El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-25

guardsmen one night II was all be
cause he tried to take a dog-a
man, who had bought it in FL Paso and
was taking II back to camp, so the
story goes.
Provost Guard ..Bluffed-''
The funny thing about II IS that tne
chief overlook the Boston men, closely
followed by the provost guard, with
drawn guns but-let Composite Ser
geant" 90 on with the story:
Who's this somebody an the pro
vost guard asked. We're from Mass
achusetts.' We said Put up those guns
or thereTl be trouble The provost
guard din't want any trouble Win US
so they left. The police left. too Then
up came the man who claimed the dog
Somebody dashed him over the head
with q gun and then the trouble star l
ed 4 crowd of those natives and haiI
breeds had gathered. and say. II was
some scrap. l don't know Just What
the result was as We all got on our
train and left. We brought the dog,
OF course. and he's some dog 100 he 8
worth $500 if he's worth cent"
..lIiIIionaire MiIItiamen' as Advertiser
This is a sample Of the advertising
these millionaire mllltianen ar
spreading about FL PaSo on their re-
turn home. in return for the courtesies
they received at the hands OF Ii fasO
DeopIe and the FL PasO police If the
any considerable element in the Boston
contingent. There are those in ii Paso
who do not believe the interview We
representative; who believe the report
81. was duped into writing II by some
.-el1ardhouse louise and an editor was
duned into printing II on me DeHet
that il was representative GIVING II
this charitable view, an III Pasoan nas
written a letter to the edltor' ASKING
him - give it CORRECTION. -.
When ! read your article W nat the
Roston Men Think Of the Border IN
vour issue of November Il. l was IN
&
ton having failed to read your miro
duction- says the Fl Pasoan, DL'
when l read the Introduction, III Whlch
il was stated that it was a composite
interview and represented the senu-
ments of all the Boston men. l decided
that there must be some mistake
u could not believe that the men
we have known here as the Massachu-
setts national guardsmen would as 4
unit OF even in any great numbers,
make any such statements as attrlb-
uted TO your imaginative sergeant
Cassidy. I cannot imagine what men
of the Massachusetts regiments made
such statements. in fact. 1 cannot i'm
agine any of the Massachusetts men
being OF the type which your story
brands them in the eyes OF any persons
who have travelled, but 1 can imagine
the smiles OF the Massachusetts men
when they read the article as purport-
Ing TO represent the sentiment Of the
Boston guardsnen-
The first misstatement from the
sergeant declares that a man tried to
charge five cents glass for water
from a Well There are no wells in
FL Paso. We have a municipal water
works system and there have been no
wells here for more than twenty years.
He mentions the increased prices
charged soldiers for certain articles.
Perhaps this has been the case in
many instances Would Boston over
look a chance to get better prices II
the city was suddenly filled with sol
diers2 Would ALL your people act the
part of a good host? The big stores
in Fl Paso have one price TO all, mill
Jary and civilians alike. and your off
GERS viii tell you so. No city can con-
troll the actions OF all its shopkeepers /
and I recall when I was in Boston.
that one Of your leading hotels charged (
me 81 a day more for a room. because 1
I registered from Texas name on ap- I
plication. as the patent medicine ad- :
vertisements say than when a Boston ,
man accompanied me to the desk and /
Informed the clerk that 1 was a friend I
OF his.
Boston and Prices.
7 have some memories. too of the I
manner IN which guides swarmed 1
about me in Boston. Concord, Lexing- 4
ton. Salem and Marblehead. each seek (
ing from p cents TO 81 TO show me /
various historic spots. and different /
guides showing different places under !
similar names and relating different
stories in connection with the same
places. Let US remove our own mote !
before poking our finger into the eyes !
Of others 1 did not come back home I
and denOunce Boston because the !
guides and one hotelkeeper tried to add /
to their incomes off me Neither did |
return and advise the people of this
region never to visit Boston because |
did not care to drink cold coffee or
lat pie for breakfast We take our
coffee warm down here and We eat |
PIE Tor lunch and dinner. The western I
nan IS not so narrow that he can see /
nothing good in any other community |
md, by west I do not mean the man !
out west at Buffalo, as you Bos-
-Onlans often say
Enst Versus the West
on fasteners have more 10 enter |
am you, we admit, hence you do not /
FaYel SO much; We do not blame Won !
or It. In the west, we travel much !
,nd we go TO Boston and New York |
when we are children and are as able }
. sit by our firesides out here and I
llscuss Milk street and the Boston /
Common, the old statehouse. North and |
'outh churches. Kings chapel your !
uoWays and your beautiful parks and I
II gallery, as you are at home and /
We are glad Of it. We see differences 1
'etWeen your people and your customs
nd our people and our customs. but !
We DO not come back home and call
ou fools We think of you as Amer
cans who just act differently. You
1any Of yOu-sit in your little narrow J
ontlnes, thinking only of your imme-
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