El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-07
THINGS SEEN
ON SUMMER
JOURNEYS
Some Of the Things That I'm
pressed FL Pasoans Most
While Away.
MANY NEW IDEAS
ARE THE RESULT

Fl PasOans on their summer vacations
saw much that interested them and
many of them brought home ideas from
other localities that they believe could
be we'll adopted IN this city and section.
Numerous citizens were asked during
the week for expressions as to what in
terested them most on their trips. Be
low Is given Il number of these answers:
A tive Volcano a Great Sight.
w. R. Brown: ~The active volcano on
the island of Hawaii. where I spent my
vacation. was the most wonderful thing
saw on our trip to the Hawaiian
islands. The molten lava IN the mouth
of that crater locks like nothing so
much as the hot Stag at the smelter,
when it is dumped from the Stag pots.
The steam and fumes were coming out
of the mouth of that crater and it had
been in eruption q few months before
Fake Bear Hunt Feature
T. VI. Wingo: "A fake bear hunt on
our 200 mile pack train trip was the
most impressive thing on our months
outing in the mountains of northern
New Mexico. There was a tenderfOOt
in the party from east Texas who had
never seen a bear. After our indian
guide had told bear stories around the
camp fire at, night, he ribbed up a fake
bear scare and the east Texan Is shaking
t. for he thinks it was a real bear.
Ernest Morrow. 1T was all White
s X for me on my vacation trip. There
NAV be better ball teams than the Chi
eago Americans. but theY still get nv
so cents per game whenever / can get0O
Chicago. Strange as it IS, the Sox hold
their popularity win. or lose, and
would rather see them PLAY than one Of
tie worlds series games"
Street Car Service Impressed Them.
Frank Langan: ''The street car service
in Los Angeles was the most impressive
thing noticed on the coast. When You
come down out of the hotel room there
is a car waiting at the corner and ten
to one it IS the car YOU want. The los
Angeles car service IS a wonderful sys-
TEN and I never cot tired watching the
wav it Is handled
Raw McClintoek: ~The home of Isadore
Straus. who lost his life on board the
Titanic. which Is built on an island near
Minneapolis It was beautifully kept
and IS ike an enchanted isle. 1t IS
pointed out to the passengers on the
lake boats as one of the sights of the
north country"
Likes Houston Tax System.
". u. Mccullough: "Houston's single
ia xsystem was a marvel to me. Being
interested IN the teachings of Henry
George. l made a study of the system
which Is now IN practice there 1t means
taking the tax off of improvements and
placing it on the land The result Is
Houston has been to cause the building
permits for the year to increase BY 300
over the number for the previous year"
W. I. Downing: rain. daily rain at
the military mobilization camp at Alex
andria. La. We had rain call every day
at II o'clock and the rain OOZed into the
tents. into the soldiers shoes and into
every thing at the camp
G. 6. Morse. superintendent Of the
street car company: ny disaDDOint-
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ed charms. was my strongest impression
on a vacation trip to the coast. [ be-
leve that California Is over advertised
One Is sure to be disappointed as I was
in California. as compared to Ell Paso.
Found 1t Hot at Galveston
Sheriff PevtOn J. Edwards: Il took off
nv gun. and put my star in nv Yalise
lOyable time OF my vacation was spent
IN the surg at that city. 1t was so hot
down there l could not stand it. . spent
a yer ypleasant week in San Antonio,
where l saw governor COlguitt. He
stands ready to do anything for the pro-
lection of the citizens on the border.
They had a good Labor Day celebra-
ton both in Galveston adm Houston
Dan jackson: ''The thing that i'm
pressed me most was the beautiful beds
OF roses planted right alongside of the
streets IN Portland and Tacoma The
1lShlng of Vancouver island was a Won
derful sight to me. l visited Seattle. and
from there / went to Catalina islands to
finish up my vacation. l fished there
about three DAYS. and | certainly en-
loved it. The yellow tall fish Is
about the gemest fish there is, and
l hooked many of them"
Wanted to See Women Vote
Joseph NJ NealOn: 'While l was in
Denver on my eavation. I talked to
Joseph @. Peletier. district attorney of
BOctOn, and candidate against governor
toss for governor of Massachusetts. He
said that he thought Wilson would carry
I also talked to a PROM
lnent attorney from New York, and he
said that all the Democrats would sup
port Wilson. An active politician of
the middle west who was there told me
that IN his opinion Wilson would win.
The Republicans and Democrats in
Colorado are badly split up. l did want
10 see the women vote while 7 was there.
wanted to see if the defeated candi-
lates there would roar like they do here
when they are defeated. The paved and
beautiful streets of Denver impressed
me more than anything else I saw on
ny vacation"
Net Old Schoolmates.
G. F. Fletcher: No man ever en-
owed vacation an who're than | did
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