El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-08

7 "Ehere is q great deal I would like
{ TO Say- should Iasay what I think you
/ would have the best and the strongest
/ armyathat the world has ever seen
4 came through FL PasO in 1881 as
a lieutenant. 1t was then on an indian
/ trail and the town a set Of adobe
houses with a sprinkling of white in
| habitants who later became some OF
return from the Philippines I was sur
prised to find this interesting, viva
cious and alive city-a remarkable
change during . years.
More Mobile Troops.
"A great question will come up be-
fore the next session Of congress which
will nave a material effect upon the
United states army. It is a question
that comes home to everybody. There
viii be much discussion of an increase
in the coast defence. We do not need
more coast defense but a mobile army
that can move rapidly from one point
to another to protect points Of attack
To defend the u coast line IS a
physical impossibility. Therefore L
would ask you TO take this matter in
mind and to ask your representative
to see that money is not squandered
along the sea coast but in the perfec-
ton of a mobile army that might be
moved rapidly. In such an army is our
safeguard and there is no other safety"
In introducing judge Hiram Glass
POSTMASTER Turney reminded the
diner that Oue-siXth of the railroads
Of the United States are now in the
hands of the receivers n the remain
ing five-sixths constantly in conference
with railroad commissions.
Railroads Unfairly Treated.
Judge Hiram Glass. attorney for the
General Managers association, paid a
high tribute TO the character and in
tegrity of Mr.. Burgess. The speaker
tOO an opportunity TO say that the
railroads had not been justly treated
in Texas in the matter Of rates He
told Of the influence that railroads q
in the building Of FL Paso. how. with
out their passage through her confines
the city would still ne a squat village
Of adobe structures and the arid lands
not the irrigated lands that they are
today THESE roads. he said. a ? not
earning enough to date to pay operat-
ing expenses and maintenance on a five
per cent investment Not three per
cent Of the value placed ID them by
the railroad commission Of this state
can he realized. We demand that they
be allowed 10 earn what the supreme
court Of the United states says they
entitled to earn"
In closing his remarks judge Glass
stated that he believed a day would
come when FL Pas valley would rival,
II not urpass. the wonderful fruftage
n beauty Of the san Gabriel valley
which lies east Of Los Angeles.
Capt J. y. Pickering. of the 18th in
fantry. spoke upon the evolution of the
army in America from the sturdy ad-
ventures of the early pioneer to the
nodernized army Of today. while Mark
B. Thompson Of Las Cruces spoke, in
the absence of president L Clapp. for
the Elephant Butte Water Users as
ISOLATION.
Cooperation Of Valleys.
Mr.. Thompson placed emphasis upon
the mutual sOals-of the Fl Paso valley I
and the splendid cooperation that has !
and the splendid cooperation that has 1
between the two valleys. He
~HnE aF oil #ha FrmrHm~Fa. nwAHnnmn
now in existence in America. not one
could he reckOned with as a success. 5
measures would ave TO De deveI- :
oped 10 place these great projects and
lands incident thereto upon a pay
basis; and that this alone could
be attained by advancing the farmer
IN proportionate degree to the advance
nent Of the executive.
Ovation for Burgess
long applause greeted Mr. Burgess
When he TOse to make the final speech
Of the evening. He adopted the con- /
sensational. rather than the oratorfcaI
mode n told his audience that -
ears OF MS life had been spent IN
city of FL Paso- that he loved this
city and that he Lowell it's people. 1T
IS with no ordinary emOtieOn that I
rise 10 thank YOU for the express
sion that YOU have given me this even
Ing lie said /
Eleven years ago the international J
met in this city .
was not q ~ueleGlie 10 that congress. /
put on the second day Of the congress. I
some OF our citizens did arrange 10
q conference TO consider the task I
n recOnciling the interests Of Texas.
New Mexico and old Mexico in the mat
Ter Of irrigation rights and the storing
II the waters Of the Rio Crande and
retaining Of this valley. As an
Interested snectatOr 7 was present al
hat time It was my good fortune at
critical moment in that debate. as a
sharp shooter. to offer a sug-
-eSuon which the congress was pleased 4
10 adoDt as a solution Of the diff
,ulty that confronted It," !
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