Show HOSPITALITY IS DECLARED BEST James Gordon Battle Finds West More Cordial Than Southland James James Gordon Battlo a 8 leading Democrat Democrat Democrat Dem Dem- of New r-ew York City who ran for district attorney a against Charles Whitman Whit Whit- Whitman Whitman man now governor of ot Now New York declares de declares de- de clares the tho hospitality of ot the west exceeds ex exceeds exceeds ex- ex that of the south where he was born As a member ot of the American Bar association convention he has made his first trip west and says he has had to revise several of ot his ions concerning the we wes wea a a In addition to the tho Hospitality It all t the evident prosperity and the of the western cities I have havo observed that the people out here arc are not so apprehensive apprehensive ap ap- as to-the to European war and acid lId the possibilities of ot this country getting Kelting into the fray Mr lr Battle Battlo said yester dl day after returning from a n trip to Bingham ham My 1 visit to Bingham ham with Senator tor Reed Smoot opened m my eyes ces to tho the wonderful copper mining of the state and I can read readily I believe the tho statement nt that more excavation atlon by far has haq b been done dona at Bingham in mining copper with Ith steam shovels sho than was Avas done in building the Panama canal I have ha also teen struck b by the excellence of ot the educational institutions of or this state and the amount that Is spent for educational educational educational edu edu- purposes here Mr lr Battle was asked concerning th the Importance of or Tammany hall ball In New NewYork NewYork York politics at this time and as to the he reports that the or organization is drawIng drawing draw- draw Ing its last breath Tammany was originally a voluntary voluntary volun volun- tar tary or organization but now It Is a a. political po po- political HUcal organization subject to th the statutes statutes statutes stat stat- utes governing o other political organizations organ organ- organizations he said While the old Tammany Tammany Tam Tam- man many may have ha passed there thero is still 3 an n association meeting at hall an and having an organization sImIlar similar similar simi sImI- lar to the organizations of other political po political political po- po parties parties s. s |