El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-10

farms. But they do not try any mon
keydoodle business with Watts, sheriff
Of Lufkin. Angelina county. Just now
be is doing some quiet shocking for "a
chap who started something he could
not finish over there and came to FL
Paso- He had better beat it or Watts
OF Lufkin will have him before he
can say scat AS soon as the conven-
ton closes sheriff Watts is going to
Florida to get Texan who has the
ingrowing habit of marrying too many
wives at one time. He has served
several terms for it, but the sheriff
is determined to teach him a lesson,
so he is going over in the everglades
country and bring him back to Lufkin
for legal padding in the way Of a
penitentiary sentence.
Sheriff Watts is the most striking
figure at the convention, barring
Woody Townsend, with whom he
would run dead heat if Woody would
guarantee not to ring in his two suits
of summer clothes on r. V. Standing
exactly six feet two and as straight as
a soldier, the Lufkinite can be seen
head and shoulders above the crowd.
Like all tall men he prefers to stand
rather than telescope himself into
dinky little chair, and he may be seen
over against the southwest, column IN
the chamber of commerce listening to
everything that is going on and see
ing everything with those gray-bIue
eyes which are the last pair of eyes
In the world that one would care to
look at down the business end Of a
six shooter barrel.
A man of the outdoors. sheriff Watts
has the suns print on his face and he
looks as healthy as queens guard. He
is an Elk, an Odd Fellow, and a mem
Der of the royal order of Princes
Among Men. When tue delegates
started talking Of not going to Cloud
croft because they could not return tn
east Texas Thursday night. sheriff
Watts would have n;ne of " why,
bless your heart 1t will take me an
other three days to meet al of my
friends that I know here already" he
Sad Besides this is mighty pow
erful, fine town and am going to see
it from cellar to roof" That's the
whole hearted way the Lufkin sheriff
does things. Is 1T any wonder they
reflect him over there by force Of
habit? Correct answer: It is not.
Convention Clown.
Every convention. like every circus,
d
at the sheriff's convention. Jake is
that person who is right there John
ME at the rat hole to second any and
all motions that may be made and he
can be depended upon 10 arise at the
right moment and say: Gentlemen,
move we adjourn until 9 o'clock in
the morning. Nine o'clock means 9
o'clock" Jake is some cutup and when
the convention picture was made
Wednesday morning there was Jake as
big as life and twice as natural right
up in the front row with his grin as
broad as Woody Townsends Stetson.
Busy Young Woman.
Miss Kirk, the assistant secretary
and treasurer of the association, is
the busiest one present. If women were
allowed to vote in Texas and she cared
10 run for office she would poll the
sheriff's vote solid. Her father, Capt
John B. Kirk, was one Of the organ
izers of the association while he was
deputy sheriff of Travis county and
has had the honor of presiding at the
desk every year since that
time. He is one of the striking per-
sOnalities of the convention with his
flowing white beard. the only full
beard, by the way, at the convention.
He will be elected again by acclama-