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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
! IN DIEGO and Los Angeles have

AN DIEGO and Los angeles have
Joined hands this year in pro-
~ noting an automobile race from
California to the Phoenix fair and
hope to make 1t the biggest event OF
the kind ever run out of California
All the little obstacles in the mat
ter OF the FL PasO to Phoenix race
are also being removed and it is as
suFed that the BOrderland route will
get more advertising than any other
one route in the country as a result
Of the two races to the Arizona fair.
The California race will be from
Los Angeles through San Diego to
Phoenix In the past, Los Angeles has
been fighting for a direct road to
Los Angeles from Yuma, and as a re-
sulI, has always run all its own races
across the desert This year it made
the proposal to run through San Diego
If the san D1egans would participate.
JAS this is a direct recognition of the
tBorderland route and viii take the
race sQuarely over that TOUte-fOr
which san Diego has been working
the San Diego people readily accepted
the proposition. The prizes in the
California race are expected to total
$4,000
The route the race viii follow
cided at the meeting The race may
swing into Mexico thus giving the
event an international aspect. It is
understood that a road has been par
route through the valley Will be
chosen after careful investigation of
several proposed courses.
The FL PasO Race.
Whatever difficulty or misunder-
standing there has ever been as to
the route of the FL Paso to Phoenix
road race is Strengthened out The
race is to go through Lowell and Bis
bee and over the divide to Tombstone,
iFairbank and HuachUca and not by
the way Of Hereford over the ''Barbed
fire. route as was suggested
The Warren District Auto club at
Bisbee, is in receipt Of a letter from
secretary Grindell of the Douglas
chamber of commerce in which he says
that they have Withdrawn their con-
ditiOn relative to the contribution of
$500 and will leave the matter Of the
route uD to the FL PasO committee and
George Purdy Billiard He still main
tains that the ~barbed wire,'' as the
Bisbee Review calls it. is shorter and
quicker and still urges Bisbee to yield
but he gracefully retires from the po-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

Bailey, H 3. Hunter, Sam Frankenberg,
E b Wallace, J. r. Henderson. B. Is
Smith, DR.. n. G. BIedSOe, DR.. George F.
HaWley, A. H Gardner and William
Hattick, for Tombstone. nThis CON-
mittee will meet with the directors of
the Auto club in the office of the Com
mercial club this evening at 1880 to
make their report for the guarantee,
for the Bisbee prize must be sent to
Mr.. Billiard before the end of the
month.
No Obstacle Left.
Officials of the Bisbee Auto club
the way of success of the race and that
it will mean, together with the race
from Los Angeles and San Diego to
Phoenix, which this year has been COM
bined, the permanent establishment Of
the BOrderland-State Highway route
from FL Paso TO the coast with tourists
passing over in constantly increasing
numbers and leaving thousands of
dollars annually at every point
along it; that the races win
give to that route all the ad-
VertlSing it has required and that
each city and town upon it will get its
portion of that advertising, or benefit
from it Already it has received coll
umns of advertising in the newspapers
and magazines and this is but the be-
ginning for interest will grow in the
race and consequently in the route
been run. These officials claim that
all money contributed to the success
of the race will bring back dividends
by the hundred percent. dividends that
make those paid by the greatest pro-
ducing mines look small
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

. sitiOn taken by Douglas after the re-
turn from the Phoenix meeting when
the bee-TOmbstOne State highway
route was unanimously adopted.
Over State Highway.
The Bisbee Auto club also has letters
from Mr. Billiard in which he states
that unless he hears further from
Douglas or Bisbee he will fix the route
over the state high way.
He has heard from Bisbee relative to
the amount that will be SUI scribed and
that Bisbee stands SQuareIy on the
agreement reached in Phoenix and is
raising the fund in Bisbee and Tomb
stone IN accordance with the agree
ment- A letter has also been sent to
chairman Rinehart of the EI PaSO race
committee, stating the facts and in
forming him Of BiSbee'S stand in the
matter, Of the agreement heretofore
reached, Of all of the reasons in the
matter and other points similar to
those given to Mr. Billiard. Under these
circumstances the leaving of the mat
ter to the FL PasO committee and Mr..
Billiard can mean nothing else than
that the BiSbee contention prevails, the
Bisbee papers think.
Because Of the inequalities in arrang-
ing for Tucson as the night control FL
PaSo is against it, and as the largest
number Of cars viii be entered from
Ell PaSO, this will eliminate Tucson
from the contest FL Paso has stated
that they viii insist on BiSbee or Doug
las and the Warren District Auto club
has suggested that this be settled later
by a vote of all Of the cities along the
route. whether it shall be Bisbee or
Lowell, or that it be given to the city
making the largest contribution as was
suggested by Mr.. Billiard at the Phoe-
nix meeting when the matter was left
in allegiance The Ell Paso committee
and Mr. Billiard have both been in
formed that either of these methods
will be satisfactory to Bisbee.
Raising the Funds
Progress is already Icing made in
raising the fund for the Bisbee and
Tombstone prizes for this great 500
mile race. Monday the various COM
mitteemen received notification of their
and some of them immedi-
ately started to work This committee
has been divided into eight sections so
that each member has his work out
lined for him and all will bear their
share instead of the burden falling on
a few The following is the committees
VI j. Cunningham, chairman Bassett /
Watkins, George II. Kelly, Red Cannon
W. J. Graham, L. R
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
BUILD GOOD ROADS,
ROADS THAT LAST
Frances Roads Now Wearing Out,
Prove Necessity for Proper Con-
sfrucfiOn At BeginninC.

frances Roads NOW wearing out
Prove Necessity for Proper Con-
structiOn at Beginning.
"A comparison of roads and auto
mobile travel in France and the United
States supplies some statistics of value
which will also serve to correct some
misinfOrmatiOn that has found its way
into print says Geo. c. Diehl chair
man of the national good roads board
of the A. A A
France has SS.OOOOO people, s65. 900
miles Of roads, and $4,000 automobiles;
one automobile to $50 people. and one
automobile TO a trifle less than every
five miles of roads.
THE United States, with 10000, 600
population and 100000 miles of roads
has 100000 automobiles; one auto
mobile for every 81 people, and one
automobile for trifle more than every
two miles of roads.
New York state, with 5000 600 pop
ulatiOn and $4,000 miles of roads has
more than 10000 automobiles. or one
automobile TO every IS people and one
automobile to every three quarters Of
a mile of road in the state.
To be sure, France has most excel
lent roads. 1t has been building them
for sthe last $50 years. and with the
constant repair which has been given
the more important roads since the
time of the first Napoleon the fOunda-
tons are deep and strong and solid as
the rock Of ages. But the multiplying
traffic is wearing out the surface of
the French roads just the same as it
IS the roads of heavy travel in this
country. An official statement a year
OF two ago, stated that the annual
maintenance cost on French roads is
three times as great IS it was ten
years ago.
These facts ought to convince the
people Of this country Of the absolute
necessity of building main roads which
VIII wear, even at a higher first cost.
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constructing roads which will REQUIRE
constant and expensive repairs The
number of automobiles in use is con-
stantly and rapidly growing. The use
fitness of the motor truck is being
further demonstrated every DAY. These
factors Of wear on roads emphasize
the fact that roads must be built of
materials and by methods which will
stand the strain of an augmenting
travel, not only today, but a decade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
BURNING CAR ON
KEROSENE FUEL
New HarrOun CarburetOr, to Burn
Kerosene, Motor Spirits, or Case
line, Is Being Used.

kerosene, Motor Spirits, or Case
line, Is Being Used.
One of the cars on the Pacific coast
trip of Indiana automobiles is doing
IL on old fashioned grocery store coal
oil
It looks to motorists like a. dream
coming true-a dream of cheaper fuel.
a cream Of fuel cost cut in two. From
the consumers point of view the pro-
Sress Of the kerosene car in the big
transcontinental tour will be one OF
the most interesting features of the
Ind1ana-Pacific trip. The consumer has
seen the price of gasoline whooped up
notch by notch, sometimes a little at
Whoop, sometimes a whole lot at a
Whoop. He has wondered where he
was going to have to get off and go
back to the horse and buggy. The
price Of gasoline has almost driven him
TO the market page to look up the
price of hay
There are two cars of one make on
the trip, both equipped with the new
harroun carburetOr, which burns kero-
senes motor spirits or gasoline. One
OF them IS travelling on gasoline the
other on kerosene. They are trying to
establish two records: One that of
crossing the country on kerosene for
the first time in history; the other,
that Of making the trip from Indian
apolis to Los Angeles on less gasoline
than any other car that ever went
over the route.
This transconinental drive will be
final teSt-nOt first teSt-fOr the
Harround carburetor Ray HarrouD.
winner of the first international 500
mile race at the Indianapolis motor
speedway. is the inventor of the kero-
sene Misunderstanding a technical
motor car engineer as well as race
driver. He has worked two years on
the carburetor and has already proved
it the first successful kerosene car
buretor in the world. The carburetor
has been given many exhaustive tests.
HarrOun himself is driving the kero-
senne car in the transcontinental tour.
The car is de luxe four cylinder
model The kerosene tourists will
reach an altitude of 1000 feet, which
is pretty much of a strain even for
gasOline-but they expect to hon right
over the mountains with their Kerosene
car without any trouble
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

Alpine, Texas, July 19.-EI Paso
motorists who are planning summer
trips in their cars should not over
look the charms of the Davis mountain
country. The road between Ell Paso
and Alpine, once a byword on account
of its many sandy and rocky stretches
has been put in good condition, and
now contains fewer hazards than the
average country highway
From Alpine, whose situation makes
it the natural headquarters for eXcur-
sions into the surrounding mountains,
one can make the trip to Fort Davis,
through the lovely Musquiz canyon, in
a few hours. On the way one passes
Mitre peak, a landmark for many
miles by virtue of its perfect SYM
metry, at the base of which, a few
miles off the main road, lies the Mitre
Peak orchard, the largest fruit ranch
in southwest Texas
In Fort Davis there is an interesting
collection Of indian relics, which is
open to all visitors to the town.
Beyond stretches the Lympia canyon,
of more imposing beauty than the Mus
quiz, midway in which is the McCutch-
con ranch, famous for its hospitality,
the regular camping ground of way
farers travelling by horse or mule
power
From Fort Davis one can go to
Toyah, where there is excellent fish
ing.
From Alpine to Fort Stockton, a dis
lance of IS miles, there is an excellent
road. over which, until the advent of
the Orient in June, motors regularly
travellers from east and west
to the flOurishing town that has grown
up on the site Of old indian battlefields-
Then there are good hotels and auto
mobile repair shops in both Fort Davis
and Fort Stockton. Returning to Al
pine from Fort Stockton. one can
leave the main road near HOvey. and
wind through a beautifully wooded
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

! stoned by the steps necessary to be
taken by the present statutes is the
| cause of many roads being improved
winch are not of sufficient width.
Counties to Work Jointly.
We recommend to the legislature
the passage Of a statute authorizing
Two or more counties to agree to joint
~ purchase such improved road ma
emery as may be advantageOusly used
Dy both and to authorize counties own
ing road machinery to lend or rent
same to other counties when not in
use
9ve believe that the people should be
encouraged by state and national aid
in building good public highways by
a wise assistance, at a time when anv
community or section is ready and will
ing to do It's part However, in this
connection we recommend to the care
ful consideration of each community
and all counties who are working for
and the larks.
Urge Road Societies.
We recommend the formation bv
the people Of road societies in nre-
clncts, IN counties, along main high
ways and the assembling together a+
SIated tunes for discussions. combine
ing such social features as will en-
terrain and attract good atfendanca r.
ehe end tnat more interest be aroused
IN road building, believing fbe old
adage that where there is a viii, there
We hold it to be the patriotic duty
OF every professional and business man.
including lawyers, doctors. teachers.
preachers, priests, rabbis. bankers.
merchants, farmers and every class of
citlzens In communities where the
question or bond issue for road use
is up for discussion and vote 70 Thor
oughly get posted and show an in
terest by getting out among the peo-
pie and working for the reason that
We peIleve there is no room in a COM
Lnunlty Tor lazy or a selfish man"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
InOtOrdrOme,

the particular style or type is correctly
specified. Regular clincher tires have
stretchabIe beads and are designed for
use on regular clincher (one-piece)
rims; although they are sometimes
used on quick detachable clincher
rims. When used on regular clincher
rims it is rUlable for sizes including
the four-inch and above to use clips,
Tugs or staybOlts.
If regular clincher tires are used on
quick detachable clincher rims, it is
necessary to use flaps with them 10
protect the inner tubes Quick detach-
able clincher cases have nOn-Stretcha-
bic beads and can only be used on
quick detachable rims having removal
bic clincher side rings. This style
should always be equipped with flaps.
The quick detachable cable base tires.
otherwise known as straight-side or
straight bead. have nOn-stretchabIe ca
bles imbedded in the base and are de-
sigped only. for quick detachable rims.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

I'll PASO good roads advocates
while none Of them attended the
congress, are pleased at the re-
suits Of the recent state Good Roads
meeting held at Corpus Christi. Tex.
me congress passed resolutions that
VIII do much to advance good roads
work IN Texas in the event that its
advice is followed out The following
resolution was adopted:
We favor first the building of rural
roads leading from farms to towns. and
seconos trunk roads leading from town
10 town, and then from city to city.
Favor Good Roads Bonds.
I'VE believe that every intelligent
citizen Of Texas faTOrs good roads and
hesltates about voting the means to
Duild them only when he doubts about
the ability of our county authorities to
get dollars worth of road for a dol
lar, and to meet this objection we IA
Vor the passage Of a state highway bill
providing for a department in our
state government to furnish the neces-
sary information and expert assistance
TO all counties applying therefor. and
We direct our secretary to send a GER
titled copy of this resolution to our
governor, with request from this body
70 submit to the legislature at the next
called session this subject for their
consideration
To Widen a Road.
I'VE recommend that the method of
condemning property for road purposes,
either to drain, widen or straighteu an
existing road, or to secure material in
proximity thereto for building and
repairing a road, be so changed as to
simplify same TO the end that said
property may be taken upon an award
BY a jury after notice to the owner of
person il charge and upon the deposit
OF the damages with the county treas
orer. subject to the order of the owner
OF said property This we recommend
Tor the reason that the delays occa-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

, their meals in the open. However
! they made several OF the towns where
/ there are Harvey eating houses and
! they preferred the comforts Of these
/ to the camp fare
Denver was the goal they sought.
! after leaving Colorado Springs, and
; they had no trouble in making it, as
the roads are IN perfect condition and
last time was made They STAYED in
Denver for five days and each of these
days they took side trips to the var
lo1s points Of interest near that city.
On the way back they ran into Is
miles Of bad road between Tularosa
and Three Rivers while the so miles
between Valley Ranch and Las Vegas
was rocky and hard to get over, but
they managed to make it, even though
they went slow at times to avoid jost-
ling.
Within 20 miles Of Ration they
out of the mud and had to be hauled
into town. Near Colorado Springs
they stripped a differential and had to
send in for another one.
On the way back they followed the
same route that they went I'D, until
they reached CarrizOzO; then they came
on to Tularosa and directly into Ell
Paso, making the trip in one day from
CarrizOzO.
". T Latta says that the trip was
an excellent one. the stopping places
were most comfortable and the trip
was excellent The roads somewhat
while they were on their way up, were
in perfect condition on the return trip
and they came along with easy sail
ing
They found plenty Of garages and
had no difficulty in securing gasoline
and oil At CarriZOzO the garage man
got out his car and piloted them for
five miles, so they would be sure to
get on the right road.
All along the route, Mr.. Latta says,
where people saw the Ell Paso pen
nant flying from their car, they came
up to help them and showed them every
courtesy and this added much to the
pleasure of the trip
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

~ ACK from a months automobile
trip through New Mexico and
- Colorado. all the way to Den
yer and back, a party of Ell Pasoans
arrived here Tuesday night high in
their praises Of the beautiful trip.
In the party were Mr.. and Mrs. W.
B. Latta, Mrs A NJ LOOIniS. Mrs Marie
LOOMS and Mrs J A Happier. They
had amde 200 miles in Mrs A Il
LoOmlss Minton So and had no en-
CINE trouble either going or coming
They did have one puncture 10 miles
outside Of Pueblo and got soaking
wet several times, but they had a
1olIy time and think the trip so good
that Mr.. and Mrs W D. Wise and
Fred G. Vincent, the latter driving
VIII make II IN Mr. Wise's Hudson
g. leaving FL Paso Sunday morn
Mr.. Latta used the automobile Blue
Book and filled in logs where they
were not given in this work The
party left FL PaSo on June z ran up
through the indian reservation TO
HOndO, Lincoln, Captain and Carrizo-
20 As the rains were heavy and fTe-
Quent, IT took them three DAYS to
make this part Of the trip.
Each afternoon for 16 days It
rained hard and they had some diff
Guilty IN fording streams and getting
along muddy roads, but they always
reached a town BY nightfaH.
From CarrizoZo they ran to Santa
Fe by way Of Duran and Lamy.
From Santa Fe they went to Las
Vegas There they stopped for three
days and took few side trips to the
mountain just beyond and to a ranch
where fish fry was given In their
honor
Ra4on, Pueblo and Colorado Springs
were the next stops and at the latter
point they rested for nine days. Some
of the party climbed Pixies Peak and
they all took several little side trips
into the country.
They carried a cooking outfit with
them and when so inclined, cooked
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

/ A JTOMOBILISTS who are accUs-
! ~ toned to wait until Sunday after
noon or evening to replenisb
| their gasoline supply for the Sunday
! evening Joy ride" will have to change
/ their habits. Beginning tomorrow, all
| the downtown stations of the oil COM
panies will close at Z o'clock and the
custom will be followed hereafter, IN
till further notice, according to an
advertisement in today's Herald, signed
by the managers of all the oil com
panies-
1t will be necessary for automobile
owners to get their gasoline Sunday
morning or Saturday afternoon IN the
future. The man who sleeps until
noon and then drives down town to-
morrow afternoon to fill up the tank
for a spin down the country road IN
the cool of the evening, Will 60 with
out the spin unless he can find q gar
age that is open, and garages are not
fighting over the price of gasoline
and he will probably pay good deal
more than at the oil stations
A N. Brown has a new, two passen-
ger American limousine.
On August 1. the LOngwell Automo-
bile Sales company will take over the
George L Fisher has been agent. He
viii probably engage in the same busi-
ness.
J. c. McNary was so well pleased
with the service given by his 1872
Winton six that he has placed an
order with the Ell Paso Auto Sales Co.
for a 1914 model, which is to be the
finest thing turned out Of the Winton
factory.
Charlie Stevens got the tour bug
again Friday afternoon. He teIephoned
to Mrs. Stevens to pack the larder and
prepare all the children for little
trip. Then he got Gus frost to go
along and help them in case they got
stuck in the mud The Chalmers s6''
was specially groomed for the occasion
and left, heavily laden with all of the
Stevens family, Friday afternoon They
are going to Palomas Hot Springs,
week camping in the OPEN
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H Burton have re-
turned from Van Patterns Dripping
Springs, where, with their baby, they
camped out for two weeks and enjoyed
life. Mr.. Burton is a bit sunburned
from roaming around the hills during
the sunny days but says the place was
shaded and they enjoyed the rest They
made the trip up and back in their two
passenger HupmObile "20' and report
the roads in excellent condition with
the exception of the stretch between
Anthony and BerinO on the Las Cruces
road to FL PaSo.
H. L Robinson, of Hurley, n. NJ,
bought five passenger Cole and drove
it home but. got an FL sPaso number so
he could run around town in it,
NJ R Henley is driving a five pas
senger Krit.
J. V. Brown has a hvepassenger
Rambler.
E. E. Neff and Hal Christie left Fri
day morning for NRuidoso in Mr. Neffs
REQ 5th- At Tularosa they will be
Joined by Mrs. Neff, John and Mar
garet Neff and Miss Nancy Williams |
and will continue on to RuidOso, where |
they viii spend a week or two fishing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
CONFERENCE HELD FOR
STANDARDIZATION OF CAR

Indianapolis, Ind, July ia con-
ference on the standardized car was
held in Indianapolis this week, and is
of deep interest to the automobile
world in general and to the automobile
owner in particular, for the reason
that Standardization is believed to be
the solution Of the problem Of getting
better cars for less money
Officials representing nearly fifty
million dollars invested in the manu-
featuring OF automobile parts were
present
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19

This style should always be equipped
with flaps.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-19
Ell Pasoans Have Easy Trip and
Enjoyable Auto Ride to Denver

Stop En Route Where They
Hotels When They ChOOseSpend Some Time