El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-26

! McCoukey and Mildred EluneE. neither
of whom is l. years OF age, both play
saxaphones. Verdi Barnes the snare
drummer is only nine years Of age
Johnny MONTGOMERY who plays alto,
and Ralph Emerson, who plays the
cornet. are only ten. The band makes
remarkably good music
The El PasOaus were supplied with
II PasO made cigars by the reception
committee for smoking during the eve
ming.
Williams has grown remarkably fast
IN the past few years and Is now a
town OF more than 1900 population.
Its main industry is a blg lumoe- mill
ana box factory. employing 3tD people.
Boxes and lumber are shipped to all
points in the west and recently an or
der for two ear loads Of boxes was
filled FOR the Rhodes Fruit company. OF
South Africa There are two other
saw mills ia the back country. in the
vicinity Of Belmont and Rio-dan- The
town is well lighted by electricity and
has a Commercial club that IS active.
Flagstaff. seat Of Learning.
Arriving AT Flagstaff shortly before
ten o'clock the usual heartluess Of the
Arizona Welcome was repeated. Every
body. including the students from the
Northern Arizona Normal. extended the
glad hands The FL PasOans visited the
big indian tr- ding stores and many Of
them purchased indian blankets. indian
pottery, indian baskets and other
trinketS as souvenirs OF the trip. at
prices thar prove that the further YOU
get from the factory the higher the
prices 60 Flagstaff is close 10 the
largest indian reservations in Arizona
and is the center of distribution for
much Of the work Of the indians In
dian traders have made Flagstaff their
headquarters for more than half q cen
tury-even when they had 10 cross the
country in stages 10 get there and mad
10 send out their purchases by OK
wagons. l. Is stu supply point Tor
the indians and a trading base for the
purchasers for the biz curio dealers
OF other sections OF the country.
Home, of Lowell Observatory.
But FLAGSTAFF does not live upon its
trading point. Flagstaff is the supply
point for a large section Of cattle cOun-
try and is also the railroad base for
many settlements in northern Arizona
off the railroad It's annual business
Is large. IL must be TO support such
stores as are maintained there II IS
also an educational center Of note ana
The Northern Arizona Normal ranks
highly. II is the seat OF the Lowell
Observatory, founded By the late Dr.
PerciVal Lowell and some OF the great
est Astronomical discoveries Of the age
have been made with the great tele-
scope in the observatory visible up or
the side Of the mountain north OF
the city. Flagstaff is also a lumber
town. much valuable timber lying
adjacent. SnOwcapped mountains are
Flagstaff The FL Pasoans had the
novel sight Of these mountains today.
s'WeIcome Ell PnsO GringOes.~
As the El Pasoans poured out OF the
train al Flagstaff. they were greeted
with a huge sign reading Welcome, We
q Paso Cringoes." Beside the sign
stood a table fun of potatoes grown
near Flagstaff. q man on each side
armed with a double barreled shotgun,
guarding them
There was snow everywhere and the
wind blowing down of the hills and
over the piles OF frozen snow in the
streets, made marching more OF JOY
than any time since we left home We
have not been out of sight of snow
since reaching Prescott Saturday night
Give Yen for Fl Paso-,
n the march uptown through the
Flagstaff sire cts. we were loineu Dy The
public school and normal school pupils
and when the parade ended the stu
dents put ia several minutes giving
cheers for the II PasOans, one OF which
was the following "CIckety. Clckety
Clack. Fl PasO's here so give EN- the
track
Dance on Paved Streets.
Several others followed, all OF a cor
dial nature. and the Fl Pasoans an
swered with cheers for Flagstaff and
the flagstaff normal. The band then
played a concert and some of the FL
Pasosns and all OF the normal students,
Joined By many others from Flagstaff,
put in the time dancing on the paving.
for Flagstaff is right up TO date and
has paved streets. II also has a mo-
torized fire department, which was