El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-03
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pie down there. We were treated with
every consideration and received as
friends"
Beneficial Trip.
Leo FerIet. of the FL Paso Printing
company. said: Developing that coun-
try is Of vast interest to Ell Paso, es-
peciaIIy about Fort Stockton. where
the orchards are marvellous I believe
the trip was a beneficial one for FL
PasO."
W j. Buie. Of the Hughes-Buie Print
ing company. said; 1T was not only
very enjoyable trip. but the FL PasO
boys made a splendid impression.
which viii result in much good to FL
Paso from both a business and social
standpoint"
Z. f. Neff. Of the Neff-Stiles COM
pany, said: 1T was a dandy trip. !
was tickIed 70 death. especially with
Fort Stockton. which has a great fu-
ture. IL viii help US a whole lot But
please say that have quit baseball
The game made a marked impression
upon me"
Andy Reeves Enthusiastic.
A. W Reeves, secretary traffic man
ager Of the chamber OF commerce, said:
Il think the trip demonstrated 10 the
business men Of FL PasO who took il
that il is to the interests Of the bust
ness men Of Fl Paso TO look more close
~ after trade IN the section visited
and that it convinces them that they
should not only do that, but also ar
range 10 secure their snare Of the busl-
ness IN the Fort Stockton district.
which has not been done heretofore
II also showed the eXcursiOnists that
people in the section visited are only
too glad to form closer business rela-
tons with this city. Arrangements are
n.s-H- 4 H.H- H. a
Will, in a short time, forward daily, on
its fast freight, a less car lot package
car to Alpine in which viii be loaded
only shipments for Alpine and points
viii assist in making our advantages
in that district all, the greater
Enthusiastie Reception.
J. T. Fletcher, OF the Western Motor
Supply company. said. This is the
first trade trip that i have ever been
on. SO far as our bushes is concerned,
Stockton country is wonderful 1t has
opened up a good territory to FL Paso-
Never on any sort Of trip anywhere
did / see people received with more
DOCS FL Paso Much Good.
S. c. McCurdy, Of the Southwestern
trip could not help doing good to FL
paso. We didn't have much cOmpeti-
ton though there were representative
from other towns there. There is no
question Alpine feels more kindly to-
ward El PasO than the other part OF
the state. The business men stated
that we belonged TO them and they to
US. We do"
Robert Krakauer Of Krakauer. Fork
& MOye, Successors, said; The Alpine
trip, while a short one, was one Of the
best we have ever had. We got closer
to the people than we ever had before
on account Of the fact that we remained
IN the towns longer We met them in
the stores and on the baseball field
and the spirit they showed toward
FL PaSO was very good. FL PasO mer-
chants ought to look to that country.
There will be competition from san
Angelo and Wichita and others, but
there is big business there. Let's get
r. P. Mosson, OF S. c. Crombie &
Co. said: We received a most cor
dial and enthusiastic welcome in every I
town visited and / was favoFably i'm
pressed with each town and am conf I
dent that Ell Paso will see good results !
from the trip"
". NJ. Mccoy, of the Mccoy Hotel, /
had no idea they had such a country. :
especially at Fort Stockton. The new 4
orient railroad means a great deal to /
them I was particularly interested in 4
the springs at stockton and there was I.
9ne larger than had ever seen be- +
fore. I think the trip will help FL /
PasO, for we made lots Of friends"
c. c. Mcdonald said: The trip was 4
4 fine one. The country is in good I
tOAuluuu. me OFT STOCKTON ana Fort u
Davis trips were new TO me and range 4
conditions were good. They treated us [
royalty everywhere and the trip will be 1
)f material benefit to FL Paso."
Wonderful Good for Ell PasO.
Henry Frederic Duck. OF the OcCi- /
1ental Life Insurance company. said: /
The trip was well conducted and Is a
credit 70 those who arranged it. I I
-hink IL viii do a wonderful amount Z
II good to El PasO. The people showed ;
heir appreciation Of our presence to I
/ marked degree. I have already re-
rip, for we have received IT applica- /
ions for information and some Of these I
nave already resulted in business. I {
hink there is a great future for the I
country. Fort Stockton is a garden
pot. One feature of trade trips is that
owns visited, but you meet your fell
ow townsmen and get TO know them
better"
Better Train Service.
W c. Mccormick. district freight
md passenger agent of the Sunset
lass In every respect. The main thing
low is for FL PasO merchants 10 follow [
lp the trip by sending their travelling I
alesmen into that territory regularly !
nd often Local representatives Of the
abroad have established a through
merchandise car service TO Orient (
POINTS by way Of Alpine. The people
n all the towns visited were kindly
nd courteous and most friendly to FL
'aso."
T. X. Partridge. commercial agent OF
he Kansas City, Mexico & Orient rail-
Dad. said, 81 think the trip was a
lg success and viii prove of lasting
enefit TO FL Paso. The opening Of