El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16
WEST TEXAS EDITORS CLOSE AN
ENTHUSIASTIC MEET At Fl. STOC kT0N
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at a top speed since. He was elected at
CarrizOZo Springs last year and is max
ing a presiding officer that IS 4 pre-
! make a mans speech for him by way
of an introduction. Mrs
accompanied him, but was too III at
the hotel to hear his maiden inaugural
Good Roads Booster.
J. D. Jackson, a wealthy cattle and
land man of Alpine and t~hereabouts,
came over to attend the meeting ond
boost his pet hobby, the New YORK 10
San Francisco Highway association,
which is behind a movement % nave
an ocean to ocean highway through
Alpine. A meeting of the executive
committee was held here today TO con
slider the best plans for having the
route logged by the A A A
w. J. Yates, Mrs. Yates and Miss Lu-
Gle Yates Riyes. their niece, are IeP-
| ~resenting Alpine, where Mr.. Yates is
editor of the Alpine Avalanche Miss
| Rives is the sponsor of the ASSOCIATION
( and viii participate IN some OF Inc
( latter part of the program. Nh. Yates
| has workedon both big and little news
/ papers,, knows the game from front to
back office and is not afraid OF work
He is as busy as a police reporter On
! a three alarm murder getting the dele
gates lined up for his paper
We'll Known Eslitn--
A. Gordon French. late of Del RIO,
but later of Maria, having LETT there
Thursday morning, is here with a white
/ tie and a boiled vest to represent the
> Maria New Era. which he owns cOolly.
He is one of the fine type IF Olde-
! school newspaper men n he is max
ing his presence felt here.
NJ. NJ Mcfarland, of Alpine, Is mere
| to fraternaIiZe with his old friends IN
the business. Mr.. Mcfarland was an
editor at Alpine for number of wears.
J. J. Taylor, president OF the Texas
/ State Press association and editor OF
/ the State Press" column in the Dallas
( News, is representing the Dallas news
/ paper men at the meeting Big physlc-
ally as well as mentally, he mas been
all along the line. When the Dallas
| News called him to take charge of its
important department. he was editor
and owner of the GAINESVILLE, Tex,
! Times and was made Sunday editor OF
the Dallas News and then switched to
the state Press department., wn1Cn
is n of the most popular IN the state.
| Mr.. Taylor looks like a big town news
paper man and is an impressive figure
at the meeting.
Fort Stockton and Maria played ball
on the old Fort Stockton parade ground
as q part Of the entertainment pro-
gram Fort Stockton won by a score
of II to 8, which was so large that 1t
was not announced. One batted ball
went into the old fort guard house
and another fell in Comanche spring,
I a half mile away.
The Reception.
There was a sound of reVelry by
night in Pecos cOunty'S capital on the
opening day of the meeting. 1t was the
reception and dance given by the peO-
pie CT Fort Stockton for the visiting
delegates. Blindfold a man from Mars,
lead him into the big, oil tinted dining
room at Hotel Stockton and show MIN
the milling mass of happy faced hu-
-n-HA- cd a. a hAA In nnrr1 -AN 4n1T
whether it was Newport New York,
San Francisco or Fort Stockton Isl
gowns and tango dresses, men in flan-
nels and girls dressed in the smartest
fall gowns, made a picture that blaSe
Newport would find inviting There
were none of the new dances, sOcalled,
permitted by the floor committee.
The reception part of the formal
opening of Fort Stockton's social pro-
gram for the visiting newspaper men
consisted OF a receiving line OF the
guest register. all bound round with a
lot Of fuSsy ribbons and hand painted
cup1dS on the cover. There was not
much need for the formal in~troductiOns,
for everyone in Fort Stockton knows
everyone else, or should, and the party
soon developed into a big family gath
ering to welcome the visitors for the
convention. The hosts and guests
their REQ the dfths, Chalmers and
EOrds from the four angles of the hOri-
zOn. Men who had been in town in the
morning with rid1ng boots, khaki Irou-
sers and soft shirts. came back with
their families n cool, white flannelS
and mOhair and linen suits to attend the
reception and dance. The wide veran-
das of the Hotel Stockton formed the
social center between dances and as a
state secret there was a little tangoing
and trOtting around the corner on the
smooth concrete floor of the gallery
when the nj played waiting for the
Robert Z. Lee" The chaperons winked
their off eyes at the little manifesto
tons of juvenile enthusiasm and insist
ed that there should be no new" dane
ing on the floor of the dining room,
which order was carried out to the
letter.
Refreshments were served during the
evening from a punch bowl big enough
for a white house bath tub. and judge
Ed R KOne drank % glasses OF Bryan
cocktails while he did the honors Of the
state at the reception The reception
continued until midnight and everyone
in Fort Stockton was there at some
time during the evening to meet the
newspaper men and welcome them to
the oasis Of the Orient
Many Guests Present.
The guest register contained the fol-
lowing names:
StoItzfus, Mrs. f. NJ. Getzeudaner. Mrs.
NJ. NJ. Mcfarland, Mrs. H. F. Stephen
son, Mrs J. Z. Moore, Mrs. Clarence
Gilmore, Mrs. Reavis Clay, Mrs ". I.
Rooney. MIS-. ELdLh OOAACg 4 L. l.
Dunett, Mrs ". J. Yates, Mrs j. B. But
Ter. Miss Lucille Rives, Miss Alene
Couch, Mrs G. R. Couch, Miss Helen
Jackson. Miss Preslua Cope, J. B.. But
Ter. ". J. Yates, E. Barry, Mrs Mabel
Sellers, Miss RatchfOrds Ed R Kone,
G.. \. Beeman, Miss Minnie NJ Walker,
Annie NJ. Kenzie, Lee Andrews, Pansy
Woodruff, F. M G~tezendaner, n. A
Hadden. Florence Bull Lillian Htrst,
Lillian TanqUary, n. Tanquary, L
F. CUP, Miss Ragin, r.
gin. NJ. n. Mcfarland. NJ Lea, Mr.. and
Mrs. L B. Westerman, W. r.. Phillips,
n. L Odom, J.. L Mitchell, Mrs. T. L
Odom, &. +. WeSterman, Mrs. {. z RoI-
Inns F E. Gillett, Mrs. ]. c. Smith, Mrs
A. G. Smith. R. T. Durrett. H Rush
and wife, W. II. Bird and wife, J. d.
jackson. H. W. Durrett, H T. Rooney,
Kathleen Westerman, II. R Livingston,
Mrs. J. NJ. Livingston. w. II CRAWFORD
r E. Taylor, Norman NJ walker, j. );
TAYLOR. Carl McCallum, G.. w. Rose and
wife. r. Kent Tanquary, Hall Harrison,
Octavia Dowie, Eta Reed, Glen Pur-
vinton. Chas. G. Kownes Lloyd An
drews. Philip Rooney, Pryor Sanderson,
Vernon L Rooney, J. C. Williams, MI
and Mrs Casebier, Mrs T. T. Sander
son. Mr.. and Mrs Geo. T spears, mrs
II. Barry, J. NJ Rooney and VIE MIS-
r p TavIor. Mrs. Howell Johnson,
~ 7. Mitchell Mr.. and MIS- Ed