El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
AUTO CLUB WORKS
FOR BETTER ROADS
Il -. - sEcnrrar1 u - AUromoH1Ln cIUB

scheduled 20 Be held the evening Of
the go but as the convoy Is now 10
days behind with Its schedule, the
dance viii be given when the convoy
strives IN the city. The COMMITTEES
for arrangements IS as follows: A J.
Strayer. G. A Martin. ". G. Roe, F.
II. Bannel1, Al Fegan, Frank Sim
mons and J. A. Smith. The dancing
COMMITTEES IS composed Of o. c.
Youugblood, A n Lockhart, Charles
Brown. Spencer Darbyshire and Nor
man walker.
MANY INQUIRIES have been received
a. the office Of the Automobile club
relative TO the emblems which were
ordered some four OF five months
ago. Just when they viii arrive e De-
hard TO tell TWenty-three samples
were received at the office and were
Immediately taken BY members who
happened 10 be at the chamber OF
commerce. These emblems are very
attractive, enamel finished, hard
metal red, white and blue, showing
lone star in red A A A in gold,
blue rim with letters Fl Paso Automo-
bile club IN metal A five inch screw
post with washer, nut and thumb
screw IS Eoldered to the back Of the
plate for attaching 70 the radiator
The officers OF the Automobile club
are: A J streyers president; Alves
Dixon, vice PRESIDENT Mss Buena
directors are A 7 Strayer, c. II
Harvey, Alveg Dixon. J. z. Anderson.
G. A Martin. j. II Ba1neil. II. ].
Naquin. Porter Thedes c. Il Lester.
Organization Necessary
Motorists early learned that they
must band together 70 protect their
interests
Hardly had the automobile proved
q marketable product until an ele-
q "a n n q
life miserable FOR their owners. Then
shortly followed the organization Of
automobile clubs In many Of the
larger cities and in some smaller
communities, formed primarily for
the following ideas: First that Of
serving the owners OF automobiles in !
their purely personal capacities. I
Among these I would say, would be /
that Of safety TO the automobile traf- /
fio as a whole. The next term OF in- ]
portance is that OF the relation OF the I
local automobile owner 20 the visitor, ]
commonly called the tourist
The great American public, which .
now uses 70 such a large extent, the
automobile for transportation, busi-
ness and pleasure, has an augmented u
interest IN the question OF this au-
romotiVe idea. In other words, com
isolated from each other, due TO the
lack OF transportation facilities, have
now been brought close 70 each other
by the use OF automobiles
Auto Clubs Help Road Projects.
The next item should be that Of Ia
cilities for travel in the form OF good
roads. II has been proved IN this
country that less attention has been
paid 70 the development OF or high
ways and waterways than any other
civilized country o. the world Au-
tomobile clubs throughout the coun-
try have been the pioneers, therefore,
In the development OF the good roads
movement and much Of the success
q highways projects Is due directly
to the work OF various local and na-
uonai automobile organizations.
one OF the principle duties OF the
FL Raso Automobile club IS that Of
the development OF the arteries OF Z
transu ortauon IN every direction
from FL Paso. This, OF course, IS be-
ing done TO a certain extent at the
present time, but 70 my mind there
is wonderful opportunity for an
program in this respect.
The next item is that Of the de-
Velopmeut OF proper legislation with
reference 10 the automotive indus
tries and special reference 70 high
ways legislation This IS a matter
that has been neglected. both local
and national I believe that due 90
The activities Of automobile clubs and (
other agencies, that we are now upon (
the right road in the question OF a
sound legislation that viii ultimately
bring about a complete highway sys- {
TEN in the United states, such as we !
know we ought 10 have ID