El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-27
.5H0RTDNE HIGHWAY CONVENTION
To CONE TO Ell PA50 IN OCTOBER
Invitation Of Judge Adrian Pool Accepted By Clovis
Convention; G. A. Richardson, Of Roswell, Elected
President of Association; Proposed Route To
FL Paso Outlined at the Clovis Convention.

FLOWS, n. ~. July 27.-The ANA
rilio-Eoswell-EI Paso ShortIine
~ highway meeting held here
passed resolutions authorizing the
construction of the line within
period of ten months and accented an
invitation from Judge Adrian Pool TO
hold convention in Fl Paso. TO be
represented by not less than 200 autos
from Amarillo and intermediate points
and 10 be held probably in October.
The convention took unfavorabIy TO
the motion made by Judge Pool that
the route asked for official recoEri-
tion from the Ozark trails. but ex-
pressed itself as DESTROYS OF building
the route at all costs and then have
the Ozark trails ask TO be permitted
10 extend its line over the route.
Roswell Man President.
Judge 6. A Richardson. Of Roswell,
was elected president and J. E. Clay
ton, OF Roswell. secretary. The pro-
posed route viii pass through the fol-
lowing towns between Amarillo and
FL PaSO- WlldOradO, Dawn, Hereford.
Summerfieid, FriOna, BOvina Far
wei, TeXlco, Clovis, POrtales. Elida.
kenua, Elkins, Acme, Roswell. Pc
cacho, Halfway House, Glencoe. White
Mountain Inn, RuidOsa. MeScalerO.
Sent, Tularosa- La Luz. Alamogordo.
ElO t5Fande- Newman, entering FL
PasO by way Of Fort Bliss.
In the resolutions adopted. thanks
were extended 10 senator A B. Fail
fo- his personal efforts at securing
federal aid for the road. It is planned
20 represent TO the government that
the highway IS the most feasible from
O. military sta 1d0Oint Already the
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c1v1lrymrn 10 bivouac in the White
mountains
Pool Makes Address.
Judge. Pool made long talk 10 the
convention. showing the practicable
-ry Of the route. stating that he
wanted IL TO become officially Gesig-
mated rs the Ozark trail He stated
Thar the Ozark trail would come TO
Fl Paso over some route and he hoped
Z world be over this route. but that
he believed that Col. Coin" Harvey .
should be advised and have him in
terest himself in the road. This
stirred up quite a bit OF discussion. J
since al the Ozark trail convention I
IN Amarillo in June. the president OF
The OZa-l- trail stated that this line
was not i7 the running The senti- (
nenL cI the convention was 10 build .
the line TD without asking aUv as
SiStance from the Ozark trail. hut 10 .
treat rhat route as any other which I
should desire 70 move over this route. F..
Discuss slight to Lindsey.
IntIUarion was made through the f
state Of New Mexico to the effect that /
the Ozark trail convention sighted I
ov- W F. Lindsey or New Mexico by /
not pu-ring him prominently upon the .
program. thereby causing some little I
feeling Of resentment against ANA +
rlllC. was threEhed out at the meet
i0~ when it was stated by Porter A.
" haley o. the board OF city develop
me1t ~ AU0-ilIo, that Amarillo had
nothing 10 do with his position ON
The pr0--a--l. The discussion was rife.
but several New lIeNiCans explained
that a report in a Santa Fe paper
mentioned the alleged sliEht was a
Instrumentation. since the governor