El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-06
Ell PASO'S SCENIC DRIVE, GREAT
PLACE TO RENEW YOUR SPIRIT

FIVE HUNDRED feet above the city OF Fl Paso stand
there on the mountains front porch where the new
scenic drive passes its high point and drink It all in
prohibition laws don't apply to soul stimuants. 1t is
mighty inspiration to tired and faded spirit OF cob
webbv mind, 20 take bit Of up there and spend a
quiet and wonderaden minutes comunng with space
Innity opens to you there. You think you going
see only cities and factories and railroad trains and you
little skepdca about the value Of II, until you test
It out But you soon m up on the panorama close to
you underneath and your eyes sweep over the distant
horizons TO the bue mysterious mountains and across the
soung mesas to where the curve earth tempts your
imagination and the sky comes down
Take It at sunset Come up from the east sde-that IS
The best way Under the east flank Of Franklin it is already
twilight ana bit chill Off to the east the plains and
hills st bright but the mountains shadow IS creeping
out Watch the distant hills them COLOR all the eolors
Of the flowers Of autumn
As you se-dont drive fast Just mosy along and soak
iyou find yourself looking inteny at the beautifully
co3red rocks all along the road and at the green things
and you traffic moving without making any uoise You
notice things around Fl Paso you never knew were there
You sense the valleys beauty the silver stream in the
declining light the little white mission churches OF
the green fields miles away Below you the homes where
people live Back the fort with its business And you pay
little heed % these things all material and familiar, and
y0ur eyes reach upward TO the peaks and high ridges which
you feel strong impulse to climb and overcome. It
looks easy from that uuwouted height starting
point.
When you think you're up, you aren't You keep climb
ing around the easy and along the smooth grades
Of road located and built with all the Of main line
railroad Il Is perfectly safe to any driver but who
drunk careless to the point of idocy you drive
ten ilss Al hour you are public nuisance and menace
and deserve killing.
After you have enjoyed the pleasant sensation Of getting
long WAYS away from every place in few minutes that
much longer you arrive at last at the top Of the grade
There vide place there, which is to have few seats
and shelter perhaps some day The crags Of the mountain
rise above and drop off below You get out Of your car and
take breath deep II hurts.
lust around the corner the red sun is setting
spsakab glory To the west lie the beautiful mountains Of
the Mexican range, Towering for You IN the yelled light
r--r- E- Ella F--4 ave-
beautiful too and giorifed for you. You part Of
that life down there and It is part Of you. You glad
you came You are glad you belong there
Look 10 the east again. The shadow Of the earth is
mounting now, and the Hueco range is turning and
violet and blue The earth shadow rises the sky,
and you the majestic Of it You feel keen
desire TO look all ways ct once, and yuu little dis
appointed 70 miss the least Of what is happening there
where the smiles good night and over here where the
lights are beginning 20 twinkle.
You start down with reluctance You look back and 1t
IS more beautiful thn you thought. As you draw away
from Franklin, the mountain seems TO grow bigger and
bigger and more ysteEous- Franklin is little dictatoria
rassrly but l5Veabls You approve Of that mountain,
and you are glad you oEu It.
ny not to see the squalor Of storms7 but keep your
eyes and your mind what is good There VIII be
another route, around BY Kern place which VIII sustain
your Illusions and afford happy ending to you little
tour about yourself.
the mountain For little while you not quite you,
you standing off watching yourself 60 BY. You shed
al your worries and meaunessss and have brothery feel
ing for eagles and stars and things
The town little rough and harsh and worldly to
you when you first come back to trolley gongs and kaxons
and grade crossings You wonder Why can't build his
cities without interfering with your W0rshipful moods.
is 1t worth the money? The scenic drive consider
abe If If had cost ten times much it would still have
been worth while There is not who takes that
little p who VIII ever begrudgs the share he contributed
The IN ofos who drove this project TO completion
have made contribution to the Of human
happiness health and sanity. This is luxury It is
prime necessity and want Of the sort Of
work done
Let buy the mouHtsin, and the rolling lands at its
Let build good road clear to the crest Of that
ssrsney self confident old udge and show him Who is
master.
There IS way to IN money, the values and
income Of such project this The price Of souls not
quoted in market
Motorists Earning that tsquila and gasoline Won't