El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-13
John Doe Has to Explain
Soap Salesman says That's His
Name, Even II 1t Is a Little
Strange; Little Interviews.

! n Ell Paso this week He registered
at the Sheldon. When the clerk
I saw the name the traveller put upon
the register. he said, Excuse me, but
you'll have to put your right name
/ down"
! Mr. Doe became indignant right
/ there That is my real name" he ex-
claimed, "and I have to explain the
same thing everywhere I go"
Doubt still fingered in the mind Of
the hotel desk men until half a dozen
letters addressed to John T. Doe"
/ were delivered at the hostel-y. John
Doe registered from New York and
I told persons in the hotel that he was
( travelling for soap manufacturing
The name is a common one. but the
/ general idea is that it is entirely nc
( titious. and used only on police dock
I cts and in lawsuit papers.
The commission for the supervision
/ of the United States Reclamation ser
| vice. which has just been named by
/ secret ary of the interior Lane, viii in
I no way affect the present operations
under the Reclamation ser-ice." said
: project engineer l. " Lawson. F.
] H Newell, who has been director o.
] the service, is chairman and viii have
1 the assistance Of the other members
! Of the commission in handling the
various departments Of operation, fiscal
/ and legal matters, construction and
engineering
The members of the commission are
A. p Davis. chief engineer; Will R
King, formerly chief justice Of the su-
preDle court Of Oregon. chief counsel;
W. a Ryan, formerly of the interstate
commerce commission. and / O'DOnnell,
supervisor Of irrigation"
The telephone in the county jail
tangled. County Jail" said jailer Bill
Ten Eycke. taking down the receiver
viii you please tell me- came
WOmans voice over the wire, who the
assistant prosecuting attorney is2'
4 presume" replied Ten Eycke in
his best TOiee, that you mean the cOun-
ty attorney"
Yes. I suppose I do, the woman an
swered How will I find him2'
That's easy" said the jailer. Go
to the county court house. The county
attorne Wis a tall slender fellow. A
double barrelled shotgun would make
{ him a Fair Of CTeralls When he sits
down ne folds up like jack knife"
20. thank YOU 50 much" the woman
said gratefully L viii now be able
to find him without any trouble"
~ on are perfectly welcome, replied
Ten Eycke, as he hung up the receiver
We'll, I am getting back to my old
stride" said Dad" WarnOck. driver
of the CITY patrol Il equaIIed nv
record of former days when I made IS
trips Monday There were II arrests
made that day. If this war on the vags
keeps up. John and Charley will not
have much time to rest They no soon
er get back from trim until another
call for the wagon is made. It keeps
me busy making hauls- FL Paso is
being made an awfully unpopular place
for the stranger who is unemployed
and who hasn't any money"
If the second chamber Of commerce
dollar dinner is as big a success as the
1lrst one, there won't be any kick com
ing" says Andrew Reeves, secretary
of the trade association I'VE have
secured three good speakers for the
dinner, which will be held next Tues
day night / hope that the business
men we mail invitations to will be
sure to respond and let US know wheth-
er they are going to attend. because
1t eonfuses things unless we have a
good idea of how many persons we
must accommodate"
Henry Cox, county and district clerk
IN IN GuIberson county: is here. He testi-
ned in the proceedings for change Of
venue in the Caples case ITS iust like
Delng at home when. I'm in Fl Paso@
ne says know most of the polite
lans here and they are surely hospita-
PIE =: PaSo IS regular market place
for folks down my way, because thew
all buy here when they can't get what I
they want at home"
.
THE theory Of modern instruction"
said professor A. NJ. Warren, Of Spo-
kane, Wash. who has been visiting
relatives here. SIS one which possesses
numerous phases, but I have exper-
fenced that If the boy IS made to want |
to go to school. one bad feature is
eliminated He should be educated un-
consciously. Make his school work so I
interesting that he will be satisfied I.
nowhere except in school Yes. and 4
the girl. too. Children are the butter
mes of the world and childhood looked ]
back upon with old eyes seems almost 1
as brief as the butterfly's existence !
Youth should be a pleasant period. but
Wlthal profitable season. Children !
naturally travel the road OF least re- /
ISSUANCE. II the onward and onward |
path be made smooth. they viii journey
IN that direction. But if the ways of /
descent be creased. younger folk will /
inevitably go downward.
Lies stream must be diverted that :
the current lead to the right destina- /
tlon- Preparation and education must /
0e turned into pleasing. inviting I
InInss- me school room and library j
must appear more than the alley and /
gutter Uplifting study must argue
louder than mischievOus and democrat
lLlhE snort Growing you~ ssrers must /
De taught how to play we'll. work well
learn well. develop we'll These things
can be done-they are being done Tho
little red school house is stfIl the great
American Institution.
I was greatly impressed with The
Herald's idea of publishing reDOrts md
dolngs Of the local schools. 1t makes
the pupil ambitious and plants in the
hearts Of the parents a Dride To sec Z
their children's name spoken Of in some Z
way. 1t is an idea that should be fol-
lowed in every city in the country. The
CITY OF Fl Paso has n fine lot of modern :
school buildings and an excellent school |
and educational system. which 7 did /
not eNpect to find what we Of the !
northwest term way 5nuzn in western
Texas