El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-08-14

The Times seems to be terribly wor-
ried over the HERALD'S telegraph re-
port. Just keep kicking. Inc
HERALD will continue to print the
news and that's what the people want.
SIT is not often that a man has to be
arrested for disturbing the peace when
he is making no noise" said Othcer
Ross this morning, but had to arrest
one for that offense last evening. Inc
fellow was full and was boring every
body he met and the complaint against
him was so strong had to run MIN IN
to get him Off the street."
In yesterdays HERALD there was a
telegram from Chicago which said that
two young men were going to put on
the new bullet proof suits and were
going to Mexico to be shot at by Mex
ican bandits. This is certainly FOOLS
errand. In the first place the two ad-
v,nturers will encounter more trouble
in finding the Mexican bandits than
they will in stopping their bullets. In
the second place if they should scour
Mexico and accidentally find bandit
the bandit will not do thing but hold
them up and take all their good clothes
away. If the two chumps really want
to do som ething heroic let them go to
Cuba and fight Weyler's army. There
will be less difficulty in finding some
body that will shoot them in Cuba than
in Mexico. The "Pearl of the Antilles"
is full of fool killers.
Paso should be made with regard to
the wetness of this climate. Ell Paso
has been known to the world as the
place where children are born and
grow to maturity without seeing drop
of rain. That time is now over Every
child can now see rain: every child will
know what pleasure it is to paddle
around barefooted in pond of water
on their own premises. 1t may be late,
but FL Paso is forging right to the front
and catching up with all on the road to
prosperity.
While the great moral and hygenic
wave that is now sweeping over the
city is at it's lull force an effort should
be made to corral it and direct its
force against the open cesspools about
the city. If anything is a nuisance
and against the laws of all decency it
is the open way ia which uulsances are
comm tilted in different parts of the city
and in full view of women aud childi en-
10 their residences or those passing on
the streets. The Mexican population
have no closets, but the little acequia
from George Locks property down to
the second ward is turned into cess
pool by men, women and children and
the stencil arising therefrom is sicken-
ing and INJURIOUS to the health. 1t is a
sad blight on the intelligence and pro-
gressiveuess of q city like Ell Paso.
when visitors in viewing the town find
that the streets, alleys and acequias
are bein turned into cesspoOls without
restraint or hindrance.
Prescott, Arizona is making a test
Of Henry Georges single tax theory.
Last month the city began the new
form of taxation by imposing a tax OF
81 on every lot in the city, whether
improved or unimproved, the idea
being to abolish licenses, with one
exception, and TO gradually increase
the tax on lots until ali improvement,
aud personal property are exempt from
municipal taxation. The single eXcep-
ton on licenses is to be the saloons,
which licenses: it is proposed, shall be
raised to something like $1,000 per
aunum. The mayors message, which
also recommended a street tax on all
male citizens of 81 per ainum, said, in
relation to the single tax recommends
ton, that the present method of taxa
ton involved on the part OF some
residents payment of taxes on four
different bases, namely: tax on his
lot: a tax on his building; tax on his
stock or tools; license tax. Through
this SYSTEM" the message continued,
lin addition to the risks vi loss through
failure or misfortune in business, the
industry and energy of this class of
men who, by bulldog up business or
industry add to the prosperity or
wealth of the community, are taxed
fourfOld to the real estate SpeculatOr s
once, although it is the classes that
alone gives value to any lot in Prescott.
Take from Prescott its commercial aud
Industrial interests, and every lot with
in its limits would be valueless. 1t is,
therefore, but right that these inter-
ests and the men engaged in them
should be as fairly treated as is posi-
bic in the way of equitable taxation"
The large amount of rain that has
fallen this summer has made the fol-
iage On the trees along the lanes in
Juarez very dense and on that side of
the river there are now some. very
pretty locations for picnlcss drives, or
bicycle rides. The sand on the roads
below town has been packed down
and wheeling is easy and pleasant.
The people did not sit in the park
last night aud listen to the sweet
strains of the McGinty band long
drawn out, DOR dream of babbling
brooks. They sat in their castles and
listened to the patte-ing of the rain on
the window pane and dreamed about
how wet they would be if they were
at the park.
Everything is moving along smooth
ly for the relay races between the
HERALD and the Times teams, to take
place August %. The HERALD'S
team has Deen training on the road,
but general training will not begin I'M
til next week, when the roads are dry.
Both teams are composed of fast riders
and good race will be the result. The
names of the riders composing the
teams Will not be announced until some
time next week, but they are all well
known crackerjacks from this city.