El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-20


park in trent ef the court house and 4
they are being lifted out by their roots I
with block and tackle and careIullE 3
conveyed to new holes on new lawns 10 I
make room for the new courthouse 4
The fine big black locust tree WhIcL 4
held the central court TO the leII OF &
the court house is being removed 70 the r
garden of r. NJ Dudley in Kern Pace; 3
The twin locust, has had such pad D
health for several years that no effort /
will be made to save It
Cost 50 to Move.
The averag e cost Of removing tree ,
is sos and the fact that all Of the trees
were bid for shows that FL Paso mas
come TO have a rather Keen apprecla-
ton Of the first natural rooI that shel-
tered man. a big elm Tree went 20
the home Of Richard F. Burgess, several
to the home OF A p. Coles others Sc
curing trees were judge j. D. PONDER
( George z. Wallace and Mrs. T. W
L-anier. The new county hospital came
/ in for it's share and the major portion
| OF the small ash trees were sent tnere-
started by Judge Chandler.
FL Paso historians state that the
court house was completed in 1883 and
Z that in 1856 Judge William Chandler
Z who had a high regard for trees,
planted the big cOttonwOOds that have
rustled so pleasant through the sprlhs
! and summer and shed so many yeuoW
and russell leaves IN the Iall L le,,sL
/ years brought men with strong toucn
/ of The horticulturist in their veins. ana
| Judge James r. Harper in the early
] part OF the century ana gul6e j. =
/ Sweeney and judge A : j. EyIaI, a.
I a later day, saw that more trees were
! planted
Teachers slept Under Them.
Richard T. Burgess says that 10 ms
! mind. the most interesting event that
/ ever occurred in the history OF the
{ court house trees was IN 1881 Wnen r
Paso decided she would entertain the
/ State Teachers association
/ .-The Texas Pacific and the G. H.
! s 4. railroads began cutting each otn-
/ er's rate for the event until rounu
J trip Of s. was made from an points
Z west Of Palestine and Houston
/ over 1000 people attended that con-
I ventiOu. as il was cheaper 70 lraNe5
! than stay at home The hotels anu
| roOmine houses were taxed 10 Ihe eA-
! treruftv Of limits and hundreds OF the
I professors had to sleep on the court
lbOuse lawn under the trees Every one
took il good naturedly and as me
| weather was fine, no one mln9eo the
I in0f1isftfve ewes OF stars glanclng
! through the leaves
voters paid off Under Them
~On another occasion, sara Ar-
I Burgess 4 recall very distinctly on
nc dav following the primary election,
seeing a long line Of men stop at z
I small house erected by the sherlII anu anu
} receive at the window - piece LOT
I voting that sheriff. ticket ms mel
| dent was an unusual one and grew out
] Of the fact that there was sllSht
/ hitch III the primary law Whlcn pro
I vided for no penalty IN ouyIns
| primary vote. though TO buy regular
( vote was a thing subject to strict
/ penalty
stnr Gazing Under Trees
/ Prior 10 March =. 1852, eohllli Ieu
aIr. Burgess. "a group Of FL Paso elti-
zens gave to the courthouse me
Texas Tag We were not flushed N
J those days and believed thaI preseLis =
! should be displayed and used stand
/ ing TO see the flag go up i nouced a
] ST ID
u. Howe. then a justice Of the peace
I and he thought I was urlukllls " Hs-i
he saw the star he called HooeIt =;
] Beckham over and soon We were joined
by 0laury Kemp and J. A. EscaJada ana
Through the branches OF the tree
. we watched that star. Then We 10i-
lowed il BIZ the use Of roof tops untu
I we got TO Pioneer plaza That aIler-
! noon The Herald had a cartoon showing
| thousands OF people looking up al =
D. | new and mysterious star. Maury
/ Kemp thought il so unusual. ne ives
teaching school then. that he wrote u
J [ up and sent il to eastern papers =
] week OF so later We got a me Iuast
: Ing from the Cincinnati Enquirer 4ol
/ not knowing that Venus may be seen
( in daylight any year at the same oio
time"
-Farfhouake shakes COurth OuSe-
Judge 7 A. Falvey in looking back
I ward at the grove OF trees sa4d one o.
n ! the most vivid associations ne nae
3
Il was district Judge on the -utl
: district bench" he said. and was Try
ing a murder case suddenly L Ielr ny
I chair swing from side to side Then
: ! looked out at the trees and saw tnal
fhev were perfectly stationary some
% one called out It's an eartnQua kes
/ and the jury and officers Of the court
followed by the prisoners, made Tor Jnt
door. After a conference we decided
e TO get as far from the cupola as posi-
d BILE in case IL should fal IN Ne1
n day the papers cOmplimented one OF
I the deputy sheriffs for standing Dy ans
q I holding his prisoners That OIIicla
y I boosted TO me Of the act and as wa
% ' an eve witness TO the general IleelIlt
p 1 said TO him. Well II yous were II
! the court room you were under
n { bench and he replied, ] was Judge
" Limbs, Are Cut.
j. Judge Frank T. Hunter. who Wa
x county Judge OF FL Paso county iron
y S92 10 1896 says that he had thrill
- Z iue time with the cottonwood tree
= on the courthouse park during his ad
n ( ministration. "Caterpillars got anon
! the branches and leaves and caused de
vastation / talked il over with tn
n commissioners. three OF whom Wer
z Mexicans. and IL was decided to tur
d | the trimming over to Mexican WI
ID was said TO know a great deal about II
H. 4 delegated the Mexican TO do IN
trimming. He cut so many branche
- off that all kinds Of citizen delegation
= called upon me and insisted that ma
m been a party TO a very bad act Mex
3 wear. however those stumps came fort
IN in splendid array and like trees IN
fairy story lived forever after
Fined Jurors
e ION another occasion, during Jul