The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-12-18
D. E. GIBSON Tells
OF WAR SCENES ON
MEXICAN BORDER

dences in Juarez and these the reb-
els had taken possession OF and lived
In the houses and turned their horses
and mules into the front yard to feed
on the lawn and tramp over the flow
ers. and even into the houses. Two
years ago. when the rebels captured
Juarez the first time. the Jeffe Politico.
(the mayor) had just finished a very
beautiful house in the Spanish style
The rebels occupied that and took an
axe and chopped the door opening
big enough to let in their horses to
drink at the bath tub.
You probably noticed In the papers
that there was no looting in Juarez
this time. As q matter OF fact. they
took about everything there was in
the shspe Of merchandise and set up Z
printing machine and began issuing
what they called Constitutional
money" and this they gave to the
storekeeper whose goods had been
confiscated- This may be one way to
make this revolution a success. II
they get enough people holding this
kind Of money. they VIII naturally
want to see IL made good. even 10
the extent Of seeing the rebels sue
ceed- Juarez was pretty well proyi-
stoned. and all this stuff was loaded
on the military trains and sent to Chi
huahua to make a base Of supplies in
the capturing OF that city. which. as IL
turned out. simply surrendered
II was all very interesting. but it
gave me no thrill; and in getting over
there. the United States government
officers ~ the bridge warn you that
you go at your own risk. and advise
you to stay In your own country. as
m is perfectly lawless over there I
doubt IL would have gone. but Ethei's
husband. Mr.. Hines. speaks Mexican
as well rs q Mexican himself. and also
by reason Of having been there for
sometime. he knows q lot OF officers
and civilians. too. in Juarez- The bor-
der is patroiied by four thousand OF
our troops and they stopped Hines and
me one night about dark because we
had some shot guns with us that we
had been using shooting quail. which
are plentiful twenty miles out of FL
Paso-
The races are going on In Juarez-
There Is n big syndicate that spent
million dollars in fixing up race track
and buildings Mrs. Gibson and | went
over Thanksgiving day. That is the
opening day. and the races continue
one hundred days.
This was the second day after the
battle There were two big Mexican
bands and they played beautiful music.
and villa. the Mexican general who
won these battles. came In In the af-
ternoon. and finally INTO the box right
next to where was sitting. so that l
was within two OF three feet OF him
while he stood mp In the front Of tho
box and received the plaudits Of the
crowd. and guess there were hun
dred American women. among others.
who fell over themselves trying to
shake hands with this fellow. To me
he looked iow-down and cunning. and
/ had no desire to shake hands with
him. This race track Is about the only
one In the country that permits OF
open betting and any number OF book
maker~- II was very interesting.
| The excitement OF the battle was In
the atmosphere very strongly yet rne
center OF the track was in alfalfa. or
something green. and the stables. burt
of cement In Spanish style OF build
ing. can be seen all around the track
on the far side. The buildings are all
OF Spanish design and very expensive;
also the grounds and the track itself.
There were . large number Of start