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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
The Herald's
Daily Short Story

7 He kissed her and left 1t was two
hours before he returned.
Some time later she again asked
him to go and he came back at ,
o'clock in the morning. She was still
awake. The wind was bowling out
/ side.
The spring will soon be here now"
she said. You remember our sprins
festival that is to come
He kissed her and said: You must
understand that love is not enough to
fiK q mans life entirely. There are
so many other things: Work, studies
and friends
Yes 1 understand" she said and
tried to hold back her tears. But she
consoled herself quickly. She had faith
in his love. Life cannot be all holt
days.
She waited for spring and looked
into the little garden. An apple tree
was beginning to open its first tender
blossoms and the air was balmy and
fragrant Her needle was working
slammed the outside door behind him
and tore asunder her day dreams.
He had gone out now. When would
he return? Tonight or perhaps not
until dawn?
In the twilight she threw her arms
around his neck and kissed him behind
the ear
Look, Bruno" she said. spring has
come long ago. When shall we take
a walk in the woods?"
In the woods? What woods?"
Il mean. we-our spring festival?"
'Oh, of course. Don't start crying
now, Eva; we will go some time"
Tomorrow"
to attend the regatta of my boat club
The day after, theng'
Yes, perhaps, if nothing comes be-
tween
Four days later she asked him again.
And then again three days later She
must, must have her spring festival.
Then everything would again be like
it used to be.
At last Bruno said: All right, we
VIII go tomorrow.
That night she did not sleep.
They went by trolley. The car was
fill Of people. Bruno stood on the
platform, while she was inside, jammeo
between two stout women
rs it not disgusting" said Bruno
when they got out. They took dinner
in a small inn, and then went to a
GLADE in the woods. Bruno threw him
self in the grass
We ought to have brought a rug"
he growled. 81 will get spots on my
trousers"
Now we will listen for the cuckoo.
Do you remember, Bruno?"
Yes"
DO you still love me, Bruno?"
Why, Of course"
Why are you not happy. then? It
is our spring festival"
Yes, know. I know" he said, slap
ping at the mosquitoes.
Kiss me. Bruno"
He kissed her and fell back in the
grass again. She stood up and looked
for flowers, but there were no blue
bells and no daisies to pick to pieces
She found a lady bug and her face
beamed- She ran after a badger and
tried to catch 1t. Then she put a
wreath of white flowers in her hair.
and hummed a tune, clapping her
hands with joy and danced few steps
Suddenly she stopped and looked at
Bruno, who was staring at her coldly.
Why, BrunoAy don't you love me
any more?"
He stood up She took both his
hands.
me-"
Il cannot do it, Eva"
He walked away
With hot. fearless eyes, she saw him
disappear In the woods
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23

u lack of mental and moral Gull
- ture.
The in-tempered Christian is not q
Christian at all, no matter what his
faith may be. A proverb says: Every
time we yield TO an irritable Impulse.
we find ourselves out OF harmony with
the universe"
in all his life that the gentle Christ
ever showed even righteous indigna-
ton.
Anger is crude. and is an element Of
our early savage ancestry, when men
tore at each other like brufes
Many people imagine it Is an evil
dence of a high spirit to be quick
tempered.
1t is merely an indication of crudity.
The really cultivated man never
shows anger: the man whose spiritual
nature is highly developed never feels
it. He is serene un1er all conditions.
Many Of US aim at this state. but
few reach it. Yet it is a goal worthy
of a lifelong effort.
Every time we yield to an irritable
impulse. we put ourselves out of har-
mOny with the universe.
Every time we overcome such an i'm
pulse and remain calm. we bring our
selves nearer to divine law
We all know the miserable sense OF
humiliation which follows after a
burst OF anger. We feel an indescrib-
able emotion of abasement We have
stepped down from our own ideal of
ourselves.
This is. true even of those who i'm
agine that they believe a quick tenn
per to be an accomplishment That is
only an opinion acquired by a false
education, while the knowledge that
anger is ignoble comes from the In
finite.
The habit of nl-temper. once ac-
ouired. is difficult one to break It
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
Resolutions to conform

Resolutions to unanimously passed by
congress.
P crande valley with danng
of the Rio Gnde he said could settle the New MEXICO
fight
h Of the reclamation service also addressed tne
convention in
The project approved secretary Of the Interior Mr. Hitchcock 1t
% year to get associations organized and get the
people to sign up concluded the extent
Of $4,000 the upper Rio Gnde the question
the government was taken
The II Paso Valley Water
BurVes to Washington D. Slater B. Holt sent
from signed with the FL Paso
Valley 100000 for the upper valley TOT
b first unit known Leasburg which subsequently
tended at the Butte association
In the long struggle get everything PasO had have special
legislation passed get benefits of the reclamation act
Then had to up fight the United States and
Mexico ratified by the president December 20 1905 by
MEXICO on January s. 1907, and proclaimed 49, 1907
After the treaty. ratified appropriated
through the efforts r. representative from this district
struggle and delays Ell PasO had to send
Colorado, which was trying to have the secretaries enanse t
supreme at the national irrigation
congress 1870 where the state united for the BOe Miller project
seeking mpOund million acre feet more OF the
torren flow Grande project but El P
successfully and Colorado failed to OBJ
tain single eoutside # her
F for the association in conjunction
with fight raising
and the condemnation of the lands secretary payment
100000 for be subme
unprecedented appropriation bond through
congress- reclamation which,
100000 already appropriated made the full appropriation
SO far s7555,ooo.
The secretary has vigorous prosecution
break the the Tadiy with which the
works.
Inside of four months grounds
year constantly until the completion of the
project
has been long fight fight valley
secured justice
for the
constitution
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
ITNcIwEA lrs Denatured Poem

n mournful while winds chilled its ancient bones
there he'll
rights and things of which the wsnth always and
andh
wouldn't prne
scheme o rights that dumb critters
THE TALKING HORSE nights The squst deal that
5 for mani is
fusing with his desing tariff
laws his
must ver by the fence because she has residence his must sleep
around and horses had the right to pound and byag and the
be
arguing blame fool laws!" Then having told what he desired old
plug expired
Copyright 1911. by o.orr. Matthew. Ae.m. 0ba4a7.<.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
A Bit Of Dam History

Elephant Butte dam VIII do Tor
- surrounding; of the large acreage to be brought
ae ivat and the great benefits but few
what great labors were eAe
to bring abOut since far sighted Ell Pa0an TOOK
the initial step that finally brought results
the office OF the water USES
she'd light upon the people should se NOW
and profit by the work OF the pioneers
the movement the history of the S of interest
Martinez chairman OF the committee OF li ~
A chamber of commerce at that time Clifford decided consult the
A. president and call meeting 10 S
up the local people delegation to Ogden Utah. for the purpose OF
bringing irrigation having in view at the time ne
of solving Grand question =,
The delegation It went all FL Paso delegations
70 bring back prepared to work for It o
che deion foot to make the II
Paso meeting in biggest history of the congress
Mexico sent delegation also responded strongly and early
November meeting of the three elemenmexlco
Texas and New place office of Felix Martinez and the r
steps were taken That evening the following agree
signed: -
The undersigned delegates to the Irrigation Congress
have had no between the two projects TO
store the waters of the international dam project and
but assume Tor acual purposes I lIe
in regard to distances to bed rock etc.
that thOrOng practicable to orng enc f she
above FL Paso the water necessary lor te
areas that previously that said quantity water
will be given Mexico without cost, at that point.
alton service number Of acres upon the Mexican SIDE
iec to the approval of Mexican government -,
the Mexican delegation endorses the
to the approval OF the Mexican government 5
instructions whatever as stated yesterday at
convention by Tfaxcab, ST. Caranza
(Sgned)
Roberto Gallo delegate from Mexico
Duvalon pate Tamaulipas
Ignado oa1ra9za, delegate from Ta 1s
undersigned committee representing the American soe
statement and presentation by honorable delegation representing
republic through them the Mexican SIDE OF the aa
valley, subject TO the approval OF the United States
government
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23

Two wash stands have been installed
in the toilet rooms of the Union sta
ton, and for the first time soiled trav-
elers may wash themselves without ex-
pense
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
CSgned)

Felix MARTINEZ, delegate from Texas.
A. P Coles, delegate from Texas.
T. T. White, delegate from Texas.
a. Courchesne, delegate from Texas.
J. A. Smith. delegate from Texas.
Oscar c. Snow delegate from New Mexico.
B. Holt, delegate from New Mexico
VIM Palmer, jr., delegate from New Mexico
R. E. Twitchel delegate from New Mexico.
Martin Lehman, delegate from New Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES NOT new

Ancient Rome Owned It's Own waterworks Consisting of
Great Aqueducts-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23

We the undersigned
6 the Rio Cnde valley heartily unanimously endorse the above
and presentation by honorable delegation representing
The Mexico republic Them the Mexican SIDE OF the d
Rio ande valley subject approval Of the United States
government
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23

Two girls, both young. rather pret-
ty and extremely pert, were
standing in a crowded subway
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23
Fla Wheeler W.Icov SAYS SERENITY IS
AAA~~~ - V-AA~OA POWER

UICK temper is an Indication of
a lack of mental and moral Gull
, ture.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-23

government
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
elDWELL

Z & Z + Z q Z 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Canheld visited
a few days last week with relatives In
South Ottumwa.
Charley Smith and family OF near
Munterville visited Sunday at the
Harvey Grooms home.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Oswald, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Grooms, s. g. Lewis
and Thos. Odenbaugh attended the fu-
neral OF the late Frank Venator Sum
day afternoon at Chillicothe.
Mr.. Elder and family moved Mon
day to farm near Kirkville.
Noyes Garfield Is on the sick list.
Mr., and Mrs. Scott Johnston at
tended services Sunday at the Chris.
tan church In South Ottumwa.
Ernest Smith and family Of South
Otturnwa have gone to the Samuel
Burton farm.
Carl Chisman assisted VIM. Dixon
Of near Munterville put up Ice last
week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
RlcHLAND.

Louie Leblin. wife and little daugli-
tor Gladys started Monday for Kansas
where they will visit some time. They
will visit in Colorado Springs ana
other points before returning.
g. a. Convey accompanied by his
daughter rmel visited several days
near Brighton with his parents,
George Carlisle and wife OF Hish-
land Center who were guests Of Mil
ton Bales and wife. have returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Orr Of Yampa,
Colo, who have been visiting relatives
in this vicinity for the past three
months have departed for home
Mrs. Greeson an old lady Twins
four miles south OF town fell and suf-
fared . broken leg.
Alongo swank Of Butler. Ohio. has
returned home after q pleasant two
months spent with his brother Ed ana
Jean Breitenbach and wife who vis-
their home near Keota. ~
Mrs. Sadie Gregory OF Minneapolit
is here for . visit with the T. A. Inn
shaw family.
Mrs. Elmer Daily was called IA
Brighton to minister Ut the bedside Of
her mother who Ii quite III.
While Frank Harlan WIS running
his bu1z saw few days ago he waa
severely injured when piece OF wood
struck hlm near the aye.
A son was born Jan. II to Mn ana
Mrs. Summer McCrachon near Woot-
son.
Mrs. Maud Ramsey and cousin who
were here from Cedar Rapids vigit1n1
the A. ]. Ramsey family have returned
home
J. W. Honowell. John Kent, Jesse
Smith, and n n NrCa,-$x, 1,1o,.As ~vlth
M. Walker to Ioka Tuesday night "a
hold q public installation OF officers IN
the Ioka ]. o. o. F. lodge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
REIIER THAN A DIPLOMA.

One of the professors in the Uni
versity of Chicago gave one OF his
classes a set of fourteen questions and
told them they were educated in the
best sense in. so far as they could
answer "yes'' to all of them. These
were the questions:
Has education given you sympathy
with all good causes and made you
espouse them?
Has it made you public spirited?
Has 1t made you a brother to the
weak?'
Have you learned how to make
friends and keep them?
Do you know what it is to be a
friend yourself?
Can you look an honest man or
pure woman straight in the eye?
Do you see anything to love in lit
tie child?
Will a lonely dog follow you in the
street?
Can you be high minded and happy
in the meaner drudgeries of life?
Do you think washing dishes and
hoeing corn just as compatible with
high thinking as piano playing or golf ?
Are you good for anything yourself?
Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world and
see anything except dollars and cents ?
Can You look into mud puddle by
the wayside and see clear sky?
Can you see anything in the puddle
but mud?
Can you look into the sky, at night
and see beyond the stars?
Can your soul claim relationship
with the creator?
"This test" says the Des Moines
Register and Leader, sis unconven-
tional, and it isn't likely that anyone
would ever get diploma from school
or college for passing 1t, but 1t Is a
test OF real worth and the man or
woman who makes right answer to
the questions needs no school or col
lege diploma to testify to his worth"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
BATAVIA

On last Sunday the residence Of Carl
Black and family who lives about fiva
miles north OF this place was burned
to the ground. The place where Mr..
Black lives belongs to his fathsr-in-law
who resides at this place. The family
knew nothing OF the IRE until they
were called by telephone by their
neighbors and before they were able
to do any thing in order to head OF
the names the whole building was
ablaze.
They saved only small portion OF
the furniture as they did not have
time to do much about removing any,
LOT the furniture J. w. Mcdowell
who owns the farm expects to
rebuild in the spring. The house was
only partially insured which was
$500 and 5000 on the furniture this
will be quite q loss to both Mr.. No
Dowen and also Mr.. Black.
The series OF protracted meetings
which are in progress at the M. b.
church at this place are being largely
attended. Rev. Fix Is preaching
powerful sermons and he ID assisted
BY Mrs. Cora Warwick OF Centervilla
who sings with q beautiful voice in
solos and also leads the congregation
lin singing. There has already been
/ q number Of conversions which goes to
prove that the meetings will be grand
success. The meetings will continue
through the coming week. Everybody
is cordially invited to attend these
services.
Quite snow storm prevailed In this
place Monday evening.
Nesbit Sc0ville the advance man for
stoves Uncle Toms Cabin was in
town the first OF the week the Co. Will
play here Jan. "a.
Sleighing has been good here for the
past several days and anyone can see
any kind OF sleigh passing along the
road some that have been made since
before the war Of 1872 according to
the style.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24

ment when the greatest move was to bt
,made--the move which / hoped would
settle definately the terrible adventures
of my life. Polydore and I were dis
appearing without hope Of return, anc
now the police would never be able tt
find trace of us.
BY the community Of our secrets,
was now bound indissolubly to Add
son Kingsley; l was sheltered by the
most Supplying deception from all sus
picions Of the doctor. Marcadian and
Evelyne. Apart from the latter two
whose primordial interest was to keel
silent forever, Polydore would hence
forth be unknown to all.
The millionaire leaned with his ell
bows over the ships rail. We were
shoulder to shoulder. On the Quays
the hurried, moving crowd were saying
the last goodbye to the passengers Of
the Touraine. Evelyne was waving
her handkerchief and the doctor hie
Mat.
Look" said the millionaire, as ne
passed me his glasses, your daughter
Is crying, crying with JOY, one migh'
say And my son looks as though nc
would like to do the same thing, but
his would be tears OF grief; he hae
grown quite fond Of you Charles. An!
All! how happy he was to have found
his father!"
He turned away with a bitter laugh
and the look of fierce hatred flashed
| in his eyes which had seen SO often
when he spoke Of the doctor.
/ watched Evelyne as she stood a.
the foot Of the gangplank, looking uI
at us with fearful eyes. They were
tears of JOY! She was so happy tc
think I was going away and helping
her unfortunate brother to escape.
The doctor looked downcast; to him Il
was cruel separation from the father
whom he had just found after 20 years
And I, who had played on their cred
ulity, could scarcely keep back my
emotion as watched Evelyne, as she
stood cIingfng to the arm Of her future
husband My triumph carried It's OWL
-.terness.
What, you also, Charles! You are
absured," Addison said. "You are as
sentimental as a woman"
He lit cigar and turned his back
on me.
The steamer passed the line OF the
road.
We are off!
I heaved a sigh Of relief, like the
climber when he reaches the summit
Of the mountain, after weary efforts
and countless dangers. And felt
vague pride, for had not risen above
the past like the Alpinist rises above
the valleys sleeping at his feet? As
stood on the dazzling height, was 50
intoxicated with my triumph that
gave no thought to the descent which
was to follow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24


Wages in Italy reached their highest
commercial and industrial center OF
the kingdom Painters and paper
hangers of Milan averaged 80 cents a
day; stationary firemen 8 cents an
hour; masons and assistants In the
building trades a minimum scale of 3
cents per hour and an average Of less
than - cents. The building trades in
the south of Italy, furthermore,
average only so to 70 per cent of the
wages paid in Milan as recorded at
the union national headquarters.
Policemen In London get Sc a week
Such scale in this country would
have the station houses utterly empty.
No matter in what direction the In
quiry may be taken, the magazine as
serts, it seems to develop the same
state of facts. Furthermore, it shows
that despite their vastly cheaper scale
of wages in free trade England there
are more men out Of employment
there by over q hundred per cent than
in the protected United States.
The policy of protection, 1t is added,
may be lampooned as existing solely
for the industrial benefit of moaop-
olistic combinations; but students OF
facts as they are must readily admit
that whatever else protective tarin
accomplishes, it increases to ire
mendous degree the earning power OF
the man who tolls, and such being the
undisputed fact, labor will not .forsake
protection until labor is blind to its
own prosperity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
more prosperity. If Iowa wants these,
1t must build up it's industries
CLEAN OFF THE SNOW.

The Courier wishes to call attention
to the following city ordinance
which is not complied with by all the
citizens nor enforced by the city Of
ficials:
City Ordinance No. 276.
Section one-It shall be the duty OF
all owners, occupants, agents or trus-
tees Of property fronting on any pub
lie street along which sidewalks are
laid, to remove snow and ice from
said walks within twenty-four hours
after the fall Of the same.
Section two-Any owner, occupant.
agent or trustee refusing or neglecting
to keep sidewalks free from snow or
ice, along property occupied by them
or under their control, shall be fined
inI any sum not less than five dollars,
nor more than twenty dollars and
stand committed until fine anG costs
are paid.
Section three Should any owner,
occupant, agent or trustee neglect or
refuse to clear the sidewalk Of snow
and ice along property occupied by
them, for period of twenty-f0ur hours
it then shall be the duty Of the street
commissioner to clear said sidewalks
|of snow and ice and charge the ex-
penses Of the same against the abut-
ting property, provided said expenses
shall not exceed one and one-half cents
per front foot.
Ottumwa streets are in deplorable,
condition. due to the lack of public
spirit of some of the citizens, and to
the failure OF the proper city officers
to enforce the ordinance quoted above.
The same condition prevails after
every snow storm. Some Of the resi-
dents clean of their walks, probably
60 per cent Of them. The other 40
per cent never touch shovel to the
snow.
There is no reason why. every side
walk In the city limits should not be
cleaned off within twenty-four hours
after every snow storm. If the resi-
dents do not clean off their walks the
city is clothed with the authority not
only to do this work and assess the
charge against the property, but to
fine owners, occupants, agents OF trus-
tees from IS to $40 for their neglect.
The enforcement of this latter provi-
sion Of the ordinance would only be
necessary in few cases. II residents
understood that the city meant bust
ness they would be reused to imme-
date action after every snow storm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-24
WAGES HERE AND ABROAD.

One of the magazines in comment
ing on figures compiled by the United
States bureau on wages here and
abroad declares not only that Amer1-
can labor is the best paid in the world
but holds this to be a condition di-
rectly traceable to tariff protection.
wages, it says, is apparent In every
line Of American activity, and the re-
suit is sympathetically apparent In
trades which do not bear even re-
motely any direct connection with pro-
tected Industries. In other words, the
magazine declares, protection elevates
not only individual wage schedules to
which it is directly applied, but gem
orally stimulates the measure of wages
in all lines of Industrial activity. The
following comparison of wages here
and broad is added:
The average earning for carpenters
in the United States in 1907 was 43
cents per hour, while in free trade
England it was 10 cents in Birming-
ham, 10 cents in Bristol and II cents
in London. incidentally, in Italy at
the same time carpenters were earn
ing Is cents an hour at Turin and II
cents an hour in Milan.
Bricklayers were earning an average
of SO cents per hour in the United
States in 1907-an average gain of II
cents per hour in seven years-while
bricklayers in the United Kingdom
were averaging 10 cents per hour
gain of less than one mill in seven
years.
Postal employees are today logically
considered as worthy OF increase IN
wages in this country. And yet the
average salary per week of postal en-
pIoyes In the United States in 1907
was s21.19, while the average IN Lon
don was 1881, in Liverpool 1928 and
in st. Petersburg $4.S8. The nearest
approach to the scale apparent In the
protected United States is in Mexico
City Mexico also has q protective
tariff, where the average was $lO.5S.