Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-08-26
100000 ATTENDS
ALBUQUERQUE
TRAVELLERS
STRENUOUS TRIP TO
THE BAR MEETING
Automobiles Break Down, Rain
PourS and Lightning Plays
Around IlI-F ated Tourists
Bound for Roswell.

Judge Ira A.. Abbott and daughter,
Miss Constance Abbott. Attorney III.
Is. Ferguson and daughter. Miss Erna
Ferguson, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. h.
McMillen have returned home from a
trip to Roswell, where they attended
the meeting of the Territorial Bar as
ISOLATION Of which Mr.. McMillen was
elected president. While the mem
beers of the party do not show any
over anxiety to relate the experiences
which befell them on their trip 10
Roswell, IL has leaked out mat the
Journey was not altogether "A smooth
and delightful one In fact there Is
every reason to believe hat the Albu-
querqueans rad troubles of their own
from the time they started until they
reached the Pecos valley city. II IS
believed there was a member or the
party who acted in the capacity Of a
hoodoo. Each one, however, vigor-
ously disclaims the responsibility and
II may have been Just mere PROVE
dence.
The Albuquerque people We're
Joined at Kennedy by Mr.. and Mrs.
A. -. Renehan, Paul A.. f. Walter n
B. M. Read Of Santa Fe. and q. A.
Fleming of Las Vegas.
Trouble Begins.
When the party reached Torrance
over the Santa Fe Central II was
eventide and they all bundled into
three waiting automobiles to make
"A moonlight trip over the plains 70
Roswell. The moon shone brightly
and gentle nocturnal zephyrs played
on the faces OF the travellers who were
.enttanced with the loveliness of the
scene.
Soon after the start was made, how
ever. clouds began to pile up on the
horizon and bye and bye the lightning
began to play gently across them
The party reached the halfway house
however. at 2 o'clock I'm the morning
without mishap. After the travellers
left the halfway house II began TO
rain gently, then harder n harder,
while the thunder crashed and the
lightning grew binding. II wa get
ting 10 be "A pretty miserable rae
when the party reached the Macho
river twenty-seVen miles IRONS RIOS
we'll. The huh of n OF the auto
mobiles broke at this luncture ana
IN the ain and mud and semi-darkness
the passengers and baggage had 10
be transferred to one OF the othef
machines. Three miles further on the
rear axle of another buzz wagon
snapped. dltching the machine. The
rain continued to pour on steadily
The ladies OF the party were all DUN
died into one Of the remaining ma
chimes and, wet as drowned rats,
starved and splashed with mud
reached Roswell at IL o'clock the
most woe-begone tourists ever seen.
Fortunately they had plenty Of eNer-
else along the route. helping to push
the autos out of the ruts and the eN-
posture had no serious results.
stranded In the NiIds.
The masculine contingent which
had been left 70 SHIFT for itself, TWEEN
ty-hye miles out of town. sat down In
the rain to wait for relief. Meanwhile
II rained. Finally. It Is said Judge
Abbott and Mir. Ferguson started
out to forage for grub ana made their
way Ia the Acorn ranch. where luckily
Mr.. Ferguson was acquainted. Here
they got something to eat and finally
relief buzz wagons arrived and they
reached Roswell at . o'clock In the
evening Wednesday.
The auto road Is ordinarily in
splendid condition ana accidents are
rare, but the mysterious hoodoo was
too much for careful chauffeurs and
hrst class machines. The heavy rains
made the road extremely bad and al
together that trip Will be n long
remembered In the annals of the Ros-
Well-Turrance auto line.