El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

RADE excursions are annual events
with FL Paso; that of 1912 was
L the most successful and the longest
ever made by the chamber of commerce
and the business men Of FL PasO.
Leaving FL Paso on October 10. the
excursiOuists were on the road until the
night of October %, during which time
they Travelled almost 5000 miles and
visited over so cities and towns
The 22d infantry band was one of the
features Of the trip, accompanying the
trade boosters the entire eight days
and playing concerts at all of the stops
Each city was presented with a key to
Ell PasO and the visiting Ell Pasoans
were deliberately entertained at every
stop and the visit resulted in great good
in acquainting FL PasOans with the
wonderful resources surrounding them
and in giving them and their neighbOrs
q better chance to become acquainted
The first day Of the trip included an
excursion to Silver city and surround
ing mining camps in New Mexico. a
stop at Deming and the points between
that city and Bowie, Ariz. Up the ella
valley, visiting Thatcher, SOlOmOnville,
Stafford and Pima en- route, the excur-
siOnists went to the copper cities Of
Globe and Miami, then, returning, they
continued west to Pearce and COchise,
visiting Wilcox and intervening towns
and then onward to CORTLAND, Doug
intervening points; then to Tucson,
Phoenix and the Salt river valley; Ray,
Florence, Glendale, Prescott, Wicken-
burg and to the Grand Canyon
The return from the Grand Canyon
was across northern Arizona to Albu-
qUerqUe and back down the Rio Grande
valley from that city to FL Paso-
At every stop the FL PasOans received
an enthusiastic ovation and were
showered with courtesies and the pro-
ducts Of the communities Not only
were the business men out to meet the
visitors. but the women and children
came, too. and made Of the visit a social
affair. Cordial good viii was eXhlDiJed
everywhere for the people from the me-
tropOlis of the southwest and in all the
exchange Of greetings there was a note
Of deep and sincere friendship
Automobile rides, dances. concerts.
smokers. receptions and IuncheOns were
prepared for the FL PasoanS at place
after place, although it was always the
idea Of the FL PasOans to entertain
rather than be entertained. The Wis
itors were shOwered with flowers, and
school children gathered in long lines
along the line OF march of the visitors
and greeted them with waving flags
aand cheers. This was one Of the at
tractive features of the welcome at
Thatcher. where the citizens Of Thatch-
err Pima and Stafford took the FL
Pasoans through their wonderfully rich
valley in automobiles
IN PnOeulA, Lu6 rose RaLuGA anu cap
itaI- of the new state of Arizona, the
ArizOnians showered the FL PasOans
with home grown roses Of a fragrance
equaIed nowhere else, and at Florence
home grown carnations were pinned on
each visitor.
The people outdid themselves at
Prescott to make the FL PasOans feel
welcome. One Of the features was a
moonlight ride for the visitors in auto
mobiles up into the pines, overlooking
the brilliantly lighted city, blinking be
low ike a fairy picture
At SOcOrro. on the return trip down
the Rio Grande valley, the people pre-
scented the Ell PasOans with wagon
load of home grown apples
At Las Cruces, IN return for the key
presented to them, the Las Cruces peO-
pie presented the FL PasOans with the
keyhoIe and a proclamation to the
queen of the Ell PasO Os-Aple jubilee
At NOgales the people remained up
until late hour to meet the FL PaSOans,
whose train was late, and rendered
them an unusually warm reception \
At Tucson. automobiles carried the
visitors over the entire city and to the
annual Pima county fair; to the state