El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-25
So HOUR RIDE
ENDS TRIP OF
BUSINESS MEN
BY G.. A. MARTIN.
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BY G. A. MARTIN.
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nightly from S to Q O'CLOCK and have
-g students and he says they could
have 1000 IL they had tie faciiifisu
ar Fhillips left El Paso TO enter
me army during the world war and
-eu ne was mustered out az Fort
--onroe, va, where he was a second
Aal-erant OF coast artil1erv. he was
sent 90 Monterey
1Ir- and lIrs. Phillips are the
parents Or a baby daughter. born Just
Two weeks ago.
saltuIo Governor Cordial.
A. the breakfast at Galtillo on SAT
urdaT morning, Park vs.. Pftman re-
slonded for II Paso, replying 20 the
a4-ree5 OF the governor. Luis Cutler
res me governor and many of his
9lIclals and others escorted the FL
1aalall 70 me train and visited with
mem before we left for Monterey
q = valdez had spoken earlier az the
palace for FL Paso.
The original plan called for the Fl
Fasoans GO run on throuEh Sa1tfTo 10
Monterey. spend the morning Ia Mon
terey and return to Saltillo for the
afternoon. but the plan was changed
-aLe Friday afternoon and the Ea1tiuo
people did not have proper notifica-
lon on the early arrival OF the FL
Fasoans Saturday morning. but they
hurrle dly got breakfast together Ia
me normal school basement and were
cordial and generous in their hospi-
tally
CITY Making improvements
Sal1ll0 is getting ready 70 put
down 100000 meters OF paving and Is
about ready 20 LEI the contract for
the Coahulla university 90 cost a mill
lion pesos.
A new depot 10 cost two million.
i've hundred thousand pesos, IS now
uu--QlnE. me opera house was
burned, but they are getting ready to
build another and viii donate the old
site 70 any individual who VIII build
a new one.
me city now has 5000 people ard
IS quite active as a mining supply
center.
me normal school IN which the FL /
E1Eolrs were h-ealCfaEted was
erected % years ago under the regime I
OF Eorfirlo Diaz-nearlv everything I
worth while that was erected IN Mex I
leo IN modern times was erected dur I
inE the rule o. Diaz-and cost 100000 I
pesos The city has another school .
that cost twice as much.
The city has a live chamber Of /
dent
American Consulx Courteoun.
Harold PlaTter, American consul at I
saldllo. met rs and on invitation Of I
tle FL Pasoaus. accompanied US 70 .
monterey and spent the afternoon
with rs.
American cousuls at Chihuahua. /
Torreon. AEuaHcalientes Guadalajara- /
san Luis Eotosi- Saltiil0 and Monterey 7
were all courteous 60 Us and offered [
rs every facility.
The r r. C. a en- lIekioo city and
Monterey placed the accommodatious
Of the Institutions at the services Of
the FL Pasoaas and many enjoyed the
baths.
II began raining Saturday morning
while we we're ln Saluno and IL
ralned heavily while We were at Non
tsrey In the afternoon. the first we
had seen since leaving home.
Mexican Matches.
Mexican matches are as q general
rule czndled and as we were leaving
eral others laid IN a supply for the
novelty OF the thing, but when they
opened them. they found them 20 be
wooden matches tipped with so much
phosphorus that they operate some
thing Ike the sparklers that little
July with
1Tezicsn postal cards ali sell az Is +
and 20 cents apiece, Mexican money, Z
and a considerable sum was invested
by the El Pasoans in cards and
stamps e man them
Dry Fl Pasoans, listen TO this: Good
French cognac sells In san Luis Potosi
az four and six pesoa q quart
LnGELLuE LuH HeEULua
" F. Anderson or =. ". Seward
beat everybody else 20 the news
stands and got the first FL Paso
deralds at every stop and needless to
say were popular, FOR everybody
wanted % read the news. The bundle
% papers forwarded for the eLcur-
sionists BY The Herald 60 Monterey
never reached US Listen: The post
master explained 40 this way Il got
The papers here for you. bus ] thought
you were having such good time in
Mexico City you would want them
there, 80 sent them 10 you" Can
you beat it2
Every Mexican town has a dozen or
more crippled or daformed children,
who haunt the depots and the streets
asking fer aims
AEuacats salad was popular with
the El Faeoaus. At almost All the
STOPS. aruacateE could be bought at
the stations OF the markets at 20
cantE. Mex apiece, and every man
would buy ard make his own salad In
the dining car
Mclean Paving
san Luis Potosi has its streets
paved With cobble stones. cut square
and laid smoothly. Some Of its streets
With ornamental lights IN the center.
md all vehicles are kept or saltillo I
has similar paving. but it IS rouEher
rom lack Of repair during the revo-
1riou- Monterey has the same sort
% paving in generally good condition. I
luereCaro and Zacacecas streets are
laVed with boulders and kept very
lean.
Tcrreon ard Monterey have the best