El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-15
MISSION GRAPE AND E PASO ONION
PASS WHEN CITY STARTS GROWING
Former Mayor of Ysleta Tells of Election When Ell Paso
Cast More Votes Than It Had Residents; Battle in
Yseta Stopped By Sheriff Jim White Who,
Unarmed Arrested All of the Fighters.
BY J. d. PONDER.


thing about the trouble sheriff White
| mounted his horse and rode away 10
that night news reached FL Paso
that battle was in progress AZ &c ID ID.
! \ message from the railroad operator
I at Nsleta stated that the IlSnt was
| raging around the depot; that one man
! had been killed and that bullets We're
! flying around the depot A COUPE OF
{ the bullets crashed through me OPP
! orators office window and he ducked
{ under the table and we couid get no
! more news Of the battle
! DEPUTY sheriff J. 9 Jones' tearing
that sheriff White, in trying TO arrest
/ the fighters single handed would be
killed. declared he was gong 70 capt
whites assistance. There were plenty
of volunteers. 50 three OF US accom-
panied Mr. Jones
Only Man in sight Dead.
When We reached the Gsleta depot.
inst as dav was breaking, everything
was quiet and the only man We could
find was a dead one, lying near the
depot Capt White was no where in
sight and we feared he had come to
harm. But as the awakening day gave
Us more light We saw capt White
smoking a cigar and calmly pacing
back and forth II front of 4 little adobe
house standing out in an old field.
sheriff Breaks up Battle.
Unaided and without even a gun,
Capt. White had waded right into the
beligerents while the battle was at
its worst. arrested % of the warriors
placed them in the adobe house and had
their guns stacked outside. Frank
simmons and 7 c Jones brought the
prisoners to e Paso.
When Bicycle Was King.
The now despised bicycle was king
H. FL PasO in 1898. That was when the
bicycle was very much in favor Men,
women and children were riding them.
Fl Paso society was literally on wheels
- -,
social leaders Of the city and Judge
Waters Davis was captain OF the club
and he had his riders out on parade
every evening Many of the women,
along with judge Falvey. were very ,
graceful riders Santa Fe street and
Myrtle avenue. having the hardest sur
Iace, were always thronged with riders 1
The great event in cycling circles /
was when D. ". Reckhart. perpetual |
president of the McGinty club. decided
10 mount the wheel He made q for |
midable appearance and pedestrians and |
vehicles beat il for the alleys. when he |
appeared on the streets riding a wheel |
= Inch positively refused to be guided. (.
But finally he learned how 10 ride in /
the middle OF the road Capt. Juan 5. /
Hart. r c. Lightbody. Col Bob Camp
Davis, E Kohlberg, c. r Morehead. }
Judge Wyndham Kemp, J. Calisher and /
Maj W H Long were about the only |
men in town who refused TO ride a 1
judge Falvey. Waters Davis. J. Stol-
aroff. Winchester Cooley. [. 5 Stewart. I
}. F. Williams. r. B. and c. B. Stevens,
A. P. Coles DR.. Walter Villas, DR..
Award White, F z Hunter and many 1
other citizens were regular bicycle /
fans.
Notable Bicycle Race.
A bicycle race track was built near
where the Lamar school now stands and
there wasn't a residence within half a
mile Of it The first big meet was held
n 1895 and the fastest riders winning
-aceS at that meet were Harry Wall I
" H Grandover. W. B. Latta. f J.
seidman. Geo Bovee and Award White.
II the same meet. judge Ballard Cold
veil gave an exhibition OF fancy riding.
tut I was about TO forget that Carter
White. Roxie Loomis. Jim Paul. Harry
,arpenter and Alfred Hampton. son of
cnator Wade Hampton. were also
Winners at this meet W W Rose
vas referee. T. " Reckhart and [. :