El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14

{ OF THIS WdLeE-MOrn or DOuLQGE EOCk
formation, and this formation cOntin-
/ ues for many miles.
In a few days I expect to drive
north along the coast TO Los Angeles.
have made most of the sidetrips on
! my way west and il has been very
I interesting. While driving through the
: DiablO mountain region I could look
/ back through the ages and there see
I the ocean, dotted here and there with
/ small rocky islets; later I could see
Z the entire floor Of that sea lifted BY
mighty seismic force high above the
! level Of the waters, entrapping and
I carrying upward with il much OF its
marine life to be perpetuated as fos-
sis. while the islands and deeps Of
( their former home have been changed
: TO the canyons, the peaks and the
district
To Put Route in shape.
The San Diego Phoenix race this
year is going to do much 10 improve
All doubt that the route chosen for
I the PhOeniN-San Diego rain VIII be in
good condition jy -he time If the event
has been removed by the receipt OF a
4 letter from c. w AleNande.-, secretary
OF the Yuma Commercial club Secre-
tary Alexander enclosed two letters
from BraWley. which state that the
Mammoth wash is TO be made passa BILE
and kept so. Work viii also be done
, on the road between Yuma and Imper-
ial Junction outside the wash Obviat-
ing the necessity of shipping the cars
over that dreaded stretch. The plan
TO ship has been abandoned entirely.
Earl c. Pound. of Brawley. wrote 10
secretary Alexander as follows.
Dear Sir: The Farmers and NIer-
chants club held Il meeting Of their di-
rectors last evening and decided to
accept your proposition of putting the
Mammoth wash in passable condition
and they further pledged themselves
TO keep il in passable condition.
The club has some money on hand.
VIII be able to get a small amount
from the supervisors and raise the
balance Of the necessary amount by
subscription.
we, OF course. have not had any
communication from the Phoenix pCO-
pie and would like TO know just what
their plans are for their trip. Please
give our secretary any Information
You may have along his line and put
him in touch with the manager or
the Phoenix bunch
Our secretary is instructed 10 write
you as to the result Of our meculg
and YOU viii no doubt reCeive "a let
ter from him by the same mail as
Farmers Interested.
From the secretary of the Farmers
and Merchants Commercial club Of
Brawley,. AR Alexander received this
letter:
Dear Sir: With reference to yours
Pound. I beg TO say that at a meet
ing of the board Of directors Of this
club held last evening resolution
was passed to the effect that the club
undertake to put the Mammoth wash
and the balance Of the road from the
road TO BraWley IN shape so that our
friends from Phoenix Will be spared
the necessity Of shipping their cars
from Yuma 10 the Junction
And in this connection we beg to
thank your club most heartily for your
very effective cooperation. You can as
sure your friends in Phoenix that the
Mammoth wash. while we can't make
q boulevard of it. viii be shOrn Of its
terrors and viii be made passable.
w B. HANFORD."
TOUR To DRIPPING SPRINGS
r. II. Rinehart's proposition to get
Up another run for FL PasO autOmO-
bilists to Maj. Van Patterns Dripping l
Springs resort near Las Cruces. has.
met with favor among the automO-
bllists OF FL PasO and il viii doubtless ]
draw more cars than the recent run to /
W. ". -COx's ranch. The run to Drip I
ping Springs win be over the Canine !
Real to Las Cruces, a road that all !
drivers are well acquainted with, ana 4
then out to the resort over a good 4
country road about IA miles distant. /
The run can be made easily in three I
hours or little more. each way. 1T /
Is now certain that MAJ Van Patten 4
viii put on several indian dances for /
the FL PasOanS, as he is the great &
white father" OF the indian tribes 4
around Las Cruces.
The resort is situated in a beautiful /
location. on the west side Of the Organ
opposite side Of the
same range as Cox's ranch-and there
Is a beautiful grove surrounding the I
place and some magnificent rugged /
scenery back Of It. The rocky cliffs
)f the mountains rise hundreds Of feet
directly behind the resort.
The date Of the run will either be
Sunday. June %; Friday, July 4 CT
Sunday, July s. This will be decided
n a short time
want to participate in a pleasant run,
viii do well to set this down in their
notebooks as entered.
WHO PULLED 1T ON HIGH
Some of the automobiles who made
he trip to COX's ranch two weeks ago
anne back declaring that they had
feared San Augustine pass on high.
~. J. Rand heard of it and now there
s a mighty good chance for somebody
n FL Paso to sell a second hand car
IND make some money Here is what
Rand says. IF any man on the trip
o CoXs ranch two weeks ago made
AN Augustine pass on nigh and viii
10 il again with me as a passenger,
II buy the car from him as soon as
We reach the top and will pay him 500
more than he paid for the car when it
vas new. I'm looking for that sort Of
car" Here's a chance for the brag- I
-ers TO put up or shut up"
RETORT-
A motor car is a source Of great
leasure, isn't it2' Yes" replied Bob .
2inehart, but it has certain disad- /
You don't want to ride by
-Ourself. and when you take out a (
arty of friends they have arguments
mOng themselves about how fast we !
hall travel and where we shall go. I !
here is only thing they aEree about.
nd that is, If the machine breaks ,
own, it's a good joke on me"
'HET'RE AUTO BUGS
George r. lie Baron doesn't think
auto fan" is the right name. He
avs auto bug is right; that he never /
aw a real automobiles who was not /
bug upon the subject