Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-08-13
P. P. 0. 0. CARAVAN
DW|NDLED TO | CAR
Widely Advertised Parade
From New York To Los
Angeles Scattered To Four
Winds Before Reaching
Vegas.

/ The Los Angeles Examiner ex-
plains the situation as follows:
! Forty automobiles, headed for
/ this State:
Two blew out tires and that left
| thirty-eight.
Thirty-eight survivors, riding in
/ to the sun;
Seven tangled tenders and that
left thirty-one.
Thirty-one still going; motors
noting fine,
Two more went hay-wire and
| that left twenty-nine.
.Twenty-nine adventurers decided
to give her the gun"
Hear the motorcop's siren, that
left TWEEN .y-one;
! Twenty-one undaunted, find the
mixtures getting lean,
Get out and fix the carburetoh
| leaving sweet sixteen.
Sixteen hopeful tourists. glad to
be alive,
Eleven pause in the desert heat,
that left only five.
Five bouncing chariots, aiming.
for San Berdoo,
Three forgot to look at the gas
and then there were but two.
Two bespattered trekkers, the
journey nearly done,
But spark plugs won't last for
ever, so that leaves just one!
Be that it may, Secretary White-
head Tuesday morning received
a message to the affect that the
great P. P o. o. Caravan which
was advertised to leave New York
en- July IS, would arrive in Vegas
at SOP that evening and would
be composed of one car with five
persons.
The greatest P. p. o. o. caravan
about which the Chamber of Com
merce has been receiving long let
ters of instruction for the last
six months was reduced to the
official car bearing the officers. but
it came on time.
For those who are not in the
secret the caballistic letters P. P.
o. O. are supposed to stand for
Pixies Peak-Ocean To Ocean High
way The officials who got through
were H. D. Judson, general man.
ager; st. Joseph. Mo; Miss E.
A. Stegman, advertising manager
of the association and Harry w
Graham, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, Chillicothe, Mo-,
accompanied by Lewis E. Stubbs
of st. Joseph, Mo, and E. w
Long of Cadiz, Ohio.
The failure of the Caravan"
so far as numbers is concerned is
not due 10 any defects in the
route It was simply because
people wish to travel ON their own
schedules, stopping where they
please and moving when ready.
Two definite detectives are in
mind in making this trans-conti-
mental tour, first-to secure ac-
curate mileage from New York to
Los Angeles, to get the length and
location of the various types of
improved road and the length and
location of the poorer or unim-
proved road sections and to deter
mine the length of time actually
required to make the trip over
the entire highway and it's
branches in a comfortable man
ner, carrying in mind all the traf-
fic laws of the various states,
cities and villages, so as to care
fully observe them.
The next item and object of the
trip, is to bring to the attention
of the millions of newspaper and
magazine readers, through stories
concerning the tour, the facts,
that the Pixies Peak Ocean to
Ocean Highway is the rirect,
shortest and most scenic route
across the United States.
Claims for the P. p. o. o. High
way.
Since it's organization the Off
cials of the Pixies Peak Ocean to
Ocean Highway have laid claims
to the following statements:
1t is the shortest route from
New York to Los Angeles.
1t avoid congestion of the large
cities.
1t has the finest mountain
passes.
Its grades are easy and it's
alinement is direct.
Its historic Shrines all along the
route are unsurpassed.
1t is dependable as to mainten.
ance.
Its tourists camps are the best.
It's hotels and garages are up
to date with conveniences and
courteous accommodations and at
fair prices.
1t is we'll markedly letter or
number-all the way.
1t is 100 per cent hard-surfaced
from New York City to Shell
bina, Missouri.
1t is better than so per cent
hard-surface from Shelbina, Miss
ouri, to Los Angeles.
1t is the ideal highway, either
for military, commercial or social
use, as a glance at the United
States map will reveal-its the
midway"