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Show . . CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS ON CURLEW VALLEY TRIP Obstreperous Auto Refuses to Work And is Set on Fire r 'I Homesteaders Work Lands Baker Bores Well Through 52 Feet of Lava Rock Mr. Horschel Bullen of tho Pronion-j.ory-Curlow Land company returned yesterday from a lour days trip through tho holdings ot his company In Dox Elder county. Tho trip was mado with somo land soekors from . " .Weber county, and woa begun with autos and finished with horses. When It comes to autos Mr. Bullen thinks he Is tho roal gonulno hoodo. He Bays I ho has spent hours on tho roads be tween Logan and Wchmond, and Logan Lo-gan and Snowvllle waiting for tires to be ropalrod, and other Incidental corrections to bo made, but this Is the first tlrao ho has oven seen ono finally abandoned and completely burned to tho ground. Tho party left Ogden early Monday afternoon with tho expectations of reaching Snowvllle that evening. Just outsldo of Ogdqn some minor dlttlcul-.' dlttlcul-.' tics woro adjusted, and dlstanco was k V left behind at n satisfactory speed, I ' I until tho fields outside of Tromonton wero reached when tho machine ro- fused to go. An hour or more of cooling, cool-ing, tickling tho spark, adjusting tho gears, etc., set tho wheels rolling and the old machine went through Tre-monton Tre-monton llko n flying machine. Tho day was fast fading and It tho town of Howell was to bo reached that evening ev-ening thero must bo "somethln' doln' " but instead of keeping busy tho old machine decided It wanted another rest, and within a mile of Blind .Springs came to a dead halt. A mllo walk for water was In order, but bo-fore bo-fore tho carriers of tho water returned re-turned tho wheels began rolling and came to a dead halt again within a fow rods of Mr. Harris' ranch. An hour and a half of professional and unprofessional services wero bestowed upon tho machinery and tho Harris enclosure was reached, 'lhe party 3 then retired for tho night. In tho morning tho machlno bad changed from the night before, and Instead of bolng too hot It was too cold. Thrco hours of toll and struggle could not get It Into tho Idea of running, and ..by that time a blinding snow storm wus raging. As soon ns tho storm subsided sub-sided tho party, minus tho chauffour I wero driven by team to Howell whoro horses wero provided and tho trip was resumed. Tho chauffour continued working with tho auto but could not restore a normal temperature, so ho took tho first opportunity to get to Ogden. .Hero tho troublo was reported to tho bailor nnd ho Immediately act out In another nuto to tho resting place of tho abandoned machine. When ho fvk reached tho hill whoro tho machine f& camo to a dead halt tho night beforo I bls machlno performed tho same 1 stunt. Ho did not wait to run It Into I .the onclosuro but pushed It out ot tho iroad and loft It, nnd went to tho H abandoned machine, where ho folt I of Us pulse and Immediately began ap-I ap-I (dying tho necessary remedies. I ' ;ilo son had It In running order and .Uctormlned that It should make tho 5 itrlp, set -out for tho Curlew vulloy. I ',Tho land soekors had spent two days 'driving over tho country, through the I .sago brush locating corners, and talc- lng notes on different sections, and on Wednesday evening at dark drovo to Qeorgo W. Showell's ranch. Tho horses wero cared for and supper over, when tho sound 'of tho auto was heard. Tho machlno had mado tho trip, and In the conversation that followed fol-lowed somo very uncomplimentary remarks re-marks wero thrown towards tho chauffeur chauf-feur of tho day before. As tho program pro-gram had been carried out and all wero ready for tho return trip It was decided that tho auto should start back immediately, and It was at first decided that tho horses would be loft at tho Showell ranch and tho entlro. party return in tho auto, but beforo tho machine bad been watered, and oiled, and cranked, and tho spark tlcklQuTja'ud other things done to It, Mr. Bullen decided that tho horses looked good to him, and that ho would enjoy his bed better' 'than tho auto for the 'next fow hourB, and with the statement that he would perhaps, over-tnko over-tnko them the next morning ho went to bed and tho auto started for Or-ddn. Or-ddn. At seven o'clock the next morning, Mr. Bullen left the Showell ranch with 1i!b team und drovo leisurely along without a puncture, tho spark Just right, nothing too hot nor too cold, everything Ju3t right. Tho tracks of the auto wero fresh, nnd aside from a fow tracks here and there bearing ovldenco of a llttlo trouble now and then ho thought perhaps the nuto party had mado tho return trip. Soon after Dllllo's ranch was reached evidences of more frequent trouble were Been. Hero and thero wero found parts of tho nuto and equipment. A smouldering fire where tho party had stopped, a discarded overcoat nnd moro ports of tho machine, whllo In tho distance was n huge cloud of tmokc, which later developed Into flames. Mr. Bullen began to wonder If ho v ould shortly be picking up human hu-man arms und legs, but was con-lnccd con-lnccd otherwlso when In tho distance dis-tance ho saw tho entlro party hoofing it uistward. As ho npproachod tho smoko, the old machlno was completely com-pletely enveloped In flaios and was sp5edlly burning to the ground. Tires and otlior pnrtB of tho machlno woro loaded Into the wngon, nnd tho party wns overtaken on tho dug wny at tho 1iond ot tho Salt Wells Valloy. Here tho story was related that coming at r terrific speed down tho strotch from tho Dlllle ranch n hugo boulder was oncountcred which completely demolished tho fly wheel, and sprung tho slinft so that the machlno was utterly ut-terly put out of commission. Realizing that it would cost more than It was worth to attempt repairs at that distance, dis-tance, nnd having a sympathetic, feeling feel-ing for his fellowmnn, In order that tho faith of auy. indlvldunl Into' whose hands tho machlno might fall would not bo shaken, tho owner supplied, tho torch and burnod It to tho ground. Good old wheeling In. tho old fash-lonod fash-lonod way was voted tho safest, and In tho long run tho surest, and thq pnrty roturnod safe nnd sound, but ripo with auto exporlonco. , On the trip tho Curlew valley, was Contlnui-4 on Pago 5, , . CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS ON CURLEWVALLEY TRIP (Continued from Page 1) covered. Tho homesteads of Joseph (lulnnoy, (leorgo Torgcson, Lorenzo llnnsen, U. II. Jones, Joseph T. linker and a number of others wero visited'. At Mr. Raker's homestead an object lesson of what man can accomplish through work and determination Is a stem reality. Mr. linker was located n long distance from water and determined de-termined to get a well. Soon after ho began digging he encountered lnvn rock, but this did not stop htm. He equipped himself with drills, powder, etc., and kept on working. Seventy-five Seventy-five feet wns reached and still In Bolld rock, nnd no signs of water, llo determined deter-mined thnt ho would go one hundred feet If necessary and where thousands would have given up In despair ho smiled at the lava rock and kept on working. After drilling through fifty- two feet of solid rock and reaching it depth of ninety-two feet his desires weie realized and he now has a flue well supplying him with all tho water wa-ter he needs. And too, his neighbors from far and near pay hlni dally vis-Its vis-Its to supply themselves. Mr. linker showed tho parly over his homestead, rustled some dinner, and told how the worms had destroyed his crop. Ho had IiIb land In first class condition, condi-tion, and a fine stand of wheal limit the worms by the Uiousnnds bit oft the stalk Just below tho grojind aim ,ato down to the kernel. He disced the land which has apparently destoy-ed destoy-ed tho wjirms leaving n mellow, mold need bed which ho Intends jiluntlnp early In tho fall. Just two miles e;it .Mr. William lllngham has finished plowing for Judge Charles II. Hart, and In owry direction here and tbeie r.re evidences of cultivation. At Siiowvllle, Ilishop Cutler's grain Is looking fine. The bishop Is a riwt ler mid has Introduced modern methods meth-ods of fanning In that vicinity. IVo ninny fanners havo been plan'.lm; on the stubble to suit tho bishop, and he Is showing the natives what the land will. do. At ShoweU tho green fields of (leorgo W. Showell and Abu Ronnie Ron-nie it beautiful sight to behold. Alfnl-fa Alfnl-fa which will yield flvo and sl tons to the acio Is well along, and thij fo.v thousand acres of laud adjoining tlleso ranches for Bale with water pre-.sents pre-.sents an Inviting field for the home-seeker. home-seeker. Mr. Showell. (rnd Just sold n stack of alfalfa at $12.00 per ton and was happy. Tho Ogdenltes wero elated over ibr outlook and will take over a half dozen sections or more of tho Prom-ontory-Ciuiow lands. |