El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-12
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

! ing the races IN JudreZ, one cause or
all this crime" declared business
man. manager of one Of the biggest
corporations doing business in FL
PasO. we never had such waves of
crime in FL Paso until the races came
here The crime appears each year
! with the races and disappears when
| the races go away. am not charging
/ the promoters of the Juarez track
| with engineering the robberies. 1t is
/ merely condition that follows the
( advent of a racetrack in any city. A
racetrack draws a crowd of desperate
criminals, wire tappers, murderers,
sluggers and burglars. It has been
the history in every town il the coun-
try"
Three other FL Paso men, one
high official of a railroad. one con-
nected with a fuel business. and an
other in business for himself. were in
the party and ali agreed that the
speaker told the truth.
Il believe the business men are
beginning to awaken to the fact that
the races are doing more harm to the
town than good" said the railway
official. THE rich capitalists from
the east who were to flock here; the
great club house that was going to
be necessary for them and all the big
things that were promised, have failed
to materiallZe The races mean the
swapping of dollars among gamblers
and the Fleeing of lot of foolish
people who think they can win and
who drop their dollars to the bOokies
instead Of into the legitimate channels
of business in Fl PasO Very little
outside money is lost at the racetrack
and, if it is, it is the Samo kind of
money that the bunco men used to
take away from the stranger One
police chief loc his job for declaring
he thought this good FL PasO insti-
tUtiOn-because it kept foreign money
here. The races give US more unfa-
vorable advertising than favorable.
have heard from various places in the
country, stories that have been told
by people VINO dropped money at the
Juarez track while visiting here; they
circulated their stories in pique and
as knock against Ell P1SO."
Ore of the other men in the group
said. Did you ever Lear Of the tTOu-
blss the telephone company has had
with the racetr2ck? 1t has a wire
running to the JUarez track, to give
the track officials service, aTd that
wire was tapped so often last year
that the telephone company lost sew
eral hundred dollars on the line. Men
would order phone into some house
m Juarez, and then they would take
out the instrument carry it to some
other location and attach it to the
wire leading to the rHCetrack, for
the purpose of stealing information.
Then they would abandon it and the
telephone company would lose the in
strument. Two of the COmpanyfS line
men accepted brides from the wire
tappers for aiding them and were dis
telephone company, TWO men lhat 1
know of were corrupted and thrown
out of employment as result Of these
racetrack operations
Il remember coming down this very
Mesa street about is years ago" said
w L. Gaines, but what difference.
It was more like the streets about 10
blocks below Overland street are now.
Tt is really wonderful the way that
FL PasO has advanced and become mod (
ernized. The way il has grown in the
last Is years it would be impossible
for an old timer to recognize the town
now. The prospects for FL PasO max
ing more improvements and widening
out in every direction are greater now !
than ever before in the city's history"
Ct do not think that there is a very
good prospect for Ell PasO to secure /
one of the regional banks, but I feel (
it is almost sure that one of the
located here" said T. NJ WingO. For /
the location of the regional banks I
the United States is going to be di. /
vided into from eight to II districts
Now TO divide the United States into !
SO few will mean that the area for /
each main regional bank will have to /
be very large"
Tt is surprising the way in which I
the needs of the public schools multi /
ply, out of all proportion to the funds /
provided, said F. r. Sawyer. Il was [
Of the opinion that the provision for
funds for a new high school would /.
solve our immediate problems but il ]
seems that that IS only the beginning /
y our troubles. 1t now develops that
mere IS need for a stadium. for more
grade schools. for more furniture and
for repairs, alterations and
on nearly every one of the
I'D buildings. It reminds me of a
story Years ago. GaleSburg, Ill. was :
4 prominent railroad division point
lnd therefore large number of rail I
Dad men spent Sundays there. A newly
-ppomted pastor in one of the churches
conceived the idea of inducing this !
Element to attend church. And in cast
ng about for plan to attract the rail
DAD element, he came across a very |
popular character who was employed |
n one or the hotels, by name John /
1arshall whose popularity was due to
lis jovial disposition and humorous !
ayings. And this pastor figured that
he could get Old John to join his
hurch all the railrOaderS would at
end. So he explained this matter to
ohm and incidentally told him that
ne church was heavily in debt and I
etueu more members. so John cheer I
uly agreed to Join and further prom
ied that he would take mp the collec-
ION and felt sure he could induce his
abroad friends to contribute The /
IAN was entirely successful owing to /
ne TACT that everyone would attend !
kerry Sunday, Just to see and hear Old
ohm. At the time for collection John !
'ould take the collection plate which !
as boz on the end of a long stick.
nd he would pass this up and down /
very pew and when he would an /
roach his friends they would pay no /
ttentlon to him, and then John would I
rod them with the box and whisper
qua enough to be heard all over the !
lurch. Come! Gomez Bows. Chin /
!. Salv2tion's free but it costs like !
II to run church."
II II bet there will be something
ping down at Ojinaga now that Villa
on the lob at the head of his troops"
ia Dr. leo Auerbach You've got
, give the rebel leader-bandit or
hatever he is-credit for being
an OF action; 1t IS really his energy J
lat has made him stand out head
I'd shoulders above so many other
the ConsututiOnalist leaders. It's Z
shame he hasn't more education. be-
use ne possesses many of the quail
es that would make him a good
,esldent for Mexico, as well as
a
The Everybody Go to Church sun I {
" was thorough success as far Z
we were concerned" said Rev Miles { +
Hanson. of the First congregational e
urch. LAST sunday we had only I