El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-28

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pertinent as yet and we can
not tell what it will develop"
C. W. Kellogg, general manager Of the
Electric Railway company, says. eve
make a rule to keep few steps in
advance of the growth of any city
where we have our lines, and this is
what we have done in the FL PasO val
ley in the construction of the valley
traction line We have no doubt of the
future of the FL PasO valley and be-
lieve that eventually our line will be
a paying one But for the present. we
are going a little slow, for the valley
is not yet developed as it should be and
we are waiting to see what our bust
ness Will amount to before we talk
fences. The service will be the same
as that which our east Texas lines are
giving the public and the fare will be
the same as these lines are charging.
The equipment IS the finest to be pur-
chased, the right Of way and rOadbed
are ideal and we predict big things,
from a counting room standpoint, in
our line, once the valley is thickly
populated"
Eve Americans from Mexico hear
more war talk upon arriving in FL
PasO than we do in the interior of Mex
ico," ". W Freeman, vice president
of the La BOquilla irrigation project
on the Conchos river. of Chihuahua,
says. While we are in the interior we
are not molested and we hear little
talk of crimes against foreigners. When
We come to the border we hear the
tales told by A number Of frenzied wo-
men and frightened men, and the con-
ditions in the interior are pictured as
something dreadful I have just COM
pleted a 1000 mile trip and I was not
mOlested or delayed on my trip by
either federals or rebels, and con-
sidered myself in no more danger than
if I had been travelling through the
United States"
styles will be more becoming this
year than they have been in many
years past" Maurice Schwartz, who has
Just returned from New York. SAYS
The draped skirt, the graceful slashed
skirt and the bOlero and the baggy
blouse are going to have their effect
upon the appearance of stylishly
dressed women this fall and winter. and
I predict that the day Of the tight
skirt and the hobble is over New York
manufacturers are showing some beau
tiful creations They are in rich ORR
entail effects and are a careful blend
ing of color effects without the clash
that the Balkan gown brought Hats
are also to be more becoming this year
and the rich. warm plush. velvet and
lace hats are to be much worn. Every
thing is running to fur this winter"
Did you know that the custom SER
vice has a playmate and schoolmate
Of governor Sulzer among its inspec-
tors stationed at the local bridSes2"
custom inspector Griffiths SAYS. well,
we have, and he is George +. Schick.
who is on duty mornings at the Santa
Fe street bridge. He went. to school
with the impeached governor, was a
playmate of his and even admits whip
ping and being whipped by him back
in New York before the governor Of
the empire state had heard of such an
animal as the Tammany tiger. Schick
does not boast Of his acquaintance with
the New York governor, and 1t was
only by accident that we succeeded in
getting the story from him that he
had played marbles and one old cat
with the central figure in the political
squabble now going on in New York"
TT costs a great deal of money 70
keep soldiers along the border" said
an army officer Wednesday. AT one
point up in New Mexico we have to
pay $50 a month for water for one
troop. Water is scarce there and the
man who went to the expense of drill
ing the wells should have some pay
for the water he supplies for our
use"