El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-26
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

LL"HE Ferguson administration
has started out in a manner
Il that indicates that it viii be
a business administration said state
senator Claude B. Hudspeth. Gov. Fer
a-uson is inviting the cooperation of the
legislature and the press, his appoint
ments have been good. and he is taxing
hold as though he was going TO run
the affairs of the state on strictly Dusl-
ness principles.
AS for the legislature, it has been
harmonious to date. The senate resolg-
ton endorsing the Wilson admlnistra-
tion and carrying my amendment en-
dOrsine- the COlquitt administration mas
been referred to the committee on fed
eral relations. Ny bill creating third
district court for Ell Paso county has
passed the senate and representative
Burgess tells me that he thinks he VIII
be able to get the bill through the
house.
ION Thursday of last week I intro
duced q bill providing for the estab-
lishment and location of an asylum IN
or adjacent to Ell Paso for the care and
reatment Of the insane and calling Tor
an appropriation Of $4,000 for such an
institution Ny reason for this IS the
county Judge has Informed me that he
has had to hold insane in the county
jail from six months to year.
some % years ago Ell Paso was
planning to pull off a carnival Of prize
fights" said Billy Smith. There was
the big fight between Bob Fitzsimmons
and Peter Maher, and several other
contests, among them being between
George Dixon and Jerry Marshar, Joe
Wolcott and Bright Eyes Pete Burns
and myself, Jimmie Barry and John
ME Murphy The fights We're scheduled
to occur in March. 1895, but all the
matches were declared off when the
governor of the state interfered. The
-Maher fight was pulled
off at LanGtry, and most of the other
bouts were transferred to the east. The
leading sporting men Of the country
were here. as well as the big sporting
writer's and the town was titled up
with all kinds of people. In order to
keep order police officers from other
cities were brought here TO work with
the local force.
1.-THE Young Woman's Christian assoc
citation in the New Mexico a. & NJ col
lege is well organized and the girls
leading the association work are also
the leaders of other activities of the
college life said Miss Gail Lane. The
association is doing a good work in the
college and has, in its membership al
most all of the college girls
= :.
while everyone is boosting see
America first I want to put i'm a boost
for see the southwest first said A
W. Reeves. There are lots of FL Paso-
ans who have never been even as far as
Las Cruces, why not take in some Of
these places that are our neighbors.
when hunting for pleasure trips? The
trade excursions between the cities do
big amount of good in acquaintinE
the people of one town with those Of
other towns. yet as individuals it would
be a good idea to get to know better
the towns and places of interest in our
neighbOring states. FL PasOans know
Los Angeles better than they do Santa
Fe or Albuquerque
Before coming to El Paso I heard a
great deal of the city. especially since
/ it was first proposed to hold the big
D fight in Juarez," said f. p. Henderson.
OF Detroit. Mich. And / certainly agree
with them in almost every particular.
But say, that Jay walking ordinance
OF yours certainly made me laugh. I do
not mean the ordinance itself for 7 be
Heve it is a mighty good one. But
could not help laughing at the way IL
has been enforced Pedestrians for the
most part appeared to be living up to
it fairly well. Although I saw numer-
Gus cases where they cut corners with
the policeman standing on the corner
taking no heed. But what struck me
most forcibly was the way the autos
I drove wherever they pleased and an
peared to pay little or no heed to the
( ordinance"
You have a splendid city here but
/ there are several things I would i'm
! prove said Arthur B. Edmunds. of
Grand Rapids Mich. For one thing your
; drainage system is the poorest I have
! ever seen for a city as large as FL Paso.
/ With the natural fall of your streets
! toward the river it should be a very
simple matter to keep the streets well
I drained. Instead of that. ] found that
I in many places even in the center of
I the city which is wei paved. it was
necessary almost to have hip boots to
1 cross the street. As far as ] was able
: to discover the fault lies as much with
I the street department as anything else
J Had they turned out a large force rs
! soon as the fall OF snow had ceased rs
/ they do in most cities, they could have