El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-04
n Years Ago Today
FROM The Herald This Date 1899.

Waters Davis viii head a party OF
hunters going down the valley tomor-
row
entertained last night by Mrs. J. H.
Russell
F. ]. FeIdman. wife and camera de-
parted on the Northeastern today for
AlamOgOrdO.
United States commissioner Pine. of
Las Cruces. came in on the Santa Re
this morning.
Austin, Tex, with the new bonds 20
register them.
Walter Long, son of ". H Long, OF
this city, Is to be married in Cineln-
natl on the 18th of this month, to Miss
Anna HarcOurt.
The roof on the new city building to
be occupied as jail and fire depart
ment is now being put on The building
viii be ready for occupancy in few
weeks.
Jim Paul. night agent at the G. H.
ticket office, has taken a layOff for
the next 80 days and viii visit the in
teresting points in Mexico during his
vacation
This city will be favored on the night
of the ninth of the present month by
the appearance at the opera house OF
Nine. Clementine De We're, the enter
tanning prima donna with a company
of fine artists.
Mayor Magoffin has just received a
telegram from Briggs, Todd & Co, OF
Cincinnati. notifying him that they
an evidence Of good faith provided the
bonds were awarded to them
The tennis club has reOrganiZed this
season with Stafford Campbell DIT.
WILDER Townsend and Eugene Neff as
the grounds committee. It is the in
tentiOn of the committee TO fix up the
grounds in much better condition than
they were last year
The cornerstone committee composed
of Messrs Badger. Drummer and Cliff
ford viii meet tonight at the office of
John Brunner. Suocommlttees OF citl-
ZenS will be appointed and arrange
mentS will be made for a big blow
out the day the cornerstone is laid.
A musical and elOcutiOnary enter
tainment viii be given at the First
Methodist church this evening. The
following viii take part in the pro-
gram: Mrs. W r. Brown Miss Halle
Irwin. Mrs W. W. Fink. Miss Eva Knee
land Miss Smith and Mrs ". D. Howe.
Yesterday afternoon paymaster D. z.
Nandergrift arrived and will proceed
to pay off Company c, third Texas vol
uneteers, now at Fort Bliss. AS soon
as this task is completed the soldiers
VIII go to san Antonio for the purpose
of being mustered out of the service
by Capt FentOn.
About 20 members Of hose company
No. ! met last night in the district
court room for its regular meeting 1t
was decided to Christen the new chem
ical in the near future with a ball
A motion was made to call the machine
'MagOffin' and the resolution passed
with but one ODJecuOn- A committee of
three will call upon mayor MagOffi1
and tell him of the honor bestowed
upon him at this meeting. The COM
mittee is composed Of Messrs: RecE-
hart Mccoy and Julian.
The county court room, where the
city council met last night was
swarmed with bond buyers. who had
come long distances to bid on the
S51.0O0 bond issues In addition to the
number of bids submitted bv those
present, there were a Number sent bv
mail. A certified check for $1,000 ac
Companied each bid. Messrs BADGER
and Clifford moved that theFvetO of fbe
mayor regarding the electric light CON
tract be sustained. and it was ordered
so. Under the head Of unfinished BUSH
ness the council proceeded to open the
bids for the three bond issues. Ei-ht
bids were opened by the clerk. and af-
ter further discussion the council de-
cided to meet this morning at 10 o'clock.
when the bonds viii be awarded The
clerk presented the report of fire chief
Powers on the new fire apparatus. The
report recommended that the city ac-
cept, saying that the chief had tested
the engine and found 1t all right.
T,UO NEW MFXTCt, pOCTOEFTCEC