Arizona republican., 1920-07-26

.-Go to the church and turn to your right came a voice from the interior Realizing the futility of arguing the question I headed for the church and turned to the right. By the light of the rising sun we found our way into Buckeye. had previously turned ou. the lights on the car when I discov- cred that since it's baptism the gen. orator was refusing to charge the bat tery.
 We only paused long enough at Buckeye to decide to keep on going. At Palo Verde we aroused a sleepy garage man and replenished our supply of gasoline. We ate breakfast in a com bination pool room, barber shop and restaurant Our host entertained us with stories Of tourists who had lost their way on the desert and either went insane died result.
 Although We had been driving all night-mostly in circles around Liberty we decided to keep on going until we arrived at Salome. So despite our ad- vantageous start the sun was well in the heavens when we finally struck the long twisting, dipping, dry and hot | desert road. We arrived in Salome practically without trouble except the l discomfort of excessive heat. Stopping at combination service station and
 refreshment stand we fingered long over many rounds of drinks. Suddenly I IDe DTOElclOT DOllltQ lO cI iCoA IAA
 s.Just noticed it is down." he Said adding Better let me fix it."
 As the car was equipped with new tires and tubes all around we had not anticipated tire trouble at early a stage in the journey
 1 We established temporary headquar- ters in a general merchandise store just across the railroad tracks where i the considerate woman in charge al- lowed us to convert the place into a hotel About sundown we resumed the trip.
 Our road led down and down through a canyon and the farther down we i dropped the more oppressive became
 the heat. We had gone not more than
 ten miles when the air again took a hastx departure from the same rear
 tire. I found the repair which had ment stand and service station had
 been done with a skill that would have
 made any good bod carrier jealous. substituted a new tube and speeded up
 to get out of the canyon.
 But another def1ation of the same tire a few miles further on proved too much for one day and we pitched camp Fat the side of the road After spend ing several hours in a vain attempt to sleep and fight mosquitoes at the same time a proposal for breakfast met with hearty approval. While the ladies of the party prepared the early morning meal over brick mesquite wood fire managed to repair permanently the offending rear tube.
 Although our sleep for the past 36 hours had been confined to cursory cat maps there was a certain stimulus about the early morning desert air which kept US all alert and eager to be on the move
 As we emerged from the confines of the canyon we found excellent roads as they go in Arizona-and breeZed along at a pace averaging between 30 and 40 per. We estimated we could make Parker by noon and finish our journey in the late hours of the fol- flowing day.
 Something smells like fish frying Iout here on the desert" This from the missionary
 Smells more like a hot engine" ad- vised the married woman. Throughout the trip she proved to be a very prac- tical and helpful advisor
 Disgouging myself from the niche I
 was filling just behind the wheel l looked the engine over. It was hot-so
 hot it continued to run after I had cut off the ignition from the battery. There was not drop of water in the
 radiator although I had filled it just
 before we had made our morning start.
 The disconnection of a hose which led
 from the radiator into the engine I V
 pair the damage with some wire, re-
 filled the radiator from our reserve
 supply. travelled a few miles and lost all the water from the radiator agaja. We were stranded on the desert un- der a broiling sun, and less than a
 quart of water to be divided among the four of us. Fortunately the road now , parallied the railroad track and we
 estimated that we were not more than four miles from Rouse.
 Alive to the needs of the moment the married woman proposed walking into
 town and returning with a rent car to
 either tow us in or furnish us with
 sufficient water to fill the radiator , She advised me to stay where I was in case another car should arrive I could , make the necessary repairs and drive l into Bouse. Accompanied by friend wife the married woman started down
 the railroad track for Bouse. Before : they had gone a mile they encountered : a section gang with good supply o1 r water and sent them hurrying to The car with the welcome relief. I man.
 aged to do a fairly good repair job or the radiator and arrived in Bouse about noon
 l After the garage mechanics had ! worked on our desert hound for about three hours we again struck out to- : ward the Golden West. Gasoline al . Bouse cost us 50 cents a gallon 2 Pickering lights from the town O Parker beckoned to us about o'clocl ! ! that night. but we had no answering lights to flash. A battery which hao
 been steadily dealing out power with out receiving any encouragement from
 a crippled generator, was refusing tC ! do any more work. In the midst of ths long stretch of deep sand which leads . into Parker the engine gave a fina
 cough and stopped. The battery had given up the ghost and refused to fur nish even ignition.
 A passing motorist offered to senc a a tow car out after us. About mid night we arrived in Parker and whiie o the garage men who had lowed us ir took charge of "Old Dobbin' we hunt
 ed up the landlord at a nearby hotel. . The power plant which furnishes
 electricity for Parker is operated only . about 10 hours a day. It requires ap- o proximately 4S hours to charge a bat tery. We sojourned in Parker foul . laVS while fha battery SlOvylxy reS11cci