Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-12
OFF TO OGDEN
Big Bunch Of III Pase Boomers
After the Next Irrigation
Congress.
FINE BAND ALONG
Many Of the Best known Busi-
ness Men of the Pass City
in the Lot.
PERSONNEL OF THE PARTY

There passed through Las Vegas
today on No. 2 a party Gf twenty-siy
citizens Of III Paso, en- route to the
national irrigation congress at Og-
den. FL Paso raised a fund exceeding
$500 for the purpose Of sending a
delegation TO the congress to present
an Invitation to the national Irrigation
association To meet next year in Ell
Paso. A committee selected the dele
gates as representing the various in
terests which contributed TO the fund.
The delegation Is travelling in a
chartered Pullman palace car, and Is
accompanied by The fine Mexican Mil
itary band Of FL Paso and Juarez. un-
der the management Of Frank Alder
etc and the musical direction of Pro-
fessor Concha. The band numbers
twenty-four men In uniform.
The members of the El Paso dele
CATION are as follows:
A. j. Smith, chairman of the dele
cation, dairyman and ranch owner,
vice-president Ell PHso chamber OF
commerce and chairman of the irri-
CATION committee Of the chamber.
John A. Happier, secretary Of the
delegation; capitalist and real estate
broker.
Park W. Pitman, treasurer of the
delegation; county clerk.
A. Courchesne. capitalist and man
ufacturer.
II. G. Grove, real estate dealer and
lessee FL Paso irrigation canals.
George Diehl. merchant
J. T. Dyer, capitalist, attorney-at
law.
B. S. Farley, merchant.
J. w. Fisher, hotel proprietor.
Z A. w. Clifford, secretary Of Interna-
tional Miners association.
w. H. Grandoyer, electrical contrac-
tor.
James R. Harper, district attorney.
Juan 5. Hart, proprietor and editor
FL Paso Times. !.
c. L. Kellogg, ranch owner and hor-
ticulturist. !.
q. +. Kelly, merchant, county treas
urer.
Francisco Mallen. Mexican consul at
FL Paso.
w. @. Millican, real estate dealer.
r. NJ. Millspaugh, manager for Wa
.s-..ierce Oil Co.
j. j. Mundy. capitalist and ranch
owner.
Burt 0rndorff. motel proprietor.
T. c. Pew, merchant.
Thos. Powers. merchant.
John z. Ramsey, general manager
Sierra Madre railroad.
II. d. Slater, proprietor and editor
III Paso Herald.
]. f. Williams, banker; treasurer
Of the FL Paso chamber Of commerce.
w. II. Winn. manager Abstract com
pany. /.
The party will arrive at Ogden
Monday morning.
Just as the train pulled out 1he
band struck up a lively air, playing
with much nerve and expression.
FL Paso Is going after the next con-
vention with will and the band In
Snowy uniform will do much, no doubt,
10 assist them In getting 1t.
All opposition from Arizona has
vanished and that territory as well
as New Mexico will assist the Pass
City in landing the convention.
Mr.. Slater, the brainy editor Of the
El Paso Herald, is accompanied by
his wife. After attending the con
yention they will visit Denver and
Colorado Springs.
The El Paso crowd will advertise
their city all along the way. They
wear flarinx yellow badges and great
sombreros. They will make them.
selves seen and heard no matter how
big a gathering may assemble at og-
den. and they VIII probably land the
convention, TO Here's success 10
them.