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&L PASO HiiKALD IJi 1 OKIAL and iviAjAz.iiNJC tAuc
OFFER UNITED STATES FREE SITES
FOR CAMPS FOR ITS SOLDIERS
T ETTERS to THE
HERALD
HE'S SOME MARKSMAN
-By-
- BY COFFMAX
Copyrisht. HIT. International News Servlce.
THE way to get a thing is to go after it.
There is hot one Tight way to go after a thing.
We want army camps at El Paso. If we get them,
thrr should be gone after in the right way.
San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston have had
representatives in Washington working for army camps
for months and they are still there.
When they placed their claims before the war depart
lrent. they did not ask the government to bny land. They
offered the land free, we are told, and the government
accepted.
Just why El Paso lost the cantonment after it had been
orders located here, nobody knows. We were first desig
nated as the location for a national guard camp and later
;t was stated that we were also to have a cantonment for
the training of the new National army. Neither was given
u? Both went somewhere else.
Wi have had all sorts of reports as to why. All are
fri'bably partly true.
The secretary of war himself said that he did net locate
a camp here because of the dust and he straightaway
located other camps in localities more dusty.
There came a report that the cantonment was lost be
cause Sands waa not convicted for killing sergeant Bierne.
Xfcc chamber of commerce had a transcript of the testi
mony prepared and sent it to Washington, but after dili
gent effort, failed to find anybody interested enough to
look into it President Wyatt, of the chamber of com
merce, says officials in the war department had no knowl
edge, apparently, of the Bierne matter.
Now comes Burt Orndorff, who says politics took the na
tional guard camp to Denting from El Paso. Politics may
have rot the camp for Demine, but Demine did not neces
sarily get the El Paso camp, for Deming and El Paso were j
both designated at one time tor camps.
Army officers high in authority have frequently said
that high rents for the lands near El Paso for camps last
year and an effort on the part of EI Pasoans to sell land
to the government for the cantonments, this year, caused i
this aty to be passed up. El Fasoans who ougnt to xnow,
assert that the government was not charged high rentals
lat year and that the land priced to the government for
sale this year was done at the request of the government,
which had asked for options on land with a view to perma
nently enlarging Fort Bliss. True, no free sites were of
fered for cantonments, these El Pasoans say, but they
thought after the government had initiated the matter of
purchasing land to enlarge the post, it would not care to
locate cantonments on other land, so nc other land was
offered.
(Bv G. A. M.) i natnre or the writer, but tile Mmt wtll If
wltnheld ir roauested.)
for the enlargement of Fort Bliss was ottered at reason- yu W1TH TExASrl
able prices, only the government and those matang the i Camp Cody x M i;
P Land beyond Fort Bhss is good for very little except ; ln'fd0ef o,? i Vr Kan"
for the use of the government. It is not fit for pasturage, sas schools. What's the reason? The
extent at certain short periods following the summer! state of Kansas owns its own print
rains. Some day. if the cttv of El Paso grows as it has in
the oast 15 years, some of the land may be available for
suburban residence sites but that will be a long time from
now. At present the land is worth very little and govern
ment officials are in a position to know this as well as the
real estate men of EI Paso. Therefore, if the prices were
not reasonable, the government knew it. This may be one
of the reasons why the plan to enlarge the post is in
abeyance and why the cantonment was not sent here.
The government had the temporary structures at El
Paso for its work, it had water piped to an ine camps, in
many cases it had large storehouses ready for supplies
There was every reason to favor El Paso for a cantonment
site, yet we failed to get one.
There is a reason somewhere. Just what it is, only
government officials can say; perhaps a few others might
say. if they would.
The one fact that stands out prominently without re
quiring an answer is that we did not get one of the encamp
ments. The loss is easily $25,000,000 a year to El Paso.
Another fact that also needs no argument is that if
we wish to get one, we must not sit in idleness; that we
must do at least as well as other communities have done.
This means providing the necessary land.
There should be no hesitancy in offering the govern
ment all the Und it needs, for we can afford to pay a just
rental for such land if the government uses it. We should
include the recuperation camp in our plans and work for it
as hard as we would work for any other military encamp
ment, harder, perhaps, for the location of such a camp
would be an advertisement of our climate such as no mere
encampment location would give us.
We have a wonderful climate here and we should take
advantage of it We have been a health resort for a score
of years, without advertising the fact. We have thousands
of tuberculosis victims here, all the time, many of them
getting well in this salubrious climate. They have not hurt
us, but on the contrary have brought us millions of dollars
in money. They are here whether we choose to advertise
that El Paso is a health resort or not- Then where is the
harm in advertising widely that this is a place where the
sick get well?
Bring all of them here who have the money to come.
Whatever the truth may be, the fact remains that we T,et them enjoy the blessings that nature has bestowed upon
rft no cantonments and if we expect to get one, we must
start again. The way to start is to tell the government it
can have anything we have, free of rent If those owning
the land will not give its use free, then it is up to the riti
rens to lease it and offer it to the government free. The
fact that the crtiiens are paying the leases will prevent the
o-sniers if they wished to eiact big tribute from holding
the lands for exorbitant prices. It is worth money to EI
Paso to have a cantonment and the city must spend money
if it expects one.
Accordingto E. W. Kayser, the city of Little Sock, Ark,
raised $250,000 to buy a site for the army cantonment there
and when it was necessary to have more money, raised an
other $50,000 for the same purpose. Just how much the
other cities receiving cantonments, raised and expended for
sites, has sot bees divulged. The citizens of Deming
raised the money to lease an the land nsed by the govern
ment for Camp Cody. The leases were inexpensive, because
reach, of the land is public land, bat it was all given to the
government free anyhow.
El Paso, if it wishes to be in position to go after that
artillery training camp that Is coming to Texas, or if it
sencusly considers securing the quartermaster training
camp or the government recuperatlOD hospital, should be
gin as the others have begun, by offering the government
all the land it needs, without cost Then, it should fellow
nith its arguments regarding railroads, climate, conveni
ences, water and general adaptability. Bnt the first offer
should be a free site.
Whether the land offered to the government for sale
us and let us profit by adding to our population these peo
ple who are seeking health. They must live, their families
must live, and their money is as good as ours. They will
add but little if any more danger to the health of those of
ns who are already here.
The fact that a city is known as a health resort has
never kept well people away. Colorado Springs, though
built by health seekers, is the greatest Mecca of the middle
west for all sorts of tourists in the summer more well
than sick flock there. California has advertised itself for
a decade or more as a health resort, yet millions of people
flock there annually who are welL It never hurts a com
munity to advertise its advantages for the sick and it
brings the money of the sick as well as the money of the
welL I
We ought to work for the training camps, for the re
cuperation camp and to advertise El Paso generally, far and
wide, as a health resort for everyone who is afflicted,
civilian and soldier alike.
ing plant and prints its own school
text boojes.
This Is a big economy. And effi
ciency? Kansas has that. too. There
are about a million text boot lying
ready In the state printing plant for
prompt delivery to the school chil
dren. This fully supplies the demand
all over the state, and every pupil in
every school, city and country, will
get the necessary books.
Twenty six different texts have
been printed, including almost every
text in school use. Since the adoption
of state printing of school books in
1913. Kansas has equipped itself to
thoroughly meet the educational de
mands of the entire state. This Is
progress that cannot be surpassed by
any private corporation.
And the service costs 40 percent
less don't forget that. The state ef
fects this saving by cutting out the
private manufacturer's profit and
cutting out a big portion of the cost
of marketing. All this is done with
out interfering In the least with the
other printing done by the state
plant
And listen to this: The 40 percent
saving on school books made by Kan
sas for this year alone amounts to
more than a sum sufficient to re
place the present printing plant,
grounds, building and equipment
The state of Kansas produces better
books for less money than do private
concerns. The best of workmanship
and material Is used. The product Is
not cheapened In order to make a
profit
There is but one flaw In the Kansas
system. At present the school books
are retailed through private dealers,
and a dealer's profit Is added to their
cost. It is to be hoped thst the state
will remedy this by supplying the
school children directly with their
books, through the local school au
thorities. This would make the sav
ing still greater and would enable the
books to be sold at the absolute cost
of producing and shipping them.
As it is, Kansas has furnished an
eloquent and convincing demonstra
tion of the superiority of state, over
private enterprise. Those who do not
believe that the state ran do business
as well as private individuals would
do well to ponder this.
"What's the matter with Texas""
V. J. Favler.
WAR ADVENTURES
i'OVERTHERE' l!
Some fellers stick around jest as long
without a chair as it you'd offered 'em
one. Some women are resigned after
40 an others wear chin straps.
Cspxrlxht Natlenal Newspaper SerrSco
Short Snatches
From Everywhere
Germany won't go broke as long as
she can collect fines from captured
towns that would rather pay them
than be wiped off the map. Macon
Telegraph.
Maybe the real reason of the Hes
sian disorders is that Russians have
to call one another such terrible
names. New York Morning Tele
graph. A grand total of 91S.H1 volunteers
actually under arms for the defence
of the Untied States will go far to
offset the pacifist declaration that
"the war Is not popular." Sew Torlc
San.
Irate citizens of Chicago hanged
their mayor tn effigy Tuesday. The
mayor has been accused of anti-Arner-Ican
sentiments and actions. After
the first casualty lists come In from
h kkiniuiikBi battlefields of France.
enemies tn our midst will no longer
be hanged la efflcy." Brenham
(Tex.) News.
Some Freaks Of Exploding Shells.
BY RICHARD BOECKEL.
One U-boat was probably sunk by an American de
stroyer and five others by a typographical error, it is an
nounced by secretary Daniels. Then the submarine prob
lem is solved and Mr. Edison can lay off. Just equip the
navy department with enough typographical errors and all
the U-boats will be out of action in a short time.
And now Sweden, embarrassed and struggling for
words, is hauled upon the carpet to explain the Laxburg
messages.
Roundabout Town
El Paso Dance Program Of Over 28 Y ears Ago
Is Found In A Book Given For Tke Soldiers
n
book contributed to the Sol-
icrs library at the chamber or
ommerce. a dance program
u ..pped out the other day that is It
a r.d a half years old. The program is.
dountiess. a valued souvenir of some
El Fasoan of that period and It has
een turned over to The Herald.
The program Is from a dance given
r", judge and Mrs. Joseph Magoffin,
lanuary 22. 1889. "complimentary to
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Russell and in fare
well to Misses Campbell and Wright"
The program is in the form of a
wild rose.
There were no one steps, fox trots
or wiggles on the danse program
orly -w a 1 ties, polkas and lancers.
The program belonged to a girl or
woman, for the names on it are all
jf men.
A H. Brown danced the first dance,
a waltz, with the owner of the pro
gram.
P. Watson danced number three, the
-aneers
Wood evidently the late H. R.
Wood danced number four, a waltz
Just Joe is written down for num
ber S, the lancers, and for number 10,
a waltz. Ther. is a suspicion that
Williams was the last name.
"R. F. R." had number 7. a polka:
' Lewis" had number 8. a waltz, and
H ('. Myles danced number 9. the
lancers. B. F. Jenkins's name appears
on the program for number 12, a
waltz.
The program does not say where
the dance took place, but presumably'
t was at the home of the Magotfins
on Magoffin aenue. as the court
house and the Magoffin home were
about the only places where dances
-ould be held in El Paso in 1889.
i.
V. e Tinow a lot of people who are
like the pest who read the sign In
the office "We are too busy to spend
'ime gossiping." laughed and said:
' T !! het that gets 'em out when they
read it "
It easy to keen a dollar watch go
me; if you hai e a pair of shears, a
1-airmer. a good pair of plyers. some
txie grease and plenty of time.
The hoy scouts garden on the cor--
of Montana and Newman streets
ha produced a splendid crop of very
' 'ur idea of a snap: Having a busi
- to attend to and attending to it.
Mi of the unique beauty spots of
rity is Charllestevens park In
tr'angle whe-e North Santa Fe
a-i West Boulevard converge. The
ro park is not much bigger than
one's hand, but
flowers and is a veritable oasis in a
desert of bitnlithlc
NOW WE MAT LOOK FOR SOME
MORE OF THE DALLASITES TO MOVE
TO EL. PASO.
Here's the way the advertisement
appeared in the Detroit ree frees:
Over the River Danes Tonight.
Palais de Danse, 5000 of De
troit's select dancers will be at
the magnificent fairy palace. Ad
mission 10c, no charge for chick
ens. Adv.
Here's the explanation that fol
lowed in the same paper next day:
" No charge for chickens."
Tempting as that announcement
waa in the Palais de Danse adver
tisement in Saturday's issue of
The Free Press, it is necessary to
disappoint a lot of folks by ad
mitting that it was a misleading
one.
It was a typographical error.
"So charge for checking" Is the
way the line should have read.
That in Itself Is something In
these days of hat check bandits.
"What puzzles me." observed
Mllford Stern, president of Palais
de Danee, "is how most people
construed that erroneous state
ment, for every young man who
came, wanted his girl to go in
free."
The man who writes an anonymous
communication Is the sort of a fellow
who would stand behind a telephone
pole In a dark alley at night and hit
a passing friend on the back of the
head with a brick.
Take the Mexican vote out of El
Paso and we would have nothing on
Dallas after a prohibition election.
-r-
When T send the office boy out for
my lunch, he frequently returns so
late with it that, it spoils my appe
tite for dinner if I eat it. Who in
vented office boys, anyhow?
se
lf ire had the old EI Paso spirit,
we'd tell the government to eome
en fvltlt recuperation ramp, artil
lery target range, or any other
old thing and Trr'd GIVK all the
ground needed and not try to
ell It.
Pity everybody isn't kept busy all
the time. Then the busy men would
not be bothered so much by so many
time killers.
Things to forget: Most of the ad
vice of friends.
Show a willingness to work in a
lodge or club and you are worked to
death and talked about as "always
having something to say." Hold back
is full of bright and keep quiet and you are referred
is as -a ueaa one or asleep.
Proud boasts: If the government had
enlarged Fort Bliss, I'd have made a
lot out of my land.
Things that never happen: Giving
your opponent credit for being as
sincere as you are.
Uncle Walt's Denatured Poem.
Every Little Helps
WE ALL are doing what we can, to make the war a big success, to help
along the Red Cross plan, or to alleviate distress. I see the busy
women knit, as down the voliage street I come, I watch their shining
needles flit, I hear their silver thimbles hum. I mark the farmer as he shocks
his corn and throws it in a van, and he, while earning needed bucks, is helping
like a little man. I watch the poet slug his lyre, and sing glad songs about the
flag; and his poor effort say inspire some man who finds his courage sag. I
note the grocer sell his prunes; he asks a modest price per pound, and as he nails
the picayunes, he helps to make the wheels go round. The pastor of the village
kirk, who in his pulpit takes his stand, and urges men to pray and work, is
helping, too, to beat the band. All men who pass along a smile, a word of eour-a-re
and of cheer, are doine somethine worth the while, they help to bring our
purrpb near Fe doe? not help who idle stands, who saws no wood, who tills i m 0e?rE6,N'
09 Counties In Texas
Drouth District; 67,500 j
Families Need Assistance
WASHINGTON. D. C. Sept. 14.
"One gets to be a fatalist,"
said Lieut. . "He begins
to feel that when his time comes he'll
get it. It will come not a minute be
fore, not a minute after he's slated
for It. no matter what he does. I
guess it is the death and destruction
that the soldier on the west front sees
on every hand that makes him a
fatalist. It is a comfortable thing to
pe. tJ ass one. I look forward to
death "without sear, but always hop
ing that my time is still a long wr.y
off."
Lieut. is a member the Royal
Flying corps. He is a Chicago boy,
in this country, on sick leave. He
"got Into If early in the war. and al
though be has been wounded a dozen
times, means to go back "over there"
as soon as he hss recovered from his
last "Mighty." Meanwhile he is ad
vising the Aircraft board here.
"More than anything it is the freak
performances of the shells that tends
to convince the Infantry man that
each man is marked for death at a
certain time," Lieut. continued.
"I have seen a shell explode at the
feet of one man and only stun him.
while it killed another some TO feet
away. Then, again. I have seen a
shell blow a man who stood where It
struck, to stoms. I am thinking now
of Lieut Graham, of Vancouver. B.
C. who died -when be had been only
46 minutes under fire. There never
was a man who took better care of
his troops
"He was in charge of a machine
gun company hrn he sot his bap-
Austin. Tex., sent 14. Data com
piled by the state department of agri
culture based on reports from county
judges and other sources, discloses
that there are 109 counties in Texas
Involved In the drouth stricken ter
ritory of central west Texas, and the
population of these counties aggre
gate 1.J51.5S8. The department as
sumes that one-half of this number
are farmers, and that SO percent of
the farmers are la need of assist
ance, consequently provision must be
made to take care of approximately
67,500 families either by the state
trough legislature or by some o.ner
ireans.
lIIow LocaL
I'lJLoe wallow
By DINK BOTTS.
LUBBOCK COUNTY FAIR
OPENS WITH BIG CROWD
Lubbock. Texas. Sept. 14. The Lub
bock county fair has opened under
most favorable conditions. A record
c.owd was present the first day, which
was leaturea by a parade showing
agricultural products of the county,
together with handsomely decorated
automobiles and floats.
The farm, earden. orchard and live
stock Interests are more fully repre
sented this year than ever before.
a line rain Tuesaay attemoon has
put everybody in good humor and the
success of the fair is assured.
DAILY RECORD.
i
1 1
tism of fire. The company had been
under fire some IS minutes when
Lieut. Graham was struck In the
wrist. He called a stretcher bearer
and had his wound dressed while he
directed his men. The fighting con
tinued for half an hour longer when
a greet shell burst almost at his
feet. We never found more than a
half Inch piece of him. He was literal
ly blown to pieces.
"I have been exceptionally lucky.
Many of the wounds I have received
my companions would have given
much money tor. Everybody wants to
get a 'bllrhty.' A "Mighty- is a wound
just serious enough to take the man
who has It back to England. It Is a
pretty good place to be after a few
months at the front."
Little Bobbie's Pa.
He Gets Robinson Crusoe Mixed
Lp with a Noted Singer and
Breaks Up a Suffrage
Meeting.
BY WILLIAM F. KHIK.
Little Interviews
Costs $3.96 Student Hour
Spelling Cheaper, Reading Higker. Says Bandeen
To Teack Arithmetic
Deeds Filed.
Government hill addition. Hueco street
W. H. Burses to A- R. Burees. lots
and . block 1. September 1. 1917: St.
Franklin hoishtB addition. Newman
street F. de la Torre to J. B- Baca, lots
St. 11. 32, Mock J. September 4, if 17:
SIS.
Kosemont addition h. e. and X. P.
CantreU to Mn. M. E- Townley. lots
7 and s. Mock xt. Mareh xs. 117: Sit
aad other consideration.
Resemont addition H. E. and K. P.
CantreU to Mn. M. K. Towaley. lots
and It, block XS. March It. 1117; SIS
aBd other eooslderaUoii.
Rosemoat addition H. E. aad K. P.
CantreU to Mrs. M. E. Townley. lots
11 and It, block St, March II. H17; II
and other consideration.
Rosemoat addition H. E. and K. P.
Caatren to Mrs. M. E. Townley. lots IS
and 14. block XS. March X. 117: tl aad
other considerattoa.
Bolldlaff Permits.
J. c Worthmstoa, 4M1 Trowbrldse. su
ae: 5125.
J Sottero. Saa Antonio street, addltioa;
10.
V. E- Ware. Everybody buUdlnc altera
tions: $3M.
W. H. Toons. 71t Chester street. Ear-
are: !.
ueensea to jtiarry.
Bodlen X. Webb and Laara Bell.
Elmo Sierra and Oabrtella Rodriguez
Thomas Campa and Cms Ollban.
Francisco Alvarado and Vlcenta Rendon.
Maximo Goasales and Maria Ramirez:
r-T-Iriti Bartender at ilog rord is
I learning to drink soda pop and
play croquet
Sun Flinders says he may not live
to see the day, but that lizards are
going to have to stay at home all the
time when there is nothing left but
barbed wire fences.
While making Atlas a shirt over at
Mrs. Tobe Motley's the other after
noon, Atlas's wife said she lead in a
farm paper where the country was
spending a lot of money for special
artillery for home defence, but that
she will still rely on her old standbys,
the washboard and broom.
T, HERB was a patry-otic party to
our house last nite & Pa let me
stay up so I cud hear him talk.
I wanted to finnlsh Bobison Crewso,
but Pa sed I cud lern moar from a
live talker than from a ded I. W. W.
like Mister Crewso. All he did was
sing, sed Pa.
He dldent sing at all. I toald Pa.
Of course he did. sed Pa. We have
a lot of his phonygraft records rite
here in the house. He sang O Sola
Mlo. sed Pa. and the prison song from
Ossinlng. Pa sed. Doant contradict
me, Bobbie.
Then Ma be scan to laff. xou are
thinking- of Mister Caruso, she sett
to Pa. His nalm lsent Robinson, it
is Enrico, sed Ma. You are all the
time getting mixed up. sed Ma, owing
to hot wether mlxea. etc
Anyway. we hed the patry-otic
party i missus welkin was tnare.
She had rote a speech wich she. red
out loud to tbe nepul In our parlor.
She sed that woman was jest coming
Into ner own A that alter in is war
was oaver woman wud rule the
world.
The whole world? sed Pa
ThA whole n-tirtrt ,h, She will
settle ail things of importance with
out aSKlnzr the advice nf man. jtan
will be glad to wait on her. sed this-
lady, & proud to know mat sne sun
allows him to worship at her shrine.
She wont be hanging around the
old snrine mucn in them giaa aays.
will sh? ri Ps
That Is neether here nor there, serf
tbe lady. The main point Is that
woman is going to cum into ner own.
St a giorus day it will be for her.
It will be tough corn beef for the
old gents that call themselves hus
bands, sed Pa. I suppose wen that
glad day cams thay won't need to
bring hoam the bacon, will tbay?
T do not cora-prehend. sed the lady.
The bacon, sed Pa. the old 0-Iough.
In the words ot Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, sed Pa:
I always set at hoam a-shakln'
For feer he won't bring hoam the
bacon.
Ton want to give that a littel thot
sed Pa, befoar you gurls talk things
altogether In yure own hands. If
man can't do any bossing, sed Pa. he
Is llabel to forgit to earn any sugar
for his littel lovey-dovey. Then will
cum the dark days, sed Pa.
I beg our pardon, sed Ma's friend.
I had supposed this was to be a
patry-otic party, one at which all
peepul gathered was to put thare
holder to the wheel & do thare bit.
It seems that I was mistalken, she
sed.
I guess I will sub-side. then, sed
Pa. Gurls always finds it hard to un
derstand a deep cuss like me, sed Pa,
Ton aren't very hard to understand.
sed the lady. Ton are one of those
fcf--HE analytic method of report
I ing the cost of operating
schools displays some In
teresting facts," said Dewitt A.
Bandeen. secretary of the Tax
payers' association. "For instance,
the survey of Lamar school's record
last year showed the cost of Instruc
tion per student hour In various sub
jects to have been: Spelling. JJ.81;
arithmetic, J15; reading, $4.05. Our
survey covered the year's work, and
the nnit student hour was created by
malttpIyiDg tbe number of students
attending, on the average, by the num
ber of hoars. Thus, ten students for
one hour would be tea student hours."
"Reports just made by all the rail
roads of the country to the American
Railway association show that on Sep
tember 1 the excess of unfilled orders
for cars In some parts of the country
over surpluses of cars in other places
was 11.591. a reduction of 14 ner cent.
as oomparea witn tne previous month.'
regulative bodies, shippers, commer
cial organizations, the railroads and
seasonable weather, may be seen from
the fact that, while the railroads have,
with practically no increase In facil
ities, handled the greatest amount of
freight In their history. In the past
four months the excess of unfilled or
ders for cars has been cut down from
14S.IX7 on May 1 to 1.S45 on June 1
to ?7.8z on July 1. 37.: on August
1. and to J1.SS1 on September 1, thus
achieving an - improvement In four
months of TS percent."
ny man who owns a vicious bull
dog, and. knowing its nature, allows
it to run loose, should. In ease of an
accident, such as happened to the lit
tle fregor girl the other day. be pun
ished severely." said E. R. Lee. "Such
a dog is a nuisance, and more than
that, a danger to the life, welfare and
happiness of the community."
Miss Lottie Hunter are returning
home from an extended visit to the
Pacific coast. "We made the trip to
California over the Santa Fe Trail,
and it is unuqetionably one of the
most picturesque and Interesting in
the United States. But we decided to
return by the Borderland to El Paso
and from here will go to Albuquerque
and then to Chicago. Tbe most in
teresting places I think from the eoas
to El Paso are the Roosevelt dam. the
Salt River valley, the Apache trail and
the Elephant Butte dam. El Paso Is
also a picturesque city for persons
of the middle west and east as Is also
qnaint Juarez."
"When peace is again restored
Mexico will become one of the great
est lumber producing countries in the
world,' said H. L. Walters. "Tne
natural forests of the southern re-
, public are about the only things that
i Live not been destroyed by the revr
irmn to Afevlcn there ir, mr i
"The five minute talks which were ar,eties of trees which are used r
given at the moving picture shows manufacturing furniture, buildme
last week," said T. M. Hervey. "were ; houses and other work."
a fine idea. Tbe speakers were ex-
cellent in their delivery and clear and rast year there were 75 children
George V. Hawks, general manager of ' forceful In their addresses, and I am : from Fort Bliss attending the
the E. P. & a W. railroad. "In the I sure that the public would enjoy more
latter part of April, when the rail- of them.
roads' war board was organized to .
cooperate with the government In all I "We expected an Increase in the
matters of the railroad iroinff ih. , hiirh school attendance this year or
conduct of the war there waa an ex- 1 about 23 percent. Instead of which it is
is over only about It percent, saw Alien n.
Clt
cess of unfilled car requisitions
surpluses amounting to 148,627. As It
was Impossible to create cars over
night, not to mention locomotives, ter
minal facilities, track and other fa
cilities, just as badly needed, the war
board directed Its first efforts to se
curing greater use of tbe facilities
which existed, mainly freight cars.
The object waa to more nearly take care
of all the orders of the government
and shippers, as well Railroads were
instructed to do things within their
own province which would increase
the efficiency of equipment and. at
the same time, to secure the coopera
tion of shippers, consignees and com
mercial bodies. The success of the
combined efforts of state and federal
Hughe, principal. "Some of our boys
who mlgnt Be aiienaing mgn kotoi
at other times and under other con
dition are holding down Jobs. Some
of our girls, too, have not finished
their shorthand and typewriting
courses because the opportunity is
open to them to get work more easily
and at better wages than usual. Po
sitions left open by those entering
the military service is probably re
sponsible for It."
"We have certainly greatly enjoyed
our tour from Los Angeles to El Paso
en route to our home at Chicago."
said Mrs. M. L. Kent, who with her
husband, two sons and daughter and
schools," said Supt R. J. Tigbe. 'This
yt-ar the number is somewhat small?-.
As a matter of courtesy to the Tarm
the city schools receive children o
off: ers and enlisted men stationed at
Fort Bliss, without exacting tuition
fees. We do th!? despite the fact tha'
our rule Is to cnarge for any studeit
coming to school from outside the
city limits."
-
"Free publicity is one thing the T
W. W.'s seem to know how to et
eald B. A. Sadler. "T know of no o--ganlzation
so generally disliked b
editors that manages to have so muoi
space in the papers without paying f or
it. I know of no other labor orga"'
zatlon that so persistently keeps :
self tn the public eye. Its actlvttie
are in the nature of news righ'
enough, but less advertisement o'
them might dampen their ardor, or a
least lessen the number of converts
to their propaganda."
stubborn men wlch thinks man is the
lord of the nashun A that a woman
has tbe saim standing in the wurld
aa a caddie, she sed. You are dua
for a terribul awa-kening one day,
she sed to Pa. wen whirlwinds of rev-
olusien sbalk the wurld, as Mister
Markhara reemarked.
Maybe I will wake up then, sed
Pa; In the meentime I am going to
sleep. & Pa went away from the
meeting.
HOGWALLOW NEWS
DUNK BO'fTS, REGULAR,
Copyrighted E. L. Adams.
CORRESPONDENT.
(George Bingham.)
A
MAN selling hats was through
here this week, but nearly
everybody had one.
The postmaster sees where the gov
ernment is about to let the allies have
a few billion dollars. He thinks we
better mind how we let strangers
have money.
Fit Smith's two dogs followed him
to the still house yesterday, but got
tired of waiting and went home.
Dock Hocks, who has operated his
tonsorial department at the blaca
smith shop this spring and summer.
Is thinking about closing It down un
til next soring. Bv that time he .in
get a large trade, as everybody will
need a Dig naircac
Some play coif, others do other
things, when they want to slack out
their mental strain while pondering
over International Questions, But
when Poke Eazley gets bothered about
what the president is going to ao, nas
done, or ought to do. he goes out and
shears nis rauie s tail, wmcn is a rec
reation that takes his mind entirely
off of everything else for the time
neinc.
rtaz rtariow reports navmg spent a
plessant day at tickviiio inursnsy.
where he ate two cans of sardines
and saw a pretty woman.
Fletcher Henstep has traded for a
ROMANCE OF A DOLLAR -
ByT.E. Powers
Th Santa Fe rallroaC is tralslnc a corps
of women civil engineers to take the
places of men in the service called to
ri .n,i. r-ho loaf arontid with emntr hands, discouraging the lads who toiL
OpTTlsht. by Georg JKatmew Adaras. WALT MASON
of major.
Horwltz. major of (
has been appointed ,
fs military staff with tne rni
I THERtS A "1
S
f HOW WAlm
rilTPISMPfAR
new cow. Us got the best of the deal
he believes, as he swapped a cow that
had only one horn for one that had
two good ones.
The Excelsior Fiddling band will
serenade Poke Eazley tonight, as he
was seen coming from the Hog Ford
still house today with a fresh jug.
The deputy constable has spent a
part of this week behind a stump on
Musket Ridge watching for a myste
rious stranger who was seen In that
locality early in the week with a roll
of one dollar bills.
Cricket Hicks is preparing to warm
his feet as soon as the weather gets
cold enough.
The postmaster Is making all neces
sary preparations to sweep out the
postofflce, as the Inspector is feared
within a few days.
The Dog Hill church, which has
been kept open during tbe week days
for the benefit or the general public.
In accordance with the movement that
has been started In tbe big cities, will
hereafter have to be kept closed ex
cept on Sundays, unless the hog law
Is enforced.
In giving his opinion of the suffra-
get business Tobe Moseley the othe
morning stated that there was enoug
argument already going on around
the bouse without adding politics.
Washington Hocks has come to tM
conclusion that all this recent dr
weather is some tbe church folks over
at Hog Ford were praying for last
year when the corn crop was being
drowned by high water.
A watch chain may hang loose on
the front and still not indicate th"
the defendant has been missing h 3
meals.
The tin ped-Uer was !n our mid'
this week siiosriir n lot of fli e
watches. He keps the-n separafd
from the rest of his tir, ware.
Little Fidity Flinders got a pair
new shoes Wednesday and Is prepar
Ing to wear them over to Bounding
Billows to show them to his grandna
Atlas Peck has returned from ti e
Calf Ribs neighborhood. He was ac
companied home by a good cow.
SPENDS THREE YEARS TRYING
TO FIND THE BLOND ESKIMOS
Regina. Sask.. Canada. Sept. 14
Rudolph M. Anderson, chief of the
southern party of the Stefannson Arc
tie expedition, has received a letter
from the Rev. IL Girling. Emanuel
college. Saskatoon who for three er
has been trying to reach the socalled
blond Eskimos.
The little boat In which three mis
sionaries comprising the partv were
traveling was blown up by an ex
plosion last spring and they lost the
greater part of their supplies. In a
year's time the party had succeeded
in traveling only :s miles along the
coast so great were the difficulties
experienced.
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SHALL LACK A CHA5IPIOX. AND THAT EVIL SHALL
NOT THRIVE UNOPPOSED.
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