El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

~ ON H. KEDZIE, the auto bug Of
Lordsburg, sends The Herald a
clipping from Youths Companion
relative to road marking and says:
Il think it would be safe to say that
the BOrderland is q three notch road,
and that might be used as marker,
only that it might take too much
trouble to educate the autObugs as to
its meaning"
The article follows:
In Missouri and some other central west
ern states there are roads that are called
three notch roads" They are public high
ways, as distinguished from the roads that
lead TO saWmill. sChOOlhOuse, a church.
road ''gOes somewhere" Proceeding along
such road, the traveller is bound, in time,
70 reach town
There lies behind the curious title an in
teresting story 1t appears that king
George III decreed that all English public
rOads-as king hWays-shOuld be
marked with his name. In the colonies it
was often impossible TO mark the roads with
the care and thorOughness that were used
in England. and in the wilderness it was
enough to cut three notches on the largest
trees along the roads.
After the revolution, Of course, the name
Of king George was universally omitted but
the three notches proved useful as a means
Of marking public roads. Virginia cOlonists,
II Is said carried the practice into Tonnes
see, Kentucky and Indiana. and their chill
dren in turn carried it into Missouri.
Originally, Missouri had no counties.
decided that if the task were left to the
counties, there would be little road build
ing Accordingly the state constructed the
roads and marked them with three nOtches-
Later. when the counties undertook to build
roads, they were designated in the timber
country by two notches Prior to and
during the civil war the distinction was
preserved, and three-notch roads were
always through roads" that led from one
town Of Importance to another. TwO-notCh
roads were less important highways. and
roads not notched at all were either rail
roads or plank roads. A rail road was q
Ioac leading 70 a camp where men split
rails and a plank road led to a sawmill-
There is talk Of automobile race car
mva1 under the auspices Of the FL PasO
Automobile club, TO raise funds for the FL
Paso-PhOeniX race next failL Some Of the
club members think such carnival would
pc a success and net big lot Of money,
while others think it would be a
failure thousand dollars hass been
offered for the bOokmaking privilege, and
with this, the affair might be made to paw
The races would be held at the Juarsz
track The first races held there were a
novelty There were several smashuDs and
much excitement, and when the second rae
ing event was pulled off, hundreds turned
out expecting some more excitement. The
races however, we're without accident
AS a result, much Of the enthusiasm died
Whether it is yet the opportune time for
another event Of the kind remains to be
seen Expressions following the last one
did not indicate that the next crowd would
nc ~ large yet Lew N1eLSseE Claims 10 nave
only made a few hundred dollars out OF
that event The Automobile club would
have less expense than private individuals
mad however, as most Of the work con-
nected with arranging the races would be
done by members Of the club without pay
While the small car is generally looked
upon as a reducer Of the cost Of riding and
all that, still the records show that the de-
mand for touring cars is made at about the
ratio OF nine to one rOadsters or runabouts
The era Of the family car has arrived. A
man, even though he needs a car for his
business believes in giving the family as
much as possible Of it and buys a touring
car. Where it is possible for a man to have
tWo-one for business and one for the fam
1ly--it is generally conceded that it paws to
buy light car for business use. The tire
expense is less, the gasoline and oil con-
sumption less and the car is not damaged
so much by constant usage.
The Western Automobile associations
share Of the gross receipts for the Wander
bilt cup and International Grand Prize races
enabled the Officials to pay $4,000 additional
prize money making a $4,000 purse for
each race The extra $4,000 made an addi-
ton to each mans winnings Of exactly one
third OF the original prize
The official winners Of the Vanderbilt
cup race We're:
First-8Iercedes car No. Il, Ralph De
Palma Time, hours, So minutes 81 sec
onds- Average speed, 1888 miles per hour.
Second-Mercer car No z, Barney Old
field Time hours, s. minutes ] second.
Thlrd-MasOn car No. 10, VIM. Carlson
Time, 4 hours, minutes, 80 seconds.
Fourth-Stutz car No. g. Earle Cooper.
Time, 4 hours. 4 minutes, 3 seconds.
The official winners Of the International