El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-08
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

C6T AM glad the Automobile club is
going to put up signs to show
4 strangers how to get out of Ell
Paso,' said CLYDE Holmes, for this is
a real necessity. We think that be-
cause we know how to get out Of
town. everybody else ought to know,
but strangers need signs to pilot them
cut Tucson is a smaller city than Ell
Paso and it took me an hour to get
out of that town on my way to Phoen-
tx also lost time going through
Tombstone. There were plenty of
signs on the country road showing
how to get into both towns and as
soon as [ got outside the city limits,
I found road signs again, but inside
the cities, there were no signs and 1
had to run by guess and I guessed
wrong in several instances and lost a
lot of good time"
ct saw a fellow down in a window
on San Antonio street standing up ex-
panding his chest and taking differ
ent kind of exercises. am going on
81 years of age and never had to
do that" said Fred Baker who dropped
into The Herald office to get a die
tionary Wednesday. 81 can read with
out any glasses and I have walked
over Mt. Franklin at least 100 times.
1 have made a study of rocks, but
90 not KNOW dll the meanings VI NAA1A44
and that is why I want this diction-
airy"
Reversing the boots of a dead Of
ficer on his saddled horse is an old
army custom" said Capt Harry n
the 18th cavalry, speaking of Lieut.
Eugene Armstrong; funeral How
this custom originated I do not know,
but it has been a part of the army
usage since I can remember. 1t sig
nifies that an officers work is done
and is a part Of the unWritten custom
of the army. The muffling of the
drums the dTaping of the officers
saddle horse, the black crepe on the
guidon and the carrying of the cas-
ket on a caissOn are other fixed US
ages in the army which are observed
at funerals"
'Lieut. Eugene Armstrong was
fine type of the young American army
officer" said A. P. Coles Wednesday
afternoon as the Gordon of troops
passed down san Francisco street,
filling the entire street from Pioneer
plaza to the union station, escOrting
the Heutenants body to the train. He
was to have been a guest at my house
only last night and we knew him we'll
He was a fine physical type and was
one of the best athletes in the army.
He was the only man in the army who
could do the giant swing with one
hand, a feat that is difficult for the
most skillful professional athletes to
do He played on the academy foot
ball and baseball teams, was a fine
polo player and best of all, was
splendid gentleman He never talked
of his prowess and 7 only learned of
his exceptional ability through his
comrades. He was also good officer
and I have been told by his superior
officers that no young man in the
army had a finer chance of attaining
distinction than did Lieut. Armstrong"
Tn order to save any casualties
which might occur through a mistake,
I would like to have it known" said
police chief I n. Davis, that the res
idence sections of the city. both north
and south of the tracks are well pO-
Iced with officers in plain clothes.
The men have instructions to pick up
any suspicious looking characters or
anyone else who cannot give salts
factory explanation of his business |
Since the men have been working the
residence sections there have not been
any report Of bUrglaries."
ct am surprised at the number Of
people opposed to the joint county
and municipal building" declared f.
F. Sawyer. 'I understand that the OBJ
lection is raised on the ground that
there will be an increase in taxes. I
understand the raise will only be two
cents. and it seems to me that they
ought to paw that much for a new
county building. I will admit that
new county and city building is needed
but I will not admit that they need
it as much as they need school build
ings."
''Suspenders no longer support the
dignity of the nation" said George
L. Mitchell, who sells suspenders and
belts for a Boston house. Gradually
the men of America are ABANDONING
forefathers, for the more binding
leather belt. This tendency has been
noticeable in the suspender trade for
many years and is increasing as new
crops of college chaps are turned
loose on the world with suspenderleSs
outgrowth of the athletic tendency of
the country and the slim WASTED.
trim built college athletes need no
other support for their trousers than
the narrow strip Of black leather.
Fort Worth has one Of the finest
high school buildings in the country
said A. H. Hughey principal of the
FL PasO high school, and the build
ing which has room for 1900 stu
dents, only cost $28O,OO0 It is splen-
didly planned and equipped and there
is no waste place or a source Of
waste in the building. Contrasting
strongly with this is the S750,000 high
school building of Oklahoma City. 1t
is simply magnificent, but needIessly
so. All the woodwork throughout the
interior of the building is of solid
quartered oak, and the exterior is of
dressed stone. While it makes a
most impressing appearance, 1t struck
me that at least 100000 was wasted
on that building in these snowy fin
ishes that could have better been put
into another school building. Dali
las has a high school building repre-
senting about $3.50, 900, but this is in
adequate for the city needs and an
other building has been planned OF
the three high schOOI buildings that
7 visited during my Christmas vaca-
ton, the one at Fort Worth seems to
be the best from every viewpoint"
"On my trip to Sonora" said H. L.
Howell 81 made the first 700 miles of
the way without a puncture to my
REQ car. The other $50 miles I had
two pUnctUres. From FL PasO I went
first to Altar, then to Tucson, and
then to the western part of Sonora.
We met a band of about 100 rebels in
Sonora and I was afraid that they
might take my car away from me. L
had bonded my car, and secured a
passport, and fortunately for me, the
rebels respected these. I took photo
graph of this rebel bunch that almost
scared me to death while I was Op-
Grating the camera. The rebels