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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-06
4PUREST WATER IN AMERICA"

per acre of land irrigated that IS the initial cost OF
a pumping plant to take care Of 100 acres cost
$32OO0O At the present time however, where
the lift does not exceed forty or fifty feet this
may be done by careful management for SIS per
acre. if the installation unit IS Of sufficient size
Thus there Is fifteen dollars per acre for water
right IN the Mimbres Valley, as against sixty dol
lars per acre water-rght under many Of the great
government irrigation projects, difference of $45
per acre on the initial investment At ten per cent
you can charge $3.50 per acre per year against
your land under such project over and above the
interest charge against water-nght IN the MINI
bres Valley The cost of pumping wafer, figuring
In fuel, lubricating oil, depreciation on the plant.
and attendance, Is under ordinary conditions at a
fifty foot lift $500 per acre foot. From two to
three acre feet Of water Is required here for grow
ing crops so the water costs yearly from SIS to $l2
per acre-an Insignificant item when raising crops
the gross return upon which ranges from $50 to
$500 per acre This gives water just when II Is
wanted. You do not have to wait your turn. 7 on
do not have to form your whole plan of life around
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eidents resulted from the storm.
Peter McDermott. nifty years old. Of
NO. 2c East One Hundredth street
ana Lexington avenue. was passing
along temporary wooden sidewalk At
One Hundred and Second street and
Lexington avenue early this morning
The snow had made tho boardwalk
slippery and McDermott fell.
When Policeman Hamst of the East
One Hundred and Fourth street station
got to him he was unconscious and
Hamst sent In a call for an ambulance
tn the Harlem Hospital DR.. Hill said
Mr.. McDermott was dead from concus-
sion OF the brain. due to the fall.
Tony Matte, forty years old. a labor
err. Of No. 1890 Lind avenue, the Bronx.
was run down and killed by southbdund
electric train on the New York Central
tracks at High Bridge. The motorman
did not see him because Of the driving
snow.
William Mohr. manager OF q restau.
rant on Broadway downtown. left his
home at No. 1864 Bergen street. Brook
Ign. early to-day. and was hurrying to
his work. In crossing Broadway at
Worth street he clipped on the cItrack
and fell forward on his knees. Police
man Flood Of the Leonard street sta
ton went 10 his aid and called Dr. Hud-
son from the Hudson Street Hospital.
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fought with and trampied upon each
but none was hurt. 90 far a. the police
were able to learn.
FIRST "WhiTE XMAS" HERE
oiNcE 1909.
tho snowstorm. which came out of
the South. was general over this Sec
ton. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Mary
land and other States In this part OF
the country We're all in Its grip. but no.
where was the snowfall heavier than
In Greater New York. 1t gave the
city the nrst white Xmas since 1909.
The streets were hard for sfnooth-shod
horses 10 negotiate. and every little way.
In thoroushfares where driving IL ex-
tensive. q horse or team was down on
the pavement.
superintendent Dunphy OF the Snow
Removal Bureau OF the Street Cleaning
Department was not convinced by
O'Clock that the snow was going to
amount to very much. He said the
snow cleaning contractors were not sup
posed 10 20 to work until three or
more inches had fallen. He was not
sure they would be needed.
I'm watt" said Dunphy, until I get
an official report OF the depth Of the
snow at 8 o'clock. II that report In of q
three-inch fall or more. then I'll get out
I the contractors. Otherwise. I'll merely
send men and sweepers from the depart
ment to clean things UP a bit In the A.
nancial and shopping districts"
But long before 8 o'clock, Mr.. Dunphy
was convinced without official report.
that the occasion had arisen for the
services OF the snow removing contrac-
tors and they, together with every other
snow-movin force In the city. were got
ten onto the streets and pat to work by
daylight.
| Snow was falling at Philadelphia
Pittsburgh. Harrisburg and Altoona.
Pa Baltimore, Md. Wilmington, Del.
Washington. ID. c.. and other Easter,
points.
| Temperatures were not low in New
York City. At midnight, about an hour
before the descent of the hrst flakes
the Thermometer registered 30 degrees
above zero. Shortly after the storm Sc,
In there was a drop of two degrees and
after that the Thermometer remained
stationary at 20 degrees until the day
was pretty far advanced.
TWO DEATHS RESULT INDIRECT.
" FROM STORM.
One death and numbers OF serious ac-
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Schooner With Eight aboard
DriUen on Sandy Hook Rench

The thres-masted lumber schooner
!shn II. Nay was driven ashore to-day
on the beach Of sandy Hook. The noun
tz'nous waves. driven before the sale.
lifted her 20 high on the beach that she
lies far inside the low-tids line. Capt.
w. etiie and his crew OF seven men
wOs able 20 drop to the sand and walk
TO the two iife-ssving crsws which had
beeo battling al morning TO reach them
whea they we're further out On the
sssehans shoals.
Capt chsstsr Lappincott Of Sandy
Heck Hfs-savins Station No. I was
nettAsd at daybrsak that Q schooner
was IN trouble out in the direction Of
tie two-thousand-yard target used BY
tie proving station At Fort Hancock
with eight msn he launched the motor
iissbeas q The statisa afysr sskias ne
eapv % Station Ne. . - cens with
t6sls bsae which thsy araGSsd ~ the
1904 % Q truck.
NJ ssAs were running 20 hlsh and
Nm - May choppy 0sachsrous
changes q direction that esther Lap
ptnsest's crsw nor the 40. boat could
ret near enough 70 the vessel TO get q
line aboard. The schooner WAS pound
Ing - heavily that they feared she
might brsak W ~ any moment and
we're eager 70 est the bresches buoy
working.
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sengers giving assurance that every
thing was all right. but the women kent
on screaming TIL some Of the men pas
ssnEcr With level heads got among
them and Quisted them with their as.
sursnces that the vessel was not dam
aged and that they were very near the
ferry slip The Brooklyn had then been
out ono hour on her usual run Of few
minutea
The snow shut out objects on the
shore and river rs effectualiy as a dense
log. When the Brooklyn rode safely
INTO her slip q hurry call was sent 10
the II. Gregory Volunteer Hospital. and
DR.. Freeman responded with an ambu-
lance. The injured are Edward sulli-
van. No. d nitysstrest. fractured ribs:
Dennis Msloney. fractured ribs; John
Sullivan. No. 373 Freeman street, con-
tusions and decorations: Thomas Hem
messy, No. nt Hicks street. iaceration
and confusion Of right foot. All the in.
)ured live In Brooklyn. They were re.
moved to tho hospitai.
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stretch from Little Egg rbor north Bancsat light None the
the location Of the ship peril They only knew that
mwhere the white smother beyond the breaking their duty
called them with the umbng surf line
Time and
boats and men were back BY the the
bndng whipped on Of mingled with the
drive like shot into mems
Finally Capt Mcclellan topped
In turn Capt HOscomo and Capt Smith got their boats keel be-
ond the surf line and Joined the search for the stranded
COULD NOT GET NEAR STEAMER.
Rider his o
aot he danger drawing . mile
the midst Of the evers dcuites
waved from the powerboe the
Reach e.svers and they put the crew the powboat
Their had
oceans pounding
W Boan general ,rame manager of tho United Fruit Company
received the wireless Tualbas
soon Chapman wrechns could
with orders for the dcatohng OF big vrkng the
der hours particularly they will have buck head wind
all the the
of Fruit No II place.
Of the Tualba Traffic
Bovain refused all information vessels plight
MANY SHIPS WRECKED WHERE THE TURRIALBA LIES.
The Turab left New York Nov 30 for
Caribbean left Lmoo
week Jamaica.
River about
She laden with fruit coffee and other
One Of the and largest vessels the United
service the Turriaoa steel ship 5000
FOR service in tropical ~aea Az carrier OF fruit particularly
tananas the boat fitted with plant
whereby the cold could
by mounnou. waves is
IN historic graveyard Of ships So
Bnesat way " the natives term the strip escheou
old fishermen
count epohs Of time the
aS da GS .TRSasA as .
Edward Hughes briefly stating that the
ru' companys steamship Turraa and
eave Of absence
Hughes left being ordered to report again for
duty tomorrow o'clock Waldo hack
that bis request granted and he made
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GERS TO be issued granting every en-.
pioyee real Christmas holiday.
When the Commissioner was avak-
ened At o'clock this morning ana ,old
OF the heavy fall OF snow he had hun.
dreds OF men mt work on street corners
and crossings In the business district.
by daylight The Commissioner also Got
In immediate touch with Frank Bradley.
who y managing the work of snow re.
movsa for the Belmont Trucking Com
pany. which has the snow contract work
In Manhattan.
Bradley and Commissioner Edward.
reached the Fifth avenue snow head
quarters early and began the direction
Of removal operations from that point
The Belmont Trucking Company ha,
the contract for snow removal at a uni.
form rate Of u cents a cubic yard. The
award was made after competitive BID
ding. In which the largest contrac ting
and trucking companies participated.
Commissioner Edwards estimated tn,
chief arteries OF travel. broadway, FIN
avenue and Sixth avenue. together will
the important downtown and uptown In
tersecting streets. will have been
cleared by ntghtfall. providing there 4
. ceesatton In the dali
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Panic Aboard Ferryboat
When Hit BIZ Tu0 in Storm,

The ferryboat Brooklyn. Of the Allan.
'ic avenue line. was run down IN the
Snowstorm and four persons were hurt.
thIs morning. The vessel landed 1t her
pier 1t South Ferry an hour late on the
rua across the river. The binding snow
made II impossible to zee more than .
few feet away on any side and Q tug
boat with two lumber barCss In tow
csms out Of the story and crashed Into
the passenger boat just astsrn Of amid.
ships.
Instantly there was . wild scene ON
the ferryboat Women screamed and
msa got ready to Jump. There was
crashing Of glass and . sound OF splint-
ertng wood ~ the mems cabin AFT was
partly carried away In the ssmi-dark.
ness II was impossible 10 cell what the
damage was.
On board the tug bells were rung 70
'stop and then 70 back and the vessel
hung close 20 the injured craft in case
- aid being required. The deckhands
u the fsrryboat were among the pas
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felf with his snowstorm, for the MILL
ions OF presents interchanged through
the mail and on express wagons will be
held up. The delivery OF Christmas
packages may not be completed until
christmas Itself is ,hlpg of the past.
Inc letter-carriers. tooI human beasts
or burden. are facing q trying ordeal.
Christmas deliveries, at best synomo-
nous with overwork and weary backs,
are being delayed for hours, In some
cases. on each run"
The busy weather men held council
OF war at noon and announced ut It's
end that the white precipitation would
he over by nightfall and that II would
tighten SO the total fall would not be
more than a foot.
Sull, 1t was the same weather men
who assured Big Bill Edwards. who, AS
street Commissioner. suddenly has
doomed into greater Importance than
he has for months, that he would be
safe In declaring Christmas Q holiday
for his drivers and shovelers and sweep
ers. All these were Informed to-day
that luck was against them and they
would have to work on the Yuistids
ARMY OF THE UNEMPLOYED 10
GIVEN WORK.
santa's crisp Christmas gift was a
Godsend to thousands OF Soldiers
wearing the tattered uniforms of the
army OF the unemployed. Long before
daylight the Mills Hotels and the mu-
nicipal and Bowery lodging houses were
turning out their hordes, later to he
! equipped with snow shovels by the
traction companies. the city contractor
and private househo,ders.
At Brooklyn Bridge the situation was
taken In hand by Calvin Croker, chief
| engineer In charge Of both the Brook
Ign and Manhattan Bridges. Subsequent
to $50. when q string OF milk trucks
was stalled on the south roadway,
there was little congestion. This was
due to the fact that Mr.. Crocker gave
orders that no vehicle except passenger
automobiles should be allowed to cross
Brooklyn Bridge. drivers and chauffeurs
Of heavy trucks being sent on q detoui
TO the Manhattan span.
A few minutes before 9 o'clock. there
was a near riot when q West End line
train pulled into the station At the
Brooklyn end OF the bridge. Men and
women, already late and fearing the.
would not be able to get on the train
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
AND DREDGE COLLIDE
IN AMBROSE CHANNEL

Fns George Washington was feeling
ner way through Ambrose Channel to.
gay when she had q collision with tho
steam dredss Raritan. the force OF
which made passengers reach instinc.
lively for life belts.
the dredge was badly damaged, but
tno inner apparently escaped Injury.
declining AID from Capt. Poiack Of the
george Washington. Capt. CLARK. An
command or the dredge. took his craft
safeiy to dry dock at tho foot of Twen-
ty-sixth street. Brooklyn.
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| DIR. Hud son said both Mr.. Mohr's knee
caps were fractured and he would prob
ably be crippled for life.
Dennis Kelly. thir.y-Hve>years old,
iaborer. Of No. aga Eleventh. avenue. was
at work In the New York Central
freight yards in Eleventh avenue. when.
blinded, by snow. he was caught be-
tween two moving freight cars and
crushed. lie was removed to the Poly
clinic Hospital In q serious condition,
suffering from internal injuries.
william Holden OF rassaic, y. j.. was
struck by a failing sign. blown down by
the wind, a few doors from his place of
business, at No $50 West Twenty-hfth
street. His back was broken and II Is
probable his skull was fractured. He
was taken to Bellevue.
Commuters from Jersey suffered only
minor Inconvenience as q result Of the
storm. Most Of the trains were q few
minutes late. but there was none of the
delays OF olden days. when a six-inch
snowstorm was due to tie up suburban
traffic for hours. All Of the railroads
had their snow plows out within an
hour after the snow started to fall In
ieeway before the beginning Of the
rush traflc, were able to have their
lines shipshape.
The Long Island Railroad and the
Westchester County lines also were able
to take care of the usual trafic without
unusual delays. The Long island tried
out a machine for melting ice which
might accumulate on the tracks. Fall
ure Of the mercury to take any decided
drop with the coming Of the snow made
It's use almost unnecessary, however.
Ferryboats we're delayed to some ex-
tent by the thick weather. Traffic from
Jersey terminals OF railroads to the
west was particularly light. commuters
taking to the Hudson Tubes by the
Thousands. The result was increas ed
dltions to the days business were han
died with but little delay.
All the railroads and transportation
lines insisted the expected rush OF
shoppers later In the day would be
handled without difficulty. Incidentally.
traffic experts insisted the weather
would have no effect upon the looked
for throngs of women shoppers.
BUSINESS BIG ON THE SUBWAY
LINES.
The Interborough experienced several
delays. but none of them serious En-
ployees were more inclined to blame
their troubles on the usual Christmas
eve rush than on the weather They
grumbled bit. no ever. that both
should come at the same time.
The subway had to contend with in
creased business. Thousands who or
dinarily use elevated or surface service
sought the underground to insure
against running into blockades because
Of the weather.
From Jersey City. Long Island City,
the towns OF Staten Island and other
communities came tales Of woe from
operators and patrons of traction lines
alike. In Brooklyn the new tangled
"trip fender on the trolley cars, de-
signed TO drop on contact with any un.
fortunate citizen In the cars path.
proved a stumbling block to. traction.
Cars equipped with 1t often were halted
. half dozen times In a block, the deli
cate but brainless apparatus not differ
entiating between contact with flesh and
bone or with a snow bank. In each
case the motorman had 20 descend from
his platform and put the fender back in
position A."
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STREET EMPLOYEES
DEPRIVED OF HOLIDAY
BY HEAVY SNOWFALL.

the SNOW KINGS visit has upset the
plan Of big BIZ Edwards to AFFORD
plan Of Big Biz EDWARDS to afford the
q. 100 employees OF the street Cleaning De-
psrtnent and the 1000 horses OF the do
psrtment . holiday tomorrow. II had
teen planned and the order gone forth
that mot . wheel would turn In the
Street Cleaning DspArtusnt or any OF
is stations tomorrow. Tbs weather
man had Informed big Biil." with an
assurance that was candor In itself.
that there wasn't pint u snow In sign.
for these ATTITUDES and. banking on this
expert and Official Information. Com
missioner Edwards caused general or
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BIG SNOW CR|PPlES TRAFFIC
AND SPO|LS LATE SHOPPING
Eight Thousand Homecoming Passengers Are
Tied Up on Steamers Held at Quarantine
and Sandy Hook While Storm RACES.
Especially Photographed for The

Santa Claus droped New York began
out his particular scheme Christmas
there something inches
spires minas the big Municipal
Christmas artificial
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ECZEMA CT RED IN 10 TO 20 DAYs.

ECZEMA CT RED IN 10 TO 70 DAys.
The Feds Mciicins Co.. 2GS& Pics susss. q
tells. No.. msauis.tuisfs u Laxative Broas
eststss. hsss ass sud veeleS~i disesvssy.
NJ 'et> fr 'Ht ~. whch th<y guasAn.
- y sss ss sass = ncxsNA = asl1s q
!sss s. q: ~. .:...E u: : disys u vi
-: * ;'E!ss 81 81 II I; 80 s.
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her hands tied % she could not scratch H.
7he sores came liks water blisters. quite rcA
and whom she did scratch them the water
and blood would Dose out and run down
her face. and then dry in q nasty. yeliowish.
ck-lookins scab. only to get rubbed of
and bleed again.
81 used - salye. but 10 was toe
harsh for her tender skin. I was advised
20 80 70 . specialist. but wanted 70 try
Cuticura Soap and Ointment nrst % sent
Sor samples. They seemed 70 sooths ss
once. In . day or 20 could 80 plainly
thai the sores were healing. I bought .
SOC boz of Cuticara Ointment and some
Cuticura Soap. kept on and In month
her face vas - free from sores rs any.
body's: she was entirely cured" (Signed)
Mrs. Geo. W. Paine. Jan. 0. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Cuticurs ointmsot are
sold throughout the world. Liberal sample %
each mailed free. With 32-p. slin Book. Ad-
drsss postcard "Cuticura. Deps.T Boston"
ASTendcr-faced men should use Cuticurs
Soap shaving Stick. 25c. Sample frse.
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SKIN TROUBLE LIKE
WATER bL|STERS
Spread Over Side Of Face. Itched
Very Badly. Had to Keep Hands
Tied. Cutieura Soap and 0int.
ment Cured in a Month.

RE-. d. No. 8. Waterloo. N. Y.-"r -
s1csd . red spot near my baby Edith's ~
Ptmples began 70 come Up and vAsGR
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but tnOugn ne started the Nrst sleigh
bells juggling In he parks-thin. ghost-
ly reminders OF the days before the
automobile came and tire chains took
the place OF Tunners-Santa brought
suffering and some Inconvenience to
millions. Traffic on street car lines, on
the elevated roads and on the suburban
roads which pour their hundreds OF
thousands into the weekday city was
crippled more or less: only the subway.
running Indoors" continued to shuttle
its sardlned patrons oficeward IN
schedule
HOLIDAY HOMECOMING STEAM
ERs HELD UP.
With the snow scurrying in binding
masses before a forty-fve knot north
east gale. nearly 5000 passengers, hur-
rying home for the Christmas holidays,
ars held up outside Sandy Hook and In
Quarantine.
Three big mall steamers are anchored
outside the Hook and two In Quarantine
and one little coaster. the Ancon. OF the
Panama line. Is In their company. In
side and outside. over 10000 gross ton
mage 10 tied up. Outside the Hook are
the Red Star line Lapland. from Ant
werp. with 1000 passengers; Martha
Washington OF the Austrian-American
line, bound from Trieste with 800 pas
sengers; the Hamburg A American, Amer
ika, from Hamburg. with 1850 passen-
gers.
In Guarantees are the Rotterdam OF
the Holland-Amcrica line. from Rot
al. ,.it ha
Washington OF the North German
Lloyd. with 1900 passengers. and the
Aneon from Panama. with 100 passen-
gers.
All the delayed vessels are heavily
laden with Christmas mail.
BROOKLYN a." TRAINS MAKE
MANY STOPS.
| Tho first crowds to strike into the
storm before the snow was packed down
| by trsmping feet were bit groucny.
These sarly-to-work pedestrian were
| forced 10 wade through damp. ciinging
snow that came well above their shoe
tops and. In drifA. reached their knees
Struggling through the heavy going
| buffeted by forty-mils gale and with
dying snow sweeping inside overcoa
collars and mufners. they reached sur
face lines and LIS" to nnd trafiic u!
most paralyIed.
Those coming into the city from cy
press Hills and such outlying sections o
Brooklyn found their usual half-hou
run had been doubled. Express trains O
the Brooklyn and New York IL" stoppe
on an average OF twenty times betwee
stations to make sure there would b
no accidents. suburbanites Jared rattle
better. The roads. taught by man
costly lessons In tho past. had out snJ'
pioughs and gas-blowing snow meitei
long before the inbound traffic had 81
.. gun. So when the morning rush was O
In earnest there was little delay--hardl
, more than might be oceasioned by
heavy ratnstorm.
! The department stores had thoug'
they would have TO carry over uni
Q next year almost their entire stocks
y sieds. but In the early morning rus
Of do-your-chrt tinaa-shopp!ng-la 81
! irons everything on runners was con
Wandered.
STORM WILL DELAY xMA
PREsENTe.
81 Santa played bit Of . Joke on hin
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Lawrence c. phipps Jr. to weA.

Lawrence c. Phipps Jr. to wee.
COUNSEL BLUFFS. Iowa. Dec. ~
The marriage OF Lawrence C. aApps jr.
OF Denver son OF the Pittsburgh mil
ionaire steel manufactured, TO Mics
Gladys Hart OF Council BUNS VIII take
place at the home of Mrs. Charles Test
Stewart here Saturday afternoon. Dec.
q. Mr. and Mrs. Phlpps will leave at
once for Egypt.
THE TIDES.
High Water. Low Water.
AN. Pm. AN Pm.
Hell Gate .......... t.N Wv 80, "'">
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oosed out. I pus %
ointmsnt but u kcps
getting worse and N .
week u had sprcsd over
nearly tho who,s eide
Il hcr facA 10 made
her look very had -
the tina II seOscd 10
itch very badly ~ thas
I was OBLIGED Ia kcAu