El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-04
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

OLD FATHER FLIVVER RHYMES.
Sing song of Jitnes,
Autos full of fuss.
-Four and twenty passengers
Crammed in a nickel bus.
When the cars are crowded,
The fares begin to sing.
Now wasn't this a pretty muss
To fill that little Flivver thing2
66TJHE necessity for lighting San
Francisco street was impressed
upon me when I arrived here
on the night train" said F. C. Fox, gen
eral manager of the Santa Fe at ANA
rillo. Z had understood that the light
ing was to be installed by the first Of
the year. Passengers arriving at night
get the impression of a gloomy town
that goes to sleep with the sun. The
railroads, at this time, certainly are not
anxious to spend money but the lines
havir trackage parallel to San Fran
cisco are ready to assist in this much
needed project. Ell Paso is losing an
excellent opportunity for good adver-
Using in keeping San Francisco street
dark"
Owners of buildings facing on Pi-
oneer plaza have been asked to decor
ate for the Made in Ell Paso.'" said NJ.
P. Carlock This will be one of the
most important features of the exhibit
ton and the cooperation of owners
around Pioneer plaza in assisting the
committee by decorating their build
ings will do much to assure the sue
n O ghOv4r The hOOfhs will q II he
decorated. The desire is to transform
the whole plaza into a sort of a court
with entrances through the large arches
that are to be erected"
The new traffic ordinance is going
to be splendid thing in preventing ac-
cidents," said Ballard Coldweu. ''Un-
der the ordinance which will be strictly
enforced pedestrians, as well as We
hicleS, will be compelled to take proper
precautions, as the law which fixes the
liability applies to both. All will have
to cooperate with the police in order to
make the ordinance effective, and it IS
my belief that the general public will
do so providing we proceed slowly as
is the present intention"
"An unusually fine year is expected
for the Alamo national forest" said
forest supervisor r. F. Balthis, of Ala
mogordo, n NJ "On account of the ex-
y
that has fallen in the mountains this
season. The snow has not remained
very long on the ground as the rains
have followed so soon after the snow
soaked. It has made travelling rather
hard for the forest rangers, but the
grass will probably be higher than for
a number of years and the extra mOis-
ture at this time will be beneficial for
the trees If the rains will only con-
he rrrf1T
safeguard the forests from fires in the
early spring.
I believe more post cards were sent
at Christmas and New Years this sea-
son than ever before in the history Of
the pOstoffice," said Miss Pauline Dor
man. While the mail was heavy in
all classes the number of cards sent was
extraordinary. It must have been n
post card year all over the country as
the incoming mail was also heavily
laden with post cards"
Business has been very good in our
line for several months" said r. ".
a growing disposition on the part of the
cities and towns in my territory to |
maintain good fire fighting facilities,
and I note Improvements every visit I |
make to these places. The demand for !
low key rates on the part of the citizens |
is one reason for the improvement in |
the fire departments"
Heavy rains have fallen during the |
present winter in all sections of south /
Texas" said J. ". Smith of Houston. !
The prospects for crops this year were |
never better. There is the danger that |
the cotton acreage will be too large to /
assure high prices, particularly with !
much of the last years crop still I'M /
but everywhere throughout |
the cotton belt warning is being given 4
farmers not to overdO cotton planting, 1
n hile diversification is urged. It is pre- /
of course, that there will be /
demand for every bale of cotton that /
this country produces, but with the end 1
of the European war still very much in |
go heavily into cotton during the ap- /
preaching season"