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EL PASO HERALD Saturday, March 29, 1913 TiTfiViVm I ij iVQ 7 i 1 1 iTj Ti i i i 1 1. tj . .i.i.m' ' ui rvwviv.v;vv.vvw.vvvwvvv'.vvw xaaaa ca a a a ira a r m I i bDk ih ov mmmm w -. m - - mrrm J -. w a . a mrr -j . ar a: m.".-l " ' CR . . .. .linn. - LI.HJ J .iJvxvw-x-ss-.-.vr.yi".-..-.--. .-.. wj.-.-. v-ywm-iTm 1 n i i rrm.- Cruces Drive Good Sunday Trip For Motorists Jast Hew the Road to Hueco Tanks Is Hot Good Sales of New Cars in 1 Paso Continue. IF THE weather Js good Sunday, El Paso autoniobilists cannot do better than make a trip to Las Cruces and .turn, through the Organ mountain ,.-.s, going out b way of Fort Bliss and returning over the valley road. A ti:p just at present to Hueco Tanks a -id .Natural park is not advised, as in- road is in bad condition for about a. iiilc as a result of worK that Is now bring done to make the drive easier. However, the road to and from las r-uces is in splendid shape with the c vception of a little sand-between Or gan and Las Cruces, but this is easily pulled going into Cruces from Organ. as it is -downgrade. The wild flowers along the road to Organ, after Fort Bliss is passed, are blossoming now and the trip should be extremely pleas ant if the wind is not blowing and -ncather is otherwise favorable Sun da. Hueco Tanks and Natural park are going to prove a popular place for automohilists this summer. Already several are planning to make trips, in- luding a camping stay at the park. J rank Powers and family are now camping at the Tanks. They have put up tents and are living very comfort ably. Harry Swain and wife made a trip to the place this week, spending the night there. The road beyond Hueco all the way t.. Sierra Blanoa, is now in good shape, and several automobilists are discuss ing making this run soon. Mike Law--. loss, driver of one of H. E. Marteeny's public carat made the run from Sierra Blanca to El Paso, a distance of 106 ! miles, in a little over five hours last week. F. L. Schnabel has a new five-passenger Ford. W. W. Grane ass m new two-pas-feneer Huomobile. which he bought from the Southwestern An to" Sates i i c mpany. B. F. Wylie bought a Ford touring Automobile & ISTRAWBERREiS ! or anvthing you plant Mi WILL GROW I on one of those lots in faflj TOBIX'S 4TH ADDITION fl See Ad. Page 11. R Greer's Electric Garage 508 N. KANSAS Electric STUDEBAKER HUDSON AND WTTTWfrfc'CIT IT X J A 1VA V S3 1 JL-f IL R-E-O Chalmers Motor Company of EI Paso Cor. W. San Antonio and Santa Fe Sts. TL DkL:S El Paso Rubber & Rmjf emy Magnetos C Z21-323 Texas Street. Beii Phone 1379. Overland Cars AGENCY PW 5105 Auto Insurance gS5s. Winton Six atif car this week and will drive it back to his hjme at VatHorn. Texas. Henry Stoker, of Las Cruces. X. M., purchased a Reo fifth and drove it up to his Mesilla valley home. The Tri -State Motor company shipped a Ford delivery wagon to J. B. Richardson, at Tucson, .Ariz. J. A. Reams, of Las Cruces, N. M., is to receive two Studebaker SSs from the Richardson Motor Car company next 'week. , E. J. Bradt bought a two-passenger Buick from -the International Auto company. 3 X W. Wells, of Iteming, N. M- drove down from there Wednesday In his Studebaker "25" and drove back home Thursday. George E. Wallace has a new -r, v. f"- hurs- finder "i" which he bought Thurs day. HELP! HELP! LOOK WHAT AUTO LAWS! Sw York Motorists Pace Charges Which WoHld Make Them Leave Heme, 'If State Adopt Tbcni. Here is what the New York motorists are facing proposed laws which: -Require .a $500 surety bond from every chauffeur. Require a, $2000 bond from e.'cry owner. - Make every owner responsible for damage caused by his car no .matter who is driving it just because H bears his license number. Make speed violations a felony in stead of a -misdemeanor. Make every owner liable to the neni- j tentiary instead e'f a' line. x urw every rair -owner ana cnauneur to furnish the secretary of state with his finger prints the same ae a crim inal Give the secretary o state" power to suspend or revoke licenses without a hearing. Require all automobiles to stop in front of fire houses, at every .street crossing, steam and railway crossing and in front of all school houses at certain hours. Require all cars to be fitted with tail lights that cannot be turned out from inside the car. Double he taxation of pleasure cars and increase the taxation on motor trucks to $5 per ton capacity instead of $5 per truck, and provide other re strictions. OF COURSE. "What's that big iron thlngT" asked Laura. "Locomotive boiler," replied Tom. After a moment's silence. Laura In quired, "Why do they boil locomotives?" "To make 'em tender!" said Tom Access ones DIRECTORY Cars. Sparking Batteries, and Auto Supplies. AUTOMOBILES. Richardson Motor Car Co., Distributors. 422 San Antonio St. Phone SS3. southwestern auto SALES COMPANY. Corner Myrtle and Kansas St Automobile, Trucks, Passenger Cars and Sopplie- ristributors for the South west. HEFF-STILESC0. 400 Block, No. Santa Fe. Automobiles Auto Supply Co LongwelTs Auto Truck & Sales Co. Jas. Tays, Mgr. 120-22 San . Francisco St. El Paso Auto Sales Co. Office 713 K. Ochoa St Phone 3585. J. E. JOHNSON, JR, MGE. Service Station ignition and Lighting WISBMAA" & AXDKRON. Ignition Specialists. Geo. L. Pisher, Distributor. Salesrooms Southwestern Building. Phone 1S. P. O. Box 77. E. P. & S. W. BUILDING mR CRAM11TM A Mr M CTAMTOM C P. HENRY. Manager. DOUGLAS C. CROWELL Agency 20$ Mills Bidg. Phone 578 All Kirds. Motorcycle Notes a-RACTICALLY one-half of the VJt transcontinental tour of J. Leo Sauer, in behalf of the Federation of American Motorcyclists has been completed. And from the2 enthusiasm of the meetings held in the various cit ies so far visited, his trip promises to prove of even greater oeneiit io me r. A. M. and motorcycling In general than was anticipated. In his talks Mr. Sauer is urging upon the different clubs the advantages to be deriv d from state organization. He says that it is of course impossible for large numbers from each district to attend the annual convention of the national body. But if state associa tions are formed and state conventions held each year it will serve to keep the riders in touch with the work being done by the F. A. M. and also keep up enthusiasm in the local clubs. The close of the week of March IV completed Mr. Sauer"s stay in California. His itinerary for the week of March 24 includes Portland, Seattle, Spokane and Salt Lake City. He will then start back east. I The last meeting of the tour will be held in Newark, N. J., April 2S. I Two motorcyclists pushed their ma thev bomnleted the ascent of Mount Diablo, the famous peak which over looks the state of California. The feat was accomplished by F. E. Karslake and W. C Vaughn, of Oakland, Cal. The trip to the top of the peak repre sents about three miles of traveling, but the ascent is 4000 feet. The riders chjugged to the top on their motorcy cles In one hour and twenty minutes. The machines responded easily to the test. John M. Schmidt, of Wauwatosa. Wis.. 1 the motor started. Then without water has made an interesting record ot . jn tn motor the car pushed steadily on 70.000 miles on his motorcycle. Schmidt I f0, three miles to the nearest house, has ridden his machine since 190S and Afjfer filling with water, the follow says it is good for many more years ln 10 mlies were accomplished after of service. He says that he has traveled dark, down through a swamp where 70.000 miles during that time, riding ; the snow stood two and onehalf feet." winter and summer. He says he never j obtains less than 75 miles per gallon I of gasoline and frequently runs as high ; T3rr"D TnTTTPT. "BW ATTTSC! as 135 miles. i Duck hunting by motorcycle Is pleasure immensely enjoyed by Frank Astle. of-Haven. Kas. The night before Astle contemplates taking a duck . hunt, he loads his motorcycle with sup- i plies wooden decoys, shot guns, boots, j etc Then about a half hour before time for the ducks to appear he chugs j away to the river. vhlih AVr9 l miles from town His luggage carrier . ....? hrinrr hod- tile ramt whiih i .. ... w ,.-- . serves to bring back his game, which on the last trip, amounted to 14 birds. Ira J. Stockwell. of Lawrence, Kas., has just completed a 1400 mile. motor cycle trip through Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas, which was a severe test of his two-wheeler. Most of the distance from Wichita, Kas.. he traveled through mud and sand. Th sapd was so bad that it got into thf mechanism of his camera and put it Ant of commission. But the motorcycle plowed right through without a scratch, and Mr. Stockwell says it runs as nice today as the day it came out of the crate. - While the motorcycle is becoming well known for its usefulness in the U. S. army, it has also made some headway In the navy. With a keen n"ci,V,J0L?;0tr!nff ?,!: ! ties -while in port, several of the off! cers of the U. S. S. "Wyoming" carry "two-wheelers" aboard ship. When they are in port, the officers have the mo torcycles taken from the special com partment in which they are stored, swung to a lighter by means of an elec tric crane, and thence ashore. The mo torcycle thus gives them an opportuni ty to get a more Intimate view of the many countries where they touch. Four new 1913 motorcycles are to be I added to the Indianapolis police de partment. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sadler, of Sour Lake, Texas, have just returned from, a motorcycle wedding tour, extending over the last three months. Bert Adams a rural mail carrier of Genoa. Wis., uses a-motorcycle to cover his route. He says that he delivers mall to 82 boxes, and handles 6094 pieces of mail per month. Although his route is over hills most of the way, he says it takes just four hours to make the trip, at a cost of 25 cents. A motorcycle dealer of Dallas. Texas, rode tils motorcycle to Mil ford, SS miles distent, to see a prospective customer in preference to taking the train. He says that although he made three stops om the way. he arrived in Mllford in ad vance of the train. Nelson Foust. a landscape photo grapher of St. Petersburg. Pa., uses a motorcycle, in his work. Mis LaPearl E. Wills, an enthusiastic motorcyclist, of Canal Dover, Ohio, has added a sidecar to her motorcycle and now takes her girl friends with her on her trips. Miss FloraHobertson has been added to the sales force of a Warrensburg, Mo., motorcycle concern, and has al ready convinced a number of girls of the nleasure to be derived from motor cycling. IMPROVINGTHE PUBLIC ROADS This PromI to Be the Banner Tear. Important That Itonils Should Be Maintained. The present year promises to be the greatest in the history of the movement for the improvement of the public roads of the United States, according to the reports received from all parts of the countrv by former secretary Wilson of the United States department of agri culture. A Joint committee of congress Is en gaged in an investigation of the feasi bility of federal aid In the construction, improvement and maintenance of public highways, and a number of the state legislatures now in session are consid ering good roads legislation. In connec tion with the general impetus that the frood roads movement has recently had n all parts of the country, the director or the office of public roads says: "Too much stress cannot be laid upon the importance of maintenance in con nection with the work of improving the roads. The people In nealy all the states are filled with enthusiasm for road im provement and are spending enormous sums of money in the construction of superb roads, and yet almost without exception they are making little provis ion to care for. the roads after they are built. This is true not only in the vari ous counties, but under many of our state highway departments. "To maintain the roads in good condi tion year after year requires a consider able annual outlay, but this outlay is infinitely less than the loss which must fall upon the people eventually if they allow their roads to go to utter ruin. The thing for all advocates of good roads to do is to urge continuous, sys tematic maintenance and the setting aside everv year of an amount per mile estimited bv the encitiper in rhare-e to h. suffir'pnt fur the p-f p r m unienanoe ff th --.-),i. i rnui - v i 1 1 must make for etonomj and tlfKnci. EXPERIENCE OF A DRIVER IN SNOW Thin Vermont Man Hn an Experience Such as HI I'nnoanH Can Scarce ly Irangine. F. J. Percival. of St Johnsbury, Vt.. tells a thrilling story of exposure and hardship in a snowstorm, such as In i Kl Pasoan would hardly imagine. After describing how he left nis home on I-eb. 4 for a business trip n the Wil- loyehbv T.ak rpzinn Mr TArc.vnl .qav: On the third day at Derby Line, il atrvse iu una some real Vermont winter, the thermometer having descended to the region of 15 below zero. But imme diate progress was' very important and I decided to proceed. "There was a strong north wind blowing and I soon "began to encounter almost impossible snow drifts, some of them four and five feet in height. The car pushed through 28 miles of them, but at last, near the south end of Wil loughby Lake, it struck a giant drift which it could not make. "There was nothing to do but dig her out. I went to work with the shovel, in the meantime allowing the motor to run to prevent it from freezing. It took two and one-half hours to clear the way. "I was horrified -when ready to ap ply the power to have the motor sud- denly stop. The gasoline would not vaporize. I immediately drew tlie -wa ter from the cylinder and radlater, but before I had time to drain the car buretor, it water jacket burst. "Fine! The feeling that I had can on ly be appreciated by an arctic ex plorer. Twelve degrees below zero, a killing wind blowing and the nearest hcuse three miles away. "I decided to make another experi ment though with little or no hope. I held my bare hands on the manifold pipe and corburetor and. lo and behoiu JTWit j. wi jji j.j,--. " BETTER MOTOR CARS DexIcrHcrH Had to Improve to Overcome the Obstacle i of .be Can. -Most of U8 wno drive automobiles j find ourselves complaining now and '" "A'C , abo.t the low grade " - -i vv - aiiTtA nsawr mflrKTMi. saiu a. iki e We may JUstiied In a ;"- " ...,.,.. K..t th wrv fact that srasoline i u..., .inio nnirn iwvnrer in oualitv has had much to do with motor ear lm- ' raent. which has been the most won Drovement. So here is the 'Ill-wind' ; derful in the history of commerce. saying illustrated again. No manufacturer who is alive to the situation Is willing to see his car robbed of much of its efficiency by the fuel. Accordingly, the manufacturers nave imoroved their cars; and the result is that the hiiver and owner has a better : car than he would it circumstances were different. "The gasoline we are getting nowa days is heavy and hard to vaporize Accordingly, motors are given greater power of suction, in order to get a full charge of fuel into the firing chambers. The more progressive manu facturers are also providing means of heating the carburetors, as heat makes t "? vaporise, more .easily. On many of the cars the carburetor is heated by a hotair jacket through which the exhaust is directed. "This practice has been adapted by some makers, while others jacket the carburetor with hot water from the radiator." Are you one of those who has said, "I'-l like to have a car but I canTt afford it; the upkeep is too great?" Have you been depriving your family of pleasure, yourself of recreation and , efficiency because some friend made a a unfortunate automobile choice? Then learn that upkeep is no bugbear to the man who owns a Chalmers. Ask Chalmers owners what iiicy found out. You will change all your ideas of the high cost of upkeep when' you hear wha w these men have to say. Some of them have run .their Chalmers cars for several years for even the first cars we made are giving good service today. These men will tell you that we have eliminated continual repairs and replace- Chalmers SSSh One Auto to Kvery SB Perrons In United Stales Is the K.illmate In the Xear Future. A conservative estimate shows that there will be fully 1.000.000 motor cars in active operation in the United States within the next four months. It is figured that there are now 825.000 cars in use, of which some 270,000 were made and sold in 1912. It is further figured there will be 350,000 cars put out this year. At an average value of $900 the million cars working by June 1 would represent $900,000,000 assets. On the basis of these figures it will not be long before there is one car to every 90 persona. Although New York leads in numbers of cars. California has the largest percent per capita, or one for every 87 people. In total registration the leading "motor states" are. in order. New York, California. Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Massachusetts. Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Similarly, motoring has grown rapid ly in Canada, which now has nearly 23.000 cars in active use. or about one ear to everv 323 oersona. Meanwhile the exports of American made ears I continue lo grow sieauny. HOW TO START A CAR WHEN IT'S COLD ; Almost every owner of an automobile some time during the winter months has trouble starting his car. An engine cloIs rapidly .n cold weather, and. un less especial care is taken, it often takes much time to warm up the engine to a starting heat. There are several wavs of avoiding this sort of inconvenience. Perhaps j that most commonly used is the fol- lowing: j When leaving the car, instead . of I throwing off the switch to stop the engine the usual way go 'round in j front of the car and pull the wire that j closes the air valve in the carburetor. I This floods the motor with gasoline and, of course, chokes the engine. Then j simply throwing the crank over once j will start the engine on tne JO.D, as tne erssoline in the motor tends to act as a I primer. I However, the car should not be stopped in this way. if it is the inten- I I tion of tne operator to start it again in five or 10 minutes. I ATJVA'MC'P. IN CARS ' "" - - - - IS MAREED YEARLY ' In the nrocess of motor car develop- each year is especially marked by a distinct advance In some particular feature in additicih to the general ad vance of the motor, car as a -whole. In the early days of the industry, the years can be clearly defined by the number of cylinders In general use, such as "single cvlinder vear." "two j cylinder year." "four cylinder year" I ana more recently tne six cylinaer year." Other years that stand for some j particular inure couia ue aesignaiea is "multiple disc clutch vear." "the I fore-door year" and "engine starter year. But the page in, automobile history that will chronicle the developments and improvements of the year 1913 will be headed by the word comfort. Hotel Pa-n del Xortc. The dining room and grill of Hotel Paso del Norte ' open until midnight. Meals served a la carte. Excellent ser- J vice. Yon Can Afford -a Motor Car Especially if it's a Chalmers ' Motor Co., of "El Latest Auto Highway To Be Headed In El Vf.03 Hgtin ,; GCEflr, to OCEftrv HlCHwrf jfifUr "TVv--,F:.a74j?&"r. -"--7-3fvk.t Map of the great Southern National .Hlgkway, extending from ' Washington, D. C, to San Diego, Cal. (By S. M. Johnson, Itosvrell, X. M.) The Southern National highway, , wtiilt fa tn Yffil thronvh RoswelL N. X., and Kl Paso, Tex., will be of the utmost benefit to the whole nation, to the north, to the south, and the states and localities through which it passes. The nation will have a route far enough scath to be an all year route, open when the more northerly routes are out of commission from cold and snow. The north, where the most people reside who can afford to tour a continent. -Mill be vastly benefited by becoming acquainted with the south. The south will have a highway so centrally lo cated as to be easily reached from either side by tributary north and south lines; the backbone of its entire road system. Benefit! to the States. The states traversed will, of course, be in line for the largest benefit. By the close of the year 1915 the autos using the highway will probably num ber 16,000 a year. The average tourist will spend at least 40 days going from Washington to San Diego, and spend at least $25 a day at the hotels, and garages alone of JlOOfl each between Washington and San Diego. That means a golden tide of S10.000.004 a year cash poured into the towns, and cities en route, that would never have come to them had it not been for the highway. In addition to this North Carolina, with her mountain scenery unrivajed elsewhere in the world, most like the mountain scenery of Ceylon in its soft rounded loveliness. Us wooded slopes, its exquisite valleys, and undulating sky lines will take rank with Colorado in attractions offered to tourists. Asbe ville, on the Southern National high way, will become the center from which tours will be made to all parts of the state. The "crest of the Bine Ridge Highway" will become famous through out the entire world. Accruing Advantages. Everyone benefits by the tourist traTel, but the chief benefit will be to the man on the plantation, the farm, the ranch. The great highway will be but the backbone of a system of inter state, and city to city highways, and in every county good roads will radiate ftom town to farm until everything the farmer raises will move econom ically to the market, the shipping point, the consumer. The isolation of the country life will be broken up, the ments. One way we do- it is to make . every steel part four times stronger than. is usually required. That's why no one ever heard of a broken Chalmers crankp . . shaft. ' We keep the weight of the Chalmers -"Thirty-Six" down to 3600 lbs. That's .'. 15 lighter than our nearest competitior. Tire experts say reducing weight 15 ., increases tire mileage 30. A big saving - V in a year for you. And please remember that low upkeep is-iust as important to us as to you. For we could never sell you another Chalmers car if the car itself didn't fulfill on- - claims. . .-f, May we give you some specific facts : .- -which prove the low cost of running a ;v" Chalmers car? Paso Phone 4970. Cor. W. San Antonio Sts. Paso Direction former's income will be increased while tne coat of living will be decreased. the nqfcci poet will equal ixe things. and aftofd an. excuse for timid legis lators to do the sensible thins: an.! spend millions of federal money fo better roads for the farmers instead of bigger ships for the navy There will be better schools, better churches bttter citizens, better government, and a more just and equal distribution of the opportunities, the comforts, and the rewards of American life, energ, and enterprise. The Route. The Asheville convention designated the route from Washington, D. C . to San Diego as follows: Through K;.h mond and Petersburg, X to Durham, N C, using the Quebec-Miami high way: thence the Central highwav of North Carolina to the Tennessee linr across Tennessee through KnoTville and Nashville to Memphis; thence to Little Rock, Hot Springs. Texarkana, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Roscoe to Brownfleld, Tex. Prom Brownfield to RosweJi,. N. M., and through the beau tiful White mountain region dest'n-"i to become a National park, to El Paso Tex.; thence by Deming. Lordsburg. Clifton and Phoenix, Arix.. to San Dlegu The association is already at work pushing for the early completion of the road across the gaps. The goTer nors and legislatures of North Ctro lina. Tennessee and Arkansas, and the good roads leaders are now planning to complete the road from Durham to Little Rock, so that it can be used by next summer if possible, and congress will be asked to appropriate a sain sufficient to make it a uniform high way, graded, surfaced, drained, and first class from Washington to San Diego, and to finish it by Mav 1, 1315. in time for the Panama-Pacific exposi tor D. E. H. MANiGAULT Civil Engineer and Surveyor 410 Caplss Building El Paso, Texas. Phone 4290 u..j i---$ Santa Fe and El Paso, Tex.