El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-18
WANT DRIVERS
IN WAR ZONE
Americans Needed Auto
Club Notified; Receives
MANY Road Reports.

The FL Paso Automobile club re-
ceived a letter Monday afternoon from
r.. Kennerdeu. chairman OF the con
test board Of the American Automo-
bile association at New York. writ
ten in the interest Of the Y. IL C. A.,
asking the local club to assist in Sc
curing 100 drivers TO so 90 France
Applicants must be above the ase OF
80. American citizens with no German
OF Austrian blood; able to make or
binary repairs, to cope with and NOT
become ratified" over unusual hap
penincs. The duties consist largely
Of driving a truck or touring car
hauling canteen and general supplies
fn and around the army zone me
salary is based on mans Individual
needs II q family is dependent the
association tries 10 make the salary
sufficient TO meet tie home budget
and take care of the expenses Do
France Applications may be re-
ferred 10 F. NJ willis at the Speakers
and Publicity department, y. II. c. A.,
544 Madison avenue, New ork-
Lnzenby sends Road Report
The touring bureau OF the club re-
ceived from F. IT.. Lazenby, OF III
Paso. who is making a tour Of Arizona
and New Mexico, the following inlor-
nation covering road conditions
The road from Silver city 10 Iy-
rome Is wonderful and exceedingly
scenic. from Tyrone to Lordsburg %
is fair. somewhat rough I'm spots, but
the road from LOrdsburE % Eodeo rs
absolutely rotten From Rodeo to
Douglas IL is pretty fair. except for
six miles out Of Rodeo, where 10 IS
very rough. From Douglas TO Bis
bee. very good all OF the way 10
rain vet. very dry everywhere, cloudy
Road from Bisbee through the noun
taius perfectly wonderful both as 90
scenic beauties and smooth mesa Ar
ter leaving the mountains roads are
very rough through Tombstone and
Benson. but are good from Vail TO
Tucson. Just like a boulevard. There
Is much fine scenery between Benson
and Tucson Have met very few tour
lists
Reports on 1872 sIHe Trip.
r. C.. Masquelette. OF Houston, reg
istered at the club headquarters. made
the trip from Houston via Dallas and
reported the road fine between those
cities. The road from Dallas via AL
buquerque to II Paso was rough To
stretches. Total mileage or this trip
was 1472, made In a Cadillac tour
ing car. Mrs. Nasquelette and baby
were with Mr. MasCuelette and are
located at the c. " Bassett home on
Mckinley avenue FOR the summer.
MrS- b l. seward ana Qausn leFf
Miss Frances Seward, OF Las Cruces.
n. 81, were visitors al the touring
bureau. planning a trip to California
in their Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs L. T. King. % Douglas, I
Ariz. going TO Oklahoma City. re-
ported roads rough from Douglas TO
Hachita; Hachita 10 Deming fair and
sandy east OF Alden. and advised all
tourists 20 take shovels.
Fine Run TO Clomdcruff.
W A. Rank. OF FL Paso. has just
returned from @ trip 20 Cloudcroft, I
and gave the following report on /
road conditions Made tho run from Z
II Paso to Alamogordo in eight hours :
with four stops Road via Tohin 90 .
Twin Mills No I. made So miles in D
places. Twin Mills TO Alamogord0 is b
ough and bad but not impaEsa BILE; ]
AlamoCordo TO Cloudcroft good. but
steep grade: made run in two hours, .
which included stop for breakfast b
This is a wonderful trip. and our
party. composed Of my family and /
sisters, Mrs Chase and Mrs Hahn. I
and Roy Fox. enjoyed every minute Of I
our stay, and II a man has the time
20 take this trip &c VIII be well worth I
the effort on the part Of the driver" ]