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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07

One Time Great Cattle Cen
ter, Is Now Stable Agri-
cultural Metropolis.
SUPPLIES A WIDE
AREA IN TRADE

Colorado, Texas. Jan. Every town
in west Texas lays claim, and processes
to have the evidence to prove 1T, that
it is the best"
Colorado is in none Of these classes.
Having passed through the fire Of in
flation and fictitious values, the town
has grown conservative and keeps in
mind the payday that must inevitably
come to every promising" town. 1t
sounds ever. foot of the water before
Yenturing into swimming depth or
passing its word. But when the town
moves at all. it is forward, and toward
improvements.
1t has achieved salvation from the
results OF its Lucifer like fall in 1885,
by fruits meet for. repentance It's
prosperity was then built upon theory
and tradition; today it is founded upf
CT the bedrock Of scientific, proven
agriculture, which is the mudsilH Of
the nations greatness and prosperity.
At one time. Colorado was the Great
est cattle shipping point in thefworld,
ranking with Abilene and Dodge City.
Kansas It had. a street railway and
a population between 5000 and 10000,
fluctuating sometimes between suns
It was the last chance" between CIV
ilization and the troubled frontiers.
The town today is better than ever in
it's history The basis of it's business
is agricultural, and, though much OF
its trade territory has been acquired
by newer rivals, the aggregate num-
Der who trade here now is greater than
when the town drew It's trade from
a radius of ZOE miles.
In public utilities, Colorado is much
above the average. Two of the sound
est national banks in west Texas are
here, two large salt works, an ice fac
tory supplying many of the surround
ing towns. two telephone systems, a
light and power plant, steam laundry.
ice cream factory. concrete works,
three up to the minute gins, two large
wholesale grocery concerns, modern
and finely equipped printing plant,
with linotype machine. etc, besides
a number of smaller industries.
Seven churches attest the religious
and moral atmosphere of the place. An
organization Of Christian men, of all
denominations, has built the most COM
modious tabernacle in west Texas.
There are many beautiful homes,
surrounded by well kept lawns and or
namenta1 trees, which latter grow to
perfection in this soil and climate,
while the sanitary condition of the
public streets is remarked by ali who
visit the town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
CITIZEN SOLDIERY
TO PROTECT JUAREZ
Mayors Appeal May Obvi-
ate Necessity Of Asking
= More Federal Troops.

Now the municipality Of Ciudad
Juarez has requested volunteers to pro-
tect the city. 1t Is believed to result
from the understanding that the federal
government will send 10 more soldiers
into the state, and that Gen. Terrazas
finds he must enlist citizens.
AS yet the results Of the appeal are
not known. but 1t Is evidently expected
that the border city viii make q more
plentiful donation Of volunteers than
did the city Of Chihuahua, where 1t Is
said that similar appeal met with al
most no response.
Francisco Portillo, mayor of Juarez.
has issued a circular letter to all en-
ployers Of the city. The letter has also
been sent to some prominent citizens.
A translation Of the mayors appeal
follows:
with the object to give this city all
the guarantees that it must have to
avoid anything against its families, and
to the particular citizens and the mer-
chants against disturbers Of the public
order, 1 am studying the best way to
organize the accessible elements in thd
most convenient form. to accomplish
the desired end. : beg of you to IEell
me if the members and MexicanF EN-
ployes Of that firm would be filling
to be with the government, giving their
personal services TO defend I'M arms If
it were necessary, the genera INTERESTS;
send me In the affirmative Cease a list
OF every one Of them with their adj
dresses.
With the data that you will be will
irg to give me and which I expect
from other institutions to whom have
addressed IN the same manner, think
the state government will have the pos
sibiltty to give the necessary guaran-
tees to this vicinity without necessity
CT soliciting the help of the federal
forces that have IN their charge the
following of the 'revoltosos am
sure that the people or that institution
inspired in their ideas Of order and
progress and IN the following of their
duty as citizens and patriotic sent1-
n,ents must give this business the ar
tention that it deserves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
LEONARDO HAPPY
IN HIS NEW CHAIR
Little Cripple Takes Stand
at Postoffice Corner and
Sells Heralds

Fhe happiest boy in FL Paso was lit
tie Leonardo. the little crippled boy for
whom an invalid chair was secured
through the solicitation of The Herald
and the generosity Of the Women's
Charity association, when he was
wheeled UP to the postoffice corner
Friday afternoon. Here he took up his
post and at $3.50 was selling The Her
aid as well as the other newsboys who
were able to run around.
Little Leonardo, when seen by a Her
aid reporter, was all smiles and said he
was able to come up from his home, on
the corner of Florence and Fifth
streets, without any trouble He is fast
learning how to run the chair and in a
short time will be able to get about in
it without the assistance of anybody.
The Women's Charity associa ton has
secured warm and comfortable clothing
for Leonardo and has also provided
him with warm bedding. Cushions are
being made for his chair so that he
viii have every possible comfort, even
il his unfortunate condition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07

Fisk to Erect $24, 900 Struc-
ture on West Missouri
Street.
DOW BUYS CANBY'S
HOME ON BOULEVARD

J. r. Fisk is arranging to build the
first unit of an apartment building
which will cost s24, 900 when completed.
He has bought the lots on the corner
of West Missouri and Buchanan streets
and will build the apartment house on
this site.
The building will be arranged for u
housekeeping apartments. Work win
begin on the first section next week
and the second one viii be built as soon
as the first is completed.
Buys boulevard Home.
A NJ Dow has bought the R. G
Candy residence on Boulevard through
the Mathews-Champlin agency for
$3.50. The property is located in the
2600 block on Boulevard and viii be
occupied by Mr.. Dow as residence.
To Select Site January 16.
selection of the site for the new
FL Paso postoffice is expecte to be
made at Washington on January Is. A
number of sites have been submitted
and several FL Paso property ownere
have been in Washington urging the
desirabilitv of their particular sites for
postoffice purposes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
Total ..s1.421.s5 Total
7 = - ~ 4 y &C
Mail Entries.
BEAVERS To HAVE
BIG CLASS MONDAY
Organizer thinner Returns
and Is Ready to Help
With the Work.

Geo. c. thinner. organizer for the
Beavers has returned fro Albuquerque.
n NJ, where he formed a lodge in that
city, and will remain with the local
dam for several days. assisting the
members at their Initiation Monday
night in their new home in The Herald
building
A class of over so is to be put
through the mysteries of Beaverton
and lot of fun is expected All those
who have been elected to membership
will be expected to be present Monday
night to take the obligation and re-
ceive the initiation
The new furniture for the lodge room
has arrived ard Will be in position at
the meeting Monday evening. Some OF
the heavier furniture for the club par
lors will not be here for several DAYS.
but in the meantime the pSrlors are
nicely furnished and the club rooms
are now in most inviting condition.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07

Promoters Expect to Have
the 100000 Bonus Raised
By Monday.
PLANS MADE FOR
NEW PLAZA BLOCK

But $3.50 is yet to be raised for the
$780, 900 bonus which is to be given
the F. NJ. Andrews company as a boz
nus to build the 100000 hotel on Ell
Paso street.
The committee which has the canvass
in charge is confident that the full
amount can be raised by Monday in
order that the formal offer may be
made through W. A Ulman, the attor-
ney for the Andrews company. as soon
as he arrives in New York.
Prepare Plaza Block Plans.
Plans are being prepared by the To-
cal architects for the new Plaza block
&c be erected on the site OF the present
Plaza block at a cost of. $4,000. The
building viii be six stories in height
and one of the plans being considered
is TO have white terra Gotta on the out
side with a mansard roof.
The plans will be approved by the
Central Building and Improvement
company, the company which has been
organized to construct the building,
end as soon as the finel plans are ac-
cepted. bids will be asked Tor from the
local contractor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
RECEIPTS IN
YEAR INCREASE $37, PIT

Figures. official figures are reliable
water marks to indicate the growth
of the city. The figures of the GUS
toms department Of the government
show the rapid increase in business in
Ell Paso during the year. During the
six months ending December 81 the
total cash receipts at the customs
house amounted TO 5000, S3O.5S, an in
crease of $37.277.71 over the same six
months of 1909. The cattle importa-
tions during the same period show an
increase in values Of 22G,S03.75 and
an increase in duties paid OF $50. 033.59.
The number OF cattle imported during
the closing six months OF the year
1910 amounted to 1853, an increase Of
1856 over the same period of the
previous year
Small Customs Show Increase.
Even the socalled small receipts in
the customs department, which include
the duty paid on articles regularly i'm
ported at the bridge and the: union
station. show an increase over the pre-
vieus year which is remarkable Dur
ing the last six months of 1910 the
total amount of such duties was
s$2055.7s. while in 1909 the same period
of six months showed that but $142L65
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07

No work as yet has been 0one on the
dixie which it was originally proposed
TO build for the protection Of the tow
ers from the river. and those in change
OF the work know nothing OF what
steps viii eventually be taken in this
regard.
No new stations have been erected,
so far as is known at the local offices
o< the company, and nothing new has
been heard Of the proposal to erect a
station at Fort Worth
c V. Logwood, one OF the construc-
ton engineers has returned to San
Francisco and viii probably be sent
out from there to some other point TO
install a station when a location has
been decided upon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
WIRELESS TOWERS ARE
BEING. MADE HIGHER

Communication between the local
Paulson wireless telegraph station and
stations in California has been tempo
rarily discontinued.
The reason for this is that the tow
ers have been raised to a height OF 500
feet. the work having been finished
Friday afternoon. and it Will be neces-
sary to raise the entenae Of copper
wires from the 200 foot to the 500 foot
level before communication can be re-
sumed.
In raising the towers. several more
guy wires have been put up TO hold the
towers in place and they now appear
like the new turret masts on battle
ships with the halyards running down
to the deck.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
MILLS BUILDING
NEARS COMPLETION

The last Of the concrete forms are
being taken from the Arson Mills
building and the outline of the big sky
scraper may now be seen in detail
from sidewalk to parapet wall. The
ornamental cornice is now being UNI
covered and the boxing removed from
around the cornice. The partitions in
the Interior of the building are being
set and the interior finish built.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
PUTTING FINISHING
: WORK ON BANK HOME

The finishing touches are being put
on the outside of the American Ma
tfonal bank building. The brick ma
sons are at work lining the brick and
cleaning the surface Of the building
The elevator shaft leading from the
main lobby to the upper floors is be-
ing Gagged with art metal lattice and
the entrance doors are being swung
1t is expected to have the building
ready to be accepted by February l.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
SHELDON TO HAVE
A FORMAL OPENING

The formal opening of the New Shell
don will be held Saturday evening The
cafe in the basement will be opened
for the first time. The main entrance
on Pioneer place has been completed
and the brass rails will be placed
around the entrance the first OF the
week. This will be the last work to
be. dore on the rebuilt hotel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
IMPROVEMENTS IN PosToFF,cE.

E. w. Roberts, supervising archi-
tect of the treasury department. was
in FL Paso Friday inspecting the work
which, has been done at the Ell Paso
postoffice. He recommended that glass
be placed IN the back door to give
more light. A new case for the use
of the newsdealers o. the city is to be
built in the postoffice. Hewitt & Sow
having secured the contract
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07

was collected from these sources Of
revenue. The duty paid on mail entries
into the United States amounted to
s1711.27 during the last half of the year
1910. while 19ee showed only $S47SS
derived from this source
The figures by months foHs the two
years for the small or informal re-
ceipts and the mail entries are as fol-
lows:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-07
Caught Him.

Caught Him.
why are you limping?"
THAT pestiferous boy Of mine set
steel trap for Santa Claus
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10

think of it? Tell you better what we
think of it six months hence, but sur
face indications arc that the incoming
administration will measure more nearly
up to the peoples standard than the old
one did. We didn't get everybody we
wanted, didn't expect to, but it looks
better.
What is more to the purpose we are
going to give them all THEIR CHANCE
TO MAKE GOOD. We owe it to every
incoming administration to withhold
censure until they deserve it. Here's to
the new administration. May it make
good-but if it don't, the recall whip is
hanging on the wall and it has never
been used and the peoples hands are apt
to get itchy.
n. B.-The ID. and o. club having
kindly extended an invitation to de-
feated commission charter candidates to
become members, the editor of the Jour
nal will be among those present to re-
ceive the solemn initiatory rites.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
WAGE INCREASES
ON RAILWAYS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Railway
systems, with mileage aggregatne
Al 500. have increased the wages of en-
ployes during the past year 4.S7 per
cent over 1910. 1t must be borne in
mind, however, that a considerable pro-
portion of the increase included in the
per cent given will not apply until 1912.
The different classes OF employees re
ceived the following percentage of in
crease over the wages of 1910: Train
men, GAG per cent; shopmen, SIS per
cent; telegraph operators and Dispatch
ers, 4.SS per cent; station men, BIG per
cent, and trackmen, 2.lS per cent. The
total amount of this increase means
that there will have been put into the
pockets of the employees at the close
of 1911 the sum of Sl4636000 more
than was received for the same service
in 1910. This magnificent result is due
solely to the effective organizations OF
labor being maintained and strengthened
each year by the employees of the great
transportation lines of the country.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10

is foreshadowcd in the opinion which
has just been handed down by the Unit
ed States supreme court. The court neid
that hereafter all locomotives cars, or
other equipment used on any railroad
which is highway of interstate com
merce must comply with the federal
safety appliance act. In its opinion the
court laid down the rule that compliance
with the federal law is compulsory on
all railroads which are engaged in the
transportation of persons or freight
from one state to another. In minutely
celebrating this position it is held thar
the cars or equipment of such roads,
even if engaged in such transportation
within the confines of a state, must be
considered as part and parcel Of the
road, and therefore completely under
the jurisdiction of the federal commits
sion. The members of the interstate
commerce commission have been cmbar
rassed on numerous occasions by clashes
of authority with state commissions, and
as a consequence they are gratified at
the ruling of the court, which was unan-
imous.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
FESTIVE STRLKE-BREAKER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Durmg the
progress of the garment workers strike
in Cleveland, Ohio, a squad of profes-
sional strike breakers We're employed to
make believe that they We're at work as
garment workers, in order, of course, to
discourage the strikers. Later on this
same squad was taken to Ell Paso Tex,
and employed as machinists and boiler
makers. This is the usual routine of
the life of a strike breaker and it is a
phase of the strike which is extremely
ludicrous. As matter of fact, it very
seldom occurs that in strike of any
magnitude it is possible for the en-
ployers of labor to recruit any consider
able quantity of mechanics to take the
places of union members who have
ceased work for the purpose of enforc-
ing their just demands.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
BUILDINGS
THROWN OPEN
UNIONISTS IN CLEVELAND,
OHIO, LEAD FIGHT FOR USE
OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR
PUBLIC MEETINGS-DIREC-
TORS ACCEDE TO REQUEST.

CLEVELAND, o., Nov 9.-Organized
labor has won its contention to obtain
for all citizens the use of public school
buildings. The school board has passed
an amendment to the board rules open
ing the schools to the public. The only
class of meetings barred are direct ap-
peals for votes and sectarian religious
meetings, and all meetings must be con
cluded by 10 p. m. Fifteen signatures
of taxpayers on petition to the school
director are necessary to procure the
use of the buildings. Labor was the
first to take advantage of the new order
of things. The Cleveland Federation
has started ten-day campaign to place
the initiative and referendum in the
state constitution.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
A GREAT DEMONSTRATION

SEATTLE, Nov. 9.-One of the largest
demonstrations ever held in this city
occurred recently on the occasion of the
mammoth Mcnamara protest meeting.
The audience crowded Dreamland pavil-
ion, one of the largest structures in the
city, preceded by a huge parade with
over 10000 men in line. The parade
was conspicuous by the fact that there
was displayed one of the largest ban
ners ever constructed, being over thirty
feet long by fifteen feet high, supported
by some twenty men, on which was in
scribed, 1--WE believe in the innocence of
the McNamaras." Officials of the State
Federation and other organizations of
the state and city delivered appropriate
addresses.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
RAILWAY MEN
WIN STRIKE
STREET CAR MEN WIN CON
TEST IN LESS THAN TWO
DAYS IN SCHENECTADY,
N. Y. COMPANY TAKES
BACK DISCHARGED EN-
PLOYES.

SCHEN ECTADY. n. &, Nov. 9.-Just
forty-three hours from the time the
first car was ordered to the barn and
the street car strike inaugurated here
service was resumed. The contest oc-
Cured because the men on the system
had organized a union. The manage
ment upon learning the names of some
of the members, discharged them, and
the balance of the men ceased work un-
til such time as the men discouraged
were reinstated. Nearly all of the en-
ployes were members of the new or
ganzaton, and those who were not came
out with those who We're members.
When the settlement was reached the
company agreed to interpose no objec-
ton to its employees joining the un.on;
also agreeing to the reinstatement of all
employees who went on strike, and also
those whose suspension led up to and
caused the strike. The company will re-
instate all employees who left its service
in connection with the strike, and it is
further agreed that the company will
meet with a committee of the union to
take up for consideration and discuss
with the end in view Of entering into an
agreement covering all working condi-
tions. This agreement was eminently
satisfactory and all of the men have
returned to work.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
LABOR WINS FIRST ROUND

COLUMBUS. O., Nov 9.-The wom-
ems nine hour law, in order that il
might be tested as to its constitutional.
Iity, has been taken to the courts. On
a presentation of the case labor won the
first round, when Judge Dillon, of this
city, decided that the law was eonsu.
tutional 1t is expected that the de
cision will be appealed from, but it Is
also confidently expected that the higher
courts will affirm the decision Just rem
dered The attorney general of the state
at the request of the Ohio manulactur
ers, has decided also to start a friendly
suit to test the constitutionality of the
new compensation law. 1t is stated that
the manufacturers desire to know posi-
lively whether the law will be upheld
by the courts before they contribute tC
the state fund provided under the law
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
AUSTRIAN RAILWAY
STRIKE FEARED

VIENNA, Nov. Owing to the fact
that the Austrian state railways.
through the minister OF railways, re-
fuses to recognize the railway men
organization, or negotiate with its Off.
GERS, the feeling has become acute and
there is great danger Of a general strike.
The various organizations on these rail
ways have formed coalition similar to
the American System Federation and
attempted to present their grievances
to the minister of railways. The MINIS
ter declined to see the deputation on
the ground that a member of the reich
rath, who was not railway employe,
but an official of a trade union, accom-
panied it as spokesman, and declared
that he could only negotiate with the
state railway employees direct. The sit
uation is extremely critical
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-11-10
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS
IN FLOWER. "

''When Knighthood Was in Flower,
the original story by Charles Major and
the dramatic version by Paul Kester,
will be the attraction at the Everett
theater on Friday, November 10. The
popularity of this romantic play is still
undimmed and it holds a charm for the
average theater goer that accounts in a
great measure for its large success.
The action of the piece takes place in
the Sixteenth century, and the theater-
goer who wants to see something other
than the slap-bang variety of musical
comedy and noisy farce, will surely see
what he is looking for if he attends the
splendid production of "When Knight
hood Was in Flower"
Miss Anna Day, whose qualifications
as an emotional actress have been
learned by constant study and applica-
tion, and who now commands an envi-
able position on the American stage,
will be seen in the earlier role of Mary
Tudor the madcap princess whose vio-
lent temper and capriciousness furnish
the story, The character calls for act
ing of high order and Miss Day. who
has appeared in all the leading American
cities for the past three seasons in this
role, is fully capable of handling the
part.
The costomes and scenery are all OF
the sixteenth century period, and Will
lam X. Sparks, the New York producer
and manager of Miss Day, has spared
no expense to give the production a
lavish mounting.