El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-25
Destruction of Railroad
Some Figures on the Heavy Losses
Suffered by Mexico North West
ern From RevOiuffOnsy
Little Interviews.

S long as the Mexicans con
n fined themselves to the de-
\ structiOn of physical prop
erty of the Pearson company, We said
little about our troubles" A l. Lath-
TOp said Thursday at the luncheon
But when the bandits started 10
threaten our people at MADEIRA, We
started to attract as much attention
as possible to the situation in an effort
to get relief to them Few people here
realize, however, the extent Of the
damage done to our properties, which
represent a total investment Of $780,
600, 900. Since the revolution began
the Mexicans have destroyed So
bridges on our line at an average cost
of SO a foot for $4,000 lineaI feet max
ing a total Of s46O,00O for this one item
They have destroyed Is of our finest
locomotives, costing on an average OF
$4,000 each But this is not the larg-
est loss, for we have been forced to
remain closed and the investment or
$50, 900, 900 is not paying a cent to the
stockholders in Canada and England
=
at grieves me to admit that any
bug but a gTen one could do the bus
mess, said J. b fitzpatrick. OF Canu-
tillO, but truth and fairness force me
to admit that the little red bug which
has been discovered in the valley puts
the everlasting sleep stuff to the
grasshoppers which have been such a
pest in the upper valley Some of the
valley ranchers sent some Of the de-
funct hOppers to the college at MesfIla
Park and under the wings were found
a number of these little red bugs ad-
ministering the sleep punch to the
graSShOpper person They are q bless
ing, for the grasshOppers have been
Overrunning things around CanutilIo
and I only wonder if it Will become
necessary to find some other bug that
viii kill the red bug which is now so
justly popular"
Z have been out Of town three
times this summer when a funeral in
my congregation has called me hOme''
said Rev Henry Easter yesterday Of
ternoon, as he got off the Golden State
Limited on his return from ClOudcrOft
TO conduct the funeral OF Miss Ina
Taylor. Dr. Easter, in order TO get TO
FL PasO in time, had to make the trip
BY wagon down from CIOudcrOft to
AlamogOrdO, as the regular train
makes connection with the night train
into FL PasO-
There's nothing preJtfer than ou-
army mules" said J. NJ MORRISON cirIr
ticket agent Of the Santa Fe railroad
as he saw a field wagon of the Second
cavalry pass his office, Thursday az
Iernoon- 1 learned to like mules in
Arizona years ago The army has fine
DIG ones and the equipment makes our
army look stable It gives me pleas
ure TO see them go by.
OlAG llldL carries a gun is a
so!dler and every soldier carries a gun,
en- said an American, who visited
Juarez for the first time and saw the
troops come in Thursday They don't
look like our men do they2 WIN some
Of them would be wearing short trous-
ers IN our country
D. ". BeldOn believes that a man
may sometimes be driven TO drink
When he and friend were waiting for
a train IN Globe, ARK. they went into
a thirst parlor for drink They had
finished II and were chatting when
another man entered and said: Come
on. lets all have a drink" 7 don't
believe care for any," said the friend
Then the bartender came from behind
the bar with a pick and said. You
don't talk like that here, YOU don't
take any shingles off NY roof" All
right, I'll take a drink, said the Ell
PasOan-
"El PasO can get the national con-
vent1on OF Elks whenever We go after
It., said George Wallace, who has Just
from the convention at
n. Y, Il am satisfied" he
continued, that we wiz be able in
four or five years to take care of the
We do not want 1t until
We can take care OF all who attend but
within few years We viii have suf-
f1cient hotel and other accommodations
to look after all who come.
The 1915 convention will probably
go to Seattle, Wash. There viii be SO
many other attractions at San Fran
cisco that the EikS viii 90 to some
other city on the west coast"