El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-15
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

GGE L PAso's need for convention
hall was demonstrated during
the Democratic state eonven-
tion said Burt Orndorff. OF course
The tent was rather cool. being open,
hint when the wind blew and the rain
I'm the tent had to be lowered II
+bere had been a session Of the con-
vention in progress the delegates
would have probably had to beat it.
The cattlemen's convention viii be held
here in March and it would certainly
he a great thing II FL PasO had a new
convention hall TO be dedicated by the
opening Of this convention"
The moor and destitute Of FL Paso
have been very well provided for dur
ing the summer, said MIS- Carrie 3.
Hooper superintendent Of the Woman's
Associated Charities It's in the win
ter time that the poor need the atten-
tfon. The charity association will be
DIeased TO receive clothing and other
contributions for the winter. We al
ready have a quantity Of clothing
which viii be distributed among the
poor for winter wear
when the West Ysleta Country club
is completed We expect il to be the
show place Of the valley" said John
r. Hunter. The grounds will be laid
out BY a landscape gardener, and ev-
erything possible viii be done to make
the place attractive and beautiful Va
the gardens and the tennis court. and
the other shrubbery about the pictur-
csque place ii viii be one Of which the
members may well be proud"
Playing polo simply makes a new
man Of the player" said Gen J. !.
Pershing. There is no other sport
Tfl~a raoanrr1nnfrr- n the fa
because OF this, and the high standard
OF Craftsmanship required Of a good
player. In organizing the polo assOcia-
ton Of the eighth brigade we expect
to develop crack polo team which viii
be the equal OF any IN the army For
a time the polo team viii be an assO-
citation team, but later we hope 10 de-
velOp good teams among each regiment
in the eighth brigade Among the Of
ficers here are many good polo players,
and with practice they viii develop into
star players The horses. too, with
training viii be star perform
ers also. We are anticipating some in
teresting work during the coming
months
New Mexico is developing steadily
these days" said judge Z. C. Abbott OF
Santa Fe, y. n. who spent a few days
in FL PasO this week. With the de-
of New Mexico, a vast en-
q natural consequence. for our state is
the natural trade territory OF the Pass
City Your large wholesale concerns, Z
rs well as manufacturing plants, real /
re this fact and are taking advantage
Of it. While I think Santa Fe is the I
finest little city in the country to live I
in. I cannot but envy the metropolitan /
advantages that FL PasO has and II 4
ioes a person good TO get down here I
and to see what real I
,ity looks like
"I think that the budget fund COM 1
nittee certainly deserves much credit I
'Or the consistent work IL has been /
putting in" said J. D. Bukey. "El Paso /
S large territory 10 cover and with /
,ut sufficient volunteers to help, the !
work must have been trying II is true !
hat the response this year has been
LIBERAL but this in no way detracts
rom the credit due the committee. :
Their work is for the whole city and !
heir giving up valuable time to solicit 1
should be appreciated by 1
III FL Pasoans-"
1T is true that the European war 4
las had its effect on the Arizona cop /
.er mining industry" said ]. A Car
oil. Of Douglas. but il has not az i
ected the material prosperity Of the i
tate. Throughout the range country, 4
are good and the fruit grow
ng section has enjoyed a prosperous I
ear. The war so far has made itself 4
cit in wage cutting and the partial
hutting down OF a number OF the
mines. but unless the trouble in Eu-
Ope is OF long duration the setback [
viii be but temporary"