El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-31
UToaI0BILE - - - 4

A UTOMOBILE trade trips are the
~ newest thing in the southwest
- - C. T. ElliCtf, of the Sharp Elliott
cOmpauy, Eas started the Ian rolling
with a 200 mile trip through New
Mexico ana Arizona and back home 20
III EasO at an expense equivalent only
10 what il would have cost him to
make the trip by train. Besides hay
ing the pleasure Of getting out in the
open, he made % towns that he never
would have gone near If he had start
ed on a trip OF similar kind by rail.
Ii took him a month to make the
trip and 1t cost him about SIS a day,
including repairs to his machine, his
OIL and other incidental expenses. He
is going TO take the trip again in
two months, when he win take Mrs.
Elliott and their daughter over the
same road.
Makes Trip in Schedule Time.
Starting from Ell PasO on April p
got back on Nay p, the exact date
hc figured On when he left this city.
The car was little the worse for wear
upon his return despite the fact that
III had climbed mountains, crossed
several miles of malpai rocks and tra-
Versed much sandy road
Leaving El PasU with an extra can
Of gasoline. a few blankets and some
away from a town, he was prepared
fO- the worst, but QlQu Z leed IL. From
FL PasO he followed the BOrderland
route TO Demlng. -hen ran down 10
Gage and across 10. HachiLa. Erc1u
HaChiCa he went A miles TO ROdeO.
1t was on this line that he struck five
miles Of malpais beds that tore up his
tires and played havoc with MS engine
If he had taken the route from Demll..g
TO LOrdsburE ana then over TO ROdeO
he would have avoided this bad stretch
OF road
From Rodeo he made the trip to
Douglas, distance OF 90 miles, IN
about four hours He mad two pune
lures en- route but never stopped his
engine because he feared il would not
start again. He beat freight train
INTO DCugla- IN Jig time anc laughed
Makes side TrIps From CORTLAND.
COurtland, "A miles distant from
ROdeo, was the next stopping place
There he attended TO business, ran
over to Gleason and then TO Tomb
stone, p miles beyond From Tomb
stone to BIsbee, a distance OF 80 miles.
the road was a bit billy in spots but
IN good condition He doubled back
10 Tombstone because he had some
more business there ran down TO FAIR
bank. 10 miles beyond, on through
Patagonia where he stopped q While,
and then into NOgaIes, SO miles from
Tombstone Along this road he struck
some sand at times but he managed
10 negotiate il without any serious dill
LculUy.
From NogaIes he sped through The
santa A- Ns---c- 10 A-7Al-4r 81 4-A--Es
distant and then negotiated the Oracle
and Mammoth trip OF 20 miles He
found the road 10 Oracle like a table
and eight miles OF wash on the Nam
moth road was easily crossed At
Mammoth he TOOK the san Pedro river
route TO Winkelman, 20 miles away
tarried for while and drove on TO
Hayden. then 20 Kelvin and Ray, y
more miles. These roads, he thinks,
can be made by any machine, but he
found that a light car was preferable
Tor the whole trip
CLIMBS PiuaI Mountain.
Superior, i6 miles from Ray, was the
next point Ii required four hours 10
make this because he had TO climb over
Pinal mountain. Twice ne had 10 lift
his grips ard other luggage OF the
car, carry them up a part Of the MI
and come back and get the machine
" hen near the top, he met q sJWbOy
with a pony. and the latter gave MIN
q lift up toe steep incline I-Ls was
the most difficult part of the 5oGruey.
1t was q case Of run the risk OF not
crossing the Quicksauds in the river
or cross the mountain. He cook The