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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1929)
V PAGE SIX Th. OREGON STATESMAN; Salem. Or;a, Sunday Morning, May 18. 1829 Reliable Tires Mean Much in Life of Correspondent Who Goes Down to Mexico Fight By FRANK ENGLES Such was true in my case during the recent Mexican revolution when traveling as a newspaper correspondent ac companying the rebel armies on their retreat from the state of Chihuahua over the "pack track trail" of Pulpito Pass into Sonora. On April ninth the last troops of the Insurgents, under the command of General Marcelo Caraveo, were ordered to evacuate Chihuahua and proceed to the -Pass and hold it against the advance of General Almaban. The three Ameri cans then comprisHg the rebel air service, in addition to two newspaper correspondents myself and Ray Miller, special writer for Universal Service were given permission to travel with this contingent. After taking a troop train to Cast Grandes we disembarked with the trocps. The general staff tarnished us with an ancient fliv ver, which a few gleaming silver peso bad coaxed out of. the pos session of one of the more ambi tions peons of the district. This flivver had no starter, no batteries, and he accessories were conspicuous by their absence. However, the motor turned over and It progressed in a fashion pe culiarly its own over the uneven terrain. The tires were solidly built, sturdy cords made by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com pany. It would take good tires to cover the territory we expected to cover in the next few days. Punc tures would be calamities and en during rubber was the highest aeeesslty. Our supplies consisted of the essential gasoline and oil, which we- strapped to the side of the running boards, along with can teens of water, jerked beef and tortillas, whe had a load. Burns Trail Ahead We were soon to find out first had the perils of Pulpito Pass. For a time there was a road, and then, suddenly, there was no longer a road. A burro trail stretched ahead. It.was awful. Rocks were strewn as if by a designing hand to Impede progeria of travelers so rash as to brave the pass. We jolted and rolled along. Up one side, down on the other, slipping hither and yon. There were placs too narrow to travel hori zontally and we would very care fully run up a hillside and with the car tilted at an angle of thir ty, degrees, travel ahead by Jerks and starts. Winds would howl down the canyons carrying cutting sands that stung like fury. At every mountain stream we would water up and so, in a fashion, aaoved along. It was a source of amazement to us that the tires held up. We would get out and carefully look them over for signs of. weakness. They held. In spite of the diabolic tn.Vs that nature had so bounte ously thrown In our path. Two Days Without Food It took five days to get over the pass, two of which we went without food. Still the tires held. So long as they did we would hold the fliwer. When they gave ont we would hare to walk and it was not a pleasant prospect. Frank ly, we didn't believe our luck would hold. Rubber and fabric fashioned by man surely couldn't withstand the innumerable hard ships of the trail we followed. But they held, and we arrived at Oja de Agua, and then the fun began. Three- of us were In the front seat and threa in back, a Colonel Del RIos having joined ug at the last camp. We were sing ing. Without warning there was a crash and glass splintered over us. A neat hole appeared as if by magic in the windshield. Some one was firing at us. Curtains" For Us" "Alto!" That meant slop There they were less than two hundred fet away ugly looking devils. We jumpd from th car. More shots were fired and Colon el Del Rios slumped in the seat, unable to gt out in time. A trickle of red ran down his face and above it was a purple, jagged hole. It was the end for Bel Rios. Up went our hands. Quickly we were surrounded and disarmed. These fellows were Agristas (most loyal of Callea' troops), and be ing unable, or unwiling, to read credentails, took no chances. Ev eryone was a potential enemy to them. We were lined up along, the car. It looked like curtains for all of us when one of them shouted: "Dos carros" (meaning two more cars). At this they scurried for the bushes and began firing. It was our rear guard coming up with y -u -q b omf.... ece.. mn General Medina in command. No man in all Mexico Baa more cour age than Medina, and with a short skirmish it was all over. The leader was killed and the rest rode hard for the mountains. Cnce more we were under way. Soon we came down from the mountains and entered upon the desert In Sonora. Across the red hot sand skirting cactus and mes qnite bushes we finally arrived at Nogales, thankful that American craftmanship had provided us with tires that stood the faff and saved us from hardships and probably death. And they are still good for a few thousand miles. 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