El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27

Pinal county on toward Florence Til,
draws are provided with good over
runs built of cement The rra6a q
i ( Florence has been rebuilt and III,
= bridge is again open. The ella ala J
! lot Of damage. there and is now run,
{ { ming in an entirely new channel on IN,
! north side. From Florence her. n.
: Z road is fairly good. We STONED ~
! Florence and Mesa The road is yarx
| fine from Mesa to Tempe and rsve5
{ nix We arrived here at D. m. and
hope TO reach Yuma tomorrow.
PhOenix-Kuma Road Better.
{ Yuma, Ariz-- May 1S.-We left Pboe-
! nix this morning at 500 and made a
good run TO Arlington A fine cement
bridge and heavy grade approaches are
being built across the Aqua. Fria river.
We had no trouble whatever croSsfDe
that stream From 20 miles east ~
Caliente TO Palomas the road is vArv
bad and slow a large convict crew
has been at work for some time build
| ing good road. from Arlington TO Pa
I Tomas. This road takes an entirely new
! route via Oil Wells. so I understand
! The road from PalOmas to the ella riv-
J er bridge is nearly all fairly good until
within about four miles OF the river
This four miles 5 badly rutted ana
slow. A small road crew. however. Is
Z at work on this piece. From the bridge
TO Yuma much OF the new road Is COM
pleted, or nearly so, and it is fine-a
good grade. heavily surfaced with
| crushed rock
New Plank Road.
/ Tomorrow morning We leave here for
san Diego via INLAND or old Imperial
Junction. The Yuma-Holtville road is
I closed TO travel because OF the building
I Of the new road by the state Of Calf
I fOrnia- This new road is being built in
{ sections at Ogiiby and is being laid 1T
! the rate Of 500 feet per day. The floor
! IS eight feet wide and is of 4X10 plank
: laid on foundation Of very heavy tim
he fFarn.a Eaasn H.
E on top Of the floor and the entire struc-
: ture is securely bOlted together, not 2
spike being used Today I stopped at
Buckeye, Cahentey PalOInas and several
other places. including the Pictured
Rocks and the bridge and killed a
splendid diamond RATHER. the first live
RATHER have seen in the southwest
This one was sure a dandy. with l. raj
ties and button Because of so many
stops 1 did not arrive here until s to
night After We reach inland to.-or-
row We expect to then drive hard down
the valley and across the mountains to
reach San Diego tomorrow night. II
possible.
By the way. Dona Ana has a crew /
OF men and teams grading the dry {
lakes between Alden and her west conn Z
~ line Why don't you Fl Pasoites get Z
busy and fix your own road TO DemfnE.
instead OF driving miles out OF vour I
way to use the good roads OF your I
neighbour {
sand Storm Near Yuma.
san Diego. Cal May 2O.-Y esterday I
morning We left Yuma shortly after I
S st-I,-, ana m a heavy wind We soon I
reached oeilby, where the new plank 4
road 20 be laid between Yuma and Holt
WIZ IS pelng built in sections and laid
on the sand hills from the east side. The
piles Of lumber and the cars of lumber t,
on the siding and crews Of men build
llS ana hauling sections Of road, make &
oglloy look like a busy place lust now I
Although by this time the wind had I
~ raa- .
the mammoth wash and on to within I
about two miles of INLAND without I
much trouble and felt sure Of reaching I
II Centro FOR lunch and San Diego for /
supper.
Where Plans Fail
nat scotch laddie who wrote "the
oest laid plans Of mice and men. oft
gang aglee. was q sure enough Dropnet
and knew what he was talking abor,t
because two miles from inland we went
into the drifting sand This road is Z
usually not bad. but yesterday the sand (
was url1unE across il like sliding snow {
in DakOta-cOmpleteI filling the track
the sky was gray. the air fun Of fly
ne sane and dust and we were nearIv ]
stuck, and II one opened his mouth long
enough TO adequately express his orfn-
on Of earth and air and conditions .ran q
rally, he would get a mouth fun az {
grit Because Of this handicap we kent /
'IIi' out nearly blew up doing so. For
WO hours we fought our Wav few
Get at a time. and then after gettin.- J.
lopelessly stuck debated our tires 10
70 pounds and went on into INLAND ] Z
Eltnout any more trouble whatever
lad we done this in the beginning -
would have saved our car. saved o,1-
elves and saved over two hours time
ut we wanted to save pumping up.
Imperial Valley Roads. G
After eating lunch IN INLAND We had Z q
nice back-breaking job PUMPING nv,
nose big uress but finally got awav
bout p m Down the valley tn
Dads were very fine and we made good
lme through Calipatria. RraV-lay- IN, a.
erial and into FL Centre. aIthoupr tba III
lde pressure OF the wind often affected 4.
he car. III
At FL Centre We found the main -oas III
Fest closed Tor paving and We dsrourel III
o lalr road one mile farther south I III
nd then west to Seeley. At seeIe.- ne I III
eached the cement pavement now omen III
or traEe- HAD II not been for That III
.erce wind now dead ahead [ think III
here would have only been a flash Of III
ray ana red as we went BY for we III
-ere late, little bit peeved and rnucl, Z y
lclllleo 70 stretch california speed laws III
revenge Tor our mornings sor-o7- ! TIT
wen, We travelled pretty well ANYWAY Z III
holdlng the windshield, while PO-- I III
rodded the bulldog and we Just got a III
liit ms, on DlAleIand and Coyote Wells III
Ine dust as We roared across tHe I III
esert toward the Devils own vrasn I HI
inyon and mountains. III
Nearly Frozen. TIL
i ne cement continued TO within two + liz
lies OF the wash. where We tool me TIL
ma ana soon were climbing the Devil I TIL
ountain grades-and cold haven't TIL
zen so chilled in two years as vv7s VII
afternoon after Leaving " TN
nd. Just think Of men driv:,,-~ It'll
rough Imperial valley wearing beav.,- It'll
)rthern overcoats on the 18th Of Ma I'LL
Id nearly frozen stiff, When W. on Hill
red the mountains Roy's hands cot 81 liz
Imb he had to put on heayv -7Io--es It'll
Id at Mountain Springs we went 20 a llll
re TO warm Shortly after ; Ne It'll
ached Warren's hotel. and as We we're It'll
o cold TO 60 on 10 town, we stODpaI. llll
ate good supper. drank several ems VIII
hot tea and lowered over a big rrgre It'll
re until before I got the c5ilfs Ilil
opped from racing up and down NV llil
ok and I noticed Roy STAYED Close I'LL
? We had a good nights sIeep ana W. ~
ter a little over two hours run This I'LL
r delays OF the forenoon We coTI5 lIll
We still reached San Diego by dark It'll
d We not been too cold to drive I'm It'll
al Hill
storms Damage Roads. It'll