El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-22
THOUGH he is already famous

THOUGH he IS already famous :
a as the friend Of Teddy Roose-
= \ Welt and as lieutenant colonel Of !
me Rough Riders" next IN command
., Teddy" himself. believe that after
ms The name OF W Il H. Llewellyn- OF I
las Cruces. is going down 70 fame prln- /
.iraIlv as the MN who started john
so- Grass in the Rio Grande valley
For years FL Pasoans and Las Cruces
res and many others have fought ana
..,ssed the Johnson grass, but iheE
never lzue-v how II got started some
~ 4be old timers like Mark Thompson +
md .BilI~ sutherland or Las cruces
may know. II they have nol loI Hot-S-i'
r.-1r there the kuOwl edEeahas HeeA -
,-red until "Wednesday When 'o--
Ir-,-el1--n conrfded the secret himself
ia George LeBarOn, Burt ornuoIL H.
5r,dee Fvlar and myself II was lAAli-5
= Texas stock journal about . years
.go- said the colonel and ils pages
- +-71I Of stuff about the wonderful
new rass that grew without water anu
would multiply SO rapidly thaL eal--S
-ouldn-r eat Il down sent ana COY d
s----5-ed pounds OF the seed ana dello-
eratelv planted them on my farm near
ras Cruces You know the result fflot
"a that time. I had never seen Johnson
lass and IL was unknown 10 TINS va
1sv-- George LeBarOu suggested lh4l
Paso If Pancho Villa ever retook : ~ :,
Tor If YOU come around when Nllla y
-rornd. we are going 10 turn YOU over
70 him
III pasrses are not always particular
shour everything. but they are parIlcc-
4ar = bout some things and one OF tiiese
i whisky Because OF this failing mere
IS some trepidatiOn not TO say down
-i-bt uneasiness among some OF mem
N the Journey TO Las cruces " 60
.,csdav- for the brands In Las cruces 90
rot correspond to the branos carried IN
II Paso and il was gong 70 o. ~
lerr some Of them 1eareu- 10 test ou-
- If them before discovering one
18th lust the right jolt IN IL LuchlIy,
however. one Of the parry We.SH
r-rrr OrndOrff nor was IT D. = bvol
- the leading salOOnkeeper OF me
-, +l,e minute the party reached the
=s+sr CITY and confidentially. ne asked
-.-rn 10 lead him TO the bolle ne Aept
-o-- himself. The Las Cruces people are
.fl=cfuy and the saloon man ulu lhet
100 +F51~ He volunteered the lnfor-
..-s-5on rhar ne had enough OF II 10 lasl
md the FL PasOan who mace lhs us
-oya-v soon passed out the WORD ana
most OF the FL PasO money that went
80 7fr11fd Investments that day. went
over the mahogany OF this particular
mans Mace Incidentally. the sWathy
7v5fvid1lal who served the tOddies was
introduced by his rotund boss as the
former police chief Of the town
Old Fort Bliss is fast disappearing
from the landscape The old barracks
~ the southern end OF the parade
GROUND are now being torn away The
former post headquarters building VIII
be- all that is left OF the buildings on
the east side Of the parade ground
when this building is wrecked
The officers quarters on the west side
along the river are still standing, some
Of them occupied, but they are rapidly
decsvine- For the benefit Of the militia
men here who do not know where old
Fort Bliss is located il is at the foot
OF the viaduct on the smelter car line
right in front Of the Globe Touring
mills This was the second Fort Bliss
and was used as q post until the present
Fort Bliss was completed. about is