El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-31
Automobile Trade Trips are Made
By Ell PasOan to q Southwest Towns
Says He THp Pleasant;
Trips al Many

, mountain 5ule but thinks the next
time he VIII get team TO pull MIN
across the river.
The road TO Florence, 80 miles away
is fast, and he made this trip in good
time He Kan east and then south over
the new state road, which at that time
was heavy bECauSe IT had just betu
maue and there had been no rain JC
settle it, However il VIII be In eN-
Cellent road as soon as 1t settles. The
town of Chauler, 40 miles further on
. was pleasant urITes ana from there
he ran on ID Mesa, Tempe and Phoenix
{ a distance OF a miles from Chanler
One morning at $3.50 he cranked up
his machine and started Tor Arlington,
so miles away. He made II over there
sold some goods ana got back TO PhOe-
nix at $50 the same night He made
the IS mile trip TO Roosevelt, an eE-
celent road then over to Globe, 40
more miles, and made this trip on
high speed except one hill near ROOse-
welt, where he had TO so into low.
except one hill near Roosevelt where
he had TO so into low.
One Day OF Busy Driving.
In one day ne made the trip from
GlODe through the towns Of Rice, Car
los. Geronimo, Thomas, Pima, thatcher
and over TO Stafford, 81 miles, stopping
Tor a tine at each place 10 interview
the merchants From Stafford he ran
through SolOmonvile to sheldon, a dis
lance OF SO miles made "A mile run
over to Clifton, turned back TO Duncan,
another 80 mile trip, and from there
made the 40 miles to LOrdsburg. This
was the sensation. Around Duncan
the roads were q bit heavy, but on the
mesa Tor 40 miles on TO LOrdsburg he
says; "A Fellow could Just close his
eyes and sail along To Deming,
from Lordsburgs IL was so miles, and
from there back 10 FL PasO 50 more
Finds People Friendly to FL PasO.
At some OF the towns he visited the
merchants both going and coming,
% err Il
ness, and says that they are all kindly
disposed toward FL PasO and FL Pas
cans
He used a gallon Of oil each 100
miles, while a gallon of gasoline ran
him from % to = miles. Gasoline cost
him from . cents 10 80 cents q gal
Ion, except where one buys a five gal
Ion can, and then it costs SLT5 for
the can Oh cost from 50 cents 10 81
gallon
The engine heated up considerably,
but he took the hood off and that
helped it. At Douglas they charged
him $40 for fixing his engine and then
didn't fix Il, he says The only thing
WTOng, he says, was a loose bail bear
ing on the shaft, but they charged him
for 81 hours time. 1t was the only
car in the shop for repair
From town to town he carried
friends, taking one a little distance and
dropping him off ana then picking up
others and carrying them for way.
Visits - Towns in AL
Commenting upon the trip AR Elliott
said Il believe it is the best way TO
make the trade. I visited p towns
that I might never have gone near If
I had had to make them by rail- Some
Of them could not be made by rail
and 1 would have had to take several
hours to get them in a buggy Besides, an
enables one TO call on many
people in the edge Of small towns that
he could not see under other cOndl-
TONS as he would net have the time.
Take Phoenix and Tucson for instance.
/ used my machine running around
town there to good advantage.
81 believe a light car is the proper
caper for such a trip, because II will
climb better. is less liable to be dam
aged by running over rough roads and
viii stand the rough usage One firm
was figuring on purchasing big,
heavy. expensive car 10 make such
trips. but I advised against ii.
IF q man We're 10 take this same
trip just Tor pleasure, he could make
Il at comparatively low cost, because
he could camp along the way and
would not have to go to the expense
Of stopping at hotels that I did"