El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-30
SILVER CITY HAS
RAIN and HAIL
Show Company Exemplifies
Some Of the Difficulties Of
TrOuping In Southwest

Silver City, n. NJ, Oct. 3O-It rained
and it rained and it rained in this region
Friday and saturday. 1t was one Of the
heaviest rains for several months and it
fell practically all day Saturday, with
good deal Of the dOWupOur as warn
ING on Friday, and then on Saturday
night it hailed, Just Tor good measure
All the arrOyOs and creeks in this region
were filled with water and it was sDlen-
did for the range and for the miners, as
some OF the streams were beginning TO
run low. The hail during Saturday
evening, while it did no damage 70 any
great extent, was heavy, and it was so
heavy that teams being driven through
the country almost ran away as a result
of the pounding of the ice on their backs.
Two FL PasO Herald men were caught in
the storm outside Silver City and had
to take refuge with their team under a
big cottonwood tree in a. gulch, while
the water gradually rose about their
buggy wheels and threatened to float
them off. Others had similar experiences,
though many others were unable to find
the shelter of the friendly cottonwood.
The country was full of people out with
teams and they came in at all hours
Saturday night, some having lost their
way, some having been forced TO make
very slow progress because or the dark
ness and the slippery roads and so on. {
Just after the hail, the rain came in tor
rents and the streets of Silver CITY ran
like small rivers. 1t was Just about
show time-"POlly of the Circus" was
here-And many people were unable to
get 20 the performance. The manager ]
said he lost 500 on account of the rain. /
But the community in general DrOspered. |
The Polly" people had a hard time
getting into Silver City. A special train F.
Are| d.. Il
or the Inconvenience that show trOuDes t
experience in the southwest and Is one
OF the reasons that they do not come to I.
FL PasO and other towns about El PasO /
IN any greater numbers. if they 90 I
straight through from California to san (
Antonio or vice versa, the Jumps are so +
long between Tucson and Ell PasO and be- /
tween FL PasO and the next big town T.
east, that the companies lose money. If I
they make the side trips into Silver CITY, +
Douglas, Bisbee and Clifton, the railroad /
schedule is so bad that it makes the .
swear from the time he starts .
until he finishes. The Polly" company
left FL PasO Saturday morning and came ]
on to Silver City on the regular train
the Santa Fe was held at Deming to
make connections. They played Silver
City Saturday night and could not get
mother regular tram out until 4:30 I
Sunday. This meant the loss of night.
With salaries for players going on. The
manager decided to take the money this
would cost him and get special train.
10 he dug down and had a special made
no to take him back to Deming. leaving
silver City Sunday morning at o'clock.
At Demlng the company changed to the
$. p. andirOde to LOrdsburg. where they
changed again, caught the A. & n. M.
md went on into Clifton, reaching there
late IN the afternoon. They PLAYED Cliff
ton Sunday night and got out early Mon
lay morning for Bisbee; then it VIII be