Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-10
BORDERLAND ROUTE IS EASIEST WAY
 FOR ALL AUTOISTS
So Thinks ]. H. Lester, Who Has Interviewed Many Tourists; He Is Called the Daddy of the BorderIand Route."

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 J. II. Lester known through the southwest as the Daddy of the Bor. derland Route" was visitor in Bis bee yesterday morning. enroute from the east to the coast with his wife and bis son He stopped in at the onlce of the Commercial Club and had a long talk with Secretary Gray rela- tive Co Borderland Route conditions and needs, before departing for the west He traversed the divide road for the first time. and expressed a warm interest in this. the finest sec ton Of the route for which he stood sponsor several years ago.
 There have been many changes in road conditions since Mr Lester first biazed the path from Fort Dodge Kan sas. to San Diego and Los Angeles. Here in Arizona those changes are perhaps most notable put all the way along the route conditions have been much bettered The road. too. has frequently been mapped and logged since those days when he demonstrate ed that what was termed impossible was quite feasible. Daily tourists now testify 10 the correctness of his contention
 Lester states that the greatest need at the present time is the giving of publicity to the roads tapping the north and leading to the Borderland at Fl Paso There is always an inclina- ton in Colorado and New Mexico 10 send tourists over the Lincoln High way of the Santa Fe Route But this spring in Colorado 1t was found nec- essary Co tell tourists that the Lin coin was impossible and in both Col orado and New Mexico to admit that the Santa Fe Route was snow bound and untraversible. They were loath to divert to Fl Paso and many cars were shipped through by train
 But such has not always been the case. In one day cars went through Dcmisg having been routed via the Borderland. when they learned they could not get through by the north, and as many as sixty cars were then held up at Albuquerque because of heavy snow upon the mountain roads.
 Lester told Of road south used to reach Hachita and then Rodeo, but said it was not so good by 100 percent as the Dorderland, from his own ex- perience. lie recommends that tour ists from the north. take two sides of the triangle and come west via El Pa SO as quicker In the end and cheaper.
 Another matter he took up was the need of signing the road not only here where it Is well established but along the various feeders that lead north. This is the doctrine he will preach at an points along all of these roads for he is as enthusiastic worker for the Borderland Route now as he was when he made himself it's pioneer booster.
 Relative to road conditions east Of here, he stated that north of Deming and Lordsburg, there had been heavy rains which had softened the roads anu lAuN d1 idlt dS a Mtth ago LueIt were lighter rains in southern New Mexico, but he had experienced no trouble and surfaces were hardening rapidly. He pronounced the road from El Paso here to be as good, if not bet. ter than a year ago and not damaged to any serious extent by heavy winter storms
 Lester was much interested in the plans for the improvement of the Ari. zona section of the route during the present year, and complimented Gray upon what he termed the splendid publicity the Borderland is receiving from here in the eastern motoring magazines lt is from the north and east, from Kansas City in both those direction that 80 percent or more of the tourists must be drawn and the publicity given in those magazines tends to reach this desired element.