Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-20
COAST-TO-COAST TOURISTS NOW
 IN BISBEE
Heavily Laden Machines Make
 Record. Run. From. Douglas; BorderIand Is the Best Route
 to Come 0yer,. They. Declare

Driving from Douglas to Bisbee in matter Of thirtytwo minutes, only few minutes behind the time made by the Fl Paso to Phoenix racers last fall two machines carrying coast to coast tourists arrived in. Bisbee last evening The party is composed of Raoul F. Le Mat and Marguerite Gale of New York, driving a Stutz Bear Cat; and Stanley James, Sig G. Dor ensten and Big Bnl schneck, mechan- ic in @ National
 The motorists are out to win the trophy called the Spirit of the Lincoln Highway This trophy is given to the first automobilists who make the trip from New York to San Francisco, and at the present time, the Bear Cat and National are far in the lead.
 The trophy itself is a work of art and is by the well known sculptor. ! '. s. V. Dunbar, and was posed for by Gilbraith. standard bearer of the h. dianapolis Tourist
 All of the travellers express their gladness at getting into the southwest and particularly into Arizona. where they say they have encountered the best roads Of the trip. Furthermore. 1t Is said by the party that there is httle or no chance Co make the trip across the continent at this time of the year by any other route than over the Borderland.
 The party left New York City on January and has heen travelling ev. CT since. On some days, according to their logs very short distances were negotiated. Blzzerds. storms. Hoods and every other conceivable obstacle seemed to appear in the way but the trip was made in spite of them The east, at this time of the year. and previously. is in terrible shape for 1 motorists The tourists tell stories or many times they were pulled ont or the hole, how many fences thev rode over and how many telegraph poles they nearly sheared. As an ev. ample of the general weather condi. tons along the route. 1t took tbe mar. " Ilfteen days to cross fhe state os >''hsaa when five days Al inc r,ost iS considered good time.
 In speaking Of the roads encopptar. eu so Tar in Arizona nothing but praise IS forthcoming or the road between Douglas and Bisbee on which tba roo. oru time of thirty-two minutes wac made yesterday with heavily 1osdod llachlnes the travellers were ayooad lnsly enthusiastic.
 or the west as a whole the tourists speak kindly They say that in all of their troubles with bad weather and worse roads, they have found the peo. ple or the country through which they travelled, to be the most kindly and i ever ready to help the tourists out os a predicament.
 The best road. as a whole travelled over since the departure was modo rom the city of Washington. has peen had since Albuquerque New neAlco' From there on down tbrongb the Rio Grande valley to Socorro ana thence into Deming the roads have been very good When Arizona ,yas aI asFuoR the roads immediately improy.
 The tourists will leave today for ucson Phoenix and the coast. going by the way of San Diego. Their log DOOR carries total mileage of 3446 miles, not including side trips. They expect their log to total a matter of 45oO miles before the trip is complet. l ed
 All unite in telling of many interest ing experiences, and all are decidedly or the opinion that Arizona. at this ,line or the year particularly, is the pest state in the union to travel in