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EL PASO HERAUD
Week-End Edition, January 24-25, 1914
iocial El Paso Entertains Lavishly
Fashion Pace For the South
west Is Set by El Paso
Women Early.
SOCIAIXY El Paw enjoys a series
of brilliant gatherings which for
their cosmopolitanism, enjoy a
distinction in a class of their own. Bl
Paso people hail from almost every
r.uarter of the country and in the wln
i.r, when the large army of pleasure
seeking tourists come here to enjoy the
sunshine and balmy air of El Paso the
social seasoh rivals in gayety the elties
of much larger sue.
Besides gu ing elaborate functions. In
v hich the decorations and entertain
ment providtd is all on a lavish scale,
1 1 Paso has the reputation of having
ttie best dressed women in the south
w est No sooner is a stj !e accepted
i i New 1 ork than it shortly appears
in full force in El Paso El Paso
iiomen set the pace for the whole
cmithwest
That El Paso does things in a
metropolitan way, was proved by the
character of the New Year's Eve eele
JTatlon of the Social club of the city.
at El Paso s million dollar Hotel Paso
oel Norte. The ball and banquet was
c islly the etiuaf of any New Year's
oe scene in anv hotel in the country.
In cities two and three times El Paso's
ci?e
Another feature which adds to the
cosmopolitan air of El Paso's social
functions is the large number of
1'mted States Armv officers stationed
hre, who add brilliancy to the social
, affairs Hops are frequent affairs at
4 the fort, and among the border patrol
Ftations man more informal parties
sre enjoyed, -with the officers as most
Fenlal hosts
Hose Shew In InmtKnrntcd.
In the fall of 1913 mn annual horse
pi ow was inaugurated in which a large
number of officers of the various reg
iments stationed here entered their
thoroughbreds, and in which the dif
ferent arms of the service gave exhl
I itions, adding greatly to the brilliancy
of the occasion. A large number of
the society 'women of the'clty exhibited
their pet horses, and the affair was
most successful.
State Gatherings Held.
In the earlv fall, the annual state
convention of the Daughters of the
devolution was held in EI Paso and for
the hospitality extended by the Rebecca
Stoddert chapter of El Paso as hostess,
e irned a deserved reputation for El
Paso hospitality Aminuet in Colonial
costume, danced by 16 El Paso ycping
women, was one of the most attractive
features of the ball, which was given
in honor of the visiting delegates. In
addition to the social features planned
bv the hostess chapter many of the
Msitmg delegates were entertained at
private social affairs throughout the
citv, and the United Daughters of the
Confederacy pave an elaborate recep
tion for the guests,.
Confederate Danchters Coming.
The State Convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will be
hf Id in El Paso in 1914. and will be the
occasion for an equally laTish amount I
of entertaining for the visiting dele
gates by the Robert E. Lee chapter,
who will be hostesses.
Among the social organizations
whose entertainments keep uo the gay-
ety or tne winter season axe tne social
club, and the Terpsichorean club, whose
affairs are features of the social life.
The Social club is the oldest organiza
tion in El Paso and includes El Paso's
400.
The Annual Charity Ball.
As in most cities the opening event
of the winter social season is the an
nual Charitv ball given on Thanks
giving eve bv the Woman's Charity
association The funds raised by this
means are used for the splendid work
dene amone the poor of the city by
this organization The ball, which is
alwajs attended by everyone of social
prominence in the city, and by the
armv people, is always a most brilliant
pffair The army bands always play
the music for these occasions, and it
is the event at which all the latest
fashion creations take 'their d,ebnt for
the winter s festivities.
Among the younger set are' many
clubs the "Hai-Wal," the "I Don't
Know " the "K. D E.," the "Saxons,"
the "U D K." the "O. U. K.." and
"Omega Phi " which give banquet
dances during the year. In these clubs,
the college set, and the young people
just out of High school, are repre
sented and the affairs given are lavish
in decorations and costuming, rivaling
those given by the older young people.
The Country ClHh.
The Country club provides a constant
social attraction for both old and
oung Two dances a week are given,
the week end dance being a very pop
ular affair, 'which is largely attended
bv the ydunger army officers and the
social set of El Paso.
The Toltcc Clab.
The Toltec club, which is composed
of the representative men of th city,
and has a most handsome bvflding,
gives frequent social affairs; for the
families of the club members. Through
the winter, midweek dances are given
jii the ball room of the club, which is
the handsomest ball room in the city.
For earlv In January, a French fete
Is being planned by the upper set of
El Paso's 400. which promises to be
popular and also an annual event.
Elks' Give Social Affairs.
Many social features are given at the
Elks club, monthly dances are given
iiv the local Elks' lodge, and the at
ti active ball room with its excellent
floor, is used bv many society host
esses for big social events, besides be
ing the favorite place for the younger
set dances.
Before the revolution habit infected
Mexico, international social events were
features of El Paso's social life, giving'
it a distinction all its own. Big social
functions were given in the Custom
house m Juarez by the Mexican army
officers and officials, and were largely
attended by El Paso's representative
people, while almost all of the large
social functions of El Paso included
the representative Mexican officials
and their families.
Motoring a Popular Paxtime.
"With the excellent county roads
about El Paso automobile parties are a
popular pastime, and at Ysleta, Fabens.
and up the valley at Las Cruces, many
Four Unions Added to
the List During the Year
FOUR new unions were organized
and added to the Central Labor
union during 19M. The young
est is the Chauffeurs' union. The next
youngest is the Cooks' and Waiters',
with about 100 members.
The Bartenders' union, with a mem
bership of 100, and the Meat Cutters
union, with about the same number
were organized earlier In the year. Ali
of the unions are members of" the
American Federation of Labor, and of
the 28 labor organizations in the city
25 are represented in the Central Labor
union.
Central Bodies Unite.
During the year the Buildlnc? Tmi!
unions have united with the Central
Labor union, and are holding their
meetings at Central Labor anion ball f
.-.n rtrai-lin1 oifi Vo nctno .. tana I
on Overland and Kansas streets. There
are approximately 2000 labor union
members in ii 'sao.
Although there has been a falling off
in employment for men of the Building
Trades union during the past few
are much better than last year, and
theie is mere harmony among the labor
oi anizations than ever before. Besides
the money tightness, and the slack in
maiding that has occurred during the
!ast few months, the number unem-
HEHHY KELLY HID
HIS UPID RISE
City's Mayor Has Been
Twice Elected to the Of
fice He Now Holds.
Few people who lived in El Paso 15
or 20 years ago ever dreamed that the
little red haired Mississippi boy, who
made pills in an El Paso street drug
store would one day be mayor of the
city, but, the boy, then as now, known
as "Henry" Kelly, did. Now he is
mayor.
Charles K. Kelly was born in Missis
sippi, lived there for several years and
then moved to New Orleans, La., where
he worked as a drug clerk. The south
west called him and he answered the
call. i
In the early days of i-1 Paso he sur
prised everyone by daring to get Into
politics. Everybody but himself. The
strain of Irish blood that runs in his
veins particularly fitted him for this
sort of life. He stuck to It. He be
came a candidate for county treasurer
and the men in power laughed at him
The day after election he laughed at
them He had landed with both feet
Accident made him mayor once.
Popularity reelected him and he Is
still on the job From the first day
that he set foot in ri Paso he became
an El Pasoan He believ ed in the city.
MAYOR
KEL1,Y.
He has never lost faith In It and never
will He has seen the city grow and
helped it to grow.
Even before he become mayor he
advocated municipal ownership of the
waterworks The people voted with
him. Then he started improvements of
the water supply and has kept at it
steadily.
He believed El Paso should have a
lower fire insurance rate and called
the attention of the state fire board
to this. He brotfght them to El Paso
and showed them the waterworks, the
fire department, the paved streets,
everything in which EI Paso excels and
El Paso got the Ijiwer rate.
He built a warehouse for storing- the'
city's food and equipment- for its va
rious public works. He Was started -the i
i ounairuciiuii ui a, oeep sewer, jtie nas
improved the parks, the city lighting
system, he reduced the tax rate and
increased the water sunply. Now he is
planning a parkway along the Franklin
canal and another along the rim of the
mesa.
He has bought two automobile fire
engines, increased the fire fighting and
polfce forces and has made for him
self and El Paso friends throughout
the country.
One of the biggest, things an Bl Paso
mayor has ever been called upon to
do Is to protect the lives of El Pasoans"
during the battles of Juarez. He has
exerted a great Influence in this re
gard and protected them against
themselves. More than this, his In
fluence has reached across the Rio
Grande and opened the prison doors
In Juarez. He has saved men from
execution by personal appeals to the
powers in control In Juarez while that
Mexican city has been the seat of many
wars
And. all of these things he has ac
complished for the city of El Paso in
a little over three ears that he has
been the mayor of El Paso though he
had El Paso's interest at heart from
the day that he first hung his hat on i
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BStomobiling parties enjoy social din-
ners.
As a pleasure afforded for all sets
and conditions of El Pasoans, the Mov
ing Picture theaters have a footing
that is unquestioned. More money Is:
spent at the "movies" than upon the"
commodities of life, such as bread or
provisions.
Through the winter there is lumaiit-
a good stock company playing a steady
engagement here, and at the larger
theater some of the best theatrical j
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rhf,Hllt Ino Dnrl aA , 1. n -. i . '
..vuu.b.v,.a, ,,u Ai c ,.uc invasion tor
numerous box parties.
In addition to these for the seeker
after the unusual, traveling companies'
from Mexico composed of natives may
often be seen, the novelty of their
methods of conducting a performance
supplying, entertainment for the ob
server even if the language is not un
derstood by all.
ployed in the building trades is at
tributed to two factors: one, the large
number of Mexican refugees that have
flooded El Paso, and the large number
of people who, seeking health here, are
willing to work for less than labor
union wages, in order to have tem
porary employment.
Otet Increased Wages.
During the year several unions se
cured increased wages. Bricklayers
secured a raise of $1 a day, bringing
their daily earnings up to $7 a day in
stead of 6-
Painters secured a 50 cent a day raise
earning now $3.76 instead of $2 !5, and
paperhangers had their wages raised
to $4 daily, and also secured a half
holiday, as did the carpenters, and
sheet metal workers.
The only strikes during the year
were the carpenters' strike earlv in
j-i . 1 T- . - -
the year, which was of short duration
and in which the carpenters won their
point, and the strike of the trainmen of
the G. H. & S. A. railway, which was
submitted to arbitration, and In which
the men returned to work.
The railroad brotherhoods, while
labor unions, are not affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor or the
Central Labor union.
Central Labor union hall was reno
vated, repainted and repapered during
the year.
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TELEPHONE (IK
Manager of Tri-State Com
pany Knows the Business
from Every Angle.
t. c- E Strattqn, general manager of
v . Tri"State Telephone company,
wmch is serving El Paso and the sec
tion so well, is truly a self made man.
knows the telephone game from its
bottom up. Twenty years of experi
ence, from the shop to the active head
of a big company, haB been his career,
and his experience has fitted him
eminently to successfully carry on the
company's ever-increasing business
volume.
Mr. Stratton has not only reached
the distinction of general manager for
the Tri-State companv through his ap-
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plication to business and his wide
knowledge of the avocation, but he is
also division general manager of the
1 si uthern division of the Mountain
I biates Telephone & Telegraph com-
i pain, operating in New Mexico and
i Arizona.
Mr Stratton attached himself to the
telephone business when he was but
2 j ears of age. He began his career
as a hand in the shops at Denver. He
there demonstrated his usefulness, loy
alty and ability, later being made in
spector in the city -of Denver. He held
that place until his superiors recog
nized his worth and was then sent to
Canyon City as agent. He remained
there until 1899. His first position as
manager came when he was called
from Canyon City and sent to Cripple
Creek as manager for the company
there
A year later Mr Stratton was again
promlted He went to Trinidad as dis
trict manager, handling a part of New
Mexico and southei n Colorado. He
spent nearly 10 years as district man
ager, holding that place until he came
to EI Paso after being elected general
manager of the Tri-State Telephone
company in July, 1911. At that time
he came to El Paso and has made his
borne here ever since. And he is a
booster for El Paso. His .strict atten
tion to business here and his prompt
and courteous treatment at patrons,
together with his splendid ponduct of
the business, has made the El Paso
exchange most profitable to the com
pany and patrons alike.
The El Paso telephone service Is
eminently satisfactory to its large list
6f patrons and it is kept at the highest
standard of business perfection by the
watchfulness and alertness of its gen
eral manager, C. E. Stratton.
E DPPERTDRITY
FBI UN
Salt River Valley the Best
Place in the World for
Those of Small or
Large Capital.
(By Lebbens Chapman of the Valley
Bank.)
'Opportunities offered to the invest
or in this land of sunshine are many
and are open to those with small cap
ital as well as to th.J heavy Investor.
The prosperous condition of the Salt
River valley in Arizona is exemplified
by the bank deposits of Phoenix, be
ing upwards of seven million dollars.
Mesa, Tempe, Glendale and Chandler
adding over one million dollars addi
tional. Even wtih this excellent deposit, held
by banks for the use of the people,
there is a demand in excess of the
private real estate improvements, with
, .Acrnlt a f I ,-a-,l o tae fipflt .-
.... . .
gages on real estate bring from eight
percent per annum up.
As real estate is the principal asset
of the valley, improvements of property
are essential to our future growth. By
improvements I mean the increase of
productions of products that are grown I
on acreage property, oranges, grape
froit, cotton, alfalfa, sugar beets, etc.
These cannot be produced without i
certain qualities of soil and climate I
and here nature has been more than i
bountiful giving to this valley land I
and climate than which there is none '
better. j
Therefore our surrounding farms
must be improved and developed and i
0 v... t"viuauU fluu ueveiupinent
proceed the general prosperity of the
entire community will Increase. So,
I say, why be satisfied with the four
or five percent offered in the east
when the opportunity is here ready
and waiting for you, offering absolute
security and positive profits In gilt
edge real estate mortgages at eight
percent and even better?
Phoenix Is a city of beautiful homes,
with new ones being completed every
day, with well paved streets, well
lighted at night, a modern sewer sys
tem and most important of all, schools
which in construction and equipment
are not surpassed by those of any citv
in the United States
Phoenix is a prosperous city, located
in the center of one of the most fertile
valleys known to man, with a climate
that cannot be surpassed in these
United States of ours. Do not hesi
tate; this valley needs capital, ne1
funds are essential i to its present de
velopment and future growth. The
banks recognize the need of such finan
cial aid and are more than willing to
be of assistance in every possible was
to the strangers calling on them.
Do not remain a stranger any longe--come
into our valley, be one of us'
doing your part to increase our finan
cial conditions, bringing as a most po
tential agency towards that end your
moral support and individual effort
participating in the upbuilding of a
great city Phoenix the metropolis of
the southwest Arizona Gazette
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easier for a camel to pass
J- through the eye, of a needle
t began S-m Perkins.
"And that ain't all," siid Uncle Ash
dod "That's after a rich man is dead,
which ain't a spot to the trouble he
has when he's alive. I remember when'
I was a millionaire "
"X what?" said Sim .Perkins skeptic
ally "Millionaire," repeated Uncle Ash-
"You never had a million dollars im
your life, deciareu aim rerKins. --rotr
never had a million cents at one time."
"Didn't say I did have," said Unfile
Ashdod. "All I said was that I was
a millionaire once, and you go" and get
nasty about it. I know I never had a
million dollars as well as you know it.
I had a million -"
"What? I dare ye to say It right
out!" said Sim Perkins. "What did ore
have a million of?"
"Cakes of salt," said Uncle -Asb,dod.
"Cakes of salt was all the currency
they used in them Tango Isles at thV
time 'the Sally Ann was sftin wrecked
there, so- when the passengers started
to build bridges across the desert S-V'
T otn't linrd to suit." said Kim Par
kins, "btlt if anybody was to coraSi
along and tell me why the oassengei
nrnrtei to build bridges across the' des
ert, I wouldn't complain; ,, Ko, sir? Xl
wouldn't. ,
"The passengers started to build
bridges because bridge building was
their trade and Drofession." said Uncle
Ashdod calmly, "and they builded them
aeross the- desert because the Tango '
Isles are all destsrt, and hence conse- J
quently they had 'to build the bridges '
there or nowfhere The head bridge ,
builder was named Biddlecome, and he
had one glass eye, but he could build j
bridges just as well as if both his eyes
were glass eyes, and he had a contract '
to build bridges -for ten years. IJe
was -fair Haired and conscientious
man, he was, and he haa hired ou"t to
to build bridcee. so he builded thefri.
I says to hfm once, 'Biddlecome, you
dltng idiot what do you mean by build.
in' bridges across a desert'' I says.
ran'n AalulnH' lw ntr?!J 'rnti 'tflnil frt
our business and PR 'tend to mine. '
I'm hired to build bridges, and bridges '
I'll build. If so be we had reached
the Ganges river, well and good! I'd
build bridges there. But we didn't, so
I'll build them here.' 'Seems to me I
says, 'if I was eroin" to build anthing
I across a desert as dry as this I'd, build
viaducts, which don t need no water
under 'em ' Tm abridge builder, he
says. So he went ahead and built f'
forty seven bridges."
"Thought some old feller -atd- some
thing about millionaire," sald"Sim Per-
"So I had all trie water," said Uncle
Ashdod, paying no attention to Sim's
remark. "I had eighteen' riasks. of plain .
water, and nineteen cases of win'ral
wat and ten tubes of sody waterv
-and eighteen bottles of toilet water
that smelted like perfumery. That be
longed to me because I was owner of
the cargo of the Sally Ann, and when
I started in to sell water to Biddle
come I sold him min'ral water first
off '' !
"What did he buy water for?" asked j
Sim Perkins.
"To put under the bridges," ex-
Plained Uncle Ashdod patiently. "You j
most always find water tinder a bridge j
wnen you look, if ItfS a first class !
bridge, and that was the kind Biddle
come builded. Some fellers would lust
have builded the bridges and not have
cared a hangJ whether they was good
for anything or not. but Biddlecome
was a fair, square man. He wanted
his bridges to be useful as well as
ornamental, and they would not have
been useful if they hadn't been useful
to carry folks aver water. And as
there wasn't any water , under the
bridges, for the bridges to' carry folks
over, he bought water and put It under
the bridges. He was an honest con
scientious, one eyed feller, he was."
"Should think the water would run
down into the sand," said Sim Per
kins. "It did," said Unclfr-Ashdod. "It run
down into the sand faster than he
could pour it out of the- pail.. He
bought cask water by the pail, first
off, because I sold it cheaper than the
other kind. I only charged a hundred
and seventy cakes of salt per pail."
"You old robber!" exclaimed Sim
Perkins.
"Business Is business," said Uncle
Ashdod. "I raised my price when the
water begun to get low in the casks.
Before I -was rid -of one cask I had
all the salt there was caked up, so Bid
dlecome took half his men off bridge
work and set them to squeezin' the
salt out of the ocean-. They squiz as
brisk as they could, but the cask water
sank into the sand under the bridges
faster than they could cake up salt to
buy more. I had all my end of the
island piled up with salt cakes and
the under bridge part of the desert
was as dry as it ever was. Seemed
like Biddlecome was fadln" away of
disappointment"
"If anybody was to ask me," said
Sim Perkins, "I'd say the whole pack
and parcel of ye was crazy."
"You're liable to say anything some
days,'; said Uncle Ashdod. "Seemed
like Biddlecome was worryin' himself
to death over that no water under
bridge business, and the price of water
goin' up every minute or two He
couldn't keep water under one bridge,
let alore forty seven bridges. And I
begun to get worried, too. Too much
money."
"To much what!" said Sim Per
kins. "Salt cakes, if it suits ye better,"
aaid Uncle Ashdod. "I got along all
right whilst I was a plain millionaire,
but when I begun to be a multimillion
aire I got worried. It was all right
when a feller would come along and
say 'Uncle Ashdod, here's a load of
salt cakes,' and I could say, "All right
son, dump 'em in the cellar, and be
sure to shut the window when you get
done.' but when the whole end of the
island was", salt cakes, piled up moun
tain high, and more comin' every min
ute, and nothin' to see, or eat or think
about but salt cakes and how to keep
them from meltin' or beln" stole, and
where to put the next six hundred and
forty loads, I begun to get worried.
Every time I saw a feller buyin' a
clam with a salt cake 1 worried be
cause maybe he'd stole the cake from
me. A million tons of salt cakes is a
big load for a man to carry."
"See you lived through it how
somever," said Sim Perkins.
"Don't thank me; thank Biddle
come," said Uncle Ashdod. "I was on
my way to be so rich I'd have all the
salt in the world, and be a hard
hearted, despised old curmudgeon. 1
was on my way to havin' all the salt
and poor little kids wouldn't have any
to put on their mush. I was gettin' so
much salt that the ocean begun to
taste sweet I couldn't sleep nights
for thinkin' where I'd put the next lot
of .salt. I was wearln away, when all
of a sudden Biddlecome had an idea."
"Did, hey," said Sim Perkins, scoff
ingly. "Ywp!" said Uncle Ashdod. "He be
gun buyin' min'ral water. Bought It
by the case and put it under his
bridges, cases, and bottles and all. It
didn't look as purty as loose water
would look, if he could have got loose
watter to stay under the bridge, but it
stayed where it was put He put a
case of mineral water under each of
nineteen bridges, and he put a tube of
sody water under each of ten bridges,
and he put a bottle of nice smellin'
toilet water under each of eighteen
bridges. A single bottle of toilet water
wasn't much water to put under a
iccueASHpop
m Permit
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bridge as big as some of them bridges
was, but it stajed where it was put
and that was something. And, one
way it made the bridges usefuller than
a river would have made them, be
cause if" there hadn't been a Bridge
over the toilet water a man wantin'
to get across would have to wade, and
so far as I can figure it is harder for
a man to wade through a bottle of
toilet water, with the cork in and a
eatnerioap thingumbob over the corK,
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"I ain't hard to suit," said Sim Perkins, bat If anybody naa to come along
and tell jne why "
SCREENING THE
OUSE EM FLIES
The Wm. E. Mix Company
Does Artistic Work and
Work That WiH Last
Did you ever notice how well the
homes of El Paso are screened? How
the artistically designed doors, win
dows and porches add to the exterior
appearance of the structure, and that
they ali have -the appearance of being
a part of the architect's plan?
There is a- reason. '
Right here in El Paso is a firm that
makes a specialty of handling the best
screening made. That firm- is the Wil
liam E. Mix company representing
Burrows Rustless Screens
You perhaps have noted that homes
screened several years ago still look
good that the screening does not
show wear and tear, and that it ap
pears as good as new
Again there's a reason.
The Burrows screens are famous for
not only their beautv and artistic de
sign but for their "durability-- It ii
little wonder that screens placed in
homes five to seven- or eight years ago
are Still doing duty and good cond -tion
when It is known that there ar.
some homes hi El Paso screened wit1
the Burrows fifteen years ago and th
screening is still doing yeoman service
As the weaing aSH manufacture of
screening haa advanced, the Mix com
pany has kept abreast of the tim
and is playing an important part i'
adding to the" artistic appearance an 1
the comfort and convenience of r
Paso homes during the city's buildm '
era. This firm, making the screenin
of homes a, specialty, and handling th
best goods made, is prepared to heli
the architect carry out his plans of art
in home structure, and homes f ltte i
out with their screens are durably
fitted out indeed.
To screen a, home with Burrows
screens costs, the firm claims onh
about one-fourth more than ordinary,
screens and the goods will endure four
times as long. The Mix compam
makes every home it contracts to fir
a special problem, just as the archi
tect does Experts, tast in their
ideas, look over the propertv and sug
gest doors, windows and porch screen
ing that is in keeping with the ar
chitectural structure and when the Job
is done the home is not only thor
oughly screened but its architectural
beauty has been enhanced From an
economical viewpoint the owner has
acted wisely hi Ipjtalling a rustless
nonoorrosrive -wire that will stand an
kind of weather for a longer time than
arty other screening made Xot onh
is this true of the screening and
grille, but the frame work of doors
and windows are constructed with a
view to durability, mRking the Bur
rows screening the most desirable and
most economical to be had in El Paso
The William E. Mix company, a long
time In business in El Paso, is readv ,
at any time to negotiate -with a cus
tomer" and by the companVs fair deal- '
Jngs and strict business principles it
has gained an enviable place In the
business world of the city.
If you screen vour home through
this firm you will act wisely, for the
Burrows company, which manufac
tures the goods this firm sells and in
stals. Is conceded to be the premier
screen manufacturer of the country.
rfEB
and a blue ribbon over the thingumbob
than for him to wade through a river.
If a river was deep a man could swim
it or get across in a boat, but you
can't swim through a corked up bottle
of toilet water, nor yet through a tube
of sody water. No, sir. You can't
hardly row a boat across a case of
bottled min'ral water, even. So bridges
was the easiest way Jo get across.
"So I suppose you was happy, ' said
Sim Perkins, sarcastically.
EUUBE HUDSPETH
STITLSEUTBil
Represents El Paso in Texas
Lawmaking Body Is a
Former Cowboy.
Claude B Hudspeth, state senator
from the 25th senatorial district of
Texas, ehbraong El Paso, is a native
Texan He has represented this dis
trict in the state Senate for the past
10 ears and for tour years prior to
that was a member of the lower house.
He is a ded in the wool Democrat
He has frequently been mentioned for
the United States congress.
He wasone of the joungest men that
ever represented a district in the legis
lature When a little over Jl years of
age he went down from Crockett coun
ty, where he had been enracred in cattle
lalsinj, to tell the legiiatois whit the
SENATOR tl. VIDE B. HI DSl'ETIT.
cowhos wanted I-i those aas he
could sling a lanat fat better than the
YOiG L II
AMAKER DF
El Paso's Representative
the Youngest Who Ever
Served the County.
Eugene L. Harris, the youngest man.
who ever represented El Paso coanty
In the Texas legislature, .is a native
of the county, born, reared and educated
! here.
1 December 1, 1886, just a little over
27 years ago, he was born at Ysleta,
I then the county seat of El Paso county.
With his father, he is still a holder of
considerable valuable land in the vi
cinitj of the old eount seat
In 1900 the Harris family moved to
El Pao since which time thev hi- e
J resided hert lon'nl ral The subnet
EI GENE L. HARRIS.
of this sketch attended the public
schools at Ysleta and El Paso and
gradual d from the El Paso high school
in the bummer of 1S05, when he was
the aledictorian of his class. Imme
diately he entered the Texas university,
where his reputation as an orator had
preceded him, and became quite prom
inent in the big state school, especially
in debates and as yell leader for the
students at baseball and football con
tests. In 1911, Mr. Harris graduated
from the law department of the univer
sity and a jtar later he was elected to
tht Ugifalaturr
Tho i -rh l was his first term in the
hal's of the state lawmakers and, not
withstanding ni3 youth, the young mag
from El Paso made an envjKie -eccrd
He either introduced or -was instrumen
tal in havir passed several m ease res
of Mtal importance to El Paso and
west Texas Thiise included the mss-
I ure to secure th state school of mines
for El .Paso, tne state mining law, tne
state irrigation jaw, and several oth
ers. By his hard fight he succeeded
in preventing the rdistric'Ing of the
16 congressional districts m such a
manner as to gerrymander El Paso's
able representati '3, W. It Smith, out
or office. Mr. Harris made a. hard
fight for a measure preventing secret
societies in the state unfrerslty, but
lost this ui-asure. This wate about The
onl- measure for which he was work
ing where success did not attend his
efforts.
Mr. Harris is the son rf "Wnt J. Har
his and Emilie Harris, pioneer El Paso
W)8, and lives with nis oarnts at JBi7
.Montana street He s practicing law
in the courts of El Paso. Advertise
ment English language but while he has sot
L forgotten the former, h ehas learned
much of the latter.
Known as the cowboy senator, he is
a prime favorite among the cattlemen
of the state and a member of the va
rious cattle raisers' associations in this
state and other sections of the south
west Reared on the range, his heart haa
alwas been with the men who follow
the life of plainsmen, even though for
many years the city of El Paso has
been his home and he has taken a. live
ly and earnest interest in the upbnlld-
i ing of this city and its many indus
I tries
I He is president of the Commercial
j National tank, the Commercial Trust
I companv and the Commercial Building
company and is a member of the law
firm of Hudspeth, Dale and McDonald,
'ending attornes of this city.
Mr Hudspeth is a man of family and
his built a home here as well as maln
Tmng large cattle interests in west
1 1 as along the Pecos country.
He is a member of the Odd Tellows,
' , Toltec clnb, the Elks and the Coun-
club of EI Paso as well as an ac-
e member of the chamber of com-
'rerce
As a speaker, Mr Hudspeth Is often
ulfd upon to speak for El Paso and
1 ne er fails to do this city justice
s well as to interest his hearers in the
hng Fl Paso is constantly doing to
mike it the real metropolis ot this
"-tat southwest.
Former Persian Shah Is
Merchant in German City
Beilin Germany. Jan. 24. Mo
hammed li, the exshah of Persia, has
i n 1iiiik quiet'j in Berlin for the
ist nine months under the name of
Kit in Mah Nudross, and posing as
nit 'lI' mt
Iii. tpiin2r a Persian, accompanied
! x Its wife two children, a small ret
urn of itmnts. and a number of oth
i I', rsi aib came from Odessa and
1, sed a private dwelling in Meirotto
tieet Tne stranger who passed him
- 't off ab a Persian merchant in bad
h -I h went under treatment by Dr.
. hn And Trof Klempexer, fciro spe-
i 1 ll -ts
-nort time i"o he requested his
phM , uis to address him as "majes
t and a cording to the "Berlin "Ga
ette ' it developed, that the alleged
mcrclmt is the exsnah.
It is said that several days ago a
numbtr of representatives of the Per
sian mmis-rj arrived and held lengthy
t onferenctb with the exshah, who re
centlv icturned from a visit to Vienna
t prt'it he is much concerned
over the illness of his 13 year old
da.us;htt r His seven year old son is
just re overing from an operation for
appendicitis
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(The above matter is prepared by
I special and staff writers for a general
1 upbuilding and further development of
I this section, and as such is inserted as
an advertisement.)
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