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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
ROUGH DRIVING ALWAYS
COSTLY FOR CAR OWNER

entirely upon the way in which a car is
driven. If a car is handled with any
thing like the same care any ordinary
machine as complicated as a motor car
receives. there would not be any com
plant about expense bills. This isathc
statement of Harry r RadfOrd. vice
president and general manager Of the
Carter Car cmpany. Pontiac, Mich.
Did you ever notice how a wild
driver exhibits his aDility2" said Rad
ford. The motor car viii stand more
real travel than a horse, and do il on
less cost. but it will not stand hard
.skidding and racing over rough roads.
And this habit Of some drivers means
only expense for themselves-and more
profits for the manufacturers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
NEW FUEL. MOTOR SPIRIT.
GIVES MORE POWER ]

UIN.N -IUIII y In u ~
Motor spirit, in a test made at DeviPs
Lake. y. D.. recently proved that IL
would increase the power OF a tractor
engine by 10 percent over that OBJ
tanned when gasoline is used as fuel
In a case tWo-cylinder tractor engine
rated by the factory at 20 horsepower.
motor spirit developed 1923 horse
power on the brake, while on gasoline
only 41.S3 horsepower could be realized
These tests were made by the Case
School Of Power Farming, with G. B
G~DnlogsOn, NJ F., as engineer in
charge assisted by representatives OF
the Standard Oil company and thee ase
company. The object Of the tests was
to determine the relative thermal value
Of motor spirit as compared with gas
engines.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26

- VERLAND travel is now open
from FL Paso to the in
- spite Of reports to the contrary
concerning the terrors Of Mammoth
Wash in the California desert DIT. w.
f. Garrison, Of Mesilla Park, n. NJ
president Of the State college. solved
the Mammoth Wash problem in any
thing but an academic way by going
around the waste Of sand blown desert
through which no self propelled We
hicle has gone for months.
DR.. Garrison made n trip from the
hIo Grande to b coast in his Ford.
20 horsepower car. which walked
through the sand like water through a
sieve His going trip was not his
pride. however. for the return trip was
made in what DR. Garrison believes is
record time He left Los Angelo
and arrived in his nome in MesiIla
Park in exactly six days. less q half
or one day lost in transit The mile
eye totaled S74 American miles. and
THIS was done without a blowout,
breakdown or loss Of breath on the
part Of the car.
From PhOenix West the Problem
From Ell Paso to Phoenix is an old
story" DR.. Garrison said Friday after
uoon when he was here en- route to In
d~ianapOlis. "It is a pleasant. three
days glide without trouble or incon-
Y%cnience to the Arizona capital. But
from PhOeniE to Los Angeles was the
problem We faced.
Having read that there were no
possable roads through the Mammoth
Wash. we secuted around 10 find a
way out OF this difficulty. We found
it There are two routes which may
be taken from Phoenix to the coast
Cne is by way Of Yuma, the Imperial
Valley and a Diego. The other is
by way of Blythe, Mecca and Los An
geleS. The disadvantages of the Yuma
route are plentiful 1t is necessary to
ferry across the ella river at a point
above Yuma. and the greatest diff
Guilty is the Mammoth Wash. The wash
has not been underestimate as a
trouble make and there is a firm be-
lief that no auto al go thrOugh there
without the assistance Of q 80 mule
team. There are six miles Of this
rash and I would advise all autOists
to leave il alone
we solved the problem by taking a
part Of both routes. We went to Yu-
ma. then TO CLAIMS. and went north
to Blythe and from there continued on
the Los Angeles trail BY way of Mecca
This route has its Disadvantages. for
the Colorado has TO be crossed at
Blythe and when the river is up. it is
over the slough for four miles. 7
would advise anyone making this trip
to wire 10 the hotel manager at Blythe
and learn the stage of the river. The
road from Blythe 10 Mecca is a fair
desert road.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
- ended Lune 30.

year ended June 81
The most remarkable feature of the
report is the phenomenal export gain
o. 500 O0, 900 made by the United
States in the year ended June 80. 1912.
a gain which was nearly double the
total value of the export trade in any
year since the dawn Of the business
il 1902, with the exception Of the two
immediately preceding years.
The American manufacturer Of bot
motor cars and buggies which reach
the consumer here at a cost OF under
$500 (S1460) has met with q consider
able amount of success This competi-
tjOn is not confined to the cheapest
class OF cars. however, as it is under
stood that the United States manufac-
turers are cutting into the. trade for
cars UP to $500 and $500 ($240O and
$4,000. Buyers state hat the American
car is lighter, has a greater clearance
from the ground than that of United
Kingdom origin. is cheaper to operate
both with respect to the petrol used
and the wear and tear of the tires. and
the capital outlay, car for car of the
same power. is said to be far less for
cars of American manufacture"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
ADOPTS Comnressed Air.

The Pferce-Arrow car has adopted the
compressed air self starter, similar to
the Chalmers The Pferce-ArrOW gen
Chalmers generates the air from one OF
the cylinders.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
Ell Paso to the Coast Is Proven
Feasible Trip By DR.. W. E. Garrison
PRINCIPAL Difficulty Is in Getting Around the Mammoth Wash in the California
Desert, but This Is Successfully Accomplished

tween Mecca and Blythe, and between
Mecca and Los Angeles.
"Bv taking this rOad, which IS a
combination Of both the Yuma and I'M
pcrial Junction routes, we made the
trip without trouble. The trip was an
ENJOYABLE one and the return was
made without accident or incident, al
though we had a broken spring., a
series of punctUres and other troubles
going out"
trip by f. E. PattisOn. his secretary
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26

Information hat is Of value to the
driving public, to the automobile editor
OF The Herald. The Herald wishes
70 make its motor department an ex-
change for automobile ideas and hints
that viii be worth every motor car
are therefore. requested to send their
news to The Herald. For the present.
until all such information has been
published. The Herald would ike to
publish the log Of every important
road in the southwest. At any time,
a~utomobilists learning Of any road de-
Yelopments that would be of interest
to other motorists. will confer a IA
Vor on the fraternity in general by
of road. repairs to a piece of road. a
short cut on some road, a new place
worth driving to; all this viii be of
interest n The Herald will be glad
to publish il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
S. AUTO EXPORTS
MAKE A BIG A 7


From tables published by the Guard
ian Of Manchester, England. the de-
partment of commerce at Washington
has prepared a report showing COM
paratively the value Of the automobiles
And parts exported from France, the
United Kingdom, and the United States
since the beginning Of the industry.
THIS is the table, showing the tremend-
Gus strides in the export trade made by
the United States in the last few ears
L.n- LII n. 81
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
water at the Han way House

This stretch from Blythe to Mecca IS
the one which has long been called
the dry route. because IT was said
there was no water on it. This was
found TO be untrue for there is water
at the half way house where one can
stay over night n get gasoline and
food. There are also water places be-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26

Los Angeles unto Factory.
Los Angeles is to be the home Of an
electric automobile factory Don A
gas al is already manufactured there.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
Ell Pasoans Want More Automobile Races
By G. A. Martin

Last sundays F as 5 @ { Cause g Sss B ss A ai5S 1HS a@ f Fash Hg Of Signs Signs S%$5 5s% ON S R Ba FL Pn"-HaP
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
CROss-cOUNTRY TOURING.


Cross country touring is increasing
wonderfully in this section and this
is but natural, for few sections have
more ~aLuring scenery or better roads.
An automobile trip from one south
western town to another vas an Cd
dIty a few years ago. Now it is a
regular thing and motorists at Las
Cruces, Deming, Silver City and FL
PasO visit with each other as if they
al lived in b same city. Tour to
IhoeniN, Tucson. Bisbee, Globe and
Douglas are becoming common these
days, compared to the recent past. All
this shows the rapid growth OF motor
ing and the interest that is being
aroused IN road conditions Help the
brother motorists by giving him all
the pointers you an.
Capt Watts is one OF the motorists
who has the proper spirit. He made
a log Of his journey 10 Las Cruces,
through the san Augustine Pass. and
the benefit of his work. It is a
friendly courtesy-and there is no
fraternity in the world where there is
more courtesy. man to man. than IN
the automobile fraternity. Capt
watts also made note OF the various,
speeds he had to use on the route.
This is something that many motorists
negIect-sOme Of them. perhaps, pug
poseiy. but il is something that other
motorists want to Know about. Some
have boosted that they could cross
San Augustine pass on high Capt
Watts. like myself. does not believe
hat any car has ever crossed san
Augustine pass on high. There is no
use in an automobile man fabricating
about the performance of his car. for
somebody will catch him sooner or
later. A car can only perform 50
much work and that is all; if il viii
not pull a hill on high. but gets up
on intermediate or low. there is no
disgrace in saying so. This is the
way Capt Watts looks at it. He ad-
mits that he had to go Up on low. ]
had to make il on low and Bob"
Rinehart had to go in low. We three
are pretty positive that this is the
same speed the others all used. too.
but at that. the hill is not very long
n is soon negotiated. Then che
coast down the other side is worth
al the pains Of the climb.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-26
PUT Up ROAD SIGNS:


The southwest is a new country to
the mOtOrist It IS not new to the
motor car itself. but IL is new to cross
country touring and therefore all the
tanned is necessary. Not only this,
but the roads need signing" This
is one Of the great drawbacks to cross
country driving in this section and the
commercial organizations Of the diff
ferent southwestern w ought TO
take this work up at once. Douglas,
Ariz, has done more along this line
than any of the other southwestern
cities. FL PasO has done nothing. Las
Cruces has done nothing. Apparently
few other towns a done anything.
1t would not be expensive to put up a
few substantial signs on iron posts at
road forks. n il would be worth
while. A~lamOgOrdO could come halt
Roswell in the other direction with
signs at small cost. FL PasO could
meet AlamogordO on this side and
Roswell could meet her on the other.
This would complete the Roswell to
FL PasO link on the BOrderland nigh
way. Las Cruces should then properly
III the road from the AlamOgOrdo-
FL PasO fork, I'VE the pass into that
West Of FL Paso, this city ought to
put up signs. Deming has put up a
few Of the Douglas signs, sufficient
to mark the road plainly this side OF
the Mimbres valley metropolis.
Properly signing the roads means a
great deal more than the average c1tl-
zen thinks off hand; it viii be worth
much more than il will cost Motor
lists are not afraid to set out on a
road that is properly marked, but they
are reluctant to take a road where
there is a likelihood Of becoming lost
and running out Of gasoline. 1t is u
to the public to have these signs; the
COUNT the city or the commercial
body should see that they are put up.
To be substantial. the signs should
be made of sheet iron. heavy enough
to be substantial. attached to iron
POSITIVE inch pipe Would o-and
driven into the ground at road torks
and turns. The ground is soft enough
almost anywhere to permit Of this.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
AMER is HOTEL MEMS HEAD
New Orleans Man Reelected Presi-
dent of Southern Association.
Western Newspaper Union New, Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans. the reelection
of Alfred s. Amer, president OF the st.
Charles Hotel Company, as president
of the Southern Interstate Hotel Az
ISOLATION, and the reelection of ]. D.
Kenney, general manager of the Hotel
Monteleone, as president of the Lou.
isiana Hotel Association, the joint
convention OF the two organizations
closed. The concluding session Was
held on a special train of the Grand
Island railroad, while the hotel men
were returning from a tour of the
Lower Coast country of Louisiana.
William Allen, manager of the New
Orleans Conventions and Tourists Blu
reau, was reelected secretary-treasur-
er Of the Southern Interstate Hotel
Association and secretary of the Lou
isiana Hotel Association. Alexander
Grouchey,. of Baton Rouge, was elected
treasurer of the Louisiana Hotel Asso-
citation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
ALLEGED TRAIN
'R0BBER IS HELD
OFFICERS SAY PRISONER HAS
CONFESSED HOLDING UP Elk
PRESS MESSENGER.
re.letn N.rspapsr unlnn Sew servlcs.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans.-A man who gave MS
name as Philip E. Tabor was arrested
at McDonoughville, La, ON the charge
of robbing the express of an outgoing
Southern Pacific train Of $4,000 on the
night OF December Is, when L. {.
Lord the express messenger, was Sc
verify beaten.
Tabor confessed, according to the
police, who said he admitted that ne
is an escaped convict from the Hunts
vile (Tex.) penitentiary. He carried
a grip containing $500
The deputies said Tabor declared
he had an accomplish, but this is dis
credited. The investigation was di
rected by J. o. Young, special agent
Of the Illinois Central, assisted by de
putty sheriffs from Jefferson parish
where the robbery took place. Ac
cording to the officers, Tabor said III
was sent to the penitentiary at Hunts
vile after being convicted Of robbins
Santa Fe train, and that he escaped
in October, 1912.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
NEWS OF THE STATE
. PROMOTE IMMIGRATION
Meeting Of state Chamber OF Com
. nerce Called for. January az.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shreveport Acting President J. B
Babb has issued. a formal call Tor
a meeting, of the State Chamber OF
Commerce, which was tentatively
formed during the state fair here
few weeks ago, to be held In Baton
Rouge January II.
Every municipality, police jury ana
commercial body is invited to be rep
resented, and all individuals interest
ed in greater development of the for
Louisiana" movement are urged to at
tend.
Regarding the purposes of the or
ganization, Mr.. Babb says that to put
forth call for the legislature to pro-
vide $4,000 year for colonization
and immigration work, and for the
people throughout the state to insist
on such measure, is one of Its chief
aims.
The meeting will become one of the
features of the Midwinter Fair date.
The good roads display by the govern
ment and the illustrated lecture on
good roads by government expert
while primarily a feature of the fair
| will also be made part of the pro
gram of the state Chamber Of Com
MERGE meeting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
MAN LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
Employe of Lumber Company Is Vic
Improperly Loss $4,000.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Natalbany.-The planning mill and
box factory belonging to the Natal
bany Lumber Company were destroy
ed by fire with loss OF about $175,-
coo, One life was fost, 1t became
known some time after the fire had
been extinguished. Joseph Clark of
Hammond, La, an employee of the mill
did not return home at night and
when the ruins were searched at the
request of his wife, his charred body
was discovered.
The loss will amount to $175,000,
with insurance of about one-third of
this amount. It was stated that work
would commence at once on rebuild
ing the plants destroyed, and that
while zoo employees would be thrown
out of work temporarily, it will be
only a short time before the buildings
will be ready for work again. The
machinery In the planning mill, as well
as the box factory, was Of the latest
modern pattern, and much regret was
expressed by the Management over the
loss of the fine auxiliary to the big
lumber plant.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
Hold Class pay at Ruston.

Ruston. The following have been
for graduation from
Louisiana Industrial Institute: Bessie
Davis, Louise Davis, Powell DeLoney,
Tessie Doxel, Alleene Finney, Pearl
Fletcher, Sadie Harris, Eta Jones, H.
B. May, G.. G. Bobley, Lillian Rey-
noIds, Georgia Richardson, Nita Rugg,
]. S. seeges, George sente1l, Loula
simonton, Kate Smith and Lee Young.
blood. The class had Its class-day ex-
ercises with talks by H, B. May, class
president; Lee Youngblood. who dis
cussed scientific farming; prophecy
by Miss Alleene Finney; songs and
yells By the class, and music.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
REORGANIZE SCHOOL. LEAGUE
Field Meet Is Arranged by Northeast
LouisIana Association.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rayville.-The principals of a num-
Der of high schools in Richland and
and increase the efficiency of Its mill
office Of Superintendent Of Schools
e. E. Keebler and reorgahized the
Northeast Louisiana Athletic and Lit
erary Association. Superintendent
Keehler vas elected president; L. H.
Durham. vice president; L. A. Smith,
secretary and treasurer The follow
ing were asked to constitute the asso-
ciation: Rastrop, Rayyille, Mer Rouge,
Winnsboro, Tallulah, Monroe City
School, Parish High at Monroe, Vida
LA, Calhoun, Lake Providence, Delhi,
Mangham and Central.
1t was decided to hold the field meet
for these schools here in April, the
date not to conflict with the meeting
of the State Teachers. Association and
to come before the state field day
at the State University. 1t was decid
ed to give two days and one night
to the events.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
Guard to Get CLOTHING.

Baton Rouge. For the first time
in the history Of the Louisiana Nation
al Guard, since 1t come under the oper-
alton Of the Dick bill, the War Depart
ment makes a clothing allowance for
the guard. This clothing allowance is
only made to those companies that are
properly armed and equipped. Louisi-
ana now comes under that heading.
Adjutant General McNeese has reeeiv-
ed notice from the War Department
that credit Of $9,016S7 has been
given the department for clothing that
has been used This amount of cloth
ing does not have to be accounted for
to the War Department. 1t also means
that the National Guard can get a
credit for this much additional cloth.
ing when there is necessity for It.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
ERUPTION OF VOLCANO KILLS 500 IRIBEsMEN
Streams of Lava Run Down Mountain,
Destroying Villaaes--F!ames Go
More Than 1000 Feet High.

Sydney, N. S. Welcoming steam
ers bring terrible details OF the re.
cent volcanic eruptions on the Islands
of Ambrin, in the New Hebrides
group, in which 500 natives lost their
lives. Witnesses of the disturbance
describe it as having been SO sudden
and violent that they expected to see
the whole western side Of the island
disappear.
With terrific roar, which was fol-
lowed with a rapid succession OF ar
tillerylike detonations, all the craters
of the volcano entered into full ac-
tivity, shooting flames and lava and
throwing out huge boulders.
Streams of lava were soon rushing
down, the slopes, cutting off the vii
layers from escape In one instance
two torrents of the molten mass join
ed and made an island of one entire
section of village. Here fifty OF
sixty persons persisted.
The scenes at night were aws-in.
spring Flames shot into the air to
a height Of more than a thousand
feet, illuminating the whole scene oi
destruction The ocean seemed tt
boil as huge superheated masses 81
stone fell into the sea and streams d
lava poured into the bay.
Dust from the craters gradual,
formed a black cloud which blottet
out the light of the stars.
! The bay after the eruption was fill
ed with dead fish. The water in tn,
| river was hot.
The British hospital buildings wer
| wiped out, but previous to their de
| struction the doctors pluckily remoy
ed all the patients to launch an
| escaped with them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
ASKS SUGAR EXPERIMENTS
Senator Ransdell VIII Seek Govern
ment Appropriation for Work.
e.tern Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
washington D. G.-Senator Rams
dell will soon ask the House Appro-
pFIations Committee for an appropria-
ton probably 5000, or as much as
is needed-fo use Of the Department
Of Agriculture In making experiments
III Louisiana to determine the best
method of manufacturing white sugar
direct from sugar cane on the planta-
ton.
Several Louisiana plantations al
ready are making good grade Of white
sugar from cane without the help
OF the reffneries. It is believed, from
the success OF these planters, that the
Department of Agriculture experts viii
be able to perfect a process OF making
white sugar from cane Juice, and II
this process is generally adopted on
the Louisiana plantations the business
az the refineries and meters will be
destroyed, as far as Louisiana ID con
cerned.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-26
LUMBER FIGURES !.
SHOW STATE LEADS
LOUISIANA is AHEAD IN PRODUC.
TION OF CYPRESS AND
TUPELO.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
/ New Orleans Productlon or cy-
press, tupelo and red gum lumber for
the Southern states during 1912, ae-
cording to United States census fig
ures made public here by the Lumber
Trade Journal, shows Louisiana leading
In the manufacture of cypress and tr-
pelo, while Arkansas heads the list In
the production of red gum.
Cypress production was given at
997,225000. Louisiana produced 122,-
$4,000; Florida, 01,429,000; Georgia,
1894, 10000; Arkansas, 43,23S,O0O. Righ-
teen states reported.
Red gum production, 694, 100000.
Arkansas, 211,92o,O0O; Mississippi.
12L,S54,000; Tennessee, 6s,s12,0Oe;
Louisiana s3,573,O0O. Twenty-four
states reported.
Tupelo production, 122,545,oo0. Lou
isiana, 54,5S1 10000; North Carolina,
16,514,O00; Alabama, 12,74S,000; Vir-
ginia, $4,000. Twenty states report.
ed.
The figures show that in the United
States 979 mills produced cypress lum-
Der, 40 tupelo and 1859 red gum.