El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-31
INTERNATIONAL
AINITY EVENT
Good Roads Meet at Juarez
Develops Brotherly Feel
ing and Big Project.

Originating merely as luncheon IN
honor OF visiting Bankhead highway
pathfinders. the meeting in Juarez
on Wednesday took on the nature Of
an international amity gathering, and
out Of it was born an international
highway project
A. Escudero, president Of the Juarez
chamber OF commerce, told OF plans
on foot 10 construct an automobile
highway between Mexico City and
Juarez, to connect here with the
Bankhead highway and said the min
lister Of communications has taken Of
fetal cognizance of the road and is
having it surveyed. The road has al
ready been completed between Mexico
City and Queretaro, he said.
Regard Americans rs brothers.
Rafael Soldana, secretary of the
Juarez chamber OF commerce, said the
Mexicans looked to the Americans as
their brothers and that the Mexicans
admired the Americans as the great
est fighters the world had ever
known. He said he was glad to see
conditions growing better between the
people of Juarez and FL Paso daily,
and predicted a brotherly friendship
soon.
Says Must Understand MexIcnns.
Judge d. A. Richardson. of Doug
las, Ariz., who said he had been reared
in Mexico and is a gratitude Of the law
department OF the University OF Mex
leo City, said the day would soon
come when the people OF Mexico and
the United Sttaes would know
each other better, when they would
be fast friends. we do not under
stand each other" he said There
is no kinder person in the world than
the Mexican-he will give you half Of
what ne has for the asking and all
If you need It. The Mexican loves
poetry, music. flowers. We grasp for
the almighty dollar. We NUS learn
to love him for his good qualities. The
day Is coming, II we try, when to in
suit the United States will mean to
/ insult Mexico and when to insult
Mexico will mean TO insult the United
States. The day Is coming when no
puppy Of an American will speak Of a
greaser and no whelp of a Mexican
will speak OF a gringo. This shows
hatred It is too petty for people
who have such a broad outlook on
life"
others spoke along similar lines.
and. although the meeting was in the
interest OF good roads. the speaking
was not confined to good roads.
Has Government Road Vision.
Talking on the subject OF good
roads, however, E. c. Perry. Of Plain
view, said It would be possible in no
great time to leave Fort Sill. Okla,
one morning with trucks loaded with
troops and army supplies and land
them in Fort Bliss the next morning.
He predicted that Fl Pasoans in 70
hours by automobile could stand on
the capitol steps in Washington and
salute the flag on the capitol OF the
greatest nation in the world. He
wants the Bankhead road brought.
down from Little Rock through ANA
rilio and Roswell
DR.. S NJ johnson, OF Ruidoso, "
N Spoke in favor OF such a route and
said e Paso should advocate this
route. as New Mexico had prevented
the road being routed west from Little
Rock through Oklahoma City. Las
Vegas and Albuquerque to the Pacific
coast
Pool FavOrs Au-Texas.
Judge Adrian Pool, who presided
at the meeting. favored the route from
Little Rock down 10 Texarkana and
thence into FL Paso through Fort
worth, Big Springs and Pecos.
Talks were also made by ". G. Roe.
z. c. Davis and G. A Martin. Of FL
Paso; r A. Kirk, Of Phoenix. and
consul Andres Garcia, Of Mexico.
Fl PasOans Furnish Cars.
The pathfinder party. accompanied
by judge Adrian Pool left early
I Thursday morning for Pecos, Texas.
I in cars furnished by F. N Bannell. OF
I the FL Paso Overland company and E.
I G. Perry, Of the Lone Star Motor COM
pany.
r. A Kirk. OF Phoenix. Judge Fred
\ Suffer, Of Bisbee. and Judge J. \.
/ Richardson OF Douglas. who were the
Arizona representatives sent 70 FL
/ Paso to confer with the Bankhead
highway. commission, left for their
/ homes Thursday.
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