El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-30
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

ct L PAsO is one of the real pros
porous cities of the United
States in these days of finan-
eial depression incident to the Euro
pean war;" said c. A. Farnsworth, ad-
vertising manager for the Natura com
pany' Of San Francisco, who is now at
the Hotel Paso del Norte.
Within the last month I have trav-
| eled from Washington to eastern Tex
as In nearly all the big cities of the
west business is decidedly off. Ell
Paso is a notable exception. This city
IS pulsating with business activity.
/ Inc war has had a beneficial rather
IMAM detrimental effect, apparently
1 may add that Ell Paso has seemingly
Deen so busy progressing that she mas
not mad time to erect signs bearing
the names Of streets for the guidance
OF the host Of visitors who are now
being attracted to this city,
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Indications are that Ell PasO will
nave line basketball season this win
ter said Art Woods. 1.-The city league
mas six teams which number among
their members some former university
players with good records The scheo-
ule VIII be arranged in a few days and
each team Will play once a week. Bas-
ket ball has shown a steady growth
in popularity here and the competition
in the league will keep up interest /
expect that this will be the best season
for basketball that has yet been held"
Some fine improvements have been
made IN Juarez since I was here last
season said G. l. HarvcS. Thanks
giving last year was shortly after the
capture OF the town by Villa end bust
ness in the border town was at low
ebb. The work that has been done
since that time in improving the town,
considering conditions, is remarkable,
and mayor Medina deserves much
credit The municipal Improvement
work is going to mean an increase in
building and in the value of Juarez
real estate
"El Paso climate is IDEAL" said Roy
z. Durant, of Duluth, MINI. when 1
left Duluth, last Thursday, a heavy
snow was falling and the ground was
covered in a blanket of the beautiful
Skating on the creeks and along the
shore Of the lake was being enjoyed
by hundreds of persons. Three days
travel put me in the land Of perpetual
sunshine. 1 have been coming to Ell
PasO every winter for the past five
years and see the growth Of the CITY
perhaps better than do FL Pasoans.'
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Every member of the Moose lodge
feels confident that the committee Sc
lected at the Denver meeting to secure
a site for the proposed $780, SAM
tarium will decide on one OF the many
sites that are available in this city"
said DR.. F. p. Miller. The committee
will visit Ell PasO about the first Of
January and will remain in the city for
a week. There are many beautiful
sites for such a building, both east and
northeast of the city. Work on the
n frao 10 CT n1 n
if it is built in FL Paso-
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Reports that clothing statesmen
bring us from eastern Texas. and, in
fact, all parts Of the country, would
not bear out the report that business
is bad" said B. BlumenthaL The trav-
cling statesmen tell me of selling ESQ
suits of clothes to one firm, 200 over
coats to another and new firms OPEN
ing for business and equiDping their
stores with large stocks Of goods. In
Houston one salesman recently sold
big firm a large bill of goods, in spite
Of the cotton situation and the tempo
rary hard times in eastern Texas. We
are planning for big year and are not
cutting our orders for the spring
trade"
THE kindergarten children take a
wonderful interest in everything that
IS connected with their daily life" said
Miss Lula Jones. in the kindergarten
work of the Bailey school we are try
ing to add to the child's interest in
his surroundings and environment and
all of the work and play is directed
along those lines"
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1--WE are planning a Christmas dance
for the Country club members that we
expect to exceed in attractive decora-
tions and novel features even the
Halloween dance" said Alves Dixon.
There will be a number of novel fea-
lures introduced for entertainment
and we hope to give the club members
the time of their lives"