Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-30
JOY RIDING UPON
THE BEAUTIFUL
IS A FAKE
Never Again for Mine" is Sad
Refrain of Educators Who
Were Marooned in the Snow
and Didn't Reach Roswell,

That riding, or attempting to ride
in an automobile up Hill and down
dale over the lengthy stretch of coun-
try that lies between Albuquerque and
Roswell is not what it is cracked up
to be, at least in the winter time, Is
the decision reached by Territorial
Superintendent of Public instruction
j. f.. Clark. superintendent of Albu-
querQue Schools, w. d. Sterling, Pres
idcnt Of the Agricultural College, DR..
w. l.. Garrison, and several other edu-
Gators who left this city Monday
morning with the avowed intention Of
reaching Roswell in plenty of time TO
attend the opening session of the New
Mexico Educational association which
convened in the Pecos valley metrop-
oils Tuesday night. This decision was
arrived at, unanimously with malice,
aforethought, n mature elaboration,
Wednesday night at the conclusion Of
a lengthy conference held by the
school men, as they sat ,nasting their
Shins around d hu = bonfire which
II ey had kindled n Cedar, ten miles
west of Torrance, at The end of a
hard days run.
Ploughins over icy roads, and m
tines roads that led directly opposite
to the desi, cd direction, and skidding
into deep aoles on the prairie just
when everything was going along in
fine shape, tool the ginger out of the
majority of the party when they ar
rived at Moriarity Tuesday after they
had an exhausting day trying to dis
cover the right trail to hat well
known town in the Estancia valley.
With the grim determination char
acteristic of those engaged in educa-
tional work, however, the automobile
lists decided that they would get to
Roswell or bust the gasoline tank. A
series of mishaps all day wednesday,
resulted however in a decision to
abandon the buzz wagons and take to
the railroad. The party accordingly
broke up at Torrance, where they
were advised that it would be almost
impossible to proceed in automobiles
because of the deep snow beyond
there. The automobiles were loaded
in box cars, one being sent to Ell Paso,
where Garrison will go for it after the
educational meeting and try to run it
under its own owe to the Agricul-
tural college at Mesilla Park. Mr..
Clark's machine was shipped to San
ia Fe, where it will be unloaded by ID.
c. Taylor, of this city, who decided
to abandon the trip to Roswell. Her
bert Gales, chauffeur and mechanic
ian, upon whom the educators de-
pended as the Moses of the party, who /
would lead them through the wilder
ness into the promised and of the
Pecos valley, failed to hit the right
route several times and lost more than
sixty miles the first day out by taking
the Dad to fatigue instead of Moria-
rity. Gales has been over the route
to Roswell more than sixty times. 1t
is supposed hat ne lost his way ON
account of the snow and the vast
amount of learned advice he received.
went to Santa Fe. Superinten-
dent w. ID. Sterling was the only a
of the party who returned to Albu-
querque last night, Messrs. Clark,
Garrison and Asplund proceeding ~
to Roswell by train from Torrance,
reaching there last night.
mo more automobile trips in the
time for me-" was Mr.. Sterl-
lng's remark upon his return last eve.
ming. II am perfectly willing 10 take
a spin in a buzz wagon in the good
old summer time, but l prefer to re-
at home during the cold wealth
r.. The automobiles worked SPLEEN
idly. considering the hardships which
hey were forced to undergo. The
dep snow was mainly responsible for
he a~bandOnmnt of the trip, although
we were also unfortunate in choosing
the wrong route IN several occasions"
According to "A dispatch received
asst night from Roswell. Mr.. Clark,
Dr.. Garrison and Prof. Asplund
reached that place safely at foul o.
clock yesterday afternoon and were
Dusily occupied explaining TO those in
attendance at the teachers meeting
heir reasons for not making their ap-
,earance at an earlier date.