El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-28

veIopment of the Alta Vista
section of Ell Paso?' said C. W. Bretz.
1.-The development has been so steady,
and people adapt themselves so easily
to the new changes, that it is hard to
realize, unless one deliberately stops
to think, that all this section Of land,
now populated with cottages and bun
galows, and with more homes being
constantly built, was only a year or
two ago nothing but prairie The best
thing about all this growth is that it
is not a boom from which there might
be a reaction, but a steady natural de-
velOp5nent that can be expected to
continue to increase
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"Our public schools are so crowded
that it has taken all kinds of planning
to divide and subdivide the pupils
around among the various schools so
that they may all be accommodated"
said superintendent r. J. Tighe with
the large number of new pupils enter
ing, and the classes all promoted, it
has meant almost an entire readjust-
ment of the pupils in every. school. As
it is now, some of the pupils have to
go quite a long distance to their re-
spective schools, but We have tried to
arrange everything to the best advan-
tage possible"
Before even getting up the plans
for the new county building, 1 think
it would be an excellent plan for the
county or the city and county to-
gether, to send man to several cities
which have modern municipal build
ings," said county auditor Roy D. Bar
mum. can architect should be sent so
that he could study the buildings from
every point of view, and gather data
for the structure which IS to be
erected here. I am confident that the
county commissioners VIII not overlook
any possibility which will aid them in
deciding on a county building for FL
PasO that viii be a credit not only to
the city but to the whole southwest
Those delinquents who have been
putting off paying their poll taxes had
better get a move on" declared county
tax collector Will I. Watson I've are
on the last week for the payment of
poll taxes and unless all come in before
midnight Saturday, there will be dis
appointed ones at the polls next July.
If man wants to have voice in an
election, he must have a poll tax re-
ceipt. Nothing else talks"
There are good indications among
American mining men of a resumption
of operations in several Chihuahua
camps" said Gerald Rives. Orders are
being placed for supplies by a number
of the smaller operators. and the feel
ing prevails that the railroads viii be
kept going for shipping out ore and
other salable products to FL Paso buy
ers The American miner is always
willing to take a chance in Mexico if
he gets any sort of protection
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"a typical chamber Of commerce di-
rectOrs'- meeting will be the main stunt
to be staged by the GridirOn club
Thursday night at the chamber of COM
merce dinner" says Norman NJ Walker
who is acting president of the club.
THE meeting will represent the final
get together session of the 1918 direc-
torate of the trade association, and it
will be some meeting too. I hope that
none Of the guests will come armed for
there may be some inclination to shoot
somebody when the club has adjourned
for the evening
"The cOnfiscation of my fathers
hacienda at NadadOres, Coahuila. by fed
eral soldiers acting under orders of
Lieut.. Col. T. A OsOrnO is only one Of
many land confiscadOHs that Huerta
army men have made" says Rafael
Muzquiz, jr., "COnstitutionalist" consul
in FL PasO. "The world probably looks
with disfavOr on Gen. Villas action in
selling the Terrazas estates in Chi
huahua for the COnStitutionaIist'
cause, vet nothing much is said of the
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fathers property is worth close to
100000 and the Huertistas will prob
ably destroy most of it."
Me for the GridirOn club Thursday
night said Eugene Harris. Z was
going back to Indiana on a business
trip and had planned to leave Tues
day. But when I was asked to take
part in the good natured gridiron af-
fair at the chamber of commerce din
ner, the temptation to get something
on Richard Burgess and some more
OF my friends was too much for me
ana 1 cancelled my railroad ticket
and stayed. There is more fun in n
good natured, home talent stunt like
that than in any of the professional
companies and there is nothing I en-
JOY more than a home talent show.
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"All of Gen. CastrO's friends are
hoping that he will be parOled and al
lowed to rejOin his family in FL
Paso," said James W. HambletOn,
Tuesday evening. Gen. Castro is
one fine little fighting man and I
would be willing to give my personal
|! pledge that he would not break his
parole. I have known Gen. Castro
for years. He is a fighter from the
ranks and he has never been known
to quit of his own accord He is one
of the sduarest little men I have
ever met in Mexico and Gen Scott will
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