El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
CASE REPORTS ON
ROUTE TO SANTA FE
Organization Of Warehouse
Association In Deming
Perfected.

e, where he went as pilot for the Cali
tornia pathfinding car. Regarding the
route taken from Deming to Santa Fe
Mr.. Case said:
The route Travelled from Deming to
Albuquerque included the following
points Mutt station. 80 miles was
MADE IN two hours and is minutes:
Lake valley, y miles, one hour. Hills
DOro, l6 miles, one hour and % min
uIes' Palomas. 26 miles, two hours and
10 minutes; CuchillO. IS miles, one hour
and 10 minutes, san Marcial SIS miles
IiVe hours, san Antonio IS miles one
hour and so minutes: Carthage. nine
miles, 90 minutes. SchOlle on the Santa
Fe cutoff "a miles. four hours. Sais
i've miles, one hour; Albuquerque. 45
miles. two hours and 80 minutes
Regarding the general conditions OF
the road, Mr.. Case said The road
from DeminE 70 within u miles ~
san Marctal IS in almost perfect con
QlIlOn- slow time was made from Dem
Ins 70 HlIsooro on account OF the
stlppery CONDITION OF the roads due to
recent rains, necessitatfnE considerable
intermediate gear work. We encouu-
tered the river bed road u miles south
u san Marcial; which, but for recent
rams would have been very heavy
sand From san Marcfal TO san An
tOnlO, distance Of II miles along the
no Grande bottom road. was fnapassa-
Die on account OF the heavy sand. which
neceSsltated detOur on the mesa from
San aarclaI and travelling some 10 or
y miles further This road was found
70 pc IN good condition and easily ne
gotlated with any ordinary machine
The road from san Antonio 70 Or
image contains about six miles NJ lasr---
sand. but we had no difficulty In going
through It. From Carthaze IN Scbolr-s
station. on the Belen cutoff the ros[5s
are IN very pad condition. due to hizb
cen teIsr necessltatlng driving over the
pralrle- Wnlch IS very hard work both
on the driver and on the car This road
could be fixed and put in good shane
with 5000 JudiCiOusly expended Tha
road travelled from ScholIe Station 10
SalS leaus through AbO canyon We
TOOK Lne wrong road some 90 miles
from ScholIe, which left Us with onIv
Two courses to pursue one 10 20
through the canyon. and the
olner 10 double back about 20 miles
We chose the former but would bavo
saved time by adopting the latter er
peQient But we had been Informed AZ
Scnoile that the road through Abo can
yOn was passabIe This road. bowe~er
should not be attempted bv anv ma
cnlne- The Deming automobiles pilot
car was disabled in this canyon with a
damned steering gear and was left
pethfindlnE car, got through Inc
canyon without any serious accident
From Sais to Albuquerque the road IL
a perfect automobile driveway with +Ha
exception or one or two mudholes
From Albuquerque TO Santa Re. a dis
lance OF % miles, Mr. Case rode In tina
albuquerque pilot car This road has
oeen constructed by convict Ia hor and
Is In perfect condition The driving tfr-.e
from Albuquerque TO Santa Fe was forr
hours. which included climbing IA IA
--ua MIR percent grade, extending
-oE q distance OF two and a half miles
Inc movement to organize a Nfunbrss
Nalley Growers and Warehouse assoc
clation IS growing in popularity. A.
- sueIe are 20 prominent farmers
1liC business men who agree 10 take
siV00 n stock. and with John Humid
as president, and a board of Director
---Otug-As IT r X COnnaWa-y. H h KEEL
y ana A L. Taylor. the organization il
9ensNed assured OF great success =
y w mans vice president and gen
era manager. and Ralph A Lynd. Sec
rotary. are now negotiating wis ~
;. p. railroad for a site Tor fba -
mouse, which is TO be BY zoe FEET Tba
meeting 10 perfect the oresnfza TO-
ana report upon an available site FOR
next III icy
Signs for the Road.
me Demtng Automobile cIub has
rad I0y metal signs made and painted
1of sign posting all the roads into
DeInlng- The signs are painted On
ION sI9es-one side showing the direc-
Jon and distance into DeminE. and tha
other side showing distance to the
r.rst objective point out Of Denf1r-
S 2. the particular road upon which
Barracks Bros. are building a car
penter SHOP one block east OF Silver
avenue on Spruce street The building
Is SO by SO feet in dimension
1T + F. StOvan. OF the Mimbres
not springs. is spending several DAYS
IN Deming on business
- D. Cosier, OF Springer. y NJ. is In
Demtng on business
Many Attend Funeral
All business houses were closed in
1,emlns yesterday afternoon in honor
OF Hlcnard Hudson. whose remains
were inferred with Masonic rites at
. In O. rna.H
entire population OF the town was
present al the funeral to paw the last
respects TO the Oldest resident OF
t ti-s and Luna counties. and who in
me early history OF this section was
noted as one OF the most fearless and
IN lIepld indian fighters on the border
rat Sneehan, recently or Austin
-, IS nov employed in the Meyer
Superintendent J. B. TAYLOR OF the
JiIy schools. accidentally wounded
-LlllselI in the foot yesterday with a
Ie-- or scissors. and Is on crutches
Lon r Prose. OF spearviIIe. Kans,
IS IN Deming prospecting.
Ralph l. ". LOOMS OF FL Paso
was here on business
D. . Willard, Of Albion. Mich. went
20 So II FaSo to meet a party OF four
rom his home town who are en- route
C. the AIimbres valley for the purpose
or making investments.
mari a SNYDER. for 19 years a resi-
-0IL OF Albuquerque. but more re-
Gently Of Los Angeles. CAL Is here
tor the purpose OF making Invest
ments.
Chas r. Gordon. OF Smithvme. Tex.
Is in Deming for the purpose OF lOcat-
inE
Cecn Poff Of Tacoma. Wash. is here
prospecting.
A. Leveridge. OF Mexico. Is here on
business
Thos. S, Sheppard. OF Hilton. Colo.
ana T. Melville DumOnd. Of Monrovia.
cal. stopped off In DeminE while on
their way east for the purpose Of in
VestinE this section with a view TO
ma King Investments here
VIII Wells. brother OF F. C. " els,
.S here to locate permanently.
Columbus Bank Incorporated.
The articles of Incorporation of the
Columbus state bank were filed I'm the
county clerks office today. the direc-
tors Of which bank are s. g Water
bury. w. G.. Hoover and T. W Hoover
n. Natheson. pastor Of the Presby-
terrain church OF Nesilla Park. is in
Lee Russell has bought through r.
l. Miller SO acres OF the Brem tract.
lnimproved. four miles east OF Dem