El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-24
Prefers Auto to Saddle
Capt. Woodwork Tells How His
Civil War Cavalry Mount
BOIted; Little Interviews.
IDING in the cavalry looks

easy" Capt. c. S. Woodwork
IN said Thursday afternoon, as he
watched the troopers of the second
drill on the practice ground. But l
/ have seen the day in the civil war
| when that was more work than play.
| One gets pretty tired of horseback
riding after ne has ridden for days
and the mount feels Ike clothes
horse. had a horse once that was the
| fierist one in the regiment and 1 could
not manage him. We were having reg
mental review and when we started an
evolution my horse was up with the
generals adm the cOlonels before
could stop him. ! had all the riding
1 cared for in the war and now I am
content to ride in an automobile, and
none too fast at that"
Far be it from my mind to advo-
cate Intervention" c. c. Gibson, super
intendent of mails at the postoffice,
says But if there is such a thing 1
hope that the postOffice names down
there will be changed so a white man
can read them The mixture of indian,
Mexican and Spanish names has given
the postal authorities the choicest col
lection of names to be found in the
world. Some of those names cannot
be spelled within the eight hours the
government allows for a working day,
and. and as for pronouncing them 1t
IS out of the question. A few plain
names like Jonesburg and Smithville
will simplify the handling of Mexico
mail and put fewer gray hairs in the
postoffice clerks heads"
I'VE customs people are going to
have to take a course of study in bird
feathers" said L. o. Howell superin-
tendent of customs inspectors. This
new feather law prohibits the feathers
of all kinds of birds, tame birds, wild
birds. and game birds. from being al
lowed to enter the United States. Now,
lots of these feathers we don't know
when we see them. 1t IS absolutely
certain that some of the feathers on
Women's hats were never grown on any
kind, shape or size of bird. Milliners
have such skillful trick OF taking
an ordinary rooster feather and max
ing something stylish and unheard out
Of it. that 1t is going to keep US awake
nights studying up the different species
OF bird pIumaSe- If there are any
feather telling experts among the Her
aid readers send them around"
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Sometimes a railway corporation
would hardly recognize itself by the
names it is known to its employees
says James E Monroe. The G. H. &
s A. is known as God Help and Save
All to number of its working force.
me l. = d NJ :. was nicknamed Long
Service and Miserable Salary What
does the S. p stand fOr2 Oh the 5 P
has to stand for enough. without hav-
ing any more tackled onto it
certainly enjoyed myself at the
Dallas fair says c. c. johnson, clerk
in the bureau of information at the
Union station. Mr.. Johnson spent a
week taking in the fair. THE crowds
there this year, I was told, are larger
than they have been in several years
And the fair itself is on a par. if not
better. than any that have been held
IN Dallas before"
Il was in FL Paso about so years
ago. stated ". II. Haynes, travelling
passenger agent of the New York Cen
tral railroad lines, and am most
pleasantly surprised to see such a
thriving city as this has grown to be-
1t must be due to the r. ilroads that
so many prosperous towns have sprung
up IN Texas. When I was out here be-
lore there were but few railroads in
TINS section of the country. Now the
state is gridironed with them.
Just consider the magnitude of the
great American railroad system. It's
mileage about equals the accepted dis
lance from the moon to the earth. Its
employees number one out of every u
of the adult male population The
capital invested is estimated to repre-
sent about One-eighth of the total
wealth of the country. and its annual
to be three times that of the
federal government"