El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS
- HOULD our country ever need
soldiers again." said a well
- known and most popular gen
eral officer of the army who is not
supposed by the present administration
to hold or express any opinions on
military matters, "the chances are
that she will need them quickly. The
process Of enlistment does not make
trained soldiers, nor does the mere ap-
pointment of officers provide for the
equipment of regiments, brigades and
divisions. 1t takes at least one year
Of intense training under the constant
supervision of efficient officers to pre-
mare soldiers to meet the conditions Of
modern war. 1t also requires m1co
time to perfect the Organization OF
modern army and provide its equip
ment."
..Hav buvsrs in the Nesilla val
lev have been hard hit by the
Texas quarantine, which includes
hides and hay as well as cat
tie" said 7. c. Phillips. There are
now 2O00 cars Of hay ready toT SNIP
ment in the lower New Mexico valleys
with Texas the logical, and only mar
J[et at present time. With this quar-
antine in effect the hay shippers nave
been unable to dispose Of their product
and they are due to lose large part,
if not all, of their crop The quaran-
tine measure which includes hay was
evidently patterned after those in ef-
feet in the eastern and middle western
states where cattle pasture on hay
/ lands. This could make it possible for
I the disease to be carried in the hay.
But there are no cattle feeding ranches
in our valley and no danger from the
| disease being carried into Texas IN the
hay"
Evidently the cattlemen have come
into their own" said ]. J. Murphy. 4
heard of one cattleman whose family
has invested $1,000 in fine dresses since
the convention opened OF course, 1t
cannot be presumed that every man IN
attendance at the convention has spent
that amount OF money in FL Paso, but
all of them have spent money and
many of them viii leave hundreds Of
dollars here"
Tax collections are short OF last
year fully 500. 000," said Charles II.
Armstrong, deputy county tax collector.
The cause Of this falling off I am
unable to explain unless 1t is that the
business depression throughout the
country has been felt here. i do not
I know, as yet just what total colec-
tions were up to Feb. 1, but we do
know that We are behind last year
fully 100000"
ct takes a western town to put on
a real convention" said L L, Weaver,
Of New York. In the east the cities
are so large that an attendance Of 5OUO
or 10000 is never noticed The conven-
tiOn Just makes its headquarters at
some hotel and il is never noticed.
But out here not only are the delegates
noticed but they get a welcome that
they never would in the east. A western
city works for a convention for months,
plans for it and spends money on it.
In the east the conventions come TO
the cities. the cities don't have to go
after the conventions There is not
day in the year when there is not a
convention Of some kind in session in
New York but, unless it is political or
has some out Of the way feature, ii
never gets a line in the newspapers.
In my opinion the western convention
is by far the best
Copper is gradually rising and with
il the barometer of prosperity in Ari-
IONA" said Harry D. Lanzin. of Bisbee.
The war came as a severe blow and
there is no denying that Arizona in
every line 70 business, was hard up
for a time. But the rally was only a
short time in coming and. as soon as
the first betterment was shown, every
one got in behind the movement and
business conditions throughout the
state, and especially in the heart Of the
copper producing section, are good
There was hardly a chamber Of com
merce in the state that did not protest
against the declaring Of copper as a
contraband but we never got any ac-
tion in Washington that did any tan
gible good, though I understand the
matter is being investigated :"
x x
when n man really appreciates the
west is after he has been a while in
the east" said H. L Lane, a prominent
cattleman of Montana About the first
time that I had been out Of the west
for any length of time was when I
went on my honeymoon trip to the east
when 1 was a young man. I was gone
only two months, but it was long
skies and the big sweep Of country to
look at instead OF buildings and hOus-
es. I shall never forget how absolute
~ happy was when we struck Colo
radO on our way home, and I could gee
the Rockies again
The secret Of success in any kind
OF organization is condensed energy"
said Mrs. W. NJ. James, of YuCatan.
organization in the city banded tOgeth-
er in one unit in one general club, each
organization specializing in one kind
OF work but still being a part Of but
one big club. In this way there is no
duplication of work. and il is more pos
slble to effect reforms or changes in
civic matters. or to carry out philan-
thropic uplift movements with the
backing Of practically the majority Of
the women in the city"