El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-04

Maria" $4,000 persons almost the pop
ulation of FL Paso. Dad Is still on
the job.
The Julio of FL Paso is not just a
! common, ordinary, every day patrol
wagon. 1t bears a distinction that is
/ not borne by any other police patrol
in the United States. The distinction
| comes in when Dad" three years ago
had &c bankers in his wagon" The
| aggregate wealth of the 16 represented
something like s17,O0O,OO0. Dad" ad-
mits that there was more wealth rep
| resented in Black Maria at that time
/ than has ever been since, for the usual
runs of the wagon are devoted for the
/ most part to hauling "vags and
/ DRINKS" to the station. Dad" got the
| bankers as the climax OF the bankers,
I convention, which was held in FL PasO
at that time. The Joy ride" in Black
| Maria had been arranged for. In adj
/ ditiOn to hauling the bankers, Dad
/ has had 33d degree MaSons and mem
I bers high in the ranks of other diff
| ferent organizations These, like the
! bankers, were merely Joy riders"
Every month Dad" with the patrol
! viii average 200 persons hauled to the
| station. The filming, after the wedding
! out and dismissalsi will average $4,000
/ a month.
! 20, five years ago. Since that time he
7 has made an average of Is miles per
\ day. Eighteen trips one day holds the
| record for the daylight journeys.
/ Thirty-six is the record for the night
/ trips. Thirty-One Mexican boys and
/ one negro boy constitutes the highest
| number hauled at any one time. As
many as 16 and Is persons have been
| in the wagon on several occasions.
When Dad" first went on the wagon
I Dan and Charley formed the patrol
| team. The horses were obtained from
the street department after they had
served for a time in the fire depart
ment Dad drove these horses two
years and a half, when Dan and
! Charley ran away with the patrol
wagon. After running down Overland
street the horses and wagon -strad-
died" a lamp post at the corner OF
! Overland and FL Paso. Dan sustained
injuries to his leg from which he never
recovered After eight months fur
Their service with the patrol Dan was
traded off. and John was secured
in his place. John ana Charley form
"Of course" said Dad 4 haul my
passengers free of charge. It is not
a violation of the interstate commerce
act prohibiting the hauling of passen-
gers without charge, for the reason
that the indirect charges in the way
of fines imposed on my Passengers by
the corporation court, fully meets the
requirements of the act.
"As a regular passenger, CesariO
DOmIngueZ, who We docketed as Por-
firiO Diaz, held the record. I hauled
of Julio-ataxia- Why, I would haul
him in and one hour after he was
turned out I would have to go after
him again He was a regular fare.
Francisco Lopez, of Red Light alley,
was next as a regular She has made
many trips with me Chino" her
husband, comes third. Maggie Banks,
known as Rags" held down fourth
most what one would call "a steady
customer What has become of 'Rags?'
Dad" asked, turning to mounted po-
licemau Ivy Finley.
Il think she was given a fIoater,' "
Finley said Il haven't seen her around
for several weeks"
Wagon at Seventh and FL Paso,"
called out Capt. ". D. Greet, and the
session broke up.
The local United states army re-
cruitinS office can be considered a
business barometer. According 70 c.
\. Barney, who is in charge, If bust
ness is good throughout the United
States. there IS a scarcity of recruits.
for all branches OF the service. while
on the other extreme. if there is n
stringency in the money market and
business is slack throughout the coun-
try, there is a rush on the part Of the
young men Of the country to join the
army or navy.
There has bees a better class Of
recruits offering their services this
year than during last year and there
also has been a considerable increase
in the number of applicants.
The cavalry and coast artillery
branches of the service seem to be
the favorites. with the coast artillery
. little in the lead as to popularity
among the recruits. There are COM
paratiVely few who seem to desire to
enter the field artillery service or in
fantry.
We hear a great deal about men
not reenlisting on account OF the
frightening of the term of enlistment
to four years over the former three
es7f asr.r. hue
I find that 40 percent of the men re-
enlist and that 40 percent of the en-
listments are former recruits At
present there seems to be a strong
sentiment among members of congress
and the war department to go back to
the three year term enlistment
1t is surprising how many parents
there are who are ignorant of the ad-
Vantages Of joining the army Many
seem to know nothing of the physical
training and mental development of
contrary, people who know most about
the army are the ones most willing
to have their sons join
majority of the recruits making
application to Join the army in FL
Paso are familiar with horses and
know how to ride. They are unlike
young men recruiting at seacOast
towns They enlist in the branch OF
service where they can travel to for
eiSn countries and see the world. while
those at coast towns prefer service in
the interior.
It was thought that the increasing
use Of the automobile throughout the
country would have a tendency to in
terfere with training in the handling
Of horses and in riding them, but there
is no indication of that condition in
this part of the country. In fact many
recruits appear to have the additional
knowledge of mechanics gained by the
occasional use of automobiles, but they
do not seem to have given mp the use
of the horse.
ct was in FL Paso four years and a
half ago said former mayor berry
F. Avery. of Colorado Springs, Colo.
guest at the Paso del NOrte, and
my business takes me over cOnsidera-
bic territory.
Il have seen more progress and i'm
prOvemSnt in FL Paso than any place
I have visited for years. I have COM
p4-lcd a tour of Wyoming and I am
on a tour of New Mexico and Arizona
III Paso has shown wonderful growth
since my last visit here, especially in
its smiles of street paving and fine
office buildings hotels and beautiful
residences.
It was the first mayor of Colorado
Springs under the commission form OF
government and we of that city think
that form Of government has been a
success"