El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-03
congressman FL PAS0'S GUESTS;
CITY WILL BLAZE IN THEIR HONOR
Congressional Party to Arrive 615 This Evening; Gen.
Pershing and Staff to Escort Them Downtown;
Dinner in Their Honor Tonight; Elephant
Butte Dam to Be Reproduced.

FOLLOWING an inspection Of the
= Elephant Butte dam. the Leasburg
4 diversion dam and the country
around Las Cruces, the congressional
committee, numbering p persons, will
arrive this evening at SIS o'clock. The
appropriations committee will be ac-
companied by committees from the
chamber OF commerce and the>El Paso
and Elephant Butte Water Users, asso-
citation.
Automobiles viii meet the commit
lee az the union station TO TRANSPORT
them to the Hotel PasO del Norte Gen.
John J. PershinS and staff. a band and
q military escort will also meet the
committeeman and accompany them to
the hotel. Tonight at s o'clock a ban
Quet viii be rendered the COMMITTEES al
which, besides the visitors, there will
be rs guests It will be informal
Trip to Juarez.
Following the banquet. special street
cars will be waiting in front Of the
MOTEL and the committee Will be taken
10 see Juarez. At the international
bridge, on the Mexico side, the com
mittee will be met by an escort Of
villa soldiers and a band The escort
viii remain with the committee during
its trip about the town
The congressional COMMITTEES IS
-AIe-N-NA - NDA4 E6SLlldA IDnn y. ElLL-
gerald, Of New York, chairman of the
committee, and includes congressman
William P Borland, Of Missouri: Joseph
W. Byrnes, Of Tennessee. Charles r
Davis, Minnesota, Fred H Gillett, Mas
sacnuseItsi James W. Good, Iowa;
Frank ". MondeIl, Missouri; James
McAndrews, Illinois: George W. Rauch
Indiana; Swager Sherley, Kentucky
In addition to the congressman the
following clerks accompanied the party:
III al -
Weaver, official stenographers: K. F
Reat clerk Of the commission: J I.
Clancy, E. A. Clark
Congressman SIayden Here.
Congressman W. r. Smith, who was
expected TO come here from Colorado
City, Texas, to attend the dinner, was
unable TO come because Of the illness
OF his wife. Congressman James L.
Slayden, OF San Antonio, is here and
will be one Of the special guests at the
dinner TINS evening. He IS a member
OF the house committee on military az
fairs and is one OF the leading mem
bers Of the Texas congressional dele
cation
The special committee OF the Water
Users association Of FL Paso' and Las
Cruces accompanied the congressman
from the dam. A P Davis, director and
chief engineer Of the reclamation com
mission, W a Ryan, controller Of the
reclamation commission. Sydney B.
Williamson. chief Of construction of
the reclamation commission and judge
VIII R King, chief counsel OF the COM
mission, are also accompanying the
congressional committee on its tour of
the reclamation projects and will be
at the dinner tonight 4 N. = wson,
project engineer and the other officials
Of the local reclamation office are also
with the party on the inspection Of the
project
Friday In VALLEY.
Friday viii be spent in a trip 70
Fort Bliss, for the military review, the
committee leaving the Hotel PasO del
Norte at $50 a. m. a ride down the
valley, where. at Clint, the women
have arranged to serve a lunch, and
back to the West Ysleta Country club,
where a big barbecue will be held II
is expected that fully 100 persons will
attend the barbecue Returning, the
committeeman viii leave Friday even