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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Jan. 15 



ing it all together, we whizzed past the 

 church before I knew it, and w-as wondering 

 why the boys seemed so anxious to "get 

 out" all at once. 



Just as I had finished the above paragraph 

 on my new typewriter, Mrs. Root suggested 

 she thought it very unwise for me to rush 

 into print with so good a report of that ma- 

 chine before I had made even one trip of 

 any length over bad sandy roads. Some of 

 you may remember the time years ago 

 when I started out to write the chapter in 

 the ABC book on bee-hunting. When I 

 came to realize I really knew nothing, com- 

 paratively, about bee-hunting, I stopped my 

 work, went and hired an old veteran bee- 

 hunter, and, after laboriously tramping aft- 

 er him for .several days, I wrote my "chap- 

 ter." Well, my neighbor Abbott had been 

 wanting to see some bees about ten miles 

 away, across as bad sandy roads, perhaps, 

 as any in this region. When we started out 

 yesterday morning Mrs. Root said if we got 

 back before dark she would feel very glad. 

 Well, we made the trip easily, finding the 

 bees in excellent condition (heavy with 

 honey), and, after taking friend Abbott 

 home, I was back at my own home before 2 

 o'clock; and the machine went so finely we 

 called on another neighbor, then went to 

 prayer-meeting in the evening; and I have 

 just looked at the speedometer, and it shows 

 the car made just about 30 miles yesterday, 

 and many of the miles were over about as 

 bad sandy roads as any you often find in 

 Florida. The long trip really improved the 

 lunning of the machine, and, I tell you, it 

 "improved" mightily the "feller who ran 

 it." 



Some days ago the machine got hot, and 

 we had to wait for it to cool off; and when I 

 finally got home every thing was smoking 

 at such a rate I was almost frightened, and 

 began fearing the "air cooling " was not go- 

 ing to work so well after all. Being in a 

 hurry, I told Wesley to look it all over and 

 see to all the oiling arrangements, etc. 



AVhile he was eating his dinner he called 

 to me: 



"Mr. Root, there was a pretty good rea- 

 son for the car getting hot. The belt was 

 clear off from the fans, and they had not 

 been running at all." 



You see we had neglected to watch the 

 new round leather belt that runs the "blow- 

 ers " that cool the engine. They had first 

 stretched and become loose, and had finally 

 slipped off entirely, and I had been running 

 the car perhaps a mile or two, with no help 

 from the /ans at all. I cut off a little of the 

 belt and hooked it on in a minute, and 

 since then we have had no trouble from 

 heating; and, to my great relief, I found 

 that getting the machine so hot had done 

 no harm at all. You see every thing about 

 it is made to stand a high temperature with- 

 out injury. 



As nearly as I can make out, the makers 

 have a sort of "correspondence school" ar- 

 rangement that enables them to care for 

 their customers in a very Christianlike way. 



Here is one of their recent letters: 



There is sometimes a little trouble about water 

 slopping on to the friction parts; but this dries off 

 very quickly, and it is for only a few feet that your 

 friction slips. Water does no harm whatsoever to 

 the friction-wheel unless it gets thoroughly soaked, 

 as the friction created by the wheel coming in con- 

 tact with the aluminum disc quickly dries any 

 damp places on the wheel. 



We wish to advise you that the proper way to run. 

 the car is to run it with the speed-lever forward, 

 and cut down your supply of gasoline. You will be 

 able to make the same speed in this manner that 

 you would with your speed-lever retarded and 

 throttle clear open. Then, too, it is liable to heat 

 your engine to run on low speed too far. This is- 

 what caused your engine to get warm when. run- 

 ning home the other day. 



On fairly level roads .\ou should run with the 

 speed-lever advanced and the throttle open; and we 

 wish that you would try this, as we are especially 

 anxious to have you start out right with your car. 



Now, we want you to write us, Mr. Root, when- 

 ever you experience any difficulty with your car, 

 as we should much prefer to offer you advice from 

 this office as to the proper method of running your 

 machine than to have you take it to inexperienced 

 garage men who invariably give the wrong advice, 

 and get you into more trouble than ever. If you 

 will take it easy, however, and follow the instruc- 

 tions given in the instruction booklet, we know 

 that you will be able to run the car all right, and 

 hope to hear from you in the near future, telling us- 

 of your experience with the machine. 



On good roads it is an easy matter to 

 make 25 miles an hour; but that is faster 

 than I care to ride, as a rule. AVith fair 

 roads from 12 to 15 miles can be kept up, 

 without trouble, all day. After I had run it 

 a few days I was very agreeably surprised to 

 find it would start with the magneto as well 

 as with the batteries; so we might almost 

 say we have an automobile that not only 

 dispenses with the necessity of water, has 

 no "cogwheels" to get dry and make a 

 racket, but can be run (at least as a rule) 

 without the need of troublesome batteries. 



Later: 



A. I. R. AND HIS NEW CAR NEW YEAR'S DAY. 



Oh! but that new auto is a "daisy." 

 There is nothing to "forget" about it. 

 Just "jump out" when you get there; and 

 when you want to "go" again, it is all 

 hitched up, and no lack of "muscle" to 

 grind out the miles, sand or no sand. 



TEMPERANCE IN ARIZONA. 



Some time ago I informed the readers of 

 Gleanings that in Arizona they had a 

 queer sort of law, to the effect that temper- 

 ance people had to have two dry votes to 

 one wet vote to get saloons out of Arizona 

 towns. The letter below informs us that 

 the law has been amended so that the ma- 

 jority can now rule. 



Mr. A. I. Root: — The last legislature amended the 

 local-option law by allowing a majority to rule ; 

 but later it segregated the towns, allowing them. In 

 case of elections, to vote separately. 



We had an election on the 17th, taking in our en- 

 tire valley and Graham County. We beat the sa- 

 loon crowd in each of the three towns, and the 

 county went dry about four to one. I will try to 

 send you the printed returns. This will close eight 

 more of their crime-making dens. We carried eve- 

 ry voting-place, and one was 106 to 2. Two voting- 

 places had no wet votes to count. When I bade you 

 goodby at the train in our little town 1 promised 

 you that we would fight them as long as they were 

 in town. 



Saflford, Ariz., Oct. 28. W. E. Gi-ascock. 



