El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-02
DENING ON EDGE
IN TRADE RUSH
Army Business Brings
Smiles, Autos, Diversions
and the Cash.
Rr a. u. 2. RECkETT.


TAKE a trip to DeminE and you viii
see a return Of the old boom days
which marked Seattle at the time of
the Klondike rush. but without the
IawIessness Of the northern city OF
two decades back DeEing is "on
edge" every minute Everybody Is
rushing. Everybody is making
money. There are smiles all over and
the only persons YOU can find IN DEM
ing with worried looks are translents
who arrive after noon and start out
on A hunt for hotel accommodations
There are more automobiles 10 the
city block in Deming than In lsi Paso.
They are all covered with dust ana
YOU viii find a large number OF II
Paso numbers on the cars parked
along the curbs. In fact II you VIII
wait a few minutes, you'll likely have
a chance TO see the huge 80 passenger
Mack bus. which the City Service COM
pauy operated TO the race track last
winter. parad.lg the streets Of Dem
ing with huge banners announcing
that it is the special bus to the Second
Iowa camp and canteen checks from
that regiment are good only on that
bus. Scores Of other service cars pass
along the main streets with signs
reading use" this being the fare from
the city 10 any part OF Camp Cody
SentrIes Wide Awake.
But il you were 10 drive your own
car to the camp, you viii likely us
cover that there is a real WldeaWaAe
sentry on duty about a quarter OF a
mile from the ice plant and at the
ontrauce TO the camp This sentry
IS real inquisitive- be wants 70
know what you want to do IN the
camp nave you a camera ana
there are other questions your
camera can't 90 in, but the chances
are that the sentry viii refer you
TO the guard officer and he Will issue
you a pass 10 enter the camp
Camp Stretches Two Miles.
Just how many soldiers there are
be certaln-aside from the oIIlcers
and they won't tell Some viii tell
YOU that there are about 10000 men
IN the CantOnment- real Demlns
resident viii likely set the figure az
{ 10000. He's a real booster But the
camp stretches out along the rail-
road tracks for two miles
Deming six months ago, offered III
tie in lhe way OF auuselileilts- u4-
times have changed You can have
YOUR choice Of more clean entertain
ment in the little New Mexico city
right now than you can get in FL
] Paso-
There are a large number Of
movie palaces" and they all seem to
I be getting good crowds. even though
some post signs that the evening ad-
mission is 20 cents. while the natl
nee price is dime
south Dakotnns Are Riders.
The ball park is doing duty for a
wild west show and there bunch
of real cowboys, paradinG under the
name of outlaws give some thrill-
I ing exhibitions Of riding, roping ana
-bulldoEgiuE." There are some clever
riders with the South Dakota regi-
ments and several Of these men took
+ part in the Sunday afternoon events,
which were witnessed by crowd OF
soldiers and civilians that packed the
park
Theater Amusements Good
But il your fancy runs 10 opera Of
the light variety. Teals Ducklings are
on the job in the huge Teal theHter.
offering a repertOry very similar TO
that which they gave at the Crawford
b in FL PasO. And there is a little TAB
show in the old theater- The board OF
I censors is on the job all the time for
all amusements-
Want a swim You can have IL.
There's a huge concrete tank Just be
bind the Second Iowa camp and here
several hundred soldier boys were dis
F pa-ting themselves in the water on
J Sunday afternoon. This big tank is
popular and the manager reports an
average of 1000 admissions week,
and it's just started
CuriOs and Photos Plentiful
There are photographer by the
dozen. They offer the soldier boys a
chance TO have their photographs
taken in uniform and printed on
post cards TO send 10 the folks at
home This still seems TO be a
favorite sport.
And curios, If all the Indians in
I the southwest were put TO work max
/ ing real Indian curios~ they would
have to work % hours day 20 supply
the stores in Deming that deal in
/ these goods.
FL PnsoanS In The Game.
Go down the business streets and
you might think YOU were in FL Pasu
for you'll find Bottoms cafe. The
Standard Grocery Stores "Alpern' S
Supply House" and other names IA
miliar i'm FL PasO business life
Bob Moore and T. J. Stafford are
! just opening a big place
Tony Van Mouricb is running the
! confectionery in the Teal theater and
/ ex-police chief Don Johnson is house
] officer.
! It's worth a trip to Deming. The
roads are good and while The Herald
man went over the AIesilla-Aden cut
of. the Borderland is reported in good
shape. The roads beyond Mesilla are
even better than they are south OF
that place and beyond Alden speed
Of 30 miles an hour can be maintained
with ease.