El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-09
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

h6"UCSON appreciates the spirit in
which FL Paso received its in
- vitation TO attend the South
ern Arizona fair" said Lawrence Means,
Of Tucson BY sending a large dele
cation of business men acquaintance
are made that will be Of great benefit
to both cities Tucson locks upon Fl
Paso as its logical trading. point and.
when FL Faso shows Willingness 10
cooperate, business men Of my city will
be more ready than ever to trade with
FL Paso. The fair itself viii be well
elaborate plans have been worked out
and an interesting exhibition has been
assured
1.-THE numerous issues OF flat money
now in circulation in Mexico City has
. brought about some amusing Incidents
said F. F. Westel. who recently arrived
here from the Mexican capital. Il was
in a bakery one day and a peOn en-
tered and bought considerable amount
OF bread He offered in payment some
wen engraved green slips Of paper. The
merchant accepted them After the man
had left L asked to be allowed TO eX-
anime the money and discovered that
1t was in reality coupons put out by
the United Cigars company OF New
York The company has many branches
in the United states and some American
tourist must have brought them 10 the
city When / told the merchant he eN-
pressed the opinion that they were
about rs good as the real money and
that he could pass them along, any
way
$50 many people were demanding
special cars on Monday that our serv-
ice was rather disrupted said Jack
b Davis. general manager OF the Pub
lie Service company, when questioned
regarding the complaints OF poor jitne
service during the snowstOrm- In the
outlying districts. hundreds Of people
were keeping the telephones busy They
didn't want 70 walk q block or two 10
the regular routes and were willing to
pay the extra charge for a special car.
As a result, a lot OF cars were pulled
off their regular routes and the jitne
companies VIII not be able to overcome
this trouble until we can get more cars
TO be held in reserve for just such
emergencies"
THE country TO the south Of san An
tonic Is certainly in fine shape" said
chief Of police T. " Davis. who has re-
turned from a trip to that section. In
one section 7 saw straw berries that
where truck was growing. 1 also saw
corn fields with the new corn lust
breaking through the soil u heard
much complaint that the European war
had made things quiet. but II there is
market for the produce that is being
grown, the country should be prosper
Gus saw considerable activity in san
Antonio. particularly in the way OF
street improvements, but 10 my mind
FL PasO Is more prosperous and more
progressive than any community 1 Wis
tied
with al the factors that should con-
tribute TO its growth. I can see no rea-
son why Fl PasO should not continue
70 grow rapidly and substantially" said
DIT. David H. Lawrence. OF Galveston.
q Of a.HnHr nHnH
dam should stimulate agriculture in the
Rio Grande valley. the mining industry
In the southwest and in Mexico will
undoubtedly increase. and the cattle
industry IN this section is destined TO
become vastly more important These
things, with the tourist business. should
make FL Paso large city. Galveston
has held up remarkably well under the
trying conditions Of the European war
For time the port business was very
light. but at the present time there is
a heavy movement Of cotton 10 various
European countries and the year will
large shipments OF -rain have also
helped to make the year a good one
for the port
THE biggest problem Of our present
day Is that Of public amusements,'
said Miss Lutte Stearus. Of the library
school board OF Wisconsin Public
amuSemcnts are the competitors Of the !
parents and homes for the recreation
hours Of the family. The way people Z
spend their recreation leisure time ex-
erts more direct influence upon the !
characters OF people than the larger I
proporti0nate time that they spend in /
work"
x
The work Of the high school is go !
ing more smoothly than ever before"
said S o. Welday. The problem Of I
handling the overcrowded condition has {
been met by the college system Of class ]
attention The self government plan by l
which the student body. through their :
elected representative, administer the 8
school discipline has resulted in better I
order and less friction than ever be
fore. The school spirit among the pu- /
pills is good and the best thing about
it all is that every teacher and every (