El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-17
Auto Trip from Ell PasO to Dam
and On to Socorro Is Easy

A UTOMOBILING from IL Paso to
n Elephant Butte dam and then
= y on to SOcOrro. Magdalena and
over into the mountains in the western
part Of New Mexico is not only posi-
bic. but easy. Dnigent inquiry has clio
tied the information that there are
several available routes and that the
road IS good There is a pike from FL
Paso TO Dona Ana, north of
and Socorro, only ordinary country
roads exist but state engineer James
A French is authority for the state
MenI that they are good. From Socorro
to Magdalena there is a splendid con-
Wet built road and this is being ex-
tended on into the forests in the west
COOney and to Silver City. making a
very fine scenic highway.
FL PasO to SOcOrrO.
francis Z. Lester, chairman OF the
county road board Of DOna Ana cOun-
ty, n NJ, answering an inquiry from
The Herald. says:
The road from FL Paso to SOcorro
up the Rio Grande valley is in good
shape north of Las Cruces. 1t so hap
pens can verify this, as only yester-
day at the Albuquerque Good Roads
convention I asked Mr.. French. our
state engineer, how he found it when
he went Up last week. He said it was
an excellent road all the way from
Las Cruces to SOcOrro and he had no
trouble in going through very nicely
IN one day. have not been north OF
Engie on the road myself, so cannot
give the exact log, but I have made the
trip to Engle several times. and so
nave others, and that is the greater
part OF the distance.
7 viii be very glad to help your pa
per IN disseminating information about
our roads in any way that L can. AS
L told the convention at Albuquerque,
one Of the present troubles is that we
nave too much advertising about our
BAD roads and not enough about our
good ones. I have never been able to
understand why FL PasO people do not
make the trip in autos to Elephant
Butte dam, where the work just now
IS IN its most interesting stage. The
"trip can be made nicely from FL PasO
10 the dam in six to eight hours with
out trouble. I have an exact log all the
way by way of Cutter, which is the
FL PasO to SOcOrrO.
Leaving FL Paso, take main Canine
Real running by SHELTER and straight
north on the main road. following east
SIDE OF track to Las Cruces, about A
At Las Cruces go north on main Ala
meda drive, at head of which, about
one and twO-Ihirds miles from city
turn 70 right and take new Organ road,
gIaFel surfaced for about, three miles
About two and One-haIf miles from
CITY you CROSS narrow, sandy arroyo,
not yet bridsged, but this is easily done
mttH eHy CaI win impetus Near sum
mt OF mesa lou pass four mile post
which is the end of the new road so
far constructed.
Follow the good winding mesa road
nortneastWard for some two or three
miles, striking corner of pasture fence
at left, and follow along east side 81
this fence nOrthward This is The main
road 10 Turney's ranch, and is an ex-
ceilent level mesa road which Won
cannot well miss. 1t takes YOU to TUr-
ney's ranches on the plains. some d
or 80 miles from Las Cruces IT am
debating from memory only) The first
ranch you come to is n wind mill So
ond, Turney's main ranch about two
miles further on, and third. Turnev's
north wind mill. two or three miles
stiI further north. Thence continue