El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-22
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

r
Richard Burgess. somebody
wants to know about the
: name Franklin, by which FL Paso used
TO be known. and about when the name
was changed. ! came across dOcu-
J mentary record today that settles the
question as TO date within narrow lin
its. In February. 1898. the state lsgiS-
/ lature in its proceedings refers TO GER
tain land as situated in FL PasO COuu-
/ " and near the town of Franklin The
! state about that time acquired grant
/ of land in this vicinity and this land
/ was surveyed by Gen Arson Mills who.
on January "A, 1853, in reporting the
survey, describes the land as situated
about five miles below the town Of IL
| PasO-' The Ponce grant was confirmed
| 10 the heirs Of Ponce by the legislature
| in February. 1858. and in the act the set
Element then existing, is alluded to as
. now known as the town of Franklin
! Immediately afterwards Gen Mills un-
! dertook the survey for Crosby, Giuett,
| St. Vrain and Morton, who had acquired
! the Ponce tract. Mills made his sur
/ vey in 1S5S, and the name FL PasO was
! doubtless adopted at this time for the
] newly surveyed tOwnsite on the Ponce
I grant These facts seem TO Xix the
4 time Of the change of name pretty
definitely between February, 1898, ana
January, 1853 Gen Mills himself can
doubtless give additional Information
! and fix the date precisely, ana recall
the circumstances of the choosing OF
the name FL Paso." Ciudad Juarez was
| called Paso del Norte or often simply
/ FL Paso then, and for many years ar
forwards, but the confusion reSulIin-
as well as the desire TO commemorate
! the time when BenitO Juarez made the
town his capital during the French IN
| PREVENTION, brought about a change 10
/ the present name
Il am glad the School OF Mines mat
ter is now out of the way said A w
Reeves. secretary Of the chamber
matter swinging that proposition,
| and there We're times when the direc-
tors were almost discouraged Two
I boards Of directors have worked on H.
! the first one being under v IL SllleS.
which really undertook TO get the
/ school for the state The present one
completed it. All the business men
whom I have talked with on the SUD
{ jet agree that it VIII be fine thing
for Fl PasO."
You American newspapermen re-
} mind me Of hawks by the way you
/ eagerly seek for news Of battle was
the joking remark Of Perez Abreu, OF
office OF information in Juarez. The
news Of SaltiIO's evacuation had Just
come in. Now in Mexico we would
take our time about getting this out. on
the streets, but your system is differ
ent."
making US jump around said post
master J. A. Smith. We have had i
men ready for duty and the trains have
kept being delayed and redelayed i
! is no small matter TO handle the mail
Of five late trains dumped into the Of
flee all at once, and when that mail ar
rives. we'll everyone here viii have
the busy signal running
rs there a man who hasn't played
! baseball sometime asked Paul Akin
son. Of the City Baseball league Il
I don't believe there is. To my mind. that
/ is one reason why baseball has such
1 strong hold on the American people As
7 soon as a boy is big enough to hold
bat, he wants TO play ball and natural
" q game that nation grows up with
is going TO retain its popularity
1T really seems a shame that when
I the new courthouse is built many Of
l these fine old trees Will have to be de-
stroyed" said J. D. Ponder some Of
] these trees have stood in the courthouse
I yard for years Court officials return
( ing from lunch and having little time
( to spare have rested under their shade
I They are beautiful trees and IL seems
4 like a crime TO destroy them But the
Z 100000 courthouse Will require the
/ space. 7 wish that II were possible for
me TO dig them UP and replant them In
/ my yard"
They are talking nothing but water
around Fort Worth, where I was trying
] cases. said R. F. Thomson In the
counties 1 visited I never heard OF a
] Ferguson man Ball will certainly
sweep those north black land counties.
! I do not believe that Ferguson viii make
much Of showing in the black land
counties. In Tarrant county IL is eN-
I Dected that Ferguson will run strong.
There Is a large percentage OF anti
prohibiuonists in that county and they
are expected to swarm the polls While
/ J. was away 7 saw they had formed a
Ferguson club here. It seems IL started
with a rush The bottom raiued out in
| the counties I visited It rained all the
! time A little Of that rain In this coun-
| ty would certainly help things"
"El Pasoans are missing the finest
automobile trip in the southwest II
( they do not go to Phoenix this sum
mer," said Ray McClintOck. 7 made
| the trip recently and I have never en-
| joyed trip in California or any other
| place like I did that one. The roads
are in good condition. the scenery is
! beautiful and the places Of interest
along the route are as wonderful as
any California can offer The trip TO
/ the Roosevelt dam is a scenic marvel
and the road TO the big dam is being
/ kept in excellent repair by the govern
ment- The visit to Florence. where the
/ state penitentiary Of Arizona is located
l is another interesting place. The con-
I victs are building roads around the
prison, the prison itself is a model and
I there are many interesting sights in
I the big penal institution But the most
| interesting thing on the whole trim Is
| the wonderful Salt river valley There
I one can see the FL Paso valley as il
will look 10 years from now. Grain
fields. alfalfa fields. dairy farms. with
cattle rolling fat. are to be seen on
both sides of the road. There was one
place that we passed which contained
! 25 acres and which had not been cleared
I Il was Just like the desert throurb
which we had passed before reaching
! the valley and It made a wonderful con-
| trast with the green fields and farms"