Arizona republican., 1913-08-26

the hills.
 The lap of the day before yester- day. from Fl ToVar to Prescott, was the longest of the entire trip, both in time and distance. A heavy cloud burst caught the party twenty miles from Prescott, all but washing the car away Strangely enough the edge of the storm was found just q
 mile from the point it caught the car, and after driving through torrents for an hour in accomplishing that mile, the clever handed Harry Shea
 was compelled to fight drifting sand for space. Further on between Je- rome Junction and the city, the water caught up again, wetting the road and making it nearly impossible But after heroic struggle with the eIe ments. the pIucky driver managed to get his load safely into the Mile High city for the night.
 From Flagstaff where Governor Hunt took the train, the party in cuded Harry WeIch, who took Peter i Clark AIacFarlancs place for the re- mainder of the trip.
 Recent rains have done wonders for the road in the mountains just north ot the valley. Without being heavy enough to wash the surface, the doWnpour has laid every trace of dust, and motor travel has packed down ! the paths to asphaIt-IilIe hardness. 1 Grades are the most severe trial. but ! the surface is fine for traction. Var nell Hill, the bane of motorists, is | Lady washed in places. but not ser | icusly enough to stop any car with i ordinary power and q wise head be hind the wheel The beautiful hill ! land known as Copper Basin is now in it's best shape cool and delightful 1 tr the traveller and pleasantly safe. i Tn spite of the fact that the Howe ! party went over the edge and came 1 near ending their earthly careers, ! there is no real danger to a careful driver. A moments lapse in the drIver's attention was in this case responsible for what might have been l q tragedy of the most shocking sort. i Roads in the valley have not yet i been touched with rain, and are in i consequence dusty. But in general 1 the surface is good and the trails able to support fairly speedy traffic. The snake dance party early elected Harry WeIch chief priest. It occurs that HOyar. Wainima, the chief snake | priest of the Walapai Hopi is called i Harry by the white men. and cOnse- QUently Welch was qualified by his name to represent that important in dividual Welchs antics at El Tovar | brought on showers that did immense good to the range but nearly ended the trip of his party. Then at Jc- rome the cloUdburst But all the prayers he could enunciate yesterday failed to bring the moisture out of the sky. so the Salt River valley re- mains dry but for it's artificial rain. WeIch's efforts it is said will not cease with his return to the seat of
 his daily toll. but will continue until the Roosevelt dam backs up a full
 reservoir.
 Photographer Bob Turnbun left the
 party at Prescott to remain a few
 days with his people, who are in
 stalled there for the heated term. On
 his return he will develop what now
 promises to be the most complete set
 of sinake dance pictures ever taken.
 His moving pictures. which will soon
 he seen here. were sent from Flag
 staff to the print man in New York.
 Superintendent Sims of the state
 rrIson leaves this morning for Flor ence by train.
 J. r.. Alkire, the other member of
 the party is to rest one entire day
 before plunging into the excitement
 of Phoenix business life. He is said
 to have counted the miles from Phoe-
 n.X all the way up-to sec how far
 he had come toward the snake dance
 and all the way back he consulted the Arizona road map" for miIeages 70 Phoenix to see how far he had yet to go.
 Harry Shea. the man who manipu- lated the devil wagon, will attempt to recover ten pounds he lost wrcst- ling the wheel in some of the sand hills up ToIchaco way, and his car will need one complete washing be- fore it is again ready for use by state officials in this large CitV