El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26
AMERICANS DOGS
NOT REQUIRED
To PAY
No Duty to Be Collected on
Animals Taken Broad
Upon Return.

president Taft this week signed the
LAP dog" bill. as it has come TO be
called, he removed from the Payne
Aldrich bill one Of those unheralded
Jokers which win continue to creep
into legislation. for the simple reason
that it cannot always be foretold in
advance how any certain phrase or
clause viii be construed. Not in
Guiding animals" three words in sec
ton 500 OF the Payne bill, caused own
ers OF domestic animals of American
origin plenty OF trouble in the past two
months. following a decision by the
court of customs appeals to the effect
that such animals upon reenterfng the
United States must pay duty.
Affected FL Paso.
At FL Paso. DETROIT, Eagle Pass, Buf-
f3lo and other points along both the
Mexican and Canadian borders, untold
Inconvenience was only avoided by the
leniency OF the collectors. for had any
one Of them decided to collect duty on
animals Of American origin returning
to the United States he could have
done SO, and been backed in his stand
by one Of the highest courts in the land
But collectors had been advised TO
waive any. such cases for the time be-
ing, and the machinery of the govern
ment was set in motion to undo at
least this part Of the law.
The secretary Of the treasury wrote
20 Mr. Underwood, leader of the house
majority, and he brought in an amend
ment to strike out the three objection
able words. It passed the house July
IL and was passed by the senate July
20 The president affixed his sigma
ture this week. and Not including an
finals" is no longer In section 500 of
the Payne-Aldrich law.
Customs collectors have been notified
by the treasury department that dogs.
not born IN the United States. but i'm
ported from any Of the countries Of
North America, are not subject to an
import duty.
stopovers at Yuma. Casa Grande
and Ell Paso are about TO be arranged
in the itinerary Of secretary Fisher of
the interior department, after he re-
turns from his Alaskan trip. Dele
gate Ralph Cameron is very active In
this matter and tried very hard TO get
Mr. Fisher 20 visit the southwest on
his outgoing trip, but could not do So
Mr. Cameron is very anxious that
Yuma be visited, now that 1T is the
scene of activity through the efforts Of
the reclamation service, while the res
idents of the Casa Grande valley have
asked in monster petition to have
the secretary visit their valley. Ell
Paso, through the chamber of COM
mence. has long been at Mr. Fisher to
visit that section, and Mr.. Cameron is
seconding Ell Paso's request IN every
way possible.
To Honor Bujsc.
A bill has been introduced IN con-
gress by delegate W. H. Andrews, Of
New Mexico to honor second Lieut. z.
p. Bujac, Of Carlsbad, with a congress
sional medal for distinguished and gal
liant action in being the first man over
the trenches at the battle of Tagnadin
mountain, in northern Luzon, Dec. 4,
1899
Mr.. Andrews has also introduced
bill TO pay Geronimo Baca. former
postma ster at Clyde. N NJ, the sum of
s7226, to reimburse him for similar
payment made by him to the govern
ment on account of a robbery of the
Clyde postoffice in 1908. Baca had to
make the amount of the loss good to
the postoffice department, and It is
claimed he was IN no way to blame for
the robbery.
The chamber of commerce Of Pres
colt, Ariz. has invited president Taft
TO visit that city on his coming west
ern trip but the president informed
the Arizonans that he would be una
bic to do so, because he would not go
that far west
pension Of $50 a month has been
granted to Peter ". Londell Of Fort
Bayard, N. NJ. commencing March 8,
1910
granted to John A O'Rourke, East |
Las Vegas. N. N. commencing July 10. |
1911
Postal Changes.
An attempE is being made to estao- |
fish mail route between Globe and |
Kelvin. Ariz. At present, mail from |
Globe to Kelvin goes by railroad via /
Bowie, Maricopa and Phoenix, travelling |
over 500 miles to reach its destination. |
1t is claimed that the proposed route |
over the Pinal mountain road would be /
much shorter in point of miles and |
time and would prove much more sat- /
isfactory to the residents Of Kelvin. |
Ray and lower ella river points. Del !
egate Cameron has interested himself /
In the project.
Jay ri Gates has been appointed post
master at Chloride, Mohave county,
Ariz, vice J. H. Ware.
VIM. F. Ashby has been appointed
postmaster at Prairie Home. Ector
county. Texas. vice S. R. Mclean
Lena Gercken has been appointed
postmaster at Vernon. Colfax county,
~ NJ. vice c. c. Brown.
Wesley F. Fish has been appointed
postmaster at Regina. Sandoval coun-
ty. n. NJ.
The postoffice department has issued
IN official notice Of the establishment
IF the new county of Culberson, in
west Texas, containing the following
,ostoffices: Ables. Boracho. Kent.
Lobo. Plateau and Van Horn, the coun-
y seat.
The postoffice at Cedar, Mohave
,ounty Ariz has been discontinued
md mail henceforth goes to Yucca
Effective July 10. the name OF the
1ostoffice at Monterey N NJ, was Off
,ially changed to West Tularosa-