El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-31
FEW AUTO TRIPS
MADE ON SUNDAY
Memorial Day and Tennis
Tournament Counter At
fractions; Dam Trips.

Memorial day at the cemeteries and
/ Fort Bliss and the finals in the south
western tennis tournament at the
Country club were the counter attrac-
tions Sunday which kept the FL Paso
motorists off of the road for the Usual
Sunday trips to the mountains. up and
down the valley and TO the Elephant
Butte dam.
AT Evergreen and Fort Bliss sunday
morning the autos We're parked around
the speakers stands and along the
nearby roads and drives. The old vet
Grams OF the north and south were
taken TO the GENE terry in autos donated
by the Fl PasOans and from there to
Fort Bliss in the same cars. Autos
were also used in carrying The veterans
10 the Fort Bliss cemetery IN the sfter-
noon for the Spanish War Veterans
memorial exercises.
Cars TO Country Club.
In the afternoon many drove out TO
the Country club to watch the final
play IN the tennis tournament and after
that took the visiting tennis players TO
their trains or down the valley for a
ride In the cool OF the evening.
There were fewer auto trips out OF
the city Sunday than at any time since
the spring touring started Many drove
down TO 4sleta curing the late after
noon and evening out only a rev ven
Iured onto the upper valley road be-
cause Of its condition. The rim Of the
mesa was a favoriue place for short
auto trips Sunday, the cars driving
along the rim and out through -Aern
Place addition.
J. r. segan to. Dam.
Mr.. and Mrs. !. r. Segall motored 10
Elephant Butte dam Sunday, returning
Monday The trip was made in their
JefIreys car
Leaving II Paso Thursday morning
at seven % ciOck. a party Of FL Pasoans
made the trip 10 Elephant Butte in
Tour autos. returning Friday evening.
The party arrived at the dam at five
o clock Thursday evening and reached
IL PaSO Friday evening at ten o'clock
The members of the party We're: Mr.
and Mrs. R. L Norris and family N !
their Buick touring car; J. II. Ellis ana /
family IN Buick touring car; Rev. Y. /
J. Wade, Rev. ". T. Hatchel and fam !
lIy and Rev 5. 1. Holloway, in Rev |
-Ar- Wade's Ford touring car; \. :. /
Howard and family in Mr. Towards J
Alssel car Mr. Howard had one pune 1
Jure on the return trip; this was the .
only accident OF the trip.
Two cars OF Il FasOans made the
trip to Elephant Butte dam the end OF /
the week Mr. and Mrs J. R Mcleod /
went IN their Buick car and Mr.. and
mrs. !; Hise Myers made the trip in
lhelr hrlL ear with their son, Robert
rage Myers, Billy Page and Fleming
rage They went 10 the dam Thursday Z
and returned Saturday night
M anu MIS- = ID McMuuen chaDer- Z
oned party Of young people TO EIe- |
phant Butte dam Saturday. returning !
Sunday night. The party made the
Trip IN the Ford automobiles of L o. I
Blunt and G. O. Everman- In the party
were Misses Madeline Fisk. Isabelle !
Valentine, Eleanor Price. Messrs. Raw ..
Pritchett L o. Blunt and G. o. Ever
nan.
To Dripping Springs.
-Four cars left Saturday morning for
a. trip TO Dripping Springs. returning
by way Of COX's ranch Sunday night
In the party were Mr. and Mrs Lee
JrndofI and family 1nd Mr.. and Mrs
George Pugh, in a Velie- Mr. and Mrs !
D. r. AIurchison and Mr.. and Mrs. ".
T. CASTOR in a Studebaker- Mr. and /
Mrs H. P Jackson and family and Mr.. I
md Mrs. R n Dudley in a Chandler.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Billings, driving /
heir Hupmobile, made the trip 10 Clint /
sunday They had as their guests Mr.. /
md Mrs. George Robertson En- route !
'ack they stopped at the Valley Inn .
I Tsleta-