El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-23

indians preceded the great Toltec float
which completely filled the street 4L
was pulled by IS horses eacl wearing
a white robe with an lndlaln 9esls I-5 ana
the name sTOltecs" stencued IneE con.
Tho Or1+rfders were also 4sleLa mdlans
and the float contained compleLe com
Danv of these lower Valiey 4AuIellS
squaWs papOoses and all-uOLIs t-lS-I
RELIGIOUS dances to the beat OF a TOM
TOM Tie float was decorated 70 repre-
sent a desert and MOUNTAIN sSell9 1900
with a tepee, a waterfall ana d u070- Z
stretch with cactus +ha
float. Jose Corbinero, Jose 1 CIe-L-i13i
Flfsa GranillO, Maria Garcia ~ --,---1-
CoIuinerO. Antonio GranluO, S9stSHS9
Gonzales, DesideriO Colmlnero' We ~ a
PlorOte de Granillo, CICERO ~ TO
Manuel Piartote and Antonio FaIs'
Woman's Club Wins Prize,
The Texas float the prize winner 5IaI+ IN
the float division, followed the I ore
c1r1b display. This was arranged Dy lLe
TVoman's club and was sym 6ollc LeplS55
sentation Of the history OF 1eAaS -
the admission Of New Mexico &c "a =
zODa into the union It was done pa
white with all of the occupants OF Ile
float the outriders and the decorations
~ one hundred dollars cash went to this
Mrs Alice P. Thompson was the
chairman of the work In DESK IA ---9
float was both allegorical anu 4 n
tirfcaI Entirely in white me Ms
+orfcsi figures were represented In the
form of statuary. At the rear an M =. y
maiden stood, representative OF llle 10
settlers In front Of the lnu!eIl' = -
iOneer man and woman, ne Win W 49, 80
she with her spinning wheel, typl4y !us
in their sturdy strength the DeBlALiiLls
of the growth Of Texas.
In the center, slightly ralseu 80 ~ g
platform stood the greatest OF LeAeS
heroes Travis, Crockett ana 52On-1-
Looking gravely on, stood the Lls ~ -
of Austin and Houston, statesmen VIZ
brought the ship of state lhIousl- - ~
storms of early history. SurIno uI LlIs
all, at the head Of the snip or sSeSS'
reDresented in the form or g0nuoIai
stood the figure Of progress IN LIoe Lli5
floating mass Of the state movers -
bluebOnnet. Over her mead s1ou5 -LtS
Texas star, and from her right haAu'
over all. floated the Texas rag
Masses of white chrysantnenll lls 81
rounded the shin of state. At the slles
walked the young men o! LeAas' leu ~
shining ribbons radiatlng from the
hands Of Progress. 1870.
at their heads branches Of the blue
bOnnets.
Progress" Miss Marian Campbell the
ssT3ioraar Woman" and Miss Maurlne
Bailey the Indian Maiden E. n. Etoo-
tnsOn represented the 'Flo4eer A-a-,
Austin Houston, Crockett, Travis ana
Bowie. and the young men OF Texas were
consented by /. c. Wilson, Charles
Brown George Freeman, Henry Sheqd,
William Archibald, scott nlt5l JL'
John Burch Fred Beers, lawrence SHes'
Clarence Carpenter, w. t. Mey en- -
Icins Bowden. Frank Ross, WllllaIn ray
Tor and Joseph PerraIJa-
The ElHs' Big Float.
The Elks division, second IN pItsIi5L-
tious splendor to the Chinese qeFlslon'
was a prize winner, taking SILVER cup
also The float represented a paltLesltp'
with as children dressed in sailor sulls
on the deck and the new states repre-
sa,feT nv stars. The Quien Sabe club
of the lodge preceded the float ana
half dozen Of the biggest Elks IN the
local herd, dressed as sallors, ul4 ,
hOrnpipe in front Of the battleship. Inc
members marched at each side OF Lne
float carrying long streameIs ana L5u
fire sticks. baby Elk on DurO
brought up the rear ..
The float was so tail that atLenaanIs
were compelled TO raise the electric
wires on the street car lines Tor IL 20
pass under. Next to the Chinese, the
Ellzs had the largest number in line
in the entire parade.
The Elks' battleship was Of an inn
mense size and was decorated In pur-
pie and white bunting and the ma
tfonaI colors. The man Of war carried
a half dozen large guns, pointing at
the crowds as the ship went by On
the front Of the batueshlp was
large pair of EIks' anlers on which
incandescent lights blazed and in the
center was a large stack from which
smoke poured, adding to the realistic
effect The whole ship was lighted
with electricity.
The float was preceded by a squad
of mounted Elks dressed in the cos
tunes of bull fighters and these were
followed by the six Elks dressed In
the white fatigue uniform Of the
United States navy. The sailors were
John O'Shea, Eugene Harris, NICK Car
son. Theodore Eggers, Charles E. Pol
lock and Mervel c. Cheney. Follow
ing the sailors were many members Of
the Elks' lodge dressed in Mexican
costume with big hats, tight trousers
and many colOred blankets. These
were strung in a double file in front
and behind the float and all carried
sticks of red fire and pulled a long
purple and white strip Of bunting at
tached to the battleship.
On the battleship were four young
women representing the three states
and Mexico, whose governors were IN
attendance at the Statehood jubilee.
On the front turret of the battleshlp
were Rosalie Behr and Elizabeth Ste
vens. representing Arizona and New
Mexico and on the rear turret were