El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-02

There was not one serious accident
on the trip, and every car that wen-
out got back TO town safely, though
some OF them trailed in long after the
children had gone 70 bed. Riding in the
reralr car was lots OF fun because We
trailed behind the other cars and had
ample opportunity to try our marks
manship and learn all about the acct
cents. COttOntaiI rabbits and prairie
dogs served as targets but not one Of
US could qualify as expert pistol
shots. The rabbits and prairie dogs
are stin running.
Our first stop was made about IS
miles out when Otto Buerger's Stude-
baker ran out Of water and we had to
III I'D his radiator. This was at lU-l3,
we having left Pioneer place at 500
and loltered along the way shooting
at the prairie dogs. This car later
had two punctures.
At the abandoned ranch house. 81
miles from town, We stopped to help
this car and also got some water. All
We had to do was to push a big iron
wheel weighing several tons. arOunI
in circle and the water came bub-
bling out Of pipe and we filled the
About so miles from town, Tom
Newman had a blowout on his car and
threw ring off the right hind wheel. 1t
took only a few minutes to fix this
and then the cars went on
Two Broken Springs.
Ray Honeywell. driving his Hudson
81 had an accident about four miles
cut from the Cox ranch on the way 10
Las Cruces, in the afternoon. which
caused a delay OF an hour and a half
He got water in his carDIreter and this
had to be taken out and reset He
also had another piece Of hard luck be-
tween Anthony and Canutilo on the
way into FL PasO after nightfall. when
he broke the right front spring. Bob
R1nehart broke a spring between Organ
help.
We experienced no difficulty in max
ing the hill up the divide at san
Augustine Pass, though Neil Mcclure,
VINO drove our car, had to 90 into low
TO make it o. A Aultman made a
photograph OF rs up on the divide anu
also got pictures Of all the cars that
had accidents along the road and got
several pictures Of places where we
stopped and Of the crowd at the picnic
Broken Starting Crank.
We coasted down from the San
Augustine Pass to Or-an. Just at the
outskirts Of Organ we caught Orrin A.
Foster and his family. from Las Cruces
They had broken a starting crank and
had received a blowout. Both were re-
paired and here We got some more wa
ter in one Of our empty water bags.
We coasted down this hill a great
deal Of the way and onto the old Or
gan stage route, which winds about as
II a man on a spree had originally
laid it out. Rabbits were almost as
plentiful IN this road as the prairie
dogs were going up from FL PasO-
Shortly after we left Organ, We got
a puncture ourselves. However, the
boys had tire ready and il was on
the right hind wheel in a jiffy in
place Of the punctured one and we were
soon on our way
We were heavily laden with six
tires and q large assortment Of inner
Tubes-ln case anybody should need
them-toOls and gasoline and we
picked up water all along to help out
the others in the party.
Sent Car Wrong Way.
One Of the Humorous incidents CT
our trip was when we sent the Buer-
ger car on the wrong road. We sent
them toward AlamOgOrdO instead Of
along the Las Cruces road and, real
ling our mistake. set out to eaten
them. The faster we went and the
louder we yelled the faster they went
and when we shot IN the air TO attract
had puncture and kept on going I
Finally after a twO-mile chase we
caught them and turned them back I
TO the right road and followed them !
into the ranch We were the last 20 {
arrive there but not because our car ]
was slow. 1t was some speedy even
though il was heavily laden A 7. /
Strayer went IS miles toward Alamo /
gordO on this road before he discOv- /
cred his mistake and retraced his jour /
ney
While we were repairing Honey !
Wells car after leaving the Cox ranch, I
a storm threatened and a few drops I
Of rain fell
Mrs. II. s. Burwell took a picture Of 4
the two cars in addition to the one /
that Aultnan got
A High Pass.
Tt was a steady climb OF three miles I
up San Augustine Pass. The height at ]
the top of the San Augustine Pass Is 4
exactly $500 feet according to D. c. !