The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-12

nedesHu;chdnson and Meade. Kansas, |
TeEahoma, Hereford and Slaughter,s
RANCH Tex, and then ho Roswell.
WITH the exception OF some BAD
sa15d stretches in b valleys Of b Ca
|nad1an and Cimarron rivers, the roads
down there are the finest in the world
The soil is Just right for roads. Why,
asTanchman thinks nothing of build
ing sixty or seventy-fve mi1es OF per-
|fect road for hts own use. How does
he do 1t? Simply by driving a team
Of horses hitched 10 an ordinary road
scraper in the general direction he
wants to go. He just selects a spot
ON the horizon N hits across coun-
try toward It. When the objective
point Is reached the scraper has made
one track. On the RETURN trip the
other rack is made The Grape
takes on the crust so to speak, leav-
ing a h~ard-baked soil, as fast as a race
track for motors. Ae few trips over 1t
and the road is perfect.
Phelps White, a ranchman seventy
one miles from Roswell, recently bot
a notor car. He desired a road ON
| which me could get to Roswell n
back TO his ranch In the same day.
| So he built it with a road scraper. A
few pieces OF lumber were Used in
passing over wire fences. They do
not have gates down There. The oad
goes right over the fence by means
of a kind OF chute for the wheels. We
hicles can get in and out of fields by
this method but the CATTLE cannot.
From Roswell TO Torrance, ITO
miles, a road has been especially built
for motor cars A moror company at
Roswell holds a government contract
to carry mail between these points.
This company built the road It is the
fastest road I ever saw. It's faster
than any rock road ever built. The
bridges on this roa are unique. They
are on the cantilever style, with long
pine poles IS the principal material
Wire cables are used to hold the
bridge together. The cost OF such a
bridge Is small and one can be built
in a week.
"That country may seem desolate
to persons gazing upon it from the
window Of a Pullman car Mr.. Col
Inns continued "But if they could get
out In 1t they would change their
minds. Flowers of every hue cover
tohO SOuAHLIy 1AhS SdlpOL. SIS dI
pretty streams of blue water abound
ing with fish. And game-say. We
saw antelope in herds like sheep. But
as soon as they saw US there was a
scamper, and they were gone oven
the crest of a hill.
i There is a penalty of ninety days
Imprisonment and a fine OF $500 foI
killing or shooting an antelope. Bur
| there is no law on ducks and our 16
gague shotgun brought us so many
that 1 really got tired of eating them
We often saw wolves. One night
when we were putting up for the night
at a ranch, Breed chased a grey vol
with the car. After a few miles the
beast urned OF the car and bit at q
front tire. Breed killed it with the
shotgun. We brought the animals
brush home with us so we could prove
our story.
"On the return trip we took in e
guide who stayed with us for -264
miles. We lei Roswell ON Wednes
day morning and h following Sun
day night, at midnight cached thu
Buick agency here. The best evi
dence of the truth of my Statement
about the roads lies in the fact THAI
the car Travelled more than 5000 miles
ON the same set of tires and the same
air. We nev had a puncture ant
we didn't take the air bottle out O
the car Our speedometer recorded
LIZA, miles by the direct route wher
we came home. Rain? Didn't SEE
a drop all the time we were gone"
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