El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
In a Mormon Settlement.


was TO kearney's ranch. where they
got splendid meals for IS cents each,
although il was away out in the desert
l II was fifty miles on TO the next
/ stop-Thomas's ranch-where gasoline
was again fifty cents gallon. Sixty
miles more without a house anywhere
in the whole distance. brought the FL
PasOans to Orrin's ranch. but they
could get nothing TO eat Il was dusk
3 as the FL PasOans arrived. but they
were told that they would have to 60
another is miles before they could get
a meal They were directed to Kan
max, Hawaiian Mormon settlement
is miles away and reached the place
about eight o'clock in the evening
I They found about 500 HaWaiians
settled there, under the tutelage of a
number OF American MormOns- The Fl
PaSOans were warmly received by the
/ MOrmons, given good meal and hos
pitably treated The wife Of their host
exhibited picture Of the 800 descen-
dants Of her father. who had held a
reunion in Salt Lake City last spring
/ The woman herself was a child OF
1 her fathers fifth wife. As travelling
at night was cooler than in the day
time-it was often ninety degrees in
the car, with IL in motion, tanning up
such a breeze as there was-the II
PasOans left the Mormon settlement
Lake, reaching the capital Of Utah the
next morning at $3.50.
Laramie Towards FL PasO.
Three days Of driving without incl
dent. brought the party to Laramie,
Wyoming. where they again found gas
Oline selling at IS cents a gallon
Leaving Laramie at 1870 a. m, they
motOred into Denver by ten that night
out Of Denver the FL PasOans en-
countered the first rain Of the trip
and found it very heavy going be-
tween Denver and Colorado Springs,
with mud chains necessary Next day
they made only a short distance, run
ming from Colorado Springs to a point
three miles north Of Trinidad Next
day they left Trinidad and, although
Santa Fe and came three miles this
side, where they camped. They made
Albuquerque the next day.
They left Albuquerque early the fol-
lowing morning and ran into fear
ful rainstorm south Of the New Mex
leo metropolis. The rain poured from
noon until five in the afternoon and
the party had TO stop over night in
Mexican hut, as the rain had oblter-
ated all traces Of the road and covered
the ground with pools of water the
depth Of which was uncertain
Bad Roads, n breakdown.
Starting on ito FL PasO next morn
inS' they found the road badly washed
where there was any road; IN places
they nearly had TO drive by instinct
In the afternoon they broke the steer
ing gear and stripped a rear axle, five
and half miles from a ranch. some
Of the party walked TO the ranch and
secured the services of a team to pull
IN the car. The ranch was is miles
from Carthage Next morning the
rancher tOwed the party TO Carthage
but the storm had interfered with the
telephone wires and 1t was necessary
10 rent q rig and drive TO san Antonio
to get telephone communication with
FL Paso. The pieces needed We're then
ordered and, when they arrived next
afternoon, repairs were made ana tne
party headed again for FL Faso.
Fifty four miles were covered Next
day the party drove into El PaSo'
finding the roads good from LeasouI5
down TO FL Paso.
Very Few Accidents.
The party had but three pIoWouls OF
tires, one broken spring and the prok-
en- steering gear and stripped axle on
the whole trip. one tire blew out
near Phoenix, on the way over; one
near Sacramento and one In the Ne
vada mountains. The spring broke on
the Nevada desert
Away up on the divide, nigh In the
Nevada mountains. the FL Fasoans
found the name Of Harvey and Sons
FL Paso. Texas" written on a signpOst
They did not meet any FL Pasoans or
any Texans after leaving Los Angeles
and starting north