El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-18
GUESTS Of F0RT STOCKTON DEPART
WITH FOND MEMORIES OF GOOD TIME
Pass Resolution Electing Every Man. Woman and Child
To Membership Because of the Fine Treatment Re
ceived-Are Fed on Watermelon Given Free
Bus and Shown Royal Good Time
President Getzendaner Given a
Watch Fob

trips which were made out to the ir
rigated district'-they always call it
! that-finally ending up at Jim
ROOney's. 1t seems that everything
starts with Jim Rooney and ends at
ROOney's ranch, and it is fitting that
! it should, for the old Rooney ranch
I house stands as a monument to what
the Rooney family has done for the
valley.
But to the cantaIoupes and red. ripe
watermelOns- Judge KOne almost
starved to death waiting until the COM
mittee on entertainment could carry
out the melons and lay them on the
sawhorse tables which had been placed
in the cottonwood grove near the
Rooney summer home, which is set in a
field of blossOming alfalfa. thanked by
a vineyard that is the show place of
the valley.
Beautiful Vineyard.
While they were waiting for the
feast to start, the visitors wandered
through the vineyard. There are no
keep off the grass" signs in Jim
ROOney's vineyard and he who enters
leaves fear behind, for he is invited
to eat his fill and carry some home
to the less fortunate folk who were
unable to come in-they spoil on the
vines unles they are picked, he says.
The melon cutting was as pleasant
to the editorial bunch as a dividend
melon cutting is to a bunch of brokers
in Wall street. The melons, with can't
alOIpes and grapes, were piled high on
the long table decorated with grape
leaves. Everyone got a half and ate it
the old fashioned way, which was so
popular before forks came into fash
ion. The melons had been placed on
the ice at the cold storage plant over
night and they were as cold as a dogs
nose. Everyone got away with his or
her-the visiting and Fort Stockton
wives were present-pieCe and someone
saved the life of the negro, bus driver
by giving him half a melon at time
when he was about to drown in his
own desire
Wilson Is Endorsed.
WILSON, OOdrOw not Henry Lane
has the approval of the majority of the
editors of southwest Texas, as revealed
by straw vote of those at the
association convention But two of the
delegates took exception to the presi-
dents course in Mexican affairs, A
Gordon French, of Maria, holding that
Lind was not the right man to send
to Mexico and Earl A Reid, of Sander
son, believing that the best way to
settle it was by raising the embargo
on arms and elements. Here are some
of the paragraph opinions of the Tex
as editors:
Judge E. Barry, Of Fort Stockton,
newly elected president of the assOcia-
ton: I have such faith in Mr.. Wilson
that I would do just as he is doing if
1 was smart enough to be president
I have every confidence in him and in
his courage, his honesty and integrity
and I believe he will be indicated
+. NJ Getzendaner, of Uvalde, retir-
ing president: What 1 would do in
Wilson's place would be to do as Will
sen is doing-1OllOwing his program as
near as I could believe that IL IS
safe and conservative and is the prop
er one to follow in this event"
Wilson ~Hifting the BALI
]. J. Taylor, of Dallas, editor of the
State Press column of the Dallas News:
Wilson is hitting the ball and I see
no reason for any criticism so far. He
is making good as events in Mexico
City show"
Earl A. Reid, of Sanderson: Give
both sides ammunition and arms and
best policy as long as they do not kill
Americans in doing it"
W. J. Yates. of Alpine: ''I was an Of
ficer in the volunteer army during the
Spanish war and I don't want to see
any more of It. My men died in
Florida like rats and they supplied US
with old rifles, which were so rusty
we could not use them. Wilson is in
spring confidence and respect by his
policy"
He Would Wait.
NJ NJ Mcfarland, of Alpine: Il would
do just as Wilson is doing and I think
his waiting game is the wisest"
J. B. Wilson, Of Alpine: There is no
use in making demands upon Huerta
which the condition of the country
makes it impossible for him to fulfill. (
I would do as Wilson is doing and will |
continue to do"
A Gordon French. Maria: send !
Teddy over there and let hmi straight
en- things out He has the ability and I
the backbone to back up his demands. !
oil Of ~
that he will go through with what he /
starts. Lind is not of the right tenn |
perment to treat with a Latin people, !
as he comes from the north and is too I
cold
short Talks of Convention.
Mrs. NJ. NJ Mcfarland, of Alpine, is 1
an expert hOrsewOman and has one Of 1
the finest saddle horses in Brewster |
county.
Alpinians wore badges to show that |
they were from the Brewster county 4
seat for fear someone might think they /
were from Maria.
Not to be Outdone, A Jordon French, /
whose cards says he is the man who :
puts the mistakes in the Maria New
Era" had some Maria barges printed >
with a lot of Latin that no one could }
sabe. He said it meant see and be-
lieve' but Jim Rooney said it stood
for Gee but I'm Dry"
The editors were much interested in
the outcome of the Prohibition vote in
Fort Stockton Saturday. The majority
favored a wet, as opposed to leaky'
dry town.
The busiest bird in Stockton was the
Fort Stockton free "buss." The horses
to it galloped through the
streets all day and far into the night
doing a landoffice. although nOnlucra-
tive business One delegate walked
from the train to the Stockton house
and carried his grip in order to Keep
Down his expense account but later
he was informed that the bus was
tree one to all delegates.
w d. Riser, of the Fort Davis Post,
vas the eleventh hour virgin at the
Meeting, as he did not arrive until Fri
lay evening
James P. Wilson, J. D. Jackson's
lieutenant at Alpine in the good roaos
work, arrived Friday to attend the good
-oads and highway meetings. He has
Mark Twainian sense of humor and
white hat as big as a Mexican som