El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
UTOMOBLE owners in FL Paso

TTOMOBILE owners in FL PasQ
AZ and the southwest who dug up
4 y their $3.50 sold for member
ships in the Old Trails association
with the understanding that the Old
Trails coast-tO 7coast highway was 10
pass through Ri Paso and the border
land country, are so hot that their en-
Eines are smoking This is because
of the action Of what they term a
''rump" convention Of the association
at Kansas City recently. when a
route from Santa Fe west to the
coast through Flagstaff, Williams
and other northern points was decided
upon instead OF the Borderland route
10 which the project was pledged
This mental heating has taken form
in letter which vice president C.
B. Stevens, Of the Ell PasO Automobile
club and a booster for the Borderland
route. has sent to Frank A Davis. sec
rotary Of the OLD Trails association al
Kansas City The letter reads:
In the month of January I J. kirksr
representing your association, came TO
our city soliciting members TO the Ma
tiOnal Old Trails road. ocean to ocean
highway association never learned
just how many members he enlSue1
here. but know there were a good
many as I devoted considerable time
Introducing Mr. kirSer- lMr- stevens
thinks -UUU members were SGCuL Gu
here and west of here)
From press reports we learn that
your association viii recommend 4
more northerly route through North
ern Arizona. thereby cutting out the
southern route entirely, though h1rker
told us positively II was TO run
through Ell PasO.
st think some explanation is due the
members. not only in this city DuI
throughout this section. who paid their
). las rrrH
standing that We would receive some
benefit by and through the aSSOcl1-
ton Can YOU tell me of any mem
Der in this city who was nOuIed 4
the recent meeting in Kansas city, ana
the matter set out in detail that the
choice of the route would be left TO
the people represented at the meeting
If you have notified any member IN
this city kindly indicate who ne was
EI PasO WIZ Fight.
'YOu viii recall the bin introduced
IN congress last January. being num-
bered H r. 2S23l wherein FL PasO
and other cities and towns in this sec
ton We're to be on the national high
way Does you association think for
moment that the people in this sec
ton are going to sit down and see
themselves cut off or have the Dill
amended2 Had we known or been IN
formed in any manner that a contest
would come up at the meeting of the
association. We certainly would have
had Representations and the result
might have been different have won
dered If the night letter from J. T
Kirker dated at Kingman. Arizona, I
April a 1872, to the president of the
association, and his reply thereto. had
anything TO do with changing the road
as laid down in the bill Do you
think that the members in this sec
ton have been treated fairly2
1t might be a little information for
you TO know that today We have the
best road. that is. the BOrderland
route is the best highway TO the Pa
cific coast and to prove that fact we
have an average of about 40 cars per
month passing through our city We
have many attractions to bring the
people this way and would have pre-
ferred to remain on the Old Trails
highway, as we are a part Of the old
time stage lines
1T is my judgment that when you
attempt to amend the bill before con-
gress YOU viii find some opposition
from this locality and Influences that
viii be felt among the congressmen
and senator's"
The Night Letter.
The night letter sent judge Lowe
by Mr.. Kir1er from Needles and the
answer to it from judge Lowe direct
ing Kirker to cut out Southern Cali
firnia, and incidentally southern Arr