El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-29

THE touring bureau is indebted to
4 Judge Dan NJ Jackson. a member
Of the club. who. with his family. left
for California via the Grand canyon
the 18th inst, for the following re-
port on road conditions covering that
route:
FL Paso. Tex. June Is.
Automobile Club. City:
Gentlemen: The following are ex-
tracts from communications received
from judge Dan NJ Jackson, en- route
from FL Paso to Los Angeles via
auto. which might be OF interest to
you. Cleft FL Paso s a. m. June IS.
arrived in Los Angeles the night OF
June 2A):
Las Cruces. June Is-El Paso TO
Las Cruces, time 1855; repairs on road;
Fado 10 Mesquite, north to Las Cruces.
road good
Cutter, June 1S.-Road fast. Cruces
TO Fiat Lake ranch; then to Cutter
chucky; Sc miles from Cruces TO Cut
ter: time, three hours.
Elephant Butte. June 1S.-Arrived
11:40 a. m Caught nice mess of
perch for dinner. Road from Cutter
good VIII leave tomorrow noon for
Alagdalena-
Magdalena. n. NJ. June 19.-Arrived
here at $3.50 D. M; 104 miles from the
dam via Rosedale. Road good after
leaving Rio Grande bottom. Motor
lists from the dam to this place should
De warned 10 take right hand road
1z-9 miles after taking Rosedale road.
The fork is unmarked Leave for
Springerville early tomorrow.
Daul, n. NJ. June 20.-Left Magda-
lena, at a. m; arrived here at a.
m; distance 36.5 miles; road good.
but bad sandy spots and chuckholes
in valleys; engine missing occasion
ally. Got two gallons coal oil at the
dam yesterday by mistake.
Springer, ARK, June 20.-Arrived
here ut 2;45 p. m; 135 miles from
Magdaiena, n n Road dry and
ehucky. Ran into rain at Arizona
line Going TO st. John tonight
St John, Ariz-, June 20.-Arrived
here at $3.50 p. m; 81 miles northwest
Of Springerville- Road fast VIII
camp here tonight and 90 out 70 pet
rified forest tomorrow morning.
Holbrook, Ariz.. June 21.-Arrived
here at IL a. M 81 miles from St
Johns. Motorists should take right
hand road So miles north Of St Johns
and save eight miles. returning to
main road at Hunt Roads dry and
chucky.
Ashfork. Ariz.. June 22-The road
from Holbrook to Winslow is very
dry and Chuclly- From Winslow to
Flagstaff to Grand Canyon and back
to Williams and on here Is fine.
Peach Springs. Ariz., June "a
Road good, except for soft places on
account OF recent rains. Just had
second puncture-about $50 miles
from home.
seligman. Ariz.. June 2s.-Road
from AshfOrk to this place-27 miles.
Arrived here at $40 a. m, leaving
for Kingman.
Yucca, Ariz.. June 23.-The road
from Peach Springs TO this place via
Kingman is simply ideal We are
about so miles from Needles and $50
o'clock p. m.
Needles, calf. June 2s.-we are
$50 miles from home. Arrived here
at 7:20 p m, Pacific time, o. K. The
road from Yucca here was better than
1 expected, but rough over innumer-
able washes. On the California side
the going is fast. We got out eight
miles west and camped.
Los Angeles. June IS Telegram. j.
arrived here safely tonight H. Will
lams, secretary Dan NJ Jackson.
Z. II. Hurd, a member. and family,
en- route to California, send the fol-
lowing report TO the touring bureau:
June 22-Made Magdalena today.
Road from Anthony to Cruces very
poor Cruces TO the dam. good; most
Of it has been helped by rain; from
the dam TO San MarciaL in excellent
shape; some rough washes from San
Marcial to Magdalena; ROsedale cut
off wonderful beyond description.
Holbr0OS, Ariz, June 23.-Made this
place second day Road from Magda-