Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-13
Good Highways Will Open Up
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Vacation Spots at Our Doors

It's long way from good highways
TO society. and the average person
may see no connection between the
two subjects. Maybe there isn't. But
this space has to be filled, the society
editor must write about something
and as a goodly part of the social set
are rustieating at the beaches and
those who have remained at home are
in a lethargic condition, so far as
social activities are concerned, the
S. E. has had to rack her brain and
lay awake nights trying to find sub
ject to write about,
There may be no direct connection
between good highways and society
But there is a close relationship be-
tween good highways and summer
vacations. Being a member of the So
called weaker sex. the society editor
is not supposed to know much about
building roads and the beneficial eff
fects of goods roads on the people of
the state. Nevertheless, by consulting
some of the wise males of the
species" and doing a little reasoning
on her own account, she has absorbed
some ideas on the subject.
1t has often been stated. and rightly
SO, too, that New Mexico has noun
tain scenery, which for gradeur is not
surpassed anywhere in the world. But
we have been unable, to exploit these
wonders of nature so as to attract
tourists here because much of the
scenery has been and IS now inacces-
ssible, In fact some of 1t can hardly
be reached on foot There has been
a lack of roads For the same reason
our home folks have not taken ad-
Vantage of New Mexico's mountain
fresorts. It was easier and required
less eXertion to board a train and
4speed off to the Pacific coast. or else
where, than ii was to reach the beauty
spots almost at our door.
But the building of roads is going
TO change all this. The construction
sof the road through the Sandals by
way of what is known as the Ellis
ranch, which probably will be COM
tpleted by next summer, is one illus
tration of what the road program will
accomplish. Up among the balsams,
the pines and other trees, high in the
mountains, are some of the most
beautiful spots imaginable. and they
can be reached by automobile from
Albuquerque in about an hour and
thirty minutes. OF course if one is
in hurry to get there this time can
he cut down somewhat. There are
,
or one can by making arrangements
with the forest service lease plot of
seround and build a summer home.
And talk about scenery We con-
versed with man yesterday VITO
said:
II have seen moving pictures Of
waterfalls in the mountains of Mon
tana. Why, they were tame compared
with what we have in the Sandals.
There are sixty-eight waterfalls with
in a radius of two miles in the vicinity
of Ellis ranch. They range in height
from two to fifteen feet. There is
pool after pool of clear. sparkling
water in which hundreds of trout may
he seen swimming around, Then. too,
the Sandals cure or rather relieve
hay fever. The odor of the balsams
seem TO be an efficacious remedy for
this summer ailment | have known
of cases where persons We're suffering
indescribablle tortures from hay
feyer-they went to the mountains
and relief came in a few hours"
We have gone to the seashore in
the summer time to escape the heat
and see the sights. The breeze in the
mountains Is just as cool and refresh
ing as that which is waited in from
the ocean. And certainly, If one
really wants to rest. it can be done
much better in a mountain camp than
in Il stuffy cottage or hotel located
close to where the crowd gathers and
tries to hear what the wild waves are
saying. ...
Good roads will make the mountain
resorts easy of access, not only to our
own people, but to those outside Of
the state.