Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-31
SOUTHERN ARIZONA
AUTOISTS MOTOR TO
Ell PASQ, JAN. 1917
Warren District Commercial
Club VIII Send Invitations
to Local Motorists; Similar
Plans in Other Towns.


Letters inviting automobile owners
to participate in the Southern Ari-
zona-El Paso Automobile Excursion,
January 1917. will be sent out from
the Office of the Commercial Club the
first of next week Enclosed in each
letter is a card for the recipient to
sign if he will make the trip, so that
arrangements for a definite number
can be made and the FL Paso Cham
Der of Commerce may have some idea
of how many Southern Arizonans
they may expect. These will be sent
to automobile owners in this district.
Similar letters win go out in Tucson,
Tombstone and Douglas. the local
Commercial Club furnishing such let.
tiers.
When the directors of the CONNER
cial Club met Wednesday evening the
report of the Ell Paso excursion com
mittee showed that considerable prog
ress had been made. Fifteen or more
car owners in the district had express
sed a desire or intention to make the
trip, there had been publicly given to
the project in Douglas, Tucson and
Tombstone and the time was ripe for
definitely determining just what might
be depended upon. To ascertain this
the letters and cards were determined
upon and lists will also be presented
for signature to those with whom
g.
into direct contact. A report will be
presented to the directors of the club
at a special meeting next Wednesday
evening so far as replies up to that
time have been received
Business men and citizens alike
are Invited to participate in this eX.
cursion to III Paso The letter states
it win combine business, boosting
good roads, Borderland Route tourist
traffic and social features. 1t gives
the participants an opportunity to get
better acquainted on the trip and as
sures those travelling of companions
ship en- route and assistance at band
i'm case of a break dawn They win
DE entertained by the Chamber of Com
merce and others i'm the Pass City and
they viii have the opportunity OF
meeting business and social friend
and acquaintaaces. Il viii tend 70
further cement already friendly bust
ness relations between the TWO sec
tious. AS a boosting proposition each
city participating viii boost for itself
and viii receive considerable amount
of desirable publicity For the Border
land Route it viii show that such
route is not merely advocated but is
used by residents of this section. The
road via Hachita win be logged by
members of the party and viii become
/ the established Borderland Route I'm
stead Of via Lordsburg, thus material
by shortening the run to I'll Paso and
avoiding bad roads in Animas valley
: and Granite Gap.
Weather permitting the contingent
from this city will start at O'Clock
on the morling Of Thursday January
Z. The hour of start fro mTOmbstOnt
and Douglas is to be determined al
those points Tucson eXcursionist'
viii leave Wednesday and spend tho
night i'm either Tombstone, Bisbee oil
Douglas as they desire. The frs
days run is to Deming II is a rathe
long run, so an early start was deem
ed desirable. The run to- FL Past
is short and will be accomplished Fri
day morning giving that afternoon
evening and Saturday morning I'm p
Paso Those who desire to remaii
longer may and will of course do 50
The main point is for the trip to L
PasO in one body
When it is learned what car owner
viii go arrangements can be made 70
seating business men of the distric
who do not own cars and this vii
be done as soon as necessary prel
b minary details can be settled
] In Douglas matters are in the hand
of j. T. Hood and George II. Kell
and the Chamber Of Commerce. A. N
D Gardiner looks out for Tombstone an
r. Secretary Myers of the Tucson Chan
Der of Commerce is expected TO TAX
care of the Old Puebla end