El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-13

sta e-es and from New Ork expects
70 sail next month for Europe. The
next few days will be spent renewing
acquaintances in FL Paso. In an inter-
view at the Hotel Paso del Norte' he
said:
was in e PasO. L could hardly recog-
nize any landmarks with when L was
formerly familiar, and the skyline has i
been perforated to an unrecOgnlzaDle /
extent by the many tall buildings. / /
was of course aware OF the rapid !
grown of Ell PasO, but / was not pre- /
pared to see such solid and substantial /
progress as is evident on every hand
While a resident Of Texas, most OF /
my time was spent in Houston but 1 /
was a frequent visitor to FL Paso |
while connected with the passenger |
department of the southern Pacl11e. I
I remember one cay came into FL /
Paso with 140 people from Houston /
and San Antonio, whom L was taking !
to ClOudcroft for the summer.
mo, 1 am not in the railroad bust !
ness. You see, out IN California where I
a little city of $4,000 population, like |
san Diego, puts up $lO,0OOsOOO TO build
an unique exposition, such as is now
under rapid construction there, Ihey
need hustling Texans Tor otner work
san Diego takes care Of her texans
There's Charles +. ONeau, from the
Panhandle. He was successful real
estate operator in San Diego until we
| recently gave him two other good pO-
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| Texas State society winch mas several
hundred members in San Diego. L am
/ vice president. Mr.. O'Neall was recently
elected mayor of san Diego, while
resigned as mayor of East san Diego
to go abroad. Although separate
municipality Of 5000 population, East
| San Diego is separated from san Diego
/ "Tbe main thing we San Diegans
/ think and talk about is the 1913 eX-
position. san Diego will open 1t
! promptly at midnight January next
\ Everything will be complete bO Gays
! ahead of time. Just before leaving san
! Diego I carefully looked over the entire
/ grounds, and at the present rate o.
| progress there viii be no delays. Two
| million trees and rare plants are now
! in full bloom on the grounds. Inc eG-
hibits of the various states when de-
/ sire to attract settlers viii be lett CneEe
! permanently for the immigrants 1ah0-
! ing in San Diego, the urSI port OF can
north of the Panama canal to see be
! fore deciding in what state they Will
; locate"
"a few women who have tried to do
! something to lessen the suffering OF
those wee mites OF humanity at the
/ prison camp in Fort Bliss nave peen
I criticized for fayOring Mexican children
at the expense of needy Americans
said Mrs Del Campo. We have tried
! to do what we could Tor these poor wars
( at the fort. They were not responsible
here of their own accord Dut were
brought here, and I believe that
suffering should be aleyiated Wher-
ever il is found But there has been
no effort made to discriminate in favor
of any one race or class. only JeSler-
day an American woman came 10 me
with a bundle Of finely made baby
clothes, including dresses SIOcEl41Ss'
| coats, bOnnets and underwear. 1 knew
I of an American family In Highland
| Park where there was new paDy; L4s
father was too III TO WORK anu IN, LIle
Z mother was not able to do anything
| 1 knew that they must be IN neeo Oh
/ clothes for the little one, so sent the
whole outfit to her. IT we could nave
more such women who are Wiling 70
/ do something instead of talk we would
have less suffering among the children
of the city
you people here on the border have
( an excellent opportunity OF studying
the elemental in nations SAID trahcls
Z Rooney, an attorney OF New I Ork, VINO
! has been here on business. A repuDlc
has been made and rernade almost at
your door and I hear talk OF leaders
who were formerly bandits, mule drlV-
ers or school teachers, as II II were the
I customary thing for bandits, mule Skin
! ners and school teachers to become pO-
| litical leaders, generals ana governor ;
of states. A new nation seems 10 "
in the melting pot across the river anu
| 1 would like nothing better lnan 10 re-
main here and see it come from the
/ crucfble Then the military life at
tracts one who is accustomed 10 seeing
more students than s0ldlers' noIe
| clerks than commanders. FL PaSO seems
, ! to be alive with elemental action mil
itary life and international politics, II
is exceedingly interesting, and L feel as
if had taken a post graauat,e5 course II
political economy while here.
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| Members of the Ell Paso delegatloI
are certainly going to let every E Relsos !
} said Bill Harren. When we go 70 ma
/ Panhandle-So Southwestern Suocklnen
? ! association convention next mOAth We
! | are going hooked up the best OF any q
, / them and we are going to Whoop Lhlngs
| up for Ell PasO there. we VIII MT l:la
! town about 4 o'clock in the morning
I and we are going to split the mar
1 street OF that town wide open with Oul
8 | band and delegation parad1ng- we arS
2 | all going to wear the FL Paso smile ane
| make every one in the convention &c
| the Me for FL PasO spirit"
Ell Paso is a cosmopolitan city and
= for that reason I do not see why som'
one does mot advocate sprinkhng tn
4 streets in the downtown business sec
o | ton" said r. z. Sherman. Il JnlnE
l. ! thar The business thOrOughfare
should be sprinlzled especially on Wlnq!
days. No one is coming out on Tn
streets on days when the dust IS 1Iylne
! They do not want 10 have their eye
| blown full OF dirt and dust 4 llttl
sprinkling would do the streets W0rI
Of good, in addition to adding TO incl
attractiveness and the comfort OF tn
pedestrians"
"If those American cowboys o
Hearsts ranch are after Castillo
|, wouldn't give much for his chances [
= make a getaway" said steve LeGIO
= / Thursday. 81 have been told by me
who know the Babicora ranch BOY
= that they are a good type OF the rea
s western cOwman, crack shots ana eA
Y / pert horsemen. The Mexican COWBOY
too, are right there. Iney know IN
i country like a book and Will CIV
e COstillo's bunch the hardest run 10
f their lives they have ever had.
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"Gen. Villa usually retires about ]
q o'clock" said Luis A. Benavides, prlya{
h secretary to the rebel leader, but We
: nesday night he stayed up late to wa
for developments from Ysleta, WheT
= federal sympathizers were trying I
p cross into Mexico. He was deeply III
II terested and admired the efficient man
( ner in which the American officers mar
died the affair He jokingly remarke
g that if any of the filibUsters crosse
V the river and were captured, the Amer
lean government would be saved IN
{ expense of feeding thin