El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-12

u of the country" said J. L At
kins of Forrest, Miss, who is in FL Pasc
at the Paso del Norte, with his wife
| my uncle, A Poitevent, is engaged
in raising chinchilIa, a small rodent
that is a great fur producer. in South
America, and as the country is noun
famous and dry there. he believes that
! he could carry on the business in this
! section and has asked me to look into
/ il while am here on my vacation. The
] animals are very prolific producers and
! IN good climate are money makers.
! If they can be brought to the United
| states and will do well here, it would
/ be a big saving in freight and tariff
/ 10 grow them in this country"
DO you want a new hat? Kill a
lobo wolf, mountain loin or a panther
, and bring it to the clerks office"
Few people know that there is a
/ bounty paid by the county for the pelts
/ OF wild animals which are killed with
IN the limits of the county. There is,
Just the same and a man wanting a
new fall lid may get the price by TAX
ing MS rowling piece, going out some
sunday and Staying a mess of wild
cals II there are no wild Tables in
evidence, shot five coyotes and ring the
bell for a S. piece. The bounty law
authorizes US to pay 81 for a coyote
WllQ
cat 30 Tor mountain lion or panther.
Elephants are paid for by the pound,
out they must be brought in by the
slaper in person
\
Your war photographer NAV make
me pictures of the Mexican trouble"
charlie Fraser says, but I have a
picture OF MexiSan troops which I be-
neVe IS one of the most unique ever
made I was on Golden Hill. five miles
from Orozco hill the day that the scare
was thrown into the JuareZ garrison,
Wnen II was thought that villa was
coming, The federal cavalry rode up
on the top of OrOzco hill and I took a
Snou at them from Golden Hill. In the
picture the cavalry may be seen clear
" against the sky and the outline of
the horses may be plainly seen This
IS the longest range photograph have
ever made. and II is the only kind I
you'd you'd care to make in Mexico these
She was a peach of the cling var
lety. How she came to be in Juarez
sunday no one knew" said an Ameri-
can arrival from Juarez. she was
there, just the same, and with one of
those A-ray gowns which are so sly
nsh In the east While seeing the
sights in the old town, she wandered
along the street to the police station.
Mayor Guillermo Cruz was sitting in
front of his office on the shady side
OF the street when the American girl
from the west with the sun to her
pack one look was enough for the
Mexican mayor. He ordered her de-
tanned until he could recover from his
excitement sufficiently to warn the
girl through an interpreter that she
must not come to Juarez with so few
clothes. The town had been suffering
from the nervous strain of a revolu-
ton, he said, and could stand no such
excitement as she was liable to cause
she was then escorted to the car for
FL Paso, which she said was the best
thing she had found in Juarez."
Did you ever hear Of the great In
dian uprising in Sapulpa?" asked VIII
r Winch, former resident of that town
the other day. TT was about 1901
when old Crazy Snake was on the ram
page further south Sapulpa was a
division point On the Frisco and filled
with practical jokes who liked to have
fun with the tenderfeet It was Gus
tomary when there was a goodly load
of them on the train for some member
OF the train crew to wire to Sapulpa
to pull off a phony Indian war. Then
the crew would begin telling every one
who would listen that the Indians were
on the war path and trouble was ex-
pected at Sapulpa- On the occasion of
the last uprising, there was an Irish
boy of the tenement class who was the
butcher He listened to the tales and
the crew gave special attention 10 him.
When the train pulled into Sapulpa,
big Tony Antoine, a six foot Stock
brodge Indian, rugged out in war paint
climbed onto the smoker and started
In The little butcher, however, was
game and he picked up a nice hickory
SUCK that had been seasoned as a stove
poker and he laid the big chief low
Al McKellop was next He was far
enough behind so that he did not know
what Tony's fate had been and the boy
sWatted him McKeIlop was a Creek
Indian The next man, if memory
serves me right, was not an Indian at
all but DR.. W. r. Jameson, now Of
this city. He caught a glimpse of the
Irish kid and the club and he struck
out for Moccasin bluffs, five miles east
OF town. believe he would have been
running yet but the ringing of the bell
called the butcher back There were
Indians running in every direction as
the train pulled out and, would you be-
lieVe me, there has never been an In
dian uprising SINGER"
OF very old dates is making its ap-
pearance in FL Paso these days?'
grocery store at $3.50 Montana street
Of dollars, all looking very new, bear
ing dates as far back as 1873" and he
eXnlDlted Two OF them-One dated 1879
and one dated 1881 Both look as If
cannot figure out where the money
has BEEN" said Mr.. Rayner, unless |
the government has been boarding il
up and is just turning 1t loose. 1t is
taken in any number Of perfectly new
looking dollars that bear dates from
20 to 30 years old"