El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-07
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INTERVIEWS
GsT7HAT San Francisco street cele-


GIT7HAr san Francisco street cele-
bration. when the beautiful
lamps were turned on. remind
ed me Of the time when the first cleo
| trio lights burned in Ell Psso," said W.
f. Martin The coming Of the electric
lights had been heralded for weeks
and everyone was down town the first
Knight they burned to see the new
lamps. At the Cactus saloon, on san
antonio street, two big arc lights had
been hung outside OF the door and the
Fights were TO be seen at their best
there. Everyone went around to look
Rt those lights. They were the old,
flickering kind. and they went on and
off like lightning bug Judge Joseph
MagoItln came along that night ana
told us how he and the other pioneers
had been waiting for the electric lights
Tor so many years and how happy they
were that the lights. had come at last.
The lights then were yellow and fire.
quently went out. But they were far
superior TO the old oil lamps placed on
n post and were as beautiful to US then
as are the San Francisco street lights
now"
Texas will certainly be on the map
at the Chicago Adclub convention" said
VI. p. CarIock. There will be a solid
special train Of Texas delegates and
the FL EaaD contingent " III OGEupL AA6
own private car. At Toronto last year
FL PasO was given much valuable adj
vertising. But that was our first trip
and we were not onto the ropes This
year, however, we have made all our
plans in advance and there is no doubt
but that this whole territory will re-
ceive a quantity and quality Of adver-
Using that will bring real and tangible
results"
Of railroad cars in Mexico, all the
available space on the cars is now be-
ing used" said Harry Britton. In &
recent trip TO TOrreon noticed that all
of the bONcars had been provided with I
wire gratinEs attached to the iron rod
supports from the cars, where tramps
commonly ride. The grating is covered
with blanket and makes a very COM
Portable place to ride for a whole fam
iIy. Small wooden grips have been
nailed to the tops Of many of the cars
so that those riding on the roof can
hang on SO scarce has become rail-
road equipment that many engines and |
cars that have laid IN the ditch for
months are being taken to the shops to |
be repaired"
'-The sweet pea patch at the ex- |
ucrimentaI station OF the New Mexico |
s. a. NJ college is a beautiful sight !
10 see" said D. H McNay- There is an I
ere ana q ndAL OF sweet pea NALESs III I
fulI- bloom in all cOlOrs. The sweet |
peas are not being raised by the agri- |
cultural college for their blossome, but (
to see what effect the sweet pea viii /
have upon the soil and il it is as bene- /
fetal as the COW pea and other varie- I
ties for conserving and restoring the I
necessary properties to the soil for 1
crop cultivation"
at is a question whether or not to
give the Mexican beggars one sees on 4
the streets any assistance, said Edwin /
C.. Berry. of the United States quarter 4
master corps. Saturday I saw little /
,ovey Of Mexican children on West Mis-
souri, street begging They claimed 10 I
be hungry and that their mother was 4
H. I gave them all the change I had ;
md teephoned the police and mayor and 4
Dther authorities about them inVarl-
IDLY refuse to- aid these big, Swapping
men who ask everyone on the street
Tor money. But when little children 4
.ppeal 10 YOU for assistance, that IS
lifferent for we all have some kind
less in our makeups which IS appealed
70 by these poor little waits. II they
are begging for men and women who
ire able TO work. the police should {
Freak Up the practice II those chill
lren are really destitute they should /
he cared for in some charitable insu-
ution-"
Contrary to expectations, the larger
stores have not prOfited
" prohibition in Arizona" said Jack
elliott of Phoenix. 1T was anticinated
hat our largest confectionery store
would see an increase in the soft drink
BUSINESS when il was no longer posi-
de to buy liquor. but instead the bust
Tess has decreased This is due, in q
Measure. TO the fact that many former
aloon dealers have opened up soft
rink empOriums, many OF them in the
1catiOns formerly occupied by sa-
)ons.'
Undoubtedly the illuminations at the /
'anama exposition are the finest ever [
evised by man." said deputy sheriff
e. r. Rawlins. Of San Francisco. The
opposition grounds are a veritabie blaze
Z glory at night, and is the one thing
hat most strongly impresses the aver