Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-10-20
BY Il. +. BLACK


uniting short the best crop that Eu-
rope has American tourists
The auto highwayman IL not lin
ted 20 track Of ri7ld steel. but still.
Ike The locomotive. ha must have o
tried and true thorolghfare Of the
making ~ transcOuilnental routes
there is no end And The reason for
this has been that all old highways
possessed Objectionable features n
o. Was not ice. and uov and cold
weather then stretches 81 sand hin.
dered. or rivers were impossible on
account ~ floods. or precipI,ious
mountains lmpeded where a careless
'Urn o. the wheel meant q broken
car. MANNED limbs or death SOM
~ Tho routes that have been logged
are practicable because they pass
through sections 20 sparsely settled
that water. ras. oils. machine shops
and hotels are encountered IN too
seldom places In short it's 100 long
between drinks. either for the car
or 'he passengers Consequently the
motoring magazines have been mon
opollZed ~ late with a recounting %
tho adventures % ambitious logFists
who have been endeayoring 20 dis
cover and establish a LOGICAL. feasible
route who have been
route FOR automobile tourists who
deslherd 70 visit the Pacific coast
And now n highway has been estab-
lished that Is AZ clearly the logical
course 1s vas old Frisco the logical
roinf 'or me panma-paclflc Exposi-
ton Lend tho writer your unproin-
dlood ears FOR q few minutes. and he
VII ondoav0r 20 show you no "sa p
ion' points % superiority. AZ the
political orators say.
Most o. the established Northern
routes we're impossible In the winter
on account OF SNOW Turning south
word, a fairly good road was found
through Colorado and rtah but the
long winters and the high passes
across ne mountains we're objection
able for an mo year travel Then a
wag hlazed over the Continental di-
vide through Southwestern States
following tho old Santa Pc trail into
New Mexico Leaving Santa Fe the
Automobiles pushed straight
through tho wilderness OF Northern
New Mexico and Arizona TO Phoenix.
In Tho latter state Tho loggers sur
Tered many hardshlps In places hav-
lnv 70 cut their way through forests
or cross high elevations Deep miros
were encountered and the scattered
cattle ranches I'm the absence ~ set
Elements rad 20 he depended upon
Aor what assistance wns received on
Uoute
q y Lester. OF Watertown. y u
Travelled this route 90 1910 and dccid-
20 mat II was not practicable for
both summer and winter 'rave'. So
~ 1911 ne set out from his nakota
homo 90 find better road across tie
spinal column % mo United States
% me Pacific Coast Driving drr
south from Watertowu. ~ struck tho
Santa Pc trail N Hutchinson Kan
sas and then followed 81 westward
rniil b. arrived NJ DODGE CITY Kan
From This uoirf ho turned southwest
stunning mo moun'lins and sandy
valleys ~ Colorado ma Northern
New Mexico and following tho lines
% least resistance across the Pan.
handle ~ TEXAS. through Amarillo
and plainview on 10 Roswell y "
Tho stretch Of road from Dodge CITY
10 Roswell led In tho main across
rerv level plains country. AMI
through county seat towns From
Roswell he proceeded south through
Alamagordo and Las Cruces 10 tho
city oi Fl Paso Tho route leads
westward from ri Paso hy easy
stages through Deming. Lordshurg
and Rodeo. Y NJ thence 20 Doug
las Blshee. Tucson. Florence and
then fheniv. Arizona. whore the oil
Santa Fe trial IL AGAIN encountered
and followed nv way ~ Aqua Calien-
70. Yuma. San Diego. Los Angeles 10
San Francisco.
Nr. Lester was so enthused over
his discovery that the natives along
the route realized their opportunity.
and SCI about 10 find some transcon-
tinenial touring organization that
would adopt establish and give pub
licitv 20 the find The Transconti-
mental Touring Club Of America. with
SIS head offices NJ Chicago. was In
terosted and sent their chairman "
tours. Nr Harry { Drum. entirely
over tho road this spring Mr. Drum
found enthusiastic supper, IN his or
canization work. holding well-atteni-
Cd meetings In each town OF consid-
cradle size. and being escorted FROM
point 10 point by local atomobilists
Ile made the trip from Dodge City
Kansas. 10 Phoenix. Arizona. a dis
lance % 1880 miles. IN twelve DAYS
which Il q remarkable record when
u Is considered both day and night
meetings took M much OF his time
and that an accurate loF Of every
mile % course was recorded. The
route Mr. Dunn pursued was practi-
cally the same as that pointed out by
Mr Lester. save that Mr.. Drum went