El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-16


that the livest boosters and the pleas
ATTEST business men come from FL Paso.
The Chicago delegation was particu-
larly pleased with their entertainment
by a chamber Of commerce committee
in FL Paso Sunday"
a Strenuous Day.
Tuesday was a day Of strenuous
eventfulness for the El PasOans. Ar
irving at Mascot about $50 in the
morning, they put on little show
o ftheir own, preliminary to the formal
Of the own. preliminary to the formal
the Mascot and Western railroad, the
first ore shipment from the Mascot
mines over the new road and the dedi-
cation Of the townsite Of Mascot.
FL PasO Much in Evidence.
Confiscating one Of the celebration
bands and Big Chief Hygus, an Apache
indian brave, the FL Pasoans did war
dance around the big speakers stand.
whooping it up for Mascot and the new
railroad.
Later FL Paso was brought into en-
thusiastic prominence through the ad-
dress delivered by James Graham Nc
Nary. vice president of the First Ma
tional bank Through bank clearance
records and other statistics, Mr.. Nc
Nary presented a conclusive case Of
FL Paso as the greatest business city
of anything like its size in the United
States The copper industry, Mr.. Nc
Nary pointed out, has been and viii
continue to be chief factor in the
phenomenal business development Of
this territory. This is true, he said,
because the copper industry, more than
any other, is a community building in
dustry- Every ton Of ore actually pro-
duced for shipment from a copper mine
represents previous development work
equivalent TO nine tons Of freight
If FL PaSO were TO symbol It's
business strength, Mr.. AIcNary said, the
symbol should be a copper COW, as
copper and cattle are undoubtedly the
chief mainstays OF this territory MT.
McNary heartily congratulated presl-
dent Thomas y. McCauley and the other
officials of the Mascot company, stat
ing that the Mascot celebration would
surely be recorded. as memorable
event in the industrial history Of Art-
IONA
The formal celebration OF the open
ing Of the new Mascot & Western rail-
road and the tOWnsite Of Mascot began
at II o'clock Tuesday morning, soon
after the arrival Of a train bearing
the FL Paso delegation and a big
crowd from WILCOX and neighbOring
towns.
Early in the afternoon, following the
driving Of the copper spike, the III
PasOans left. taking the Southern Pa
ficie train for home late Tuesday
ssThe Man OF the Hour
The man Of the hour" at Mascot
yesterday was Thomas n. McCauleys
president Of the Mascot Copper COM
pany and OF the Mascot & Western
railroad. Visitors from all over the
country were enthusiastic in pointing
out how Mr. McCauley, after eight
years Of tireless effort and at a heavy
personal financial sacrifice had guided
the Mascot property successfully
through the tedious preliminary devel-
opment stages into the longed-for pro-
duction period
With Characteristic modesty. Mr.. Nc
Cauley opened the exercises Tuesday
with a brief speech. in which he de-
clared with emphasis that his success
would have been impossible without the
astOnishingly Logan support always re-
ceived by him from officials and en-
plOyes OF the company, from the high
est to the lowest
WiIeOx's Mayor Speaks.
Acting, by request. as master Of cere-
monies, Mr. McCauley introduced II. A
Morgan. mayor Of Wilcox. CAPITALIST
tended welcome TO the visitors from
the people Of Arizona
Responding for the Pacific coast del
egation, mayor Frank X Mott, of Oak
thanking the ArizOnans for their hos
pitality and congratulating president
McCauley and associates upon the com
pletiOn Of a mighty undertaking.
Judge John E Street Of Chicago, the
next speaker, was greeted with ap
plsuse when he said the new town
should be called McCauley rather than
Mascot Industrial history was being
made on this occasion. Judge street
said, and the history OF Mascot will al
ways be summed up in the name Nc
Cauley.
Eastern Voice Heard
Judge John N. Raymond of Aurora, |
Ill, representing the eastern stock |
holders, pointed out that the success |
being celebrated must always be cred |
tied to the superbly patient and effect |
iv eactiVities Of president McCauley,
consulting engineer fifty and super !
intendent Frank L SiZer during the I
tedious development period.
Following the forcefuI address by /
Mr.. McNary. a surprise was sprung by |
Theophile Lakaye, a San Francisco |
stakeholder In a neat, little speech. !
Mr. Lakaye presented Mr.. McCauley /
with a huge coSFer plaque with Mr.. I
McCauley's profile hand-wrought in |
relief. The plaque had been made /
from some Of the first copper taken ,
from the Mascot mine.
Railroad Opens
The formal opening OF the Mascot g.
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