El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-25
NeighbOr-
hood Notes
Bio Hall Storm At Hubbard City.
TEXAS

Bio Hall St orm At Hubbard City.
For a district about four miles
square, tn e hail fell in stones ''as big
as bullets eggs'' Much damage WAS
done to the crops.
Cyclone Near Corsicdna.
A terrific wind, hail and rain storm
beat down crops, broke trees and Bile ="
down many houses in the Chsstelo
neig Dor hood. northeast of Corsicana {.
Oats, heat and cotton all suffered.
AecllmatlZatlonC Camps
San Antonio hopes to have one OF
the four big administration camps
which the government 1otends to e.
tabltsh for instruction and accl1mat1za-
tion Of troops intended for the tropics.
Texas Wheat Crop.
E. r. Huff, Wichita Falls
banker. places the Texas wheat yield
at IL, 600. 900 bushels, 5 600 600 in ex
cess of the crop of 1899. He further
says that j, 100000 bushels of this i'm
mense crop will be grown west OF Clay
county.-Bowie Cross Timbers.
MhitesborO Procession.
Whites boro had parade OF twenty
Ave new resping machines, all OF
which ba1 just been cold for the
coming harvesting. The parade was
headed by brass band. The wheat
crop there, as all over Texas, is the
finest in years.
Except FL paso.
Every town in Texas, of any size and
pretensions, is out after an auditorium
or convention hall. That Ia one thing
that Dsnison Ia somewhat shy on.
There is no place where large pub
lie body can gather to transact bust
ness.-De Herald.
Denlson's Sundays
Last Saturday night the mayor of
BENSON visited every saloon in the
town and notified the proprietor To
close his saloon and keep IL closed on
Sunday and that any attempt to evsde
the Law would be severely punished
This is the first time in years that the
Sunday law has been vigorously en-
forced.
Gold Brick Man In Dallas.
Dallas has q gold brick man in her
jail. His brick weighed seventy
pounds and he had gold filings which
he claimed to have taken from it. The
story WAS that the gold bad bsen taken
from farm four miles west of Dall.s.
A rich farmer of Dallas county and S.
parted when the police interfered.
6rooers At Waco
The association of Who'll esale or ocers
of Texas met at Waco last week and
made arrangements for future con-
ferences when they will effect per-
maueut organization A committee
was formed which is to prepare plan
10 present to the railroad commission
hi ni o. 4
rates as to let them compete with St.
Louis aud other northern jobbers and
give the same prices to retailers as
these outsiders can give.
Texas Mayors Convention.
The call for convention of Texas
mayors. issued by Mayor Higgins, of
Waco, and printed several days ago in
the HERALD, has met with hearty res
ponse from over nail OF the mayors OF
the state, all OF whom accepted Mayor
Higgins suggestion that the conve n
tion be held in his city, Waco. June the
eleventh. Therefore Mayor higgins
sends out this second letter;
Waco, Tex, May 10 To the Mayors |
of the Cities and Towns of Texas:
Gentlemen-A few days ago L address
sea letter to you through the Texas
press and asked for suggestions both as
to time and place as Wei as to your
Endorsement of my suggestion of
Mayors conference. Some twenty
five answers have already been re-
ceived touching the following points.
First, indorsing the movement: second,
naming Waco as the place; third, the
1lth of June as the time. Most Of these
letters asked that l call the mayors
call q meeting of all the mayors Of Texas
to be held 10 the city of Waco on June
IL to discuss the following and other
questions: Sanitation; debt-making
and debt-paying; street and sidewalk
i'm prOvements: fire protection and
department., costs of same, etc; water
and lights: public ownership
OF water, lights and 9th
er public utilities: parks as affecting
people; hos pitfalls and public charities:
municipal lave, ordinances: sewerage;
questions and Information drawn from
experience and the Judgment of the
mayors of the cities and towns. How
can we best give the people their
moneys worth, and how can we best
serve the interests of Texas aud our
cities in Industrial developments?
These and kindred subjects are
suggested. The conference should be
Invested of all formslities The meeting
should be regarded as ipquisitive. A
gathering of mayors who desire to
better qualify themselves for the work
and responsi bilities to which they
were called by the people. Kindly
send your name to me at an early q
date a. possible. We trust that q
Texss desiring Q better ment of their
condition, or desiring information
which may be secured at this confer
snce, will be present full of suggestions