El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-13

EAvY rains west Of here an,
the bad condition Of the road
= between Ell Paso and Phoeni1
will delay the pathfinding trip over
the BOrderland route in advance Of the
Fl PasO-PhOenix race
Chairman r. H Rinehart and his
committee cannot get away for several
days on account Of the rains, They
have put water into many of the
streams. washed bad gullies in the
roads IN many places and sOftened the
adobe so that it viii be impossible for
a time. ct IS 16 feet 10 bottom in
some of the adobe soil between Tue
son and Phoenix declared w J. Rand,
of the committee in charge Of the race.
7 know. for crossed it last year in
the rain and I threw mud into the
clouds at times"
While chairman Rinehart thinks Mr.
Rand was tossing the mud a bit high,
he israther dubious about setting out
when the rains are falling and, seeing
as he has time to get over the road be
fore the race, ne has postponed the
pathfinding trip.
Roads very Bad
G. ". CaywOOd has just returned to
Tucson from the coast and says his
rip from Phoenix to Tucson was one
of the most arduOus stretches of road
he ever Travelled in its present state
He left Phoenix in binding rain and
it accompanied him all the way home.
The $50 mile journey consumed SO
hours many of them tiresome ones
owing TO the amount of shoveling nee
essary to get the car through.
The arrOyas he SAYS, are IN particu-
larly bad shape. many OF them so deep
and washed out that teams VIII nave
trouble getting through, TO say moth
ing of a machine
The mud and water in many places
We're up over the running boards and
the machine showed signs OF the hard
trip. It fact, the tail light was filled
with mud
Tuesday night between Tucson and
Florence two machines spent the night
in the rain on opposite sides OF a badly
washed out arroyo.
Caywood says that the road itself IS
mostly good but the arrOyOs are like
broken links in chain and need i'm
mediate repairing If they are fixed
at once they viii be all right but II
not viii continue to grow worse ana
will soon make the road impossible
Bfsbee to Entertain Committee
Bisbee is anxious for the tour to be
made by Mr.. Rinehart and committee
and has sent a. telegram to the chair
man Of the racing event, asking him to
let the Bisbee people know when he IS
coming. so that he and his party can
be entertained there. The telegram IS
signed by J. r. Henderson, chairman
Of the Bisbee committee and says:
seThe Warren District Auto club has
appointed a committee to meet and en-
terrain your party This committee
will meet your party IN Douglas ana
escort YOU here We desire you to dine
with US and spend the night here
Please notify J H Gray, our secretary,
Of your plans, so that we. may make ]
ARRANGEMENTS accordingly and set the ,
date for the dinner. Next day we VIII
see your party as far as Tombstone |
on the way to Tucson"
-
raised The chamber Of commerce put |
I'D $500 and the Automobile club has /
raised over $3.50 OF the other $500. /
President c. B. Stevens and George R |
LIE Baron. who are in charge OF this
work will raise the balance on their ]
return from their present camping trip 1
to the Ruidoso.
Douglas Raising Funds.
Douglas is now engaged IN soliciting !
It's $500 for the race The Douglas |
Daily International, in announcing that /
the work is under way, thus refers !
to the race and the subscription cam /
paign:
when it is recalled that Douglas. |
Tar and away, is the greatest autOmo- |
bile town IN the state of Arizona. and /
IN fact, in the United States, proper |
Tomato to her population 1t can not /
be thought otherwise than that the re- /
Spouse Of the citizens viii reflect this /
unusual and fortunate condition by lib /
sraf subscriptions.
Florence, a little town one-Quarter I
the size of Douglas, has subscribed 1
1850 in two hours. Globe offered $1,000 4
II the race could be run through that /
sity. Bisbee, with one-third the num- 1
Der Of machines possessed by Douglas, I
has subscribed $1,000, and has assumed /
The burden Of night control, a feature 1
hat viii cost her $500 to $1,000 more.
Douglas Never Fails.
Never yet has Douglas failed to i
ZONE to the fore in anything Of pub
ic and worthy nature. and it is to be !