Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-22
FL PASO A SPORTY TOWN.
oil Fights. Cooking Mains and, All
Gambling Games Abundant.
SOMETHING ABOUT COY. ALUM ADA
aid 10 Ne Slated to Succeed Diax rs rt~s,
d.p.- isitor. Lei. siderable
Money Ia the Town.

Gems Dy tue NlsitOfs. Inere IL no question
about the latter fact. From 1901 TO sOoO
strangers came to FL Paso had a not
time and departed. The hotels, restau-
rants, saloons and gambling houses cap
tured the great bulk OF the money. ana
Ss a matter OF course the merchants re-
ceived their bit.
E Pnso is 1900 miles from Kansas city,
l2Vl miles from San Francisco ana i4,V
| miles from the city Of Mexico and II
catches tourists 'comin' and gwlnr." 'rhe
climale Is magnificent ana no where IN
me world Is tnere more sunshine during
the year than here In the Pass city.
| Tourists and healthseekers from al parts
OF the Union visit FL Paso and the ozone
Is the purcst and the most lnvigoraung
! to be found this side OF the Great III.
vide. II is u typical frontier city, with
the frte-and-oasy manners and customs
OF the boiaer And the people ara hospi.-
able nay prlnce.y--enteria lncr
| This is the home OF Juan Hart Charlie
| DAVIS, Captain pi.l Jewell Dr., landrn,
Judge Leigh Clark, Judge James u,
| Townsend. Mayor Hob Campbell. Al b.
Mclean and a host OF other thorough
brpds-nien OF the world. clever, ataDic
henlians and most graceful OF writprs.
| James Ponder. In DAYS ngune member
/ e 1llr Fouet9n Post stan. Ia n citiEcn
OF III Paso oni gentleman, bcgai. SAM
| 81 Ryan Is another LEGAL ce'ebrity lie
came originally from the north OF France
| ord has roam d over every iuch of tne
| Wet al Southwest. 81 has "A pcncnnnt
| for. presenting canes to mon Of reu3wn
| magnificent REMINDER OF his friend ship.
the rrcsentntlon having been made u
| year ago.
These, and others, M well have made
| the stay Of visiting newspaper men one
| continuous round Of pleasurn--and dark.
| se0l-hrown tastes on the following morn
| ing The uull-drivotn Will hear away with
them TO their distant homes p!ct4art
| rccollociions of their visit ana forNvor
.esn Fresn Within mcm,orys .ncr'1
! nnmes or tho chiva'ric and inipuisive
southrons phnse friendship they hecurcd
since tdeir advent
ono OF the grent IN lustricF Of the South
west Il the great plant operated ny ths
kanrns city Smelling and refining com.
pany. w, H. simpson Is the resident
msnager The plant Is located about
three miles west OF the city In the
famous pass. on the banks Of the Rio
drande, u is located upon tho soil OF
~ XII NJ nnu oiose to the boundary lines
| ol Mexico and New Mexico Judge James
| u. Townsend chaperoned The Post core
spond.ni, Howard L. llaekott OF The New
nork World George, AIDE Of the Chcaso
| Record ana G. q. Seymour OF the Cni-
cago Chronicle Sunday morning on visit
| to the smeltcf, There aic ton great nor
races In the plant, and 1000 men are ,m-
and the Btnson promises 10 be Il most
prosperous onr.
There arc. two Mexican villages located
r church and school house and ljunrd
1ouse arc the ntlnclnn' buIlllnra. A COM
pany store and an American beer saloon
arr features Of the town.
The plant Ia orera ted with Mexican Ia
Dor almost exclusively although four or
five negroes were noticed about the place.
The MeXicanH ore pald S1.25 per day Thav
are doclle and industrious and work
twelve hn1trN luV wfthnus n
! The trades union ~ an inetitution that
lsmnknown TO these sons Of MontczumA,
icon and old Mexico. The in'ning opera
tors transact all their hnsinass and pur.
chase all their supplies in this city.
FL paso has SPLENDID streets and bouie-
wards. magnificent public buildings and
many costly private residences Ninety
rye per cent OF tho buildings OF Fl Paso
are brick or stone. md all the modern CON
venlepeos assist ~ making life pleasant.
III Paso. for a blrlcr city. IL very orderly.
and It's citizens are luw-nbi1ing and pro.
grogdye. III Paso claims a population OF
lsotOIono1thlrd Mexican. u has splendid
school buildings and churches and oHe OF
IN finest public hospitals IN the country.
conducted by the Sisters Of Charity.
,Juqrea, just d across the river has a pop,
without any frills or furbelows.
Tho cigar industry Is In flourlshlng
condition In both towns and II Is said
there are 800 men, women and children
employed IN tho industry. In Juarez al
excellent cigar can be purchased for 4
cents ut retail. In III Paso the same cigar
ia retallcd at l2is cents or two for II quar-
ter, And Mexican labor g utilized on both
sides OF the river. The Mexican curio
shops Of Junrcz have done thriving bust
ness durlng The pssi!istie CARNIVAL sSc.ie,
pen have had picnic gathering IN the
honest American dollar The prioo OF ad-
mission Is 81 IN American noney or " N
more grains of silver than the American
dollar.
Bull fighting Is renulsive, brutal and de
grading 1t hasn't q redccming feature
and President Daz should prescribe It.
1t is not sport. II Is a sort OF cannlbal.
ism. At the slaughter.ng establishments
in Chicago Kansas CIV, Omaha, Dallas
and Fort Worth hogs arc killed by Boicn-
ific stckers. II bull fighting is sport
then log Killing Is i'ne art
This Is the chlckon fighters paradise
Every day since Christmas cooking ma ms
have been features Of tho daily programme
OF festivities. on both Fldes Of the river
the mains are In fun blast day and night
Sharp gaffes are never used but an ugly
substitute invented before Cortez aud his
spaniards invaded the halls OF the Monte
xumas. Bull fighting and cock fighting
have the call In . sieo. and the portiy
Governor Ahumada - patron Of these
noble aud exhilara'lng sports.
By the way, Tne Post corr spondent has
II upon the author ~ Of high Mexican
official that Governor Ahumada IL slated
for The presidency when Porfirio Dlai
Nhumada is %. IL wealthy and ambitious
mas a Young wife and re ord as n sol
der. lie is attached 10 the Americans
ana his most Intimate friend is colone
Charles Davis. collector OF customs for the
port Of III Paso. Ahumaaa Is considered
thai title. like charity. covereth multi
tude 81 sins. He rernris Diaz as the
Greatest living Mexican I'd has profound
rcgard FOR the advice and on Mona OF thu
d : Ingushed president OF the Republic oil
Mexico
Gambling houses are In full blast on
either side OF the river and everything
goes from craps to monte. There arr
stff PLAYERS in this country and high
rollers pay regular visits 10 lei Paso ant
Juarcz from the adjacent country. From
lilo b0olblaok on The street corner to the
h. f.rnr who solioits aims ut the church IN
j gaarsz they are gamblers. and on thi,
side N the river the mining king touches
elDows with the fmelicr hand and tht
army officer with the r2ustabout IN th,
Z ided halls where the tiger has his laii
spondont visited q well appointed gam
? Hing house last night Behind table
i deallug monte, sat "Dngo joe" Before
him was his bank foll--sio 0oo--ln gold, sill
Ioe' was a fiddler and o. roustabout a
Colorado CITY. Today he Is worth $500
ma owns two csta bliBhments at Albu-
qusraus, "Dago Joe" y an underslzed