El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
BorderIand a Three-Notch
Road; Suggestion for Sign
Don Kedze Hearkens Back to Old Practices and Thinks
It Not So Bad For the Present Discussion of the
Proposed Track Races-Auto Excursion to
Leasburg Soon Something About
Tail Lights and Things

Grand Prize race, held over the same
course were as follows:
First--Mercer car No. 4. Edwin Pullen
Time, hours, Is minutes 80 seconds
Average speed, 77.115 miles per hour.
Second-Marmon car No. II. Guy Ball
Time, hours, 80 minutes %. seconds
Thtrd-AlcO car No. 6, Billy Taylor. Time,
hours minutes. % seconds
tourtn- Mercedes car No. r. Ralph De
Palma Time hours, minutes seconds
This spring automobiling in the upper
valley Is going to be unusually enjoyable.
The Canine Real from the Texas state line
to Las Cruces is now finished and in fine
shape and the Dona Ana county commits
sioners have done enough work on the west
side roads to make them pleasant driving
also. From Anthony across the river to
the west side and up the west side through
Chamberino and La Mesa and back to Mes
quite on the Canine Real. the road has
been graded and where there was sand. it
has also been graveled, 50 that the trip
is made in good time and with no incon-
Yenience. There are many trees on the
west side and the drive, after the verdure
Is cut, IS going to be very popular with FL
Pasoans- The Canine Real Of Dona Ana
county is merely covered with gravel, with
out any asphalt topping, but it is really
better driving than the asphalted road in
FL PasO county, providing repairs are kept
up. as contemplated Below FL PasO. the
north loop leaving the county road at
Ascarate and again cOnverging with the old
WI! aIford Fl Pasoans a new drive this
spring and summer. Altogether. the outlook
for motoring hereabouts is very fine
Gus Buclller. of FL Paso. is going to leave
Los Angeles in a Stutz car in a short time
to drive across the continent. He is going
to make an effort to break existing trans
continental records
The next run Of the FL Paso Automobile
CLUB viii be to Leasburg dam in few
weeks The round trip will be made in a
day and barbecue will be served at the
dam by Maj. w. H. H Llewellyn.
A o. Workman, a local garage man. has
Just competed a trip from FL PasO to
Oklahoma City his former home, on a mo-
torcycle He had very little trouble and
considerable fun, he writes.
Laws are supposed to be made for the
protection of the public and to avoid in
jury to anyone, yet fines are assessed in
police court against automobiles for not
burning tail lights on their cars at night
when standing in Pioneer plaza, under the
fun glare Of the electric lights A tail
light was designed either to show the num-
Der Of the car or to warn those driving
up from the rear Of the presence Of the
nisEhine. When both these purposes arc
accomplished, when the car Is standing un-
der an electric light, out Of the way Of
traffic, what is the necessity for burning
the tail light? The police arrest you il you
don't
If it is necessary for automobiles to carry
tail lights why shouldn't a buggy carry
lights, automcbilists would like to know.
appearance Of buggy out Of the darkness.
IN front Of an automobile, than from any
other cause.
After a six weeks junket through
California, from San Francisco ito San
Diego, Arizona and New Mexico. A. E.
Ryan and Arthur HaWkinson are ex-
pected to arrive in Ell PasO Saturday
They left here last month in Ryan's
racer, the famous Bear Cat car which
won second prize in the FL Paso-
Phoenix road race last fall. The road
ster is equipped with wire wheels and
is well fitted for cross country driving.
Gen. Venustiano Carranza's private
automobile 1914 model Cadillac
seven passenger, arrived in FL PasO
Friday by freight from Augua Prieta,
Sonora 1t was shipped to this city
over the E. P. & S. W. railway from
Douglas, Arizona, which is right op-
posite Augua Prieta. The machine
will be used until the arrival of Car
rama by AIRS. Carranza and her daugh-
tiers, VINO are residing at lf45 Mon
tana street.
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Maj. Clarence J. Manly of the goth
infantry, is at the wheel of a Ford
touring car, purchased this week from
the Tri-State Motor Co. Other Ford
purchasers this week included c. S.
Nassits, S. s. Franklin, 2215 East
Boulevard; Kenneth A. G. Shearer. III
North Santa Fe street; DR.. A. s. Bron-
son; P. NJ. RigdOn, Of 1903 Maeoffin
avenue; Phillip Bohn, of FL Paso; c.
W. Arnold, Ford agent at AlamogOrdo.