El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-04
Little Interviews
Neighboripg Merchants Will Visit Exposition
Fifty Percent of Them VIII Come To FL Paso

1E have had our statesmen
CH keeping an informal md
w unofficial check on the IN
terest in the FL Paso territory con-
corning the farm congresses and ex-
position here this month, and they re-
port that fully so per cent Of the mer-
chants and other business men with
whom they deal are planning 20 visit
FL Paso at some time during the con-
claves.' said Robert Krakauer- These
business men are the backbone Of the
FL Paso trade district, and bringing
them 10 town through TIE important
meetings to be held here VIII prove
Of inestimahle nenetit 70 our me- r.
chants our statesmen say that II
Paso has been forcibly impressed upon
the business men in the entire FL Faso
territory. and that they VIII come 70
town with the idea not only OF dong
their fall and winter shopping mere
and having a good time, but with the
prospect Of mutually advantageous
trade relations
The folks Of Fl Paso are 10 have an
opportunity OF seeing how fireman
spends his time while he's at work.
said fire chief John Wray- We're
going TO transplant whole fire sta
ton TO temporary quarters IN the
ducts exposition Eight firemen viii
be stationed there all the time with
big. . foot motor fire truck An alarm
svsted will be installed, so the EXPOSE
tion department may answer OUTSIDE
calls. II need be The branch station
VIII serve the purpose Of protecting
the exposition building. as well II VIII
be established at tile south end Of the
counties building. on Chihuahua
street
The streets and alleys OF FL Pase
viii present a wonderfully lInpFo!ei
appearance when October and T.
clean ID days have been concluded
said fire marshal W J. Hord. Mayor
Tom Lea. John Fisher. street commits
siOner. Tom German Of the scaVenger
department. and 7 met Tuesday morn
Ing at the city hall and made plans
for treating Fl Paso 10 the most thor-
oueh cleaning that she's ever had II
the people viii only do their part by
collecting all the trash on and near
their property. includinC the vacant
property in the city. the city VIII see
that il is disposed Of
The name u provost guard IS
doubtless an allurlnE one judging
from a civilian who entered the offics
of the guard several days ago and
asked for position as a member.
said Sergt- Fred Young The appli-
cant seemed TO have been misinformed
as I had TO tell MIN several lllileS LllstN
no one but soldiers are allowed to be
come members Of the guard. and only
men with a first class rating at that
The man stated that lie was told he
would have 10 comply with certain
rules and take an examination and he
was ready for both Of them Finally
10 was necessary to tell the persistent
applicant that the guard was filled
up completely. that he was also light
IT, weight and could not possibly be
come an officer.
The learning of Spanish has become
the fashionable indoor sport since the
troops We're sent TO the American Dor
der said T. y. Phillips. represen-
tative OF a large correspondence school
I'm the east. at Hotel Paso del Norte
Our Spanish department used to be
rather neglected in favor OF German
and French But since the interesting
developments on the border Spanish
stock is soaring. a peculiar fact in
this connection is that most OF our
pupils are from the border cities.
While they can learn TO talk the Ian
Suage with the Mexicans. there seems
TO be desire TO learn il grammat til
cally. and they can do this best