El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-07

4b;s time 7 went back to Manchester,
Tenn nv bovbood home. The place did
NOT look natural. There had been so
many changes since had been there:
That was nv first visit in q years. 1
met DR.. c. Price and Robert Stevens,
schoolmates of mine when l went to
school there. I saw three OF the ola
school houses 1 attended:
s. J.. Benson: Three DAYS L spent IN
following the Spur ranch chuck wagon:
I could not imagine a finer vacation
worked for the Spur ranch people ten
wears, and it was like getting back nome
to me. 1 went into the herds and rope9
out the calves to be branded, my ola
lob. and I sure did enjoy it. l even
rode a wild horse before l LETT there
[ rode him all right.
F. A. MAYHEM: "San Diego, CAL. IS
about the busiest and most progressive
CITY that I have been IN Tor q NUMBER
of years. II had been about 10 years
since I had visited the place and hardly
knew It. The place is growing so iasC
that they had to place little houses on
the roof of the fine new hotel that mas
been erected in that city, to accomno-
date the people. Houses on roof was
a sight to me- The first year they put
M tents. but the accommodations were
NOT sufficient. and they built the little
houses. / saw the grounds where they
are going TO have the exposition IN San
Diego in 1915. 1t was beautnul signt.
I spent several weeks at Coronado the
tent CITY of California. While there
saw the battleships of the Pacific
fleet sail into the harboT. l was SHOWN
a tract of land that was offered to Felix
Martinez and another, a lew years age
for $40 600 which lately sold for S24O,-
600. We went to Ocean Park, the scene
of the fire. but were there lust 1e"
days prior to that fire
Kansas City's Lack OF Sanitation.
g. A. Martin: "The unsanitaTy con-
dition and the large number Of flies IN
Kansas CITY. impressed me more than
ANYTHING I saw while away from III Paso
this summer. FL Paso, even IN the Mex
ican section. is a cleaner, more sanitary
CITY that Kansas City in the residence
section where the poorer people I'VE;
Kansas City's boulevards are 6eautltnl
and in the better residence sections, the
civ Is clean as a pin, but where atten-
fion should be paid to cleanliness there
Is much neglect. The traffic police keep
fbe delivery wagons and heavy traff1c
off the boulevards and only permit autos
and Iight rios upon them. At every turn,
there is a big red post and at night
red light burns on it, and drivers must
turn to the right, avoiding COLLISIONS
This seems to me a wise idea. On the
famous cliff drive, the same regula-
tions regarding traffic are applied and
buopies and automobiles are only per-
mitted to 60 in one direction. neces7
sarv precaution. considering the crook
edness of this beautiful driveway. The
Kansas CITY park board is certainly do
inc wonders in identifying the city and
in many parks, open swimming holes, or
rather bathing pools, for they are all
shallow, are being constructed for the
- l. .o1 rr~rNh
ment and the bottoms are of pebbles.
Water continuously runs into them"
FL Paso Roads and Farming.
Will R Winch: ~The contrast between
the splendid roads of FL Paso county
and those of Missouri and Indiana i'm
pressed me very much this year. | made
an automobile trip with some friends
from Kansas City to Indianapolis and
we were continually being pulled out Of
bad places in the roads. The fine crops
in Kansas and Missouri also impressed
me and I could not help thinking what a
great boon the big Elephant Butte dam
/ IS going to be to FL Paso, seeing the re-
markable prosperity of those Kansas
/ and Missouri farmers, with their flne
/ painted houses and harms. the thorough
! bred livestock. their autos and other
Injuries Such wealth must be great
/ stimulus to any city, and, OF course we
can have it here, for we need never have
| a crop failure here for lack of rain, while
/ thew do have failures once in while up
/ that way"
Claude B. Hudspeth: while fishing
on Devils river, last month, | could not
| help from thinking of the amount OF
water which is going to waste each year
| on that part of the lower Rio Grande
and the land nearby drying up for want
| of water If that water could be stored.
| it would irrigate thousands of acres OF
| rich land down there and it is one OF
! the big problems that is to be solved
soon for the reclamation of this fertile
section"
CIoudcrOft Needs More Cottages.
| II. B. Stevens: "My vacation was all
| Cloudcroft and while | was taking nv
annual rest among the pines I tried to
| think what Cloudcroft needed most. Ny
conclusion, after much thought. was that
more cottages were needed in Cloud
/ croft to make it all that the directors
and the company desire. Should the COM
| pany erect a large number of small rem
tai cottages there partially furnished
and to be had for a small rental price,
| the resort would have double the
population and double the Importance
| that It has at present"
John L. Dyer: "a girl orchestra of 40
pieces at the palm gardens of Milwau-
| kee was the most wonderful thing I
| of frsp fhis e7trr7 m or