El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

~ HE prison camp at Fort Bliss is
wonderfully interesting place,
said Maj John NJ. Burke, veteran
scout and advance man ror the
Sells FIoto- Buffalo Bill show. 4 visited lhe
camp Friday with Gen. Hugh L. scout auG
I was astonished at the wonders the s9Ils I, d,
has been able to accomplish. It is lesson
in econOmy-in the use Of fuel LOT coOAIns'
in the economy of labor for sanitary puI
poses and in many other ways. va -
minded when I looked over the prison . S[l1lIp
Of what Col. Gorgas accomplished IN cieeII
ing up Panama To take q n0uu - AZ
bunch Of prisoners like that anu PuJ -. -
camp into such an orderly, systenatlc snap
was wonderful. Gen. Scott, however -
type of the highly intelligent, ruggediy Ieaeiy
soldier who does things If the peoPIe
CAM vas tbev would come here just to
visit It and I believe that many VIII come
here on circus day to see the big circus anu
the prison camp at the same time; tney
could see the camp in the morning anu 'u0
circus in the afternoon OF at nlghI a.
Gas I remarked yesterday, FL Raso IS
wonderful place and it Is destln9 T1,+t 70 +b he
more wonderful Mark my word Win tLe
building Of the FL Paso and Southwestern
railroad to San Diego, it is going 70 Ll MAI
FL PasO much more important pLaC'~
Freight can be shipped from Galveston 10
San Diego and vice versa quicker Dy Id5l
than down around by the Panama canal.
and it will be done. understand that NJ
PasO is planning to draw Afternoon % ~
east to its attractions so that the peOpiie
going to the San Francisco exposlLloIn M, IN
1915 will not overlook q stopover mere, Ia
will bring you thousands Of people DeHsSii
Cheyenne, Billings and OtneT west u 49,
are doing the same tell you Ior ene+I :,
prise and energy, you can't equal the west
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''The state Of California is celebrating To-
day the fact that the orange crop OF ma
state, this year, reached the enormous IoIal
of AZ. 600 carloads" said Jim Monroe 10
cal ticket agent for the G. Fl. ArIah lS5
ments were made throughout the FaClIIC
coast and its entire territory to exploit the
slogan, Oranges for Health Ihe neMsPa5
pers, business exchanges, railroads anu VdIIs S
interests made special effort To-Day 10 push
the orange propaganda -.,.s.
"All Of the roads leading out OF CdIlIOs-
MIA over their entire systems. featufeu us
fruit in dining cars, hotels and luncn sta-
lions today California wants everybody 70
eat oranges. not only today. but every C SST
day, and the wide advertising OF me -
fOrnia product today will probably nave
beneficial effort"
Doing ones duty to the colors is not
confined to fighting under the nag On ~
battlefield. Two privates Of the 15th cav
their command and country that Is as IN
pOrtant any in the line Of duty. IIieS a
privates Joseph V. DOwnes, troop A. -
Thurban =. TOwle, troop G. 1h5y a on
telephone exchange operators at or , I2lL7S,.
Upon their attention to duty ana NlelIai 49,
depends the efficiency Of the entire DoIueI
patrol Commands are directed ana or ,leI
given by phone and these men are the KEY
block in the organization OF the army NY, Oa
the border. I'VE have more than oVV Calls a
day and this is about an average " - es4-
and week out" private DoWnes salu o SAL
day. we have all kinds Of calls. even Caii9
to the prison camp to talk to the lnternSu
officers and prfvates These are the OhIy
ones we cannot land for that is prohlDltsu..
We answer calls night and oay' S0t--'ss'