The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-12
GALLUP ROADSMEN
RECOVER FROM
Ill FEELING
Sellers Spends Day COnvinc-
ing Them That Service Has
Been Done City In Not
Sending Tourists That Way

Gallup. y. NJ. July ii-Gallup
good road boosters. which includes
every mentally active man In thin
town. arise IN chorus to assert that
Albuquerque has not given Gallup a.
iuif deal ia the matter 81 tourist trait
tie west bound. and that Albuquerque.
has not how the interest due e.
ncighbor in the road most of interest
To- Gallup. the National ola Trails.
road. which follows the rails OF the.
santa Fc railroad from Albuquerque
To- the carbon city. Flagstan and
Grand Canyon.
one whole day of the time ~ COL.
g. IS. %. sellers was required here.
saturday to convince Gallup people
that Albuquerque has not practiCcd
discrimination against this town in
routing west bound motor tourists via
~pringortiIlc. out has actually done
Gallup great service iu saving tho
knock certain 10 be given the old
Trails trail until It's rough spaces
have been ironcd out and DO becomes
90 road an the way AS good as that
between Rlucwatcr ana the Arizona
line. That colonel Sellers was able
ju do that ls but another proof Of his
|HhN NIIN|IE pow VS. IHA 'NNlINH was
mad. mad all the way through, and
WIS NOT iu the least slow about letting
t4, feeling become public. Certain
business men had even prepared a
rope with which tu lynch Colonel Sell
l.rs in hi- homo town.
prcf,rriug Co Dee lynchcd away
from home the colonel came out to-
Gallup yesterday 90 square o.; and Ac
dIl just that. Following o. busy day,
part uf which was spent with G. c..
Manning. chairman ui the county road
uuIrd. looking Jt roads built and pro-
posed. Colonel SELLERS induced "a group
OF nu.iuo~- men. gathered in their
attractive riiy club house saturday
uIght fu admit that To- service and not
o. wrong has been lone this city In
keeping tourists oft tho Dld Trail.
pending tur IRONING out process men
toned above. u was 30 strenuous duS
@uf fh, premier road booster. and one
BOO which h, dHI good work for Albu-
uu'ruuc 100 healing numerous sore
places charged up Geo the metropolis
ono ihIng the colonel failed 20
.uuN Gallup tu Doc wrong un. This
d.. fh, charge hat Albuquerque has
ruf taken thr pains % should to en-
ruurt-, and hasten buIldlnr uI tho
DII Trails rutI Geo tho west. This
.nbr-" happens Zoo Doe true u buck
Iua 'hD truth is 3s hard a game iu
GALLUP l- fu}wu'r, else.
THE ui.t ls that the old Trails
ruuip D.. ui rU.to ta much Importance
go NIHHHupruur as Go Gallup and tina
BOO upaIr.uug Its completion Albupucr-
uu. Hta overlooked her own Interests
Iu two YER. serious directions. one
h'uE th, matter ui more tourists. and
tine uth,. being the wounded tccllnss
ul Gallup
Keep 100 mind that Gallup takes it's
auud roads dnp, seriously and 800 mo-
spirit of speculative mcrrtWcut. one
docs mot hear o. dispiragIug re-
marks here about the good roads
booster llr BE-. rather. the popu-
I1r % u and everybody is 100 the pop
ultr IDIOT business, $50 lar ns roads are
concerned. The chairman of tho
board of county commissioner Is the
owner of One of the bIggyst raragc.
300 the state and knows what good
road. values are. The chairman of
the count. road board is % busy mcr-
chant who sacrifices AN his time tu
IDtN, supervision cot she county's
more than r"u miles of good. mad aud
indifferent highways, and every ono
else iu Gallup is definitely ana ag-
excessively i1 IN, road promoting bus
mess.
Zoe thu deviation t1 the cause OF
roads Gallup Is shoviug good sense.
for the town be- the western NrN Mex.
l.u oud of % national highN0y which
t~ItTHufI1. must tY.UTUT rHH .f .f mot