El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-09
Bic BARBECUE
IS ALL READY
Meat For $4,000 Sandwiches,
Cones For the Children;
Lights Turned On.

rbe north mesa will come into its
/ own this evening when the free barbe-
cue for the mesa scenic drive and the
scenic park is held
The rim Of the mesaland VIII be out
lined in electric lights and red fire. the
four blocks which compose Ihe ste or
the new high school Srouhus NJ o,
Illuminated with Japanese lanterns and
tbe four adjoining blocks will also be
Tbs TIGHTS were turned on Thursday
evening for test and attracleu much
attention from all parts OF the city
These lights illuminate the uoIlh mesa
ike dav and mark the route OF the
scenic drive as well as ELIMINATES the
ros5 f~or, the end Of the mesa car
line TO promoutory point Where seats
have been placed for the women and
. children -
Far1v- This morning the committee
was on the mesa making the 300
sandwiches Of barbecued meat which
Will he REQUIRED to feed the multitude
on the mesa this evening since
Thursday afternoon Tom FoWers mas
had a force OF men al work Ia D.,rDec9lilg
the meat over oak wood 1lres and as
fast as the meat IS roasted II IS sliced
into iuiry- pieces and made into sand
witches It required 5000 loayes OF
bread for the sandwiches and 10 par
reIs OF mavonaise dressing to cover
them. This dressing was made from
civ barrels Of piCkels which had been
donated. IS had almost everything else
r1sed fo- the barbecue. It required 5000
pounds Of the choicest cuts Of meat for
the barbecued steaks and $50 worth Of
oak wood to roast It
Cones for Children.
For the children there viii be IS
cases Of soda pop, 20 gallons Of ice
cream which viii fill 2400 ice cream
cones. a barrel OF candy for the 1000
sacks TO he distributed and p cases OF
aDples The lumber required for the
10 900 seats. measures 5000 running feet
The 500 foot table on Hague street,
where the sandwiches will be served to
the men. contains 1900 feet Of lumber
and the refreshment booth has 500 feet
OF timber in it This booth Is built
around an adobe house on the mesa
and viii be the serving place for the
refreshments. The speakers stand has
been erected on Hague street facing
promontory point and the smaller
point and where everyone VIII be able
TO hear the speeches which are TO be
delivered in the interest OF the mesa
scenic drive and park
The barbecue and band concerts will
last from o'clock until 10 this even
ing and mayor c z Kelly has de-
clared a holiday from 5 o'clock until
the close OF the barbecue A salute Of
% guns will announce the opening Of
the barbecue on the mesa P. E Kern,
the msn who is responsible for the pic
mic, will be the grand marshal
Program for Barbecue.
$50 .. m. salute OF 25 dynamite caps
will be fired near the foothills.
500 D. m, general opening OF barbe-
cue
6;15 p m. music by the military
bands.
$50 p. m, general distribution CT
sandwiches, candy. ice cream. apples,
coffee. soda and other good things
700 o. m. Claiborne Adams. chair
man Of speaking committee. viii intro
duce the speakers who win be-
Mayor c. F. Kelly. judge J. A Buck
Ter. c. G.. Mcdonald. Zach L Cobb. Judge
Leigh Clark. Peter z. Kern. Judge A s.
J. Eylar. ". ". Bridgers. H D. Slater,
Joseph Nealon.