El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-06
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

+sI,a1 IN all the cities Of the
! ~ United States to protect inca
! goers. agains, fire" said Chas- +. 1o"Ie'
! business manager of the o'i =, M
/ Avon Shakspere players, VINO - IL
/ PasO making arrangements iO- -.
/ coming to FL PasO this moh'n.
/ the large cities dremen test Ii0
| cry with blow torches ana InS I1IIsr i
/ Inat carries scenery that Mllrrforn,inar-
/ Tined or prevented from PC taken
4 me most rigid precautions a. Mt as
| TO prevent a fire, but tl5y roc the
rigid as IN Germany, WALC4l + Of any
J Strlctest laws in this respect " -
! country 1 know over there the LlLe nc
I who operates the aSDeSlO,S9 ,-ta1.e
! stands in cage up in Ine AI i'T5,1ya ont
ne could see any ire IHeI Ioft and
eltner on the stage or IN tLe 49, AZ
/ he is automatically locked IN WHeL ne e
curtain rises. He can only Set OT I, u
! MS cage by lowering the cur tdlL Ill llI,l[l
/ IS no chance for frightened sIaSo So -
| to run off and leave the auuIeHCe ~ ~
protected. This man up there N - -
| roof must lower that asbestos cur IAN I
before he can release hlmselI.l an a.
bestOs curtain, if it is goOd one, =
fire proof and will positively protect
Ihe audience from a fire on IAS ete-5o g
The stage of a theater IN S ~ .
burned a eW months ago ana uIu IL, MOt
scOrch the interior of the mousse Inc
same thing baDDened in London. The
asbestos curtains proved a positive pro-
lection
Water may be stored in the Elephant
Butte reservoir by September, 1910 II
no unforeseen contingencies, such as
floods and accidents occur IN the mean.
time. A p. Davis, chief engineer OF
the reclamation service and q MeHnDeI
OF the reclamation COMMISSION al
uOunced this on Thursday.
Mr.. Davis has been here for the con
ference with the Water Users aSSoCId-
ton and also to inspect the work DelnS
done by the Ell PasO office and the Ell
ephant Butte project
I'VE will be able to store water be-
hlnd the dam in the latter part OF the
irrigation season of 1915, say IN sep
TENDER" chief engineer DAVIS SAID
of course this viii depend upon cir
cumstanceS, over which we nave No
control. But with normal conditions
this should be possible. A year later,
September, 1916, the dam should pc
completed and ready for delivery to the
landowners Of the Rio Grande valley.
We have 1000 men at work on the
Elephant Butte dam and 1000 men on
the Franklin canal, and others VIII be
put to work as soon as possible. The
floor of the canyon IS now covered,
there being 10000 cubic yards OF con-
crete in place The work is going on at
the rate of 800 yards perday as this IS
the capacity of the cable system
Mr.. Davis also announced while here
that the cadastral survey would be
started in the valley at once to deter
mine the boundaries Of farm areas and
to give each a number to be used N
future transfers Of titles. This viii be
TO determine the property boundaries
and is one of the much needed surveys
In the valley. The survey will mako
no effort to go into the past titles Of
land, but Will deal only with the pres
ent owners for future record and refer
ence
What charm the weather seems to
spOsess as a topic Of conversation"
said c. T. BlanfOrd. CAS- I came to my
work this morning it seemed that ev-
eryOne was comm enting upon the beau
ty of the day. Now FL PasO has such
a great majority of beautiful days in
comparison to the very few disagreed
bic days that it seemed to me peculiar
that every one should be commenting
upon it. The weather seems to be a
popular subject to use in opening con-
versation and suppose always viii be-
I'VE wish whoever it was that OBJ
Jected to our dancing al the high school
would have come up to the school in
person and watched the noon dancing,
said Irene Bryan, Camille Kibler,, Reb6
Elliott James German, Gene Smith and
others in a group Of high school pupils.
I'VE are sure II the critic, whoever he
was, had seen our little recreation he
o., she would have had no fault TO find.
AS the criticism against our dancing
has been raised, the school teachers are
not allowing US to dance until the mat
ter comes up before the school board at
Its next meeting, and there is that per-
fectly good piano going to waste and
we are just dying to dance"
with the war over in Mexico, every
prominent coWman in the country would
establish an office in FL Paso," saiO
Park Pitman. 1t has only been in re-
cent years that FL Paso has assumed
importance as q cattle center. Years
ago San Antonio was the cattle market !
of the state, but since the cattle began
10 be moved out of Mexico in apprecia-
Bile numbers, FL PasO has become the I
greatest cattle center in the state Cat /
tlemen who have not already come hers J
are looking to Ell PasO, realizing its /
growing Importance in the cattle in ]
1ustry.'
am on my way shedding sunshine 5
and gladness." said deputy sheriff J.
sorting out a batch Of juror
louces 1t keeps me pretty busy serv-
ng these notices. The jury wheel is not
only useful, but it has served to bring .
)ut men to serve on the juries who are 4
hardly ever seen in the court room 1t /
s a good way of making up the juries
)r the courts [
This place has been alive with Mex
cans the last day OF CwO,' said W. M.
ohnsOn immigration inspector at the
IniOn station. They have been COM
ng in on nearly every train from the
vest The influx started about four !
lays ago 1 haven't kept count, but
III wager there have been more than
90 arrivals a day Of the Mexican ma
ionality. Most of them, suppose, are ]
orerunners of Carrauza-s trip TO Jua-
ez. The majority look prosperous and
atisfted, but they all have that lock
hat stamps them as rebels
eve are in danger Of losing Harry
llmstead who was amounted PLAYING