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

u0Y the end Of next summer the
chamber Of commerce will
have one Of the finest exhibits
OF home grown products to be found
anywhere" said Harry BurwelL This
season we have made a good start and
the present exhibit gives a good idea
Of the diversified crops Of the valley.
but We hope TO at least double it
expect to make a personal trip up and
down the valley and assist in picking
the exhibits. Many visitors to the city
stop in at the chamber Of commerce.
and if we can show them a good exhibit
Of valley products we have already ere
ated a good impression. which a trip
around the city is sure 10 increase"
Z read a good Mexican feature
story when I was east" said L c.
Woodsman- According to the tale.
Southwestern boXcar had arrived in the
yards at Kansas City with a bullet
mole IN It. The car was traced all the
way back to NacO. Ariz., and IL was
claimed that, while the train Of which
It was part was passing the border
town, it was fired on by Mexican reb
els The story attracted a great deal
rather lurid interview with one Of the
brakemen describing the attack"
The Woman's Charity organization
Z will start an innovations in its general
society meetings" said Mrs H W
Ing of the year to handiwOrk as well
as the regular business Of the meeting
! 1t will be just as easy to keep the
/ hands occupied while the business IS
being transacted and there is so much
work crying to be done. The Charity
association has pledged 70 provide
I large number OF bandaEes for the Red
! Cross society's use among the Euro
pean war victims, and part Of the at
| ternOOn viii be devoted to making
these. The association has also IN
dertaken the care Of number Of des-
, titute American families where the
bread winner is fl with tuberculosis,
and garments for these will be made,
the materials having been contributed
by generous people"
THE large number Of wounded in
the battles Of the European war Is
presenting an enormous problem for
the Red Cross societies" said Mrs Carl
Lee Smith with the hest that the
I Red Cross can do with the facilities at
its disposal. there are many hundreds
Of the wounded left without proper at
tention and the need for more money
for this work IS most pressing With
the very best effort the American So
cieties can make in raising money and
making bandages. It can hardly supply
/ the need"
There was little or no interest in
the European war or the Mexican situa-
tion during the past week" said Roy
Barnum. Interest throughout the
/ United States centered on the world s
fnrHnF there q
war across the pond There were more
people at the Boston game than at any
worlds series games in recent years
The idea Of MAYOR C. z. Kelly to set
aside a day for the pioneers OF the city
| IS an excellent one" said Park Pitman.
/ such an event viii not only be highly
! enjoyed by the older residents. but by
I the younger ones as well There are
| perhaps 200 residents OF the city who
! came here IS years ago who would par
/ ticipate in a Pioneers day! a ma
| jority OF these residents can remember
when the wolf packs howled above on
the mesa The wolves during the win
ter came close to the town. driven from
the mountains by the snow. But after
| the railroads were built the wolves
soon vanished often before they had
I killed stock on the outskirts OF the
I town. A Pioneers day would bring
back to the city many OF the old
LlllELS no are now AlNuE IN 0LAGE
I cities II would be a happy gathering
OF the men who. 10 a great extent, built
up the city"
a trial trip over the BorderIand
I route, such as that made recently by
Lew Gasser and r II. Rinehart" said
C. s CrOwel, lis Of great benefit TO the
driver when the race is held. when a
! driver goes over the road as carefully
{ as Gasser did, posting signs here and
/ there for the information Of the racers.
he is certain to remember the route
when driving in the race. The bad
/ stretches are always remember by
| the pilot who makes a trial trip. and
who is in readiness for them Accord
/ ing TO reports I have received from
/ Gasser, however, the road is in fair
| condition. with the exception OF several
small places on the road that need
repairing"
J There Is not game so admirable