El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25
The Drive to Las Cruces Is
In Good Shape; Easy
Trips to Many Places
By 6. a. Martin.


locality. The motor owners simply
don't know it They ride up and down
the county road, from FL PasO to Ysleta
and from Ysleta back to FL PasO, I'M
til they know the location Of every
signpOst and every bump in the road,
and never try to go anywhere else
Then they say. oh, L wish we had
places to 90, like they have in other
cities"
There are so many places TO go
around FL PasO that a motor car owner
could not visit all Of them IN a month
of regular driving There are enough
different places to stretch out over eV-
cry Sunday in the year Some OF them
require more than day. but there are
many that, while they seem quite
Always, are easily reached and returned
from in a day and a half at most Take.
for instance, the Organ mountains The
trip can be made in a day, but it is bet
ter to go out the night before-say Sat
urday afternoon-and. after visiting
them the next day. return to FL Paso
IN the afternoon.
The same should apply to a trip to
DeminE. If the automobile party IS to
see any part OF the city and It's sur
rOundings- Five hours each way Is said
to be ample time for this trip This
could be made on a Saturday afternoon,
the night spent in Demfng, and, after
seeing the town and vicinity next
morning, the return trip could be made
10 EI PasO in the afternoon DemIng
has Harvey hotel and other hotel &C
Get Out With Nature.
For those who have more time. the
road is said TO be in perfect condition
now for a trip all the way to Phoenix,
either by way Of Tucson and Douglas
or by way of the ella valley and Globe
However, this article is written with a
view to getting the people OF II F'aSo
to make weekend runs out of town,
either on Sundays. the day Wnen eV-
erybCdy motors, or on Saturday aTCer-
noon and Sunday combined Few can
appreciate the wonders Of nature as
exemplified in the scenery about FL
PaSo, without going out IN motor car
to It. Those who stick IN town or its
immediate vicinity and think they are
having a good time, know absolutely
nothing Of the joys OF motoring unuL
they try some cross country trips. These
trips can be made as lneNpenSlFely OF
as extensively as one wishes to make
them. Some carry ice boxes and lunch
boxes upon the trunk rack in the back
of their cars; they carry frying pans
and steaks and eggs and bacon and pre-
pare their own meals by the camp fire.
some carry cold lunches some depend
upon eating at the hotels or restau-
rants Either plan is good, for good
meals can be secured either at Deming
or Las Cruces, and the hotel sleeping
accommodations are also good The
trip to Las Cruces and return requires
only q lunch, if the party wishes to
carry it. for 1t can be made easily N a
few ~hours-three hours each way is a
long time for the trip, even with
Two passenger rUnabOut.
The Beautiful Organs
20 to the organ mountains most
beautiful OF all the mountain ranges IN
this part Of the country, 1t Is best 20
run I'D to Las Cruces Saturday after
noon or evening-the trip Is perfectly
safe after dark, as the roads are good
stay all night, and then run out to Or
gan next morning returning either
through Las Cruces or on through san
Augustine pass and back on the east
side Of the mountain by way of Fort
Bliss I am going to follow this plan
ShOrtly-perhapS LOday-and viii tell
The Herald automobile readers just
what sort Of a trip it IS and whether
1t is easy to make or not can youch
for the ease Of the trip to Las Cruces
and / know that with but very little
work, the road from Las Cruces to Or
gan could have been put IN shape and
they say that this work has been done
I have the authority Of R H. Rinehart
Of FL PaSO, and a number OF Las Cru
ees people, that the road down the east
side of the mountain range is good
The DemfnE Trip.
I am going to try the Deming trip IN
a few days also, with the idea Of giving
the Ell PasO aIItOnObiliStS a real in
sight into what sort Of a road they may
expect to encounter. often ask peo-
pie what sort of a road it is to such
and such a place, and they tell me 1t
is good" pretty fair" bad" or what
ever they think it is and have to dig
1t out Of them as to what they mean
BY bad good or pretty fair"
am going to come back and write just
what I find so that FL PaSOanS desir-
expect-where it is sandy, where billy,
where bumpy, etc. I want them to get
out and make these trips ana get &C
0uainted with their ne1ghbOrS and the
surrounding country; to breath the
wonderfully refreshing air, to feel the
real IMMIGRATION that is in store for all
who viii get out into the country. l
am told that the trip to Deming should
take about five hours That would
mean an average Of less than 20 miles
an hour and ought to be easily posi-
~ since the distance Is ONLY W miles.
The big L Z. Booker Chalmers six
made it in from Deming the other day
in four and a half hours. Chas- Stevens
made it recently in five hours IN a 80
and did not hurry about 1t, he says he
says the sand has now been eliminated
an the way and that there is only
about Is miles Of bad" road and this
is not sandy. The route IS north over
the FL PasO county road to Canuullo,
a distance Of 1S miles, then over the
bridge and westward into the fOoth1lls-
The road has been graded IN many
places and carefully marked all the
way It is newly built for several miles
west Of the river, but is now packed
good and hard and car can make good
TO AIamOgOrdO and Roswell.
The trip to AIamOgOrdo is said to be
another that is not hard to make, but it
is sander than either of the others and
ordinarily requires two days Tor the
round trip, although, by getung an
early start, it would be possible to run
TO that place and back the same day
a. a station on the road to Roswell,
AIamorordo is a most enjoyable resting
soOt- This Roswell trip, by the way.
is declared by J. F. Williams, H G
ETvIes- W. B. Latta, II. s. Potter and
some others who have made it. to be
one Of the most enjoyable imaginable
Tho road to Roswell from Alanogordo
rms north to TularOsa, then out to and
through the indian reservation and then
fb-ough the mountains, along creeks
and through canyons to Roswell The
-oad is said to be exceedingly good,
bT1f in winter such a trip IS quite colo
and a round trip would require almost
= week and would necessltate making
camping arrangements.
Get Out in the Country.
What / am now trying to impress
mon the people of FL PaSo VINO nave
SI5fonobiIes is to take advantage OF ev-
60 clear DAY they have to spare 70 get
o1t into the country to enjoy It. IN
etead of remaining coOped up IN town;
Ii6fDp the paved streets Tnere snoHIu
he several hundred cars on the ROAD pc
4,Teen III Paso and Las cruces every
sunday. By staying at home, tne mo
4o-isf is missing a treat; IS deny Ing q
{,est to family and friends VINO nllsn NJ
- taken along. It is something ne"
- novel in the scenery II IS On
60 @,ou1 what they see every ueiy >