El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-06
VW FEATHER conditions are now
NJ ideal for touring and one Of

w ideal for touring and one Of
the best trips for FL Paso
motorists is TO the big army canton
ment at Deming- Army scenes are
familiar 20 EI Pasoans but there are
things out Of the ordinary TO be seen
in Deming these days. It certainly is
one Of the livest towns in the west at
the present time and the battle OF
frenzied finance that goes on, "a
hours a day, in Deming is worth
watching.
Rome wasn't built in a day but they
are rebuilding DemIng in a month.
Another couple Of weeks Will see
about every vacant lot in the business
Qlstrlct-aud great many in the res
idence secuon-sporting some sort
Of a building.
Crowds Block Auto Traffic.
Last Wednesday was pay day for
the camp contractors and several
hundred carpenters and laborers drew
their wages Money seems TO have but
one use in Deming and that is 70
spend. 1t must also have been n pay
day with some Of the soldiers for all
seemed flush and when The Herald
car endeavOred TO 20 up Silver street
shortly before S o'clock that night IL
vas almost impossible to make head
streets as well as the sidewalks.
The roads are exceIlent-for coun-
try roads in the southwest Two
round trips were made during the
past week by the automobile editor
OF The Herald and good time was
made on each occasion.
Going up 10 DemiuE. the Mesilla-
Alden cutoff is recommended. 1t is a
bit longer than the BOrderland route
but there is not as much sand. though
rar- Traal- ennrnHH a. 0aHs
land in first class shape. The con-
tractors on the road are making eZ-
cellent progress. Between Mesilla and
Alden, the only rough road is a stretch
beginning about nine miles this side
Of Alden Motorists are advised 10
take this at slow speed
Good From Alden 10 Myndus
Except Tor Few rough spots in the
dry lakes, the road from Alden TO Myn-
dus is like a Pavement. There's plenty
Of opportunity TO hit 'er up"
Several routes are advisable he
tween Myndus and Deming. Probably
the best route is to swing TO the
right opposite the hotel ut Myndus
and head around the store and then so
straight ahead, with the railroad on
your right Another route. and one
that is much favored by the DeminE
service cars which carry many pas
sengers from dry Deming 10 "wet
Myndus these days, is to follow the
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three miles There the mountain route
turns TO the left but the new route
goes straight ahead, following the
telephone line. Motorists cannot get
off this road or lose their way. The
trail winds in and out along the
telephone poles and while there are
two bad sand spots. the route is the
shortest Of all and the trip from Myn- {
aus 10 DeminE can be made comfort I
ably in from A TO so minutes
Fast Trips Reported.
Some idea OF the general state OF Z.
the roads can be gained from the time
made by the bort car driven by The 4
Herald representative on Wednesday .
night The start was made from the 7
Teal theater i'm Deming at s o'clock /
when a crowd hung around the big
building and wondered If the lights .
would be switched on in time for a I
show, for the DeminE power plant is
apparently overloaded these days
From Deming TO Myndus, fast time 4
was made, the trip being made in 40 J
minutes over the Borderland route 4
Paced by a troop train, where the I
Borderland route follows the railway /
10 Aden- the bort kept up the speed