Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1914-06-17
/ CITY WILL Be DESERTED
MANY MOTION PICTURES ARE TO
BE TAKEN OF THE AUTO
MOBILE PARADE
VISITING AUTOlsTS TO GO.
PROBABLY 600 PEOPLE WILL PAR
TIcIPATE AND OVER 100
MACHINES

At meeting held at the CONNER
cial club this morning, the committee
in charge of the big picnic, given in
honor of the students of the summer
( session of the New Mexico Normal
University, next Friday, met and
made its final arrangements.
| The report Of the committee on au-
tomobiles was that sc have been al
ready secured, though the committee
owners. The committee asks that all
those who have not been seen and
have cars to loan for the occasion,
Twill please tell W. P. Southard by
phone or otherwise not later than to.
morrow noon. Visitors in the city
with automobiles are cordially invited
to join in the festivities. The COM
mittee further announces that lunch
will be served to all drivers of cars
as we'll as the students.
Owing TO the fact that the local
garages will send their men and cars
ON the picnic 1t is suggested that all
owners of cars to be used shall have
them inspected and oyerhauled not
IsteF ! thak stomarroW evening The.
garage owners ask that all owners put
i'm their bids for oil and gasoline by
Thursday night, ana so prevent any
possible shortage.
Rules for Autos
The rules that will govern the au-
tomobiles on the trip are as follows:
1. No car shall overtake and pass
another at any place on the road.
2. Speed shall be limited to IL
miles an hour in the city and Is miles
an hour on the boulevard
8. Cars shall keep so feet apart in
the city and 100 feet apart on the
boulevard.
4. Cars must have numbers dis
played on the left side of the ma
chine.
5. Cars must be at the Normal at
s o'clock sharp and must be back at
the picnic grounds at s:45 p. m. sharp
for the return trip.
6. Cars must keep in their numer-
ical order at all times.
j T.. Owners are requested to have
their tops down on account OF the
taking of motion pictures.
The last rule has been made on ac-
count of the fact that machines with
out tops show up better in motion
pictures than those with tops up. One
group of pictures are to be taken un-
der the direction of Colonel r. E.
Twitchell and are for the big exposi-
ton at San Diego.
Charles p Trumbull will be mar
shal of the parade and will be assist
ed by John Rudulph. All autoists are
supposed to follow the letter of the
rules closely to every detail
I. The cars will be parked for the
loading at the Normal University in
| the following order:
Cars numbering from l to 25 ON tht
south side of National avenue between
Ninth street and the Normal
Cars numbering from 26 to so OIL
the south. side of National avenue be
tween Eighth and Ninth streets.
! Cars numbering from so and owe
on the North side of the street be
S tween Ninth street and the Normal.
+ All cars win be marshalled int
e their numerical order as they arriv
t on the ground, and drivers are aske
to remain put" until the three blast
from the fire whistle announce tn
e start Of the biggest parade ever give
in this city.
d Numbers for the cars can be 81
/ cured at the e. G. Murpaey dru
3 store beginning with this evening an
! each autoist is requested to get h
or her number before Friday and ia