El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-21
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

rs1NESS is better in FL Paso
than in any city in California"
II said A. Schwartz, who has re-
.,--..5 from his vacation trip to Los
,--.1es and san Francisco. FL Paso
has been unusually fortunate in hav-
- m Mexican refugees here at this
-. 80 -[-ben other cities are suffering
49,, raaction from the war. found this
---.+=o- apuarent in san Francisco,
-,-5s-e some Of the business men were
cen talking Of pOstponing the Pana-
n1a-Pacific exposition one year Los
E-e-aIes is in the same general cOndi-
80 eDd all over the coast country the
-o1diriOns and people are depressed
II welcome relief 70 return 10 ii
Paso and find business as good as II
l. We NAV have a little falling off Of
trade as the Mexican refugees gradu-
aI1v return TO their homes But they
80 learned TO like FL PasO, all Of the
80 snti-American prejudice has disap-
-,eered now that they know our peo-
IL and many Of them will continue to
make their homes here while having
their business interests IN Mexico
.aTvo large dairies are soon TO be
established in the valleys OF the Rio
Grande" said A. s. J. Eylar. "One OF
these diaries is TO be established IN
the lower valley and the other In the
herd Of about 1900 cows and the two
diaries will prove OF great benefit to
n paso The question Of establishing
tFe-, has been discussed for some time
b7, me farmers Of the valley and they
have at last concluded 10 start them
Tbey viii be stock companies and tho
principal stockholders VIII be the val
ley farmers
Indications during the summer
were all for a big fall business IN real
estate" said T. J. Cassidy. These
nre5fcrions are being carried out
There is not a rental agent IN the city
who can keep up with the demand Tor
houses The city is filling up with
people who realize that business IS
better here than in any other part OF
the west. Fl Paso IS in for a boom and
there IS no reason why she should not
have il, war or no war"
I'VE are very fortunate in having
the services Of Mrs. Horace B. stevens,
jr, as the director Of the gymnasium
work for the Young WOmen's Christian
association" said Miss Florence Dur
Iee The high standard OF her work
in the dances OF the FL Paso high
school pageant last spring is an eN-
ample Of what can be accomplished
under her training, and we are expect
ing a more successful year than ever
before in the gymnasium work
7 am glad 20 find that FL Paso has
an optimistic spirit about the Panama
exposition" said W 3. Davis. Of Al
buQuerQue. n. NJ In some sections
people are allowing themselves 10
think that on account Of the European
war the exposition viii not be as sue
cessfuI as was expected This is
great mistake IN the first place,
many Of the European exhibits were
in this country and some were even
ready for the exposition to open be
fore the outbreak Of the war The
American exhibits viii not be affected
by the war. Another reason Is that
with European travel cut off. AmeTi-
cans who wish 10 travel Will adopt the
Seeing America habit and will patron
lie the exposition in larger numbers
than IL Europe had been peaceful Fl
for a large number OF tourists 10 pass
through in 1915 on their way 10 san
Francisco
Conditions in FL Paso are far better
than they are on the Pacific coast.
where I visited during my months va
cation" said James L Mari There
are scores Of empty houses in Los An
geles. san Francisco and other cities
while there are few in this city There
are hundreds OF people out Of employ
ment on the coast while the list OF IN
employed in FL Paso is comparatively
small The California cities are max
ing elaborate preparations for the Pan
ANA Pacific exposition and expect 70