Imperial Valley press., 1924-10-01

! that they can rezder vital assistance
where person is injured. They are
required to sweep up glass where
found On the highway, direc. traf-
fic in emergency, render tire scr
vice to stranded females, the mere
men being supposed to possess suf-
ficicnt information upon me sub
.ject oiS tire repairing. They viii
/ take mail at points where thrre is
no government service and deliver
packages, especially medicines; re-
pair signs and flashers. report all
damages to them, erect detour signs
/ if the Importance of the road work
warrants it. trace stolen autos, dis
tribute theft bulletins, report traf-
ty police, distribute maps, and sell
gas and oil to the half wits who
start ont on a 200 hundred mile
| journey with lots of air, water,
and vim, but very little lubricant
and the fluid that makes the whcels
go round.
Read This Ore
! One would not imagine it was
| necessary to direct traffic right
out in the desert. No, but listen
! to this. .One of the veterans from
Sawtelle, who had never driven a
Ford very much, essayed the Jour
nev from the Soldiers home tC
Arizona, and Saturday morning wa
on the plank road between Gr"y :
Well and Yuma. There was n it'll
house built on the Ford toprin
! ear. and somehow the veteran man
laged to get the covered flivr(
stuck in the sand at the side.
One wheel was off the plank, an
he stalled. In II short time thei
we're five ears OIL one side of hi
and six the either, including OF
five ton commercial, truck. III
! tlivver blocked the fairway near
turmoil, and the whole mob ws
stuck. Nobody could evolve
scheme whereby they could pas
each other, and the old veteran wa
looking for n place to hide Whe
the patrol truck came up.
Then ensued some fine Juggling
Three cars were run into the tur
off, and three filled their place
past the turn off, and then tn
three in the turmoil moved o
east The three going west The
/ backed up to let the two %oin
east get into The turnout. and~-th
three going west sailed out ino tn
blue. Then the six on the east sid
of the turn off to take up Is pos
tion on the west side, allowing III
two in the turmoil to get rlcal
and the three west bound ears nae
up on the east side and the 'thre
east bound ears get in the turnof
again. and the trio Cf Westboun
cars are on their way.
1t is all as clear is mud, to reaC
but the thing is very easy W.
matches. Try tit beats Il cross
word puzzle 40 ways.
And to finish up the old ma
said he thought he had better ato
awhile until the traffic cleared NJ
being under the. impression it WA
one way road. Patterson an
Leeds saw him onto the gravel IN
waived him adieu.
You Just Stop
1t is when truversiEg the Yum
trail that the full extent Of tn
beneficicnt service is to be apprO
ciated. There is nothing 50 lntrI
guing as sand-Sierra loam or hort
ern gumbo in Il moist state ism
in the same category as the deser
sand when it comes TO hal'lnl
You just stop, and that rs all ther
is to it. You may stop there
short while or Il long time, bu
there ism t the lightest doubt abou
the main fact. You may be ther
until the next day and then Pa
terson or Leeds or any other men
Der of the wandering crew Of tn
petrol service meander up throug
the shimmcring sand, hook you II
to the truSty truck, and you ca
settle back in your seat and rca
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