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Show III CENTURY ION 1 j ;! lie a Minute on Utah Country, Roads. i Jl-,! .rifj; '-How It Feals to Come Down ll'il a Hill at Sixty Sec- il.rlf ('Country Folk Pled in Terror ' 1 1 I ,'. ."When "Hed Javil" Hove 1 ( j jt f 1 . Sight. h I' I't "TREAT excitement In tho village ' i' ' s ilT EuBlncss 1,1 t,ie half-dozen etoros Is ,", ! temporarily suspended whllo clerks J . i'. and customors allko hasten to Ilia l . Ixront door to got a look. Even tho staid j I ( ! old cracker-box philosophers at tho cor- ji , 'ill1 jner grocery rush outnldo to "rubber." ' 1 '! leaving tho question of Hearst's quallflca- jj , 'Hons for President still unsettled. ' Half a mile up tho road can bo scon a j , '(j cloud of dust approaching at express train j 'ji rpced. Before the countrymen havo fully U' ' :' .realized what Is transpiring, the awful Jl' i '! lining has Bwooped down upon thorn. A i ' ,, moment lator tho cloud of dust has cloared j W away and thore stands the cause of all J )I ii ,( Xho exclteraont an automobile fii'i, Countrymen "Wore Sky. I1 ! !' U '! ij At first tho villager hesitate to ap- jjj'.j proach tho puffing, sputtering machine; i-jj J I , but as soon as thoy discover that tho II. I 1 1 4 dust hPfrrlmmnri nnoimQnru nf h wr ' i t really human beings, some of tho bolder ' , ;' ones venturo up and gazo eagerly at tlio , V "red devil," now almost whlto with dust. ; ( After passing a few words with tho ' i town spokesman, the driver threw the 1 i J'i lever Into the "low gear" nnd Uio "chug- j! '' chug" machlno rolls morrlly arny, leav- ' ' I 1 i lng tlio country folk to follow Its depart- U, ' , lire with shaded eyes, until a bend In the j road obHtructs tho view entirely. It ' Tno foregoing was but ono of tho In- i II 'I : ''j, foresting features In a century automobile , , ' ' run made from Salt Lako to Prow last I ' i1 ' r ' wook. A party consisting of E. Crolghton I i, , h1 I.argey of Now York City, Mark Groes- , i ' I ' j beck, Le Rol Snow of the Utah Automo- V i it i' ,)1,e company, Uio writer and George, I1 i Lewis, tho chauffeur, quartorcd in a ' I i ;' mammoth WInton touring oar, uudertook I) to tost the speed and enduranco of an au- f( , , i tomobllo on Western roads. Tlio li-mllo ' 1 , i ';' run "as completed without any serious i,4 1 . mishap, although divers times during tho ' ' v Journey It looked as though there would 11,', ' V be need for "llowcra and slow mu3lc," to bi ! ' use a street expression. Besides tho (I threatened fatallllos thero were a num- I', I , ber of ocourronces that caused merrl- j'i ,,1 ment among tho autolsls, although thoy Ruin' ' ycro anything but funny to the "othor r''Htf , fellow." ' r, Near American Fork tho road lies past , , V numerous large strawberry beds. In ono i i jiatch a countr"inan, his wife and sevnn ' ' '( children, ranging In ages from about 30 1.1 to 20 years, were busily engaged in pluck- , 'i i ,lj ins, the luscious fruit. Tempted by the I'll, !' of th berries the chauffeur shlrlcd the machine out of tho road and brourht i , V U- to a sudden stop nlonuside of the patch. ( I1 I , Setting tlio brakes he stepped out of thft K i J , 1 1 -'ar and started for the bevy of pickers lis! , ,.. working near by. I! ij kV ':yl Tliought Chauffeur Was a Bandit 1 . 7n T.1Psiant' lliero was a wild- ocramble. " . , nghtcned by the sudden apixiaranco of i the auto and mistaking tho dust-covered i ' i driver, whose, face was concealed beneath ,Iar of ferocious-looking goggles, for a ! 1 -highwayman, the mother and children I ,)(' !'f' In,ud. or tl.le liouse, screaming at the top i L J i i of their voices. I .J .Vainly did the auto-driver call to tho ' ,4 K?"" lp nd to explain matter. il.i ' I t until tho fai-mhouso was reached did :V , . ! I I1,c,staft.lcd lerry-plckers pause to glance I "'l" a.c,:- The "cnauf pleaded with them to , I ,, return, but withoutsuccess, and the tra- I '0 tvele wei0 compelled to conUnuo wlth- ,i ;j joul Uio fruit, j' ( v Close Call for Baby, i ii ' Several accidents frcm runaway horses , , ') j: iv,-re "J01?" averted. At ono place a 1 ,. -.-year-old baby nad been Jeft In a cart I, ' iUh.,H,0u h?rM 1,ed 10 11 hitchlr.g post. I vi htartlcd by tho automobile, the animal br- I pan to rear and plunge In an effort to " break, away. It seemed as though he I ' , ii would either break tho strap or overturn i ' (' "jo cart beforo assistance arrived. Two j ; " Of tl'e auto party finally quieted the anl- V I mal and rer-cucd the babe, from its nerll- ( 1 ; ous postlon, 1 i i . Another lime an elderly woman, driving 1 u.' 1. niarkot In a llxht wagon, lost control .., of her horeo while descending a sharp ': jl flKhtful accident seemed Incvi- , aable, but again the tourists camo to the I t aescue and captured the runaway steed , , U that no woman accorded her rescuers. jM , ( V( Che machine ran in good form and d- 5 I .1 . : "P'to the condition of tho rooJ?. aver- jl - "ged tweny-thrcc miles per hour. As- !.(,,. , fe"dl"Sr.th2 summit some llttlo time was ! (k lost, but the driver more than mado up ,1 for It going down on the other side. . ( ' Mlle-a-Mlnuto Down Hill. ' 'v 'v ' Swinging into a clear strotch of almost (j, flvo miles, with a stiff down grado, tha ! haA'ffcur-f GcorS lawls. opened the i ' i throttle. In a moment the machlno had !:' ""-njck a rnile-a-mlnutc gait and it tiro 1 i, ll 1 j : wlldlv down ho hill, wih he occupans I If " 1Jan5fne on for dcar If "Jtd wondering If n d,rv0J WJlJ not a fit subject for tho I t. , ioollsh house. At ovory slight turn In tho I ' j road tho machlno would seemingly havp I - 1 tvro wheels In tho air. but they uIwavA I - SI,i"aBr IO comc lJown- a1" Instead of I , f ?ln& plcar over After about three mint f h!s k,nd oC enjoyment (?) during , . Tvhlch time, every man In. tho car lived neycarsV,JLew,s ,broRlit tho machine to I ' 1 ' , -i reasonable speed and allowed the occu- ! Lj Pants to catch their breath. , J" on'' inconvonienctf suffered by tho .4 ,1 Jjarty. duo to tho machine, was a wait of 1 , few minutes to replace a flat tiro. This ) . A ""'''wlln-llttla dlfdcu ty. ' 'it Ja tr,p fl.ck from Prvo occupied a : trine moro than two .hourn.. actual run ' ' J, "E Tho big machln "behaved v"i"" 1 i nicely, on tho steep Jiills. .but T wn s hn.i? i 3 , ' ld con.-iderablv by ocean iona? drifts of ,i i, j; heavy sand. Thfs Is the first contiirU rnn ! ought to know say it was niirn..er..t ; , (ll Jlowovw that may be. moa " C ShS parft I SSSd-ia ScTarS0 Sffl |