El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

Local People Have Big Time
at Valley Fair Splendid
Exhibits Are Shown.
ARE GIVEN A
FREE BARBECUE

Las Cruces, n. NJ, Sept. 3O-El Paso
paid Las Cruces a long overdue call
| Friday. when 100 Of her citizens-men.
women and chiIdren-made the trip up
here to visit the fair, crowding the reg
ular Santa Fe train and necessitating
the use of two additional coaches.
And the FL Pasoans who made the
trip returned home on the evening train
I well pleased with the few hours they
mad taken away from their business to
become acqua uted with the residents
OF the upper valley.
The people Of the upper valley gave a
rousing reception TO their guests, send
ing them back to FL PasO elated over
the success Of the first Dona Ana cOun-
I ~ fair the foundation for an institution
that viii annually help TO build up this
valley and its metropolis, Las Cruces
as Wen as interesting persons from
all sections Of the country in the great
agricultural possibilities Of the strip
OF land that lies to the north Of FL
PasO under the Elephant Butte project
The occasion was the ObSeryat ton Of
III PasO day at the Dona Ana county
Ialr, and Fl PasO's representation was
representative and indicated the inter
est that citizens Of the Pass City have
In the prosperity Of Las Cruces.
The regular train for Las Cruces was
crowded when IL left FL Paso, bearing
the FL Paso delegation and Reyes's
boys band Lively music was played
as the train drew out Of the station
yards
AS J. B. fitzpatrick mounted to the
steps Of the slowly moving train at
CanuullO, more music was sounded and
at each and every station along the
route the band played TO let the people
know that FL Paso was on the way to
Las Cruces TO see the fair.
FL PasOans Wear Badges.
At LATINA, at the suggestion OF ".
W. Rose, who expressed the opinion
~ na rI7Ha HHn q
badge, two members Of the party alight-
ed and the train waited while they Sc
cured some red ribbon and a piece OF
this was pinned to the lapel OF each
distinguish the FL Pasoans from other
visitors.
Drawing into the station at Las Cru
ces the band played a lively air and
sembled crowd. Mayor Young, accom-
panied by the reception committee Of
16, headed q parade through the main
street OF the town and to the fair
grounds.
The FL Pasoans, marching behind
their band. walked in two long lines
and made the largest delegation that
has ever gone to Las Cruces for such
an event
While the men walked. the women
who came UP TO the fair were taken in
automobiles to the fair grounds.
me morning was spent IN looking
over the exhibits in the tent at the fair
grounds, next 10 the lumber yard Of
the Las Cruces Lumber company
The FL Paso band gave a short con
cert, and then some one smelled meat
cooking. just as the noon whistle blew.
Though a few drops Of rain were fall
ing, all rushed for the barbecue pit and
were served with bread and barbecued
meat, enough to feed an army Of hun
CRY soldiers.
Afternoon Sports.
After the beeves had been eaten
and there were only q few bones left,
for 1000 barbecue tickets had been is
sued-the sports began First thing on
the program was a goat rOping contest.
won by Nasario Lucero, who rOped his
goat and tied him in 81 2-5 seconds.
just two-fifths Of a second better than
Ed Hall could do Coenre Borunda
made It IN Al rs seconds, David Wood
in A seconds, Oliver n. Reese in As %
seconds and George Dorsey, Caesario
PedragOn, A. Cox, z. z. Moreno. Wal
lace Leadatham and Willie Isaacks
failed TO make tie.
Then there was another game in
which six men participated. It was a
novelty in state fairs. Six dummies
made to represent men. were stretched
out at one corner Of the field opposite