El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-12
To
Be AFiST ROAD
Roswell Secretary Tells Of
Great Work on FL Paso-
Amarillo Highway.

" lue. uuuu4aLiuE p-aluS ll ltl=
Panhandle. fruit and flower bordered
/ green fields I'm New NIexico's artesiau
water belt. fishing and hunting
grounds and mountain scenery Of the
] RuidOso river valley. unusual sights
/ in the last rcserva ton OF the MeSc1-
D Zero Apache Indians, views OF plains
mines. and mountains. convergiuS
upon the big city OF the southwest
with its military camps and modern
accommodation, with a gateway =
the Mexican storehouse Of wealth and
curious life - all these attractions
are offered TO the motor tourist along
the route Of the Amarillo Eoswell-Ll
Paso shortlne of the Ozark Trails
highway" said j. +. Clayton, secre-
tary OF the Roswell Commercial clue.
who spent Tuesday in FL Paso and
conferred with good roads prophets
and boosters He left for home late
in the afternoon
Good for Through Driving.
The route OF the shOrtliue rraVerses
the Texas plains from Amarillo by
way Of Hereford to TeNicO and Clovis,
y. ~. then TO POrtales. Roswell, Tu-
larOsa. AlamogOrdo, Orograude and
reaching FL Paso from the northeast
Outside Of a few stretches the road is
good for fast through driving, Mr..
Clayton said, IL being not uncommon
for motorists 10 make Roswell. $50
miles from FL Paso. in a day. and
to make Amarillo the second day.
Thirty-five miles viii be cut off by
the shortline when completed.
VIII Advertise ShOrtIine.
Mr. Clayton spoke Of the plans be-
ing made TO bring this highway,
which connects Amarillo with st.
Louis by way Of the main line Of the
Ozark trails and oklahoma City. TO the
attention Of the country by systematic
.n tote
which the road passes has appropri-
ated 500, either through its commits
sioners or commercial organization
Tor advertising and general promo
ton work The counties in New Mex
GO have their road engineers to keep
the pike in repair.
Fall After Big Appropriation.
For improvements on the highway
through the MescalerO Indian reserva-
ton senator A. 3. FAN is seeking TO
have adopted a federal bill appro-
prIaJing $4,000, which viii do the
work from the east boundary to Tula-
rosa, the shipping point for the reser-
walton. From Amarillo TO Kenna.
north line Of Chaves county. n. NJ, the
shortline is practically complete. Mr.
Clayton said An appropriation OF
$1,000 given by Chaves county will
bring the road TO good condition into
Roswell From there west TO the
4 a-AAAA-AA NAAAAAe AAAAE il is a rel L0aNs
the best stretch on the route.
Sending Thousands on Road.
Appropriations from county. sta-e
and federal government TO care for
the highway through the Ruidoso val
ley and mountains aggregate $4,000.
From TularOsa 10 the south line OF
Dtero county. Texas BOUNDARY q bond
issue which viii bring between $50
600 and $4,000, provides for getting
over the White Sands and state and
federal aid is being asked The road
Joins at Newman n A. with the
Fort Bliss into FL Paso's streets.
say It's Strategic Highway.
Military men have said that the
snortll1e from II Paso TO the Sacrn- .
neuios and on 20 the Panhandle IS
lne or the most important from an .
army standpoint in the system Of the .
COUNTRY. as il would give the shortest I
TO St Louis. Routing Of .
tourists VIII be given at St Louis and .
u Paso that viii point them 70 the 7
interesting corners Of New Mexico and .
he Panhandle
CaprOck Road Leads to Plains
Chaves county has set aside $500
or improving the road from Rov-
veil 10 Vaughn. y. NJ, and SO 0O0 /
20 take care Of the road 10 the line
" Lea county. whence il viii run to
-0FlnEtOn- The state highway com n
mission. Mr.. Clayton said. had sun l
.lemented this with $4,000 and bv l
he federal government with $50 00d \
giving a total OF $40. 900 for a gravel \
ike from Roswell TO Caprock. 50
allies. Plains roads radiate from there 4
o the Panhandle, through Lea county, /
Among the men OF Texas and New
ieXiCO who have evinced great in
crest in the Acknowledgement
'asO shortline are c. @. Cagle. c NJ
'arnsworth and J. F. Hinkle. OF Ros-
-ell. J. ". Stockard and judge Adrian
'ool. Of FL PasO, and J. L Nunn and
'orter Whaley, Of Amarillo. The E.
'asOans present at the recent Ozark
rails meeting at Amarillo were en-
husiastic for the completion Of the
hOrtline project.