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G. A. Martin is Hews Editor.
Saturday, July Fourteenth,. 1913.
v: RPayneTR OCaabV. A- Martin. A. U gnarpe, ana Jom -. .
Where Everybody Wins
THE HERALD'S exclusive account of the sale this week of 57,000 acres of
Hew Mexko state land to a syndicate for development and colonization
purposes has caused a good deal of enthusiastic discussion among the people
of the new state. It is realized that this is the first fruit of the progressive land ,
policy that was made possible only by statehood. Under the territorial form of
government such a deal would have been impossible. As a result, this rich domain
of nearly 100 square miles has gone fallow and unused until now, but comes upon
the market at a time when the demand for land of the sort, under the conditions
now possible to offer, is very great.
The soil is as fertile and as well suited to the highest forms of agriculture
and horticultre as any in the west Hot only is the district one of virgin fertility,
but the tracts making up the purchase were carefully selected by specialists only
after thorough soil analyses and exhaustive tests of the underground water
supply.
As a pumping proposition, the Tularosa country cannot be surpassed. The
water is nowhere more than 90 feet below the surface, aad in a 60 foot well it
rises to within a few feet of the surface three to nine feet. Powerful pomps, run
continuously, lower the pumping level somewhat when the full draft is first felt,
but there it stops, and in no case in the series of test welts in the region did the
pumping level go below 18 feet from the surface. That makes it a remarkable
"shallow water" pumping proposition, equal to any in the west.
Power wfll be furnished on the community system if desired,' or settlers may
furnish their .own power, in which latter case the cost will be reduced below the
ordinary commercial cost by a system of cooperative buying of engine fuel.
Host remarkable of all is the plan that is being devised to make it possible for
settlers of limited means to go upon the land and develop it, if they have the skill
and energy and thrift necessary to succeed at farming anywhere. Thirty years,
will be given, if desired, in which to pay for the land. Settlers will be aided
financially in developing and equipping their farms, and power will be furmshed
on an equitable basis. There will be no taxes to pay during the period rn which
deferred payments run, and interest will be waived altogether or will be only
nominal. Demonstration farms wfll be established, expert guidance offered, and
cooperative marketing encouraged. The actual colonizing will be in the hands of a
concern of wide experience and large means.
El Paooans should try to realize what this means to Hew Mexico and this
immediate section of the country. At a distance about equal to Deming, here is
a region even more dependent than is Deming, upon El Paso as a commercial and
financial and market center. Deming can go west or north and find markets and
commercial connections, and is not wholly dependent on El Paso in these respects.
But the Tularosa country is, in a sense, more isolated and more dependent upon
the El Paso connection. This city wfll be the trnly large market and financial
and commercial center available, except as the people may find it desirable to go
dear outside of the state for markets and commerce. ,..,. .
It is another big opportunity for El Paso to help herself by helping her
neighbors. The development of this tract, right in our own front yard, will result
in witting 1OJ0O0 new people into our inner trade circle; it wfll mean the invest
ment of hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the steady contribution
of thousands of dollars every week to El Paso's trade stream. Just what this sort
of thing means may be guessed when it is told, on authority, that one single whole
,sale house in El Paso, before the Mormon exodus from Mexico, received a business
aggregating more than $5000 per month from those Mormon colonies alone, al
though they had only 4O00 inhabitants all told.
The time is coming when El Paso will be the center not only of a rich agri
cultural valley but of a "shallow water" irrigated farm country of great produc
tiveness. Tfcat is the solution of the problem of these rich but "and western
plains. Somebody has said that "Water in unlimited quantities is within 50 feet
of every man's door" out here in this section, and that is mighty near literally
true, even if you do have to go straight down for it. Such a bounty of natural
resource is too great an asset to go long neglected. ......
The colonising company of the tract above Tularosa will make a special effort
to obtain skilled farmers who have capital of their own, in money savings as well
as in experience. The methods of the company will be worth dose watching by
El Pasoans and others interested in promoting the development aad beneficial use
of the rich uplands of the Rocky Mountain Southwest.
o-
Governor Hunt does not seem to have perfected his grip en the- party reins.
There is a powerful revolt against him within his party. He will rely en organized
labor to pull him over.
Holding Down the Lid
NEW MEXICO is fortunate in having as governor at this time a man of clear
cut ideas and firm character. He is not much of a self advertiser, but one
cannot talk with him without being impresesd by his sterling good sense,
genuinely progressive ideas, and inclination toward fair play. He has not played
politics to suit some of the men who worked for him before election, but he is
acting upon the unusual conception that he is the governor of a whole state and
not of any party, faction, or section.
Incidentally, Hew Mexico is thriving greatly since being reKevefl in some
degree from the Might of perpetual political strife. The rest is doing the state
good.
The next fight will be over the legislature, and the lines are f ormlag for a
hard csmpig Hew Mexko is still in toe formative period of new statehood,
and fortunately there is no such radical spirit rampant as prevails in some of the
newer commonwealths.
Hew Mexko wfll gain greatly by exercising serf restraint m all things and pur
suing a conservative and just policy toward all interests and all classes, rather!
than by setting off weekly earthquakes to see the folks jump.
o
West Virginia coal camp investigators would better come to Dawson, H. M.,
to find out how a coal camp ought to be run. Dawson is managed for business,
too, not philanthropy, yet it is the model coal camp of the world.
El Paso's Biggest Problem
IF WS MUST choose between providing adequate schooling ior toe younger
children, with vocational training especially in the Chihuahuita district, and
providing modern fadKties for the high school, the former is the more im
portant. But it is not necessary to choose between them. El Paso can afford
both, and must have both.
If the proposed bond issue be not large enough, make it larger. BHt don't
neglect the biggest problem El Paso has before her today: that of Chihuahuita.
Sanitation, vocational schools, and recreation grounds, aH supplemented by the
constructive work of the Woman's Charity association in behalf of women and
children, offer the only practical solution for permanent results.
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Arizona wfll confer a real favor upon the whole country if she finds out what
a Republican k and lets the people know.
14 Years Ago Today
From The Herald This Date 1SS. I
Capt, George Curry came down
this morning with Lee and Gilliland.
John Harvey went to Kansas City
this morning by way of the Santa Fe.
Mrs. F. W. Brown and children left
for California this morning to spend
the summer.
Kagineer Fred Conner, of the G. H.,
has been laying off for the past few
days, reported for work yesterday.
The regular drill of the High school
cadets has been changed from Tuesday
night at 7:30 to Wednesday evening at
7 30.
Mrs. C. N. Pierce and children, and
Mrs. C. F. Dunn, of Jarilla, left for
Hillsboro, N. M.. this morning to visit
Iriends.
Engineer Hobein. -of the G. H., is now
comfortably located in his new house.
He has been laying off for the past
few days.
H D. Slater and wife returned today
from Hillsboro. K. . where Mr. Slater
has been reporting the Fountain case
for The Herald.
Mrs. W. R. Martin, wife of superin
Undeet Martin, of the G. BL, who has
been ill for some time past, is so far
improved as to be completely out of
danger.
In the suit of Juan Cano vs. the G.
H railway for Sia.oto for personal in
juries, the Jury today rendered a ver
dict for the plain ti ft allowing him
Si'.loo damages.
The several committees for the races
to be held at Washington park on the
Fourth of Julj have been selected. U.
St wart Mr Maver and Nathan Solo
m "i v. il tic luiiKcf
'. K HiiK' n t dit.ir of th. I. n-
'1 I,- and Rpnscntiiiu ui tilt
Associated Press at the Hillsboro, X.
M, trial, arrived in Kl Paso yesterday
and left for a brief visit to Mexico
City.
An alarm was sounded this morning
from the corner of Ochoa and Second
streets. The fire was making good
headway when the chemical arrived.
No water was needed the chemical do
ing the work nicely.
"Nothing approaching a boom has
yet developed in El Paso real estate,
but the tone of the market is unques
tionable better." said a prominent citi
zen today. "Well located business
property has been in demand for
several months at advanced prices.
In residence property, the real bar
gains are gradually disappearing."
A great many El Pasoans are now
enjoying themselves in Cloudcroft.
Daily climbs to the peaks are most in
vigorating. Harry Ale- onder. passen
ger agent of the White Oaks, will send
his father, mother and sister to Cloud
croft Saturday to spend the summer
months. Mrs. W. Tuttle and her two
little sons now at Fresnal, N. t.. will
be joined Saturday by Mr. Tuttle. who
will be the first excursion party
to Cloudcroft. Ed Roberts and children
will accompany Mr. Tuttle.
Chopin hall was crowded last night
to witness the closing exercises of St.
Joseph's academy. Friends of the
academy had donated very pretty gold
medals and these were donated for
proficiency in several branches. The
following were awarded gold medals:
For Christine doctrine. Miss Frances
Carr; for conduct. Miss Ladle Car
roll; for music, class A. Miss Lizzie
McCarthy: for class B music. Miss
Bella Redmond; for composition. Miss
Eda Hubbard, for English grammar.
Miss Ma Leahy for bookkeeping, Mi.ss
;rnes Bossone for m.ithf mptic. Miss
Ju.idil.ip. rv.ru.- for orthotri aph .
I. il "I I ..'i nut- for penmanship.
-IiSb Maid Smith,
High Salaries Deceptive
Americans Holding Philippine Posi
tion" BrlBj; I.ltlle Money Heme;
Filipino Control Growing.
-Ur Frcderl" J. HasKln
WASHINGTON. D. C June 14.
The provincial system of ad
ministration in the Philippine
islands in in two parts. The pro
clncial system proper is the .part
which operates solely in the prov
inces. The other part is as much cen
tral as provincial, being the several
insular bureaus which are located in
Manila, but who do most of their work
in all parts of the islands. Strictly
speaking, they are a part of the cen
tral government, but as the bulk of
their duties pertain to the provinces
they will beconsidered in this con
nection. AH Official la Charge American.
The principal bureaus are executive,
education, audits, treasury, customs,
internal revenue, public works, justice,
constabulary, lands, forestry, science,
health, printing, supply, posts, naviga
important offices which do not rank
as bureaus are those of the supervising
railway expert, consulting archtect.
Philippine hospital, coal expert, the
big ice plant and the Philippine li
brary. AH the leading officials of
these bureaus and offices are Ameri
cans. The only one dominated by
Filipinos is the bureau oflabor, where
all the officers and employes are Fili
pinos. Salaries for bureau directors
average $6,000 per annum. The direc
tor of public works (draws $7,500 and
his asisstant director $6,000. The di
rector of labor draws J 4.000. while the
forestry director is paid $5,000. All
the others get $6,000. Assistant di
rectors average from $3,500 to $4,250.
Chief clerks and chiefs of divisions
range from $2,000 to $3,000. Of these
positions 99 per cent are held by Amer
icans. In addition there are hundreds
of American clerks who are paid from
$ 1.200 to $2,000.
Furnlnh Target far Attaekx.
This fat salary roll which the Amer
icans subsist upon is always a target
for Filipino attacks, especially as lib
eral accrued leave and vacation priv
ileges go with them. But here the
same problem of supply and demand
has to be met. just as with the mem
bers of the commission and the su
preme court, as previously explained.
Competent Americans will not go over
there for less. The high cost of living,
averaging in Manila and some pro
vincial points as high as in San Fran
cisco. Seattle. Denver or Washington,
also cuts into the apparently 'high sal
aries. The necessity of frequent va
cations to Japan or to this countrv.
plus the life saving trips to the United
States for the women and children of
an employe's family, make another
drain on his purse.
Bring Little Money Back.
Fully half of the American- civil
service personnel finally returns to the
United States with very little more
money than they started away with.
As a rule, the only benefits derived
from a sojourn of three, five or ten
years in the Phlliopines is the varied
experiences, important official respon
sibilities (for which a young man has
to wait 20 years or more in this coun
try.!, travel and a generally wid
ened perspective. Against this must
be checked complete exile from home
and relatives, loss of material ad
vancement here which his stay-at-home
brother has grabbel in his ab
sence, and an impaired physique. The
only ones who make their Philippine
experience pay flncially are such of
the young, unmarried men who happen
to be frugal and the men whose wires
also hold government jobs and get
"from $1,200 to $2,000. There Is only
one married woman who earns the
latter sum. and she is chief clerk of
a bureau. Of the other two women
who eniov similar cnmnensatinnsL one
is a widow and the other is unmarried.
Many others make $1,600 and $1,800.
Competence I a Factor.
Competence Is another factor. The
plain truth Is that for the present at
least the bulk of the positions In the
bureaus even the ordinary clerkships
and stenograohlc posts, are not held
bv the Filipinos. It has onlv been
within the last three years that &
handful here and there have been able
to pass the first grade civil service
examination In English which entitles
them to a salarv of $1,200. At present
not over 20 FiMnino clerks hold snch
positions and of Filipino stenographers
"rn'ns j.-uw or more tnere are three
in the entire list of bureaus. As to
the high nosts. some Americans sav
that no Filipino has demonstrated ad
minlRtrative abilitv to entitle him to
be director or assistant director of a
bureau . This is the kind of talk in
dulged by antI-Filipno Americans,
despite the good records made hv two
Filipino attorney-generals as chiefs of
the bureau of justice. No other Fili
pino ever has been given a chance
either to succeed or fail at the head of
the bureau. The few who have been
educated In the United States or Eu
rope are gradually working Into sueh
noRitions, however, and in the main, do
fairly well.
Many Bureau Maintained.
Every part of the province feels
the influence of the bureaus. For in
stance, the bureau -of education main
tains schools in everv hamlet. Not a
road Is built or a bridge thrown across
a stream without the supervision of
the bureau of public works , through
the district engineer. The mllltarv
policing of the islands is done bv the
constabulary. Every provincial treas
urer is an agent of the insular treas
urer in Manila. The forest reserves
ar under the bureau of forestrv. All
surveying and narcellng of land 'is con
trolled by the director of forestry. All
the postdffices come under, the swav
of the director of posts. Internal rev
enue agents are the e'-es and ears, and
sometimes the fists, of the insular col
lector of internal revenue.
In everythlhe these bureaus do in
the provinces thev are directed to work
harmoniouslv with the Fillnlno pro
vincial officials. It is well known
that an American treasurer or con
stabulary officer must keen on good
terms with the native officials If thev
wish to stand high with their chiefs in
Manla. Not infrequently the word
of the native is accented in Manila
above that of the American with whom
he has clashed. ,
Filipinos Ih Centre!.
Tt has been shown how this process
of turning their government over to
the Filipinos has been going on in the
central administration, though very
slowly. Tn the nrovince it is now com
plete. The Filipino todav is in abso
lute control of provincial administra
tion, have been In fact since 1908. and
have dictated their own municipal af
fairs almost from the very first.
The 29 provinces are governed by a
munidoal hoard of three members,
composed of the provincial governor,
the third member and the provincial
treasurer. The first two are Filipinos,
who are elected by the people for four
years. The last named is an American,
although a few provinces now have
Filipino treasurers, who. of course, sit
on the boards. The provincial fiscal
or prosecuting attornev is a Filipino
and so Is the clerk of the court and
all other attaches. As has been shown
in the previous article, the Judge is
oftentimes a Filipino.
When provincial alministration was
first inaugurated American army of
ficers were the civil governors. When
the office became elective the governor
was naturally a Filipino but the other
two members of the board were the
American treasurer and the American
supervisor of roads and buildings.
Later the position of supervisor was
abolished en account of the expense
and the division superintendent of
schools, always an American, went on
the board.
Municipal rule is wholly Filioino
The presidents maior, vice prepidente
"id members of the municipal council
the erected frr t'n vrnrs ti pnmilr
tioueh I'mitcl Mi'fT" Th m ri
im t o 'iiciil tr i-i.r in rn ,-(5 i)k
1 municipal at-'.ounts but the relation
abeTmartin l
Ever' woman reaches th' age when she
Hkes t' crochet real fast an' tell about
th' chances she turned down when she
wuz f girl. Th' commonest variety o
optimist is th' feller that thinks ever
thing that hurts somebuddy else is fer
th' best.
between a Stale ana municipalities is
frequently observed in the United
States. The term municipality in the
islands means the surrounding terri
tory as well as the town itself, so that
no part of the islands is without its
municipal rule. The villages dotting
the landscape around the central town
of which they are a part are called
"barrios." This does away with
counties, and the provinces are thus
considered States. There are 715 muni
cipalities in the islands. There are
four classes first, those having not
less than 25.000 population; second
class. 18,000 to 26.000; third class.
10 000 to 18.000; fourth class, less than
10,000.
On "Going Up Against It
Bv GEOn'GE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old hlvf-ash."
fcfe" 01 XG up against it" is the
1 J United States way of deserib-
ine a head-on collision be
tween man and miefort'ine.
"It" in this case means trouble in all
of its hideous varieties. When a man
goes up against "it" he meets trouble
in a narrow road, with no room in which
to sidestep and he has a good chance to
examine trouble's shining fangs and to
look down its red and hungry throat
about three miles.
There are as many kinds of "it" as
there are of trouble. In Alfred the
Great's case "it" consisted of a hostile
army, which was hunting him with an
obituary already prepared, while he had
nothing left with which to fight it but
a battered harp. George Washington
was up against "it" at Valley Forge,
and "it" consisted of several thousand
appetites in the patriot array with the
nearest lunch counter in possession of
the enemv. Cvrus Field was up against
"it" when his third trans-Atlantic cable
failed and the investors invited him to i
go chase himself when he tried to
finance the fourth one.
"He hag a good chance- to examine
trouble's shining fangs."
Everyone goes up against it in one
way or other at some time in his life.
For some this means ruin, while to
others it is merely a pastime. When
some men go up against it they crumble
up like an egg-shell, like Charles the
First, who fought a short war and aban
doned himself to the headsman, with a
sigh of relief. When other men go up
against it thev merely continue on
through. The careers of Lincoln, Wash
ington. Caesar, Thomas A. Edison and
V. S. Grant were marked by the ruins
of "its" which they went up against.
When a man has nerve, energy, deter
mination and a will that is made of
Vanadium steel, it is a very foolish
thing for trouble to get in his road
with the hope of stopping him.
Now and then a sound of lamentation
and despair can be heard curdling up
the busy atmosphere This is generally
produced by some man who thinks be is
going up against it. But he isn't. He is
generally backing away from it. Copy
righted by George Matthew Adams.
Bores
By Walt Mnson
Of all the bores above ground, who
should be sent to glory, the greatest is
the one who's bound to tell a funny
story. I always shudder when he comes,
this anecdotal honker, displaying all his
teeth and gums in mirth he cannot con
quer. I always know just what hell
say. when be is thus putliusing: "I heard
a yarn the other day that seemed to me
amusing." And then he starts a hoary
tale that is too fierce to dwell on, a
yarn that Adam counted stale, and Noah
rung the bell on. I yawn. I shriek, I
scowl, I glower, and say his yarn is
hoary: it kesn't help, liour after hour
he tells his beardc 1 story. The bright
and sunny morning goes, and still the
jester labors; I hear him saying, as I
dote: "The Paddy said, 'Be Jabers!"
And now the golden afternoon is pass
ing, sadly, slowly; I hope that hell be
finished soon with that romance unholy.
In vain! -right comes, the stars ap
pear on high in twinkling glory; the
funny man still lingers near and tells
his shelfworn story. And when at last
he ends his tale, so many long hours
after, and I sit, gloomy, stern and pale,
without a sign of laughter, as though
ray soul were out of joint, lie says the
vord roer': "You do not seem to c.itih
tlie point T'" tell the story oer'"
r.-vilit 1913 bv George MattUi w
i Aiims.
A Suffraget Defeat
A Shert Stery.
THE hall was crowded with Its cos
mopolitan audience. There were
suffragets and anti-suffrageta of
fat and lean proportions, each eyeing
the other with a hatred born of long
years of rivalry and each keyed to
a high pitch of excitement.
At last the chairman of the arrange
ments committee arose to announce
the subject of the meeting.
"Today." she said, "we will discuss
the training of husbands."
Mild applause followed, which burst
into a storm of hand claps as Xme.
Yvonne, leader of the suffragets of
the valley of the Seine, arose at the
chairman's beckonnig.
"I present to you," continued the
mistress of the ceremonies. "Mme.
Yvonne, whose home is a model de
corum. She will lead, the debate for
the equal righters.
Consternation reigned in the rank
of the antis. Mme. Yvonne, house
hold was known from one end of
France to the other. They had nol ex
pected her as the champion of tha
Suffrage Husband Training league. A
council of war was hurriedly called by
the determined leaders of the opposi
tion. "My friends." began Mme. Yvonne,
when a stir among the ranks of her
enemies had subsided. "I come to tell
you of a model husband, my Gaston,
and I come also to ten you or nis iraiu
in. Thot all thia mav Ka hefter II- !
MMIjm. A....1. .... .... ... .- -
justratea l am aooui 10 siari u iuo
verv beginning of our courtship.
"My mastery over him began oim
day when he was visiting at the home
of my mother.
Monsieur Gaston, would you do me ,
stsreat pleasureT I asked.
" 'Mademoiselle Yvonne I have ni I
renter desire than that.' he answered.
"'If that is son Monsieur Gaston,
then let me blindfold you.' I suggested.
"He made no objection whatever.
" 'Blindfold me. Mademoiselle Yvonne
and I Shall do anything you say.' said
he.
" 'But, he added cautiously, 'do not
take advantage of my blindness to
play a trick on me.
"I assured him that I could never
stoop to the meannes of doing such
a thing, and, like the fool he is, he
believed me. He is sueh a nice fel
low. "When I had tied the handkerchief
over his eyes I took my scissors and
in four or five minutes cut off his
mustache. I cut it so close to the Up
that I took off some of the skin, too.
Oh, horror! My sweetheart gave a cry
of anguish! I had wounded him and
he was bleeding. But you must not
Imagine that he got angry.
" "It's nothing at all,' he simply said,
as he took off the handkerchief that
I had tied around his head; 'but I
must say that you rather scared me at
first.'
"Confused and ashamed of what I
had done. I threw myself into a chair.
I tried to find words to apologiae, but
I could not find any, and while still
trying to stop the flow of blood. Gas
tonvcame qver to cheer me up.
"'Don't think of it. Mademoiselle
Yvonne. Of course I did not know,
did not have the slightest idea that my
mustache displeased you. You should
only have told me. and I would have
han It taken off immediately."
"There was never a more good na
tured man than my Gaston.
"His kindness touched me. I felt
the tears coming into my eyes. . He
noticed it.
" 'Don't cry.' he said. 'After all. what
has happened is entirely my fault. I
ought to have been able to anticipate
your taste. You love smooth shaven
men. and from now on I shall shave
twice every day.'
-Oh. no." I cried, 'don't do that.'
"And as he did not understand, I ex
plained. "'I do want you to keep your mus
tache. You would look awful If you
were smooth shaven.'
"He did not get angry at all. He
Is far too good natured for that He
only said very timidly:
"Then it was hardly necessary to
eut it' off. was it?'
"The justice of this remark made m?
a little angry.
" 'It is Just like you.' I said. to make
such a fuss about a little bit of skin.
"He realized that it was wrong of
him to complain, so, of course. I for
gave him. What else could I do? You
can't really gfet angry with him. Gas
ton is so good.
"When we were married he liked
our cook Rosalie's food so -well that he
remained a whole hour at the table
I was really ashamed of him. He
sxew fat aa an elephant
strangled him. and his vest nurst at
the seams. I realized I must do some
thing. I did not want to go through
lift with a short and fat husband thai
looked like a turkey gobbler. So I
said to myself that it should not take
long to reduce him to his normal pro
portions. "I knew Just what to do. I dis
charged Rosalie and engaged an Eng
lish cook whom I told never to let
Monsieur have anything but grilled
steak, three times a day. To watch
the result of my cure I bought a pair
of scales and weighed Gaston twice a
day. keeping an exact record of his
poundage.
"At first he lost regularly every day
and I began to congratulate myself,
but two weeks later his weight grew
absolutely stationary. He had become
used to the diet, but he was still too
stout. I reproached him bitterly and
he never said a word in return. Gas
ton is so good.
"Shortly afterwards I found out that
Gaston had begun to drink tea instead
of wine and even dosed himself with
vinegar and water twice a day.
"In this wav he actually lost about
4 pounds and completely ruined his
stomach. His character, however, re
mained as gentle as ever. Gaston is
so good."
Then an unlooked for disturbance
overawed the whole audience. A wom
an rushed down the aisle and before
the amazed spectators realized the sit
uation, grappled with the speaker and
carried her from the platform.
"All that she has told you is a base
lie." shouted the newcomer. "I am
Gaston, her husband." and with this
declaration the speaker tore off his
wig and dress in which he had dis
guised himself to attend the meeting.
From that time on the advocates of
anti-auffragism were the respected
women of the community, and loyal
suffragets left the town slowly their
cause having been disgraced.
TAX COMMISSION CI.ASIIBS
WITH NAVAJO SUPERVISORS.
Phoenix, Ariz.. June 13. Strained re
lations exist between the state tax
commission and two of the supervisors
of Navajo county as a result of an
order issued by commissioner P. J
Miller, directing the board to restore
the valuations placed on stocks of mer
chandise to their full cash value, and
not to disturb the valuations placed
on railroad grant lands by the county
assessor.
During his trip through the north
ern part of the state commissioner
Miller arrived In Holbrook. the county
seat of Navajo, several days before
the time during which the supervisors
were supposed to sit as equalizers, had
expired He at once issued n order
calling them together as equalizers
and requiring them to remain in ses
sion till June 16
The same order directed that the
aluations placed on mt rt handise of-f-r.d
for -al. in Mine- uhuh h.ul
b.'t n inliKu! t. th -vi J., r :r--i.
i 1.. r sni. t l'j v h. it Ih. i
stood btfoie.
THE "CITY MANAGER" PLAN
WBy E. G. Sheibley,
ANEW plan of city government,
the commission plan, has gained
considerable popularity witWn
the last few years. Also the Idea of
employing a r KSgSe. WlX
business has gained T.tnersovidln,
eonsln is considering an act providing
for city managers for all cities of tne
second to fourth class.
Between five and six ears ag o the
city of Staunton. Va-, employed a gen
eral manager in charge of "s city
works, but the example was not JU'C:
ly imitated. Last June the.iln
Sumter. S. C. adopted the commission
plan with a city manager and in the
following October adTert1men,.t,Wnr
made for applicants for the position of
city manager. The wmJn,aslon ?;,""
nounceiuent spetified the qualifica
tions sought as follows:
"The applicant should be competent
to oversee public work, such as pav
ing, lighting, water supply, etc. An
engineer of standing and ability v.ouia
be preferred. The city manager will
hold office as long as he gives sat
isfaction to the commission. He will
have complete administrative control
of the city, subject to the approval
of the board of three elected commis
sioners. There will be no politics in
the job. but the work will be Purel'
that of an expert. Local citizenship is
not necessary." . 4.
There were 130 applicants for the
iwdtimi M M Worthineton. a civil
snvlnMP .ahajvimI the aDTJOlninienV
...so...-. . . ..,.1 . . m --
XI.- Wnrthins-tnn h.-ld nO special
training in strictl municipal work nor
.trwrte ha. ralv nn nnv narticular SOUTCe
or sources of information regarding
the commission government. After
graduating from college he spent l-
years as an engineer ran'"-
tion ana construction w . '"','
eral years past he was' in charge of
quite difficult joDs. ana i Mu.. lo
cations as he now has he received
through these experiences.
Duties of City Manager.
Mr. Worthington states that he is
acting as an executive officer for the
city council, consisting of a mayor and
two commissioners. The manager
makes all the purchases for the city
and audits the bills for approval. He
has active supervision of all of the va
rious citv departments, and is, as you
might deem it. trouble man for the
whole city. The citizens usually go
to him when there are any complaints
to be made of the service in any par
ticular department, and present to him
all matters of ordinary importance
which they are anious to have brought
to the attention of the council. One
quite important feature of the man
ager's work Is to Issue all permits
wherever private parties desire the use
of the street for the purpose of stor
ing material during building construc
tion or for any private enterprise.
To summarize.' the city manager
serves the council actively as a pur
chasing agent, as an auditor of bills.
as a general manager of all depart
ments, and in general as an active
agent to carry out their policy of gov
ernment. He serves the people in that
he furnishes them a responsible head
to whom to go for information as to
municipal affairs, for redress in case
of complaint as to any department, and
as an agent for the city council au
thorized to grant certain classes of
privileges.
It will be noted that Sumter has a
commission form of jrovernment. while
Staunton is governed by a mayor and
councilors. This fact is worth noting
since the latest city to adopt the plan
of employing a city manager is Hick
ory. N. C, which is. like Staunton. Va..
of the famillpr form of government.
Referring to Hickory, the clauses of
the new citv charter which refer to
the duties of the city manager are as
follows:
Subject te City Council.
Section 9. He shall have power to
revoke licenses pending the action of
,. "!. ii
tha oitv- Minnrll.
Section 10. He shall have authority
and charge over all public works, the
erection of buildings for the city, the
making and construction of all im
provements, paving, curbing, side
walks, streets, bridges, viaducts and
the repair thereof: he shall approve
all estimates of cost of public works,
and recommend to the city council the
acceptance and rejection or the worn
done or improvements made: he shall
SSSjssi.&&?su'ss9:
ducts and public buildings; he shall
have control of tne location oi street
car tracks, telephone and telegraph
poles and wires: he shall have control
of the water sheds from which the city
takes its suddIv of water, pumping sta-
! tlons, pipe lines, filtering apparatus,
i and all other things connected with or
H collars incident to the proper supply of wa
rns .! . .. .i.. j .h.n ,.,.,,... oil
ler lur intr enj . aitu ouau .u.r a,,
rights of way and casements connected
with the waterworks or sewerage sys
tems or the extension of the streets,
etc.
All the powers enumerated, however,
shall be exercised subject to the su
pervision and control of the city coun
cil. Although but three cities have so far
adopted the city manager plan there
are many that have considered it. In
addition to the action taken in the
Wisconsin legislature New Jersey has
been attempting to provide for the
adoption by popular vote of city man
agers in any commission plan city of
that state. So it is apparent, that the
city manager plan for handling the
executive functions of city government
has gained in popular favor.
FRIDAY. THK ISTH.
El Paso. Texas. June 13. 1913
Editor El Paso Herald:
Speaking of the 13th. will this start
me right in business, or la It a "aoo
doo?" My little hotel-j-The Carmen opened
for business Friday. June 13, 1913; my
number ou San Francisco street is 313;
my number on North Santa Fe street is
313; I have 13 rooms to rent: the num
ber on my living room is 13: the mail
cart here is 13; our fire alarm is IX
and I have J 1300 fire insurance on my
furniture. Respectfully,
F. C. Alley.
OPERATORS' HOURS.
El Paso. Tex.. June 14.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I wish to correct an item appearing
in last night's Herald, wherein state
ment was made that telegraph oper
ators were being obliged to work as
much as IS hours per day.
As far as the Western Union schedule
is concerned. I wish to state that the
regular day operators work nine hours
per day: split trick operators work
eight hours per day, and night men
work seven and one-half hours per day.
If any overtime is worked, it is com
puted at seven hours per days basis.
This is standard schedule for the
Western Union throughout the entire
country.
Chaa. Vollertsen. Chief Operator.
FLAGS ONCE MORB.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I note in your recent issue a criticism
by a correspondent of the unfurling of
the Confederate flag on the anniver
sary of the birth of Jefferson Davis,
a letter from an individual asking why
that flag should wave from the peo
ple's courthouse and why the women
tried to keep awake the differences 'of
the uar, etc.
Do not you know that this Is Texas,
one of the strong southern states, and
do not you yet know how the south
loves and honors her heroes? The
southern people an loyal to our com
mon countt as are any of its citizens,
and no issue that went to make the
Civil war Is a ave issue at this time,
save the !tal Me of state's rights, which
is ital an'! paramount in the hearts of
the p pie of erv state in our union
w In n . t. -t '-, Triad.' a- ha been rt -
'r.t'. .'lii-M . '1 t l illlo-n.l in '.a-".-.
' i.i. i ' n.l ! i . 'tr 'hi pijtt1-'
I ol It. v. :. .. 0 . i' . "U
C. E. lor xne iteraiu.
The people of the south are happ
and satisfied and loyal, but th.- love of
the Confederate flag, of those wh
fought and died beneath it. the rei-i-ence
of our heroic leaders, live yet.
and will for generations yet to come. It
Is a sentiment that is passing btautifui.
It seems to me very well when .u
live in Home to allow Romans to follow
their own customs. L. M.
Editor El Paso Herald:
In a recent isfrue there aopeared a
letter signed C. C. W, criticizing tr.e
action of ian Jackson for ordering a
Confederate flag to be unfuried on the
people's courthouse. C. C. W. asks, doe3
M- Jacksun's position, 'given him by
the people.' give him authority to
"desecrate" public buildings in this
way
jjocs a flag for which heroes died,
for which 10,00 mothers' boys gi'.
th-i iif. ''I "l. destra.i a . u. cn
which is the property of the children
and grandchildren of these heroes of a
lest cause' The perpetuation of sec
tional feeling gathers more strength
from one sucli letter as that uncharita
ble one from C C W. than it does from
the efforts of all the women and young
er generation of the soutn to pay trib
ute 01 IOVe ana respeec iu wieu wnu
gave their lives for the cause they
tharoptoned. If sectional strife is deau.
why does C C W. take offence at the
sight of the fetars and Bars?
.Birdie rL
1 WEST MRIiI.
Editor El liso Herald:
I have jusl stnt the following letter
to the Hon. John W. Kern. United States
senator:
working men ail over America are
j watclnng with interest jour fight to
; inesticate conditions in West Virginia.
r We honor ou for it. Io yo uknow
docs the nation knm- "".i " f
couu.uun " """ -. :"- -""
of Louisiana and Arkansas" Do you
know of the murders and other crimes
committed at Grcbron, La., on July 7,
last year, by the.sawniill owners? To
day those workers are suffering f r
those crimes without anj relief in the
courts. , , . ,
.More than 20 years age I worked for
a sawmill at Lake Charles about six
weeks, being handed each evening rour 1
pasteboard cards with money denomi
nation marked thereon After I had
accumulated a bunch. I called at In
office and requested that they be pai 1
in U. S. money. I was informed that
that was out of the usual order ana
reany "could not be did."
Thev provided a boarding house (that
did not look good to me) and a commis
sary, and that was all a sawmill hand
really required. I-presented the matter
to a lawyer who sat beside me in th.
church choir ou Sunday. He informed
me that if I did not like the sawmill
methods I had better moe on, as th
law offered no relief. So one night I
rode the blind baggage into New Or
leans, paw ned my watch nd began a
different occupation. Do ou,wondr
that I have my iaeas as to nj mere
are tramps and hoboes?
I only relate this to show that tn
present condition is tne outcome of a
system begun years ago. By all mear-,
turn on the light, but don t stop at
West Virginia too long. There are otl.
er dark corners. I. C. Ruby,
Secretary El Paso Socialist Local.
PEACE FOR MEXICO.
Editor El Paso Herald
It has been suggested by speakers a:
the chamber of commerce Thursday
luncheons that the citizens of El ias
could end tue factional disturbances l
Mexico in a short time if they wuaW
put their minds and hearts into it- In
thinking thU matter over. I iaie felt
the wisdom of tnis suggesu u. v n
should we not make the atteroi-l? It s
better to try and tail than nor to try .
all. We are all heartilv sick ! I'll
i-ontinuetl strife between "istas" an
.nnfro " with it- conseau-'rtt WJ!l" T
destruction of property md human 1 f'
s.n we helieye that our neighbors, the
j Mexican people, are equally tired of U
oiwi wmiid welcome air friendly assit-
ance we might offer in reaching a satis
factory solution ox their trouoies.
El Paso has been an interested ob
server of this fearful struggle at close
range from its beginning, and man) o
our citizens are more intimately and.
thoroughly familiar with the life and
spirit of the people of Mexico than most
Americans can possibly be. and for
these reasons we might be able to for
mulate some plan leading to a peace iui
Wn- wnniii it not be a srood idea to
have a conference at an early date ir.
which the business and professional
men. the city and county officials, rep
resentatives of the various churches
and other Christian and philanthropic
organizations shall come together for a
full and frank and free discussion r,t
the situation with a view to its ulti
mate solution. Who can tell what th.s
might lead to?
Nothing could bring greater honor to
El Paso than for her to become the
peacemaker between these poor strug
gling people, and nothing could tend to
bind more securely the friendship al
ready existing between us.
Kenneth Brown.
RAIN AT LANGTRT.
Langtry. Tex.. Juno 14. A two-inch
rainfall last Sunday, followed by good
showers on three successive days, has
put the range in this vicinity in splen
did shape, and all stock are in excellent
condition. This has so far proved tne
colest June known in years here. Tne
ays have been quite cool aad pleasant
and the nights cold enough for blan
kets. G O O P S
By GELBTT BURGESS
ANNA BASIS
You'd think a girl
Kke Ansa Basis
Would be akaKd
of makmg faces.
For then she's ugly.
it it true.
Not only out-
hutiMtde, tool
But staTshc does k
everywhere;
She is a Goop,
and dcesn't care!
Don't Be A Goop!