The chronicle=news., 1914-05-30


lag Il vas nsvs1 out 0f the state. De-
cause the casaAiss river had washed
away the bridge the AMARILLO Cham
ber 0s conneree arranged for ship
meat OF the autos from Daihart 10
Amarillo. aad the neA, mornins the
party was ready to resume its trip.
Through the Panhandle country. II
sound soiendid roads. and constant
evidences Of Feceat activity and road
dsysiopnest. Ever. heTe there WAS
keen inierest IN tbs colorado.lo-she-
Gulf highway sad . de,ernination to
make this . completely graded and
developed highway. The party visit
ed Claude. Ooodnish,. Ciareadon.
Hetiiey. Msmphis. Estsiiine. Chill
dress. Qusnah. chiiiIro,he. Vsraon.
Electra. Heavietts. Bellevue. bowie.
Decatur. Fort wor'h snd Daiias. a,
this point a ehangs Has made from
the original itisersfS. and IL MAS de.
eided to 20 directly to the Gulf by
way Of Wsxahaehie. Iiiiisboro. West.
Waco. Marlin. Bf.mond. Calvert.
Hessne. bryan. HaSssSla. H9mpstsad
snd Houstoa 70 GALVESTON, Dafinx
shi.> part Of the tsiP @.aihsr eondi-
llons we're not favorable hut ON the
nr,, day Of the homr-ard Journey.
with the ears hesd.i from iioisIon
10 San Antoaio. hcaNy rains were en-
soaaIrred: and although the Colo
radoans batiled for three days
sxaisss the almost unprecedented
flood eondiiioss. th"F srfr finally
forced 10 shin the 'srs home ffon,
Louis. Texas. riooss. not poor roads.
vas tho eausc Of This shanse: in
fact had the party reached whsrsnn
eses . few hoaSs prior to its asiaai
arrival time. II 10 h..hiy probable
that il would have bs~n abb. la have
soss through TO Victoria and sAa An.
,oaio with little difficulty.
AZ Aasaia Oosernor q. n, caiaui,t
officially received the visitors. and
expressed to x. J. Ea,1a. official s~r-
sr.~nlaiise Of 0oserHnr y. ~. Am.
aoss. Of Colorado. his inirs.ss in the
mis.ion Of the passy. Tssas' Keen nc.
,i,i,y in snod rad ssE-iopassn' aad
IL. desire 10 cooperate si'h Colorado
In every ~sy possibi.
The s-,urn trip through oAisaoma
And Kansas followed closely the Of
isiaai i,ia~sssy. passing through
sh~smaa. D~sisoa. r.sss: barass.
Oklahoma City. Asanas-. wyaas.
~ood. Paul. Valley. ras,-i,. Norman.
6u,hsi-. Perry. roesa CITY. New.
kisk. Arkansas ciiy. Kansas. Win.
field. Wichita. Ns~,aa. itaishiasns.
ss-siias. Great heaa. i.Asaed. kias-
Icy. nods- city. Garden City ssd
sysaeu.-. kassaa. ,hsaee ihsoaEh
Colorado 10 she nDm- essies of sh~
or... ,....... ~ s,.,,-..,. .,.
pss~ssA is the nis>iea OF the trip
that Of pso0osisx The aain hish ~sys
sos~.sisx Texas. oklshona aaa ksa-
AS with Colorado sad N-- Mesieo.
Thsoashoul Texas mod roads sent;.
ascs, is aaaif..,inx iisris in = prac.
teal ~sy ia the soiias Of bond is.uss
sad il tho construction q: real
weather. proof roads. This is tho
tissa osxaisrd party 10 blssc tho Gay
srum the mountains Of Colorado To
the shores of the Calf of Mexico. snd
although the trip ~ss In somc places
s,srauoas. m.mh-rs Of tho psriy
~~s~ unaaimos. in declaring that hr.
fore nasy months there ~iii be a
practicable road opea every nile Of
the ~sy. For many miles In places.
stretches Of perfect road ~crc found.
and these stretches arc rapidly being
connected into a eoaiiauoas hish.
way.
In Oklahoma. tho recent ofsanisa-
tion Of the Oklahoma. Texas and Gulf
highway ha. given aa impetus tn
road development. aad In practically
every county special efforts had been
made to bring the road to the hes,
possible condition in anticipation Of
this tour. For this reason. tho Colo
radoaas regretted exceedingly that
they were unable 10 make the trip
on their own wheels. but they were
shown pieces Of road at ,ariou.
points which were aa Indication Of
tho activity in progress.
Kansas. too. Is alive 10 good roads
and has them. The Santa Fc trail.
over which the return trip was
mapped out. Is a we'll graded and i'm
proved highway and while the irar-
clcrs did not have opportunity to ride
over any portions. they caugh, slimp-
.cs Of 4, from the train windows.
both In Kansas and Colorado snd re-
ecivcd reports suffie4snt TO indicate
that IL 4. already a splendid high