The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-04-11
COL. HARVEY GUEST
OF OZARK TRA|LERS
TALKS ABOUT ROADS

Col. Coin Harvey returned as per
schedule from Las Vegas and the big
road meeting was held at the Elks
Club. The band was present and play
ed several nice selections while the
crowd was gathering. Col. Harvey
was introduced, and he lost no time
getting down to business. He compli-
mented Tucumcari upon her splendid
showing made at Amarillo and said
his trip to Tucumcari at this tim, will
always be remembered as most pleas
ant one.
He said in part: This trip is the
most important as we are closing our
trip of marking our route from St.
Louis TO Las Vegas. We are now re-
turning and finishing with the excep-
tion Of few miles of road west Of
Montoya and east of Tucumcari. This
route will be marked in Tucumcari at
the intersection Of the Trail with Sec
ond St., by large cement arch which
will contain the names and number of
hotels, garages, stores, population Of
city, etc. This route will not be log
ged to any particular hotel or garage
down town, but will pass directly
through your city on Gaynell Ave, and
at the entrance from the east and west
an arch containing the word wei
COME" on the outside and GOOD
BYE, COME AGAIN" on the inside
so it may be seen as visitors leave the
city.
'sTb;, ,o,,ta ,,,;lI ko ,ho ,.,,;n H.,
from st. Louis to Las Vegas but it
will be fed by tributaries. The places
where these tributaries join the main
line will be marked so that tourists
ma know all the towns along that line
before they leave the main line. The
Ozark Trails have a reputation of be.
| ing the best marked route in the whole
country. You will find the white and
green on posts, rocks, etc. think this
route is worth more than five rail.
roads, because the passengers on q
through train see nothing. They sleer
read and eat on the train, but on the
Ozark Trail the people travel by day.
| light. stop in your town, shop with
your merchants, eat at your hotels and
restaurants, buy gasoline and automo-
bile accessories, making steady and
constant stream of money passing
through your city.
"At one point on a main line through
| Colorado an account was kept of the
tourist cars during one day which was
more than 500, ! think this would be
conservative estimate of the cars Ia
pass each day over the Ozark trails
when it has been put INTO condition and
that fact has been ann 2unced to the
east and southeastern tourists. Your
wonderful possibilities for oil, copper
coal or irrigation projects will be made
known. Good roads will make life
worth living. 1t appeals to men of
wealth. The whole state of New Mex
leo will be benefited more than any
other state on the route.
want you to treat the tourist bet
ter than they have been accustomed to
especially in Colorado. You now have
the finest class of people and worst
roads have seen lately. There has
been enough money squandered in the
| U. S. to build perfect road from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Four-ffths OF
your road from Glenrio to Las Vegas
has natural mixture of clay and sand
which will make as good a road as any
one could ask. ! have no use for a
rock or crushed rock road. 1t has beer
proved many times that it makes a
poor automobile roadbed. 1t is all
right for wagons or steel or iron vehi'
cles and horses as they mash them
while an auto sucks up the rocks as il
runs over, and the wind will blow the
fine particles away. The proper mix
ture is % to 30 per cent clay to 20 oi
rs per cent sand. After these roads
are built and tn road smoothed uT
il may be kept in condition by each
man owning drag Ga small one) anc
putting in few hours work while tn,
ground is mellow after rain. ! car
furnish specification for such a dral
which will cost you less than $500 fol
each"
Mr.. Harvey said nothing could b'
accomplished without organization an'
TO more forcibly bring out his poin
he told n story of man who was al
expert with a whip. This man drov'
a stage and was showing n passenge
how he could knock off a certain lea
of tree, and could hit the mule
ear every time. The passenger saw
hornets nest and asked the whip-mal
to see il he could knock it down. Thi
he refused to do because "A leaf /
n leaf, and mules ear is mules eai
but that hornets nest is an organi
zation, and no one wants to buck "a
against an organization
An organization for New Mexic
was perfected. J. W. Corn president
with Mr.. Talpert of Las Vegas as Is
vice president. The following vice
presidents were chosen from the va
rious towns along the road: Jim All
! ercrombie, Anton Chico; Mr.. Robinso
! Santa Rosa, Joe Holbrook, Cuervo
Stanley Calisch, Montoya; c. l.. Owen