Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-15

penetrate" at least Ms far US Chl-
CRgO or 81. Louis, but when hc gJcS
further aud gays he g. going to fol-
low the Santa Fe trail across the
Rockies tO New Mexico, his frlrnls
begin to consider the adVisablliij ut
securing II commission of lunacy TO
look into his mental condition.
Doubtless 1t IL because of that
mystic word trail" The eastern, e.
looks upon It ny meaning truil 10 tn,
truest sense and comparatively few
have any real idea of the west ns e
actually IL. Most opinions are uusvu
on the wild west" motion pit,urrs
displayed 80 freely, and these tat tu
give the tight Idea
AS u matter of fact, following tn
Santa fc trail, practically from ST
Louis To Santa be, II little short ut
one long glorious Joy ride nud the mo-
turlst going over the trail may enjoy
every comfort that nc could lind IN
his eastern home, The day runs are
not too long, with a couple cot oNCcp-
tions, and every night the tourist viii
lind u lirst class hotel with the NcrY
best ct accommodations,
"rhr Santa Fc trail actually began
its westward course at Independence,
Mo, Just east ~ IianEas Ciiy. hut us
II II known to the motorist to-day tho
trail" begins AT ST. Louis the first
link being over the new cross state
highway at the state of Missouri At
present this route In closed because uf
road building operations aud II In
necessary Ia follow the northern
route across Missouri, which adds
about a hundred miles tn the trip, but
10y next spring the cross state high
way will he open and Il will prove one
ur the best motor roads In tho
country.
Leaving st. Louis the trail is
splcndidly marked every mile OF the
way az far AZ La Junta. colo, but
from that point to Santa Pc tho
marking n miserable and II is "A very
difficult matter to keep from getting
lost AZ matter az fact II TX adj
vlsable. under the present conditions.
for motorist To secure "a guide at lat
Junta and keep him until he reaches
Las Vegas. Between La Juntn and
Trinidad the trail Ii very hard to fol-
low and from Ration To LAS Vegas Il
~ also bad, especially In the vicinity
Of the Maxwell ranch. branching
trails go across the prairie In every
direction and frequently the proper
one II dim and little Travelled trail
that might easily he left To one side.
AS Ia road conditions. there In
nothing the tourist need fear and he
viii find mile utter mlle especially
over the natural prairie roads, where
he viii hnvc every opportunity To test
the speed of his ear. There are rough
places, of course, and lots OF them,
but they are not Ia Ne feared by any
means. occasionally the tourist
viii reach an arroyo that IL hard to
get across, but It win be- found pos
Hlblc In every ease ana dowhcrc win
the grades be- found too steep Ia ne
gntIutc with ease. II viii be- well Ia
have u shovel along NJ N IN possible
tn get stuck IN mud, qulcksund or
deep shifting sand AT various pluCes.
but stretches at road equally us had
Cun he found In any ul the eastern
states. In very wet weather the
Rumbo Of southern Mdiunu, Illinois
ana Missouri viii he found almost Inn
passnble, while the "dube" of the
mountains will hc found unpleasa nj
In rainy times. but IN dry weather the
going will ne found good certainly
from the Atlantic as FAR west AS Al
, buqucrque."