El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-05
GATTLEMEN IN
CLOSE CONTEST
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votes wherever they caught a dele
gate, and even appealed to the wives
and daughters of the cattlemen to ana
them in getting the convention next
year.
Hard Fight With Amarillo.
Ell PasO realized as soon as the spe-
cial train arrived that the Amarillo
crowd was out for blood. They have
all been good natured about it and
have enjoyed the convention and the
scrap as much as the FL PasOans. But
they put up the stiffest kind of a fight
and never ceased working until the
vote was taken on the convention
floor.
A dinner was given to a number of
the leading stockmen attending the
convention by retiring president w.
b. slaughter Wednesday. j. H. Nations,
of Ell PasO; judge Dan M. Jackson and
Burt Orndorff attended the dinner as
the representatives of the Ell Paso dele
cation J. II. Nations is taking prom
lnent part in the deliberations and
was unanimously urged to be a can
didate for vice president Of the asso-
citation.
Progressive Cattle Raising.
Gov. Lee Cruce preached the progress
slve doctrine of intensive cultivation
of the cattle range to the cattlemen
Wednesday, He told them that the
time was coming when they would
have to cOnfine their pastures to small
Ter and smaller areas and that the days
of the old system Of 20 acres to a steer
was over.
DR.. R A. Ramsey. chief Of the field
inspection bureau of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, spoke on diseases of cat
tie and sheep and reviewed the work
being done by his bureau.
W. n. Waddeu, of Fort Worth, chair
man of the Texas state sanitary board,
told the cattlemen that he was inclined
to stick to the good old home made
dip of sulphur and lime for scabies. He
said that the tobacco dip had not been
entirely successful, but that the lime
and sulphur got results.
The Search for Booze.
Deputy sheriffs called on the FL Paso
delegation at their headquarters
Wednesday in search of cOntraband
booze. Oklahoma is as dry as a COW
cred bridge and the civic organization
which is trying to make it so dry that
it viii be dusty the year round, wished
Ine deputies onto the FL PasO bunch
The FL PasOans denied ownership to a
Darrel of dead men, but laid claim
to some full quarts and pints under
man to have barrel of brew for his
own personal use
EI Pasoans All Busy.
The letters A. 3. and c. on the doors
OF the FL PasO headquarters at the
Sldrvin hotel indicates where FL Paso
stands IN the list of brands at the
1914 convention. These rooms were
i<the general offices of the CITY of FL
Paso this week and the 81 Paso dele
safes are as busy as a newspaper just
heIOre going to press. Work has
Deen distributed and all have been
doing something to prod for FL PasO"
as the next convention city, said
prodding having had the desired eff
1ect upon the cattle convention round
up.
a. W. Reeves. secretary of the com
TnlTLee. a fl0T1
ana has been in charge of the great
mass of detailed Information about the
home ranch, the assignment of COM
mltteeS and seeing every delegate for
the next convention. He has been
dong the press work with the news
Tapers while he was resting.
Much Publicity.
As evidence of his good work in a
publicity way the Oklahoma City
papers have been printing columns
about the FL PasOans, their band. their
Mexican hats and the groups Of pic
lures they brought along. The Okla
hCman Of Tuesday printed a four col
: umn, cartoon. showing Fl Pasoans
riding into town, each rider being
lettered to form the name FL Paso.
Oiher cartoons have appeared and
this service has made a big hit with
the newspapers here. A. w. Reeves
mad good, accurate story in the
papers here Wednesday about the Ele-
plant Butte dam and the resources of
the southwest. Personal sketches of
the. members of the FL Paso dele
( cation have been printed. in
Guiding one of Dick Dudley,
the man who built the Cumbre
q tunnel. Amarillo had its Headquarters
at the hotel Lee-Huckins and erected
booth in the main lobby where the
campaign managers presided during
that city's campaign for the 1915 con-
ventiOn.
Plenty of Fun.
The informal entertainment which
vas arranged for the visiting dele
gGtes has been as much fun as the
convention proper The stoclzvards,
the high school and other places of
interest have been visited in automo-
biles by all of the delegates. Every
automobile in Oklahoma City has
been tagged for the use of the dele
gates and they have been riding
free all week. At the high school.
Mrs. Fred Sutton made a. talk to the
women visitors telling them Of the
work being done in this model high
school and something of the system
OF teaching. Supt Buchanan also made
brief talk to the delegates when
they arrived at the high school.