El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-15
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS


uTARAIERs Of the ella valley have
had one OF the most prosperous
4 summers in years" said
Thomas J. Glenn Of Thatcher. Ariz.
The crops have been unusually large
and the prices received for the products
higher than for many years During
the summer several hundred additional
acres Of land was titled in the ella
valley by homeseekers who settled in
the vicinity Of Thatcher. The irriga-
tion bitches have been extended ana
the mountain streams Of Graham county
harnessed- This clear water IS Flped
to Thatcher and Stafford Tor drinking
purposes. II is as pure water as IS 10
be found in the west
"EI Paso seems to have grown won
derfuLy during the summer said Peter
clark. OF Chicago. Il have been coming
to III Paso each winter for the past six
wears but I believe the city has grown
more during the past summer than
ever before The city is enjoying more
prosperity in spite OF the EuroI can can
war than most cities Of the east one
coming into FL Paso would not think
the city is being handicapped By Euro
pean and Mexican wars"
cone Of the most pleasant Incidents
Pacific is the stop at the Hawaiian
islands" said Col. George Il Morg an
The native Hawaiians are rernarkaole
musicians and play and sing very ven
4 company Of musicians meet and
serenade all Of the ships touching at
the island ports Their music, with us
plaintive, mOurnful sweetness IS wei
worth hearing The Filipino IS musical
too. but the japanese and Chinese seem
to have absolutely no musical ability
as we regard music or course they
uerform on musical instruments, but Il
is not music TO an Occidental ear
sHThe GOODNESS Of the evenings viii
soon make it necessary TO discontinue
the evening band concerts at Fort
Bliss" said Capt Howard r HickOk.
I'VE have the concerts in the afternoon
instead We regret TO make this change,
as the evening concerts have been very
well attended by the tOwnspeople, show
ing that they enjoy the bands work
Particularly do we regret IL as many
people that have been attending the
afternoon concerts excepting On Sun
days"
When the Pioneer Day pageant Is
held ] intend 70 appear in the parade
in the same costume that I wore when
I vves scouting for indians in Arizona
and New Mexico" said ]. J. Longwell
That parade would be OF historic value
and would be an interesting Illustration
OF the growth Of FL Paso from the
time when stage coaches and pony e1-
press riders were here TO the present
time with its automobiles, street cars
and limited trains"
More fighting Is being done at Aqua
Prieta than at NacO, Wnere more troops
are engaged said W A clifford. who
arrived in FL PasO Wednesday after
noon. from Los Angeles when We
passed through Naco there were but
few shots being exchanged While at
Aqua Prieta there was severe rifle IRE
although no artillery was engaged AZ
both places the United states troops
were entrenched on the American slae
OF the line. while the firing gong
on At Nac0 I cannot understand Why
the TaQuis with any sort OF system can
not CAPTURE the place, as a cOncerLf a.leu
rush on the rifle pits would oo1 DIES IS
put the Mexican soldiers 70 flight The
American soldiers are on the LOOKOUT
for stragglers OF both factions, NUM-
Der Of whom they have already taken
The recent rate established IN the
east is responsible for a substantial in
crease in passenger traffic through this
uofnt" said ". II Johnston For a
short time il decreased. the majority
OF eastern and western tourists having
returned to their homes. The rates 10
the Pacific coast and return however.
have attracted q considerable NUMBER
Of passengers. with the result that for
the past few days the Golden State train
through here has carried two extra
tourist coaches
81 am glad to see that publicity work
for the valley has been taken up" said
J. H Graves "Of course the matter
had never gone as far as at this time.
but the plan has been talked 50 often
that IL Will really require the opening
Of an Office and the sight OF valley facts
IN print before many persons in Fl
PasO viii believe that the much needed
work has actually begun The valley
IS one OF FL Paso's greatest assets II
cannot be advertised too extensively.
Every dollar that Is placed into valley
publicity will be returned to EI Paso
many times in greatly increased pros
perity."