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TWO oldSIhtrau NEARLY COMPLEX ACROSS CONTLNEN1 By CALEB JOHNSON By the en J of 1931 -v: will be pos si hie for njofcorist to st-a: t. i'ron Maine and drive to San A.ir/.aiuo Texas, without ever getting off : hard load. Within another two o three years the motorist can <: >?tinu< ^ joorney to California, over han roads all the way. With a!) of our progress in roa< building, there is today not a sing?* route across the Continent winch doe not involve driving: over hundreds a miles of roads which nobody couth classify as good and whret 01 os: mo iorists, accustomed to th*m oayetl-high ways of both coasts arm the Grea l_akcs region. would class*.iv as fegsi tivelj bad. But with the iplet of the Old Spanish Trail we shal have a highway connecting: the A * lantic and the tVacific Oceans, highway payed or hard .surface? throughout its entire length, and 1 transcontinental highway, moreover which will ho njis?Sbl!> 1? a I' of the veav. since it is locatei throughout its length far to th' south of the snow belt, which make, the more northerly passages impos sible in winter. It is no wonder that the Fnifcec States G overn merit is aiding liberal ly rthe construction of this roar which will giye the speediest possibh route for the movement of motor izeii military forces from one coas to the other. From Maine to Florida the Atlan tic Coastal High v. ay is now substar. tially impletedj either concrete, tar macadam or hard sand-clay surf act all the way. And when it cots to his toi'ic old SC Augustine. Florida, r strikes the beginning of the Oh The sou i \ /?ir *?* fff'wlcrfl / ion . sacrificing TlIE good performance of tl bo apparent on every high' largely to the sound mcehui of the engine. 11 lias outstanding aoeeler: and (lower, jet that is only value to yon. Greater still that it brings you all the without sacrificing either ri economy. That is the reason the F< given such satisfactory sen lions of motorists all over and has been clioscn by so companies I hat keep accura ures. In every detail of cons has been carefully planned for the work it has to do. The design of the eompres her is an important, factor cicncy of the Ford engine. I allow free passage of gases t valves and to thoroughly it The New Ford Town Sedan Aak the memremt i ?,* , . - , ... Spanish Trail. i onnec-tsnR St. Aurust tine .hi the East with Son Diego ell , the West. | The idea of a cross-continent hiKhi| urhieti would tnllowTthe fcntdo ,| and military trails blazed by the early Spanish settlers on the Gulf and "m - tne Mturwt's ...... ;-tusi si%i" iight ' at a gathering at Mobile. Ala., in 19 I ." Nobody knows who selected j the picturesque and descriptive name. nor just how the movement started. v The first idea was to connect New bi Orleans with Miami. But the West aj heard about it and eagerly joined in r 1 the movement. set op a promotion |J hoadctuhrters in San Antonio, and projected the original plan two thousand miles farther than its original 1'enthusiast? had dreamed of going. e An: new it is ncaring completion. f~ .Starting from -St. Augustine, where 1 img Spaniards have left, their ind destructible record in the narrow - streets and picturesque <?!<{ fort and oibev buildings of this oldest of t- American municipalities. the Old Soijnish Trail runs through Jacksoni> villi-, Tallahassee. Pcnsacola. Mobile. Raj Saint Louis, New Orleans. Lake - Charles, Honurnent, Houston. Sail ft Antonio. Fori Stockton. El Paso, 1 Las Cpuce?, Douglas* Tucson. Phoea nix and so to California and Sun - D.ego. It crosses eight states, three j?j groat bays and the greatest of North \ PUM'ii'nn riv..fc T* '..?BaaP? . . - v . O. w V.H/.VW Ufe 'jrt'itl i Divide at its-- lowest point, at Bisfcee, 5 Arizona, at an altitude of (>,030 feet -; above sea level and descends into the ^ Imperial Valley through EI Cent.ro, 31 California. 51 feet below sea-level. - Yet there are no grades which can't i not be driven in high gear. [ Two-thirds of the drainage watei I -jof the United States crosses the Old! - Spanish Trail, vet only two ferries! are necessary: one across the Missis-j - j sippi River at New Orleans, the other; -:ove: Berwick Bay at Morgan City, j -1 Louisiana. All of the other water-j e | courses which the Trail crosses have I - j been bridged. i j The Old Spanish Trail follows thoj t i line of the chain of missions and] Va l it e so Desi - ^ __ J V.flflO' ?*? "? ?"' - iw ;w - ? " " speed and pint # reli&Siilits; ?r re Ford car, V, way, is due nical design V\ 5 ation, speed lil par! of its the fact sc features Pliability or by producing turl Erd car has cylinders during coi ice to mil- thus flashes quick]; the world fuel charge, result many large more effective en ite cost fig- Other factors are itruction it gasoline feed, the and made carburetor, the new aluminum pistons, sion cham- valves of larger diai in the effi- dynamically balan< t is built to flywheel, the simpli hrough the cooling, lubricatioi dx the fuel and accuracy in mi ?VI imI? Ford iiettler for a de \ ' , i :._ THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT? EVI 1 ~ " > ~ presidios which the King of Spaai i j ordered u< 1772 to be constructed ; from the Gulf of Mexico to the Ok-df * J of California- Snn Antonio was the * meeting place of all the trails con- ; [hooting the Spanish ^elGe.rrieiits each other. And in San Aiitonioj a ' v. v. ;-. k:: the Kihf of Spa'll.P through roe Spanish Ami issador to r the United States, presented a roya! ' decoration to Harral Avers, the man- \ \ airing director of the Old Spanish * | Trail Association, in recognition of ' his services in preserving and per- 1 petuating the old Spanish tradition. * Of the first 579 mties of the Trail, -s from St. Augustine to Bay St, Louis, r nil but a fev.* miles has been paved. and that part, in Mississippi, is hard ( i sand and gravel. Thence acrcss Louis- } , iana to the Texas line, 362 miles. concrete pavement is being laid the = entire distance, though it will be the 4 end of next year before this is com 4 plcted. The unpaved sections are good 4 gravel roads. 1 From the Texas^Louisiana line tr 4 San Antonio, 329 railes. the Trail]14 is 90 per cent- paved. Thence, 0S0 ^ miles to Kl Paso, the gravel road is 4 1 good but dusty and paving is being J carried on rapidly, eventually to eov- j er the entire stretch. From El Paso 4 westward across New Mexico and Ar- J izona to the California line is 712 j miles, of which about half is paved, 4 the rest grave! roadways over tlu- J desert and through the Rocky Moun- J tains. By the end of this year it is ex- 4 pectecl that the last stretch of the f 178 miles across California to ne 4 Pacific will have been paved- 4 This great highway, 2,711 niilc ^ long, is the largest single piece of 4 road building which has ever been * I undertaken since the days when the 4 1 Caesars connected all of the outlying 4 | provinces of Europe with Imperial ] J Rome by roads, some 'f which have I 4 | lasted to this day and are stil! main j 4 thoroughfares of commerce. When it 1 J is finished it will have cost upward j 2 of $110.0011.000. provided by the 4 tales, counties and municipalities. J ?nd by the United States Govern 12 OF stamiiufg r without oeosiomig -I?-M-WBtk.. *ii & I \ .lulo.nce within the ' npression. The spark ( f through the whole 4 ing in quieter ami * gine pevlormance. 1 the direct gravity ^ specially designed i j r hot-spot manifold, chrome silicon alloy . neter, statically and < ced crankshaft and * 4 city of the electrical, j i, and fuel systems ^ inufacturing. | TE THESE LOW PRICES ter *435 m. ...... tiS Sedan ...... 495 495 Coupe ..... 525 :e Coupe ..... 545 'window Fordor Sedan 600 :e Phaeton .... 625 rtible Cabriolet . 625 l ce Sedan 640 Sedan . . . . . 660 PS f.o.b- Detroit, plum freight and . Bumpers and spare tire extra, at " feu cost. 4 ?! Credit Company plan of time ^ ts effort another Ford economy. . 'i j < muonmt ration I ;ry thuksday?boqne, n. c. neat. i|?pffl As ev^ry other in rat idnd does, he Old Spanish Trail if. opening up iew vaeas to settlements, to industry \n? 1 '..? development. Until it was ?t thrruu'h from Jacksonville west, five years ago. few tourists to norda ever saw the lovely rolling couriry of \Vesi Florida. the hiits ?n?? ivtjrs and coastline vistas that lie ?etween Tallahassee and the beaiitiul city of Pensacola. which with its Magnificent harbor and new rail connections northward is rapidly recapurinn its ancient importance as a vaport. And so, all along its route, he growing tide of motor tourists following the Old Spanish Trail is liscoyering and spreading the news 0 the rest cf the world that it. outu and Southwest there are op> g ft f ^ L * * 1 ANN! > ? ' ? 5 We can sc ? machinery and > 5 MOWERS ; Schwob with fo 3 FORKS, HANI ; We can also f 3 Cormick and D > ; To any * or Ri 0 z A 1 Farmers i * LIST] % There's i Fiddle r Boone, We are expectii dancers and a 1: J given in keepin k old fiddle and i t on the 4th and ! r The money der Izaak Walton L r preserving the v L to all contestan ? judges. There ^ banjo and dance I We are expecti states and feel L finest mysic th; ^ convention in tf t For further info: of the following - . - ....... iporfenitW Rn '* beaiities which fe\v j I had ever realized existed. ? ; .. Carteret County Irish potato j Cl?c report an average price of $4.25 J jit barrel for their crop this season, J and say they maiic some money, They) j lust heavily, however, with cue\im-j j hers and snap bear,?, y Dean I. O. Sthaub. head of the] j school of agriculture at State College! )says that every farmer and farm] woman in North Carolina has a cordial invitation to attend Farm and, Home AVeek exercises at State Col ] iege. July 21* to August 1. Over 2,-! 000 persons were present last sum-j : bier. SPECIAL DUNCFA tsjilU ipply your needs in any c tools at very attractive pri i, RAKES, GRAIN CRAL3 >ur or five fingers) SCYTf )LES, Etc. urnish you repairs for Mais eering Mowers. one interested in buying a ake this season we have a attractive proposition. See us before you buy. hardware & S EN, FC Vnother Big, ( rs tonv TO BE PULLED OFF lis July 4th IN THE EVENINGS rig a large army of old-tir >ig time is awaiting you. ig with the attendance, s< -osin up your bow and rm 5th for a big time. ived from this convention .eague of this county, for /ild life of this region. Pri2 ts in keeping with the c will be contests for fiddl irs. ng some bands from oth< confident that we will ha at has ever been pulled o lis county. rmation communicate with f committee. W. H. GRAGG, J. W. BRYAN, G. H. WINKLE Committee for Izaak * JUtrY ;i, V!'. .' SPECIAL NOTICES FOR i>ALE?Frick Sawmill outfit anil Elisor. Good condition and almost new. Price light. Anyone interested see IX H. Shore. Blowing Kock, ry. G. IiAjSX?-A mack ami ian hound dog.. Finder return to" t." C. urega^ i Bamboo, N. C., and receive uistifieo reward. 7-3-ttp RELIABLE MAN WANTED to run McNess business in Watauga County. Wonderful opportunity. Make $8 to 515 daily. No experience or capital needed. Write today. Me Ness Company, Dept. M, ; Freepovt, Illinois! J t it IENT S >f the following ** ices: XX *LES, (Genuine XX HIES, SNATHS, >sey-Harris, Mc mower very ?* tupply Co. !: uutfittttmttttttti ttin dh ^ 4frli Ai A A A A M' W -W -W ^ 'V -*-^W T V " ^LSS: )LKS! ii ???J J )ld-Time ; ention and 5th 1 ne fiddlers and < Prizes will be 3 tune up your i jet us in Boone < * t i will go to the ^ the purpose of % :es will be given < lecision of the < * ers, guitar and < * ;r counties and < > ve some of the < ff at a fiddlers ' i either member ^ Walton League 4 |
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