The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-01
''LittIe Zeb" Visits
Arvada Sunday Ev'g

Arvada Sunday Ev'g
Little Zeb," the famous little war
tank, which has seen many battles on
the western front, as the bullet
marks on its armor-plate will testify,
paid Arvada visit Sunday evening,
on its return from Golden, where it
climbed Lookout Mountain as sched-
uled, notwithstanding the extremely
inclement weather. Quite a crowd
had gathered to see the sturdy little
tank go thru in the morning, but
were disappointed becaused the tank
was slowed away in box-car on a
special train pulled thru at twenty
miles an hour. However, there was
a fair-sized crowd at the depot at
8 o'clock in the evening, notwith-
sGanding the fact that there was
drizzling rain falling, and those that
were fortunate enough to be present
were well repaid for their trouble.
The tank was in charge of an Off
Ger and three men, one of whom ad-
dressed the crowd and told something
Of the history and habits of the little
giant fighting machine. The tank is
\ six-ton machine, propelled by 45-
horsepower engine. 1t can climb q
small tree rIross five-foot trench
with ease. 4tA1islSgdslf,lyay up
Pixies peak and in doing so/ /bucked
from six feet to fourteeg/feet of
snow. 1t came within b6out four
inches Of falling over a /precipice in
to chasm 800 feet Yep. The crew
was not dsunted byfthis experience,
however, and woy6 have continued
the climb but f9F the fact that they
were called off on account of the
time being tef short. 1t would have
required tw more days to complete
the journ6s to the top and return,
and the officers decided it would be
best tSkbandon the trip in order that
the ~ e0e various towns could
hal Z chance to see the tank to help
the Victory loan.
The tank was in the box-car when
II arrived At Arvada. but the doors
Of the car opened at the end onto a
fiat car and the tank, after it had
been cranked up, and the engine rae
ed for q few minutes, sounding very
much like a Ford car, the little tank
emerged onto the fiat car and next
the dome swung round and one
pound gun belched forth salute and
startled some of the bystanders. It
spun around in another direction and
repeated the operation, demonstra-
ting it, ability to shoot rapidly and in
any direction, high or low. The lit
tie wonder is two-man tank. The
chauffeur sits in the front of the ma
chine behind armor-plate doo,s and
drives the machine in any direction at
will. 1t can turn around in much
shorter space than u Ford car. We
were told that it could turn around
on the flat car BY backing and going
ahead just twice. ~peffofyang this
feat one Of ths.Ssde propellsfs is stop
ped 70 that only one side Sfawls. The
engin. lin the rear Of the machine
and 6e gunner is perShed in the re-
yekinR dome in Sing which en-
sblss him to swing found quickly if
occasiauh-AsaAan1a.f The small tanks
are said to have been much more use
full than the larger ones, Us they were
harder to be located by the big hisn,
explosive 9unners, and were imper-
vious to the machine gun fire. How
ever, the high explosives could put
them quickly out Of commission.
One Of the tank crew made an sp-
peal for the Victory Loan and off.
cred the one pound c.rtridac shell as
m inducement to the one who would
buy q 500 bond. Chas. Graves was
the winner Of the trophe.
They carried with them as IA mas.
cot a little Angora goat. which hnd