El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-14

the JuGreZ-JlmeneE division OF the
Mexican National railroads 1Ir. Gu
tierrez has been with the FL Paso
Peace and Progress" special since IL
left FL PasO and has shown the Fl
IPasoans every courtesy and atten-
ton He is returning at once 20 e
Paso TO meet Cen Aware Oregon.
returning from the Texas state fair
him to accompany them on the rest
Of the trip, but he could not leave his
division long enough.
The division Of which Mr. Cutter
irez is superintendent suffered worse
than any other division in Mexico
during the 10 years OF war and he
has had a hard task putting his road
bed in shape and still has a big task
ahead in leVeling and ballastinE IL
and repairing his rolling stock
Turning Out New Cars.
He Is practical railroader, how
ever, and is working large forces
night and day In his shops at Chi
huahua, for instance, he is turning
out IS or 80 rebuilt freight cars a day
for service. but he Is unable TO take
care Of the business and hopes to
make arrangements with American
roads for the leasing Of some rolling
stock TO tide him over until he can
rebuild the several hundred partially
destroyed cars in the Chihuahua
yards.
ed States for enough coal for his d.
vision 10 carry him through the win
ter and IS making his plans for great
ly improving the service TO the pub
Daily Local Freight.
One Inauguration at an early date
Is 10 be a daily local freight service
I between Juarez and Chihuahua city.
This VIII be installed In a very short
time
Mr.. Gutierrez got the Fl Paso spe-
cial over his line absolutely on time
: in every Instance II the train de-
] parted on time. Il arrived at its des-
. tiration on time. And he surprised
I them at the smoothness OF the road
/ bed While Il is rough compared with
many roads in the United states, Il
I IS surprisingly good for a road that
! has been destroyed repeatedly for a
Hong period Of years
1fr. Gutierrez IS an old time Mexico
railroad man and ran on the division
/ OF which he is now superintendent
when W G. Roe was the trainmaster.
Has ROe'a Old Car.
He has as his private car today the
car 1lr. Roe formerly used as a busi-
ness car when trainmaster Of the
road He IS a Sonora man and has
been IN the transportation service o
Cen Oregon for seevral years, only
recently coming TO the chihuahua
Jimenez division
he speaks English fluently and hif
one great desire Is % have the Amer
leans understand his people and
speak the truth about them
Don Pedro Is Friendly
At Parral. Don Pedro Alvarado
came to the train with the FL PasO-
ans and embraced almost all OF them
before they left. he offered in
little speech at the depot to 90 fifty
fifty with any American who wanted
10 come 20 Parral and 60 into busi-
ness he Is former peon who be
came a Millionaire when he struck
the famous Palmillo mine HE palace
is the finest hC use in Parral
AZ ParraL the FL Pasoans met q
number OF former Fl Pasoans. who
are now located there with one or
the other OF the mining companies.
They found a strike in progress a.
santa Barbara. but Dc was about 20 be
settled he strikers had heard that
me Fl Pasoans were a trainload OF
American soldiers coming down tc
-eak the strike. but somebody told
.1em better and they were happy By
the time we got there
Plenty OF Music.
military band played as the e.
Pasoans arrived at Parral. for the
luncheon and reception At the old
Foreign club and az the depot as we
left. James A. Dick took out the 1T
tie folding organ and played The
star SpanEled Banner on the deDof I
platform Those who could. Joined
him In singing f. The Mexican band I
responded with the Mexican national |
anthem
Charlie HulinE's shower bath IS the I
most popular place on the train ex-
rept one or two Of the wet state I
rooms.
EdEar Kayser and Max 1Ioye are
giving out EnEllsh-Spanish diction- O
kH.n
Jim Tate. one OF the leading bust l
ness men OF Parral is a Chinanau
With Mexican wife. and he stands 4
very high with AfeNlcans and Ameri- l
cans alike
Different Kind OF Aeitnsor.
At the concentrating plant OF the /
Neta Grande mine at Parral they
talked so much Of "aEitators- auf i
agitation that some Of Us thought /
. lot o. red faEgers were about un-
IN We learned that 70 all had refer
ence 70 the settling tanks and tho ]
system used for stirring the pulver-
lied ore 20 get the silver out There
was no holshevism about %.
We are now running into Mexican
tropical fruits and they are very pop
with DR.. Laws for their eating has
resulted IN bringing several OF the
eLcursionists TO his office for treat
ment but nothing serious.
news Henry FITS Is giving away
Politics, Etc.-oId Quotation.
Dr.. Floyd Poe is so active In get
ting about with the eIcursionists
that, as one remarked. a fellow can't
even swear IN peace any more" Tom
powers. James A. Dick and DR.. Poe ]
Ia a Mexican cart driving down one
Of the main streets OF Parral was
one o. the sights Tuesday. Trade
excursions are like politics.
vernon Ware cant figure out why
the people down here are so differ
ant from those IN the United States
and the scenery in the country is Just
the same ne wanted Mexico to look
different too.
z. Gordon Perry. c. ~ Harvey. DR.
Poe, James A. Dick and one or two
exactly recall them
just now-astonish all the reception
committees by asking for water az
receptions and banquetE- They
couldn't even get DR.. Poe TO drink
anything else when they told him O. l
vas grape 1uice-'you mean Juice OF
ne grape, he said, as he watched Il
bubble and tempt
Sweet Music5 Ditto Odorn-
A stringed band Of four pieces at
he depot at Santa Rosalia the other
a. ght made about the sweetest mu-
SIC we have heard on the trip. Some
'rying tortillas on the station plat
,orm gmelled about as good as any
hing we have Emelled on the trip
Excepting Harry Potter after his
morning toilet
Ted" Cooley IS using as an argu-
nent that money ought TO be worth
more interest in Fl Paso. the fact