El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-20
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

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wv world trips of the big league
baseball teams, but I had an
/ experience last summer that has them
beat a city block" said Teddy Brann.
Of the Rio Grande Bank team of the
City league. THE first base was in
Connecticut and the first baseman's
territory extended over into New York
state, while the grandstand was one
half in one state and the other half in
the other. The dividing line was ris-
ing ground and We had a fellow named
Murphy, who covered that part of the
field and earned for himself the -iUle of
that a batter can knock ball from one
state into another, but as the home
plate was in New York state and the
first base in Connecticut, several Of the
fellows swatted the pill across the
of st."
Il am heartily in favor Of this plan
of the Adclub." said j. A. Wright, ito
send a special delegation bent on ad-
vertisinge FL Paso up to Toronto to the
There could hardly be a better place to
start an advertising campaign than
among a bunch of admen. The story of
Ell Paso's wonderful growth, the devel-
opment in store for the new southwest
ern country are ideas that can be
played up strongly and that will make
a big hit. The Adclub is a pretty live
organization and its work at that con-
veention will have big effect IN favor
OF FL Paso."
''These WindOwglass travelling men
are there with the talk" said L. W.
HOffecller 81 had a letter from one the
other day telling me about the dinner
he had at a Chicago hotel I Will read
you a little extract from it: They
made your coffee in a silver perculatOr
order salad you pay for the blowing,
seeding, cultivating, gathering, sorting,
packing, carriage, rail charges, insur-
ance, interest on the Investment and
depreciation on an acre of lettuce ana
asparagus, for one gallon each Of the
various condiments, to which is added
a general charge Of 10 percent to cover
lncid entalS. Each waiter has an assist
ant or aecOmplice, who performs certain
acts, such as keeping your water glass
filled, examining your hat to see It's
make, serves butter switches out the
empties and stands by to keep you from
pulling the tablecloth and china off the
table when the waiter gives you a check
and you faint
I'VE are going to Atlanta stronger
than horse radish,' said representative
Eugene L Harris, who is the acting
pOtentate Of the Mystic Shrine. The
burro patrol, the new uniforms, the
Mexican souvenirs and the other Tea
lures are going to make FL PasO one OF
the most interesting delegations at the
meeting in May. 1t will be the first
cation. The boys are all enthusiastic
about the trip and the entire patrol
is planning to go"
"The chamber of commerce IS going
to have a series of lectures for farm
ers," said A. ". Reeves. Since the
OPENING. Of the interurban and the early
completion of the Elephant Butte pro-
pect, the valley is coming more and
more into prominence and a series OF
lectures, covering a wide field, Will 1t
is believed, be Of great benefit to farm
ers in making for larger and better
production. We were graufied with the
attendance last Saturday, when the the
first of the lectures was held"
'El Paso will make a strong '5ld for
the Border State tennis Serl@C for next
year." said z. 2. Neff- - number Of
cities have already put~iE bids, but we
hope to win the prizS at the meet at
Phoenix in May. Ell Paso had the first
match, when the association was known
as the Southwestern Tennis association,
and all who cane here for that match
expressed themselves as well pleased
with the treatment accorded them. We
are now in Better shape than ever to
handle big match
Salute the flag is going to. become a
household word" said Billy Smith.
'Whene&er there is any disagreement
bcLA fS-l people lut O6LieAlAu Wiz DGf 80
Lutte the flag It is going to be great
word in the families. Right in the home
it is going to be used more than any
place else. If the husband does some
thing that the wife does not like, she IS
going to say salute the flag And he
win have to do it if he wants to restore
peace in the family. That phrase will
be popular in the family"
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''The way the local firemen have been
handling the fires is worthy of the
highest rraise,' said J. D. Ponder. I
watched them at work when the piano
boxes on the vacant lot in the rear Of
the Kansas street garage were on fire.
tell you it did not take long for the
Central department to get on the
ground and have the fire under abso-
lutte control Chief Armstrong knows
how to handle the fire fighters be
cause he knows how to fight a fire.
Without waiting for hooks the firemen
climbed on those burning stacks Of