El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
Fishcreek Has Shortest Day
One Arizona Place Where the Sun
Shines Only Four Hours and IS
MinUtes-LittIe Interviews.

s. THE shortest day Of the year
! anywhere in the country, I
Il believe, is at Fishereek, Ari-
! zona." said Clyde F. Holmes. exalted
! ruler of FL Paso lodge of EIks, who has
! just returned from tour of Arizona in
his automobile 'Fishcreek is a stage
station in a canyon between Globe and
| Phoenix and the walls of rock are so
| high around it that on the 21st of De-
! cember, the shortest day in the year,
/ the sun does not rise until 1915 IN the
/ morning and IT sets at three O'CLOCK IN
/ the afternoon. Besides having the
/ shortest day, the place has the longest
twilight of any other place In the
/ country, for it begins to get light in
] FiShcreek valley when the sun begins
/ to rise over the rest of the country and
! it remains light until the sun sets over
| the valley of Phoenix, over two hours
after it disappears from view at Fish
creek"
Automobile repair men are very
much maligned, said Tony workman,
of the Chalmers garage. we are sup
posed and generally accused OF charg-
| ing time against mans car from the
time we begin work on it until we fin
! ish, regardless Of whether we are SIT
ting down smoking cigaret or out
1 taking lunch with our best girls mean
time but, as a matter of fact, We often
! put in more time on mans car than
we charge him for. Sometimes we have
a job that requires an unusual amount
of work, yet is apparently trivial II
we charged a man for all the time We
actually put in on the work, he would
roar, so We have to lose. For instance.
I had to put on a fan belt Tor a man
the other day and to get 1t on, had
to. take off the radiator. This required
three times as much time as the job
ordinarily would take, but If had
charged for all Of II, he would nave
rOared about il. Then, often our Gus
toners come along, stop and tell US
their troubles, ask our advice and all
that, and do not leave their cars, as
we tell them what to do or find that
nothing needs to be done IhlS taxes
up our time, but we do not charge for
it We are glad, OF course, to give our
customers pointers this way but IL
takes time. There is great deal of an
automobile mans repair time, like that
of a doctor, that is not always
charged for"
"The removal of the transfer station
from the corner of Pioneer plaza IS
going to result in a relief Of the con-
gested condition at that corner" said
r. H Rinehart. Many people, who
would hang around the transfer station
viii not stick around there now and
do not believe the crowds are going to
be so large. It viii be easier to drive
an automobile or buggy past the place
I think"
ct have sent letters to the mayor and
chief Of police" said c. B. Stevens,
president of the FL PasO Automobile
club, suggesting that the police en-
force the law requiring all vehicles to
remain on the right side of the street
I believe many collisions would be
avoided If this was done II there IS
no ordinance for it now, we should pass
one preventing people crossing the
streets except at corners. too. They
often endanger their own lives by walk
ing across in the middle Of a block and
they are a great .hindrance. to people
in automobiles and buggies.'
There has been no development Of
q particularly startling nature since
the story of the indian fight given by
the witness Mariana Colmenero, but to
one who takes interest in the early
history Of this country, many interest
ing features are being presented by the
testimony Of these old residents who
are witnesses" said w Z. Baker, New
Mexico commissioner taking testimony
in the boundary hearing.
George Carlos, an employe OF the
smelter near Chihuahua, arrived from
that place with several other employees
OF the smelter- "One cannon ball went
through the employees club house dur
ing the engagement between the fed
erals and rebels last week" said Carlos,
and that was the only damage done
in the neighborhood of the plant The
adobe wall which surrounded the GEM
etery, located near the edge Of Chihua-
hua, was wrecked by mines which were
planted in and around the cemetery.
About 400 rebels were killed by the ex-
plOsiOn Of the numerous mines which
the federals had planted several months
ago innings are quiet now but It Is
expected that the rebels will again at
tack the city. The employees Of the
smelter have been held together pretty
well by the management. with the hope
that the plant would open up soon, but
it is considered rather doubtful as to
when the men will start work again.
THE capture of Culiacan, capital of
SinalOa- by the 'Constitutionalists' and
the restoring of Felipe Riveros to the
gOvernOrship of the stae reminds me
that Tucson, Ariz, is no longer what
might be termed the joint capital for
the rebellious states along the Mexican
west coast" said J. NJ. Brown, OF that
city. who was here Friday for a days
visit while on his way to New York
Last spring we had three Mexican
governors and their families living in
Tucson until such time as it seemed
eXpedient to return across the border.
They were governor Maytorena Of Son
ora; governor Martin EspinOsa- Of the
territory of Topic, and governor Felipe
Riyeros. of SinalOa. Mrs. Maytorena and
children returned to HermosilIo soon
after governor Maytorena went back
10 MS Official position, but believe
Mrs. Espinosa, Mrs. RiverOs, and their
children and other relatives are still IN
Tucson.
Mrs. Riveros naively got the best
Of a book peddler who called while a
woman relative was visiting her Ha
was bent on making a sale, and talked
at the rate of 200 words a minute to
do it The governors wife was anxious
to learn English. She let him talk and
kept him talking. But she made him
talk slowly, stop frequently. repeat
what he had said, and tell what II
meant He was kept on the job two
hours before he managed to get away
in a state of exhaustion.
Mrs. RiverOs is the woman who
when her husband was deposed by the