The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-25
COLO. BOOSTERS
HERE YESTERDAY
SHIP AUTOS HOME AND CON-
TlNUE JOURNEY BY RAIL RIDE
OVER CITY.

ility run, spent Saturday night and
yesterday morning in this city. They
came over the Frisco from Durant
Saturday night, and yesterday morn
ing members of the Chamber of Com
merce took them for a ride over the
city and entertained them until they
left for Oklahoma City yesterday at
11:55 a. IN. After having successfully
covered the 1850 miles from Pixies
Peak to the Gulf in a strenuous eleven
day trip, the Coloradoans were greet
en- on the first day of their home.
ward journey with some of the heavi
est floods in the history of Texas. Six
inches of rain in one afternoon caused
them the first night out of Houston, on
the way to San Antonio, to leave their
autos in the road in water too deep
for autos to negotiate, Deciding, how
yer, in spite of the floods and the mud
to continue just as far as possible,
lHcy dSdlh lOOh up INC JOuihSS NCu'
nesday morning, May 20, but in three
hours were able to cover only ten
miles from El Campo to Louise, in
many places of which they found
water two to three feet deep on the
road. Swollen streams, with long
stretches of road covered with from
two to ten feet of water prevented
further progress, and the only thing
left was to load the autos on board
and send them back by rail to Colora-
do.
Members of the party, however, ue-
cided to carry out the original itin-
erary of the sociability tour as far as
possible.
The Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma
Sociability tour was planned for the
purpose of bringing the people of
these states into closer touch with
each other, of creating greater inter
est in the good roads movements and
particularly in the development of
great highways connecting these
states of the southwestern empire.
In having successfully reached the
Gulf of Mexico, we feel that one of
the principal objects of the tour has
been accomplished because we have
not only demonstrated the feasibility
of this route, but have given publicity
to the many attractions and advant-
ages of touring in the rapidly devel-
oping southwest. On the whole the
roads in Colorado to the Gulf were
surprisingly good considering the fact
that we followed the heaviest storms
in the history of Texas. In places We
did find some poor roads, but the en-
couraging feature is that in practical
ly every one of these counties work is
already under way or else bonds have
been voted for road improvement
This means that within a year or two
there will be in reality a graded pas
sable highway stretching from the
mountains of Colorado, 1900 miles or
more to the Gulf of Mexico.
while we are keenly disappointed
in having been compelled by road and
weather conditions to leave our autos,
we feel that we went to the very last
inch. 1t was only when we found that
rivers had overflowed and severed
roads for long stretches to a depth of
from two to twelve feet that we final
ly gave up the plan of covering the
entire trip by auto. We could not
a abandon the tour entirely and did the
next thing and are making the home
ward journey by rail, following as
closely as possible the original timer
airy. 1t is our hope that they may be
later another automobile sociability
tour from Colorado to Oklahoma
points.
at is impossible for us to express
our appreciation of the hospitality that
mas been extended all along the line
md it has been most gratifying to see
he great interest in good roads and
he general desire for closer cooper
,tion between the states of the south
vest"
Following are those who spent Sat
lrday night and yesterday morning in
he city: ]. W. Atkinson, hotel pro
,rietor; L. A. Puffer, president OF
oufer-Tucker Wholesale Grocery Co.,
}. II. Shop. manager Manitou Springs
Mineral Water Co.; II. II. Stevens, ho-
el proprietor; Z. J. Eaton, president
Colorado Springs Savings Bank; c. II.
Dudley, attorney; DR.. G. A. Boyd
physician; " r. Brumbach, president
Ianitou Incline railway; 3. \. Banta.