El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-13
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

- TE are having to enlarge the
w freight platform OF the G..
H & S. "A. station" said
superintendent r N Hoover, "on &C
count Of the very large quantities Of
cotton and other merchandise that is
being shipped over our lines. The plat
form Will be extended about $50 feet
TO give greater space to facilitate the
rapid handling OF all shipments"
New Mexico people cetainly appre-
ciate the way in which FL PasO has
handled the roads from Hueco can
yon,' said H N Gage, Of Hope. y. NJ
who with H White motored in a Hud-
son car from Hope 10 FL Paso to spend
Few days The road is In first
class condition, and We made the run
from Hope to FL PasO in 10 hours. The
late rains have washed out the cuts in
the road on the New Mexico end of Il,
but we intend TO have these put in
good shape very soon New SIexicans
viii try TO keep our end of the road
open and IN as good shape as the FL
PasO end"
The best form Of entertainment that
FL Paso could possibly give the dele
gates attending the state Democratic
convention, I believe, would be a repe-
ution OF tht high school pageant"
said mayor c. +. Kelly. An effort
might well be made to induce those
give it again at that time
"Old Dan Cupid is the busy guy this
month, said Chris Amanda The little
fellow has kept me working overtime
issuing marriage licenses. Couples
coming into the county clerks office
nave kept me on the run to Cupids
bOudOir. I would no sooner get one
license issued than there would be
another couple waiting for me ! have
badly had time the past few days TO do
anything but issues marriage licenses
June 1914 viii be a record month :or
Cupid"
1T does one good to take an outing
and a vacation from business in this
hot weather" said Grover Smith who
has just returned from an automobile
trip to the RuidOsO river. a party
OF US have Just come back from the
White mountain country in New Mex
leo We Travelled 400 miles without
70 ClOudcroft and found the roads in
that section pretty good Our only
trouble was two punCtures, which we
had a few miles from the croft"
The road between here and Alamo
gordO will soon be in good repair"
said Bob Rinehart Of the Fl Paso Auto
club. We have virtually signed up
pairs the highway may need There
are stretches Of road where the high
way is lower than the surrounding
country and in rainy weather the road
is under water. A car might be lost
in the mud. We plan to raise all such
portions OF It"
The labor convention started out
with a carefully prepared slate and
ended with only the frame Of the slate 1
around the necks OF the framers.'' said T
F. n Graves, Of Fort Worth, who was
here for the convention We smashed /
the slate when we elected T c. Jen-
nings as chairman Of the legislative 4
council and again when we defeated 7.
W A Goode. OF Dallas. for delegate /
70 PirtsburE. States are easy TO make f.
but they are mighty fragile when the ]
convention gets 70 playing rough with 4
them"
T have known W. B. Carroll for a |
number OF years and I have always (
considered him q quiet level headed /
citizen" said r r. Thorne I was .
very much surprised 10 hear Of his /
trouble in the upper valley. which re-
suited in the death Of his wife He
was in business in Fl Paso where the }
Silberberg store now is and he was /
well liked by the business men OF the
city He afterward bought a ranch (
in the upper valley and moved there.
can't understand what causes men to
10 such things and each new case
makes It more Of puzzle TO me-