El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-11
LAST EXCURSION Of
SEASON RUN To
CLOUDCR0FT
Soldiers Still Remain Here
More Lights Needed
At Resort.

Cgoudcroft. n. NJ, Sept. 1.-THE last
Sunday excursion of the season prougnss
IN over a hundred guests. Ihey Iou1u
;deal veather-iust cool enough to De
refreshing-and spent an ideal afternoon
among the pines. A good shower put
them TO cover at 8 o'clock Ihe season
has been the resorts most successiui
year and the new Lodge-"ltnoue q
s,,nerior in the west as a mountain re-
sort-has at times been unable 10 supply
the demand for accommodations Inc
new golf links have been an attraction
that greatly improved the pleasure OF
stav for many visitors and the DaDJ
sanatorium has been a comfort to many
a mother with an aihng infant
Although practically all the cottagers
have gone home, social hfe is not dead
for the officers of the Fourth cavalry,
now in camp here, have filled up many
of the cottages and the life of pleasure
and oaiety goes steadily on and VII
continue until the regiment returns 10
Fl Paso with the frost Daily band
concerts enliven the existence or the
army people in the pines, and the skat-
ing rink, bowling alley and several otneT
amusements are still going. lnese VIII
continue even after the Lodge closes
and the daily train schedule is taken OH
next Friday.
Fort Bliss today, having stopped at
Alamogordo and Mountain Park on the
wav M. This brings the entire regiment
together with the exception or three
troops. one at Maria and two at Fort
Bliss.
As soon as the Mexican elections are
over. so the 23d infantry can De sent 70
FIT. BENJAMIN Harrison, Ind. the FourLh
will return TO FL Paso, the first squad
hoo 1o,,o remaining AT
Fl. Bliss and the other eight troops go-
ing on to Arizona to Forts Huachuca and
Grant If the ed does not go to IN
diana. then headquarters OF the Fourth
will 90 to Huachuca-
The last dance of the season was
military affair Saturday evening at the
Lodge. but the attendance was small
The cavalry band furnished the music
and the dancing was in the Lodge dining
room.
Before another season Cloudcroft needs
some more street hghts-now it IS neces-
sary for cottagers to travel after dark
with lanterns in hand like DfogeDes OF
old or stumble over boulders and stumps
or founder into ravines and mud puddles
If IL has been raining, and there has been
much rain of late. Going to and from
the dances, the merrymakers carry their
lanterns as well as slippers and Skirts
The season has been free from forest
fires to any damaging extent, although
several acres of shrubbery and pretty
trees have been burned off along the
railroad near the Croft.
The train schedule during the summer
has been satisfactory and the absence OF
cinders, due to the installation or oil
burning apparatus on the locomotives OF
the mountain line has been a godsend to
people traversing the line often :,
The construction OF spur track
which enables the trains to discharge
passengers within stones throw OF
the new Lodge has been a great con-
yenience and the new board walk from
the new stopping place TO the hotel
saves many a weary step over what
would otherwise be rather a rough path
in best of weather.
Twoscore new cottages have been built
during the season and carpenters are
still at work Two houses now In pro-
cess of erection are for DIR. L. NJ Breck
and Frank j. Turner. One of the hand
soonest new cottages erected tins year
Cooley greatly enlarged the old ID. X.
Wood home c. 7. Sharp has built a
handsome big home.
Mrs. Ferguson. Mrs. Julius Krakauer,
Mrs Slater, Mrs. M. ii. Tilton, Mrs.
Brock, Mrs. Luckett, Mrs. Kenneth
Brown, and Mrs. Geo. Sauer are among
the cottagers still here.
Among the FL Pasoans who came up
Saturday and Sunday were: A L.
Nicholson, Mrs. Laura Bond, g. A. Mar
tin and wife. Miss HI. Belknap, Miss Z,
Morrison, Mrs. G. Jennings, E. G. Rawl-
ings, Harry Sprinz, Miss Elsie Harring-
ton, Thos F. Mitchell, G. w. o. Martin
and wife, F. A. Wardwell, c. w. Harper,
Miss Bessie Little, w. H. Forbes and
wife. ". f. Carter, II. Mrs. Bond had