El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-07
Bucki1g Snow Part OF
Trip Here From RosWel
Los Angeles Man Writes Of His Experiences in Making
an Automobile Run to Ell Paso Over the BOrderland
Route-Has Trouble 25 Miles Out of FL Paso
and One Of the Party Has to Walk to
This City For Assistance.

? " had no impression on the snow lodged
there. We got busy with our shoVels and
laid our sand canvases on the snow Tor the
car to run on round those turns and by
strenuous pulling on the part Of the car and
showing by the occupants by n4csAIh6 uP ana
making runs ahead we finally FORCED our
way to harder footing, only to have to do
it over again on the next turn
This canyon was three miles long and 1t
took US two hours and five minutes to go
through it, after which we climbed up and
up through the slushy mud and rapidly
melting snow to the summit Of the noun
tains and then down the western slope
through similar going until we got out of
the snow belt at the indian reservation of
Mescalero.
The road from there to Tularosa is very
AlamOgOrdO a good graded road from which
point to AlamogordO it was a gravelsd road,
excepting through La Luz.
We have decided to tie up here though
It is quite early, and drive on to FL Paso
tomorrow, as we couldn't make it today by
daylight, and there is no stopping place en-
route. and we don't care to camp, for the
nights as we are informed, are very cold,
though the days are warm
Apache Indian Tepees.
We were much interested in seeing the
Apache indian tepees on the hilIsides around
the reservation. They are built, true to
their traditions conicaI in shape. with a
hole in the top for the smoke to go out Of
M enly oeVlaIlon being that canvas Is
used IN place Of skins. Where the canvas
is fastened together, after being drawn
around the poles, they still fasten it with
skeWers made Of wood.
The interior of the one we were in had
two pallets or beds Of resilient bows and
covered with blankets and AngOra goat
skins with the wool on a few crude cook
ing utensils and some earthenware indian
jugs q coffee mill and last, but not least
a mirror, a can Of taleum powder and
bar Of soap, with few articles Of cloth
ing, completed its furnishing. Nothing on
the floor save dirt and fire smoldering in
its ashes in the center. They are about II
feet across at the bottom. pegged down
tight to the ground all around and about
ID teet to the apex, which forms a chimney
We stopped en- route at Tularosa for
lunch, a typical New Mexican adobe town
the center Of a well irrigated district using
water from the Muscalero creek
Hotel Sheldon. FL Paso. Tex, Jan. 70
We left AlamogOrdO at 6:85 a. m. upon the
morning Of the 10th for FL PasO, 100 miles
away. over comparatively level road ana
reached here today at $3.50. You will saw I
know that we were pretty slow, but we
weren't We made the first IS miles in
rafting good time and the last SIS miles
IN two hours and 40 minutes, and didn't
boil the water.
Ran Out Of Extras.
You no doubt wonder why I don't tell
you what happened in the middle of the
desert but I am going to tell Won
now; am going to wait until see you
and let you guy me to my face but I will
promise hereafter to be like the wise vir-
gins Of biblical fame, and see that NV
lamps are trimmed and I have plenty Of
extras
Frank walked IS miles to Ell Paso for
assistance for us and returned about mid
night. Meantime, we camped on the desert
and conserved our water and sandwiches
and walked around to keep warm