Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-27

4 Bath ut Albuquerque.
The chief attraction about Al
buquerque was good bath, while
Santa Fe furnished Mr.. Root with
a good meal. This shows that the
investigator was looking for crea-
ture comforts more than edlfica-
ton. for who would not be more
impressed by tho Palace of the
Governors or the new Museum In
Santa Fe than square meaiT
Who could imagine that there Is
nothing more interesting in Albu-
querque than hot water and a cake
of soap, with sufficient privacy to
enjoy them intimately?
Here are some of Mr.. Roots
comments, taken from a recent
number of Motor News:
"Up to the New Mexico state
line. a distance OF Is miles, the
road was a delight; but anyone
could have told that another state
had been entered immediately by
the road conditions. Then came
the climb up Ration Pass--wind-
ing, steep, beautiful and interesting
because this was the first real
snake-like mountain that had been
encountered. The descent was
even more difficult, but 1t gave n
most wonderful sight of the valley
and the town of Ration below.
Now the roads began to change
Ito dirt and clay-and while not
particularly bad into Wagon Mound
it made up for all that a little far
Their on. Wagon Mound is a typi-
cal Mexican village, although not
addicted to the use of adobe to the
extent that Isleta and some other
places were.
THE marshal was a Mexican;
there were at least two stores and
a couple OF houses on the prlnci-
pal--and only---Street. Something
was going on, for there were at
least a hundred people croWding
the streets and interfering with
traffic. We had halted at the side
of the road---beg pardon, street
and out of the way Of all But the
marshal politely asked US to move
to an open lot so as not to block
the street His politeness had IL
all over most traffic cops.
Some More Bad Roads.
at was necessary 10 make a
owing to road work and bridge
coustruc:ion--and such a detour!
Twelve miles over a prairie road
of rocks and boulders, over washes
and cattle culverts, through ranch
gates and across streams into the
one-house settlement of Shoe
maker.
And here we were forced to ford
two good sized creeks 10 reach the
main road. We had begun to get
into the real western roads and all
that was talked about that night
in the camping ground at Las
Vegas was that horrible thing
called road.
1.-THE first night of camping out
was at the outskirts of Las Vegas
which is enterprising enough &c
provide OF least n good place fol-
tourists, but whose inhabitants vii
not stir toward work until $3.50 a
IN. no matter what the call.
I'VE had Kept finding new things
and also bad roads-mostly trails
over the hills, through forests
winding and up and down-yet in
tcresting inasmuch az they brought
new scenes every moment, We
Travelled through a pine forest high
up ON a mountain and did this fol
almost half a. day, II was rough
going and commanded tntermedl'
ate gear work as o precaution
Miles From Chicago.
"Out In that desolate country we
suddenly ran on to a beautiful
stone road, then we curved alonG
u river on a narrow and winding
bit of half-made highway and we
pulled into the oldest town of the
southwest--Santa Fem time for
lunch at quaint eating house on
the eastern side of the old plaza.
Now we were rs miles away from
Las Vegas and l,6S6 miles from
Chicago
Everybody is warned when they
reach Santa ZEE about the danger
GUS La Baiada hill, just IS miles
out It is not only crooked and
steep descent, but one comes to II
off of dead level and smooth
road and 80 suddenly that but for
I the warning and danger sign he
might be catapulted a thousand
feet.
"As 1t is, there are four extreme
hairpin turns in addition TO 81 very
pronounced curves, and il is drop