El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-29
NOW IS THE TINE
OG0M0TORING
One of the Prettiest Trips
Imaginable Is Up to
the Cox Ranch.

Get your old car Cor new one) out OF
the garage. oil it up. gas it up. crank
it up and get out into the country.
Springtime is here. Every day (pro-
viding the day is as fair as yesterday
is a treat out in the country these
spring days
One of the most delightful automo-
bile tours imaginable right now is
run up the east side of the Organ
mountains to CoN's ranch For those
who want to climb San Augustine pass
and come back by way of Organ and
Las Cruces, il is even more delightful,
but the tour up the east side and back
is alone worth anybOdy's day
The California wild peoples are al
ready in bloom as soon as an altitude
is reached a few hundred feet above FL
PasO and the peach trees pear trees.
and plum trees at the Cox ranch are in
full bloom. shedding their fragrance
everywhere The trees are beginning
to bud and in a few more days, the
grove at the picnic grounds where W
W. Cox entertained the FL PasO Auto
mobile club a year ago viii be FULLY
clothed in all its emerald grandeur.
IeeclEd Mountains.
But the treat Of the trip now is the
snow on the Organ mountains This
viii not sta long, for the rays Of the
spring sun are already melting il fast
and little rivulets Of icecOld water are
now tricklinE down into the valleys in
several places But at present, the
sight is one worth motoring more than
day 10 see The entire northeast
side of the Organ range is covered with
ice and snow and. glistening in the
MONDAY sun, is dazzlingly brilliant
and beautiful The snow appears TO be
several feet deep in places, for Elisten-
ing out Of it may be seen the green
bOughs Of the juniper trees that have
been completely buried beneath a
white blanket In places the rays Of
the warm monday sun have melted
some Of the snow and this again has
frozen at night. until in places il looks
like a. giant cake frosted in icing And I
il is less than three hours ride from .
FL Paso.
The Cox camping Ground is less than
a mile from the base OF this wonderful /
snow covered scene and the icy breeze !
that is waited down is not at all I'M
pleasant at nOOutime on a bright day, !
as Sunday was.
Roads in Fine Condition
The roads were never in better con-
ditiOn than now There is no deep
sand between FL Paso and the ranch +.
and very little road that is rough The .
recent rains have hardened the sand .
and there has been just enough wagon :
traffic To wear down most Of the rough .
spots. The rains and SHOWS that have
been so frequent during the winter .
have brought out the vegetation on the
plains and mOuutainsides and already D
-AAEA e IL AAAlEAA A-A4lL - cen anu city To-
The vast fields Of yellow peoples. how
ever. afford the most charming view
between FL Paso and the Organs. The
snow and ice upon the solid rock craEs
Df the mountains afford a scene unsur-
passed anywhere Americans have
often crossed to Europe TO look upon
scenery that could hardly be grander.
Yet it is right here at Ell PasO and few
go out TO enjoy it. The snow ought
10 be there for a couple of weeks or I
and the mnmnfaH getting D
-rettier every day a trip made any
time within the next two weeks viii
be well worth the time OF any autOmO-
oilist The sooner it Is made. the more !
Organs.
Some Travel Tips.
Carry drinking water on the trip. I
Water for the radiator may befob-
tanned at the camping place OF at sew
eral points between FL Paso and the E.
Cox ranch house. Water may also be
now at frequent intervals be-
tween FL PasO and the ranch. All the
former abandoned ranch houses are
again occupied and water may be Sc .
For those returning by way Of Las
Cruces, the radiator should be filled
before leaving COx's ranch. for the
next five and half miles is a steady
limb and the engine gets rather hot
Few cars can make the last three miles
Dn better than low speed. but once the
Top OF San Augustine pass is reached, /
q car will float down the other side
through the town Of Organ and mile
Dr so beyond on the way to Las Cruces.
The roads are good the entire distance I
The toughest piece of road on the en-
tire circle is the 2O-mile stretch in FL
PasO county between EI PasO and
Anthony.
Whole Trip Beautiful.
The entire trip is one Of extreme
beauty, even now and as spring ad-
rances and the trees put forth their
caves and the flowers their blossoms
he beauty and enjoyment of the trip
VIII be enhanced very largely. Already
many Of the peach trees in the valley
,etween Las Cruces and FL PasO are
blooming and all the alfalfa fields are
;Teen-
The distance from El Paso-Pioneer