El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-23
PRAISES
FL PASO SPIRIT.
Pep. Push and Progress
Crowd Given Feast by
Bisbee People.
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met with favor and the NogaIes people
enjoyed its concert in the bandstand
: almost in front Of the Commercial club.
The band played while the Fl Pasoans
. gathered a the Commercial club or s.
tied about the city. Many e Pasoans
took advantage Of the fact that No
sales Arizona. and Nogales sonora
! are virtually the same town. 20 run
across the line" just for the novelty
: of the thing. notwithstanding that We
: have a Mexican town at home with as
many battle scars and more bottle
scars Al NOgales. you just walk OF
down the street and YOU walk into
Mexico There Is no river-nothinC 10
bar you-just the appearance Of things
Z on the south side 81 the white monu-
land OF Uncle Sam for the land OF the
Montesumas OF course. there are Gus
toms guards. but they did not worry
much about the Fl Pasoans today
NogaleS Is Alive
Running into Nogales. you are III the
city when the train stops. for this is
one OF the towns where the railroad
and the people who settled before the
railroad came appea- to have got to-
cether beautifully. Sogales Is beauti-
fully situated OF g level mesa. with
mountains in the diStsnce-just enough
10 give il the picturesque western ap-
pearance Back OF the depot is 4 high
hill. covered with residences, that looks
rs II IL might have been in the danger
zone the time Villa was being run out
by the Obregon outfit
The main street of Nogales is the
home Of many substantial business
houses and Il has the metropolitan air
so often missing from border towns. Il
= sister border city OF which e Paso
should feel proud. and the evidences OF
friendship found there TODAY convinced
the Fl Pasoans that. though q consid-
ere bic distance from Us in mileage and
isolated somewhat as TO transportation, 3
me people feel that they belong TO the
great REGION OF which Fl Paso is the .
mercantile capital and metropolis They
talk little OF California, much OF Fl !
Paso.
GuardSmen Have Gone. /,
The national guardsmen have all left I
NoEales. but there Is considerable
force OF regulars in the town. and
among the Officers Il Pasoaas met !
many former acquaintance
Nogales has had as many exciting
experiences as El Paso since the out
break Of the Mexican revolution six
and a half years ago. and the El Paso
men and Nogales men soon found them
selves exchanging "reminiscences Of
battles ad weary hours of suspense.
Nosales has IL on Us" in one circuu1-
stance. however. She can boast that
she returned the fire" the first time
mat city was endangered b. the Mex
leans. and they still tel with satisfac-
falling as they came charging down the
street. shooting unfortunately. and
met the steady fire Of the Americans
from north OF the border
see Beautiful Farms.
Going down the Santa Cruz valley
into NOgales this morning. the E.
PasOans found thai the country IS not
As dry as II IS reputed to be. Beau
Jiful farms watered from the santa
Cruz greeted Us for miles. On arrival
p los uE = MOT
by the citizens enmass-
Special Edition For IL PasOans.
H + Sisk, manage OF the Nogales
Herald got out special edition TO
welcome the Il PasOans. 4 big gold
key, bearing the words "Nogales. the
key TO the riches Of western Sonora
was presented the 81 PasOans- All the
Nogales business men wore similar
keys on their coat Iapels-
The state band Of Sonora, present
IN NoSales. Sonora. IN honor Of Gen
p. Elias Gales, VINO Is visiting on the
border. played a concert on the border
line in homo rof the Fl Pasoans
while the = Paso band played
pie At 1918 the IT Pasoans
were assembled at the santa Cruz club I
for formal welcome. Everybody was ]
taken into automobiles and given a .
ride into Mexico and about the valley
following the meeting IN the club.
Tc most of the Fl Pssoans IL was an
interesting trip ID from the border 10
Tucson, passing as we did. successiveiy.
vast cattle ranches OF mountain ranges
dotted with mining prospect holes or
treatment plants Il is in the main
big. open country that has for years
furnished many OF the cattle Of south
ern Arizona and is capable still OF pro-
ducinE vast herds for years and years
70 cone
Tucson, the Beautiful.
Arriving 81 Tucson Al the handsome
mission depot Of the Southern Pacific.
we found hundreds OF Tucson people
waiting TO welcome Us ana escort US
20 the Commercial club II looked as
z there were a thousand automobiles
and We were greeted with the informa-
ton that they were ready 20 take as
anywhere We wanted 10 80. but the
Arizona university was suggested as
the piece de resistance" since that Is
an institution Of which the city and
state alike are proud And well may
they be, for, with its spacious campus.
covered in season with 2 beautiful vel
vety green lawn; its palms, and its
olive trees. II is a beautiful spot. the
buildings grouped in a most attractive
manner about a vast horseshoe drive.
The handsome high school. one Of the
Drettiest pieces Of architecture in Ari-
IONA, was not overlooked.
The residential section OF Tucson Is
0ne OF the most beautiful In the south
west Preserving The Spanish romance {
~ ---7 Se-A y Na- - many % tll- lipllita
are ia mission style The buildings .
md the vegetation recall the early days
u the southwest and remind one much
u southern California OF the present. 4
Good Streets. Fine buildings.
Wide paved streets are a feature OF
ne city. all OF them clean and bordered
lveryrhere with trees. Many palms .
re also IN evidence, the temperature OF
he winter being so mild that palms e
icarcely ever suffer here The court
lOuse. the Owl club. the public library. d.
III are creditoble and the Tucsoniaus
moved them with pardOnabie pride.
rhe Manning residence would be q {
how place for any city Tucson peO- =
lie show this with much satisfaction. A..
ut in late years many Of the new 9
esidences. though none are as large, +,
re anua llr = aftra civ al The larrr- |.