El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-24

! the rig hanging over the hood of the
car. But for 5 c. McCurdy, of Ii
| Paso, who frightened the horse to one
/ side, the frightened animal would have
run directly into the car.
After the parade the Ell Pasoans put
/ in the time sightseeing and visiting IN
( til 1880, when they gathered at the
/ Adams hotel for transportation by au-
I tomObile to the smoker
Band Concert ut MarfcOpa.
( In the afternoon, enroute to Phoenix,
! the train made brief stops at Casa
I Grande and MaricOpa, but the band only
! played at MaricOpa- Quite crowd OF
! people came out TO hear it.
At AiaricOpa Clarence Scott, superin-
tendent of the Arizona Eastern, met
and took charge of the train to Phoe-
This afternoon the Ell Pasoans will
reach Tucson at O'Clock and arrange
ments have been made to take the
members of the party to the Arizona
university, and for a ride about the
city, including a trip out to the mis-
sion if there is time. The band will
be taken in autOmo biles also, and car
ried at the head of the motorcade.
Visit Cotton Gin at Mesa.
At Mesa. this morning, the FL PaSo-
ans were met at the train by the rep
! resentative citizens and welcomed TO
the city They marched up the main
street to the heart of the town where,
in beautiful court. the band played
and d reception was held Then repre-
sentative citizens Of Mesa, including J.
G. Shangler, Jack Frazer, Max Vault,
E NJ I.abaron and J. T. Lesueur, took
the Ell PasOans for ride about the
city, including visit to the cotton
mill where egyptian cotton is being
ginned. This cotton Is selling at Il
cents a pound and there viii be from
$500 to 1000 bales produced in the val
ley this year On some acreages the
farmers are netting $40 an acre. The
one gin IN operation has 10 stands,
each capable of turning out IS bales of
cotton a day, this cotton industry was
a feature that greatly attracted the
Ell PasOans.
Goods bought in FL Paso.
The Ell PasOans were gratified to
find the window of C W. COnger's EN-
pOTium store filled with Mexican goods,
Mr. COnger is one of the best customers
Of h s. Beach, of FL Paso.
The FL PasOans were taken back to
the train in autos and given a rousing
send off by Mesa people.
Rugged Scenery Plenses Col. West.
Those Of the party who went to the
Roosevelt dam yesterday made the
trip in safety and are enthusiastic in
their praises of the beauty of the trip.
A few tire punctureS were all the acci-
dents they had. Col. Frank West who
served in the Tonic basin country, in
the days when Geronimo held sway, de-
ciares the scenery on the road between
Roosevelt and Phoenix the toughest and
most rugged he has ever seen.
More boosters Board IraIns
J. w. Bonnie, general manager of the
Shannon. Copper company, Joined the FL
Pasoans at Phoenix this morning for the
trip to Tucson and possibly to Bisbee.
W c POrterfield, of Silver City, who
Joined the party there, has decided to
complete the trip TO FL Paso with the
train he IS personal friend of mayor
Kelly.
Talks Made at Mesa.
Short talks were made at Mesa by
F. W. Freeman OF the FL Paso delega-
ton and Clarence Scott and Archibald
Cater. officials of. the Arizona Eastern
Henry Kelly says Maury Edwards
was so disguised when he found that
it was q cotton gin, instead of a gin
mill, that they showed him in Mesa,
that he wanted to quit the train and go
back home.
Conquered by Tempe Girls.
From Mesa to TEMPE the run was
short and the FL PaSOanS were soon
out with their red hats and canes be-
hind the band. waking things up again
in the normal school town. AutOmO-
biles met the train and took the FL
PaSoans around the beautiful little Salt
river valley city and then to the
campus of the normal school, where the
festivities Of welcome were conducted
Again the flower of young Arizona
WOmanhOOd was the chief attraction,
as a year ago, when the Ell PasoanS
came. saw and were conquered. Sew
eral hundred daughters and a few sons
being educated at Tempe and while the
roses of the Salt river valley have
been the talk of the party since reach
ing Phoenix, the roses of young woman
hood took the place of the plant va
riety in the conversations and minds
of the pilgrims after the stop at
Tempe.
Arriving on the school campus the Ell
PasOans were greeted with the college
cheer ana then by a special welcome
cheer by the pupils. The band played
Dixie" and the scholars and excursion
lists cheered-
Prof. Mathews Spoke Welcome.
Prof. =. J. Mathews, principal of the
school, welcomed the Ell Pasoans and
Prof c. P. Putnam responded for Ell
PasO. Last year We enjoyed your stay
very much said Prof Mathews, fand
this year it is the same. We viii re-
gret to see you go. You see here
assembled 1900 children, including the
pupils of the normal school, the hie
school and the graded schools Here
We show you the most valuable product
Of ArizOna-Our future citizens. You
see we have products much more valu-
able than our fruits, Alfalfa and bios
and turning over everything to
you when you come. Our young
men look to you as examples Of nan
hood and our girls, these beautiful
greet you with the enthusiasm and |
smiles of their youth"
Mayor J. 7. BIrchett, Of Tempe. who |
presented Prof. Mathews. then intro |
duced Prof Putnam for reply, after the !
band had played another selection.
Hats and Canes Missing.
Many of the boosters are shy their |
red hats, although when the train left |
home there were % extra ones on |
board. Some have yielded to the i'm /
portunities of the fair sex for hats and /
some have just lost them by too care I
lessly laying them down when small /
boys were close by Some canes are I
also missing.
Some of the boosters are thinking of \
keeping Walter Butler on the train al 1
ways. He has been Ioaning money and |
offering to loan it very freely, on the \
train, and Roy Barnum says this is so !
for an Ell Paso banker, that he /
must be kept on the train and maybe /
he will keep in the humor long enough /
to relieve some of the stringency that |
certain FL Pasoans are feeling these /
days.
Who's Picture Is Its
Fred Feldman is going to be called |
upon by a number of wives when he |
gets back home to explain who the man
IS that he snap shotted in the turkey |
trot at Spalding- Some say it is Casey, /
some declare it is Ted Cooley, some that |
It IS W NJ Mccoy, some that it is may
Or Kelly and some that it is somebody
else entirely. The fact that the picture