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HERALD
Saturday, April 16, 1910.
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Three Carloa
Furniture
jfemiupoiy
The New Combination
A swing, bed and hammock combined.
The most convenient thing for the
porch during the summer that was
ever invented. It's worth a special
trip to this store to see it: See them
while the line is '-unbroken. Selling
.f01;.... .....$12.50
Summer Goods You Need
Prepare to spend the summer as com
fortable as possble, a few inexpensive
articles will make you enjoy the sul
try days. Ve suggest Ice Cream
Freezers, Alcohol Stoves, Eubber
Lawn Hose and a score of other articles.
New Hammocks, all Colors
And we guarantee you that you can
not match our values any place in the
southwest. '
SPRING
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ENTAIL HiUAL
COST OF IF BILLION
Property Owners Pay to Insurance Companies $150,000,-
000 Above Total Amount Paid Back in Settlement of
Losses Faulty Construction Responsible for
Many Fires Great Drains Upon
American Resources.
THE American people are spending
an average of one billion dollars
a year to construct new buildings.
Th anual loss by fire and -expense of
Sire protection amounts to one-half
billion dollars. In other words, we lose
ty fire in two years as much as -we-gain
by new construction, in one year. This
enormous loss is shown by statistics
.gathered by government agents and re
lates exclusively to buildings and their
contents. If the forest fires were in
cluded, the otal loss would he very
much greater.
The actual amount .of property de
stroyed by fire In a -year, when there
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Fortzin&tti Quetion
His Daddy
Our 9th year in
v
ds or
Just Arrived
Furniture
Including settees, chairs and rockers
anything you want at a price that will
please you.
Dining Room Furniture
Hundreds of new pieces including
buffets, china closets, sideboards,
serving tables and dining tables fin
ished in golden oak, early England
mahogany or dull oak.
Kitchen Cabinets
Scores of new ones with the many
new features. All st37les and sizes at
all prices.
was no great conflagration was over
215,000,000. This represents a total and
actual loss charged against ihe re
sources of the country, for not one cent
of that sum can be saved. It is a to
tal loss and economic experts call it
"waste." The money paid to owners
of burned buildings by insurance com
panies does not restore a penny of the
value of the property destroyed it
merely distributes the loss among all
persons who pay premiums .on fire in
surance policies.
Fire Protection.
To this huge sum, which would be
fully a quarter of a billion dollars if
Say, Daddy, why are Cast Alumi
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BeeauseIPoiiunatus, they fit per
fectly, do not hurt the soft tissues,
easily kept clean, are light and when
you eat you can taste with them, and
100 more reasons.
2)r. H. A. Magrxxder
DENTIST
I DON'T WOR KFOR NEGROES
El Paso.
Plaza Block
J
We Are Showing
the largest and best line of new
furniture that has ever been
shown in El Paso. Nothing that
is new and good was excluded
from this shipment. Every ar
ticle was bought carefully and
buying in such quantities we
know we can give better values
than any furniture store in the
southwest.
w Porch and Lawn
216-218 San
Antonio St.
all fires were reported, must be added
as a part of the annual loss by fire the
expense of fire protection. Property
owners pay to the insurance compan
ies annually $150,000,003 over and above
the total amount paid back to the peo
ple in settlement of losses. This sum is
forever lost to the property owners.
The maintenance of fire departments
in American cities costs a total of ?50t
000,000 a year, and according to the
United States geological survey the an
nual cost of waterworks equipment
changeable to the account of fire pro
tection, adds over 28,000,000. In ad
dition to these public expenditures,
most industrial plants maintain private
fire fighting apparatus, factories are
equipped with automatic sprinklers, end
the like, making an annual charge of
o-ver $18,000,000.
Thus1 it is shown that In the United
States a quarter of a billion dollars goes
up every year in smoke, while an
other quarter of a billion is spent
to prevent the flames taking even
larger toll of our property. That the
money spent for fire protection is Tell
Invested is proved by the fact that
cities suffer comparatively less from
1 fire than do rural communities. At the
same time the money spent in this
manner represents an economic loss to
the property owners and taxpayers who
must foot the bills.
Per Capita Ikss-
Taking into account the actual loss
of property consumed by fire it ap
pears that the annual fire waste amounts
to $2.51 for each man, woman and child
in the country. The annual per capita
loss by fire in the six principal coun
tries of Europe is only 33 cents.
American fire fighting apparatus is
the best In the world, American fire
men are quicker than any.others, and as
brave as the bravest- Tet the tax on
the resources of the nation by fire loss
Is eight times as great In the United
States as in Europe-
The reason for this alarming dis
crepancy is to be found not in the peo
ple, but In the buildings. In Europe,
buildings are constructed largely of
fireproof materials, and under the
strict supervision of officers who compel
the builder to take every possible pre
caution against fire. In America, the
majority of the buildings are constructed
of wood, and even those built of brick,
stone and iron prove often to be fire
traps because of improper and careless
construction. In one year the, fire loss
In frame buildings was more than $146,
000,000 as compared to $68,000,000 on
buildings of brick, stone, etc. The num
ber of frame buildings burned was 130f
000 as compared with 36,000 buildingB of
other materials.
Government Buildings.
The greatest single property owner
and builder in the country Is the United
States government. The federal gov
ernment is the owner of buildings cost
ing more than $300,000,000, and it is
putting up new buildings to the cost
of $20,000,000 annually.
The government carries no insurance
on its buildings, preferring to assume
its own risks. That this is a wise policy
is indicated by the fact that if the build
ings were insured,. It would cost $600,
000 a year in premiums. The loss by
fire has amounted to less than $10,000
a year for a quarter of a century.
The reason for this apparent immunity
of government buildings from fire Is
quite simple. The buildings are con
structed with a view to making them
fireproof, and the vast majirlty of them
are surrounded by open spaces, insulat
ing them from ignition from nearby
buildings.
But the government Is not satisfied,
and to this end the geological survey
maintains a laboratory for the purpose
of testing building materials. Its imes-
Can This Meur
Read Your
Life?
The Rich, Poor, Exalted and HnmMe
Seek IILs Adiice on Business, Mar
riage, Friends, Enemies, Chances,
Speculations, liOe Affairs,
Journeys, and All events
of Life.
3iaxy say he 11eveal.s their
lives with .oiazing
accuracy.
Free Test Readings Will he Sent tt
a Short Time to All EI Paso
Herald Readers.
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Has the veil of mystery that ha o
long shrouded the ancient sciences
been raised at last? Can It be that a
system has been perfejtel mat revea s
with reasonable accuracy the character
and disposition of an individua., and
so outlines the life as to assist in
avoiding errors and taking advantage
of opportunities?
Roxroy, a man who has for "JO years
been delving into the mysteries of the
occult, making a scientific study of the
various methods of reading tin livs
of people, seems to have reached a
higher round in the ladder of fame
thart" his predecessors. Letters are
pouring into his office from all parts
of the world telling of the benefits de
rived from his advice. Many of his
patrons look upon him as a man gifted
with some strange, mysterious power,
but he modestly asserts that what he
accomplishes is due alone to an under
standing of natural laws.
lie is a man of kindly feeling toward
humanity, and his manner and tone
Immediately impress one with his sin
cere belief in his wjork. A huge stack
of grateful letters from people who
have received readings from him adds
to other convincing proof as to his
ability. Even 'Astrologers and Palm
ists admit that his system surpasses
anything yet introduced.
The Rev. G. C. H. Hasskarl, Ph. D.,
Pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Luth
eran church, in abetter to Prof. Rox
roy, says: "You are certainly the
greatest specialist and master of your
profession. Everyone consulting you
will marvel at the correctness of ypur
detailed personal readings and advice.
The most skeptical will consult you
again and again after corresponding
with you once."
If you wish to take advantage of
Roxroy's generous offer and obtain a
free reading, send your date, month and
vear of birth, state whether (Mr., Mrs.
or Miss) and also copy the following
verse In your own handwriting:
I have heard of your power
To read people's lives,
And would ask what for me
Tou have to advise?
Be sure to give your correct name,
birth date and address and write plaln
lv. Send your letter to ROXROY, Dept.
43 B., No. 177a Kensington High street,
London, "W., England. If you wish, you
may inclose 10 cents (U. S. A. stamps)
to pay postage, clerical work, etc Do
not inclose coins or silver in letters.
Note Under the new Postal regula
tions you can send a sealed letter to
England for only 2 cents postage.
tigatlons Include all sorts o construc
tion material, and the tests are very se
vere. For instance a material, stone, con
crete, tile, or the like, will be subjected
to xjidlnary fire temperature, about 1000
Fahrenheit, and, in another test, to
conflagation temperature of 17000 de
grees. The heated material is drenched
with water and its behavior then ob
served. Tests are made to observe how
rapidly temperature is transmitted from
one side of a wall to another, the inves
tigation comprising walls or varying
thickness and material.
Precautions Against Flte.
By means of these tests the supervis
ing architect of the treasury, Uncle
Sam's master builder, determines the
foreproofing qualities of various materi
als 'and selects the best -for use in new
government buildings. Engineers make
a special study of planning buildings to
prevent the rapid spread of fire. Efforts
are being made to secure the enactment
of stricter building codes.
The use of wood for building purposes
is prohibited in certain areas in nearly
all cities, and the tendency is to in
crease these "fire districts," as they
are usually called. But in the smaller
towns and villages, and in the rural
communities, wood is st-iL the most used
biildlng material, and there are few if
any legal means to regulate construc
tion. One-half of all the fires in the coun
try are traced directly to faults of con
struction and a large proportion of the
"causes unknown" responsible for an
other quarter of the fires also may be
safely charged to the same account. De
fective flues and chimneys head the list
of fire causes followed by faulty fire
places, heating and lighting apparatus,
and the like.
Europe Prohibits "Wood.
In Europe, an old country where
things are more or less finished, the
use of wood is prohibited both by law
and by the expense. Every building must
be erected under the eye of an officer
who will enforce certain rules and regu
lations evolved from the" actual experi
ence of centuries. There a house is built
to last forever, and great pains is taken
with it In the beginning.
In America, the abundance of com
paratively cheap and ensily'Tvorked tim
ber makes wood the chief .building ma
terial. The greater number of the build
ings are erected where there is neither
supervision nor machinery to enforce the
regulations If they existed. And houses
are not built to last forever,
nite Idea of "making it do until I get
enough monev to put up a big bam."
An artisan builds a cottage which at no
time is sufficiently opaque to. obscure the
vision of the better house to-be built on
the ruins of this one in u. few years. The
merchant looks forwarc to a -progress
from smaller to larger buildings as a
matter of course. And the man who
builds houses to rent does it 'as quickly
and aa cheaply as possible.,
In this phase of American life is to
be found one grain of comfort Tvith re
spect to losses by fire many of the
buildings burned would s'oon be razed
anyhow to make room for others.
Loss In Rural Districts.
Statistics show that rural communities,
on account of poor construction and no
fire protection, suffer most .from fire
loss. That portion of the -country where
timber Is abundant suffers more than
the sections where the timber is ex
hausted, or where there never was much
wood.
Small cities suffer more in comparison
than do large cities, largely on account
of the greater use of wood for construc
tion, and the more lenient building laws.
The southern states lose more than any
other geographical section, largely be
cause the climate does not compel ade
quate arrangements for heating. The
open fireplace do their deadly work.
The insurance companies collect in one
year $150,000,000 more In premiums than 1
they pay back for losses, yet they claim
that they do not make money. The ex
pense of administration is heavy. And
then a conflagration like that of San
Francisco will wipe out a surplus of
years.
The national board of fire under
writers asserts that the San Francisco
earthquake wiped out eery dollar of
profits from underwriting the companies
had made since 1860. and $75,000,000
more. But of course the companies had
made money by the use of the capital
paid into their coffers Dy policyholders,
and they do not depend altogether on
underwriting profits.
The Loss of Life.
It is not possible to stop all losses by
fire, but it is possible greatly to cur
tail the enormous drain upon American
resources entailed by fires which have
their origin in -carelessness. Building
codes should be supplied and enforced,
even in rural districts, and wherever
.possible new construction should be
fireproof.
A waste of a quarter of a billion dol
lars and a loss of twice that much every
year by fire is too -much for even rich
America to pay. And then there is the
great loss of life due to bad construc
tion it is not necessary to repeat the
tragic tales of the Iroquois theater, the
Boyertown moving picture show and the
Collinwood school
The enormity of the loss by fire was
thus forcibly illustrated by Charles
"Whiting Baker, editor of. the Engineer
ing News: "The buildings consumed by
fire in one year, if placed on lots of 65
feet frontager would line both sides of a
street extending from New York to Chi
cago. A person journeying along this
street of desolation would pass in ev
ery 1000 feet a ruin from which an in
jured person was taken. At every three
quarters of a mile in this journey he
would encounter the charred remains of
a human being who had been burned to
death."
RUSH CONTINUES
TO WEST COAST
Pioneers Give Credit to The
t Herald for Upbuild
ing Country.
Culiacan, Mexico, April 16. I the
present influx of Americans continues
for another year the available agricul
tural land of Sinoloa will be entirely
sold to actual cultivators of the soil.
The pioneers of this coast join in giv
ing the El Paso Herald the greater por
tion of the credit for the present rush
fori both dands and mines.
But one other big American daily
give sthe west coast country any con
siderable attention, and then only along
certain lines. It is admitted that the
west coast mining news given by The
Herald is by far the most carefully
gathered and edited of any reaching
here, not excepting the regular mining
journals.
The newcomers this season are large
ly from other states than California,
which shows the good work done by
The Herald.
MORE CATTLE SHIPPED
FROM ALPINE, TEXAS
3Ir. C. A. Roberts, 111 in Bed, Suffers
Xenons Shock "Vhen KIre Dani-
nges Residence.
Alpine. Texas, April 16. Fred F.
Chase shipped 21 cars of cattle from
Alpine to Kansas. These were part of
the cattle purchased by Chase and
Huddleson from the Elsinore cattib
company.
Alpine and vicinity were visited by a
slow drizzling rain, which will be very
beneficial to the young grass and gar
dens. Fire was discovered In the roof ot
the house occupied byC . A. Roberts.
The fire was soon extinguished without
muc hdamage. Mrs. Roberts was sick
in bed at the time of the fire, which
caused her to become greatly excited
and her condition is reported to be very
serious.
E. E. Townsend. manager of the Ell
sinore Cattle company ranch, was in
Alpine to deliver the shipment of cattle
to Chase and Huddleston of Kansas.
L. B. Caruthers is 'spending a few
days on his ranch in El Paso county.
TO ATTEND GOLDEN WEDDING.
Clyde "V. Nafe, of the Rio Grande Ab
stract company, left Friday night to
attend the golden wedding anniversary
of his parents, who live In Rochester
Ind.
Frank James, of the James & Downes
Wholesale Grocery company, of Silver
City.N. M., arrived in El Paso Saturday
morning.
iKIMWi
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In every walk in life discrimination between the true
and the false wins and enjoys success. In questions of
form, of style and of values, whether financial, commercial
or medicinal, the judgement of the men and women who
select and appreciate and utilize the true and genuine
product, proves most profitable and most satisfactory to
themselves and to all who follow them.
Therefore, in connection with so important a subject as
the physical well-being of the people, the most eminent
physicians insist on full information as to the wholesome
nature and truly beneficial character of the component
parts of the remediesused and prescribed by them, and the
wise manufacturer not only supnlies them with the
knowledge desired, but also combines for them in proper
proportions the very substances most approved by them
and omits every objectionable substance. The world-wide
acceptance of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna by phy
sicians and the well-informed of the world, as the best of
family laxatives, is due to the universal satisfaction which
it has given for more than a quarter of a century and also
to the fact that it is a- remedy of known quality and known
component parts and to the further fact that the Galifornia
Fig Syrup Go. presents it to the world simply as the ideal
strengthening personal laxative to cleanse and sweeten the
system gently, yet effectually, and to dispel colds and
headaches and to assist in overcoming constipation. To
get its beneficial effects always buy the original and
genuine, for sale by all leading druggists. The full name
of the company Galifornia Fig Syrup Go. is always
plainly printed on the front of every package.
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Cool, Comfortable
Footwear
For Women
brds,
Ankle Straps and
Low Ties, in
Tans, Patents
.
Some "nifty" new shapes to show you at
350 and $4.00
Pew's Shoe Store
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ULTHY SHOW
Association Refuses to Ac
cept Resignation oi Miss
Williams, Secretary.
i
That the bird fanciers comprising the
El Paso Poultry association will hold a
fair the coming winter was decided at
the regular monthly meeting Friday
night at the chamber of commerce. In
the event the El Paso Fair association
does not hold a meeting, tne chicken
show will be held in the city in quar
ters which may be secured. The date
of the chicken show is left to the dis
cretion of The directors.
The meeting was somewhat enlivened
by the announcement of the resignation
of the secretary. Miss Ruth WilliamsT
which was tabled.
Miss Williams stated that following
the meeting in. March, a commitfee
composed of J. M. Morrison and D. G.
Helneman. two of the Poultry associa
tion members, Informed her they had
been appointed at the meeting to re
quest her resignation.
"They assigned trK-ial reasons" Miss
Williams stated, "but I ask that my
resignation be accepted."
The members at the Friday night
meeting thought otherwise ana refused
to accept the resignation.
One CcBt in Dank.
The report of the secretary and
treasuter, as read, follows:
Balance in bank, one cent; due the
association, $51.25; liabilities $17.93.
The bylaws were amended sp that
hereafter, seven rather than 12 members
shall form a quorum for the transaction
of business, and that elections shall
follow nominations. Heretofore, the
election of officers has been made
without nominations.
Professor Elmer Stearns of the Agri
cultural college of Juarez, was elected
a director to succeed C G. Titus, re
signed, and J. G. Kenan was elected to
succeed F. A. Grace, vice president,' also
resigned. J. A. Morris, 1305 North Flo
rence, was acecpted for membership.
Ata interesting paper on "The Proper
Food for Young Chicks," was read 5y
Professor Stearns.
Those attending the meeting were:
Peter A. Rowe, president: Miss Ruth
Williams, secretary; L. West, Prof. El
mer Stearns of the Agricultural Col
lege, Juarez; C. Dean, Lee Paddock, W.
L. Robertson. W. C. Bulger, M. J. Sher
wood, H. J. Sherwood, V. E. Ware, T. H.
Ellis, and L. P. McChesney.
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BUILDING ACTIVITY
CONTINUES AT ALPINH
Ranch Is Sold for $10,000 JTemeseekers
Are Looking: Over Ranch Prop
erty More Wells Pat Down.
Alpine, Tex. April 16. A. B. Weakley
is receiving bids for a residence to be
erected on his five acre tract of land
in the Mean addition.
Wm. Daugherty is building a house
for R. S. Dod in the Means addition.
This house will cost about 3000.
Jesse Pruett is doing seme building
on his ranch north of Alpine. When Mr.
Pruett has finished this addition, which
he estimates to cost about $1000 he, will
have one of-' the nicest ranch homes in
the country.
S. P. Ford has sold his ranch in the
Irving pacture to R. E. Beaty. This
ranch consists of four sections of school
land and between three and four sections
of deeded land. The total consideration
is about $lff,000. Mr. Ford will remain
in this sectlpn of the country.
.T. D. "Wilson, of Roby, Tex., is here
and will probably locate as he went out
to look at some ranch propositions with
the intention of buying something In
this locality.
W. A. Wilson, a rancher in the Irv
ing pasture is In today and states that
he has struck a fine well of water after
boring the second well. The first well "
was 270 feet deep, but there wasiio
great amount of -water and r. Wilson
bored a second "well only 200 f3t and
found an abundant supply.
S. L Burdich, formerly of EI Paso, Is
a new resident here.
T is a splendid idea to begin each
meal with a dose of the Bitters.
It gives appetite, aids digestion
and prevents any after-eating dis
tress. Insist on having
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Today
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IF ITS FOR
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' get it at
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FOR
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"Vegetable Lard,
Manufachired by
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