El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-23
BANQUET To THE
EXPOSITION MEN
FL Pasoans and Visitors
Dine and Discuss Events
Just Accomplished.

Just Accomplished.
Is a happy elimination OF the first
| week Of the International Soil Prod
ucts exposition and marking the close
OF the meeting OF the international
/ Irrigation congress and the Interna-
tionaI Dry Farming congress. a ban
B quet was given Saturday night in Hotel
I Sheldon by the chamber Of commerce
to the officers OF the exposition. the
! directors Of the chamber Of commerce.
J the budget fund trustees and the com
= mittee which has had charge of the
I exposition arrangements
r p. Orndorff. president or the
chamber Of commerce. presided. and
/ addresses were delivered by W NJ
I Jardine. retiring president Of the
farming congress; R. 7. Burgess. retir-
. ing president Of the irrigation con-
] gress. F.. SOriano Brave. Mexican con-
sui. by most OF the generals now sta
toned at II P1sO, by mayor Lea and
others
Dry Farming and Fl PasO-
NJ Jardine. the first speaker. told
: OF the work Of the International Farm
, congress and said. while he did not
believe dry" farming was possible in
, the vicinity OF Fl PasO at present, not
/ because there is not enough rain for
I il, but because the rain does not fall
at the proper time and because il comes
; down in torrents when il does fail and
, soon runs off. making storage in the
soil impossible. he believed that some
day all the area around II PasO would
be cultivated. He said he believed such
rapid advances were being made IN soil
work that some day every foot Of land
would be utilized for farming he did
/ not believe, he said. that God had put
I this land here Tor no purpose
I Poor Rural Schools.
[ This congress is working. not alone
let o frs~r ant
I he said. but for the general uplift OF
the farm and against the land specu-
} lator- We do not wish any more 10
! put competent people on poor land than
( We wish to put incompetent people on
! good land.
| "One OF the great needs Of the pres
/ ent day is better rural education You
I must get away from putting 1t-year-
/ old girls in your rural schools as
/ teachers You want men and women
/ in your rural schools who know some
3 OF the rudiments Of rural life people
/ who are able 10 teach the boys and
/ girls useful things applicable in the
/ country"
.sDrouth~ at Camp Stewart.
! Mai Gen Chas- NJ Clement. COM
/ handing the seventh United States
/ army division, spoke in humorous
I vein about the dry atmosphere at
\ Camp Stewart. and also referred 10 the
| Irrigation there when il rains. but
! said. although he had been chided for
I selecting the location he did there was
J NOT as UluEn water In Ms camp MtArAt
/ IL rained as there IS on Montana
! street. downtown. Brig Gen F. Leroy
| Sweetser later disputed Gen Clements
/ claim that Camp Stewart is dry" as
! serting that he had visited several OF
: the brigadiers in Camp Stewart and
4 had not found any drouth at head
! quarters. Later Gen Albert Logan as
: serted that he knew Camp Stewart was
! dry because Gen. Clement had So
I ordered il and the officers always
/ tried" TO obey their general
Things For FL PasO to Do
| P F. Burgess told OF the work done
/ by the irrigation congress and said
| that FL PasO had many things yet 10
! do. now that it had the dam and an
assured supply OF moisture.
One of these things. he said. was the
necessity for building a short line rail-
/ road 10 the Panhandle. by way OF
| Carlsbad, and another was the beaut-
Z He congratulated mayor Lea and the
| city council on the steps they had
taken for extending the park system
/ and hoped TO see succeeding admin
I istratiOns continue it.
Lea Praises Fl PasOans.
Brig. Gen George Bell. IT. COM
4 handing the FL Paso border patrol eX-
/ pressed himself as pleased 10 be sta
\ toned in FL Paso, but said that he
/ preferred TO listen, rather than talk
! Mayor Lea made a plea for continued
! cooperation in Fl PasO. declaring that
/ the exposition and its success was
I monument to the cooperation OF the
/ past and an Indication OF what con-
/ tinued cooperation would do. He de-
nounced the knOcker. praised the
I booster and said FL PasO was made up
4 OF boosters He said Fl Paso had been
/ kind to its people and he was proud
I TO call il home. and that il was his
I intention to end his days here
/ Massachusetts Ready
! Brig. Gen r. Leroy Sweetser. com
! handing the Massachusetts troops paid
! a tribute TO the great climate Of Fl Paso,
Z which kept his men well while here in
/ camp smoke Of the wonderful suurises.
! the beautiful sunsets. the enhancing
moonlight and the picturesque noun
/ tainS and magnificent distances here
/ in the west He declared that the men
| OF Massac husetts had got new view
! of the United States by their stay here
I and that they had learned there is no
! north. no south. no east and no west
I to your border" he said. and We have
I tens OF thousands more to respond TO
your call if you need US. either TO help
YOU preserve order along the border
/ or to carry il further south
! Brig Gen Albert Logan, OF the Penn
Z sylvania guard. declared he was only
/ & plain manufacturer" unaccustomed
| enjoyed their stay here and were ready
| to come back any time they were
/ needed
Hopes For Peace With Mexico.
| W I. DrummOnd. chairman OF the
/ board OF governors OF the International
/ Farm congress. said he WIS glad to
see the soldiers here. glad to see them
J get knowledge Of the border at first
.
! Did, I'll