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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
Stanton ASsAILs
CITY COUNCIL
On WATER
Shows His Bitter Feenng
Over His Indictment on
a Libel Charge.

At the protest meeting Of property
owners. who objected to the 80 cent
minimum rate for water service, NJ. W.
Stanton declared to the $50 citizens
present that 1.-The mayor aIld city Off
Gals have ceased 10 be the servants of
the people and have become the ser
wants Of public corporations" and
therefore the mayor had not refused but
had acceded TO the request for the
granting of the petition presented by
the receiver, and granted oy Judge It.
S. Maxey.
During the course of his remarks
Stanton said that because he had pro-
tested against the granting Of the
franchise to the International Water
company. he had been indicted on a
charge of criminal libel simply because
he told the truth and he then said: Il
notice the newspaper reporters are here
tonight SO they meaning city officials)
will probably have some real libel
against me tomorrow all right"
Elfers Presides.
The meeting was called to order by
DR.. w. r. Weeks E. B. Elfers was
chosen as chairman and DIR. T. A Bray,
as secretary. Mr.. Elfers explained the
reason for the meeting was to protest
against the order issued by Judge Maxey
IL.
P E. Gardener read the order of the
court, granted upon the petition of the
receiver. and the agreement made by the
city He then moved that a committee of
five be appointed to investigate the mat
ter and prepare a petition to be present.
ed to judge Maxey.
NJ w. Stanton, who sat on the front
row next TO Capt. Brack, suggested that
ne might be able to enlighten them re-
gardlng the procedure that had been
taken and Brack said: 4 do not know
anything about the justice or injustice
OF the minimum rate; l only know il is
provided for in the franchise; it is the
law and that law was not made by the
receiver.
'All / want is for the receiver to be-
relieved of his responsibility The mat
ter was presented to the court and he
construed 1T TO mean that where two or
more families lived in a house the mini
mum rate could be charged each. He
asked what had been the custom in other
cities and was shown that this was the
custom in Boston. atlanta and Omaha
and in several others.
Don't Want to Raise Rate"
THE question had been asked, why did
we not ask for a raise il rates and the
reason is that some people in this town.
good men and true, believe and have so
expressed themselves that the water
company made money on the central
plant and then used it for making ex-
tensions.
The receiver was appointed for the
purpose of demonstrating whether or not
the plant, economically run viii pay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
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WEAK
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
FATHER OF j.. G.. McNARY TO
PREACH AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Rev W. P. McNary, father Of James
G. McNary. will occupy the pulpit of tbs
First Presbyterian church Sunday even
ing Rev Mr.. McNary is a retired min
lister of the Presbyterian church and
was one of the strong pulpit orators OF
the church when he was an active pas
tor Special music by double quartet.
Praise Ye the Father by Gounod. and
God of My Light" by Shelly, will be
sung at this service.
Rev. c. l. Overstreet viii preach at
the morning service on The Separation
OF the Church" The music by the double
quartet Will also be a feature OF this
service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

fair return on the investment In the
meantime there will be $4,000 interest
due on bonds March l and $4,000 taxes
due February l and the receiver must
raise the money.
The water company agreed to our Pc
tition, the bondholders did so and the
city did so insofar as the present re-
ownership is concerned. 1 think that by
April 1 judge Maxey will be here and
if you have any objections TO file he will
receive them. 1 am sure, and we are per-
fectly willing that the matter should be
taken up in the court and that you
should make application TO have the or
der set aside; that is your privilege
What About Rate:
George S Allen then asked this ques-
ton: If a man has a stable and two
horses and water connection he pays go
cents per month. His neighbor has a
stable with 40 horses and he pays 80
cents per month; is that just?"
Capt Brack replied: I cannot answer
as to the justice of the rate; you will
mum rate allows $500 gallons per month
for 80 cents. If you use less you pay
that rate
Allen then asked: Wasn't the order
issued by request of the city, didn't the
city and the receiver and the water com
pany present the petition to judge
Maxey' and he say let it go?"
Brack: Yes. No. He construed the
franchise to mean that this rate was
right and issued the order
Enter Politics.
There were calls for stanton and he
replied rather bitterly and with some
fervor:
I don't know anything about other
cities. Judge Maxey did not pass that
order; he simply agreed to it as any
other judge would do.
"A judge relies upon an attorney and
makes an order where an applica
ton is made. 1 don't Think Mr.. Wyatt
was called upon to make that construc-
ton. Did he ever do that befOre?"
DR.. Weeks here interrupted with the
remark: Yes. have been paying for
three years on that agreement
Then Stanton continued: IF Judge
Brack would look behind that mini
mum charge he would see the reason
for the franchise. 1t provided for a
80 cent rate Tor each connection.
Therefore, if 1 have two houses. and
even if my family lives in both, so
long as there is a connection to each
should be compelled to pay the mini
mum rate for each.
y. II. Stewart a member of the
board of aldermen when that request
for a new franchise was made. knew
how to construe the minimum rate and
Watts explained to him that he could
not furnish water otherwise. the ex-
penses were too great
I do not understand Capt Brack's
talk as to demonstrating something
and he speaks of paying interest on
the bonds. 1t is an admitted fact that
the water company has well up there
that has never been used and we are
asked TO pay interest on the s1O0. 600 II
threw away; that's all rot.
Attacks City Officials.
LET us look at the history of tbe
transaction with the water comnanv
Several local people went into If and
I am sorry for them, but we cant nav
for the money they have lost. can
name men who were here and had
money to put into a water plant and
could have run it, but they did not.
7 know one man who owns eight
water plants who went away from
here because the people who had the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

a number in chorus replied, I'VE give
them water free"
w. Z. Anderson, manager of the
water company, said that he did not
believe this to be customary and knew
OF only two instances where this was
done and could quote only one, saying
4. P. Coles & Brothers did so.
Committee Named
Then seven men instead of five were
elected to the committee TO take &C
ton in the premises, the men selected
tbeing Louis Goodman, ]. B. Badger,
Phil Bargman. ]. A. Rogers, ]. NJ Nc
Afee. George Allen and Beauregard
Bryan.
Goodman moved that the committee
be empowered to raise funds to bear all
the expenses of the movement and this
met with the approval OF those present
They then adjourned, subject to the call
Of the committee, which will meet to-
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

of making a great confession of Christ.
but Over-cOnfidence, and consequent
carelessness stripped him OF power when
the time for confession came This
failure Is being repeated on all sides
today. Without self-knowledge we are
first over-confident, then careless and
prayerless, and the other steps are In
natural sequence.
We should profit by Peters lesson
rather than go through q similar ex-
perIence for ourselves Failures, how
ever, have their own values-Peter
profited by his, and a1Ierward bore
his best and bravest testimony"
DR.. Semmes concludes his mission at
ST. Clements Sunday, preaching at both
the morning and evening service, and
addressing a mass meeting OF men at 4
o m.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

franchise wanted TO hold him up for
100000, and 1 can show that to them
in black and white if they want me to-
IF there has been any one thing
demonstrated it is that the people out
there do not know how TO run
water plant and they want the people
TO pay for their mistakes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

franchise wanted to hold him up for
100000, and 1 can show that to them
in black and white if they want me 10.
IF there has been any one thing
demonstrated il is that the people out
there do not know how TO run a
water plant and they want the people
to pay for their mistakes
aIndicted For Libel
They went TO the city council; I got
into the newspapers and they indicted
me for criminal libel because told the
truth. 1 see the reporters are here
tonight and they will nave some more
libel tomorrow" evidently meaning
that he expected the council to seek
his indictment again on what he was
saying at the meeting
Then they raised a talk about mu-
nicipal ownership; I'm in favor of
municipal ownership; I'm in favor of
anything in preference 10 the present
company. 1t has made so many mis-
takes that the bonding companies
would no longer protect il. Is It any
wonder the bonding company agreed to
the order of judge Maxey.
Il know one engineer, who has been
in this town a long time and under
stands his business He went &C them
and offered TO build well for $4,000
or $4,000 and they spent over $500 0O0
for il, and now they say the receiver
is going to demonstrate. Who asked
him TO demonstrate?
After this the city council wasn't
clever; it gave the Bell Telephone COM
pany everything it wanted.
The honorable city attorney says
in the same breath he doesn't think that
this is the right construction and at
the same time allows them TO put
it on.
You can't read this ordinance and
tell what it means. Mr.. Burgess evil
IDENTIFY drew that ordinance; what does
Billy know about families?
Poor Mans Burden.
why should it charge rooming
houses. where several families live
charge me; why don't they go above
the tracks? 1t is the same cid story
of the poor man carrying the burden
l am no philanthrOpist. but l do De-
lieve in fair play
This is a plain case of graft; you
can call it what you want, but that ~
the plain truth
some one was talking about this
matter and trying TO blame 1t on Judge
Maxey. I feel sorry for him II MaXey
hears OF it. He is a fair. square, I'M
partial man and judge, and you need
not argue with him; just present your
petition and he will construe it in the
way il is
stanton Makes Charges
Then Geo. Allen asked: How much
will the company raise this way? Mr..
stanton replied that he did not know,
and Phil Bargman said: About $4,000
per year
Then Allen asked: What should the
mavor have done?" Stanton said: The
mayor should have protested 1t was
his duty 10 do so as the servant of the
people. but the trouble is that he and
the city council have ceased to be the
servants of the people and are the ser
wants of public corporations
Then f. B. EIfers read from the petit
ton that it had been the custom of men
building houses To collect from their
tenants for water rent, they themselves
being the consumers and asked how
many present had done that, to which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
SUNDAY SERVICES AT THE
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

The Essence of the Gospel of Christ"
viii be the theme for Rev. Bryan c.
PrestOn's discourse 10 the COngrega-
tionalists at the Y. NJ. G. A. at Il O'Clock
Sunday morning. The text for the dis
course viii be, rs not the life more
than meat, and the body than raiments 80
The bible school meets at $50 and
there are classes for all The pastor
will lead in brief study of a portion
of the Sermon on the Mount.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
TULARosA LOCALS.

Tularosa, n. NJ. Jan. 29.-Walkel
Hyde and family. of Carrizozo. and
Walter Hyde and family. OF Alamo
gordo. are here.
W. d. Upton has sold his home AZ
Monterey to George Hyde. for $4,000
Paul Jette and wife have returned
from Mescalero.
Matt Gilmore is in town from Alto
Mrs. Steward is very sick with "a
grippe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
INTEREST YOUR FRIENDS
IN Ell PASO'S GROWTH

Twenty-Five thousand Copies of the
Sky ScFaper Edition.
The yearly review edition o. the Ell
Paso Herald published January II, gives
a most comprehensive summary of the
growth and development of FL Paso. In
no other way can you give your friends
so much reliable information regarding
Ell Paso and the Southwest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29
RESULvs suxPnlsING.

You'll re surprised sIp the results you
Will get from a small want, rent or
for sale al in The Herald. VIII not
cost more than Csc to SOC Phone Bell
lis, Auto Il15 and tel, the girl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-29

Globe Flour, best by test,
and the pay roll in FL Paso.
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
Reports Received Indicate
Explorers Are Somewhat Coy

~HE explorers evidently are bit
coy about coming OUT Of their
DISCUSSES. at least should Judge
this 20 be the case from the na-
ture Of the solutions coming in OF
course, IL is a rather difficult thlhg
TO switch about so suddenly from
-signers's and poets" and authors
Christmas dinners TO the consideration
OF those hardy travellers who, regard
less Of wind and weather, food ana
clothes, books or dinners, set or with
their eyes on q far horizon and sailed
aud sailed and sailed until the other
side OF the world turned up
I can scarcely wonder, therefore, that
the Tdzzl ers stop to take breath be
fore they 80 in for the chase
Howe er. some Of the circle evidently
haze pioneer blood in their veins for 6
g0OdIy number of solutions are daily
piled up for the consideration Of the
Judges. I must say, too, that there IS a
great diversity OF opinion as 70 Just
who is who in MI S1auldinE's list.
but one thing Is certain. and that is
the puzzlers are on the right track
and I have no doubt in the world that
more than one Of the contestants viii
succeed IN bringing some Of the greatest
voyaEers Of the ages out Of their ''mys-
tic" Osphere-anyway here's luck TO
all
FRANCES CARROLL.
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
Men as Hun1orLstS

Il takes a nan % Jest
Was 8 kings Jester ever a woman?
What great comic play has g woman
vr1tteD2
Some look sslzance at the comic WON
a-a actor
are there many women who compose
comic SONGS?
No, We doubt a comic woman being
2 real woman at all
Yet why should not q Va-lan be priv
IeGed 70 laugh and grow fatE
Why should Mr., Man do all the laugh
ing over stories OF the stone age?
Stand before a news stsnd and see II a
woman buys any OF the comic pUblica-
tons
Not she The poor dear IS either wait
ing for some noble male to tel her the
old, old story, or else he has told Il and
she IS more than busy wondering what
she VIII have for his dinner and keep
ing the baby safe from pins, cramps
and other infant ills.
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
This Constant Nagging
Wears Ont Many a SAINT

Constant dripping wears away a
stone might be altered 10 constant
naggins wears away a saint for one
sees some of the finest men in creation
beIittIed and made into norose. irritable
creatures By a gmau feminine tyraat
wife.
For Il IS nearly always the best who
give in The man or woman with q
large generous nature. too EOOd-heaTJed
20 be always clubbing and QuaTeIiug
over petty trifes, IS the easiest sort OF
prey for the household Uyrant-
A woman who makes scenes" and
uses her re, Is and weakness as q weap-
on for tyranny, can otter subject the
strongest man TO her wttT1s and ca
prices
She pays a heavy price FOR her victory
For he ceases to love her She rules
because he Is a gentleman and rightly
regards such matrimonial scenes as WI
gar
But his heart soon becomes cold lie
is her husband legally, but ner hold on
his love IS gone For love flies out az
the window when tyranny comes IN al
rhe door
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
SPARERIB POTPIE.

Cut the rib into pieces about four
inches square and cook in water to
cover, until tender Pour on the liquor
cool. and remove all the fat Cover the
bottom OF the pot with layer OF the
ribs. seasoning with salt, pepper and a
little sage Add a layer Of thick slices
of potato, seasoned, then one OF tiny
baking powder biscuit Continue until
all the meat IS used having the iaSS
LAYER Of the biscuit Pour, IN enough OF
hot strained LIQUOR in which the ribs
we're cooked and wafer TO come nearly
to the top of the biscuit. but not 10
cover them Close ts-1tly and COOK
three-Quarte Of an hOu- before reIloV-
meat on a platter. thiCken the gravy
with a tablespoonful of flour RUBBED
smooth and pour over he meat
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
WOMEN ARE DOING
WORLDS HARD WORK

There are 100000 women IN the United
states who toll for a living
What do they do2 Crochet and en-
broider and tat2 No; they do the dirt
lest work in the world
All the szysCraDers IN New York are
cleaned by women. who get down on
their knees and scrub the-aOOrs-
The necessities Of self-supPort among
them are 50 pressing that they have IN
vaded al but nine OF the 3o3 ocCUpa-
tons listed by the Census Bureau
They are moving Up from servants to
scientists, from janitors to Journalists
There are 500 women carpenters, 50s
women mRchinists-
One-haIf Of he single WOTusn OF he
country, one-haIf OF the divorced WOm-
en-. and oae-third OF the widows are sup
porting themselves
There are $4,000 women working in
New York State. and 10000 working in
the city OF New York
There are 1900 women Of sixty-ave
years and over in New York State
what a procession these white-haired
ErandmCthers would ulakei-who toll for
q living
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
Too Mach Is Required BY Some Girls
In The Way of ErpensfUe Gifts BY Men

after a while that VII satisfy Eatfated
uatTes- These desires % ours are *
pensive; and It Is generally the lot q
our fathers, our brothers, OF our men
friends 20 foot these bills
Popularity Is something every EirI
Graves. How nice Il Is to be taken
out a lot, 70 have lots Of money spent
upon ne, 90 go 90 the theater, 20 din
neTs, 10 receptions, 70 skating parties
and dances; and for every one to see
how much I am liked" Is the thought
Of hundreds Of different girls.
Society VIII always be "a TT for tat
scheme L IS TO be expected that
when q young man receives invitations
from girls and IS entertained By them
he VIII IN some way return the courtesy,
but surely II should not be supposed
that he IS TO be kept 70 the grindstone
all the time on account Of these social
aCE1Owied EnenIs.
There IS nothing nicer than friend
ships between boys and giTlS-men and
vomeu-but Why cannot we have these
friendships upon q truly sincere basis
and not always be looking FOr 3 mate
rial compensation
The Washington times., 1910-01-05

Daily Fashion T ak.
By FRANCES CARROLL.

MISS ALMA POWELLS ball gown
4N4 worn IN "The Man of the Hour, -
offers a lot Of good suggestions to the
woman who Is looking for something
stunning IN the line of evening frocks-
Fashioned Of heavy white silk crepe
the robe has a ten-inch border OF yellow
crepe headed with silver and spangles.
the dash OF, color working up most &C
ceptably. and at the same time accen-
tuating the flowing, graceful sweeps Of
the fr0ck.
Made IN the princess mode, there IS
a suggestion Of the empire back given
BY q bandeaU Of rich Limerick lace
Limerick lace forms the Mandarin
sleeves and dashingly attractive orna-
ments In odd designs Of silver trim the
bodice
Miss Powell follows the nodish fash
ION OF wearing a simple couture, parting
her hair and drawing II into a soft, loose
knot at the nape Of the neck
The Washington times., 1910-01-05

- MOTIONS are now being anal
- yzed- They are treated as e con-
nected and well-defned unit
and not IN the dreamy way OF
the past Emotions are result and
not q cause Science teaches that We
DO not laugh OF cry as We feel pleasure
OF pain There are two sorts OF emo
lions, and all OF them come under two
minor heads Those which may be de
fined as the ones which are cheerful
happy, and beneficial; and those which
are the opposite, and make the bearer
depressed. gloomy. OF fanciful.
Those Of the cheerful and right sOT
are the ones which are helpful and build
I'D the bOdy, indicating growth and
strengthening process Of the organs the
gloomy feeling indicates the tearing
down Of the system. and Indicate the
threatening approach OF something
uenacing
There are Pessinists who Affirm that
the great undertone Of life IS solemn
and unhappy. 1 do not agree with
ten. Most things are OF n pleasurable
nature The view OF the pessim-st IS q
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
NEW CANDY GAINS
IMMEDIATE FAVOR

II you have not yet heard % this
new and delicious sweetneat, you nay
be sure that you viii derive much
pleasure, not only in making II Tor your
friends, for while a new candy IS not
so great a novelty in these days, this
new sea Foam Candy has won IN
slant popularity. Here is the recipe.
To three CUpfuIs OF light brown sugar
add one CUpIuI OF boiling water, and
place over the fire Stir only until the
sugar is dissolved. then cook without
stirring until IL spins a. thread Take
from the Ere and when the mixture
stops bubbIIng add II gradually 70 the
stiffy beaten whites OF Two eggs Con
tinue 10 beat, using q wire egg-beaIer,
until the mass Is soft and creamy, and
yet IS OF sufficient consistence 70 stand
alone without spreading Flavor with
vanilla when half beaten, and, when
done, add a cupfgI Of English walnuts
that have been chopped rather COarseIy-
Drop in pats on waxed paper
The Washington times., 1910-01-05
CUSTOMS
STILL HOLD GOOI

The throwing Of an old shoe after
the bride signifies that her parents have
given up all control over her - that
henceforth she belongs wholly to her
husband
The throwing Of rice IS even mere an
cIent a custom than the throwing OF
shoes, and, as one might suppose, comes
from China, the land where rice is en-
bIematic Of every good thing. since It
sustains life itself without any O-her
food. The throwing of rice has rather
gone out OF favor Of late years, for,
in the excitement. wedding guests were
not always as careful as they might be,
and serious aCCidents-inju ries that
have suddenly turned a gay park Of
resulted The tossing Of confetti has
almost G rtirely superseded the LhroVinC
Of rice. d is really a picturesque GUS
tom