El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-17
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

better in the Laguna district
this year than for many sea-
sons past" said F. L. Lozier. THE
cotton crop is a good one and will be
OF fair size despite the trouble condi-
lions that resulted in lack Of sufficient
pickers. There has been plenty of rain
and record crop would have been
SIo"h IN normal times BY the time
the movement of cotton IS well under
way 1t Is expected that the price of
the staple will have shown better
Hent and the growers are expecting
crop"
am glad to see that soccer football
mas taken such a hold in the public
SCHOOLS, said A. L. Holm, of the Y. NJ.
=. A. 1t IS the kind Of a game which
permits so many to participate. With
Two leagues in FL Paso almost any
boy, large enough to take part in any
game Is able to get in. It is a SPLEEN
4ld game for developing the younger
boys IN every way and especially in
strengthening their lungs. At the Y.
NJ. q A training school at Springfield.
Mass, Two days each week are devoted
70 the game. The men there prefer the
Alllerlcan game, as it is more strenu-
Is a 1lne game for the smaller boys.
me boys who are little too small for
the American game"
We always have more fires during
the winter months than during the rest
OF the year." said assistant chief John
1. Sullivan. we are called to many
chimney fires. But the real bane of
our existence are fires which are due
to hot ashes. These fires, almost
without exception, are due to the care
lessness of householders. They throw
ashes, which are still quite hot or have
cooled off only on the surface, into
wooden boxes, or barrels, or against
wooden fences or outbuildings. The re-
suit IS blaze which does more or less
damage before the fire department ar
rives. 1t would be a very simple mat
ter to eliminate these fires A little
care Is all that would be required. The
people residing on the south side of the
city have shown great willingness to
aid in the prevention of fire during the
past few months. Formerly we were
compelled to go down there frequently
10 make them clean up trash. However,
since we showed them that the trash
was a menace to them through causing
fires. they have kept it thoroughly
cleaned up
Conditions in the Arizona and New
Mexico cities are not as good as they
are in Ell Paso," said John Fielding, jr.,
an employee of the Southwestern rail-
trip through those states. However,
they are not quite as bad as some be-
heve. While number of industries
have shut down completely and many
are running with only half crews or
less, yet there are many more indus
tries running than most FL Pasoans
think there are. Excepting the labor
ing element, very few men have been
laid off during the past few months.
From what 1 was able to learn the min
ing and smelter towns have suffered
most Many employees have been laid
of in these camps. This has of course,
caused the merchants there to suffer
great loss Of trade. However, things
appear to be picking up a little again
, and it is thought that after the first of
the year many of the old employees will
be back to work"
Il have the greatest faith in the
world in FL PasO," said R E. Thoma-
son. otherwise I would not have 10
Gated here. There is bound to be
large city sometime in this section Of
the southwest and Ell Paso, as the gate
way to Mexico and the trading center
of a large territory lying in all dtrec-
tons, is bound to be that city. FL
PasO's interests are varied. The mining
industry of the southwest centers here
and is bound to grow as advanced
methods of mining are brought out
The livestock industry is already large
tant."
Il think I shall locate in EI Paso per-
manently," said r. L. Haynes, who re-
Gently arrived here from Louisiana. 1T
is the most prosperous place I have en-
countered in some months and 1t ap-
pears to have a start that will make
1t one of the large cities Of the south
west. 1 like the way FL Paso is built
and the hustle that is everywhere
shown"
eel Pasoans will have an opportunity
to hear an exceptionally high class Of
music at the FL PasO symphony orches-
ira concert Friday afternoon" said Mrs.
George Rrunner. chairman of the music
department of the WOman's club. MT.
van Surdam and the musicians in his
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