El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-10
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tachments and those reunions more and
more pleasant
Jokes with Col. sharpe.

This meeting is interesting because
I have had the company of a represen-
tative Of the army. You may not kno "
it. but have been in my class tonight,
as I have sat by a. colonel ClaughteT)-
that is as to title. did not get ny title
from a 1aborious climb no the ladder
as did Col. Sharpe, but I have a much
better right to it than some others.
Whenever anyone questions my right
to the title 1 think / have more right
than the man who, upon being ques-
toned as to the source Of his title Of
colonel, admitted that ne had inherited
IT from his wife's first husband.
When I passed through here last
Sunday morning I found your people
I'll excited about the war. Juarez was
about to be taken and the papers had
not only all the details, but contained
minute directions as TO how the bull
lets could be avoided But for my army
experience I would have been fright
ened. One paragraph said that the in
surrecto general had announced that
he would attack from the east and
west so that the balls would not come
across the river. I remember how
grateful I felt when Mr.. Cobb told me
OF these new buildings that had been
erected, that the fighters would spare
these monuments OF enterprise and
turn their guns on one another I was
glad that the sunrise allowed me to
get to Arizona before the battle began.
But the paper this afternoon was so
reassuring that I can, with safety, stay
until morning.
Gently RapS spa" Smith.
L went down the valley with your
postmaster 1 found something of the
character Of the man when he showed
no resentment when I told him that he
had served longer than I had expected
him to- He took me down to his dairy
The dairy is fine. 1 am sorry that /
DO not live near TO FL Paso-to be able
TO drink his milk. He has very good
dairy. The care he has taken to secr
the best of water there should be APP
proved I am satisfied that if an
analysis showed typhoid germs in that
milk it would not be due to the water
tI4aughter) During my service in the
army 1 was stationed in Florida and
saw the danger from fever from cows
milk When 1 was in charge of the
mess I had the man in charge of the
COWS use nothing but well water.
When he brought in the bill it was just
double because he wateTed his COWS
with well water. I think YOU owe a
great deal TO Mr.. Smith that he does
not charge more for the milk when
ne gives MS cows well water.
was glad to see the valley. because
1 nave many ties that bind me to frrf-
cation Ny winter home is on the Rio
Grande One reason I selected it was
because it had an irrigation system on
IT. It has a fascination Irrigation
mas possibilities which extend beyond
the dreams Of those who are in it. I
never knew anything Of irrigation I'M
III made a trip through the Rocky
mountain region. You must see it to
realize its value. A man who esti-
mates the value of water only at what
ne sees at political conventions has no
Of what water will do.
Value OF Irrigation.
When travelled through Asia and
saw how ancient the system was, the
impression that was first made upon
me deepened- I found that more can