El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

most talking and voting against build
ng q S5O,OU0 school Is the one VINO
has seven TO - children ana pays only
: poll tax"
Workers for good roads should re- /
member and appreciate this factor IN I
their campaigning II is q human quar-
.ty and equation that applies 10 all 1
public Improvements as Illustrated by |
an experience near home \ pubLc I
water service, under the first district l
act came up for q bond election ana I
was defeated Analysis Of the vote !
showed that its defeat was due TO the
fact that just enough poll tax pay ers l
had voted against II.
\ Liberal Education
Driving through one Of the states
the week following the governor can
for three days volunteer Work on the
roads WAS a. liberal education n itself.
It showed how the farming sections
have awakened to the direct value 70
them OF good roads plus the changing
OF the viewpoint that good roads OUT
in the country are Tor the city 1s4-
lows 10 spread over.
None can drive 100 miles over a road
without contributing a lot OF collars
along the way. BaslnS the nsures On
many years OF experience IN conduct
ina- the notable autOmC bile tours UP
and down and across t1ifz 5reat coun-
try OF ours, have found The safe aver
ase 10 figure Is IL persons per - -
This is minimum and q laIe the Ll5-
l1res are tending toward rise as iain-
ily touring becomes more general
The amount OF money spent IN a GAP
Of course varies with automobile tour
lists. Just as il does win tourists %
other classes. therefore In glFll5 L-5-
ures they Will be On the basis OF l-Sse
who travel not IS SpenuluIlLL5-. 80
there is a rapidly growing touring ten
Fancv On the part Of those VINO own
cars around the $1,000 marx. OBVIOUS
" me latter do not and often cannot
spend money on the basis OF S5vvy own
Naturally, the largest single item IS
hotels three-fourths OF q DAY NJ nc
night stop and One-tOurth at LHe noon
stOD. Then comes the garage WIN Ss-s7-
cif7-a 171brfrariOn. storage. an Occasl onal
tire or tire or mechanical rept---r ~ ~
some small fitting such as a spaIA Us
with now and then acetelyne oL 49,
items There ar ealSO SUCH expenses -
telegrans, telephones, cigars c--Alg
s-5 f-1Iir A trip 10 the theater OF
movies some local churcn aLLe--L 80
local sightseeing --5IlldIy anu = 7i ~ he
wearing apparel VIII occasl9l-4ly "
needed. also the shipping OF p'-E OF L--s
baggage of the party Inen .--lLs al
ferries and tolls in some sections
S5,OOO.0OO a Year.
When all this is analysed ana re-
,7,,,...-, 10 -experIeace IL viii be found
Ihac on the above passenger Fet--5
ezch touring parry mas 4e-I ~ 49, 80
$50 miles-or a DAY rms 49,, = -
rFran between $50 and S5e- W men O4-S
sass these figures, and they can "
$50 49, - o,,1boritative, it can be wei
r,r7ersrOOd why II is that one famous
touring circuit OF this count-s = ~ 40
oT bout 1900 miles, takes II FSfssgfo1-
each year in q season OF oLlLy -O1L
months. AS the very clever seer 60 ,
OF a chamber of commerce sall ~ - -
on the trip, picking up tne ~ a 81 =
easier and more proIlIao4e lAaL 80
inc cotton" This chamber OF ColL
unerce is in a city that Tor some - -
has reached out and secured Ile L1t--
rCad tourist Now II is also a1leE t-e
automobile tourist and Is Eclns 70 80
TEeu- because IL has experience
i-Doy-ledee Of tourist values packed ~
a Motley Of spending money on ad'ei-
tlS 5iIz. am GIesstion frequently asked ne
Is vrhv l am so intent Tor this route
through the souUnernlnosI SCUM -
are many reasons, but there Is oAs
aO Tr "a a wear round route. which no
one can deny nor any successfully as
pute- g. ,-,,-fo from, .-nore
~ -6a average standpoints, we DO
I 80 need to talk in any but the SIM
DIest terms. Suppose mat any nor ~ nee -
[ To1re. or the most talked or rs DuLl-
/ ~ concrete from ehe HUDSON river ~
- Golden Gate How can any auto
r1CbfIa tourist 20 over it during lAaL
P time Of the year when the melC-LE y
ia tho sub basement OF lhe tAgl -L-e ~ 4
f a-ar midway the route ana sLiu" Is 49,
- - 5rffrs that stall an OK team near
D one end and require 1000 laporcFs 4oLI
. davs in shoveling out tram near gll s
4 1TEer end 1t Is not INTENDED as p-ty
! NON words to say that THIS Is on M
/ IavaI-I have had all three eApeIl 80
] a-d so have many others. W O4lu a-Ls
/ ~ who has gone through these eApe-
! Fences ever think Of taking an auto
] --CFf1s across, or suggest II 70 any
| lend except in the summer and 4a-L /.
/ some one in their majesty VIII rlSs
J at mis- point and ask how about ms
I - round route in mid summer
! There are, again, many true ans" 81 ?
{ ~ contradiction To begin Win ina !
{ iJea of perishinE heat is theory anu
( Dot a condition. Ninety degrees III
Z mat country Of dry air does not enc.
( ,-afe rs il does on the seasnore win Us
( terrific humidity We made our e5L-
/ I'm trim. and We live on the seasHOI 8,
/ in the mid summer and were neE5I
! more comfortable in any OF our noItI-
[ erD touring. and our daily lnerItl M
/ eter readings were there to back up
I our viewpoint
Advantages to Health.
In Alabama we met a mother VINO
I had inst returned with her baby from
Z a famous Michigan sumner resoL I
} owing to the heat there the local pny .
Z stefan had sent ner home TO save me
I cbfld's life. On the gulf coast the VIE
| OF a friend had just returned from a
I nth her rrflnran 10 her mother