El Paso herald., December 09, 1913, Sport and Classified Section, Page 12, Image 12

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12 Tuesday, December 9, 1913
Troopers Prepare For Winter In Camp
Electric Lights and Cement
Floors In Troop L's Tents
American Cavalrymen at the Smelter Have Model of All
Border Patrol Camps; Captain "W. H. Clopton,
Commanding Officer, a Champion Shot;
Soldiers Have Their Own Cliickens.
WHEN It is a 1xint of making
themselves perfectly comfort
able on an unlimited supplr ot
sand, held down by scraggly Patches
af cacti and greese wood. Xour Uncle
Sams soldier n-en are the fellows to do
t Perhaps the model camp of all the
troops on the border is that of troop
"L". 13th cavalry, adjoining the cement
plant. Not only nave these troopers
all the camp fixtures provided by
Lncle Sam for their comfort, but their
tents are electric lighted and cement
floored, and there is running water in
the camp. These lights, floors, and
water, being more than the members
of other border patrol troops enjoy,
members of troop "IT are swaggering
in consequence.
Troop "LT patrols the shores of the
alternately muddy or dusty Kio Grande
from the smelter plant to Anapra.
There is also an outpost, extended to
the powder magazine across the Iew
Mexican border.
The camp site has some strategic
Importance, as it guards the E. P. &
g W. bridge, the Southern Pacific
bridge and the Santa Fe tracks.
Officers' Quartern Snng.
"Officers Row" tents have a wooden
irame work with wooden floors and
three feet high walls, covered with the
khaki tent roofs. They have bulltin
desks, not as ornate as the modern
bungalow, but perhaps more service
able, and the tents are picturesquely
hung with polo mallets, sabres, bridles,
opurs, and other military paraphernalia
The "Officers Bow" tents are double
affairs, with the sleeping quarters In
the back. Every tent throughout the
camp is electric lighted and has a
stove to keep the atmosphere comfort
able when the weather man slips El
Paso some northern weather by mis
take, . ,
Han Champion Shot.
In the commanding officer, Capt. w.
H. Clopton, this bay horse troop has
the champion rifle shot of the army.
Capt. Clopton was the captain of the
cavalry team that won the national
rifle match this year at Camp Perry.
Lieut. "W. "W. West, first lieutenant
of the troop, is an expert pistol shpt
and a member of the championship
polo team of the 13th cavalry. Ieut. E.
H. Coyles has just joined the troop,
Eoming from Fort Leavenworth.
The tents for the men are big roomy
.rraiT-o nncnmmndatinET three or four
. troopers. The cement floors keeping J
out the sand, the tents are mucn more
comfortable than the average camp,
and the troopers have them decorated
with pennants and pictures.
In the troop office, quartermaster
sergeant Will E. Hosell and first ser-
. ti T:in h.r, lioli- nnnTteirn
geant juuu bucb . .... - - - i
and manage the business and clerical
work of the troop, xne xeni is evuiff
with typewriters and desks.
Barber Shop and Graphapuone.
Adding to the complete independence
of the troop to be comfortable
wherever it may be. is the troop barber
shop, the only equipment missing in
this feature is the trieolored striped
The mess tent, which Js also the
amusement room of the troop, is 66
Teet long and has a wooden framework
and side walls. Troop "L." has a very
good graphaphone for Its entertain
ment when the troopers are off duty.
A model concrete foundation for the
field range In the kitchen is another
feature of which the troop is rather
proud. When this concrete apparatus
becomes thoroughly heated, it retains
the heat for a very long time and Is a
?reat aid to the troop chefs. Adjoin
ing the kitchen is the chefs quarters,
which rival the average college boy's
den for the pennants, pictures and
souvenir hung walls.
Adjoining the mess hall, at the other
end, is the troop exchange, where the
men can buy everything they need
from a paper of pins to theater tickets.
To lay out the stables and model the
rest of the camp, about four feet of.
earth had to be scraped away in level
ing the ground. The stables are lo
cated on a natural shelf of the hill un
der the Southern Pacific bridge. Ac
commodations for 74 horses, 27 on. a
side, are here, with the mangers ex
tending through the center. Each horse
has his own particular place and feed
box at this long supper table, where
they are blanketed and tied every
night. The side of the hill and the
fences of the cement plant, with an ad
ditional fence, built by the troop, forms
a triangular corral, vhere the officers'
private horses, the troop mounts and
the very Important troop mules can
roam about during the day.
Readv for Instant use, the saddles
and bridles are on racks at one end of
the stable. Through the kindness of
S. C McCurdy of the cement plant, a
water pipe has been run to the stables,
with a big galvanized iron watering
tank for the horses. At the entrance
to the corral is the stable sergeant's
and stable guard's quarters, and the
horseshoeing shop.
Troopers Have Tbelr Own Chickens.
Eggs may rise to any height Jn the
price line, but that does not bother
troop L. There are about 30 troop
chickens who patriotically supply
about 20 fresh eggs a day for the
troop. To insure the same liberal sup
plv for the future, there is a flock of
miniature "rookies" to the hen troop
that will be on the egg supply .duty In
about eight months.
Has Six Pet Cats.
Soldiers are noted for their fond
ness for pets. Troop L is no excep
tion, but in addition to being fond of
dogs, the troop has six pet cats, that
the soldiers wouldn't part with for
any price. Every time the troop breaks
camp and moves the cats are carefully
packed in a grain sack and carried
along with the rest of the troop equip
ment. Athletics have always been popular
In the troop and during the military
tournament at the last Os-Aple cele
bration L troop won the largest num
ber of events of any troop in the con
test While at Fort Sill, Okla., troop I.
held the regimental baseball cham
pionship and they have always led
in every kind of athletics.
Stars at "Wigwagging.
Wigwagging is another star, stunt of
"L's" troopers. With the exception of
the 11 recruits who joined the troop
just before they left Noria, every man
in the troop can talk as easily with a
signal flag as gossips can talk at a
pink tea.
The 13th cavalry Is one of the new
er regiments of cavalry, having been
organized at Fort Meade in 1901. Troop
7j with the regiment has served two
tours in the Philippine islands the first
time at camp Stotsenberg, and on their
return a few years later, at camp Mc
Grath Batabgas. In the tates it has
been stationed at Fort Sill. Okla.; at
Fort Leavenworth, and at Fort Riley.
Kans., before being sent here for bor
der duty.
Troop "L" is getting to be a veteran
at camp duty, having been tinder can
IVIUU KJTUerS ceipt. Everything in Sporting
Goods, Arms and Ammunition. Write for prices.
Shelton-Payne Arms Co.
vas since 1912. All the lumber frame
work for the tents and stables is
"toted" around with the troopers in
their various movements up and down
the border. .
MAKING CHECK OF
SMELTER IMPORTS
A check of all imports made- at this
nort bv the American Smelting and
Refining company is being made by
special representatives of the treas
ury department. These special agents
have been here for the past two weeks
and are going over the smelter ac
counts for the past years to ascertain
the amount of ores brought by the
smelter from Mexico and the amount of
lead and zinc contained in these ores.
As the smelter is a bonded one, the
lead which -was contained in the Mex
ican ores has been sent out of the
United States and no duty paid on it
as It was handled at the smelter in
bond. It is of this lead ore that the
treasury department is making a
check and it is understood that simi
lar checks are being made at the Chi
cago headquarters of the company and
at other places in the United States
where lead ore Is handled in bond.
fays
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Thin people suffer a good deal of
embarrassment and ridicule.
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puts eolor In your cheeks, a happy
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to your whole body. It keeps you that
way. It Is the most scientific and
effective flesh and strength builder so
far known, barring none.
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale by all druggists, or will be
mailed direct, upon receipt of price.
A guarantee goes in every package.
Tour money back if not satisfied. The
new Protone justifies us, from now on,
in making this guarantee.
The Protone Company, 5493 Protono
BIdg Detroit, Michigan, will send .to
any one a free 50c package of Protone,
if they will enclose 18c in stamps or
silver to help cover postage. They
will also send with it full instructions
and their book on "Why You Are
Thin."
The regular $1.00 size of Protone is
for sale In Bl Paso by Kelly & Pol
lard, 201 N. Oregon St; Knoblauch
Drug Co., 330 Mesa Ave.; A. E. Ryan
& Co., 212 San Antonio St; Frederick
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With
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shampoo with Cuticura Soap. These
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falling hair, dandruff and itching
scalps, and do it speedily, agreeably
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CutloBa Soap and Ointment sold throuchout tha
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DEVELOPMENT
POSTOFEICE SHOWS
GROWTH OF DOUGLAS
Landscape Gardener Engaged to Make
Park Around Douglas Station a
Place of Beauty.
Douglas. Ariz.. Dec 9. The steady
growth of Douglas is shown in
the comparitive statement of the
local postoffice. The statement of
postmaster Cadwell shows that in
November, 1913, the receipts of tho
office were $2575.16 as against
$1792.S6 for the same month in
1912. The gain is approximately 16
per cent This does not include either
postal savings or parcels post Tha
lat'ter department has grown until ap
proximately 150 packages a day are
handled. The total of the postal sav
ings in November was $21,003.00. At
the end of the same month of last
year the total was $19,630.
To secure soils for analysis and to
oversee the details of letting bids fot
hauling it to the vicinity of .the new
El Paso & Southwestern depot C. F.
Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, CaL,
landscape gardener in charge here, has
arrived.
The park will extend for about 100
feet on every side of the new station.
There will be a fountain at each end
of the depot and, possibly a third
fountain on the south side of the park.
Ornamental shrubbery of the type most
fitted for this climate will be planted.
In order to figure on the contract
which will require at least 1500 yards
of earth being moved, N. Davenport
representative of Griffith & Pacheco, of
Tucson, is in the city. The bids are
expected to be opened early next week.
The old passenger depot and office
THE
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building of the E. P. & S. W. which
has presented quite a problem to the
division heads, through its interference
with the parking plans, has been sold,
it is stated to a purchaser whose
identity is not yet announced, but who
will move it about two blocks north
of the new depot and remodel it into
a hotel. Railroad addition, of which
this would be the center, 5s rapidly
building tip.
MAP OF DEMING
WELLS PREPARED
Shows Location and Gives Table Show
ing? Capacity as Determined By
"Weir Measurement.
Santa Fe. N. M.. Dec 9. Land com
missioner R. P. Ervien has just com
pleted a map of the irrigation wells In
the Deming district with a table giv-
ln thalf nanQitr ? f! fttflrm!n! bV
weir measurement their depth to ,
water and the lift by the pump. The
shallowest well is that of J M. Tra
ham. only 20 feet deep, although the
lift is 37 feet The capacity is 509
gallons per minute.
The greatest capaeitv well is that of
one of the eight wells of the Mim
bres "Valley company, which pumps
1705 gallons of water from a depth
of only 4S feet although the lift Is 77
feet The greatest lift is that of the
well of N. N. Jacobs which has a ca
pacity of 400 gallons a minute.
The deepest of -all these logged by
Mr. Ervien is 65 feet and has a ca
pacity of 473 gallons a minute. It be
longs to Sherman & Jacobs.
ANOTHER OFFICE BUII.DIKJG
IS PLATXED FOR PHOEXIX
Phoenix, Aris., Dec. 9. .Phoenix is
to have another modern office build
ing. W. H. Brophy, of Bisbee; A. C.
Bartlett of Chicago; Dwight B. Heard
and Barry Goldwater, of Phoenix,
have purchased from E. Irvine a lot
on North Central avenus, opposite the
Hotel Adams. 69 l-zxiou ieei in pi-
They paid $70,000 for this property. 1
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After using it you will realize tnat
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Ask your druggist for the beautiful,
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The present one-story building on 'the
lot is to be torn down and replaeed
by a four-story concrete structure,
modern in every respect On the first
floor will be store rooms and on the
other three floors offices. Work will
begin immediately after the first of
the year and the building will be com
pleted In the early fall.
LOCAL G. A. R. TOST
ELECTS SEW OFFICERS
Veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic met Sunday and elected their
officers for the Emmett Crawford post
to serve during the year. Capt J- M.
Smith was elected commander of the
local post; C H. Coles was elected
senior vice commander; Paul Derr,
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We did picture framing recently that the par
ties having the work done said, "You were recom
mended to us 6000 miles from here."
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Laches
LACHES is a legal term meaning
negligence or dilatoriness, the omis
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might do or might reasonably
be expected to do to further
his interest. If in the prose
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health if you aegtect to attewTto dis
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it is no more than a mere annoyance,
you will soon find that it has under
mined your entire system and made
you a wreck for life. Remember this,
and if we only succeed in , teaching
this one thing we will have doae our
share. Neglect is more dangerous
than disease. There & a time in prac
tically every acute ailment when it
can be controlled. Don't be guilty of
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