El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-10

INTERVIEWS

Gs"HE suggestion that arrange
ments be made for the exhibit
4 ing of fine cattle during the
cattlemen's convention is an excellent
one" said Harry Gage. There is a
good deal of cattle business, in the
buying and selling line, carried on at a
convention and many cattlemen would
( be glad to have a chance to exhibit
their stock, as. they would be practical
/, " sure of selling the exhibits and of
getting some excellent advertising be
sides Arrangements for an exhibition
I could be made comparatively cheaply
( and it would not be necessary to give
valuable prizes"
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"Juarez is to be made into a clean
and healthy city" said mayor Juan N
Medina. The work that is now being
undertaken is extensive aud it will take
time but when the principal streets are
of stagnant water, viii have been re-
moved. Juarez has always been neg
lected and has been allowed to become
very run down at the heel During
the Diaz days a huge sum was spent
on the monument which is beautiful
and fitting, but which should have come
after more real and tangible improve
ments had been made. The city is the
biggest along the border and there is
no reason why it should not be modern
and clean. The work Of Improvement
will not be allowed to lapse but viii be
vigorously continued until it has been
completed"
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Every play. whether spoken or
filmed, that comes to Fl Paso brings
a great demand for the book at the
public library" said Mrs. Edith
Graham Coyne, the librarian. People
seem to want to read q story before
they see it acted or after they see it
presented by the movies The movies,
in addition to their educational value,
stimulate people to study history and
there is q demand for historical infor-
nation of whatever period to which
the picture may belong. Without con
sulting the newspapers, We can almost
tell at the library what movies are being
shown on or what drama is coming to
the theater by the consequent demand
for books"
There seems to be great confusion
regarding the exchange value of old
school books" said Robert Mullen.
The Texas law provides that the pub
Usher, whose arithmetic, for instance,
is adopted for four years, must take
up all of the old arithmetics no longer
to be in use. The exchange price
printed in the back of the books Is
merely 20 facilitate the exchange of the
old state adopted books for the new.
but it uOes not mean that that is the
price at which the book may be taken
in exchange by local book dealers"
Il am utterly opposed to the willard
Johnson fight" said county clerk z. B.
McClintock Il am a southerner and
do not believe any white man should en-
ter into such a contest with q negro.
am so strongly opposed to such a match
that I would not even talk to a white
man who would stage fight with a
negro in public, unless, the duties of
my office demanded it. I believe that
every boy should learn to defend him
self, that he should avoid a fight if
possible but that. when one is forced
on him. he should know how to hit first
hard and fast. But I defy anyone to
show me where humanity has ever re-
ceived any uplift from the prize fight
ing"
While the movement of cotton out of
Texas ports is not as great as it has
been in recent years, there is neveUthe-
less a good movement" said ". r.
Wilson, of Galveston. Both Galveston
and Texas City, across the bay from
Galveston. are receiving much cotton
and the years business win show I'D
pretty well. Steamship rates have been
soaring during the past few months as
a result of the higher insurance rates
imposed by marine underwriters due
to the European war, but this has not
materially interfered with the move
ment Of cotton, because only such
freight has moved as the demand OF
foreign sDfnners justified"