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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

- ORT STOCKTON, Tex, Nov. l.
H At an enthusiastic joint meeting
4 of the Fort stockton Commercial
club and the Pecos County Good Roads
association held at ,WOOdmen's hall,
this section took an immense stride
forward on the subject OF good roads
A letter from president D. E. Colp, Of
the Bexar County Highway league, Of
san Antonio addressed to vice presi-
dent James Rooney. of the local good
roads association, was read, IN which
Mr.. Colp urged Immediate action on
the part of the citizens looking to
the securing of the All Southern High
way proposed from Atlanta to Los
Angeles, which is now being mapped
and logged by Col A L. Westgard, of
the National Highway association In
accordance with the suggestions OF
Mr.. COlp, president Hadden appointed
Messrs John Rooney and Lee Giles as
a committee to meet AR Colp at Alpine
and accompany him to FL PaSO, where
they are to meet Col. Westgard over
the route from Ell PasO to Fort stock
ton by the way of Van Horn, Maria,
Alpine, Marathon and other points
To Meet Road Workers.
EnrOute to Fort Stockton through
PecoS county. which will be during the
morning of Nov. .. the party viii be
greeted by business and professional
men, Of Fort Stockton. and by farmers
and ranchers all working along the
route, making good roads in accord
ance with the proclamation of the gov
ernOr, the county judge and the mayor
of this city. At the mass meeting COM
mittees were appointed to get out all
the people on these two days-NOv-
and S, and make due to the general
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Stockton to Meet Westgard
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Will Issue Bonds For Roads

spirit prevailing and the hold that
the good roads movement has taken on
the people Of this county, this task
viii be easy
To Issue Bonds
PrOgresS of a most encouraging
character was reported by the steering
committee having in charge the petit
tiOns asking the commissioners court
to call an election for the purpose OF
issuing PecOs county road bonds for
$50, 000 The petitions have already
been signed by more than enough tax
payers to warrant calling the election
and it is said that in a few days.
enough signers viii have been secured
to insure carrying the election It IS
contemplated to start construction at
once on system of good roads 10
every part OF the county An engineer
from the good roads bureau of the o.
s. department of agriculture viii be
secured for Two or three months of the
time It IS estimated that this amount
of bonds will pay for at least 500
miles of roads in Pecos county, and
it is thought that these viii be COM
pleted and in use by the fail of 1914.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Many Sales Of Motor Car;
This Week-NOtes Of
Local Automobiles.

~ II. HATCHER, of the whole
sale department. and E. G. Hos
4 Ter, factory representative OF
the Willys-OverIand Auto company,
have Just returned from a five weeks
trip covering $500 miles through Ari-
iona. New Mexico and western Texas
in a 1919 Overland car. They report
gong through some pretty rough coun-
try and over numerous bad roads with
only three punctures- They carried no
extra repair parts.
Chauffeur McFadden brought in the
National car of the American Mining
and Smelling company from Mexico
Wednesday.
A. Schwartz. of the Popular Dry Gods
company. purchased a seven paSSen-
ger 1914 Cadillac Friday and has 1t
in service.
Roy Hageman, accompanied by c. P.
Henry. tok a trip Saturday in the
Cadilias racer. TO Douglas and re
turn, to get further acquainted with
the curves on the racing course They
report the car in good shape for the
race.
A carload each of Bucks, Hud-
sons and Abbott-Detroits arrived Sat
urday, consigned to the international
Auto company.
F NJ. Smith. wife and daughter. of
Chicago, passed through I1I Paso Fri
dav in a 1914 Buick en- route to Los
Angeles to spend the winter. They
took the Borderland route and will re-
turn the same way.
w A Scarborough, representing the
Packard and Harrison-VernOn Motor
companies. with Headquarters at Fort
Worth. Texas. who has been visiting
FL Paso for the past three weeks, re-
turned Saturday TO Fort Worth.
In the future the Packard interests
will be represented in Ell PasO by the
international Auto company.
Mr.. and Mrs J. NJ Stockard and J. P.
Church will attend the Arizona state
fair at Phoenix next week and while
there Stockard q Church will look
after the interests Of the international
Auto company
c. C. Davis and family, of Roswell
n NJ, passed through Ell Paso Friday
on their way to Phoenix in a Stude-
baker 80" DR.. n. NJ. Brayshaw and
son and II. c. Baron, all of Hagerman,
\. NJ, accompanied the Davis party
as far as Douglas and they viii go
to San Francisco. They used a Stude-
baker 20.
D. c. Brewer and family, of Column
bus, n NJ, in a Studebaker '25',
went through FL PasO en- route to Sen
atovia. Miss, on a pleasure trip and
to visit relatives. They have a COM
plete camping outfit and will go over
the southern route by way of San An
tonic and Houston
J. s. Crane, OF 1918 Montana street
has purchased a six passenger Stude-
baker 80"
Joe Clayton, Of Artesia. and W. P
Riley, of Hope, who came over the
road in Mr. Clayton's Overland go
from Artesia to FL P8so, putting up
signs, returned Friday to their homes.
C. F. Holmes and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. T J. Stafford will leave this
morning in Mr. Holiness HupmobiIe
for the Phoenix fair
VI. l. NaOuin, of Globe Ariz. driv-
ing the Nelie in the Ell Paso-Phoentx
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

CCTL PASO will beat Los Angeles
H in the time made to Phoenix
- in the road race next week.
Los Angeles, cannot do it under 20
hours while FL PasO should make it
in less than 49,
s'Thc worst road on the BOrderland
route between FL PasO and Phoenix
is right here Mt your door, between
CanutiIIO and Lnnark.."
s.LOrdsburg to DeminE has the best
so miles on the BOrderland route and
for 80 miles the drivers can open up
their cars and get out all there is in
them"
GeThe BOrderIand route compares fav-
OrabIy with any of the other roads we
have Travelled over and it can be
Travelled winter and summer, nighE n
day, rain or shine.'
ssThere nre 100 miles In different
places west of Phoenix that is the
worst to be found in America.
AS n suggestion, the BOrderland
route should keep going until 1t gets
to Galveston
GEL PasO is included on route No. 3
OF the National Highways association,
which includes the BOrderland route
west of Ell PasO.'
fsBIy mind is open and I am here to
take testimony as to the best road
east of Ell PasO and wish to consult
with many as possible regarding the
possible route east of FL PaSO."
These are some of the Westgardisms
as they were coined by A. L Westgard,
pioneer good roads advocate and path
finder, vice president and director Of
transcontinental highways Of the Ma
tional Highways association, who ar
rived in IL PaSO in a Premier car
Saturday afternoon over the Border
land route from Phoenix. accOmpan-
led by Mrs. Westgard and driven by
H J. Orr. Of Detroit.
Mr. Westgard will remain In FL
Paso over Sunday before continuing
his overland trip from Los Angeles
and San Diego to New York by way Of
FL PasO. Galveston, Miami. Fla, and up
the Atlantic coast While here, he is
meeting the good roads enthusiasts
and is considering the different routes
east Of FL Paso which connect with
the Borderland route west of here.
Pioneer Pathfinder.
Mr.. Westgard is one of the big men
of the National good roads movement.
He is the pioneer pathfinder of the
country, this trip being the ninth he
and Mrs. Westgard have made across
the continent on rubber tires. Although
a Texan by adoption, Mr.. Westgard
touched Texas soil for the first time
in his numerous logging tours, Sat
urday afternoon when he alighted in
front of the PasO del NOrte. For a
number of years he was city engineer
at Waco and was also connected with
the engineering department of the
city of Houston He lived in Texas
from 1882 to 1892 and was connected
with the Santa Fe civil engineering
department during part of that time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
DRIVERS TO
COMPETE IN RACES

Phoenix, Ariz-, Nov. 1.--GeOrge P
Billiard has received kilograms from
Los Angeles announcing that seven OF
the most famous drivers in the United
States will start in the 50-mile race,
grounds Thursday, November 8. Barney
Oldfield VIII drive a Renault. Teddy
Tetzlaff Frank Verbeck and Bob Jen-
nings, Flats; VIII Carlson, a Simplex;
Louis Nikrent a Buick, and Felix Ma
gone a Stutz- All except Carlson S
Simplex will be shipped from Los
Angeles especially for this race. Carl
son will drive his machine in the Los
Angeles-PhOen5X road race and then
tune ii up for the track. The purse is
$1,000 to be divided 65, % and 10 per
cent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

7 OS ANGELES. Cal. Nov. Upon
the crack of the revolver at 3
o'clock Monday morning Nov 5,
the first racing automobile in the Los
Angeles Phoenix contest of 1913 will
leave the starting point, Stephenson
avenue and the Whittier boulevard
From ; o'clock on for so minutes, the
revolver will snap and other cars viii
tear out over the paved surface until
the last of the &c entries has left only
a roar behind it.
The race of this year ought to prove
more exciting than ever because OF
the increased number Of entries
The class of entrants IS unusually
strong and some Of the best drivers IN
the world viii complete
The race committee has Just re-
ceived a report from San Diego tina
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

be his duty to cooperate with the
local automobile club and chamber of
commerce and keep the county officers
posted on needed repairs to the road,
so that it will never be neglected or
allowed to fall into disrepair.
J. D Bukey and G. A Martin are
the delegates from the FL Paso Au-
tomobile club and George r. lie Baron
and c. B. Stevens will represent the
chamber Of commerce at the meeting
Bisbee, Douglas, Tucson Lordsbure
Tombstone, Deming. Rodeo, Florence
Mesa and Tempe have all appointed
delegates and will have all their men
present San Diego and Yuma from
the western end will also have dele
gates and Ell Centric and other small
towns have declared that they will
have representatives present at the
meeting if possible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
BOrderland Route Association To Form
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First Meeting Is To Be Held In Phoenix

chamber of commerce and automobile
club along the line was invited to
name two delegates and the response
was unanimous
The races from FL Paso and Los An
geles to Phoenix Will widely adver-
tise the availability of the Border
land course for automobiles, and it
is the idea of Mr.. Gray and those who
viii meet in Phoenix, to form an as
ISOLATION for advertising and keep
ing the route before the public
Officers for the Borderland Route as
ISOLATION will be elected and plans
for a publicity campaign will be
launched The object is not to fight
anye other route, but to advertise the
Borderland route and spread all pos
sible information about it. An execu-
tive committeeman will be elected
from each interested town and it will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
BOrderland

n o take advantage Of the adver-
Using which the weeks auto
mobile races will give the Bor-
derland route, delegates from all cit
les along the route from FL PasO to
San Diego, will meet next Thursday
at Phoenix to put the Borderland
route on the map and keep it there. p"
convention of all those interested
IN keeping the route before the public
viii be held in the chamber Of com
merce rooms in Phoenix next Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock. Delegates
have been named by every city and
town along the line, including FL Paso
and San Diego.
The idea Of the convention was pro-
posed by Joe Gray. secretary Of the
met with 3 hearty response. Every
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
ROAD SIGNED ALL
THE WAY TO ARTESIA

Hope and ATtesia Men Return 20 the
PecOs Valley After Putting Up
Signs on New Road to FL PasO.
The Hope-Artesia party of automo-
bilists, who came to FL PasO this week
putting up signs along the new road,
which enters Ell PasO by way of Hueco
natural park and Fort Bliss, returned
home in good time and report having
finished their work. President c. p.
Stevens received the following tele-
gram Saturday evening from Walter VI.
Daugherty, of the party, dated at Ar
tesla:
Artesia. n. NJ, Nov. I, 1913.
Chas. 3. Stevens.
EIePasO, Texas.
Had pleasant trip back and finished
all sign board work. We now have
sign boards with mileage at every
road fork. Our actual running time
was nine and a half hours and we did
not try to make a record as all the
new dragged road will be soft till
after a rain"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

DescansO has offered a purse in Or
der TO have the race routed through
mat point and that there viii be a
flying checking station at Descanso.
SIX checking stations have been
decided upon Chairman Leon T
Shelter has announced that all cars
must stop for official check at san
Diego. Brawley. Black Butte Yuma
Castle Dome and Midle Wells It is
possible that other checking stations
viii be added after conference with
the drivers.
The course has been alive with
racing cars the last week
As in previous years, the course
over which the cars vii be pilOted,
provides innumerable tests in the way
of rough stretches Of roads which viii
have to be made at high speed, wind
ing mountainous trails and steep
grades
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Los Angeles Race Biggest
Ever Run From California
More Cars Entered This Year Than Usual Lends Added
Interest to the Annual Desert Classic, Which Fin
ishes At Arizona Fair The Day the e. Paso
Race Starts-Twenty Four Cars Entered
In California Grind

Los ANGELES ENTRIES
No Car Entrants.
/ Cadillac -. Don Lee.
. Simplex 49, J. c. Rice.
3 Cadillac don Lee. ..-.--..--...
4 LocomObiIe. A B. Daniels.
; Simplex Mrs. LeOtia K. Norman
Cadillac Duplex Carburetor Co.
7 SfmpIex -. George +. Settle. --..-..
8 Ford .H. \. Pardee. .-.....--.
Buick ....J- NJ Smith ---...--.---
10 Fiat Bob Jennings .------..--
IL MarmiOn IA. A Caldwell -.-....---
u National .. W r. Letton-
IA Fiat .......P c. Motor Car Co..
Is Packard "a T Dickey. ..-..-.-.-s
IS ADpersOn Star Bldrs' Supply Co..
II Blue Midget W. A FOlke- ----.------
IS Overland Pacific Spring Co...
10 Buick ...sEllis Bros
20 Lavenir Peter TuTOn. --.-----.-
p Cole HI J. Pink .-.--.----..s
% Mitchell. &c. W Richert-.-
% Simplex. c. Rice
"a AppersOn. Acme Machine Co...
25 Mercer. .....Ben B. Buxton
26 Ford Earl P. Schnack- $4,000.
p Buick. -.....F. B. Naylor- -----------
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Ell PASO AUT0ISTS
STALLED NEAR ALDEN

J. H HurxthaI and W. B. Harper. FL
PasOans, are stalled on the BOrderland
route A miles west of Ell PasO, near
Alden. y. ", according to A L West
gard The machine belonging to the
FL PaSOans is a Studebaker roadster
and has a broken differential
Harper and HurXthal are returning
to this city after a hunting trip IN
the White mountains Of New Mexico.
The machine belongs TO Mr.. Harper
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
GAS MIXTURE VARIES
"SHOT" IN CYLINDER
Compression Enables Charges Used
Commonly Today To BE Exploded
by Spark-HOvv 1t Is Done.

The Investigations upon the limits OF
explosion of mixtures of gasoline va
por and air, as told in The Automo-
bile" show that when using a gasoline
of O.72O specific gravity, and firing the
mixture in a closed vessel by means of
a naked flame, the most explosive mix
line vapOr. With a gasoline of 06S0
specific gravity these figures becomes
25 percent, as is shown in the follow
ing table:
Specific gravity of gasoline 0.6SO, Civ
ing 100 to 260 times its own volume Of
saturatiOn vapOr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

his car They are staying at Hotel
Sheldon. They loafed over from
Tucson and say that no effort was
made to hit it up en- route but they
found the road in good condition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

B n
in
of
mel aero he
rIand tec he
Il will
in
in track AT ri
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
BY volume OF

The most violent explosion occurred
when 1925 volumes of liquid were
mixed with 100, 900 volumes of air.
These experiments were conducted
without a previous compression of the
mixture, and il is chiefly owing to this
compression in an engine cylinder used
in modern practice can be made to eX-
nlnde
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Long Automobile Trip Is Made By
Overland Men In Overland Car

race. is at the FL Paso garage, where
his car is receiving the final adjust
ments before this big event
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02


Drivers Disp-
Charles P. SOules, H Brown 1855
". H Carlson
Harry Ham, G. Nelson.
OIin Davis, T. NJ Davis.
Omar loft, Oscar Nelson.
L. j. McKOne, J. Maganety ......255
Barney Oldfield, G. Stanfield. $50
l. H. Smith, James Harris. ...177
J. NJ Smith. c. W Smith-...31S
T. J. Waters. H fairfield.
Guy Ball, Charles Muth ......327
Z. A Tracey, Chester Grath ....44S
Frank Verbeck, J. MumfOrd ..-.444
A. T. Dickey. L. F. Riley
F. Wallace, r. Allen, T. Caress. 523
W. A. Folke, ". H. Snow
J. F. Watson, Clark Wilson. BPS
Henley Ellis, Boyd Ellis.
l. TurOn, Victor SalaudOux. .334
H J. Pink. T. Suead. 800. .334
r. L Greer, H Gibbons. 1877
) y Itlce- .485
J.. c. TO0in, Roy T Rose.
Ben B. Buxton, J. Weber.
Earl P. Scnaek, T. Robinson. III
Louis Nickrent, Fred Nickrent. 255
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02
Greatest Cross Country Motor Race In the World This Week
OUer Forty Cars to Race
Into Phoenix In Tue Days

Los Angeles Races Start Monday Ell Pasos Racers On
Tuesday-Only One Entry In Ell Paso Race Is Dis
qualified By Accident-Twenty Cars to Start
And to Race For Purse of $64OO-Many
Ell Pasoans to See Race Finish.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26

connection with the preparation OF
bills revising tariff duties. 1t was the
Underwood letters which caused Mr..
Wilson to announce congress would be
called in extra session on April Fools
day. Mr.. Wilson has not indicated his
approval or disapproval of what the
committee has decided, SO it is expect
ed he will consult the entire commit
tee, and also with the senate commit
tee on finance, which will be charged
with the duty of considering the tariff
rates fixed by the house of represen-
tatives
Mr.. Wilson further will talk with
these senators and members and 9th
ers also on the question of recommend
ing currency reform during the extra
session. Most of the members Of the
two houses are anxious that the tariff
alone shall be considered at the extra
session, and that the currency ques-
ton go over until the regular session
next December.
Want Time For Report.
1t is argued this would give ample
forms advised by the Pujo committee.
which has just completed it's money
trust Investigations, and the legisla-
ton which will be recommended by
the banking and currency committee.
In order to be prepared to deal both
with the tariff and currency reform
the house leaders have practically de-
cided to have the new house organize
but four committees, ways and means,
banking and currency, rules and &C
counts. The house caucus will be held
on the day following Inauguration.
So far as the trust question is con-
cerned, Mr.. Wilson is not expected to
suggest any legislation during the en-
tire session. This matter will be left
for consideration at the regular ses-
sion which will convene in December
In the meantime Mr.. Wilson will pro-
coed with the prosecution of combina-
lions believed to be violating the law
and will consult with his advisers as
to the kind of legislation needed to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
curb monopolies and restore competi.
ton.
THREATENS STATE FIGHT

TRENTON, y. j., Feb. 26.-Gov.
Wilson warned the members of the
New Jersey legislature tonight that, as
president of the United States, he
would feel privileged to come back
even as early as next week to fight for
pending reforms.
Mr.. Wilson resigned the governor.
ship today to take effect Saturday.
Both houses had hardly received his
notice of resignation when the assem-
bly, went on record by an overwhel-
ming vote against pushing the jury re.
form bill from first to second reading.
This bill had been urged particularly
by Mr.. Wilson in his message. 1t
would take away the power to draw
juries from the sheriffs, lodging it with
a commission appointed by the COVER
nor.
Mr.. Wilson declared he might de-
liver several speeches in northern
New Jersey, most of whose assembly.
men voted in effect against the gov
ernor today.
The president elect said if the jury
reform bill were defeated he would
consider that he was booked to speak
In the primary campaign next fall
against assemblymen seeking renomi.
nation who had voted against the
measure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26

eight or ten years. Engineers survey
ing. the ground started the rumor that
stakes were being set for buildings
and tracks for a new railroad yard.
s. w. Hodgin, division engineer.
stated that the rumor had probably
grown out of fact that engineers had
been surveying the ground TO deter
mine the amount of gravel which
could be taken out of the gravel beds
there. He stated that no plans had
been made by the company for build
ing any yards there and il will prob
ably be several years before any thing
is done with the land
Charles Green, chief clerk to the
superintendent OF this division stated
that if the Pennsylvania railroad had
any plans for making Richmond a ter
minal for the proposed Terre Haute-
Richmond division, nothing was
known of 1t by local officials. He
stated nothing that has been given out
on this matter came from oficials OF
the road and denied knowledge of any
changes in the near future.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-02-26
LARGE PROBLEMS
CONFRONT WILSON
Mexico Tariff, Currency Re-
form, and Trusts De-
mand Attention.
VIEWS NOT YET KNOWN
Wilson Declines Aid of Taft
in Considering Inter-
VentiOn.
palladium Specially

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 90
Four great problems will compel the
immediate attention of Woodrow Will
son after his Inauguration as president
of the United States on Tuesday next.
They are in the order of their import
ance as follows:
Mexico.
Tariff revision.
Currency reform
Trusts.
To the three last named matters the
new president is expected to refer in
his inaugural address. He has not sub
mitted this document, which he has
announced will be brief, to any of the
senators and representatives believed
to enjoy intimate relations with him.
These leaders are hoping Mr.. Wilson
will abandon the policy of keeping his
views to himself after he becomes
president and will freely consult them.
Mexico Offers Delicate Problem.
Because of the situation in Mexico
and the possibility of an upheaval at
any moment, Mr.. Wilson must inform
himself on the policy of the Taft ad-
ADMINISTRATION and military preparations
made with view to Intervention in
case of need.
President Taft was so anxious about
the situation that he wrote to Mr.. Will
sson offering to place at his disposal
any information in his possession. This
offer, it appears, was declined. Mr..
Wilson evidently prefers not to be
bound by anything he might learn
from his predecessor.
The Democratic leaders do not ex-
pect Intervention, but rather are in
clined to believe Mr.. Wilson will pers
NIT conditions to remain as they are,
in the hope that the Huerta govern
ment will be able to establish and
maintain peace and order.
1t is regarded highly probable as
soon as he enters the White House
President Wilson will appoint a new
ambassador to Mexico to replace the
present incumbent, Henry Lane Will
son.
VIII Study Tariff Revision.
Congressman Underwood, chairman
OF the ways and means committee Of
the house, has informed Mr.. Wilson
of the work done by his committee in