El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-25
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS
y ALIAS bankers certainly did
ROYALTY entertain the visiting

6n ALIAS bankers certainly did
royalty entertain the visiting
bankers who attended the re-
glonal bank organization meeting" said
James q. McNary. They put down their
work to see that we all saw Dallas. en-
Joyed ourselves and were entertained
an the time There was an automobile
ride over the city and TO the Country
club, luncheon at the Adolphus hotel
anW many informal dinners for the Wis
itors- Then the Dallas bankers showed
that they deserved to be the center OF
the Regional bank district by their keen
grasp Of the new banking raw"
That was good news that Louis C.
Hill told US through The Herald Fri
day evening, said George r. LeBaron.
The news that water will he ready
for the land by the spring Of 1915 IS
bigger news than the ending OF thu
revolution, for FL PasO. Il means nros-
perity for US, but I do not think people
realize what II means To have water
from the government project to poUr
QUITO our lands when We need It most. is
going TO be the biggest talking point in
the valleys. and the Santo Tomas Farms
company Is anticipating the rush by
preparing TO put its largest tract IN
the Santo Tomas grant under cultiva-
ton and ready for the water at once"
Sir William Wilcox, who is the guest
Ject engineer L. N. Lawson. "is the
recognized worlds authority on irriga-
ton matters He has written books
that have been printed in a half dozen
different languages and the mans lee
lures are as much sought for as his
writings His visit to FL PasO and the
Elephant Butte dam at this time IS a
great compliment to the reclamation
service, the city and project, and his
advice is sure to be filled with valuable
suggestions for our project here in the
valleys"
I wonder why more women do not
understand our national game Of base
ball2 Women are so adaptable and so
versatile that / should think a bigger
majority OF them would know the
game" said Paul Atkinson. 81 know
that many men who might like TO take
their women relatives or friends to the
ball games cannot do this and enjoy
the game themselves. because their en-
tire time has 10 be devoted TO explain
ing why the batter gets struck out. why
he is put out at the bases. and the why
Of every move Consequently the men
prefer to go by themselves. Baseball
IS the most fascinating OF all our
sports and have never been able 10 I
understand why it does not interest !
men"
The addition OF Henry Grady TO the 1
City league is a fortunate thing for Ell /
~ H.
president OF the City Baseball league. /
Manager Orchard has signed up Grady I
Tor the Newspaper team and he will I
probably occupy third sack. Grady has ]
been making a pretty good record in /
the Copper league, playing on the Fort i
Bayard team He ought to be a big ad- 4
dition to the Newspaper team"
From the time that I left FL Paso
and returned, that Icing five days. I /
never saw the sun shine but once" said I
C. W Fassett- That was on the re-
turn trip to FL Paso. and the point /
where / saw the welcome sight was $50 i
miles east Of the city It was an oc- !
caslon for rejoicing, having lived five 1
days without seeing the sun 7 visited l
san Antonio and Austin. 1t rained at
Austin every day The sun never even !
tried to shine. I was glad TO get back
to e. Paso"
Tt looks like Ferguson is going to I
sweep the state" said mayor c. E. Kelly. ]
Il was in Austin and the talk there was !
all OF Ferguson Jim Ferguson is GER ]
rainly making a splendid race and gain
Ing Roadway every day. 1t looks like
a clean sweep for him I visited Fort
Worth and there Ferguson was the
main topic Of the political talk. There
was Just as much enthusiasm there as
in Austin and other places The Fer
guson club here will hold a night meet
Ing every week"