El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-16
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salt Lake City, Utah, June 16.--Did
they lay this place out in hundred
acre farms first and then call each
farm z block?" asked Frank Ezell
today. when. after having asked a
Mormon the distance to the Temple
and getting the reply three books. q"
he walked an hour and didn't cover
J two blocks.
salt Lake City is a city with the
| widest streets and the longest blocks
; Of any city in the United States. II
! is also the cleanest city in the coun-
I ~ and one Of the prettiest.
FL Paso ROtarians arrived here this
/ morning TO attend the international
convention Of Rotary and they have
I been finding things to interest them
every minute. None of US have vet
! had a chance to get out and test the
J truth Of the claim that the salt water
/ in Sale Lake is so salty that you can't
sink in it if you try. but Willie
I Winch. who once lived here. says It
is true.
Streets Mile Wide.
Neil Sherman says he believes the
telephone must have been invented
here to keep people from having 10
walk across the street so much. for II
Is good. tireSOme journey across al
most any street and il an old timer
slips you the information that 1t is
Just a few blocks up the street." he
I is like the fellow who sends the new
butcher apprentice for a meat augur
he is Just trying to have fun with
You Frank EZell says he doesn't be-
lieve IL is more than five blocks back
TO Denver and NOlney Stiles says il
couldn't be many more than that many
on to San Francisco.
Packed and damned.
Just the same. we are all here. Fl
Pasoans and all the rest Of the Tex
ans. and-just like all conventions.
we are packed and TANNED and. in
many instances. i'll tempered and what
not. Think Of six FL PasOans who
have been on the road three DAYS and
four nights. all in one room with one
bath, II the tub doesn't get clogged
M. there are chances that all will
aid is out this afternoon
salt Lake is extending a warm well
come to the arrivals and lot Of peo-
Me are arriving. rs thew ALWAYS do
FOR a Rotary meeting. International
president John Pool. n Washington
banker. got in today on the Pueblo.
Colorado. train. after q visit at Colo
RADIO Springs and Pueblo. There is a
Rig banquet this evening for the in
ternational officers and the foreign
delegates. All ROWlands. of FL Paso.
rs International sergeant at arms. viii
be in on it" The rest Of US will
spend the evenin~ Pefting acquainted
with the rest Of the Rotarians and
the hours OF services at the Taber
nacle. and anything else that may
prove Of interest.
Incidentally FL Paso Is Calling
You. is going to echo this evening
out into those wide streets so that
they'll know we're from FL PasO and
'everyhody's happy"
The FL Paso songs will be distrib-
uted and the FL PaSo Is Calling You"
ION
on the coat lapels Of the visitors. We
have already put out quite a few Of
the latter and have sung few times.
but even FL PasOan's don't feel like
three-day and four-night trip from
home. until otter ablutions and a
little rest The rest l. the Texans
are for us" they all say: they like
the way we are going 2 bout il TO put
Fl PasO on the map and a man from
beaumont said: It's too bad you Fl
Pasoans are not really in Texas; we
Ike you"
A Napkin Ring Would Do.
P $. Neil Sherman has Just left
for Saltair beach He was standing
in front of the hotel a minute ago as
four girls passed with small bags in
their hands that looked about the
size OF card cases What are they
Carrying in those little packages"
Neil asked Of the hotel clerk who
has four wives oh. they are carry :
ing their bathing suits-going out to /
Saltair beach" said the clerk as he 4
stroked his Whiskers- Neil hailed the
first car with a Saltair sign on It
At Dalhart last Friday afternoon I
the people OF DaIhart took the Fl 4
Pasoans for an automobile ride over Z
the city and entertained Us while
we waited after they learned of our 4
arrival Besides the Amarillo dele
gates who Joined rs at DaIhart. two ]
delegates from the Clayton. n NJ. I
club later Joined the Ell Pasoans, Gar 4
nett King. general passenger agent Of /
the FL Paso & Southwestern railroad. I
who left Fl Paso with the Rotary 4
delegation. decided to accompany Us
to Salt Lake and VIII try to make ar |
engagements for Us to take our sue ]
cial Pullman on to San Francisco. /
We plan on leaving salt Lake for 4
San Francisco next Saturday after 1
noon in body If he can complete /
the arrangements.
Mr. King got a message from G. F. /
Hawks at Dalhart telling rs the re-
suit of the Boy scout tag day Thurs
day, and The Herald sent US a mes
sage assuring US that Villa had no.
yet taken Juarez-