El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-11
MOTOR CLUB To
I. PULL TOURISTS
They Are Now Passing FL
Paso; How It Helps Re
cover Stolen Cars.

Something OF the need for an auto
mobile club in FL Paso IS reflected
in an article in the Examiner, Of Los
Angeles. last Sunday, reporting that
100 cars are arriving there weekly
/ from the east"
How many OF these cars pass
through FL Paso?' asked NJ C. Hart,
who is securing members for the new
automobile club in FL Paso. IF we
had & club here affiliated with the
American Automobile association. we
would have other Three A clubs d.
recting motorists this way, for We
would keep in touch with other clubs,
inform them Of our road conditions,
Of our attractions and our unexcelled
climate for outdoor travel As il is,
they 20 north Of here over snow
covered, muddy rOadS-JuSt because
thev do not know about FL Paso."
Mr.. Hart and Fred Lazenby, who Is
now assisting him in the work. have
succeeded in securing over 100 sig
natures to the membership list. They
have contracted to secure 400 before
the club is formed. This number
would give FL Paso a club strong
enough, it is believed. to BEGIN i'm
mediate work with the idea Of accom-
plishinE something It is expected to
have 1000 members in a short time.
Chance To Get Cars.
Although Los Angeles IS getting
lots Of automobile tourists now. the
biggest rush is expected later and Fl
Pas0 has a chance 10 get some Of this
traffic. Following IS the Examiners
reference TO automobile travel into
that city:
Motor cars from other states
are arriving in Los AnCeleS at the
rate Of more than 100 weekly.
These figures, showing the in
creased popularity Of this section
IS a winter touring ground. were
announced Yesterday by superin-
cendent Butler OF the Los Angeles
branch motor vehicle department.
The total number OF visiting
cars for the year will be nearly
5000, with Arizona in the lead.
Then comes Texas. Nevada. Hi
nois and Iowa in order. Arizona's
auto delegation is particularly
large through the summer
months, when motorists come TO
the seasnore 20 avoid The heat
That condition. too, makes Texas
second
More cars are being driven
THROUGH this winter than ever be-
fore from the east. Every day
motor parties are coming through
with little or no difficulty.
THE real rush from the east
will begin after the first Of the
year" said superintendent But
Ter. s'Our entire stock Of permits
was exhausted about two months
ago, and while waiting six weeks
for q renewal. ESQ applications
piled I'd. And since then the for
-eign' cars are increasing daily
The same paDer shows the advant-
age OF motorists Of q club in helping
10 recover stolen cars. Says the E1-
Eminer-
With the closing OF the records
for 1917 IN the automobile theft
situation. il is shown by figures
compiled yesterday at the head
quarters Of the Automobile Club
OF Southern California that 225
more machines were stolen last
year than during 1915. and that
the total value Of cars taken
reached the sum Of approximately
S1,1O9. SOC.
OF the 1887 automobiles stolen
here in the past II months 1920
were recovered and returned to
their owners through the efforts
OF the theft bureau OF the Auto
mobile club, the notice and the
sheriffs office. Thus more than
S924.OO0 was saved to local motor
lists.