El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-07-30

His wheel seemed to obey his will,
And fear was left behind.
Alas. upskilled novice.
His nose began to itch;
He raised Il hand to scratch it,
And landed in the ditch.
"K'ondyke, or Klondake, as it is
terms d by the miners, is the name OF a
riv e. in Alaska, which empties into
til Yukon river. The Indian name is
"IrOB-dak,n or ''duik,' meaning
"pIeuiy of fish, The inference is
that ''su ckers'' are the species of fish
alluded to.
The Morning Telegraph is after
Mayor Magottin about the $4,000 apprO-
priated by tt state to the Ell Paso flood
| sufferers The money has been lying
| in the State National bank, where it
| does nobody but the owners of the bank
any good, and the Telegraph says that
all the efforts of Judge Harper and
| Senator Turney to get a meeting with
Mayor Mag Offin to consult about the
expenditure of the money have failed.
| 1t was intended that the money should
| go towards helping the city and coun-
| ty out in their expenses over the flood,
| but it SCI ms like the bank in which
| money to great advantage, SO it has
staid there. The bank is something
like e, PasO's heavy tax payers who
| finds it cheaper to fight lawsuit than
to pay taxes. However, the people of
| Ell PasO are changing their ideas on
such matters and if something is not
done with that money soon there is
| liable to be trouble over the affair.
| There is movement on foot. which
is still in embryo, for the building of
an eight-lap bicycle track on some
| block near the center of the city The
| idea is to build a partly covered en-
closure and twelve foot wide track on
the inside. This is the only practical
| idea for bicycle racing in Ell PasO and
| the venture would no doubt prove
protita Die Investment as it would en-
a bic the promoters to give races at II
| times of the year-either day Or nigh,
and its location near the center of the
| city would Justify the belief that it
| would receive enough patronage to
prove a paying investment. Besides
creating renewed interest in bicycle
sport in this city many professional
riders from al paris of this
country would - come here to ride
and the ADJUSTMENTS could be carried
on on the same principal they are run In
theatrical lines. This class of indoor
tracks are now being built in all the
large cities and in every case they have
proved more profitab e than the tracks
outside OF the city limits.
Isn't it wonderful how quick the
Times changed its tone over the in
creased valuations made by the board
OF equalization since the Ell Pa.O
boss returned from his trip to the
coast:
That morning rag, the Times, calls
Round About ''peeper." Round
y bout has kept quiet about the matter
of the ''uameless crime" he charged
certain merchant with committing, but
now that the Times has seen tit to
bring the matter up he viii state that
the Information given Round About on
he subject came from d Times en-
ployee, but said employee can rest
assured his name will never be di-
vulged.
The bicycle track is now almost
complete rum and wilt probably never
be repair ed, as all interest in outdoor
bicycle racing has died out in this sec
ton. The track has never been d
profita bic Investment, although some
beautiful races have been run there.
TIE track is still in debt, but its OWL
ers would do we'll to secure block In
the center of the city and use the lum-
Der and paraphernalIa of the old track
and move it to town and build au eight
lap bicycle pavilion where races could
be run day and night all the year
arOund-raln. blow or shine. For this
purpose it would not be hard matter
to form stock company that would
build the new track and put the asso-
citation ia the way to pay OF its OLD
Indebtedness, anu besides this 1T would
create new interest in bicycle sports.
The international bicycle champion
sup meeting opens today IN Glasgow
Scotland, on the TRACK Of the Celtic
Football cub, the entries including the
leading cracks OF Great Britain andCOn-
tinental countries aud &. w. Rlchard-
son of Canada whose selection by the
Canad an Wheelmen'S association haS
kicked up a merry war among the Ca
madam riders. Owing TO the fact that
the national meet OF the League OF
American Wheelmen takes place next
week that organization has sent no rep
resen aIives and it is the only body In
TIE International organization that
lacks presentation. The Press Cy-
cling club of Boston had contemplate d
sending a team of three riders but it
abandoned the idea at the last mo-
ment.
Judge Hunter and Justice Bridgers |
were having d social chat in the judges
office yesterday aud the question OF |
eclip-es came up. Bridgers asked Hun
ter if he had evt seen total eclipse. |
The judge said he saw one in 1869. |
Bridgers said, : [ remember seeing |
tn It eel. pse.'' Hunter asked Bird gers |
how Id n was. ErIdgars sail; II will |
be IS IN N0vemb er." Well said the
judge, the eclipse | hive reference
To was just three months be fore you
were born"
The twin questions Of municipal
and the disposal OF garbage
have been solve d in u manner that will |
arr est the attent on of retormers and