El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-14

left the mountains at O'clock Iuesoay
afternoon and there had been no trace
of Horace when they leIt except 70
which was thought to nave Dsen nLs,
where he went into the mountains near
Globe Springs. No coat or olhsI Ds
lOngings of the young man was 4Oullu'
He wore no coat when he left the auto
mobile Sunday morning, carrying Oily
a pocket camera in his trousers pockeG
He also had a canteen, q PAIR u ASlu
glasses and his gun.
Ranchers Are Called out.
W W. Cox. owner Of the san Angus
tine ranch, sent out couriers TO ali OF
the ranchers in the entire organ noun
tain district calling for volunteers 70
continue the search for young SleN ems
Men responded to the call as late as
midnight Tuesday night. many rldlng OF
walking TO the searchers' camp at
Globe Springs. These cOwmen were
Joined by volunteers from Las cruces
and FL PasO until there were several
hundred men gathered at the base OF
the tan colored peaks Of the Organs at
daylight Wednesday morning, ready 10
resume the search They were directed
By II. B. Stevens, father Of the boy, VINO
has been at the foot Of the mountains
since the alarm was first given, in com
mand Of the entire force Of searcners
for the past two days
Y. VI. c. a. Boys Assist.
rive Dogs rum the l. " - A. ~
which young Stevens belonged. left the
Y NJ c. a building Wednesday morn
ing in a Cadillac autOmb Oile for the
mountains to assist in the search This
searching party included Earl Towne,
c. 3. Henry. c. H. Brown, c. z. Boren
and L o. Jarvis Dave Sullivan, J. c.
White George Hit, Geo r. LeBaron
and II. ". BrOaddus also left Wednes-
day morning in their automobiles with
blankets and food for the searchers-
Oh
Slater in Mr. POtters car. left TO join
in the search Wednesday afternoon.
They carried provisions to last several
days and expect TO remain until the
searchers get some result
All day Tuesday and Wednesday the
telephone bells in the Office Of II. B
Stevens in the Mills building rang and
friends Of the family inquired for news
Of young Horace Perry ". Still, chief
clerk at the Stevens Office, stayed there
until after 10 o'clock Tuesday night
hopinE that some news would be re-
ceived over the telephone from the
mountains that he could give to friends.
But no news came
Repairing Phone Line.
The telephone line from Las Cruces
to the organ mine is out OF order and
no messages could be relayed over il to
Las Cruces and FL PasO- The line IS
owned by ". E Baker and IL was being
repaired today so that it could be used
by the searching parties
The Tri-State Telephone company,
which does not own this line, connected
onto it Wednesday morning by order Of
general manager c. z. StrattOn and the
local company prepared TO relay the
first information obtained Of the miss
ing man to his family here
Chances of Safety.
It is feared that, r Horace is alive,
he was overcome by the exposure dur
ing the four days and three nights that
he has been in the mountains Tuesday
night was unusually cold and a wind
storm on the plains near the Organ
mountains made the weather conditions
most disa Ereeable- Experienced plains
men say that there IS little hope Of the
young man being alive after exposure
which he has suffered, unless he has
been protected by the walls Of the can
Won or found shelter in some c. sse-
The Organs are the most rugged the
southwest and a number Of accidents
have occurred to parties hunting or
camping among the peaks OF this range.
A girl from the A & NJ college Of New
Mexico al Mesilla Park fell and was
killed several years ago in the ModOc
canyon near where Stevens disap-
peared-
Well Known Young Man.
Horace Stevens, whose disappearance
has almost stopped the business Of the
city, is one Of the best known young
men in FL Paso. He was born here and
mas grown up Win the young men WHO
are making FL PasO progress He was
active in outdoor sports when a boy and
took great interest in the Y. NJ c. A
work. of which his father was a direc-
tor. After finishing his grammar school
course and attending the high school
and Military institute, he went to Mid
dleton. Conn, to attend Wesleyan uni
versity, where a number Of young men
have gone from FL Paso through the
work Of H E. Van Surdam. who grad
uated there
Graduates and Marrfes.
Horace finished his college course
last Christmas and came home in time
to spend the holidays with his parents
on Epson avenue. He then entered his
fathers office to study the insurance
business He was also in charge Of the
rentals Of the big Mills building. This