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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

Ell Psso would keep such q man on the
ruad all the time to talk about the city
and it's advantages and collect exhibits
country, the people of the districts
within several hundred miles of us
would soon come to look upon Ell Paso
IS the natural and indisputable oom-
mercial center of the Great Southwest.
Ell Psso needs to keep a travelling
man in the field, as truly as does any
other business concern desiring to push
its business. Ell Paso has some advan-
taRes that 1t would like to have more
widely known. Tho newspaper advertis-
Ing the city gets Is worth a good deal,
but 1t ought to be supplemented by
persistent personal work. The cham
Der of commerce is the organization
through which this work must be ac-
com plished. It should not be allowed
to lapse for q day.
1.-THE chamber has not money enough
to pay the expenses OF such work, some
plan must be devised to raise the mon
ey. The membership must be increased
or the dues raised to such figure as will
provide sufficient income. The cham
Der belongs to the business men, and
they should see to IL that Its efficiency
is cot hampered by lack Of funds.
1t ia only through effective organiza-
tion that any great work can be &C.
com plished. When several men with
. little capital apiece want to do any
thing they form a corporation and use
their organization to accomplish what
thew want. When the business men OF
a city want to push the interests OF
that city on business principles, they
not only organize, but they put In some
working capital. The chamber O.
commerce needs money to carry on it's
business, just as department store or
= factory or q newspaper needs money.
And lack of funds will as effectually
hamper the chamber in It's highest use
fulness as would lack OF harmony
among the members of the board or
among the individual members.
The chamber has certainly already
demonstrated it's great usefulness. 1t
needs NO apology. The chamber does
not ask the support Of business men as
! favor, but demands it "a necessity.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

Some map makers mistake will cost
our revered Uncle Sam 500, 900 if
Bryan ct al do not objsct too strepu-
ously. In drawing up the treaty OF
Paris, Cibitu and a bunch of other
little islands we're acoid entslly not in
cluded within the lines established,
Cibitu being only four miles beyond
them. Consequently we are dickering
with Spain to secure them TO head off
Germany who also wants them, with
the object OF planting a thorn in our
Philippine side in the shape of a forth
fed coaltng station. Except to save
ourselves this annoyance they would
hardly be worth 500 to us as they
have no harbors and probably not to
exceed 50 square miles Of territory,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

KANSAS health and prosperity are
in continual evidence these days. Not
long ago county reported that 1t had
only one pauper and the county dis
posed of him by allowing so much a
year to help pay his board bill; now
there comes the report OF another
county where there are no physicians.
The state board of health Investigated
the matter to discover why the county
was doctorless ard learned that the
reason was that there had not been
case OF serious illness in the county for
two years. Naturally physicians would
have to move away from such health
full place as that. After Texas, Kansas
is great
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

IT Is pity that the boys of Ell
Paso should be allowed to 60 about the
str Gets shooting stones al the birds
from sling shots-although it is true
that their aim is imperfect and COM
par atively few birds fall as q result of
the continual hunt that the boys keep
up. Ell Paso is one of the luckiest
cities in the world ornithologically.
The city Is the resort of . multitude
Of birds of brilliant plumaRe and sweet
soag, while other cities are sparrow
ridden; and though sparrows are not
an entirely accursed race of birds, as
some would assert, yet it is undeniable
that any other birds are preferable.
The red birds, blue birds, linnets,
orioles, swallows, and humming birds
of Ell Paso should be protected from
the boys.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

THERE is solidity about business
foundations in Ell Paso that is highly
encouraging in view of the approaching
season of great prosperity. The banks
are not only on the side of safety, but
they are extremely conservative. BUSH
ness men are not as rule going heavily
into debt, and the prospect ia that ii
the good times keep up for couple OF
years the result will be general light
ening OF financial burdens, and the
clearing up of the atmosphere. The
one thing to avoid is the appearance
of boom. Nothing would hurt Ell Paso
at THE stage of her development as
would a season of over speculation. 1t
Is all right to turn money over quickly,
and to buy and sell at profit when the
markets are active, but 1t is disastrous
to make the margins too small and tie
oneself up with debts and mortgages,
In the expectation Of indefinite CONT
nuance OF the flush times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
No One
NEEDS TO
Apologize

For riding on the Denver Road. Il
offers an unequaled variety of
scenery, broad, vestibulcd trains,
quick service, solid road bed, per.
feet baggage system and cour-
teous employees.
The Sumptuous Pullmans are built In
natural woods-rich, tasteful,
restful to the eye. The Cafe
Gar service Ia always good. The
linen Is spotlessly clean, the
walters prompt. the food the best
the market affords
1t Uses the Union Station, Fort Worth,
Pueblo, Colorado Springs and
Denver.
1t Educates them by blending enroute
the most beautiful portion of
Texas and Colorado,
1t Runs Througe Trains from Fort
Worth to Denver daily, which
pass enroute Pixies Peak, the
Spanish Peaks, and for two hun
dred miles in sight OF the noun
tain ranges.
1t Allows Stopovers on summer tour
lists tickets 1T ell points in Colo
RADIO.
It Leaves Fort Work. at 9:45 a, H.. ar
rives In Denver next day In time
for midday lunnh; it aims to
please; it invites investigation.
A. A. Gibson, G. A. P. D.,
CHARLES L. HULL, 7. P. A.
W. T. STERLEY, A. G. P. A.,
The Denver Road" Fl. Worth, Tex
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

EVEN the building of the electric
railway has been discounted already
in the matter of property values, and
no further raise would be justified at
the present time, either in rents or
values, unless there should be some
substantial improvement put on the
property itself. 1t is always the best
plan in the end for the property owner
to place his rental at q point where
the tenant can make q little profit on
his business. Prosperity Ia not real
or permanent unless it affects favora-
bly, the whole population. High rents
may mean prosperity for the landlord,
but they mean small profits or actual
loss for the tenant, and the result is
constantly changing tenants, frequent
repairs, and loss from vacant houses.
The man who tries to get rich in q
year ia generally the loser in the long
run.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

A New Road, Opening New Country
New Towns! New Opportunities!
Last year 100 900 head of cattle passed
over this new thoroughfare. This
year the number will reach 200, 600
head.
Stations from Roswell east are within
thirty to thirty-fve hours of Kansas
feed lots and no need of unloading
stock in transit.
Shipping stations ON tue line in perfec,
order. Portals, BOvina, Hereford
and Damon City can accommodate
with feed and water 5000 TO 10, 600
head of cattle each.
BOna-fde settlers wanted. Every effor,
will be made by the Railway to
assist them.
An abundance of water! Rich soili
Cheap lands! Quick transportation
and fair, honest rates.
For particulars as to the various open.
tngs in the PecOs Valley and its
neighborhOod address
D. H. NICHOLS, Gen. Manager, or
E. w. MARTINDELL, 6. F. & p. A..
Roswell, N. M. Amarillo, Tex.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
THE NEED OF WORKING CAPITAL.

The chamber of commerce has
decided to keep Major Davis in the
field collecting minerals for the ex-
hibit st least until the fret of next
month. This Is a good move, and one
that will be appreciated by the indiv-
idual memb ers of the chamber. The
work that Major Davis has done has
been of a sort that brings particularly
direct returns. The personal work
among the miners and mining opera
tors Themselves is what coun ts, and If
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
REPUBLICAN,. NATIONAL TICKET
SIDEWALKS NEEDED.

1t becomes Increasingly important
that some comprehensive plan for side
walk improvement should be adopted
In Ell Paso. Even supposing that the
majority of property holders agreed to
improve the sidewalks, the result of
the expenditure Of the thousands of
dollars necessary would be disappoint-
ing unless there were some agreement
In the style OF sidewalks used on con-
secutive blocks of the city. It will not
look well to pave one block with CO.
ment from curb to fence line, the next
the same with round holes for trees,
the next with only q cement walk and
curb, with grass between, and so on,
with different colors and kinds of
cement and finish. 1t is uniformity
that makes the most beautiful appear
ance.
For the main business streets there
is no doubt that the style adopted
about the city hall IL the best. Here
the walk is laid solidly about the poles,
and II the poles are removed there will
be no trouble In paving over the space
thus left, This is q better plan than
leaving q strip of unpaved sidewalk all
along the curb, thus leaving oatchsll
for the dirt and sweepings OF the stores
and pavements.
In the residence sections the neatest
form would be the cement walk, with
the curb and grass strip, if the grass
were kept in good order, but most
property holders pay no attention to
the grass outside their yards, and the
result would be very unkempt effect
Still, as the extra expense to pave all
over except around the trees would be
consid er able: it sppesrs to be the best
practical plan to adopt, even If the
city has to pay for keeping the weeds
oil eaned out and the grass, when there
is any, trimmed.
But it will probably be several years,
perhaps as many as ten, before Ell Paso
will be thoroughly paved with cement.
Meanwhile something ought to be done
to replace the horrible plank and sand
tidewalks and places where there are
not even apologies for sidewalks, with
sid ewalks that people can really walk
on. Ell Paso is probably the only city
of it's size and Importance in the United
States where the people by preference
walk in the street rather than at the
sides where walks ought to be. No
thing that could be done would add so
much to Ell Paso's comeliness and de-
STABILITY as place of residence as
would the construction of decent side
walks.
The HERALD. recognizing the I'M
Of the citizens to adopt |
the cement sidewalks on q broad scale, |
suggests the general construction of
gravel and natural cement sidewalks
sll over the city. Sidewalks of this
sort should everywhere replace the
plank and sand once, and such side
walks should be built on each eide of
every street in the city, clear to the
city limits, unless there 10 certainty
hat better sidewalk will be built
within year.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
A WASHINGTON SOCIETY MOB.

WASHINGTON SOCIETY MOB.
Oriental diplomats are worse and
that Is one reason We shall be sorry to
lose Minister Writing Fang as we
probably must he is such Q glazing ex-
ception to the rud of them. WI, al
though pure Chinaman by blood, be-
longing to one of the old dynastio fam
lilies, lived in Hong Kong as boy and
was educated in Oxford, so that he 10
as much Engl ish in his ways as he 10
Chinese. His predecessors had no
such saving clause attached to them
they were Chinese from top to toe and
they "behaved as such.'' When they
moved out of a house il was about up
to the owner to have the carpets and
cushions burnt. The last one used to
keep ducks in his bath tub.
Still, possibly Washington hasn't
much to say on the score of civilization
In Chinese opinion. One of the Celes-
tials, hearing it was the correct thing
to hold receptions, tried it ON once. He
provided lakes of champagne and
mountains of eatables with q horde of
servants to serve them and threw open
his doors on the appointed evening.
Whereupon thousands upon thousands
OF well-dreesed people, presumably of
respectable antecedents, swarmed into
the legation without troubling them
selves about invitations or "by your
leave" mobbed the supper room, and
helped themselves. The jam WAS ter
rifle and the manners of the crowd
Men were cursing and shoving-and
the South Americans we're not the last
in the push-wcmen were scram bling
and scolding, relays of Chinese serv-
ants were running hither and thith err
bringing fresh supplies and the confu-
sion was indescribable. When at last |
midnight came and the ravenous visit
prs had all been fed, the minister clos
ed his doors with an iron-clad VOW new
Or to do it again.
D. OF, |
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04

thinly settled and not producing much
of anything.
BoER FUND AND THE SHIRT WAIST
Political matters are dragging still
and nobody Is taking much interest
in them here yet. In fact it's too hot
vital subject. There is local paper
written by, for and of old women which
started an agitation In favor of men
dispensing with coat and vest in sum-
mer, arguing that man wearing an
ordinary outing shirt with belt around
his equsrtor In lieu of suspenders was
DIRE ssed as far as the top end ofhim went,
practically the same way as a woman
wearing . shirt waist, and there was
no more use Of extra garments in one
case than the other. That seems q
sane enough proposition, but it brought
places and arguments pro and con are
thick % leaves In Vallom brosa, wher-
ever that ia.
In fact our Washington contingent
Of erratic intellects has been yearning
for some such Issue ever since our pro-
Boer movement here fizzled. We had
a big meeting for the 'benefit of the
widows and orphans here few months
ago, realizing something like $1,000,
but when the expense account, "cigars
for the Boer envoys," fare for the
welcoming committee to New York"
"hotel bills" and 80 on were deducted
there was only left a balance of $13 to
transmit to the Transvasl. Consequent
ly there was row royal and all the
In the affair took to pull
ing hair and making faces At one an
other about the fund until the shirt
waist auesti@n came up. Now they
are getting rid of bad blood over that.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-04
SPORTIvE DIPLOMATS.

The United States of Colombia has
decided itself too poor to msintain
ministers abroad and We are to lose
one picturesque envoy in consequence.
Washington could bear 1t with toler.
able resig nation If all the South Amer
transacting their diplomatic business
over the long distance telephones.
Most of the ministers are elderly men
and not inclined to be sportive, but
they are usually surrounded with q
crowd of young attaches and clerks
who are like the early Christian mar
tyrs in that they are "devilish hard to
live with" During the social season
In the winter, and par ticularly on New
Years day, they 60 calling in all the
pomp and glory of Latin-American
uniforms, and we incline to forgive
them their transRressiops to some ex-
tent for they give the streets a CLINT
of color that is much needed when the
park flowers are not blooming.
But At Washington rece ptions ard
functions and champagne and
clares flow freely and these young
gentlemen are apt 80 absorb more than
they really need at times. Then there
Is trouble and lots OF it. The person OF
a diplomat Is sacred from arrest no
matter what he does and the police
can only look on and advise If some
dashing brunette from South Ameri-
can legation chooses to indulge his
tropic fancy with email crimes and
misdemeanors. Luckily indignant
brothers and cabmen and hotels port
ers and so on are not hsmpered by
internations law and their Interference
curbs the ebullient spirits
of the attaches. Still such interference
is looked on as bad form in diplomatic
circles.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06
Poplar Street Crossing Again.

The case of the Delaware and Hud-
son Railroad company against the city
over the Poplar street crossing, was
argued before Judge Archibald in
chambers yesterday morning. The
company brings bill in equity to pre-
vent the city from interfering with
their putting up a fence at the eX-
tension of Poplar street, extending
down to the Lackawanna river.
City Solicitor Vosburg appeared for
the city; eX-Judge II. A. Knapp re-
presented the Scranton Bolt and Nut
works, the plant of which is located
at the disputed point, and the Della
ware and Hudson company was repre-
sented by ex-Judge w. II. Jessup.
Solicitor Vosburg argued that the
street was dedicated to the city by
the Lackawanna Iron and Coal COM
pany, in 1865 and the city accepted
the dedication by representing the
street on the city maps and by con-
structing a sewer along Poplar street,
which ran under the Delaware and
Hudson tracks, down to the Lacka-
wanna river.
Judge Jessup, in speaking for the
company, claimed that though the
street was dedicated to the city, the
dedication was lost by the street not
| being opened for twenty-one years,
and it therefore is not at present a
public street. Judge Jessup claimed
that twenty-one years was the fixed
limit, and cited several cases of an
analogous nature.
Judge Knapp, for the Bolt and Nut
works, claimed that the concerns
plant would be rendered practically
useless, if the railroad company was
| allowed to erect it's fence and block
the road, as Poplar street is the only
access to the works. He declared that
| over 100000 was expended on the
plant, and all this would have to be
wasted if the company is allowed to
| proceed.
| Judge Archibald will give his opinion
later. Mayor Moir yesterday secuted
the idea of the city losing possession
of the street by not opening it sooner,
and declared that the city's right, In
| a case of this nature, never lapSes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06

Two $4,000 damage suits were insti-
tuted yesterday in Prothonotary John
Copeland's office, by Attorneys e. G..
Newcomb and Clarence Balentine. The
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad company Is defendant in one,
and the borough of Dunmore in the
other
in the first case, the damages are
asked for the death of Joseph F. Per-
ry. Lackawanna brakeman, who was
killed in a rear-end collision between
freight trains near Nay Aug tunnel,
September II, 1899. Ills wife, Dora
Perry, Is the plaintiff.
1t is alleged that the deceased was a
passenger at the time of the acci"
dent. He had completed his run, it
is claimed, and was riding on the ca
boose, to his home in Nay Aug, on an
employees quarterly pass. BY proving
this, it is expected by the plaintiff,
to evade the bar of the fellow en-
ployes' liability act.
Martin Dolphin is plaintiff in the
suit against Dunmore borough. He
asks damages for the death of his
19-months-old boy. Leo.
April 2S, 1900, the father and child
were out for a stroll on Webster ave-
nue., and near the corner of Brook
street the child, who was running
along slightly in advance of his father,
fell over a three-foot step-off and sus-
tained injuries which resulted in
death.
The borough. it is alleged, was neg
ligent in permitting the existence of
such a dangerous sidewalk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED.
They Will Have Charge Of the At
fairs of Anthracite Commandery.

District Deputy Evan r. Jones and
staff installed the following named off,
GERS of Anthracite commandery, No.
211, Ancient and Improved Order
knights of Malta, Tuesday even
ing for the ensuing term: Sir knight
commander, Sir Ira o. Ives: general
issimo, Sir Harry T.. Moore; captain
general, Sir f. A. Highfeld; prelate,
Sir b. +. Dunam; assistant recorder,
Sir f. L. Stark; senior warden, Sir
Louis Schroeder; Junior warden, Sir
w. d. Kressler; standard-bearer, Sir
Lucius Lake; sword-bearer, Sir John
Gill; warder, Sir Perry r. Bowman;
sentinel, Sir NJ. J. Webster; first guard,
Sir G. S. Ives; second guard, Sir w.
d. Kressler, jr; trustee, eighteen
months, z. w. Roll; trustee, six
months, Q. S. Ridgeway.
Past Commander c. o. Swartz, in
making the presentation speech of the
past commanders jewel to Past Com
mander Frank B. Reese, spoke of the
retiring commanders efforts in behalf
of the organization and hoped every
companion would follow in his foot
steps.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06
GETTING AT VALUE OF
M'NALLY PROPERTY
City Controller Howell Will Make
His Report to the Board of Con-
troll at Its Next Meeting.

City Controller Howell, Controllers
Clerk c. A. Hartley and Appraisers
G. F. Reynolds and George Cooper.
Tuesday viewed the two lots on Fourth
street, which the board of control de-
cided to buy from 2. McNally, at the
meeting, Monday night. Aug. IA.
The result of the inspection will be
revealed in the report which Controller
Howell will send in TO the board. at
the meeting Monday. AS will be re-
membered, on the recommendation of
the building committee the board de-
cided to purchase the two lots from
Mr.. McNally, and to erect upon them a
new school building to take the place
of No. 90 school. The old building and
$4,000 would be given to Mr.. McNally
in payment. Since this was passed
several complaints were received by
the controller, from taxpayers protest.
ing against the purchase, and claiming
that the terms We're too high
Tuesday the inspection was made,
and this afternoon two more apprais-
ers will visit the spot, after which
the report will be prepared. Yester-
day morning Controller Howell receiv-
ed two more complaints, the writer's Of
both letters stating that the price to
be paid for the lots was eXorbitant.
Controllers Clerk Hartley, said yester-
day:
II certainly was surprised at the
condition of the present school build
ing. 1t is really in splendid trim, and
looks to be worth anywhere from $1,000
to $500. The lot that it is on is 20
feet by $50 feet and the McNally lot
is 1O1 feet by $50 feet. The building
is finely located, much better in fact
than a school erected on the other
site would be, as the McNally lots
are at the foot of the hill with all
the sewerage running down that way"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06
Entering Class Will Number Two
Hundred and Thirty.

Ambitious grammar-grade students,
who seek admission TO the High school,
are daily being examined by Supern-
tendent Howell, and from present in
dications, when school opens next
week, there will be about two hundred
and thirty members of the Freshman
class of Scrantons leading educational
institution,
This class is not as large as the one
which entered last year, which num-
bered about three hundred, as the en-
trance examinations were much more
rigid this year. Last term it was nee
essary to make the entrance eXamina-
tions rather wide in order to relieve
the overcrowded grammar schools.
This year, however, abundant ac-
commodations are made in the lower
grades, and there is no need for let
ting down the bars.
The High school has a capacity OF
one thousand, and Superintendent
Howell aims at keeping the four
classes down to an average of two
hundred and fifty students. To do this
the entrance examinations are neces-
sarily made more severe and the grade
of school work accordingly raised.