Arizona republican., 1914-07-29
TRAVEL BUGS
HAVE THRILLS
Dubois and Party in Big
Cole Seven-passenger Car
Are Back After Swing
Around Circle of the
Southwest

After using their automobile both as
a boat and a Pullman car, and for
while filling one Fred Myers with the
idea that perhaps it was to be used as
flying machine after tramping 1t
across one mans roof in that Bisbee
town in an endeavor to get off a par
ticuiar difficult hill with the proper
sort of grace, G. NJ. Dubois, agent LOT
the Cole automobile and his party of
guests who started out from Phoenix
for a southwestern tour some three
weeks ago are again back to nome
sweet home" and the song seems doubly
sweet in view of some of the hardshlps
that We're encountered.
1t must not be conceived however,
that the hardships were caused either
by car or driver-far from 1t-but the
best car and the most expert driver in
the world cannot make the rain stop
coming down or pave the sandy hats
of the New Mexican vastnesses when
the application of the rain has MADE
| the said vastness sea of mud. AT
that everybody says it was perfectly
gorgeous time. and that they were
! treated in a stunning manner by the
people that were met up with in the
course of the trip. and that everybody
| made lots of friends
, Phoenix Florence Tucson Tu-
bac Nogales Patagonia FAIRBANKS
Tombstone Bisbee Douglas Rodeo-
Lordsburg Solomonville Stafford =
Wilcox Cochise Benson Vail =
Tucson and home again, was their in
teresting itinerary. Everyones com
pliments to the man who pathfound
| the Borderland route, say the Cole
| tourists, and the ranchers and automo-
bile dealers along the way say the
| original pathfinder never acquired for
| better roads, and simply followed the
| low line valley roads and it's said that
| parallel to the Borderland Route, up a
| few miles in the hills is a high, dry.
| gravelly road that would work well
| into a year round route Anyway, at
present there's miles and miles of Ia
goons that the big Cole waddled
| through where a sternwheeler tugboat
would have been more fitting.
! In Bisbee the famous Patagonia
| Gulch hill was climbed one evening,
and the natives could scarcely believe
| their eyes when the standardized car
with seven groWn-ups for passengers.
! cheerfully and without any fuss rolled
| it's way to the top of that terribly steep
| incline Mr.. Myers, realizing what a
great loss his demise might bring to
| the Republican, decided when at the
| top of the hill looking down that he
needed a little walk about that time,
| so without further ado he folded his
! departure and took it with him. Du-
bois however. stood on the brake alone
and brought the Mogul to the foot OF
| the incline in safety. Naturally the car
made a big hit in Bisbee where a real
| live agent was secured and there is no
| question but that a number of Coles
will be seen in the copper city soon.
| Although the party was out only six
| teen days, and in spite of the fact that
| some days the mud absolutely tied up
| traffic. a total mileage of about 1900
! was turned out, third of what was
! planned for. Every time any decent
| road was found the husky chauffeur
! turned her loose, for instance, on the
! new state highway between Vail and
| Tucson. the Cole made the % miles in
| rs minutes. With six people in and
| top up, this is sure going some. Du
| bois says that this particular stretch
of road is good for at least 80 miles an
hour for racing car, and that it is to
| be part of the racing loop that the
| Tucson speed fans are grooming for the
February races
Interesting features of the pilgrim
age were the visits to the San Xavier
mission near Tucson, to Sonoratown,
! Nogales. Juarez and Fort Bliss, FL
Paso. The boys barely escaped arrest
when across the line at Nogales and
Myers by Il little good work got out of
mighty tight place. Dubois was a
regular prince, his guests report, and