and roll
the road as it goes over it there will
be very lite additional expense for
road-building.
The engine to be used makes a
speed of 2 miles an hour regardless
of conditions and it is believed that
this machine will quickly solve the
freighting problem for the valley.
The present plank road will be util
lied as foundation for the rock
road over that portion of the
distance.
BLYTHE BABY CONTEST.
Sixteen dimpled babies, cooling and
fretting little bundles of chubby
cheeks, silky hair and frills and rib
bons-were judged in the Improve
ment Club baby show which closed
last Thursday afternoon with a
presentation of prizes at Blythe
school house.
Virginia Lucille Stewart, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Stewart of
Neighbours, won the highest hOnOrs
with a grade of 80 per cent Harold
Fitch, Jr. whose parents live near
Blythe won the one to two-years old
division with a grade of 81 per cent.
Edna Litten, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. r. Litten, and a native
of the Palo Verde valley won the
prize offered for babies less than
one year old. The I.itten child's
score was 911a.
The basis for Judging the children
was physical development rather
than pretty faces, although the dis
position of the entrants was consider
ed. The examinations were made by
DR.. VIM. Chapman.
The contestants were divided into
three classes according to age and
the most perfect child in each class
was awarded an engraved spoon as
a prize.
All three prize winners were clas-
sified as blondes on the grade card.
The Stewart baby which scored high
est was passed as perfect except for
a roughness of the skin on the arms
due to sunburn. This child was
raised partly on MELONS food.
number of the children entered
scored high and the general average
spoke we'll for the Palo Verde val
ley as a health resort.
LOOKING FOR NEW ROAD.
A party of local business men in
cluding Floyd Brown, A. L. Hobson.
Frank Murphy, c. K. Clarke and
Arch McLarren left Blythe Sunday
morning to so up the river to the