El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-06
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

66TL PASO has the finest body Of
h business men have ever met
- in any city Of the country"
said George c. CarOthers. There is a
greater solidarity here than ] have
found in many other cities, and the
business men get together better on
anything Of general Importance than in
troops Friday is an example OF this.
There are not many cities that would
think OF doing this, yet the soldiers
and officers from the general 10 the
private soldiers, Will appreciate it
deeply and wherever they go they viii
remember FL PasO as the place where
they were treated so well and viii say
a good word FOR the city. That is what
counts and Fl PasO has the spirit TO
make a great city"
Everyone should turn out and cheer
the troops as they parade Friday" said
q prominent business men we do
not show half enough appreciation Of
our troops except when trouble is
threatened. and then it is too late
There should be a big ovation for the
soldiers, and especially for Gen.
Pershing Friday. He has made the
parade possible and I think that he
should be shown that FL PasO is one
city that appreciates such a pageant.
Let everyone decorate buildings and
take half day of from their business
feel that they are welcome here and
that FL Paso knows what the American
soldier is and is glad to have them
here"
The main thing in erecting the joint
county and municipal building said
Park PltmaD. "ls to live within the
amount appropriated for the building
In almost everyone Of the cities we
visited on our trip OF inspection OF
modern municipal buildings we found,
with hardly any exception, that the
municipal building had gone beyond
the original amount appropriated We
do not want that state Of affairs 10
arise here. We should erect a building
with. the amount We have on hand and
construct it IN such a way that addi-
tional stories can be added If needed
With 100000 a modern office building
can be put up Light. ventilation and
office room are the main features that
should be looked after in planning the
building. Those features should be
given preference over artistic Effects
This is the OF season OF the year"
said William Walk. Every body is
thinking about vacation and saving
their money for it Business ought 70
lines usually suffer. About August and
September when people are coming
back from their summer holidays.
there will be a boom and it viii last
al winter.
There IS some activity in the local
real estate market, but more Of # in
the building line" said T. j. Cassidy.
"A good many trades are being re-
ported, but few deals in which large
cash amounts are involved have taken
place in the last week or two. This is
the time Of the year when business
drops on to a certain extent"
For city to have as its guests an
entire army is perhaps unique and un-
heard Of in the history Of any city"
said ". ". Bridgers. But that is what
Ell Paso is going TO do on Friday
Army Day On that day 5000 soldiers
viii be the guests of the city and the
city is going to feed them. When one
stops to think that is a gigantic under
taking. As far as the review is con-
cerned not person should miss It. It
viii be a sight that the ordinary
citizen may not in his whole life time
have the opportunity Of seeing again. |
While there have been reviews IN FL
Paso before in point Of numbers the
review Friday viii eclipse anything
given on a prior occasion Stores |
should close Friday and every pro-
prietor and employe should be out TO
cheer the army"