El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-23

600, 600 a year. California S1S,000,O00 a
year, and Colorado $4,000, 900 q year
from the same source. 1t was under
stood that an increasing number were
joining the See America First" move
ment; that there were a million auto
owners in the United States today; that
5000 touring cars q year, privately
owned, were shipped across our CONT
nent for their owners use in touring
California; that two great Panama
Pacific expOsitions would be held in
California in 1915, during which year
probably 10000 autos would go from
the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. go
ing by one route, returning by an
other, and that the actual money spent
along the route in transit by these
tourists, while running into the mil
lions, was less to be considered than
the national and international pub
licity that would come to the south
and the opportunity that would thus
be offered to the south, the nations
main asset, to impress tourists with
the attractions of her climate, with
her roses till Christmas and viOlets
all the year." and with the richness
and immensely of her undeveloped re-
sources. Hence, a main consideration
was to select a route that would be
attractive to tourists
Free Of Ice and Snow.
The route selected traverses a re-
gion sufficiently far south to be free
from snow and ice, hence a winter
route par excellence. A more south
erly route would have encountered less
Of snow in North Carolina and New
Mexico, but at neither point is the diff.
this consideration gave way to that Of
surprising scenic beauty, which out
weighs all others. It was the scenic
attractions of the regions referred to
that fixed the route in North Carolina
and New Mexico.
The merest reference to the historic
attractions of the route will convince
one that along no other highway will
there be found so complete a panorama
of our national life. It's starting point
is the Washington monument then
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon deepen the
impression of the father of our coun-
try" Then come the series of battle
fields on the Richmond Petersburg and
AppOmatoX. In North Carolina one
passes the birthplace Of Daniel Boone
and follows his trail to Tennessee.
Tennessee presents. the battIefields Of
Knoxville MurfreesbOrO and others.
with sidetrip to Chattanooga. From
Memphis to Texarkana, one follows the
old military road followed by the
United States troops on the march to
the war with Mexico, two generations
are those of brave generals leading the
regular army to the indian wars.
Thus the question of route was con-
sidered by the commissioners at Ashe-
vile in the broad spirit of the entire
south and of the nation. No better
witness could be given of the wisdom
of the decision than the fact that the
American Automobile association has
given this route its endorsement as the
first official aIl-sOuthern transconti-
mental highway. W. L westward. the
associations official pathfinder is now
logging and mapping this route pre-
paratory to the issuance Of the official
route book by the American Automobile
association.
Buried Cities of Southwest.
Tourists go to Europe and Egypt to
see antiquities, but few realize how
rich their own country is in memorials
of forgotten years. Within the Colo
RADIO plateau, in New Mexico, Arizona,