El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-20

told nv the men of St. Clements
church Thursday evening at the annual
dinner of the St. Clements Mems cluo
baI6 in Kendrick hall. Topics for gen
eraI discussion are selected by a com
mittee a month in advance and eacn
of the members OF the CLUB was 1cdoS1
with a story of his experiences curing
the summer outing Three mlnutes
was the time limit for the remlnls-
cences and no one exceeded the time
or speed limit except the presldenE
David Mcknight, who as the preslalns
officer. made three speeches. and lotu
two different stories for the same va
cation
Before the tale telling started, the
tonic for the October discussion was
considered. Two subjects were pro-
posed One was the Bun Moose move
ment. or why is a Bull MooseZ ana
the other a discussion Of the proposed
city bond issue. George Rogers re-
ported for his committee with lean
ing toward the Moose talks h L
Ellis pertinently suggested that TINS
discussion, If held at ALI would nave
to be pulled off at the october meet
ing. as the issue would be dead one
after that time It was finally DECIDED
that the bond issue would be as
cussed. Dr. ]. W. Yard and F. G
charge of the negative and affirm
ative sides Of the bond issue debate.
Appeal For Fort Chapel.
Chaplain David Fleming, OF the e
cavalry. was the guest Of honor at the
meeting. He utilized his three minutes
in making an appeal to the churchmen
of FL Paso, through the st Clement
club. for a chapel at Fort Bliss Tor
the soldiers. Chaplain Fleming salo
that he had read of the efforts OF II
Paso to have the post enlarged and
appealed to the men to begin cam
paign with their congressman for an
appropriation with which TO Dulld
chapel at the enlarged post He said
that $4,000 would build a ehapel
which would accommodate the soldiers
of a regimental post and he told OF
the needs for such a building
Rev. Henry Easter, rector OF 81
Clements. told of a fishing trip ne
made to the Sacramento mountains ana
of a climb to the top of the WHITE
mountains. the highest point IN New
Mexico. where a SPLENDID view couid
be obtained of the surrounding coun-
try and where ice water could be had
tain tops
T D. Porcher related a camping ex-
perience he had at Hueco tanks. when
he slept out in the open and drew a
lesson from his study OF the
stars and the sky
DR.. J. Y. Yard told of his trip to
Portland, Ore, to attend the Elks con-
vention. He said that his trip through
the Shasta valley reminded him OF MS
old New England home more than
anything he had seen in the west and
he was not surprised when he was
told that settlers from the New Eng
land states had built the houses and
settled the lands in that valley Dr.
Yard told of the shower of 1,00O,uOU
rose buds which were shot from guns
from the buildings on the paradinS
Elks and Of one Portlander VINO tolu
him that visitors are expected to pick
all of the roses they wish from the
Got Into Rain On Auto Trip.
F. c. Coleman, of the Highland Park
waterworls, said he started to Roswell
on an automobile trip 10 get away
from water for week but that L
rained every day and most Of the
trip could have been made in a boat.
c. NJ lyman brought back lesson
for FL Paso from southern California,
coast He said that if E Pasoans
would plant flowers as the Californians
had done and set out trees that this
city would surpass any in that state.
shooting Clay Pigeons.
Vincent Wood bury related 4 joke
on himself when he gave his expert
ence on California vacation He said
that his brother took him clay pigeon
shooting and led him to believe that
he was breaking all OF the clay birds
when his brother was really dong
il with a muffled rifle behind him.
George Rogers spent a former vaca-
ton on Devils river and he told some
of the fish stories which result from
fishing on q river with such an evil
name. Rogers covered all Of that Sec-
ton OF western Texas on bicycle,
Gin his story and was overtaken. BY
a flood. half drowned and forced 10
ride 10 miles on the hurricane deck
of the bicycle over muddy roads
In a9The Old SOUTH
E 3. smith gave an interesting de-
scription OF the ravages of the over
flown Mississippi, which he saw on his