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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
Motor Sales, Motor Trips and
Gossip From Along Gasoline Rev

E. PRUITT. Of Alpine. Tex,
expects to leave Ell Paso today
for an extended tour of the
Facific coast states. He will make the
trip in a Chalmers six" purchased
through the Ell PasO agency Con Car
mack, of Fort Davis, and Thomas
flaming, police commissioner of Ham
iltOn, Canada, will accompany him
* x x
M. Jungjohann, of Clint, Tex, is
learning to drive his new Ford touring
car.
A shipment of National automobiles
is expected in FL PasO next week by
the EIliOtt-Garrett Co, which has Sc
cured the agency for the cars.
The Sharp Elliott Co. purchased an
Overland roadster this week
N E. Carter. Of FL Paso, is at the
wheel of a new Ford touring cor, en-
route to Tucson
]. S. Crane, of FL Paso, is learning
the fine points of his new REQ touring
car.
J. P. White left here Friday morning
for his home in Roswell driving a. new
Buick "25," purchased from the Inter
national Motor Sales Co
Three carloads Of Overlands were
Unloaded this week in the local yards.
J. B Bergen, of FL Paso, is the re-
cent purchaser of a Ford touring car.
X
The LOngWell Transfer Co. has or
dered a Cole limousine and viii put it
il service on its arrival here.
Thomas Cleveland. of Las Cruces.
drove home this week in a Buick "16,"
bought through the Ell PasO agency
c. NJ Mckinney, of Clint, drove to
Ell Paso this week and stayed a day
or two on business
D. H Hitler, of Terrence, n. NJ. is
mastering his new Buick "25." The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

reached AQUA Caliente at 12:15-could
not get lunch until and left at 1870.
During the afternoon we spent one
hour in running TO the King gold mine
and did not reach Dome until 7:15. AS
the road over the old railroad grade
west of Dome was narrow and slip
perry, we stopped at Dome and again
had very fair accommodations. On
that days run we averaged 10 miles
an hour, travelling 1874 miles in 8:15.
From Una Over Desert.
Leaving Dome Tuesday morning at
8 o'clock, 9:10 found US in Yuma, where
started for the Colorado desert of
California Crossing the river, the old
car rushed up through the Yuma res
ervatiOn, onto the mesa to Black Butte,
then with a short left turn, ran away
back toward Yuma, then turned again
and reached Ogelby at 1880, where we
stopped 20 minutes to eat lunch. West
Of Ogelby we did not cross to the
north side of the track along the
Walking hills, but drove the sand
along the old road and arrived at
Glamis at 2 o'clock and Mammoth wash
at $40.
Crossing Mammoth Wash.
As the sand was a little damp, we
concluded to try the wash on hard
tires, and after taking 10 minutes to
fill with water and oil, etc, and
screw down grease cups, we sent the
old car into it and I sat with watch in
mana 10 take the time. just ~ minutes
later We stopped at the bridge over the
canal We were in hard luck as the
last car through was a heavy brute
with a go inch tread and it spoiled the
track for us; had that car been a
standard tread L think we could have
used high gear most of the way and
ran the wash in about Is minutes. We
reached Brawley at $3.50 and stopped
until 5:15.
Car Breaks Down.
From Brawley south through In
perial to FL Centre and then west
through Seely to Dixieland we en-
countered much mud, but smashed our
way through and reached our night
stop at Dixieland at $40 having trav-
eled 13Z miles across the desert in
just eight hOurs-an average of I712
miles an hour
After supper we started to fill the
car with gas, oil etc, preparatory to
an early start the next morning. as
we hoped, with good luck, to reach
Los Angeles the next evening While
DONG this work we discovered that an
old crack in the main frame had oDened
up. We then got the repair man busy
-rlveted on plate-put on a truss
ana finished about midnight-also il
ralhed ana kept raining until morning.
Through Mountain Storm.
thursday at 7:10 we left Dixie and
headed west toward the mountains
Wnlch We're apparently drenched in
ram Near Coyote Wells the rain be-
came so heavy we could not see and
stopped 20 minutes to let that dash
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

F AvING got the old Imperial
n creased up and all ready the day
a before, on Sunday morning at
7:40 we-my son, Roy, and started
west on the Borderland to attend the
Vanderbilt races at Santa Monica, Calf.
Before starting we made a schedule
providing for night stops at Huachuca,
Buckeye, Dome or Yuma, Dixieland and
San Diego early afternoon Of Thurs
day.
Nothing of moment occurred on the
Sunday drive except that we fairly
flew over the splendid road running
south from Rodeo for number of
miles We stopped one hour at ROdeO,
and ate lunch; stopped in Douglas Is
minutes for gas and oil and then
started for Huachuca, Siding or Turner
pOstoffice by way of Hereford or the
days run at 6:15. The distance from
Deming to Huachuca is 1888 miles
and we drove it in 9:20, averaging
nearly "A miles an hour.
The Stop at Huachuca.
We expected poor accommodations
and were agreeably surprised to find
good beds and rooms. The food was
good, and, although there were no
liveried walters, we were served by
a slant eyed son Of China, which helped
10 mOdern1Ze the service.
Leaving Huachuca Monday morning
at $500 we soon passed Empire ranch
and rapidly driving the Live Oak
draw, we were soon passing over the
Santa Rita mountains. The writer has
seen much of the beauty spots Of the
west but knows none with more quiet
pastoral beauty than can be seen on
this short mountain drive It is a land
scape gem, created by the great master
artist and OF such beauty and quality
as to defy its production on canvas
Leaving Vail we took the new stnate
road to Tucson arriving at II o'clock.
Taking so minutes for lunch we ar
rived at Florence at 2:10 and stopped
10 minutes for gas.
State Highway Poor.
From Florence we took the state
road to Mesa and committed our first
route error; the road is simply an
abominatiOn and time killer, because
of unbridgedt washes and I think I
lost at least 80 minutes When
come back I will sure take the old
route. We finally reached Phoenix at
400, and, stopping 20 minutes, drove
on and reached the Long hotel in Buck
eye at o'clock, finishing MONDAYS
drive Of 1924 miles in $40 and having
averaged for the day a little over "a
miles an hour
tuesday morning was drilling with
ram and we also had a flat tire, but
got away at ga rather late start.
For many miles the roads were slim
perry, but we got along fairly well and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

20 bv. then on up the Devil canyon
grade, past Mountain Springs, with
dashing rain in our faces and the wa
ter Just racing and tumbling down the
mountain side. Believe me, we drove
close to the rock wall on the side and
kept away from the precipice as far
as the road would permit We reached
WarTenS at 1880, ate good meal ana
started on at 1890 for San Diego and
still it rained, rained and rained- You
can imagine the joys of that drive,
Slamming that stripped car through
water. mud and flying sand; lodging
Washouts where the road shoulder had
washed and caved away. Although
car behind US went over the bank be-
tween DalZura and San Diego, killing
one and severely iniuring two persons,
We had no trouble except water driv-
ing through the radiator and affecting
the magnetic at times and sand pocket
ing and locking the shifting lever
twice. San Diego certainly looked good
when we arrived, as we were soaked
with water, literally plastered with
mud and sand and in a generally fused
up condition.
Roads All Washed Out.
A bath, dry clothing and a good hot
meal and we were apparently as good
as ever. The rainfall over those noun
talnS yesterday was reported as nearly
three inches. we think it is an error.
as we are sure it was at least a foot.
As both roads north from San Diego
were washed out in places and impas-
sable for anything that could not float
at times, we left our car in the garage
and came to Los Angeles by train. To-
night we are marOOned here as all
trains are abandoned and flood condi-
tons apparently becoming worse.
Notwithstanding the fierce storm
mountain grades and dangerous road
because of the storm, we ran from
Dixieland to San Diego in $50, a dis
lance of 109 miles, and averaged over
that mountain road in a heavy storm
almost 16 miles an hour.
Fast Route
On the entire run from Deming to
San Diego, the time was 40 hours and
i've minutes: distance, $50 miles: aver
age speed, PA miles an hour This
time, taken in connection with my
time made in January of 2252 miles
an hour from Amarillo to Ell Paso.
again demonstrates the feasibility of
the BOrderland as a transcontinentaI
route, especially as the part Of the
route covered contains all the noun
tain and desert sections. believe that
the general character of the road is
now so good, that even my old car IN
der normal weather and road cOndi-
lions, can run from Dodge City to
san Diego and average from % to %
miles an hour for the distance
Had not that second deIdge broken
loose, W would nave run from Dixie
land to san Diego at a speed of upward
OF 20 n lies an hour and would have
driven into Los Angeles before night
instead Of being forced to stop in San
Diego.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
: HELPFUL HINTS
, TO THE MOTORISTS
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Service from tires may be increased by
changing the front tires to the rear and tbss
rear tires to the front after reasonable wear
The rear tires work under the driving strain
and wear out more rapidly. The front tires
simply roll and have less work TO do nv
changing the rear tires forward the service
from these may be increased consider nv
y :. y
When installing tire chains IT is mt ad
visable to have them too tight IF fbe
chains are held in fixed position the tread
Of the tire is apt to be loosened at tbese
points. II the chain is slightly loose IT viii
work around to different positions and cause
less injury to the tread
p =
After a car has been standing for some
time in storage it is advisable to remove
all the old gasoline before filling A Gusn
tty Of stale gasoline left in the tank will
cause the motor to act very badly Tor some
time
When the top is up there is 1isuallv a
rev lncnes or space between the windshield
and top This space is often sufficient TO
cause d1Sagreeable draught when facing
a heavy storm A small curtain attached
from the top to the upper part OF the wind
shield viii eliminate this draught and af-
ford more comfort to the party at the
In very cold weather care should be taken
to use light grades Of lubricants in The
transmission and axle The grease in these
parts is supposed to work into the various
recesses and bearings to properly lubricste
same. II a heavy grade Of grease is 1Ised
some Of the bearing surfaces NAV not be
properly fabricated.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
NEW TRACK RECORDS
OFFICIALLY ALLOWED

At meedng. Of the contest board held at
the board allowed and accepted the follow
ing official one mile circular dirt track
records:
50 miles -45:s2. DisbrOw. Simplex, De-
troit Sept. 20. 1912
200 miles-S:21:4S. Milford, Mason. Col
umbus. July 4, 1913
The contest board went on record as be-
ing in favor Of embracing in the 1914 con-
test rules classificatiOns and regulations
governing cyclecar contests and manufac-
turers. The Cyclecar Manufacturers assoc
citation was invited to name a representative
to serve upon the advisory committee of
the contest board
The following dates were assigned for
automobile contests during the coming sea-
son, those marked having been officially
sanctioned and the others being tentative
dates contingent upon proper completion Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
PECOS VALLEY AUTO
ASSOCIATION FORMED

Pecos, Texas, Feb. 2S-The Pecos
valley Automobile association has been
organized on a permanent basis. DR..
". H. Moore was elected president; E.
u Balcom, vice president; H. B. Link.
secretary, and H. G. Cooke, treasurer.
Ihlrty five members were enrolled at
the time of the organization, and this
number will be increased to some thing
over 100 within the next 20 days. The
new association enthusiastically EN-
dorsed the proposition of completing
highway along the T. & P from Fort
Worth to Ell PasO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

" HE All Southern Transcontinental
Highway is a success and the
route is going to be one of the
most popular in America. When I was
in Ell Paso last October 5 and 6, en-
route west, pathfinding this tour,
was able to tell The Herald that, in
the matter of getting real work under
way, $4,000, 900 had been raised up to
that time. It will be good news to you
to know that as a result of my round trip.
the final total became $4,000
Along the route Of the Ali Southern we
now have a concrete or macadam, or btu
lithic or shell road either completed or in
process from 100 miles west Of Dallas to
within few miles Of New Orleans. From
Mineral Wells to FL PasO we have not so
continuous a stretch. but there is an i'm
mense amount of work being done to add
to the pleasures of tourists. From New
Orleans to Atlanta, by way Of Mobile, Mont
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
Seven and a Half Million
For All Southern Highway
By E. L. FERGUSON,
Pathfinder All Southern
Highway

our Much work sBdugD
Nitwsan Observations Tou. We @ O1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
PROBLEMS
ARE SOLVED HERE
Able the Agent
By WILLIAM H. STEWART, j.

Who President Of the Stewart Automobile Academy Of New York
City, is regarded as the leading authority in Motor
Car Education IN this country.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28
Going to the Santa Monica Auto Races;
Fastness of BorderIand Demonstrated
y g. Il. LESTER

t6eThne- Croan Mammoth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

Let solve your motoring problems discuss your comments
Tell Of your experiences for the benefit the other fellow
Corresponding invited for publication every Weekend.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-28

Motoring Department, The Herald-Ts
there any value in using chains on the front
wen the rear wheeIs2 l. p n
Chains on the front wheels facilitate steer
ing in bad going A chain on one front
wheel VIII answer the purpose well under
Ordinary conditions to prevent the front
wheels from skidding
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11

born. 1889" March Is, Lady Monta-
guc's son inoculated for smallpox"
Nay IA, Vaccination first tried
1885,: June q, CDR. Carroll submit
ted to yellow-fever experiment; etc.
Opposite each monthly table is ap age
CT short paragraphs on some specific
disease-problem. January, for in
stance, is devoted to smallpox; Feb
ruarv to pneumonia; March to typhoid
fever; April to malaria; May 20
:nfantile mortality; June to flies;
July to typhoid; August to hook
worm; September to diptheria; Octo-
Der to scarlet fever, measles and
whooping- cough; November to colds,
and December to tuberculosis.
Additional pages contain directions
for the care and feeding of infants,
information regarding typhoid vaccine
and typhus antitoxin, and birth and
death registration.
The North Carolina state board OF
health almanac follows the same gen
eral plan, but contains interspersed
proverbs, admonitions and sugges-
tions. Some of these "healthgrams'
are deserving of mention. "Ventilate
don't hibernate" "An open window
is better than an open grave" Sun
shine is Gods best germ-destroyed."
"lloss colds are catching" "Fresh air,
rest and good food are the only cures
fer consumption" ''The only bad
night-air is last nights" "'Cures' TO-
consumption guarantee only one
thins-death." "a city's most valu-
able asset is wholesome water" "a
good iron pump costs less than "a case
of typhoid "God bless the man who
first invented screens!" 'The only
GOOD fly in dead fly" "Prevent able
diseases are born of ignorance.
Don't take medicine for sleepless-
ness-take bath"
The alternating pages are filled
with short forceful paragraphs on
multitude of differen subjects The
value of the almanac as an educa-
tional agent is evident, says The
Journal of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION. Frequently referred to IN
every household and preserved
throughout the year, the educational
matter in it has much better OPP
nortunity to sink into the minds OF the
neon,a than it would have if contain
ed in a regular bulletin or health
pamphlet. The health almanac
offers an admirable opportunity 10
state boards of health to preach their
gospel every dy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to it's normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caus-
ed by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11

by such frantic appeals as Hobson
made to them merely shows that you
cannot fool all the people all the time.
The people of Alabama simply re-
fused to stampede on the prohibition
question and the effort of Hobson to
use that question to his personal ad-
vantage. They remembered Under
woods long service in Congress and
the rewards that had come to him
through duty we'll performed, and
they decided to hold on to the sub
stance of worth and proven ability
rather than to seek the shadow Of
pretense and htlmbuggery that was
daily paraded before their eyes.
Mr.. Underwood is TO be congratu-
lated upon the overwhelming success
he achieved, and the people of Ala
bama are no less to be congratulated
upon the wisdom and discriminating
foresight they displayed in making
their choice. And while the Democ-
racy of the country is rejoicing that
Underwood is not to be retired from
the public service, it may well ponder
the LOSS of his able leadership of his
party in the house of representatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11
HEALTH ALMANACS

Three years ago the Virginia state
beard of health issued Its Ilrsl
"Jealth Almanac" New editions nave
been issued every year since. Sever
al other states have followed the
Same plan. The almanacs for Virgin
ia and North Carolina for 1914 are
particularly attractive.
In the Virginia calendar the fami-
liar monthly tables, giving the dayA
of the week and the month, the time
OF rising and setting of the sun ana
moon. and the moons changes, con-
tain important dates in which, so 1ai
as possible, items of scientific inter-
est have been substituted for the
rackneyed entries in the old-tme
almanac.
For instance, under January 70 Is
the entry. edward Jenner, born 1879
February -, Darwin born. loo9 ;
February IS, John Hunter porn
res; March 1s, Joseph Prlestls
-rk
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11
SOME SENSE AND
SOME NONSENSE

The vicar advertised for an organ
list the other day. Among the replies
he received was the following:
Dear Sir-I notice that you have
a vacancy for an organist and music
teacher, either lady or gentleman.
Having been both for several years,
l beg to apply for the position
Tit-Bits.
An American motoring through a
small Scotch town was pulled up for
excessive speed.
Didn't you see that notice, Dead
Slow?'" inquired the policeman.
Course l did," returned the
Yankee, "but l thought it referred to
your burned little town. london
Evening Standard.
Teacher Ito scholar)-Johnny
what is cube?
Johnny-A cube is solid, sur
rounded by six equal squares.
Teacher-Right! Willie, now what
is a cone?
Wi3lie-A cone? Why,-a cone is
era funnel stuffed with ice cream
People Home Journal.
Teacher-Bobbie Hicks, why don't
you take off your ear-muffs in school:
i3obbie-Cause the water pipes
froze up and we couldn't wash this
mcrning.-Boston Transcript
Mrs. Kawler-So you're a grown-ul
son in New York. Is he doing well
there?
Mrs. Blunderby-My boy is doing
splendid. He's working in the offics
of an artichoke, a man who draws
houses, you know.-Boston Tran
script
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11
PRESS OPINIONS
HELPING THE MAYNARD.
dallas JOurnal.)

Talk of F.>ping the hayward girls
to make good is to be crystalllzed
into affirmative action when, at some
time during the present month, the
Dallas County Girls Industrial Home
will open it's doors. The institution
will be the first of it's kind the
State of Texas. Dallas county IS
honored by its primacy in this field
of useful en6eavor. It is not to be a
public institution in the sense hat 1t
will receive support from any pubic
treasury, except that the Commits
sioners' Court of Dallas county has
agreed to appropriate 500 a month in
aid of the work. The remainded OF
the fund must be raised by the Dallas
CITY Federation of Women's CLUBS,
which has undertaken. the manage
ment and support of the home. 1t Is
proposed to do this by securing mem
bers. each of whom shall pledge him
self to contribute small sum annual
". 1t is worthy work, and me
Evening journal bespeaks for 1t con-
sideration at the hands OF all citizens
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-11
ZALEUCUS AND
CHRIST
BY H. A. STOWELL

About six hundred and sixty years
before the coming of Christ, Zaleu-
Gus, king Of the Locri, compiled the
ed. For one of the practices it pre-
scribed the penalty consisted in put
ting out the culprit's eyes. Before
this law had been slong in existence
and while Zaleucus was still on the
throne, there was brought before him,
charged with violation, his own Sol.
His guilt was demonstrated.
We can imagine the feeling of the
father He had made the law and he
had to pronounce sentence. Acquit
that son he could not without show
ing partially, weakness and exposing
himself, perhaps, to the scorn of the
witnesses. Yet he was a father be-
fore he was judge and, by natural
law, the paternal instinct is stronger
than the judicial. There, indeed, was
test meet for the strongest And
Zaleucus met it in way which not
only maintained the integrity of the
law but which also furnished the
world with such an example of pa
ternal love as will be an inspiration
to mankind forever.
In mercy to that erring son he de-
creed that but one of his eyes should
be blinded while he, the guildless IA
Their, would satisfy the demand of
the law VIGOROUSLY by ransoming the
sons other eye with one of his own.
Thus was the penalty paid in full
although but half Of it came through
him from whom all of it was due.
Yet a punishment may be mental as
we'll as physical. Is it not probable
that every time the son saw or
thought of the sacrifice the father
had made in his behalf he suffered
g keener remorse than would have
been the case if all the penalty had
been visited upon himself? And
on the part of the father arouse in
the heart OF that erring son for him
such a devotion, such a reverence as
he had never fel. before?
So too where he, had he had to
bear the penalty alone, might have
esteemed it too great might have
hardened himself against the Judge
and the law, and might have plunged
into further misunderstanding not
for the consequences-wou not the
course that was taken with him, the
mercy that was shown him, inspire
him with the determination TO lead
better life and would not that ter
rible blot on the face OF his father,
showing how the innocent must SUI
fer to save the guilty, make him
.oathe and forswear the sin which
had been indirectly the cause OF it?
Zaleucus, however, had the hear.
of but human father and the range
of his sacrificial love was limited to
the one, to whom he was. bound by
the tie of paternty-and in whose
wellbeing his own happiness mea-
surably centered. The prescribed
practice for which this penalty an
swered was common and We may be