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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
Texas Road Bonds
To S6. 4O0.000 Value

At the recent meeting of the BeXar
County Highway League, at San An
tonic, Texas, secretary D. Z. COlp made
an interesting report in which he said:
During the past year your secretary
has attended and taken part in 165
good roads meetings. Business men OF
San Antonio have assisted, in siXty-five
OF these meetings. Actual returns in
bond issues. S2,336.OOO; federal money
for the post road, $4,000, making
total Of S2,416,00O. Total amount of
bonds voted for the entire state, S6,40O,-
O00. The two bond issues in Wilson
county and one in Kendall county were
the only bond issues voted in Texas
since cotton dropped to 6 cents; for
that reason We consider these people
the most generous of any counties in
need of bond issues, as they have not
only provided money to build their
roads. but have provided work for all
who need it and will take their roads
for about 65 per cent Of the cost Of
what it would be if conditions were
normal"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

points. That the number will steadily
increase is the statement made by club
officials.
Data gathered at Los Angeles hotels
by the touring information depart
ment of the Auto club shows that the
number of motorists registering from
the east during the latter part of 1914
and the first week of 1915 has in
creased at least so per cent. Thirty
transcontinental parties have register
ed recently at a single hotel
Europe, Too.
But taken as the best indication Of
a remarkable crOsscOntnent for the
exposition year is the number of re-
quests received at the Auto club from
eastern affiliated organizations and in
dividuals for information on the vari-
Gus routes to the coast. From Euro
pean points, England and Canada
these requests have come. and have in
many instances been followed by the
announcement that the writer was on
his way to California.
The general influx Of motor cars is
not expected until well into the
spring, when the eastern roads are Op-
ened after the heavy SHOWS Of winter.
At this time it is expected that the
main transcontinetal highway viii
be signposted at least from Kansas
City west, and late in the summer,
from New York City.
Gas Bill Big.
More than S7,500,000 viii probably
be expended for gasoline alone by the
motor car travellers. according to an
estimate made by the route and map
service department of the California
Auto club. In addition to this vast
sum, millions viii be spent in Califor-
MIA during stOpoyers here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
WOULD TEST ALL ROAD BUILD
ING MATERIAL SCIENTIFICALLY

Austin Tex, Jan 16.-Jas P. Nash,
testing engineer in charge OF the
roads materials testing LABORATORY
of the University Of Texas, insists upon
the Importance of subjecting material
to be used in building permanent roads
to laboratory tests to determine their
a material to be satisfactory for
road building" he says, must nave
the following qualities: hardness'
toughness, and a sufficient resistance
to wear to Withstand the impact OF
horses hOOfs and the wearing action
of the steel tires of heavy vehicles.
The surface Of a road must be compact
and cemented so as to resist the action
of rain and wind, to keep the stones IN
pIace and to protect the subgrade. The
degree to which a material contains
these properties is the index Of its
value in road construction.
conditions of traffic must be def
initely known, of course, before de
termining how hard, or tough or re
sistant to wear a material should be
for the construction of a particular
road.
THE roads testing laboratory at the
University is. so far as ] know, the
best equipped this side of Washington,
D C., for making all these tests Of road
material as well as for testing the
cementing value of road material
Eve have on hand now for testing
above $50 samples, and more are com
ing in Accurate records are kept Of
each test made. so that when suf-
ficient number of tests have been made
and their results tabulated, we shall
he able to publish the tests of Texas
materials for guidance of road builders
in Texas. In the meantime we test
free of charge any road material sent
to US from Texas points and make rec
concentrations concerning the same"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
BORDER[ANDIS /
IN fine SHAPE
Tourists Going to California
Find Good Roads Over
It West of Here.

In direct contrast to the article
printed a week previous regarding the
impassability Of the northern route
through Arizona to Los Angeles, the
Los Angeles Examiner Of last Sunday
prints the news of two parties who
arrived there over the BOrderland with
out trouble. Yet, the Automobile club
of southern California headquarters
at Los Angeles, continues to boom and
boost the Needles route to the exclu-
sion Of all others.
Telling Of a trip just completed over
the BOrderland, the Examiner last Sun
day said:
Roads between Phoenix and Los An
geles are in good condition for this
time of year, according to Jimmy VIII
son, who drove his Mercer speedster
from Phoenix to Los Angeles by way
of San Diego last week. OF course,
the washes are in bad shape, due to
the high water, and this has given
trouble to many drivers whose cars
did not have the power 20 get across
the streams.
several cars were stalled in the
washes beyond Yuma, and required the
assistance of teams to get them out
but the Mercer came through with
nothing worse than a ducking for car
and driver.
.aThe roads in San Diego and Imperial
counties are in good shape, except Just
after a heavy rain. Much work has
Deen done on LulS ul6uhe-gf do LLAe II d.
fic is heavy the year around
Between San Diego and Los Ange-
les the inland route is in fine shape
Wilson made the trip in six hours and
says it is just a matter of how fast
one cares to drive
OF another tour made over the same
route. the Examiner says;
Jack Andrews and his wife drove
their Chandler touring car from their
home in Toledo. They followed the
southern route, coming by way Of the
santa Fe trail, Phoenix and Yuma.
y c. Houston of Savannah, Ga, fol-
lowed the alI-sOuthern route through
Texas. New Mexico and southern Arr
iona on his trip from the Atlantic
coast. He found the roads IN western
Texas bad on account of rains, but for
the larger part Of the way good going
was encountered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
GET ONLY TWO PUNCTURES
FROM NEW YORK TO TUCSON

Tucson Ariz., Jan. 16.-FrOm New
York to Tucson with only two tire
punctures was the experience Of Mr. and
Mrs A. Michael automobile tourists,
who arrived here Wednesday. They
considered it very much of a record for
tire durability, considering the distance
and the condition of some of the roads.
They formed one of five automobile
parties which arrived here over the BOr-
derland route on the same day. Two
parties were from Kansas City and
two from Colorado. All left Thursday
for California to see the expOsitions at
San Diego and San Francisco.
The tourists were unanimous in de-
claring the roads in Arizona the best
they had encountered. Michael said he
found DOGGY roads in Louisiana, and
rough going in parts Of Texas and New
Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
EIectrics Take Place Of
Horse Home Guard.

That the British merchant continues
to say Business as usual" when ev-
cry available horse and automobile is
Communicated depends largely upon
his ability to find for his products
transportation facilities which are eX-
empt from government seizure and at
the same time thoroughly efficient for
his own service. With horses as much
out of the question as petrol trucks
the British merchant has found the So
luton in the electric vehicles, which,
while wholly satisfactory for CONNER
ciaI purposes is unsuited for the eX-
igencies of war, so that the merchant
who purchases electric trucks at once
fills all his own requirements and IS
free from government demands as well.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

1915 viii be the greatest touring
year that the L. 6. A. ever saw.
at will result benefcially to the en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
FEDERAL AID PROMISED HIGHWAY;
FL PASO ROAD To RECEIVE help
DR. johnson Says Southern National Highway VIII Run
Through Las Cruces, Lea wing Ell Paso For a Side
Trip; Thinks This Due to Mistake FL Paso
Made in Trying to Kind to Las Cruces.

Simmons and Overman, Col. Bennehan
Cameron and Gov. Craig.
It was decided to test public senti-
ment in the south. Accordingly, Gov.
Craig sent a letter 20 all the southern
governors asking them if they could
join him in writing president Wilson,
asking him to urge the passage of
good roads bill al the winter session
of congress-. The result of this was
that Gov. Craig and ABOUT all Of the
southern governors have called on the
president for road legislation now. and
informed him of the overwhelming de-
mand for it.
Conferences at Capital.
Doctor Johnson came on to Washing
ton. where further conferences were
held with senators, representatives and
cabinet officers. A publicity bureau in
Washington sent out story of the
movement to over 1000 of the leading
dailies all over the United States.
Doctor Johnson says that the prop
OsitiOn has been received with marked
favor in administration circles. SEN
atOr Simmons is among those who be-
lieve in action now. The movement
is receiving support not only because
of the demand for better roads, but
also because the issuance of bonds by
the Federal government and the inaug
uration of road work on a large scale
would seem to offer the most easily
available and practical solution of the
problem of the unemployed. If as is
alleged, there are a million able-bodied
men in the United States without q
job, it is certainly a matter of national
concern. The only excuse the admin
istration can offer for delay in road
legislation is the money stringency due
to the war.
Labor Stringency.
But there is a labor stringency as
well as money stringency. Perhaps
the war situation is the very reason
why road legislation should have the
right Of-way at the present moment.
The governments at war are voting
staggering millions of bonds to be ex-
pended in devastated lands. demolished
cities, Frustrated Industries. blighted
homes in hatred, in slaughter, in set
ting free such destructive forces that
two generations at least will be mort
gagged to sorrow and toll to make good
the loss.
Cannot the United States well af-
ford to issue bonds, not to set free des-
tructive, but constructive forces?" is
the question that is asked and the
proposition is being put up to Presi-
dent Wilson by some of those who
share with him the councils of state.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

- LANS for the greatest transcon-
- tinental tour in the history of
4 motoring have been mapped out
by an indianapolis motor car builder
OF wide repute, and through his eff
forts, it is believed, the year of 1915
viii see hundreds Of automobile own
ers traversing the United States TO san
Francisco and San Diego.
j. j. Cole, president of the Cole Mo-
tor Car company, is the originator Of
this transcontinental tour for Cole
owners TO the Pacific coast. In this
work he is receiving the cooperation
OF the officials of both the san Fran
cisco and San Diego exposition, and
also the aid of the various highway
and good roads associations through
out the country. Twenty Cole owners
already have signified their intention
Of making the trip.
Mr. Cole feels that the motor car has
become the democratic conveyance Of
all the people and has ceased to be in
any way a class equipage; that as such
j. promises to make the future active
" in road building a thing to be regu-
lated almost exclusively by the motor
using people; and that it is high time
for the average motOrist to know eX-
actly what is being done on the plan
for transcOntinental highways Ac-
CordinEly, he is laying plans toward
cavalcade tour Of Cole owners to the
san FRANCISCO anu san -JAG7O CAED9-7
tons.
should Have Information.
Ct believe" says Mr.. Cole, that the
people themselves should have first
hand information about the roads they
are to build and own. / do not believe
that congress or state legislatures
should go ahead building whatever
sort Of roads they see fit, levying un-
explained taxes, and cavorting gener-
ally with the road proposition till the
people themselves have chance TO
pass on their purChases-Or at least
to form some kind of concrete notion
as to what they need and ought to
have.
Il have often thought" continued
Mr. Cole. that if ever there arose an
occasion when the people had real
incentive to tour across the proposed
routes of the big national highways
that everyone in position to help the
movement should lend his encourage
ment. The coming California eEposl-
lions give the very incentive the peo-
pIe have needed. Couple with this the
fact that a great travelling factor Will
now be compelled to tour America VINO
have heretofore spent much time
abroad, and you have the making OF q
real touring year.
Great Touring Year.
1915 viii be the greatest touring
year that the L. s. a. ever saw.
at will result benefcially to the en-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
GREAT TOURS ACROSS country;
MOTORISTS COMING THIS YEAR
Now Is the Time to Put In formation Regarding Good
Roads Before the Public, Says Motor Car Maker;
Ell Paso Can Bring Ma ny Of Them South Over
the Borderland R cute if Il Tries

tire country. too California will not
reap all the benefit Every state will
come in for its share. The wholesale
personal education relative to every
state traversed will result in a distri-
button Of wealth up to this time I'M
known. 1t will result in interstate in
Vestment, which could never come from
merely looking out of car windows.
Americans, as rule. don't buy sight
unseen. Once they have crossed the
country in an open car they will see
for themselves many waiting OppOr-
tunities TO invest proIItabl y-aside
from the fact that they will spend a
great deal of transit purchase money
from which every state will benefit.
To Show Appreciation of Public
Manufacturers of motor cars now
have n real chance to show their ap-
probation of the publics patronage.
They also have a chance to prove Op-
emily the permanence and unlimited
and practical benefits accruing from
the industry which they comprise. l
believe they Will grasp the chance, too.
I believe every public spirited builder
OF cars i'm the nation will throw his
power into the situation and help the
country to realize the need of the great
transcOuntry highways and to educate
the people themselves to such an eN-
tent that they can pre-determine with
their votes and their influence just
how their good roads taxation shall be
spent
Wonderful Roads.
There are some wonderful roads on
the Pacific coast, and L intend to see
that all auto owners travel these
roads, if concrete help from our fac
tory counts for anything.
These great American highways
are going to be built rapidly. The
people should study the problem at
once. We have already got in
touch with prominent leaders of the
two expositions and western state off
cials as well, with view to making
the Cole tour a success. We will be
glad to give other manufacturers the
benefit Of preliminary work, if any
care to write us for it, because we
want the California touring fever to
be an epidemic in 1915"
Officials of the Automobile club of
southern California have issued a
statement announcing that a preseason
prediction of $4,000 transcOntinental
automobile parties for California in
1915 is practically assured of fulfill
ment
Travel Gains.
Already the transcOntinental traffic
has exceeded that of all previous years
and is steadily increasing in volume.
Southern California has been visited
in the last months of 1914 and in the
early days of 1915, by hundreds of
motor car tourists from northern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

ers. Those who have sold their wheat
are buying cars, and those who have
not sold their wheat are giving cnat-
tel mortgages on their crops TO Duy
cars. Thus far in the fiscal year A.
200 automobiles and motor trucks have
been licensed in Kansas. There are
several hundred of the commercial We
hicIes, but the bulk Of the registra-
lions are of family touring cars. Auto
mobile licenses are being recorded at
the rate of nearly 100 a day, cOnttnu-
ing the average struck during Sep
TENDER and October.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

Already the transcOntinental traffic
has exceeded that of all previous years
and is steadily increasing in volume.
Southern California has been visited,
in the last months of 1914 and in the
early days of 1915. by hundreds Of
motor car tourists from northern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16

y LANs for the greatest transcOn-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
Kansas Farmers GUN
90 Per Cent of Cars.

Checking the list of new automobile
licenses shows that 80 per cent of the
cars in Kansas are bought by farm
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
GIRLS! ACT NOW!
HAIR COMING OUT
means DANDRUFF
25-cent "Danderine" will save your
hair and double It's beauty.
Try this! Your hair gets soft, wavy,
abundant and glossy at once.

Save your hair! Beautify it, Il is
only a matter of using a little Dander-
inc occasionally to have head Of
heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous,
wavy and free from dandruff. Il is
easy and inexpensive TO have pretty
charming hair and lots OF it. Just get
a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's Dan
derine now--all drug stores recon-
mend it--apply a little as directed
and within ten minutes there will be
an appearance of abundance; fresh
ness, fiufiiness and an Incompatible
gloss and lustre. and try as you will
you can not find a trace of dandruff
or falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when you will see new hair-tlne and
downy at flrst-yes--but really new
hair-sprouting out all over your
is, We believe, the
only sure hair grower; destroyer Of
dandruff and cure for itchy scalp and
il never fails to stop falling hair at
once.
If you want to prove how pretty
and soft your hair really is, moisten a
cloth with a little Danderine and
carefully draw II through your hair
taking ono small strand at a time.
Your hair will be soft, glossy and
beautiful in just a few moments-a
delightful surprise awaits everyone
who tries this.
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
School FOR GUNNERS
OPENS At FORT DUPONT

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, Dec. r.
Tho school for gunnors at Fort Du-
pont started last week, with provi-
sions for plenty of work for the
soldiers during the winter months.
There arc two classes of gunners,
frst and second An enlisted man
passing the examination for first class
gunner receives So more tmonth,
while n second class gunner Receives
81 a month more, in addition TO his
regular pay.
The scope of work covered in th,
examination for first class gunners is
as NQllows tal Azimuth instrument
(h) dntcs ia the plotting room and
tncklng AZ moving target; (cl arm
ing and playing guns or mOrtars; (d)
fime-rapec beard tguns), and time
azimuth board tmortarsl; tcl dehni-
tions Coast Artillery drill regula-
,tlcpH 90 characteristic features of
Narships.
THE scope of work for second
class gunner is as follows; (al Ser
vice of the piece. This viii include
an actual drill at tho battery in which
The candidate viii i'm turn perform
duties OF various numbers. cannonecr.
the rance setter. chief OF the breech.
the elevation setter and azimuth set
ter; (bl nomenclature of various
parts of the guns and carriage, (c)
action. adjustment and care of vari-
Gus parts of guns and carriages; (d)
powders. projectilcs, primers, fuses
(c) cordage, gins. shears and Jacks
90 L. S. magazine rifle.
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
State GRANGE IS
READY FOR WORK
Annual Meeting Will Be
Held in Dover Three
Days Next Week
PRESENT OFFICERS
WILL HOLD OVER

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, Dec. delaware
State Grange will meet in Dover on
Tuesday, December IA, 10 and 16, in
forty-first annual session. The meet
ings will be held in the Dover Cen
tury Club room, and will be pre-
sided over by State Worthy Master
Frank c. Bancroft.
The first session will begin at IL
a. m. on Tuesday, when the roll of
officers and oranges will be called
after which the committee on Gre
dentials will be appointed.
The evening session will be known
as woman's night. The program will
be as follows:
Piano solo, Miss Clara V. Hoffecker:
address OF welcome, Mrs. Anna Hip
well; response, Mrs. Flora c. Mack
lin; vocal solo, Mrs. Allie May Moore;
report from the National Grange, Mrs.
Frank c. Bancroft; recitation, Miss
Helen W. Gregg; address, Prof Mary
+. Rich, WOmen's College, Newark; /;
vocal solo. David Templeman; echoes
from the national W. c. T. u, Mrs.
Lena H. Messick; vocal solo, Miss
Elizabeth II. Peach: address, "Wo-
man Suffrage" Mrs. Henry B. Thomp-
SON.
Wednesdays session will be occu-
pied with reports of officers and other
routine business.
On Wednesday evening the sixth de-
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
Delaware CITY WANTS
BETTER TROLLEY SERVICE

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, Dec. T.
officials OF the trolley company oper-
ating between here and Wilmington,
will be present at the meeting of the
Mayor and City Council tonight. II
is thought that some discussion viii
take place about giving this town bet
ter trolley service.
The operetta, Sylvia" which is to
be given for the benefit of the Della
ware City New Century Club will be
held on Thursday and Friday even
ings. December 80 and 81, instead of
on Christmas night.
An oyster supper will be held in
the chapel of the NJ. e. Church here
on Thursday evening December 8.
Sportsmen are enjoying good water
fowl shooting along the lower Della
ware bay shores.
The trapping season on the Hagan
muslrat farm near here started this
morning when the force of trappers
started out to trap this immense tract
of marsh which has netted better re-
turns than most of the other farms
of this section during the past few
years The farm will be managed
this year by Mrs. William A. Hagan.
Electrician sergeant, first class,
Samuel S. Bousch, formerly stationed
at Fort DUPONT, has been ordered to
the coast defenses of Manila and
Subic bays, and will sail from San
Francisco on February 5.
The troops at Fort DUPONT have
been engaging in bowling on the al
leys at the fort.
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
Found Simple Remedy
That Relieved Child
Mild Laxative Compound Corrects
Stubborn Case Of Constipation.

An important duty that devolves on
parents is the regulation OF their chill
dren's bowels. Health in later life de-
pends in large measure on early
training and a child should be taught
from infancy to regular habits.
When from any cause the bowel be-
comes congested with stomach waste
mild laxative should be employed to
open up the passage gently and carry
off the congested mass. A most effec-
tive remedy for this purpose is the
combination of simple laxative herbs
known as DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin. Mrs. W. d. Bulls Of Reed. Okla,
used DR.. Ca1dwell's Syrup Pepsin for
her baby boy. Harley Buren Bulls,
and says "1t did him more good than
anything we have given him. His
bowels are very stubborn about act
ing. but they act easily every time l
give him DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sim"
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin con-
tains no opiate or narcotic drug and
lis a splendid remedy for children and
older people as well. It has been on
Evening journal., 1915-12-07
oroe Win he conferred.

gree will be conferred.
Thursdays session will include the
closing of the grange, including the
reports of committees, etc.
AS there will be no election Of Off
GERS this year. the following will pre-
side at this years meeting and will
hold over until next year: Worthy
master, Frank c. Bancroft, Wyoming;
overseer, Horace l.. Dilworth, Mont
chanin; lecturer. Edward A. Evans,
Cheswold; steward, Robert p. Rob
inson, Wilmington; assistant steward,
w. e. Cranston, New Castle; chaplain,
w. d. Wilson, Lewes; treasurer,
Charles Barker. Milford; secretary
Wesley Webb, Dover; gatekeeper, o.