El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-12
SHORT TRIP TO
PEG95 VALLEY
FL Pasoans Expect to Tour
Through Hope and Ar
tesla This Summer.

Artesia. looks for many FL Pasoans
70 make short tours into the PecOs Val
ley over the FL -aso-HOpe-Artesia road
as soon as the map is published by
1sinehart and Locke The Pecos Valley
News, Of Artesa, said recently of the
visit Of these Fl Pasoans to Artesia on
their logging tour;
Mr.. and Mrs. - H. Rinehart, Mr..
and Mrs Harry Locke. and F. n. Pey-
ton came in from FL Paso in Mr.. Rine-
harrs car, making the trip in less than
10 hours actual running time. Mr.
Locke is making the official logs Of
the road between Ell PasO, Texas,
through Hope, Artesia and Lovington,
70 Bronchoi Texas. which will be pub
iished In Local Tours" an FL Paso
book which Will soon be distributed
The cost Of including this route in the
book from FL PasO to Artesia was paid
by the Artesia commercial club. and
Mr. Payton- The LOvington and Bron-
cho people handle the expense Of the
remainder of the trip.
The party started from the postoffice
at FL PasO at $40 a m. Sunday and
arriving in Artesia a little after p.
m The stop at Hope, and other stops
along the route took up over two hours,
leaving the actual running time ten
hours, and at no time did they drive
faster than IS miles an hour. The dis
lance from the postOffice in FL PasO
TO the postoffice in Artesia, is 1854
miles.
Maps and Roads Good.
The maps put ont by Mr.. Locke are
perfect. Every crook and turn in the
road, every change in the nature OF
the road, every important landmark,
small town. ranch house, water hole,
grade, etc, is plainly shown, and each
small town is marked for gas or gar
age. The distance at all points are
shown in each direction, and in the
larger towns the maps indicate how to
get in and out Of town All cut-offs
and forks in the roads are shown so
that It is possible for a stranger to
take the map and travel over the road
without sign-boards or other aid
The visitors spoke very higA4s-os-tlss
fine roads between Artesia and FL
PasO, but they also had a suggestion
as to how they might be improved.
They think the roads should he run
along the top Of the ridges instead OF
IN the canyons Once the change is
made, the maintenance for the new
roads VIII be noting at all, as they
are naturally well drained. where now
the canyon and flat roads take more
OF less repair work TO keep them in
good order 1t viii take but little ex-
pense to change the location Of the
road, Mr.. Locke thinks, as II can be
staked and flaggd, and when the first
rain comes the traffic viii follow the
flags. and the traffic viii make the
road on the hOgbacks-
FL Pasoans TO Tour.
Mr. Rinehart says the people Of e
PasO own four thousand cars, and they
want to make short tours when they
cannot make long ones The trip to
Artesia, one days run, is an ideal short
tour for the man with light car who
cannot spend much time or money on
his motoring and IL is confidently ex-
pected that the latter part OF the sea-
son will see numbers Of FL Paso peo-
pie making the trip to the Pecos valley
over the only good road between the
two points
After returning from the Plains
country, trips viii be made north and
south to get the connecting roads to
Carlsbad and Roswell They viii be
shown in the new book
Mr.. Locke has had a great deal Of
experience in mapping roads, having
mapped out practically all the auto
roads in the state OF Arizona, and a
large number in southern California,
west Texas and New Mexico.
He was the first man TO make the
trip to the bottom Of the Grand Canyon
in an automobile, using a Ford car, and
had the aid Of a team Of horses but
twice on his return trip. Since then
one other car has gone to the bottom
Of the canyon