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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
ROSWELL TOURISTS
MAKE FAST TRIP
New Mexico Man Takes His Car
Through Mammoth Wash in
Hour and 50 Minutes.

Los Angeles Cal. May 1O.-W. N.
Erwin, of Roswell. n. n. accompanies
by F. Y. Craig. OF that city, are among
the latest arrivals in Los Angeles
Driving his 1912 "2S" Buick. Erwin left
on this 1900 mile journey March 80 and
completed the trip in II running days.
His itinerary took in FL PasO, Lords
burg Douglas Bisbee Tucson, Phoenix,
via Yuma FL Centre and san Diego
Not a minutes trouble was experienced
on the entire trip and the total repair
expense for the 1909 miles was 50
cents. The gasoline consumption aver
aged between IS and 20 miles to the
gallon.
The Mammoth Wash was negotiated
by the little Buick in the remarkable
time Of one hour and IS minutes. E--
win took TO the Southern Pacific rail-
road tracks for four miles after pass
ing through the wash and skipped IN
this manner very rough stretch OF
road.
The Buick car was not stripped. nor
any unusual preparations made for the
trip. Erwin said that he did not feel
any more trepidatiOn in starting On
this trip than he would on a so mile
iaunt- he and Craig piled their camp
ing outfit in the IOnneau, strapped
couple Of tanks for extra gasoline sup
ply, and started out
After a few DAYS spent in Los An
geles, Erwin left for San Francisco by
the inland route. After a brief visit in
the southern city. he viii return 10
New Mexico in the Buick.
There is nothing like q month on
the road to freshen one up for the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
OTERO COUNTY TO
REPAIR THE ROAD

G. T. MOffitt. chairman of the cOun-
ty road board Of Otero county, was in
FL PasO Thursday en- route to Albu-
querQue to attend the state good roads
congress and he said that men and ma
chinery had already been secured 20
put the road between AlamOgOrdO and
the Lincoln county line in good shape.
This viii make a good road all 5he
way from AlamogordO TO Roswell The
road between FL PasO and Alamagord1,
he says. Is in good shape with the ex-
ccptiOn Of a short stretch of sand
near AlamcgCrdO and a man has been
sent out with q scraper to remove this
sir. Ioifitt saws the county road
board is preparing to build a road By
way Of CIoudcroft To Artesia in tbs
pccos valley. thus giving n short cut
to the towns about Roswell. The roaj
through Cox canyon is completed 10
T0boEEan. he says. and It is in fair
shape from Tcb0ggan UP to ClCudcroet-
L is the intention of the board to take
tie road from TObOsEen up Haynes
canyon later. however, and for this
reason very little work is being done
from TobOggan to ClOudcrOft on the
old road.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
COURTESY DUE TO
OTHERS ON ROADS

With the opening OF the touring
season. it might be well to keep in
w.nd the following extract from the
Buffalo M0torist;
Courtesy on the road should be
strictly observed by every driver OF
a car. II is one of the finest at
tributes the mOtOrist can possess and
n trait that at olce becomes a po-
tent factor for more pleasant and
agreeable motoring conditions 1t
helps immeasurably in lessening the
woes or mishaps of a fellow motor
ist and never fails to increase your
own flow Of gladness- Courtesy dis
tinguishes the most pleasing of char
acteristics and serves to sweeten the
temperament of even the chronic
Crouch When you meet a car "
ing idle on the roadside, stop and see
if you can be of service to the oc-
cupants. Very often your services VIII
not be required, while again you may
be Of invaluable assistance 1t IS
well to bear in. mind the fact that
you, too. are liable at any moment,
to need a helping hand. Courtesy
bestowed upon US when motoring
very often relieves US of the distress
ing necessity of remaining several
hours on the roadside. Therefore, 70
do unto others as you would have
them do unto YOU" is particularly
good practice for every one who
drives motor car.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

into it early in the morning stayed
an night and came out late next DAY
but failed to find the other side
ancient County Seat.
It is u miles from Fort Stanton 10
Lincoln. Lincoln has a population OF
800. It has three stores, two saloons
Two hotels, a drug store. livery sJaDIe
and church Up TO few weeks asO
Lincoln was the county seat OF Lincoln
county. the old court house, Whlch Is
said to be one Of the Oldest in the
west, will be remembered by the OLD
timers as the place where Billie the
Kid" made his wild dash for liberty,
killing his two guards and making
good his escape.
From Lincoln to Roswell.
After leaving Lincoln and travelling
six or seven miles YOU reach Hondo'
which is a one store trading place
From HOndO to Tinnie is four miles
One-QUarter mile this side Of Tlnnle IS
the only sign on the entire route II
reads The Borderland Route; the
Piacho IS six miles from Tinnie and
has population of 125 Spanish-Amsr-
leans, and is the last town before Kos
well is reached. A miles away
Only Bad Road.
The only bad piece OF road on lhe
trip is 40 miles out from Roswell Fol
a distance Of about two miles 1t is
rocky and sandy, but the Roswell Auto
Co. has two men working on TINS Eodu
and viii soon have it in perfect eondi-
ton.
At the SO mile post Cout from Ros-
welD you pass the Sunset ranch
which has 300 acres in apples. Ros-
well people say that the Sunset apple
orchard is the best in the entire west
Apples from this orchard have sold
as high as 25 cents each in Chicago
Roswell people say
The PicachO Hill.
Reaching the top Of Piacho HJl,
about 50 miles from Roswell, you leave
the telephone poles and main road ami
turn to the new road to the left which
was built by the Roswell Auto Co, Tor
distance Of 10 miles on account OF
the main road being bad and built
of rocks. After travelling the 10 milss
on this new road you reach the mann
road After travelling four more miles
you again catch the last telephone
poles and follow them into Roswell.
The trip from CarriZOzO is made IN
eight hours including stops. The Pc
cos valley and Roswell is a beautiful
country. Roswell with its lovely
homes, wide shady streets. its green
lawns and the valley OF the Pecos,
with its many apple orchards, arteslan
wells. alfalfa fields and its enterprls-
ing people are worth going TO see.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

prints viii. be available to tourists and
VIII be supplied by the Borderland
garage here at practically no cost
The road parallels the Z. P. & S W.
south of here for about zen miles and
then crosses the track and fringes the
foothills TO the old town Of Three
Rivers The railroad is not followed
all the way owing to sands between
Three Rivers and Oscura.
The road as designated is now being
worked upon by men and teams, spend
ing money appropriated by the Ounty
read commission recently, and. while
the road is fair, il is being made much
better.
OterO County to Help.
From the Otero county line to Ala
mogOrdO and south, the Otero county
commission. we understand, is TO do
work which viii make the road good
between the line and AIamogordo.
The only bad place in this road is be-
tween Three Rivers and TularOsa. in
Otero county, ana we understand that
TINS piece Of road viii soon be Dut in
good shape. Many tourists have passed
over this route recently II is known
as the optional B0rderland route, and
= always passable, while the route
from TularOSa to Roswell in winter
IS sometimes not passabIe through the
The log OF the road from Three Riv-
ers to CarrizOzO viii be supplied to
you with blue print If you so desire.
Road to Buried City.
The people OF Carrizozo are also
logging two other roads, which are
indicated on the map enclosed. One
is to the Gran QuieVera, the ancient
buried city, a place all tourists should
visit, and the other road is along the
to Corona, which we hope TO
make link of a road from Albuquer-
Iue-Estancia to CarrizOzo, thence to
Roswell or FL PasO.
These logs will all be mapped as
soon as completed and the blue prints
tor tourists viii be on hand to be
either given away or sold for a few
cents-the cost Of same.
Lincoln county is very much inte--
7sted in the good roads movement and
always willing TO help along. The
county road commission is composed
IF three enthusiastic men-Dr. John
avs, Lincoln, chairman; Paul Mayer,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
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Bernard Shaw, playwright and au-
thor. is a convert TO the motorcycle
On his first trip Mr.. Shaw rode 10
miles in three hours
A railway and lighting company Of
Columbus, Ohio, has purchased motor
cycles for the use Of its meter readers
Postoffice officials of Alva, Okla.
are testing the practicability of the
motorcycle for delivery of parcel post
packages. In one day 15S packages
were delivered. ranging in size from
a few ounces to near the maximum
of IL pounds.
Linemen of a telephone company in
Davenport. Ia, now use motorcycles IN
looking after repairs to the wires
Edwin WrightingtOn, "a years old,
is one of the most enthusiastic motor
cyclists of MiddlebOrO. Mass Mr.
Wrighungton owns an automobile but
says it isn't half the fun Of a motor
cycle.
The upkeep Of a motorcycle is
simply nothing" says c. B. Robinson,
a rural carrier of Kansas City, No,
'as one half gallon Of gasoline viii
run 25 miles"
The American motorcycle is rapidly
invading African and Egyptian mark
cts.
Twelve motorcycles have been or
dered for the Royal Flying corps Of
England.
There are 70 motorcycles in use at
Port Elizabeth. South Africa.
About IS motOrcyclists Of Evans
Vile, Ind. are planning to ride 20
Indianapolis. a distance Of about l50
miles, to attend the Speedway races,
May 80.
Motorcycles are to be an important
factor in the equipment of a horticul-
tural experiment station which is being
established at Hood River, Oregon.
These machines viii be used by eN-
perts in visiting fruit growers to STUDY
conditions, and to give advice
A special car viii be run from New
York to Denver to accommodate those
desiring to attend the convention OF
the Federation Of American Motor
cyclists. July IS to August /.
Following the example of men Of al
most every profession, V. L. Nicholson,
a New Orleans theatrical man. has de-
cided upon the motorcycle as the most
satisfactory means of travel intOuring
European countries. Mr.. Nicholson and
his motorcycle are already on their
way to Havre. France
A motorcycle owned by farmer IN
the wheat belt Of the middle west,
demonstrated its usefulness the other
day. The farmer had just started his
threshinZ when the thresher broke
The ranch was located 20 miles from
tOWn-the roads were poor and VITA
a horse and buggy 1T would have taken
the entire day to make the trip to a
repair shop. But mounted on his
motorcycle, it took the farmers son
just two hours to return with the nee
esSary parts
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

WANTS ROAD TO
RUN ALONG COAST
Oregon Official Seeks the Cooperation
of the Ocean States for
Pacific Road.

Pacific Road.
A highway leading from san Diego to
Vancouver, B. c., is the object of the
Pacific Highway TssOciation of North
America.
If this road is built. and the pros
poets are that it viii be, FL Pasoans
can 'then motor all the way to Van
cOuver, for il viii not be so very
many months before a goOad road VIII
be possible all the way from here 20
California
In the interests Of the coast propo-
sition. Henry L Bowlby. of Portland,
Ore. executive officer Of the Organi-
zation is now in San Francisco en-
deavOring to enlist the support Of A
G. Briggs. vice president Of the North
ern California branch. and J. B.
Walker. president of the California
Automobile association. and a leading
spirit in the good roads movement ana
one of the directors or the Panama
Pacific exposition
Bowlby is anxious to have this high
way completed by 1915, so that tourists
visiting the coast for the purpose CT
viewing the exposition can motor from
one end of the coast to the other In
their motor cars With the hearty CO.
operation Of the people Of California
OREGON and washington, there Is no
reason why at the end Of two years II
shouldn't be possible for a person TO
travel BY motor over first class ROADS
with easy grades. thereby making the
trip a pleasant and healthful one he
Acording to Bowlby. the present
roads leading nOrthward from san
Francisco are impossible during the
greater part Of the year, while in the
summer time they are not ideal by any
means.
A complete and comprehensive bulle-
tin issued by the Pacific Highway as
sociation. compiled by BOwlby gives
data concerning the money spent and
to be expended by our sister states IN
the betterment of their rOadways-
He places the total assessed valua-
ton of Oregon at sos, 833.524, with
s435, $50, AL Of this sum being charged
against incorporated towns and cities
During the past four years an as
sessment of over $10.000.0QO has been
levied, which sum has been expended
in the construction Of bridges and the
building and repairing Of roads In ore
gon. $685. 665 having been spent last
year. On this basis. BOwlby figures
that 2071.4 miles OF permanent road
could have been built by allowing
$4,000 for each mile, whereas. most q
1t has been wasted on poorly con-
struCted roads.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

could be bought here. Therefore he
ran up during the week bought a four
passenger Chalmers "5e and drove t
back home,
Bernard Schuster bought new seven
passenger Chalmers "36" this week.
Laehman & mellow bought a five
passenger Michigan this week
Felix Martinez has a new five-pas-
senger tFord in addition to MS seven
passenger Cadillac. which he bought a
short time ago
Frank 7 Williams bought a model
~, five-passenger Overland car. from
the Longwell auto company 1t is
steel gray
Chas J. Pottberg. agent for the Stud
ebaker company in Phoenix. Is in FL
Paso. While in A1buquerque he made
a run in car up to Santa Fe and says
the roads are good
George J. Harris bought a As horse
power, five passenger ~ Overland
car this week.
The Southwestern Portland Cement
company has bought a tWO-tOn REQ
truck to haul its product about town
for delivery
Edward L Safety First" Tinker, OF
the Fl PasO & Southwestern, has a
new Studebaker, "z5,n fve-passenger
car.
V r Stiles. and family and his
brother, i, J. stiles. accompanied by
his wife took an upper valley tour
Saturday. They visited all-the towns
along the west side OF the river be-
tween FL PasO and Las Cruces. Mr.
Stiles and Jas A Dick are figuring
on a trip to Las Cruces and back
through the Organ pass for either this
Sunday or one week hence
c. ". Cook. of Deniug. n. NJ, bought
a fiVe-passenger Rec 9Th. and E. E.
Neff drove il up to the Mimbres VAL
ley town and turned it over to its
new owner.
F. c. Key, Of the Tri-State Motor
COMPANY took a Ford fiVe-passeuger
car TO Van Horn. county seat Of Gull
bersOn county. this week and delivered
it to T. II. Xarbro. He reports that
he made the trip without trouble
The Magnolia Petroleum company
has purchased a new Buick @3I@ spec
Booth its local manager The car is
gray in color and is equipped with al
modern wrinkles in motor building
II. L Stewart and family have gone
to Bisbee in their seven passenger
Studebaker car They VIII be gone
several days and viii visit in Silver
City, Demings Douglas and other
points.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

- HOSE MaIpai beds in the Dem
fng-EI Paso section of the Bor-
= derIand highway will not remain
much longer. according to officials
Of the S p. Three weeks ago, j. D.
Mathews, divicion engineer Of the 3
P at Tucson. volunteered to have the
work done by the rallroao 5 80 -
crew and said that his otIer was
made with the full knowledge OF the
officials Of the road This week,
superintendent Dyer was mere from
Tucson and further confirmed "na'
Mr.. Mathews had said
Mr.. Dyer left Ell PasO Friday IN
company with rOadmaster BuIler 70
look over the Malpai bed and also 20
arrange for better crossings Wherever
the BOrderlaud route runs over Lne -
p track. He said he would make an
inspection OF the MalDa1 and that Mr.
Mathews would soon have his force OF
men at work on it
Mr.. Mathews has written TO W. -
Mccormick. local general agent Of the
company, in response to inquiries from
Fl PasO, that he has been rusned q
late. but intends to set men to Work
on the Malpai beds immediately IhuS
it begins to look as if the worst piece
of road on the entire BOrderland route
was TO be repaired This W0rk was
urged before the chamber Of commerce
by c. II. Lester. the perpetual good
roads booster as the most necessary
piece Of work on the entire route Mr.
Lester suggests covering the rock IN
most instances with cal1cne or clay
and SAYS PUN the road parallel WITH
and as close to the railroads right
Of way fence az possible he thinks
that it VIII be necessary 70 DlaSL out
a very little rock if the clay is thrown
over the rocks nearest the fence. AT
present, the road meanders out from
the fence through the rocks.
FL PasOans can get over the Las
Cruces road without any difficulty
and make the trip in fast time. o.
H Baum made the trip up there FIJI
day and back again IN SIX hours
counting a one hour stop IN Las Cru
ces while another hour was spent AZ
BerinO while a force Of men bridged
ditch that had been nlled with
water The trip was made IN Iour-
passenger Chalmers "35-' They left III
Paso at 8 o'clock in the morning and
were back in town at noon Mr.. Baum
says, THE roads are fine
J. W. Stockard. of the international
Auto Co. accompanied by Mrs Stock
ard and her sister, Mrs F. NJ. AUD
left FL PasO Friday morning in a i've
passenger AbbOtt-DetrOit, to make the
run to Roswell, n. n. where they
viii spend five days
c. P. Henry. local agent for the Ca
dillac left for Carlsbad. n. NJ, Thurs
day in a six-passenger Cadihas and
Mr.. Wait y Carlsbad, left in a four
passenger machine Of the same make
Both cars are to be- delivered N
Carlsbad
Louis E. Behr has new seven-pas-
senger Studebal-er "357 to use in his
real estate business and for jaunts
around town and up and down the
valley.
P H. Pruitt of Alpine, Tex, learned
during the recent trade trip Of Fl
Pasoans to Alpine that automobiles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
TO ROSWELL FROM
CARRIZOZO BY AUTO
CBy H H. Fris.)

CBy H. H. Fris.)
What is perhaps the best mountain
road in the entire southwest is the 100
mile strip between Carrizozo ard Ros-
well n. NJ
The Roswell Auto company has the
government mail contract between
these two towns and cars leave Ros-
well and CarrizOzO daily over this
picturesque mountain route to deliver
the mail to all points along the line.
It is impossible to lose the road
One only has TO follow the telephone
poles and the main Travelled road all
the way from CarrlZOzo to Roswell
except q distance of about nine miles.
Leaving Captain. take the road to the
right Of the Captain railroad to No
gal, a distance Of about Is miles. Noga1
is an old mining town with one store.
a hotel and blacksmith shop.
After leaving NOgal and Irving two
miles you climb to an altitude of over
5000 feet Travelling 10 more miles
you reach Captain, an old coal mining
town Not many years ago there were
over 500 men employed in the Captain
mines. Captain now has population
of $50. 1t has a garage, saloon. no.
tel, lumber yard, two good mercantile
stores and is the terminal of the Cap
itan railroad. People who make this
trip VIII be very much surprised WHEN
they see the Welch and Ellsworth
store. which carries a stock Of $4,000
in general merchandise. It is the
PasO and Roswell.
visit to Fort Stanton.
Three miles out from Captain, you
leave the telephone poles and main
road and turn into the road to he
right to go to Fort Stanton, where
the United States has IT marine hOspi-
tai for tuberculosis. There are only
800 patients here The Fort Stanton
ball team is said to be one OF the best
in New Mexico. Fort Stanton is built
in the foothills with the White noun
tains on the right and the Captain
mountains on the left The distance
from Captain to Fort Stanton is seven
miles.
A Noted fave.
Leaving Fort Stanton you double
back on the same road one mile and
take the road TO the right. Going a
mile further you pass a great cave
or underground river as ii is called
This is the noted cave whose end Eas
never been discovered Some time aEo
two soldiers from the fort went into
the cave to find the end. They went
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

Frederic J. HaskInss ~AmerEcan Gav-
ermmenf.5
As long as they last. copies Of Fred
erie J. Haskin's great book, The Amer
lean Government" may be had at The
Herald office. Present clipping OF this
paragraph and so cents. By mail, Is
cents additional
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
Good Roads and Good Scenery
By Automobile to Roswell

Coz Man Says Travel Between FL PsO Roswell Through
Lincoln Mountains
ALWAYS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
Deming MaIpai Beds to Be Removed
atOnce, S.P. Railway Officials Promise

Baum Reports the Fine ShaPe1any Sales
- Carsfu LocalI the Past Week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
MOTORCYCLE NOTES.

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

Louis E. Behr has a new seven-pas-
senger Studebal-er "35" to use in MS
real estate business and for jaunts
around town and up and down the
valley
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

White oaks, secretary. and Jose Vega, /
NOgaL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
Oversize
Means This

Statistics show that . per cent OF
all clincher tires become rim-eut.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

c. P. Henry. local agent for the Ca
dTlac left for Carlsbad. y NJ, Thurs
day in a siX-passenger Cadinas and
Mr. Wait % Carlsbad, left in a four
passenger machine Of the same make
Both cars are to be- delivered N
Carlsbad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

Those are the reasons why
clincher tires must go. Men viii
not stand this rim-eut ruin when
a nev-type tire prevents If.
Men are bound to demand an
oversize tire VIXEN they know what
it adds to their tire mileage.
No-Rim-Cut tires now cutsen
all others. Their sales are doub-
ling over and over.
When you know these tires, as
legions do, you viii never buy any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

P H Pruitt. of Alpine, Tex, learned
during the recent trade trip Of Fl
Pasoans to Alpine that automobiles
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

J. W. Stockard. Of the international
Auto Co. accompanied by Mrs stock
ard and her sister, Mrs F. NJ. AUD
left FL PasO Friday morning in a i've
passenger Abb0tt-DetrOit to make the
run to Roswell, n n. where they
LII era-.E Fl-a HaEa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-03-12
Unique Calendar.

Fox ~ Peck, the we'll known
civil and mining engineers OF
Big Stone Gap, Va, with
branch offices at Hazard and
Harlan, Ky, have issued a very
unique calendar, the top of the
calendar being a blue print
map of the coal fields of South
western Virginia and South
eastern Kentucky, The noun
tain ranges, streams, railroads
and mining camps, are all
shown up-to-date. 1t makes an
interesting and valuable map
for any one interested in the
coal industry in that section
Knoxville Appalachia Trade
Journal.