El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-11

| the FL Paso convention has been liter
ally hailing from Hoopes's office in
Austin upon every banker in the state
| for the past six months. He Is secretary
! you know. Hopes seems so young TO
! be holding such a responsible position
| that he hesitateS 10 talk before a crowd
! of mature bankers. But when he does
! get going with that third rail brand of
! oratory he has stored away in his think
| tank. there is no stopping him. Hopes
| is a good looking chap, which is saying
! a great deal in such a collection OF
! handsome bankers as are assembled in
FL PasO this week. To look at Hopes,
standing up there on the platform and
hitting 1t up like Golden State limited
going across the desert, is TO ponder
| upon the great truth that some are
born TO be bankers and others get
there because of the gray matter car
ried in their coming towers. Hopes IS
| of the latter class.
j. N Porter, of Globe, looks as IL he
might be easy money for some over
draft fiend. Those gentle lilacs on his
face the soft wave of his almost gray
hair and the benevolent expression in
his eyes give him the paternal appear
ence of a boys school principal. But
behind those smiling eyes there Is
little CLEAN and under that gray beard
sign out when it comes to OverdTaftS
and extensions around J. Ms bank at
Globe. Mr.. Porter brought little J. N,
| jr, along to see the fun and has been
| showing him everything there is to see
around Ell Paso. The miniature banker
was present at the smoker Tuesday
night and took in everything with wide
eyed wonderment- He has freckles on
| his face as big as cookies and the same
| gentle look out of his eyes that his
| father has. And that Porter chin is be-
ginning to develop and the overdraft
| fiends of the future are going to collide
| with it when the elder ]. N retires IN
| favor of the ]. n. IL
| H R. Eldridge is big. Big of feet.
| hands, frame and face. He has about
| 200 pounds on board and would not run
| smoothly with less. He has a voice
which booms like bass drum and when
| he is speaking he seems to be weighing
each word as if II was an endorsement
| on a new customers check. The climate
around Houston seemsJ to be hard on
hair, for few of the east Texas boys
have any too much. Eldridge has just
| enough but not one hair to spare. He
parts it carefully and makes it cover
all the space the traffic will stand But
he never Will be accused Of being a
low brow His forehead has a fine
chance 10 shine and shine ii does like
the prov of a battleship. There Is
something besides wheels behind that
brain DOME too. When the voice booms
forth there is something to what
Eldridge says besides noise.
Tom Slack is Irish. The tilt Of his
nose, the fire of his eye and the Blarney
burr in his voice screams this fact 10
with happy Tom. He was given a wit
which is as sparkling as any that ever
came over from the old countree- Tom
Is not one OF these photograph enter
tanners who has to be telling all or the
stories in order to be enjoying himself
He can listen as we'll as tell stories,
which is the fine art of story telling
Toms wit IS as harmless as the prattle
of a child. He is for fun only and no
one ever heard of Slack saying any
thing to hurt another's feelings He has
a rapid fire delivery way OF telling his
stories, which keeps the interest up all
the time and the point is right there
when the gong rings.
The word detective recalls visions of
DISCUSSES, tomato can stars and false
mustaches. That may be the way they
detect in Nick Carriers wonderful works,
but W. A Boyd, of CleOurne, who is de-
tective for the Bankers association,
uses another and more effective method
He goes after the yeggmen and check
pushers and stays after them until he
gets them. Detective Boyd has the fin
est head of silver tgray hair at the con-
vention. He is a Texan of the kind who
could be picked out in the biggest
crowd in the world. All he needs is a
pair of high heeled boots to make him
look like we'll to do cattleman in the
grazing land country Once Boyd got
after a notorious check shower and
chased him up into Oklahoma, where he
landed his man. Governor Haskell
could not see things the Texan did
and he refused 10 issue a warrant for
the crooks removal. That was the only
man Boyd ever let get away and he re-
turned to Cleburne broken hearted. He
is as indispensable 10 the Texas bank
ers time lock or a safety dating
stamp. They just could not do business
without him. 1t is not what he does so
much as what he keeps others from |
doing Bank workers all over the
country are wise to the quiet hammered |
man with the steel gray eyes. He IS |
worth his weight in gold cer .;ficates |
several times over. If this statement is |
doubted just ask any of the bankers |
what they would do without detective |
Boyd. There is no answer.
Once upon time, a trade excursion |
left Ell Paso. 1t went through Duran, |
n. NJ, on its wanderings over the terri |
tory. Duran at that time, which was |
not so very long ago, consisted of a /
general store, few houses and lot of |
scrub cedar w. S. Holloway, cashier )
of the Duran Trust * Savings bank, |
is here attending the COW antion as the I
representative Of the Duran bank. The |
general store has been thanked by
others, the houses have multiplied until
Duran is no longer confined TO a single
street. The scrub cedars have given
way to the stores and residences Duran
has arrived.
1t takes nerve to wear a red tie Not
one of these little weak sisters that are
an apology for the color, but good.
healthy scream of tie that looks like
a third alarm sounds. n. E. Plumer. Of +
Tucson, is the man behind the tie He
not only has the nerve to wear the tie
hut actually wears It right around his
neck with a gold and pearl effect of a
tie pin stabbed into its very vitals. But
it takes nerve to run a bank i'm these