El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-30
Saves Ell PasOans $SlO
Difference Between Parcels Post and
Old Rate Helps Public This
Month; Little Interviews.
$50
n~ HE parcels post has been in
offnct for 10 rnnnfhsn Ga id

Il superintendent of mails c. c.
Gibson of the local postoffice, and it
has proved a great success in every
way. It kept the express companies
been a great saving to the public.
In the past 10 days the FL Paso Of
flee dispatched 4514 packages, with a
total weight of S17S pounds, and there
were $50 packages received, making
a total of 1894 packages handled by
this office. Under the old rate of
postage it would have cost the public
S1,3OS.4S to send those packages, but
under the parcels post rate it only
cost S497.7O, which made a saving of
SS1O.7S, which will come handy to
Christmas shoppers
NO, I will not wear a star" said
Mrs. Emma Webster. deputy sheriff
and county probation officer 1
don't think I will need one. OF course
1 will make arrests If necessary II
I cannot make the arrest myself 1
know that 1 can get assistance. Yes,
may carry a pistol It will be a small
one, that 1 can carry in my hand bag
1 do not anticipate that L will ever
need a weapon, but I may feel safer
carrying one"
The money stringency does not
seem to be nearly so noticeable through
the east as it is in this section" says
\. H Curry, who has just returned
from 10 days business trip to cities
IL
though" he added, money is always
more or less tight there, compared to
this part of the country and that's why
the stringency is not noticed 1 VS.
tier a number of factories that man
ufacture talking machines and they
were operating full crews. The Oper-
ators do not seem to be alarmed at
the condition of the money market and
are apparently content to wait and
see what the administration at Wash
ington will do next regarding the sit
uation."
''For some little time the cham
Der of commerce has been receiving
complaints from local business houses
Of solicitors for different advertising
schemes claiming to have the endorse
ment of this organization, who really
have no such authority" says a. W.
Reeves, secretary of the chamber. AL
though those who patronize these
schemes upon the assumption that the
chamber OF commerce has endorsed
them, without having any evidence to
that effect, are themselves to blame,
yet in order to afford as much pro-
lection as possible to the business in
tereSts of the city, the board of direc-
tors has passed a certain resolution.
This resolution warns all merchants
that unless a solicitor carries a writ
ten endorsement signed by me and ap-
proved by the president or vice presi-
dent, he is not entitled to claim the
endorsement of this association"
THE county certainly needs a new
courthouse" declared treasurer J. D.
Ponder AS it is the county has not
sufficient accommodations. 1t hasn't
got the proper vaults with the ex-
ceptiOn of the county clerks office.
If there should ever be a fire-and
they say this building is a fire trap
the county records would go up in
smoke. The collector has vault, but
I doubt if it would stand the test of
a fire 1t is not modern. The city
needs new building. 1t hasn't enough
accommodations. Three city offices are
packed into one. The city rents q
building for the waterwOrks office.
The city and county offices should be
in one administration building for the
/ benefit of the general public that has
business at both places. By selling
and exchanging property the city and
county could raise enough money to
erect the building without issuing any
bonds"
Patrolman r E. Bridgers, the plaza
cop" had his first ride in a racing
car Wednesday morning. The patrol
man says that ne does not want to ride
in one again Wednesday morning on
I instructions from headquarters Bridgers
1 picked up" J. X. Banharlingen at the
wheel of the Tucson Buick, No. 5, car
entered in the FL Paso-Phoenix race.
Bridgers found the ear and the driver
standing in front of the pOstoffice- The
patrolman got into the car with n.
police station started
That car can't go slow" Bridgers
declared. In the trip to the station
the driver old not give II gas but. three
grabbed a new hold. ! wouldn't ride
! in that car in a race for it. 1t is a go
ing piece of machinery"
81 don't see how the United can get
out of intervening in Mexico saws
Harry Burwell, assistant secretary Of
the chamber of commerce. 7 have been
opposed to such a step all along. but it
looks now that there is nothing else TO
be done. A prominent attorney of tie
city was talking to me the other day
and he said that president Wilson has,
| in his opinion, done everything posi-
1 bic to avert eventualities, but is now at
the end of its rope so far as diplomacy
and hands off policy is concerned"
1--WE are going to make the big ball
at the Paso Del Norte on the night fol-
lowing the horse show, Nov. %. at
| w Washington park q unique affair" is
the declaration of Lieut. NJ. Wheeler
Nicholson, who is assisting Carl A.
Beers in preparing for the event. All
the guests are supposed to attend the
dance attired in riding costume. or
something to suggest the horse show.
If our plans materialiZe, we will have
some Stunts that viii make FL PasO-
ans sit up and take notice"
IT have a reminder of the recent trade
excursion here in the shape of camera
sent to the chamber of commerce from
| Tempe, Ariz, and I would like tc find
! the owner" The speaker was A. W.
Reeves, secretary of the trade crgani-
Zation. THE camera reached here Tues
day." continued "and shortly after
its arrival I received an unsigned let
ter from a girl in Tempe. The writer
said the kodak had been loaned to he-
by one of the boosters and she had lost
! his address card. I have called up
several men who went on the trip and
I had cameras. but none Of them viii
acknowledge owning this one"