El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-13
Telephone In Business
Its Use in Denver by Knights Tenn
play Shows How 1T Is BecOm-
ing a Neeessity-Little
Interviews
ke"HE direction of the great pa

OEuNtT Dy means u the LE4G-
phone said c. E Stratton, general
manager of the Tri-State company in
! FL Paso. "is only another example Of
! the great value of the telephone to
modern business.
Emergencies such as this require
that telephone companies provide IA
cilities far beyond the usual daily need
/ The present convention, with its vast
influx of visitors and consequent in
crease of telephone calls, is only q
repetition Of other conventions the
Mountain States company in Denver
has handled, and viii have to handle in
the future a telephone plant invest
InenI mas always Deens and must always
be, sufficient 10 take care of not only
the usual daily business, but the max
mum number OF calls that come to our
SWltchboardS- This is true not only of
Denver and other large centers. but of
each one of our exchanges throughout
the territory. Every telephone call must
pc handled as a unit. The provisions in
Denver during the present conclaVe are
such that each one of the daily 2OO.-
/ 600 calls will be handled as promptly
and as carefully as az any other time.
The careful study and preparation
10 provide Tor the telephone needs Of
conventions and similar gatherings
shows cOncluSiVeiy that the difficulties
which confront them are not to be
judged by everyday standards. With
over 10000 men in line, Gen John Chase ,
ellQ MS committee OF assistants formed
ana directed the gigantic Knights Tenn
plar parade in Denver almost entirely
Dy telephone, the dispatches state A
special central switch board was in
stalled at cOnclave headquarters and
by means Of branch telephones at short
intervals along the lines of march. the
Z committee was kept in direct touch
Win the movements and progress of
the vast army of marching knights.
Besides the hosts of Sir Knights who
are IN attendance at the conclave,
Z NeH n
] city, and unusual and careful plans
were prepared for their care and com
fort.
Special plans were arranged bv -he
telephone company in anticipation of
the great increase in the number of
telephone calls during the copclavs
For months past that company has been
DuSy installing emergency telephones,
additional switchboard facilities and
training the $50 extra opera
tors required to assist the regular
force In handling the calls. Over $50
emergency telephones were connected
with the newspapers and hotels and
information bureaus, and at various
places along the streets telephones
connected with the central exchange
were provided for the convenience Of
the visitors"
at is getting so that It is necessary
10 figure higher on a contract out in
the edge Of town than down in the
city, said James c. White. a local con-
tractor, because Of the loss from theft
on the buildings and other causes I
Without protection of surrounding res
licences. much valuable timber and fit
tlngs are stolen at night on these
houses and somebody must pay the
cost; the contractor can't afford to lose
It. II IS also more difficult to reach
the houses building so far out and the
contractor and mis- sub-cOntractOrs lose
much time The sub-contractors al I
ways figure higher on such Jobs, so /
the contractor has to do so also"
'The ElkS are going to have a new /
home@l can't say how soon, but the 4,
matter viii be taken up Shortly" said
=; + Holmes. exalted ruler Of the EIks I
IS - soon as w w Bridgers returns /
from attending the national convention
OF the Elks at Rochester, there viii be /
meeting OF the building committee of &
the lodge. and the matter of raising
funds will be discussed. At present !
we are soliciting life members at 5000 !
each among the members of the lodge
and Will apply this money to the build 1
ing Iund. Many have already signed I
up for life memberships This is only
one plan that We have under considera-
ION tor erecting new building FL /
m Tas4 b 5oage Is mo now SO large that we
The FL Paso Street Railway com
pany IS now running a special car to
the Alta Vista section of evenings bear-
ing an East FL PasO' sign in front -
SAID David Mcknight, chief clerk of the
railway man service. 1t is uliSlead-
ing, for East FL Paso is that section of
the city along the county road. Alta |
vista Is another section entirely-that
Sectlon between Bassett's addition and
government Hill, lying along the Fort
Bliss and Government Hill car lire I
People now take an East FL Paso' /
I'a 3sied car and expecs 10 go to the
pail game, Can't The Herald have Mr.. !
Potter put the proper sign on the Alta
Vista carr"
-
80 =,
district it is a waste and desert
country" an American from the Casas
Grandes and the Mormon colony dis
Irlct said Tuesday afternoon ssF11t
crops were never better than they have
been this year. the Mexfcans who have
continued to cultivate the soil are all
prosperous and II IS only the people
who are IN the field who are suffering
This has been wonderful year in Mex
leo ana II is a pity that the lands could
not nave been titled properly. Fruits,
grains. alfalfa and small berry CROPS
have been fine this year. There is lit
lie or no money in the district and ev-
cry thing IS being done on the basis of
barter and exchange Prices are high,
for very little stuff has been grown this
year, wheat selling for $3.50 a meas
ure butter peso a pound and eggs al
IS cents a dozen. Mexican currency
Coffee IS worth $3.50 a kilO and little is
to be had at any price. The people who
are sticking to the soil are prosperous
and have found the rebels very fair in F
their treatment Of those people who at
tend to their own business and do not
bother with Mexican politics"
Some OF these little towr papers
which come through the mail, like some
people. have strange ideas Of princi-
pies" said SuDt- - c. Gibson. of the
postoffice- zone came the other day
with the lines Truth. Honesty and
Justice under the front page heading.
On the margin was a note to see in
side, and on the inside page there was
a message 70 the addressee with the
initials of the editor under the note.
This is against the postal laws and is
unjust and dishonest. in spite of the
motto at the top of the page"
certain quality manufactured in small
quantities by the bakers for their
1wn use and by the housewives them