El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-22
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS


HGTRANGERS appreciate FL 17sso's
advantage for auto trips much
. - more than do our own people,
! said Charles B. Stevens only satur-
/ dav received a post card from John
! Rettinger. Of East orange, n. J., who
/ with his family, is making tour Of
J the southwest. I recommended the
/ Roosevelt dam trip to him when he
/ stopped here. Listen what he says on
! the post card about it. Well we have
: taken the Roosevelt dam trip and, in
/ spite Of one collision and several break
! downs. I would not have missed it for
ten times the price. We think it the
most scenic. wonderful ride we viii
J ever have in our lives and it is not ad-
virtised nearly enough. The Yosemite
valley isn't a patch alongside it."
"Of all our trip from Maine to Cali
fornia I think 1 enjoyed travelling
through Arizona the best of it ALL said
Mrs. Seth H Keene. Of Turner Center,
Maine, who with her husband is re-
turning to Maine from an oeean-to-
ocean automobile trip The nights on
the desert were wonderful beyond De
sCriptiOn- The wonderful cOlOrs IN the
strange birds and their beautiful sing
ing and the vast eXpanses Of space were
different from any other part OF our
Journey and most inspiring. j especial
ly delighted in the variety Of cact-
Any one living i'm this southwest, who
has an automobile and does not take
the trip from FL PasO to southern Cali
fornla has missed a very great UesA
and has wonderful treat in store.
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New Workers are show mad SAID
coll -
hard times there may have been II mas
not prevented the New Workers and the
visitors to New York from attending
all the popular theatrical performance
The demand for seats is so great that
practically the only tickets to be Fhau
to any successful play in New York
city have to be purchased through the
ticket brokers az a premium
Tourist agencies in the east are IA
vorably impressed with the advantages
offered by FL Paso and are routine
many tourist parties through thlsi
city" said t.. j.. Bean. in charge OF one
of the Raymond d WhitcOmb tours
'El Paso is one OF the few cities along
welcome visitors. Persons taking long
trips across the country appreciate this
and the cOurteSies extended by TINS
city win be reapid many times over in
favorable advertising.
"A spirit of friendliness and open
dealing now CharacueriZes- the business
relations between the water users and
the reclamation service said I. d.
O'DOnneu supervisor OF irrigation
During the past this spirit did NOT
exist and there was much feeling be-
tween the two, which resulted in losses
to both Now. however. the reclamation
service issues frequent reports, giving
the various costs and details of the
work that is being undertaken. In this
way the water users are continually in
formed regarding all the work that is
being done and the spirit of cooperation
is working out with much better re-
suits
Ell Paso is the hardest city to prop
erly police of any I have ever visited
i'm my long career as police officer"
said j. Ut. Tanner. cIief of detectives
Of the Dallas police department. There
is no city i'm tnc country that has the
same percentage of foreign population,
vCnieut TO an inferno tionGl border Tt
is but five minutes from the CeIsar OF
FL FaSo to JuareZ, and the river. I un-
lcrstand, is usually easy TO ford"
= s.
''Thc Big Bend country is infested
with horse and cattle thieves said
state ranger oscar w. Goodwin. "Aiv
company, which viii make headuuar-
ers either at Maria or Valentine. VIII
n chat section of the state. The coun-
ny is sDarsely settled and this makes
{ easy for the thieves to operate. They
steal cattle i'm Mexico and come on this
'lde OF the river to steal the horses
vith which TO round up the cattle"