El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-01
Texas Cotton Crop Suffers
Worms and Boil WeevIIs Are Active
Again, Says Houston Man;
Two States Suffer.
sc" HIRE has been an alarming

&c" HERE has been an alarming
deterioration in the Texas
cotton crop in the last
month"; states E L Sanderson, of
Houston Constant and general rains
throughout the cotton belt during the
month of October whipped the bolls,
resulting in loss of lint and reduction
in the type of grade Worms and the
boil weevil are reported active IN the
lions were favorable for good top
crop. Cotton firms predicting 4,00O,-
600 bales for Texas are now reducing
their estimate to 100000 bales. The
general rains which have soaked
Texas and Louisiana for the last month
have affected the prospects Of both
states rather disastrOusly. Cotton
and rice have been victims Of the
elements this time"
'As usual this time Of year. passen-
ger traffic is picking up. More people
are coming to Texas and going
through to California. says W. G. Nc
Cormick, of the Southern Pacific.
The new steel passenger coaches now
being built by the Pullman company
for the Sunset-Central lines will be
distinctive in the fact tnat in addi
ton to being provided with a modern
system of axle motor electric lights,
each of the chair cars and coaches are
equipped with the latest GyTo ceiling
fans-sOmething new in car devices.
The Sunset Central lines are also re-
ceiving some 700 new box cars. which
are being received at the rate of
about 80 cars per day.
81 intend to route nv next tourist
party through FL Paso." said Harvey
W. Bishop manager Of the Bishop
Tourist company, of Boston, Mass. 1T
has been my custom to route through
Salt Lake City. Utah, which I have
. n IF
I have had numerous requests to
route by way of FL PasO. Nv tourist
parties are composed of people living
in the New England states and I eX-
pect great exodus from that part of
the country to the Pacific coast and
points in the southwest the coming
winter. Weather sharpS have predict
ed an unusually cold winter this year
in the middle western and Atlantic
coast states. which will result in con-
siderable tourist travel, to the west
coast and Texas, Arizona and New
Mexico points.
Il have noticed that a great many
Of the socalled tourists take a liking
to the west and make up their minds
to stay away from the wintery blasts
of the east by making homes out here.
FL PasO looks pretty good to me and
/ would not be surprised if I lost
few of my eEcursionists when we come
through here, as the climate is so fine
and free from extreme moisture. which
I'm PACNdAAS On the
coast"
Money is easy and crops are good
In North Carolina says l. V Car
roll, who has just returned from a
visit to several points in that state
The farms are in excellent condition.
No trouble is being experienced in OBJ
tanning money from the banks FL
nances are easy. There is no thought
of any money panic, currency bill or
no currency bill"
Because Of the strike in southern
Colorado among the coal miners.
everything is duh in most of the New
Mexico mining camps" says Charlie
Kiefer. who returned recently from
his annual trip through the southwest.
In fear of a strike which would in
volve them, the miners in Dawson and
that vicinity are saving their monev
and refuse to spend it, as a strike
such as that going on now in Colorado
would last several months in New
Mexico, and the miners would not re-
ceive pay
Business in the building line is
very brisk" said James c. White of
the White-Paden Realty company.
I'VE have just started a four-room
cottage in Government Hill addition
and are building a four-room brick
bungalow on Altura Boulevard for
Mrs. Emily Seffel. The E. Hewitt
Rodgers five-roOm bungalow on Ala
mogordo street has just been COM
pleted'