El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-16
LAS CRUCES ROAD
BOOSTERS BAG0UE1
Lester Tells of Logging Bor-
derland Route and
Urges Its Value.

Las Cruces. n. NJ, Dec. IA special
meetings Of the Fibab club was held in
the social rooms Of the Masonic temple
The meeting was presided over Dy
Francis Z Lester, in the unavoidable
absence Of chief booster Geo W Fren-
ger. The chief purpose OF the NEE ing
was to afford the business men OF Las
Cruces an opportunity to meet with
g. H. Lester, who has been engaged BY
the publishers Of the Blue BOOK OF the
American Automobile association 10 log
the road for automobile tourists be-
tween Roswell n. NJ, and Phoenix,
Ariz. Practically all Of the road has
been logged the only remaining link
being between Alan gOrdo and FL Paso.
M. Lester, through the courtesy OF
Francis G. Merrill, was taken over 10
the road east Of the Organ, pass. when
runs from FL PaSO to Alamo gOruOi and
from that point made an Official log into
Las Cruces The log Of the road from
Las Cruces to FL PasO was made when
Mr.. Lester returned 70 Fl Faso IN ms
own car.
resentative gathering Of some 40 busl-
ness men Of Las Cruces and vicinity,
who sat down at the wei loaded Ia
bles and discussed the question OF Is
Cruces being on the main auLOInOD-AS
tourist highway. c H Lester eX-
planned the Importance OF this matter
to the community and how, within two
years, Las Cruces viii get many lnou-
sands Of dollars a year from the auto
mobile tourists who are already traV-
cling across the country al the year
round The advantages OF the Border
land route were very strongly brought
out The most important matter to the
people Of the Mesllla valley. IN up.
Testers remarks was the oeIlalte
statement made by him that not ohly
would Las Cruces be on this route, but
that he would report as the main r9ia1
from Las Cruces to FL PasO the road
which runs by way OF organ ana Las
Cruces and down the Mesllia Fa4Iey-
4 III
Ivn who brought out the points OF
historic interest to be seen by the tour
ist in the Mesilla valley by Judge Ned
Ter who called attention TO the IacC
fbst RS Cruces was already losing a
large amount Of this valuable tourist
traffic. and that in one recent week
alone Is transcontinental cars passed
through AlamOgOEdOs none OF NnlcA
was routed by way Of Las cruces
Judge Medler also called attention 10
the need for the removal OF SaIlo On
part Of the road between Las CIuCss
and AlamOgOrdO, which IS II OLerO
county; and one result OF the meeting
was that a committee, consisting OF
Judge MedIer ]. Y Mccullough ana Dr.
H NJ Cornell, was appol6Ll '. 70 lS-s =,
this matter up with the Otero county
authorities, and has since taken prompt
action. H B Holt also addressed the
Meeting and Mr.. Mccullough OF organ.
called the attention Of those present to
B the great Importance OF the mineral
industry Of the Organ locallIy 10 Las
Cruces business men A hearty vote OF
thanks was voted to Z. h Lester 1or
his attendance
Another matter taken up BY the
meeting was the necessity for sign
posting certain roads in the county, ana
a resolution was adopted ana ordered
transmitted to the county commission
ers BY the secretary pro TEN, p W.
Barker. urging upon the county COM
missioners prompt and definite action
{ in this connection
Cattle Loaded Sunday.
Nine hundred cattle were loaded here
Sunday, a number OF ranchmsa having
some difficulty in controlling the ca
a tie Once they broke some OF the num-
Der going out into the town Mrs;
CLYDE Walters was on the street ana
narrowly escaped being trampled-
Alexander Kincade, OF Fort Wayne,
Ind, who arrived here few days ago.
has left for the reclamation camp near
/ Mesquite. which is in charge OF en-
gineer Herbert ". Yeo-