El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-28
Ell PAS D s FAB
To OPEN NOON /
SATURDAY
Continued From rage cne.)

show in the evening These perform
.ances begin at ? p. m. and p. m
The different divisions of the Os-
APPLE parade are being filled rapidly.
: r A. Moore who is in charge of the
auto division. has so entries for the
AtpCWer driven cars and expects as manA
more before the night of the parade.
All Of these cars viii be decorated.
Chief Os-Aple, who is TO make his an
nSA pilgrimage to Ell Paso on the
evening of Thursday, November 3, has
received letter from three FL Paso
girls Misses Margaret MCGEE, May
White, and Dorothy Long, asking the
big chief that they be put in his re-
tinue as mounted escorts. They will
be dressed as cowgirls and will ride at
each side of the big chief z. E. Neff
has charge of the entire Os-Aple page
ant.
Merchants to Close.
All retail merchants in Ell Paso a.
to close their establishments all day
Wednesday. November 2, and Friday
afternoon, November 4. in order to al
low their employees to attend the fair.
according to a resolution adopted at
the meeting of the association Thurs
day night
The meeting was presided over by j.
&C Ballard, vice president of the asso-
tuition followed the appearance before
the merchants of c. n. Bassett, presi-
dent of the fair; J. G. McNary, Julius
Krakauer and John Fisher, directors.
A resolution was also adopted asking
mayor c. E. Kelly to iseue proclama-
ton asking for the closing Of the
stores Wednesday and on Friday after
noon
Make Fair SeIf-Sustaining.
faE
desire to make the fair self-sustaining
IN 1910. and that the attendance on
The days the merchants should close
should bring the receipts up to the
necessary amount To confirm this, Mr..
Rassett stated that the receipts at the
fair in 1909 were about $4,000 and
that $4,000 of this amount was received
the day the merchants closed Their
stores. A canvass of the merchants is
TO be made. All will be asked TO close
their stores.
Mayor Kelly Friday morning stated
that he had been asked to issue
proclamation, but that he had not made
q decision.
Juarez Merchants to Close.
Juarez merchants will also be asked
to close their establishments on We'd
nesday and Friday afternoon, Robert
Suberberg and Felix Martinez being
or Portillo Of Juarez and make that
request. It was explained that the fair
Is as much Of a benefit to Juarez as 10
FL Paso. and that international pride
should be shown for its maintenance.
Editors and Chickens.
Souvenir badges for the editors OF |
the southwest, who are expected to at
tend the Southwestern Editorial Asso-
ciaion convention here on November |
8, are now being made. They will con- |
sist of the typical Ell Paso hats with |
ribbons Of blue and gold, the fair coll /
ors, upon which will be printed the /
name of the association and the dates I
Of the big fair.
L. E Gillett. secretary Of the Poultry /
association, will move to the fair
grounds Saturday and establish an of. /
flee in the poultry pavilion. He expects /
a total Of 1000 entries for the annual
poultry show.
To Phone to the Fair.
The Tri-State Telephone company
has Installed a private telephone ex-
change at the fair grounds. Each de-
partment Of the fair viii be connected
through this branch exchange To call
the fair grounds all that will be nece,-
the fair graunds all that will be
necessary is to ask Central for
the fair grounds and tell the branch
No. 719 will not connect with the fair
office, as this is the downtown office.
St Marks hospital will have charge
Of the day nursery on the fair grounds
adjoining the press headquarters.
Graduate nurses from ST. Marks will