El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12

66O UR only trouble was with our
tires and the fact that we
~ had to stop dozens of times
for cattle in the road. said Tony
Workman or his return from Phoenix
in his Chalmers "3O." Workman left
FL Paso last Sunday morning for PhOe-
nix, following the route to be used in
the FL PasO-PhoeDix road race next
month.
I'VE left here at o'clock last Sun
day morning" continued Workman,
who was accompanied on the trip by
W II. Patterson, of LOrdsbuS, n NJ:
Our tires were not new and we mad
trouble with them from the very be-
ginning. but we were never in~mechan-
ical difficulties on the whole trip We
spent three hours IN Deming repairing
and replacing tires The road between
FL Paso and Deming is fairly fast, al
lowing an average speed of 80 miles an
hour There are a good many mes
quites in the road.
Between Lordsburg and Demlng
these are being repaired This stretch
there are many small washes but
these are being repaired This stretch
of highway also is good for about 80
miles an hour. Leaving LOrdsbuFg,
the autoist gets into the Pyramid
mountains, where the going is pretty
rough Coming down into the low
lands the pike is chOppy to RodeO. You
can't make fast time because the
bumps are too numerous.
the road is in good shape and we
sailed along smoothly out of Doug
las, en- route to -Bisbee, is the fastest
stretch of highway on the entire route
and we made the trip in 81 minutes,
about SO miles an hour The canyon
road from Bisbee to Tombstone IS
rocky and we had to take it slow We
reached Tombstone at 1870 o'clock
Monday morning and turned in for the
AT $50 Monday morning we left
TTsafv
the trip easy. We had to ford the
river at Fairbanks, as the bridge there
is not yet completed. 1t will not be in
time for the big race. From Fair
banks to Huachuca siding the road is
fast, but beyond the latter place there
are many washes. These are to be
repaired. I understand; These washes
are called to the attention of the trav-
eler by signs put up along the way
by the FL PaSOans last week After
leaving Campbell ranch, our first stop
built road. II is smooth. but so full
of sharp curves that fast time is i'm
possible Warning signs are posted at
each of the curves. This road took US
o'clock Monday afternoon
Tire trouble had continued during
the run and we decided we were fol-
lowed by a hOOCoo- Departing from
Tucson we took the Oracle road. which
is fast for some 10 miles. Then we
struck a straightaway of so miles
on account of the many washes cross /
ing the path. These washes are 50
bad in places that we had to come
almost to a full stop. They are being
repaired by a convict gang
Florence is at the end of this
stretch and from there to Phoenix the
road is covered in several inches of
dust We had some little difficulty
in finding Phoenix, our destination
The country is so cut by irrigation
bitches that we were confused How
ever, we arrived at the Arizona CAPT
tai at o'clock Monday night.
Not more than 10 minutes after We
got in. two cars from Los Angeles, |
with SOules and Harmon at the
wheels, rolled up. Both machines were
Cadillacs and their drivers were just
making a preliminary run over the /
Los Angeles-PhOehiX course. This race
is known as the Desert classic
I'VE We're bothered many times by /
cattle in the road. There is nothing I
to do but stop and shoe them off I
which we did. often.
I'VE STAYED over in Phoenix until J
Tuesday afternoon. The trim back to /.
FL PasO was uneventful. We Ioafei /