El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-27
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS
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6LUV YHEN a friend was here from
w chicago he was telling me
] of some of the stunts that
: were used in the recent municipal
! campaign in Chicago said judge Dan
NJ. Jackson. when Carter Harrison
/ sprung his safety first slogan one OF
the opposition candidates accused him
of making only empty promises and
never fulfilling them. The result OF
! this little statement was the adoption
Of the old song, oh Promise Me- by
the campaign committee opposing Har-
rison. When one of the big noon meet
/ ings Of business men would be held in
the loop district after the opponents
of Harrison had said everything they
could against his administration, a man
dressed as Carter Harrison would
mount the platform and play oh Prom
Use Me on a cOrnet The people started
singing it, it was played by the bands
at the political rallies and was even
translated into Hebrew, German Ital-
ian and other languages and circulated
in the foreign settlements. This was
said to have been one Of the most eff
fective campaign novelties ever sprung
and succeeded in making a joke OF
Harrison's campaign
Despite the fact that we have one
Of the largest engineering feats ever
undertaken by the government right at
our door, there are comparatively few
FL PasOans who know anything about
the Elephant Butte dam" said George
LeBaron. IN the years that 1t has
been building, comparatively few FL
Pasoans have visited 1t. Until Just re-
Gently the dam has not been sufficient
~ near completion to give any idea Of
its immensely. but it is now ready for
in nd TIL
anyone to visit the big structure. The
auto roads to the dam are good. I
think a good plan would be to organize
an Elephant Butte dam day and get
as many autoists as possible to make
the trip"
The convention that opens Tuesday
viii be the largest in every way that
has yet been held by the Stockmen'p
association" said secretary William
Harrel- There will be more people
in attendance and the program will be
the best that has ever been arranged.
The advantages of a convention of this
kind to the city are many. FL Paso
will each year count more and more
on it's cattle business as big factor
in the city's development and there is
no way in which trade relations can
be so well established as through a big
entertainment Of this kind The cat
tlemen are assured of a hearty well
COiue ana the city OF making aCQua1n~
tances that will be valuable in the fu~
ture. In this way the convention benz
efits both Sides
New Mexico provides a wonderful
variety Of landscapes for an artist to
paint said W. Herbert Dunton. with
in it one can get a world of different
subjects, prairies, the cacti country, the !
scrub cedar country. sagebrush barren !
heavily timbered mountains
the extreme wildness in landscape, or |
cultivated farms. It offers a painter a
amount of material and il
is an ideal place for an artist to work" |
u did not realize the full value of the /
civil service untfl I went into office as /
customs collector" said Zach Lamar |
Cobb THE value of that splendid in /
5utution of trained workers has i'm
pressed itself more upon me every day.
The heads of departments may change !
with politics, but it is certainly we'll |
Tor these that they are able to inherit, /
rom their successors. a staff of work
ness"
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The two big California fairs will do
lot in the way of furthering the
Made In U. S. A movement" said II. B.
'iever, of New York Many people
rom the east will get acquainted with
western products. This will naturally
esult in an increase of freight traffic
nd look for a busy year for the rail-
Dads, not only in tourist business but
n freight traffic"