Arizona republican., 1920-06-15

growth Of grass on top of the eleVa.- tions on the sides of the hole.
 One travelling east on Mckinley ana desiring to turn south on Isntns ana being ignorant of the trap stands an even chance of escaping it. But # near the junction he sees another vehicle approaching from the south, his chances of escaping arc reduced to, say. about one in ten. In fact, in such 2. contingency the inhabitants ln that vicinity attribute his escape to the in terposition of the merciful providence of God
 So almost invariably tho front right wheel of his automobile drops into the trap. Sometimes by a mere squeak only, the front wheel finds lodgmenc by it's eyebrows, so to speak. on the edge of the culYert, but the left hind wheel fg doomed. IL doesn't, however make any difference which wheel goes in. The automobile has never -Qegn built that can pull out Of the gLar under it's own power. Frequently the disaster is intensified by a snapped axle or Q crushed wheel.
 Now and then an automobile ap- preaching from the east, with view of turning south on Tenth, makes too wide q swing and goes tns Those driv- ing straightaway south along Tenth have a three-to-One chance Of missing l the trap. They are not only likely to l keep nearer the middle Of the roadway but they may have view Of the i trap for at that angle those who main i tain it have neglected 10 conceal it- l StiIl, they could not well do so without piling mound up on the end Of the l culvert,
 l Why the trap Is set there the ma l tives Of the vicinity do not know Neither the street car company nor the l city is ever represented when catch | is made and neither, therefore. could derive any benefit from the catch. When the people in that vicinity hear a. crash, they all drop everything and rush to the trap to pursue their studies of human nature to observe how different people act ander trying circumstances. But they all act very 1 much alike, regardless of their train ! ing, upbringing and previous environ ! ment. They all swear alike. The pro l fane individual does the best he can and finds if inadequate. Those who have not been given 10 profanity sud denly develop a facility of utterance that is astonishing 10 those who are familiar with their religious affilk
 tions. Jt is thus shown that artisEDc cussin is not the result of long prac
 tices as many suppose. IL is an out burst of the soul
 It is hoped by the people of that neighborhood that the trap will be
 maintained, as # affords relief from
 the tedium of a vicinity which is sell dom otherwise stirred by excitement
 It may not be necessary to say any
 thing in exoneration of the people of that neighborhood for complicity in the
 trap, however enlivening it may be to
 their existence and the eagerness with
 which they hasten to it when an auto
 mobile is caught. People run to fires
 and seem 10 enjoy themselves. though
 they are not guilty of the crime of arson which may be involved. These folks should not be classed with the
 wreckers on hostile coasts who lure vessels, by means of false lights, to
 destruction that they may get away
 with their cargoes. None of these
 people have plundered or sought to
 plunder one of these entrapped auto.
 mobiles On the contrary, they usually
 offer assistance in the extrication Oi
 them.