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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11
Texas MineralResources
Scarcely Touched, But
Exceed Most States

CBy Dr. w. r. Phillips director of
Economic Geology. University of
Texas.)
~ URING the last quarter Of a cen
fury the total value Of the min
- eraI production of Texas has ex-
ceeded $780, 0OO, 600 and the annual
value is now between sI5,000,000 and
$4,000 600. The chief items are petro-
leum. coal and Ignite and clay pro-
ducts These account for more than q
percent Of the total, the remaining
items being building stones, silver.
salt, mineral waters. quicksilver, ce-
ment and miscellaneous substances
The proper development Of our min
eral resources win depend upon their
character, for upon this depends the
demand for them.
There are a great many things in
Texas that can be developed and on
an extensive scale, If the demand is
here or If It can be created. But the
creation Of a steady demand often calls
for the expenditure of much money and
not a little time. II would, therefore,
appear to be the more prudent course
TO limit this discussion, for the pres
ent. to such things as are now in
demand and which, in all probability,
viii continue TO be.
30 lar as I6ldlCS 10 the AACAdASs AACAis
copper. silver, zinc, lead, quicksilver,
etc. we must 7 think, be content to
regard them as assets not Immediately
available. Such deposits are known to
exist in Texas and their profitable ex-
pIoitation will come IN time. This IS
particularly the case with the mineral
deposits Of west Texas, beyond the
Pecos river The time will come, and
It may not be distant, when these
sources of wealth will receive the at
tention they certainly merit. But this
time, in my judgment, viii wait on
the enactment of a more reasona BILE,
Just and liberal mining law than we
now have. This is a matter, however,
upon which 1 shall not enter at this
time.
More Important Things.
What are the mineral resources of
Texas which are now and for US OF the
greatest importance?
They are artesian and other under
ground water, petroleum, coal. and lig-
mite and clays, with materials for the
making of cement Among these by
far the most important is the study Of
the conditions which affect the sup
ply of artesian and other underground
waters. In comparison with this all
other considerations occupy second
place. But II is In InlS very respect
that we lack information. With the
exception of the work of the univer-
sity mineral survey, 1a01-1905. which
did not include artesian or other wa
ter at all, there has been no state
work on this subject since 1892. For
the last Is years, during which Texas
has progressed in a wonderful man
ner and during which the greatest con-
Germ has been shown by settlers COM
ing into the state, there has been
nothing done, by the state. The United
States geological survey has done some
work along these lines and the data
afforded, scanty though it BE-. is all
we have on the subject
The numerous inquiries sent to our
office with respect to underground wa
tiers cannot be answered and for the
reason that there is no adequate in
formation on record. A few hundred
dollars a year Is devoted by the fed
eral government to such matters in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11

Heartburn. indigestion or distress OF
the stomach is instantly relieved BY
HERBINE- IT forces the badly d.
gested food out Of the body and re-
stores tone in the stomach and bowels
Price SOC Sold by Scott White & Co.,
2O4 Mills. and Depot Pharmacy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11

Texas, but the state does not give one
dollar. Considering the great area to
be covered and the overshadowing i'm
portance of the matter, it would appear
that the few hundred dollars now
spent are wholly inadequate.
state is Negligent.
On the general subject of artesian
and other underground waters this
state has never issued any report OF
any character. And yet, in comparison
with its Importance, there is no sub
ject which is so insistent nor one in
which a larger number of people are
vitality concerned.
This, then, is the first great thing TO
be done in and for Texas. a careful
and exhaustive study Of the conditions
which affect the supply and the quality
Of artesian and other underground wa
ters- In the long run statistics Of pro-
duction may be relied upon to indicate
the trend of public interest and of cap
ital. But there is so little information
on the subject of water that it may be
passed over.
The three items Of petroleum. coal
and Ignite and clays comprise, during
the last % years or so, very nearly
three-fourths of the total value of our
mineral products. If we should con-
of these three time would fail us and
your patience would be depleted On
this account I shall not venture upon
the task, but limit this paper to dis
cussion of the commonest one of the
three, viz: clay. It is an ordinary topic
but not necessarily dry. for we have
to mix clay with water in many opera
lions.
Texas's Clay Products.
The total value of the clay products
OF Texas. down to and including the
year 1908, is in excess of SIS, 100000
The annual value is now above $1,000
coo and is increasing steadily. In the
year 1908 Texas ranked fourteenth in
the value of its clay products, the other
10. in order of Importance, being Ohio,
Pennsylvania, New jersey, Illinois,
New York, Indiana, Missouri Califor-
MIA. Iowa, West Virginia, Kansas. Ken
lucky and Washington. Texas ranked
twelfth in 1907 and sixteenth in 1906
For many years Ohio has ranked first,
and in 1908 it yielded s26, 622, 400
worth of clay products. Yet Ohio has
no better clays than Texas has. I
viii call especial attention to the fact
that whereas Ohio, with about the
same population as Texas. but with an
area only about one-sixth as large,
p1ONuECQ III 4SVo $4OsOoOS4VV win VI 3
the higher priced and better grades of /
clay articles. such as red earthenware. /
stone ware and yellow and Rocking /
ham ware, c. c. ware. white granite. |
semi-pOrcelain and semi-vitrified por-
celain. sanitary ware and porcelain !
electrical supplies. In this same year
Texas produced s156,173 worth of
these articles. In 1908 the value of
Texas clay products was as follows:
Common brick ,ZSa.S57 !
Front brick " 154.29s /
Drain tile ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5,275.l
Pottery 1878 /
...-..... 1912 |
Other articles not separately
given 3S5, 951 |
80 Oee 7s5
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11

Seine Comparisons.
In other words, while the value If
the pottery made in Ohio is about so
percent of the total value of the clay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-01-11

Continued on next page.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
That Honduran Loan.

In regard to the proposed Eonduran
loan, which virtually includes a form
of sponsorship on the part of the
United States for the volcanic and
unstable little republic of Central
America. there is much to be said.
The fact that a treaty ready for sig
nature has been presented to the pres
ident and transmitted to the senate
brings the matter near home
The most serious phase of the mat
ter is that the Honduran debt is held
in Europe. No interest has been paid
on it for many years and the market
value of the bonds has fallen far
below par. Under these circumst ances
foreign bondholders would be only too
pleased to see them properly projected.
Foreign Intervention and control in
an American state at this time would
be an unpleasant and embarrassing
thing. While the United States is not
obliged TO pull chestuuts out of the
fire. for foreign capitalists, neither
should this 7untry act so as TO be
regarded as shielding Honduras in a
virtual reputation of it's debt. In this
situation and in view of the well de-
fined position of this country regard
ing the invasion of American soil by
foreign powers for the acquisition of
territory or political power, it will be
seen that the position of the United
States is a critical one and the ques-
ton is one TO be considered carefully.
That Honduras needs the money.
there can be no doubt. a recent pub
lished statement says:
Liberia recently made a desperate
appeal for fiscal aid and comfort, and
it has a debt Of only S1,290,000. Santo
Domingo some years ago sought
American counsel TO save it from in
solvency, and its debt is less than
$13. 100000. But there is Honduras,
with a population Of only about 100000.
with the appalling Indebtedness of
about Sill, 900 900. That is twice as
much as the deDtS of all the other Cen
trail American states put together. 1t
is more than one-fifth as much as that
Of the Turkish empire, which the pow
ers of Europe long ago considered so
extravagant as 70 require information
al control. Il is vastly larger proper
tionately than that Of France, which is
commonly but enormously spoken Of
as the largest per capita debt IN the
world"
There is Just one thing that the
United States ought TO do. II this
government is going to stand sponsor
for the bad debts of Honduras. find
some way of making Honduras behave
itself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

OF the Imperial archaeological insti-
tute of Russia.
It is the legitimate SUCCESSOR of
the telegraph, telephone, X-ray and
telephone. By its use it is claimed
that a person may sit in his room at
home and watch a play going on in
theatre or circus parade down
town. If all the wives of erring hUs-
bands and all the police departments
were possessed of one of these use
full inventions, general reforma-
ton would sweep over the country
with more speed and force than a
Billy Sunday" revival; secret crime
would become impossible and stra-
tegic warfare a back number. Where
would be the use of one general try
ing to execute a military coup against
another II he knew that the other
was watching him all the time and
"winking the other eye?" Default
ers and embezzlers would have no
place to fee to, and extraditiou laws
would not be necessary to hold them
even for that uncertain period known
as awhile" Even the friendly shell
ter Of a bathroom would be of no
service to the "jackpotter" in his
dealings with the dispenser of cor
ruption fund. Honesty more than
ever before would be the best pol
ICY
The tales of the Arabian Knights
with their magic mirrors and car
pets are paling into insignificance be-
fore the march of science and inven-
ton in the twentieth century. Many
incredulous persons, however. Will
incline to the Missouri attitude until
Prof Rosing gets his new invention
on the market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
DO YOU NEED oVERALLS?
IF You Do. Why Don't You Make Them
Yourself?-It's Dead Easy

IF You Do, Why Don't You Make Them
Yourself2-It's Dead Easy.
Many a man says that he would be
glad to do chores about the house. to
trim the grass or weed the garden II
he had overalls.
The trouble is that when he wishes
to wear overalls the stores are closed
and he cannot buy them. l wonder
that men do not make them for them
selves.
To provide a pattern you must have
an outline or perspective plan OF your
contour from the belt line down to the
ankles. This may be obtained 10y sit
ting in wet clay and. on arising. pour
ing plaster Of Paris in the impression.
When this hardens lift the mold. lean
it against the wall and obtain meas
urements with a tapeine. Another
way is to dust talcum powder on tbs
carpet until it is thlckly coated. Then
sit down on the talcum powder and
carpet, thus removing the talcum from
the floor where you have been. Then
cut around the outlines Of that impress
sion with sharp knife. remove the
carpet so detached. and you have a
pattern for one side OF the overalls
Purchase several yards of denim
and cut It into the shape indicated by
either pattern you have now obtained.
Make two sets of these pieces and sew
them edge to edge. Pockets may be
made by cutting Sits I'm the material
and sewing empty salt sacks.-Wilbur
d. Nesbit I'm Delineator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

Dakota pointed out instance after in
stance in which the committee, striv-
ing to bolster up its conclusions in
favor or Lorimer and bribery, quoted
from the testimony, but committed
from the quotations all statements
which did not serve their purpose
Senator Crawford called attention to
the omission from the record Of tele
gram which formed n strong part Of
the bribe-takers and he asked that
some member of the committee explain
why il had been left out. The only
member Of the committee who attempt
ed any explanation was Senator Gam
BILE. He said that he had himself no.
ticed the omission and was at a loss
to understand It. In addition to these
grave charges. so seriously rejecting
upon all the members of the elections
who signed the report III
favor of Lorimer, Senator Crawford al
SO charged that instead of seeking to
ascertain the truth respecting the cor
ruption, which none could EFFECTIVELY
deny, the committee, as disclosed by its
report, had sought to turn its inyes-
tigation into prosecution of the legal
officers of Illinois who had revealed
the corruption and brought proceed
iGgs against the guilty men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
A New Prohlem.

You cannot raise n boy by rule
In narrow path and straight
The things you used 10 do at school
Are slightly out OF date.
This sturdy fact you may bemoan,
But e IS standing there
He must work out his life alone
In spite OF all your care.
And when You come 10 own the truth
Which might not do 70 frame.
You we're not such model youth
when You were in the game.
You want your little son 20 prove
The boy you'd be no doubt
II you your whlsSers could remove
And once more try n out.
No: YOU can storm and rage and roar
Entreat. forbid. advise.
Try out your theories less or more
To mold him 10 your size.
But he another course will map
DER which his sail 20 trim.
And growing up a likely chap.
You VIII be proud OF him.
His chosen lines he must pursue.
Although It spoils the plan
To realize ne is not you;
He is another man.
lie may be winner in the hghe
And mark n heavy score
And I'm the erd come out all right.
Some millions have before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

When the last Official figures were
MADE out, during the year just end
Cd, the total membership of the
Grand Army of the Republic was
2I3 ,9ol
According to figures recently COM
piled D. illinois Grand Army officials.
the members Of the order are dying
al the rate Of - each day.
If the ratio of deaths shall he
maintained it viii not be so many
years unit, the asst of the noble band
shall have answered the final roll
call.
There IS indescribabIe pathOs in
the thought Of the apparently fixed
time for the last Of the heroes in
blue 10 join his comrades where the
silent tents are spread on fame's
eternal camping ground.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
Life Lines
BY BAsELEUS.
DOUBTS.
Copyright, 1910.

The devil viii collect a full wage
from you for very doubt that you do
not yourself oust-the devil deals in
doubts.
Doubling is the oowari!y lodging
Of the best, while trusting is the
bravely taking of the worst that may
seem to come TO pass.
Doubts fan the fear fame, and
the good is lost by failure to attempt.
Doubt dams the stream of effort;
it makes man hesitate, and Eesita-
ton never gives a full head of steam.
When you doubt your strength,
Providence viii never take hand in
your affairs to help you onward;
your greatest mistake is made when
yrE unGsItake the h0ldins-back pow
er IF the doubt
Disbelief is the chief stumbling
block to mans achievement; when
man doubts he is dazed by the i'm
possibles" that confront him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
BANQUET" FIT FOR A KING.
Alfalfa From Soup TO Mustard Neb
uchadnezzar Dead and Gone.


uchadnezzar Dead and Gone.
4 menu which might have made the
mouth of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS water in
the latter days of that Biblical per
sopage's life has been prepared for a
banquet to be given at Rife, Colo, in
celebration of the opening of an alfalfa
mill. The succulent green plant will
appear in every dish on the board.
Biscuits viii be made Of alfalfa
meal. the turkey will be stuffed with
alfalfa, mashed alfalfa will take the
place of potatoes and alfalfa leaves
will counterfeit spinach. Alfalfa salad
will be served. and for beverages there
will he alfalfa tea and alfalfa cider.
At the end of the feast tootbpicks
made of alfalfa straw viii be distrib-
uted.
For mental food the guests Will lis
ten to Ex-Governor Alva Adams Of
Colorado discourse on Apples and Al.
falfa."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

"Tim." said Norman Fisk TO his
friend. Timothy Forman. Il wish you
would do me a favor. I must be alb
sent from home on business for
month. | don't like to leave an old
woman and little girl in the house
alone. and I'd like you to at least sleep
there while I'm gone, though if you
like you can eat there as we'll
Fisk was forty five and Forman
thirty four They wer, chums, Fisk
being widower. Forman an ''old
BACH Fisk's household consisted,
besides himself, of his aunt, an old
lady of sixty-five, and his daughter.
Maud. still in school
Certainly, old man." replied Forman.
"I'll sleep there anyway. 1t won't be
necessary for me TO spend my evenings
there, will it,"
mot at all. Blanche usually studies
her lessons in the evening, and my
aunt goes to sleep over her knitting"
Your house is only a few blocks
from the club" said the other. dis
mayed at the picture.
Just so, and III see that you get Il
latchkey. You can go in as late as
you like"
The first night Mr.. Forman went to
his friends house at Q o'clock. True
enough, there was the old lady dosing
over her knitting and a girl in short
dresses sitting at n table with a globe
lamp on it studying her lessons. The
girl looked up at FOrman with an ex-
preston on her face indicating more
interest in his coming to spend some
time with them than mere protection
warranted. Her glance told him that
It would not be entirely safe to treat
hcr absolutely as 4 schoolgirl. Her
amt woke up and welcomed the Gus
todian. but the girl said never a word.
The next few evenings FOrman
spent at his club Then one morning
leaving the house Blanche went out at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

thrust herself unbidden into his
thoughts. His club life seemed more
unsatisfactory to him than ever
One morning Forman woke up con
scious of the fact that he was drifting
into an e1uivocal position. His friend
had asked him 10 look out for his
home and the two people i'm it during
his absence. What had he been doing?
Turning the head of that friends
daughter. not quite seventeen years
old. In this Forman was wrong. IL
was not he who was turning the girls
head but she who was turning his
head At any rate there was some
thing very delightful between them.
How would he meet his friend when
he returned? Then suddenly he was
terrified at the thought that Blanche
would give the whole matter away 10
her father.
And this is exactly what she did.
She didn't tell him her secret but
when Forman went to the house on
the evening of Fisk's arrival TO get
something he had left there Blanche
received him so enthusiastically that
her father could not help noticing il.
oEIuuu bT-Ah " St-Aa-a-4-~a
that would help the matter.
1T has been a pleasure to me, he
said. ito afford your little cirF'-here
Blanche gave him a reproachful look
some amusement during your alb
sence. Her aunt was good enough TO
let me take her to the theater. and |
gave her a drive in the park in my
buggy"
Didn't you enjoy It all. too. Mr..
FormapE" interrupted Blanche. with
another pronounced reproachful look.
Very much, very much" replied
Forman, reddening.
81 dare say you've been very kind,
old man." said Fisk, and there was
something in the familiar appellation
of .'old man" that for the first time
grated on Forman's feelings. 81 think
I'll stroll over to the club with you TO
night for a game Of bridge"
That was the last meeting between
Forman and the little girl for three
years. He was then just passed mid
die age and she a young lady.
blanche is home" said Fisk to his
friend one day. Come round and see
us"
at will with pleasure" replied For
man, and he chose a time for calling
when he knew his friend would not
be at home.
When Forman called he saw vision
of loneliness advancing to greet him
with pleasure in her eye and n smile
on her lips. 1t seemed TO him all Mt
once that he had been growing young.
er as the girl had been growing older.
Surely this could not be the little girl
whom he had taken to the theater and
to whose prattle he had so often lis
tened That experience now seemed
to him like Il dream.
The child had passed completely into
the woman. Nevertheless she had
not recovered from her girlish fancy.
and though she endeavored to conceal
the fact from Forman she failed Tie
saw through the disguise ar once. and
his heart was filed with a great joy.
There was a courtship. but a post
facto one The real courtship had &C.
Cured three years before.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

The Nusc2tine county grand jury,
which meets quarterly, after putting
in three solid days scrutinizing the
records OF the people of the city and
county adjourned this week without
returning a single Indictment Mus
cst.ne people themselves fail to agree
rs 10 the significance of this state Of
affairs. the temperance people de
clare the c.ty has been unusually
good because Il is dry" Friends
Of the saloon say the grand jury was
an unusually poor one. And there
you are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
Illusions OF Life.

Life is like a beautiful and winding
Iane-on either side bright flowers and
beautiful butterflies and tempting
fruits, which We scarcely pause to ad-
mire and to taste, so eager are we TO
hasten to an opening which we imag-
inc will be more beautiful still. But
by degrees as we advance the trees
grow bleak. the flowers and butterflies
fail. the fruits disappear. and we find
we have arrived-to reach a desert
waste-G. a. Sala-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14


the same time with a pile of school
books under her arm. They walked
on together, but It didn't occur to
Forman TO offer TO carry her books
for her till she remarked that they
were very heavy. When he left her
at a corner and returned them she
gave him a look of gratitude.
Blanche at recess informed her bosom
friend. a girl about her own age, that
she had had grown man to walk to
school with her. She had pretended
that her books were heavy because she
wished to be treated like a young lady.
She was not sure whether she would
fall in love with her escort or not
He certainly seemed very nice. True
he was little old for her. but for
tune teller had told her that she would
marry a man twice her age
The next evening Mr.. Forman came
in rather early-1O o'clock-being tired
and sleepy He found the schoolgirl
with a pack of cards before her play
ing solitaire. With a pOut on hei
young lips and a knitting Of her
smooth hrows she said:
"Oh. ] can't work this out Won't
you help me. Mr.. FormanT"
Forman sat down opposite her
From that moment she ceased 10 be
interested IN the cards EXCEPT for .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14
Never Satisfied.

Uncle Billy Hardpan had n head o.
hair that would have made Christ
mas muff blush If Christmas NUTS
We're not proof against envy.
Fine head o hair you got there. "
said little Scrocher. who always paid
compliments If he paid nothing else.
you ought to be proud OF #. Many
men are bald at your age"
whats the harm I'm thatT growled
Uncle Billy, who didn't care for a com.
pliment from that source.
why. nobody likes TO be bald"
I'D like TO be for one. Think OF the
barber bill of 80 cents a year l would
save"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-14

Look out for the aspirant for com
missioner who comes personally soil
citing or begging your support under
any pTetense. That very man is VIC
lating the letter and intent Of the new
law at the outset, and is unworthy
to serve under il. The securing of
names to a petition is perfectly proper
but the pledsiDg Of support is con
trery TO the purpose of the commits
sion form which seeks for the people
the man and not the job for the chron-
ic candidate.