El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-01

"A greatest cattle year IN IFS MS
4 \ tory" said Charles E. Walker
Of Tucson. The rains that we have
been having over there have made the
grass luxuriant and the cattlemen are
looking forward 10 a prosperous year
throughout the entire state. The I'M
settled condition south Of the border
has made the Sonora cattle industry
little unstable, but the Arizona cattle
men have prOfited thereby and. with
plenty Of ready money TO handle the
years cattle crop, it will be banner
year. Cattle will be fat, prices good
and the yield large, so that every cat
tleman 1 know is figuring on big
things for the coming season.
Arizona, especially southern Arizona
and Tucson in particular, is prosperous,
in spite Of adverse copper and other
conditions. Tucson now has chamber
of commerce that is one of the Iivest in
the southwest, not even barring FL
Paso's splendid organization. We raised
$4,000 over there in short time and
we have men who are working, rather
than oOsting'-which is really boast
ing-and we are getting results. The
irrigation project has helped Tucson
wonderfully and many settlers are com
ing each month
During the month of January, total
of so building permits, representing
improvements valued al S229,22 were
issued" said A. +. Bartlett, city build
ing inspector THE largest single item
was the permit for the construction Of
the concrete work on the new high
school building. This permit was Tor
$4,000. in Jan. 1914, permits totaled
I12. representing S149.915 worth of i'm
prOvements The showing for the
month just closed is very good, IN view
Of the scarcity OF money LOT D1lloliis
purposes. and indicates that FL Paso is
enjoying a substantial growth. If money
becomes easy. Fl Paso this year should
double all previous building records.
"If the plans of the present school
board are carried out. the building now
used as a high school will be made
Junior high school with the opening OF
the new high school,, said Frank b,
Simmons president of the school board
THE idea is to teach the eighth and
ninth grade work in the junior high
school thus relieving the other schools
Of considerable work The construc-
ton Of one wing OF the new nigh schooL
and the auditorium. which Will pc
done il the proposed 100000 bond
issue carries, together with the com
pletion Of the Alta Vista school and en-
largements contemplated for other
buildings should provide sufficient
room to comfortably take care of the
children for several years to come"
"There should be a general arbor
day observed by all the people OF El
Paso and not only by the schools, SAID
superintendent r J. Tighe. Nothing
improves the appearance Of a town so
greatly as trees and flowers and nlcety
kept yards about the people homes. II
every householder would plant trees
and flowers and shrubs every year on
arbOr day, it would soon make most
noticeable difference in the appearance
Of the city generally
Building activity in FL PasO is more
general at this time than it has been
in Years" said I. J. Cassidy. THE
buildings now being erected are not as
large, perhaps. as some Of those put
up in the last few years but the oulld-
ing is more general and covers wider
territory Property in the southern
part OF the city especially, which has
not been active for years, is now being
extensively built up. In the other d.
rectious. the building Of the high school
will open NJ a new nelghoorh goo -. 10
the east the building Of houses has been
unprecedented, and to the west there
is an excellent opportunity for the
building of the big new Moose SAM
tarium."
Revolutions in Mexico have had no
effect on the newspaper business in
the capital" said +. +. Craig. u was
IN Mexico City when CarbaIal lett ana
remained there through the succeed
ing regime. Whenever a new party
gained control a dozen new papers
came into being. Not only the leaders.
but the high officers, each have their
personal mOuthpieces. During the
brief time that Carranza was IN tne
capitaI the first-time. II papers started
and. OF course, all died with the evaeu-
alton of the capital. The villa admin
istration of the city did not bring so
many papers to the fore, but many
handbius discussing one side or the
other OF a question, were issued daily
observation and can easily be distin-