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EL PASO HEUALD
Sunday, October 12, 1913
5 C
MOTORISTS' PROBLEMS
ARE SOLVED HERE
- , By WILLIAM H. STEWART, Jr.
Who as President of the Stewart Automobile Academy of New York
City, is regarded aa the leading authority in Motor
Car Education in this country.
Let us solve your motoring problems and discuss your comments.
Tell us of your experiences for the benefit of the other fellow.
Correspondence invited for publication every Week-End.
Copyright, 1913, by W. H. Stewart, Jr.
Fast Time Over Borderland Route
to Dodge City; Roads Are Improved
Lack of Borderland Signs is Lamented, but Other Highway Associations Are
Posting Their Own Signs Everywhere Route is Fast Being
Accepted As the Best Across the Continent
(By C. H. Lester.)
SATURDAY, OCT. 4.
Left El Paso 6 a. m.; armed Alamogordo 11:30 a. m. '
Left Alamogordo 1:00 p. m.; arrived Glencoe 5:30 p. m.
SUNDAY, OCT. 5
Left Glencoe 8:00 a. m.; arrived Roswell 1:00 p. m.
Left Roswell 2:00 p. m.; arrived Broncho 6:30 p. m.
MONDAY, OCT, 6.
Left Broncho 6:30 a. m.; arrived Lubbock 11:45 ajm. -Plains 40 minutes for
breakfast
Left Lubbock 1:10 p. m.; arrived Happy- 5:40 p. m. Wheel, 1:45 lost time
on repairs.
TUESDAY, OCT. 7.
Left Happy 6:30 a. m.; arrived Dumas, 12:00. Stopped at Amarillo 1:10.
Left Dumas 1:40 p. m.; arrived Stratford 2:20 p. m.
Left Stratford 2:45 p. m.; arrived Guymon 4:50. Stopped at Texhoma 20 m.
DISTANCES AND RUNNING TIME.
El Paso to Glencoe, 161 miles, 10 hours; speed 16.1 miles.
Glencoe to Broncho, 161 miles, 9:30 hours; speed 16.94 miles.
Broncho to Happy, 216 miles, 8:45 hours; speed 24.7 miles.
Happy to Guymon, 180 miles, 7M5 hours; speed 233 miles.
Guymon to Dodge City, 152 miles, 6:30 hours; speed 23.4 miles.
Total miles, S70.
Total time, 42.5 hours.
Average speed, 20.44 miles per hour, over the Borderland from El Paso to;
Dodge City.
THE above Is my driving schedule
aa far as Dodge City, Kansas,
on my way to my home in North
Dakota, including main stops only.
I-rom the White Sands to Brownsfield
we founds the roads muddy and very
sloppy. Even out on the plains east of
Loswell every depression on the prairie
was brim full of water until Browns
field was reached and the road between
Plains and Gomez was a simply canal, as
the sand has been fresnoed out from one
to three feet deep. A cloudburst had
occurred between Alamogordo and Tul
arosa the night before we came
through, and, while the water had run
over the grade for more than a mile,
we had no trouble except where a spill
way and a short piece of grade was
torn out and here we got stuck in the
slippery mud and had a short delay.
We also got stuck between Plains and
Gomez.
Trouble of An Antolat.
Saturday our carburetor got dirty
with mud and sand, and, while wc
nursed it along for a time, finally the
needle stuck fast and we had to take
it apart and clean the entire instru
ment. To add to our further iov. we
had no brakes and had to drive with
considerable caution. We ran sharp
grades of the Sacramento's under com
pression and In some places that pitch
ing, jumping car was about as pleasant
to ride as a buckinsr broncho.
I received a pair of new brake drums I
at Stratford and put them on after ar
riving here, and. now will run fast on
the good roads, as we will be able to
stop Inside of a half mile if necessary.
llond la Changed.
East of Roswell, the road no longer
runs by the way of Four Lakes ranch;
indeed the old auto road as giTen in the
Blue Book Is closed tight The pres
ent route is very much better than the
old apd follows the county road to and
through the Mescalero sands and to
a point about one and one-half miles,
beyond Mescalero Gap, from that,point,
a new trail has just been smoothed
and runs almost on an air line to Ta
tum. At Broncho another air line road
has been opened to the state line, near
Plains, Texas.
Part of Highway System.
The Borderland as now -routed Is a
part of the state road system of New
Mexico, through the efforts of J. V.
Tully. of Glencoe. In the South Plains
and Panhandle of Texas a vast amount
0-xfrH $. ..00
J- P. Nunn. of Deming, N. M., drove
to El Paso this week in his Chalmera
"36." Ho' intends to return home Sun
day. The trip was uneventfut
George Pence left Friday for So
corro, N. MU In a Ford touring car,
which will be delivered to a purchaser
there.
L. S. Buck, of Los Angeles, passed
through El Paso this week in his Hud
son "Si" on his way to Duluth, Minn.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Buck.
T. K. Cleveland, of Las Cruces, N. M
came to El Paso this week in his Buiek
roadster, on business.
Thomas Donovan and wife, of Ros
well, N. M-. arrived here this week in
their Abbott-Detroit touring car. Little
or no trouble was encountered on the
trip, which was made by easy stages.
4r &
W H Patterson, of Lordsburg, N.
XL, reached here Thursday night in his
Chalmers "6."
E-H. Rogers, of the El Paso Brick
company, has returned from a wjeek's
auto tour of New Mexico. Mr. Rogers
drives a Studebaker "35."
3f 3t
T M. W-rngo. J. F. Primm and Ellis
Wingo left Saturday afternoon for
Cox's ranch to spend Sunday with
the "old cattleman of the Organs."
They went by way of Las Cruces.
TWO OVERLANDS SOLD.
Dr R. B. Homan has purchased an
Overland tourintr car. eaulnnee? with
an electric starter, from the local Over- I
land agent The same acrent snlrt a I
roadster. Overland make, to the Alpine I
-iuiu company.
HOTEL TM! GAB
CROSS-COUXTRY TOURS.
llli 0. C
We have the Best and only TAXICAB SERVICE in El Paso.
Offices, Hotels Paso Del Norte and Sheldon.
PHONES 877 AND 644
Rates $3.00 per hour.
TAXIS OR TOURING CARS, DAY OR NIGHT SERVICE
BUSINESS OR PLEASURE
For social functions we offer a special Limousine and Taxicab service,
$1.00 per couple each way.
OUR DRIVERS ARE RELIABLE AND COURTEOUS.
of road work has been done during the
past year. Present logs are largely
obsolete and fully one-half the gates
are avoided. The work is still going
forward. The people are enthused with
the good roads spirit and it now seems
that west Texas rrom Brownsfield
north, especially, will soon 'have a sys
tem of dirt roads that will be hard for
any community to exceed.
A Practicable Route.
Because of Its practicability, the
Southern Highway has taken the route
of the Borderland from Brownsfield,
Texas, to San Diego, Cal., except for a
detour made necessary to reach Clifton,
Ariz.; the "Scenic Route." or the Colo
rado to the Gulf, follows the Border
land from Amarillo to Stratford and
another road running to Pueblo, Colo.,
follows the Borderland from Amarillo
to Dumas. AVhile the people en route
welcome and assist all roads, they seem
to regard the Borderland as the main,
as well as pioneer asset in this line.
Borderland Well Signed.
On my recent drives I found the
Borderland sign-posted from San Diego
to El Centro. with the distinctive road
signs of the Automobile Club of South
ern California, from near Roswell to
Broncho, with the distinctive sign of
the Southern National Highways, from
Amarillo to Stratford with the dis
tinctive sign, at mile intervals, of the
"Colorado to the Gulf Highway."
Xo 'Borderland" Sign.
Otherroads are nlantinc their colors
along the Borderland and thereby help
ing to conceal her sign nakedness, and
she is naked indeed, except for a few
local signs. How long will it be before
a distinctive Borderland sign will be
adopted and the road clothed in its own
colors from Dodge City to San Diego?
Then and then only will the tourist
say, "The Borderland is a route. I can
now drive across prairie, desert and
mountain without fear of losing my
Xorth of Dodge City. .
I ran from Dodge City to Lamed in
two hours and 20 minutes -distance 64
miles. At a point four miles north of
Liberal, the road now turns .east for
one mile, then north six and one-half
miles, then swings west to the regular
road, thereby avoiding the six miles of
very .heavy sand north of Liberal. A
good bridge has been built across the
Cimmaron river at the Edmund ford be
tween Liberal and Plains and will be
ready for use In two days.
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NEW CARS.
P. H. Curaton, of 1415 North El Paso
street is driving a new Ford touring
car.
Victor Blot, jr., Is at the wheel of a
Pathfinder "40," newly purchased.
J. E. Neff, 1715 Montana street, has
a new Buick-roadster.
A. B. Cundy, local manager of the
Swan motion picture film exchange. Is
driving a new Studebaker roadster,
which he purchased last week.
Rodolfo Cruz, capitalist of Chihuahua
and a resident of EI Paso for the pres
ent has bought a Cartercar roadster.
The car has a gray body with a black
hood. .;.
Mrs. E. M. Hudson, or Deming. N. M.,
has just purchased a 1914 model Buick
"23." The car was driven to Deming
by C. P. Hill, of the International Auto
company.
AUTO PATROL FOR
POLICE SUGGESTED
On the ground with an auto patrol
wagon calls could be made quicker. In
many cases resulting in the saving of
lives, James B. Ludlow, local agent
of the White cars, wants the police de
partment to instal an automobile. At
one time it was recommended that the
police have an automobile, but the
idea of an auto patrol is a new one.
The proposition of adding the auto
mobile to the equipment of the de
partment has not been abandoned. Au
tomobiles are frequently used by the
police on hurry calls. By having an
niifnmnhilo fnr tVn.
department It 13
figured that much would be saved on
me item of rent
& AUTO GO,
CRISMOR
Manager
Motoring Department The Herald: I
I have a 1913 , which has been
causing me much trouble lately wniie
starting. Nine times out of 10 it Is
necessary to spin the motor at the rate
of 250 revolutions per minute before it
will start, and that is rather difficult
I naturally thought It was the mag
neto, therefore, had the magneto
people look it over, but they found it
in perfect condition. Should not the
engine pick up, with a few quick turns,
or is it necessary to turn It at a very
high speed when using a magneto
only? Compression is good and every
thing else seems to be in good order.
I would appreciate any suggestions
that you can offer, (b) I should also
like to know whether the self starter
employing acetylene is safe and reli
able. Is not there danger of bursting
a cylinder with its use? W. H. F.
I In cranking the motor on magneto
you should do so with advanced spark.
Presumably you are aware of this;
and. if so, would say that carburetor
needs adjusting. If the carburetor is
out of adjustment the motor will nat
urally be hard to start When every
thing is in good adjustment, a few
quick turns should start the motor.
(b The acetylene starter has been
practically displaced by the electric
starter, for many reasons. If properly
controled. the gas starter is not dan
gerous. The writer does not know of
any specific instances where cylinders
have burst because of an acetylene
stater. There are still a number of
gas starters in use which give satis
faction. Motoring Department. The Herald:
Would any Injury result to the rear
axle or other parts of a car from using
one 37x3 tire and one 36x4 tire, the
rear axle being a full floating one?
The car in uestion Is a model IS, six
cylinder. G. W.
While it is not good policy to use
different size tires on the rear wheels,
no great amount of Injury would re
sult from temporary use. Theoretical
ly, the differential turns as a unit ex
cept under conditions when one wheel
encounters greater resistance than the
other, due to road obstructions, turn
ing corners, etc If each rear wheel
is not equal in diameter, a constant
differential action is set up. While
thl3 unit is sufficiently capable of tak
ing care of this, it is .not good prartlce
to force it except in emergency cases.
Under ordinary road conditions, the
differential is obliged to work a great j
deal.
Motoring Deparment The Herald: I
have a 40-h. p and lately I have
trouble with my spark. When engine
Is running on advanced, spark, it
misses on second and third cylinders,
but on retarded she fires on all four.
Kindly advise me what the trouble
may be. Harry Corey.
With the magneto advanced, the
spark created Is more intense. It is
possible that defective pocfiglains in
the spark plug cause the trouble, in
that the current short-circuits through
the porcelain Instead of jumping the
gap. Likewise, the more intense cur
rent would be more apt to jump through
weak points in the insulation of the
secondary wires leading to these two
cylinders. There may be a partial
short-circuit In these wires leading
from the generator to the plugs. Per
haps the breaker points of the mag
neto are not adjusted rightly. If these
points are cleaned and properly ad-
I Would suggest also that a careful in
spection be made of all the Intake
manifold gaskets. There should be no
leak at any one of these joints.
Motoring Department The Herald: I
have a 40, and I use spark
plugs. Every now and then the third
cylinder misses, and as soon as I put
another plug in the cylinder, it stops
missing. I examined the plug which
presumably made the engine miss, and
found the porcelain unbroken.- After
cleaning the parts, I put 'the plug to
gether and put it back into the third
cylinder. The car ran all right for
about 20 miles, when the same cylinder
started missing again. Can you kindly
explaln the trouble or give a remedy?
J. C. D. ,
It is quite evident that the No. 3
cylinder fouls more easily than the
others. This may be due to a poor set
of piston rings. Too much oil may
work up into the cylinder and cause
the fouling of the plug. By removing
the valve caps, you can easily note
whether this particular cylinder is
more foul than the others. If you find
it saturated with oil and carbon and
the others comparatively free from
same, then you can reasonably assume
that new rings are needed. Often
times the trouble is due either to; the
plug itself, or to the wire leading to
the plug. An outside leak in the Ig
nition system would cause that cylin
der to flood with oil pvpn thnilE-h th
rings are good. You should first de- j
termine whether the ignition is prop
erly delivered to the plug; then
whether the plug is perfect. Next
test the compression of this cylinder,
and see if the valves work properly.
As stated before any one of these
thiijgs may cause a misfire and when
a cylinder misfires it is very apt to
flood with oil. A spark plug is quite ,
oiten iDiamea wnen it is not really the
source of trouble.
Motoring Department, Tho Herald.
I have a touring car which I have
been running all season, and I think
the muffler is becoming filled with
carbon. How would I clean the muf
fler before It gets bad enough to cause
trouble? L. Monroe Couzzens.
The best way to clean the muffler
Is to take it off and dissemble, then
clean the parts separately. Unless
this Is done the result will not be
satisfactory. Care must be taken to
assemble the parts In same position,
just as they were taken out.
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Motoring Department. The Herald.
' Please explain the cause and remedy
for tne trouoie wun a gasoline motor
when the cylinders are flooded and
will not start. Why is it so difficult
to start an engine after the cylinders
have been overprimed? I also wish to
know how one can tell when they are
overprimed and what is the quickest
way of remedying it, R. G.
A great many persons make the
mistake of priming the motor too
much. Two rich a mixture will not
ignite any more readily than a poor
mixture. Raw gasoline will not ex
plode; It simply burns slowly. Most
carburetors have a priming lever at
tached. If this lever Is pulled once or
twice it Is sufficient to fix the mixture
for starting. When priming the.
cylinders direct from the petcocks
very little gasoline should be inserted.
The average petcock has a cup which
if filled Is sufficient to prime the
cylinder. If too rich a mixture is
drawn into the cylinder the petcocks
should be opened and the motor
cranked a few times in order to free
the cylinders of the rich mixture. If
the petcocks are then closed and the
motor cranked without priming It
should start without further trouble.
Motoring Department, The Herald.
Will you tell what is meant -by a
brake equalizer, and why it is used?
Reader.
The brak equalizer Is a device
which equazes the brakes when
they are applied, so that there will
be no more pressure on the brake op
erating on the right wheel than there
Is on the left wheel brake. It is ob
vious that when traveling on a slip
pery street one brake holding more
than the other will cause the car to
skid. Most cars are equipped with
brake equalizers, but it does not fol
low that the brakes will hold equally,
because even though perfectly equal
ized, one of the brake bands may be
more greasy than the other, and con
sequently will not hold as well.
Motoring Department The Herald.
I have a which knocks when
either running Idle or while traveling
about twenty miles per hour. I have
noticed that it misses when Idle and
running slowly, but It does not miss
when on the road. The valves have
been ground and new spark plugs
put in and all connections on the in
take pipe have been made airtight.
The knock is regular when running
fast, but irregular when running slow
ly. Is the trouble with the magneto?
B. H. L.
A motor when running Idle and
throttled down will often run irreg
ularly that is, miss occasionally.
This is due to the carburetor not giv
ing the proper mixture at very low
engine speed. If you should adjust
the carburetor to stop this missing
you probably would not get the desired
results at higher engine speeds. Since
your motor runs well when pulling, it
is best to endure the miss when run
ning idle. As to the knock in your
motpr, it seems most likely to be that
of a wrist pin bearing. It should not
be in the magneto, judging from what
you have said. However, inspect the
magneto coupling, and note if same
Is tight. A knock in a motor Is often
difficult to locate. It may arise from
a dozen causes. Sometimes a knock
may be easily located by letting the
motor run idle, and then sounding the
various parts with a piece of steel rod,
which Is held in the teeth. When do
ing this, close both ears. If the
trouble is in the magnsto you can
readily locate it in this manner.
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Motoring Department The Herald.
How can I stop the rattling in the
brake bands on my car? J. Parker.
Possibly the brakes need relinlng.
When worn down they generally are
noisy. Also shim up the suspension
points, so that there will be no lost
side rootkin. It 13 advisable to use
small coil springs to keep the sus
pended parts from hitting the brake
drums.
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- HELPFUL HINTS TO
& MOTOR CAR OW.YKRS 3
&
A relief cock with a handle that Is
vertical when the valve is closed is
liable to work open if the plug loosens
through wear. The best way to rem
edy such trouble is to throw out the
offending cock and. buy a new- one
with a spring to keep the plug tight
as it wears. Another method is to fill
the hole in the plug with a piece of
brass wire carefully shaped to the con
tour of the plug, and drill a new hole
in such a position that the handle will
be pointing- downward, not open it
One of the causes of excessive cur
rent consumption in ignition systems j
employing vibrator coils Is excessive
tension on the vibrator springs. The
spring adjustment should be slackened
until the motor commences to miss
explosions and then tightened down
gradually until the firing again be
comes perfectly regular. Further
tightening results only in useless con
sumption of current
A means of eliminating a scratch
on the varnish of a car body that Is
said to be very satisfactory is to sat
urate a soft rag in linseed oil, dip It
In powdered rottenstone, and rub the
scratch gently in one direction only
until it no logger shows. Obviously
this remedy is of no use where the
scratch extends through to the wood
or to the foundation of the finish.
In a great many wheel bearings
there are felt washers, even though
they may not be plainly apparent.
Because they are put there to keep
tho lubricant in and the dirt out, care
should be taken to see that they are
replaced if it becomes necessary to
remove a wheel for any cause.
One of the most unpleasant of the
little things that happens in the course
of tinkering about a motor" is the
dropping of a valve lifter into an in
accessible crankcase when the guide
is removed for any reason. The lower
end of the lifter rests on the cam, and
when the guide is moved sufficiently
to let the roller clear the cam. therp
is nothing to stop It. To prevent such
troubles, a piece of stiff wire twisted
arouna me aajusuns screw, or any
or a
ugh
thing that will not pass through the
opening, should be put on as a safe
guard before the holding down nuts
are removed, or course there are en
gines with crankcases so accessible
that little inconvenience is caused by
the dropping of parts inside: but
others are less conveniently built es
pecially old models.
A cause of engine noise that some
times is not suspected is the slapping
of worn pistons, which, of course, is
likely to occur only when the engine
has been run for a long time and the
cylinders and nistonc: nr rnntilHpKhlv
worn. The lateral thrust of the con- !
necung roas rocKs tne pistons.
BREAKS AXLE ON-THE
WAY OUT OF MEXICO
W. W. Stewart, manager of the Par
ral Electric and Telephone company,
arrived here Thursday night from Par
ral after making a part of tho trip
in his new Overland car, which he re
cently purchased. Mr. Stewart drove
as far as Chihuahua, when he broke a
front axle and was forced to leave It.
He was accompanied by John Baskln.
who made the trip to Parral with him
from EI Paso recently. The machine,
owned by Mr. Stewart. Is equipped
with an auxiliary gasoline tank, built
over the bonnet of the car, which he
designed for making trips to Mexico,
where gasoline cannot be purchased
frequently.
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WIIiIi D'Rlv'F; TTT "FIT.
PASO-"PHG"ENT"3? RACE
arxtov a.UilA XVAOJli
iiougias. Ariz., Oct. 11. Charles I
corbett. for a number of years chauf- '
feur for W.alter Douglas, general man
ager of the Phelps-Dodge Interest"! in
the southwest, will drive a Cadillac
car for E. R. Plrtle ln tha EI Paso to
Phoenix road race. He will be aceom
pon.ed by Dan Durack, regarded as one
of the best mechanlians in the south
west. .
TO MAKE TRIP TO
CHIHUAHUA IN COLE
Adolph Schutz. of the Union Bank
and Trust company, and E. Wisburn.
a mining man of Parral, will leave
ere .?,un.day for Chihuahua city in a.
Cole 60 L O Inman, of the Long
well Auto Sales company, will be at
the wheel of the car The overland
trip i3 being made for business pui-poses.
Why Are So Many Thoughtful Buyers
Selecting the $1550 Studebaker "SIX"?
Thousands of Americans were which we mean that you can throttle
not converted over-night to the very low on high gear and yet rapidly
$1550 Studebaker "SIX" with- accelerate to top speed without strain or
out a level - headed sufficient apparent effort. It offers mechanical
reason.
The fact is that motorists have degree.
found in the $1550
SIX,, a mechanical luxury and different, in its power to perform every
advantage which they never conceivable motoring task, with an ease
knew before, and efficiency which was never before
Ynn r will finrl. when von first sit even indicated within a far reach of its
W VWW .. ,
at the wheel of the Studebaker "SIX"
that you are driving a different kind of
a car.
The $1550 Studebaker "SIX" is
different, in its ability to pull steadily at
all speeds without vibration. .
The $1550 Studebaker "SIX" is
different, in its amazing
Buy It
Electric starter
Electric lights
Six-passenger body
Two folding seats
Twenty-four operations in paint
ing 121-inch wheelbase
Electric horn.
$885 Studebaker "25"
422 San Antonio St.
orkman Pleased
Road For
u
a
UR only trouble was with our
tires and the fact that we
had to stop dozens of times
for cattle In the road," said Tony
Workman on his return from Phoenix
in his Chalmers "30." Workman left
EI Paso last Sunday morning for Phoe
nix, following the route to be used in
the El Paso-Phoenix road race next
month.
"We left here at 6 oclock last Sun
day morning." continued Workman,
who was accompanied on the trip by
W. H. Patterson, of Lordsbug, N. M.
"Our tires were not new and we had
trouble with them from the very be-
LLir L1ICM HCir IIUL lien CWIU - acu
srinninir. but we were never Iitmechan-
ical difficulties on thB whole trip. We
spent three hours tn Deming repairing
and replacing tires. The road between
El Paso and Deming: is fairly fast, al
lowing an average speed of 30 miles an
hour. There are a good many mes
quites in the road.
"Between Lordsburg and Deming
these are being repaired. This stretch
there are many small washes, but
fha, of KaIvio- .onflfrwl This RtrAtoh
j of highway also is good for about 30
miles an nour. Leaving i.orasDurg.
the autoist gets into the Pyramid
mountains, where the going is pretty
rough. Coming down into the low
lands the pike Is choppy to Rodeo. You
can't make - fast time becauso the
bumps are too numerous.
"From Rodeo to Douglas, however,
the road is In good shape and we
sailed along smoothly. Out of Doug
las, en route to -BIsbee, is the fastest
stretch of highway on the entire route
and we made the trip In 31 minutes,
about E0 miles an hour. The canyon
road from Bisbee to Tombstone Is
rocky and we had to take it slow. We
reached Tombstone at 1:30 oclock
Monday morning and turned in for the
night.
"At 9.30 Monday morning we left
Tombstone for Fairbanks and found
the trip easy. We had to ford the
river at Fairbanks, as the bridge there
Is not yet completed. It will not be in
time for the big race. From Fair
banks to Huachuca siding the road Is
fast, but beyond the latter place there
are many washes. These are to be
reDalred. I understand. These washes
are called to the attention of the trav
eler by signs put up along the way
by the El Pasoans last week. After
leaving Campbell ranch, our first stop
beyond Huachuca, we struck a convict
built road. Tt is. smooth, but so full
of -sharp curves that fast time Is im
possible. Warning signs are posted at
each of th curves This road took us
Into Tucson, which we reached at 3
oclock" Mondav afternoon
"Tire trouble had continued during
the run and we decided we were fol
lowed by a hoodoo. Departing from
Tucson we took the Oracle -road, which
is fast for some 15 miles Then we
struck a straightaway of 60 miles.
uui weitr iiul iiuit; m mane juui liiiic
on account of the many washes cross-
Dad ln Places that we had to come
almost to" a full atop. The. are Deing
repaired by a convict gang.
"Florence
is at the end of this
stretch and from there to Phoenix the
road is covered in several inches of
dust We had some little difficulty
In finding Phoenix, our destination.
The country is so cut by irrigation
ditches that we were confused. How
ever, we arrived at the Arizona capi
tal at 9 oclock Monday night.
"Xot more than 10 minutes after we
got in. two cars from Los Angelas,
with Soules and Hammon at the
wheels, rolled up. Both machines were
Cadillacs and their drivers were Just
making a preliminary run over the
Los Angeles-Phoehlx course. This race
Is known as the 'Desert classic '
"We were bothered many times bv
cattle in the road. There is nothing
to do but stop and shoo them off
which we did. often
"We sta ed over in Phoenix t '
Tuesda afternoon The tun 1 ( K. in
El Paso was uneventful. We load 1
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STATE ENGINEER
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Is Ha Route to Denting, Lordsimrjr and
Silver City RpporlH .Much Road
Work in Progress
James A. French, state engineer of
New Mexico, is in El Paso en route to
Lordsburg, Deming and Silver City in
connection with work on the Border-
land route prior to the ceminsr race.
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r. rencn is traveling in an Abbott.
I Detroit roadster, but he broke It down
north of Las Cruces and .cannot go
we,f4 H?UI 'L ,s repaired.
people have just built a good new road
from Hillsboro to Elephant Butte and
that, besides the road work now in
progress in Grant county, he expects
to help the Roswell people on some
work shortly on the Mescalero sands
on tho Borderland route west of Ros
well, and that he now has five convict
gangs at work. One is at work at Mulli
gan gulch on the west side of the Rio
Grande between Elephant Butte and
San Marcial, one is at work between
San Marcial and San Antonio, one is
bsuy between Albuquerque and Ala
meda, another between Albuquerque
and Santa Fe and the other between
Santa Fe and Las Vegas.
Mr. French also has a surveying
corps at work between Los Lunas and
Gallup and another between Santa Fe
and Taos.
A contract has been letfor a bridge
oer the Rio Grande at Socorro, he
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BARNEY OLDFIE-LD
DRIVES SIMPLEX
Phoenix, Ariz., Oct 13L At the wheel
of a powerfal Simplex car, Barney Old
field arrived In Phoenix over the route
of the Los Angeles-Phoenix race course
Oldfield will drive a 90 horsepower
Simplex in the race and he predicts
that the winning car will maintain an
average speed of 30 miles an hour over
the course, which, is 566 miles long
"The course is not in good condi
tion," Oldfield said. "The Mammoth
wash is fine but there is some bad
road in the Glamis country, just wet
of Yuma. Between Agna Caliente and
Yuma there are many bad stretches of
road. Signs are badly needed along
that part of the course lying In Ari
zona." Oldfield was accompanied on Is
pathfinding trip by Harry Locke, an
expert road mapper, who mapped7 every
inch of the course.
I OVERLVSD EXPERT OX"
VISIT TO LOCAL AGEST
jk. s. Worthlnsrton. nnmtur
traveling office staff of tho rvr..Tt.i
n .
factory, is in El Paso. Mr. Wortalng
ton arrived this week from Saa An
tonio. "I was certainly glad to reach,
here, ne said Friday. '1c was raining
in San Antonio when I left there and
the sunshine here sure looked good to
me. I am here to instal a special sys
tem of handling the Overland for th
local distributor. This system will lr
clude bookkeeping, stock inventories
and equipment. The Overland people
have eplved this plan for the aid of
agencies that distribute their cars.'
.. C. J. Pottsberg. traveling1 representa
tive of the Studebaker auto works, is
in El Paso on business.
XEW SALESMAN JOIXS THE
LoafGWELL AUTO CO. FORCE
Rogers F. Stuart has been added to
the sales force of tne Longwell Auto
Sales company. Mr. Stuart is from Ft.
Worth.
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