Arizona republican., 1919-11-08
CYINK' s DEVIL
, WAGON EXCITES
MUCH INTEREST.

Should you ever happen 10 visit
Tiousin, China. look around and you
arc likely to see the fleet Of thirty
Wichita motor trucks belonging 70 the
Turkestan Agricultural Colonization
company once every month they
como rolling into the old city laden
with precious cargoes from their
mountain terminus 1000 miles away
Make inquiry among the Orientals
who drive these trucks across the
great Cobb desert ana through tul
wild khingan mountains and they
viii direct you to Using Ho who can
tell you how he used 10 cross the
Cobb in the years before the Yankees
sent over their devil wagons
Although he was only young Mon
sol from North China, T Sing had
leen made headman In the Turkestan
Caravan, having charge of its 1000
camels and 10000 men--lrivers. guard :
and boys"
Once every year they made their
way over the trackless wastes of the
Cobb. travelling a night. guiding them
selves by the stars like mariners Day
times they rested and fed their ami
mails. Each camel carried a large
pack OF fodder and food for the men.
The actual pay load" for each camel
was only 300 pounds. But TO make up
this lack of size the bundles were of
more than ordinary value
In the late fall, after harvest. they
left the uplands carrying the precious
products in which the company traf-
licked: bales Of wild tussah silk, jars
or opium, fragrant dwarf tobacco in
close wrapped bundles, peltries OF
black, curly astrakhan and rare rugs
worth their weight in minted gold
On their return, rising Hos caravan
carried bales of cotton goods and
strange machinery from the lands of
the foreign devils across the sea.
Every semi-aunual trip across the
Cobb partook Of the nature of hig ad e
venture. for while Using Hos cara =
van was too strong and powerful 10
he molested by the rowing bands If
Tatar robbers who infested that
traclless waste. still they often met
with smaller caravans that had been
attacked and despoiled.
For that reason. rising Ho always
hreathed easier when they reached the
end of their eastward journey and
could deliver their wares into the safe
NNAAARChAtI VI AAF NOuIDdtlN :
warehouse.
A few months ago when rising Ho
arrived in Tientsin, the head clerk of
the company explained that in the flu
rure camels and caravans might be
used by others, but that the Turk
rstan company had bought devil wag
Jns for their desert freighting.
There they are he said. pointing
30 the row of motor trucks They
VIII go across the desert and up into
the mountains in fifteen days. In a
month they win be back"
Using Ho was filled with wonder
yet he hardly doubted the truth of
what he heard; those foreign devils
made such marvellous. contrivances
that anything seemed possible 10
them, no matte how unbelievable
He approached one OF the young
American from the plant of the Wich-
ina Truck company who had accom-
panied this. the first motor train to
invade Central Asia The Yankee
good-naturedly explained through an
Interpreter the workings OF the devil
wagn.
Like to take a rider" he asked.
When his invitation was translated to
IT'S Sing Ho, he readily assented. The
Yankee showed him how the con-
trolls were handled, working the clutch
gear shifts several times. Using Ho
took 1t all in. After a short run he
asked leave to try his hand at driv-
Ing. The American smiled and ex-
changed places with the oriental
Before long Using Ho was able 10
drive the devil-wagon alone.
Better take this fellow on for
truck line. He knows the route and
he certainly can handle n truck as well
as anybody IL YOU give him a few days
20 get the hang of the thing the
Yankee told the compound clerk. The
npshot of the affair was that Using
Ho was given a job Of truck driving,
Where Using Hos camels, with
their pay load Of 300 pounds each
made twenty miles a day the motor
trucks with their railers carry six
tons per unit at close to fifteen miles
an hour