El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-07
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

ID YOU know that PanchO Villa
was a butcher before he be-
II came a revolutionary Ieader?"
.s,,a5 American from Chihuahua.
Wei. he was. after the Madero revu-
linton He had a number of LITTLE meat
shops scattered through ChlnCaAua and
butchered and sold meal hOsailo Her
nandez was a Waterman IN a I2ctGry.
Maciovio Herrera was school teacher,
Tomas Urbina was cattle rustic arc
Toribio Ortega a COW puhcHcI- VOW
the former butcher IS COMMANDER IN
chief of the troops, governo- Of the
state and dictator of the northern zone
The former school teacHefs' nlgnt
watchmen and COWBOYS are generals,
and the lawyers with niue OF no prac-
tice are the mayors and legal advisers
Of Villa
Eve believe that the river mystery
of the death of the Two CUSTOMS river
guards is about to be cleared up, said
= E Lewis, special agent of the treas
urv department We have been ad-
vised that the two mounted customs
men, Jones and Logan were killed by
Mexica, smuggIers while they were at
tempting to arrest them. The evidence
has developed in 1ar away STATE ana
is another proof that murder Will out.
we are now working on the case and
if the line of evidence we have had re-
ported to US develops, We may be able
TO make some arrests. That has been
one of the mysteries OF the Doruer IilaL
has never been solved and l ould like
to be the one who would 1lnd the cor
rect solution"
you can tell the members OF the
chamber of commerce that we are pre-
pairing a good entertainment program
for the next chamber OF commerce dol
lar dinner, to be held on the 18th of
this month, says Andrew Reeves, the
secretary 'The program will be kept
a secret until a short time before the
dinner, which we are going to try &c
make the biggest yet held. Some novel
entertainment stunts are going to be
sprung on an unsuspecting public when
the dinner is pulled Off
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Talk about weather" said Frank
S. FrickeltOn, as he stood on sun
lighted downtown corner, there's no
place like Ell PasO for il. I never have
seen such beautiful days in January in
any other place 1t has California
are saying that this is too good to last
and that cold or rainy spell is about
due. But they always say that In FL
PasO. when there is an unusual spell OF
good weather"
I'VE are organizing a working force
to get started on the Franklin canal
enlargement" said c. E. Cunliff, chief
clerk to L. NJ. Lawson, of the United
States reclamation service in FL Paso.
Food supplies for the men who will
be engaged in the work, and fodder for
the mules and horses are being pur-
chased, together with all the equipment
to he psed in the work. At the present
rate of progress, everything should be
IN shape to begin work in earnest by
the fist Of next mOnrn. a. tHe l..-~-.--
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I was amused at a mexican boy who.
years ago, was in the employ of mayor
store" said Tom York. Whenever
there was a ball game, or for any other
reason the boy wanted to get off, the
mayor would always meet his eQuest
with: You can get off in the morn
ing After awhile the boy got wise,
and SO the day before he really wanted
to get off he would approach mayor
mayor would always meet his request
Kelly with, Can l get off this evening,
morrow, the mayor would answer, and
the boy would go away happy
Las Cruces turned out in force at
its first chamber Of commerce dinner"
said L. NJ Lawson upon his return to
Ell PasO from delivering a speech on
at the valley city. For the pOpula-
ton of the town there was really a
better showing at the dinner than we
make in Ell PaSO at similar affairs
certainly seemed to be interested and
alive IN every respect
I'VE have a nice lob on our hands
just now" said Postmaster J. A. Smith. /
-o-nce the most recent capture of Jua-
- we have been holding the mail for +.
and today the orders have {
s-t44, ca 10 send it on to Chihuahua. I
There are about 500 or so sacks of mail, .
enough to make several truck loads +
and these will be taken over to Juarez I
today and started on their way south" I.
"The disturbances in Mexico which /.
have prevented the Importation of lum- .
Der from MADEIRA have reduced the Op-
'f=Ui-,e cc-nr90v cne-fifth" said J. o. {
Crockett, president of the MADEIRA COM +
pany anu wee president of the FL Paso +
mill. We have not been able to run :
a full working force because we have (
not been able to secure the necessary
amount Of lumber. and that has neces. !