El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-29
Real Farmers are Needed
Banker BENJAMIN SherrOd SAYS
Farming by Proxy Does Not Work,
rs He Has Tried It-SOme
Little Interviews.
66"HIs valley needs some real

Il Benjamin SherrOd, of the Tex
as Bank and Trust company, said We'd
| nesday afternoon. as he went rolling
! through the alfalfa fields on the rear
of the valley line interurban car. 4
/ have had experience, personal expert
| ence, in trying to live in town and try
! ing to farm in the country. Whenever
you see a wenkept field and a good
| yield of hay you may be sure that the
| owner is on the job and is attending to
| his business As well try to run any
| other business away from it, as to at
tempt farming by proxy"
| -KinfoIk should stay at home and not
( visit their relatives especially their
I poor relations, in these days of the high
! cost of living" said an FL Paso pawn
| broker. He is in close touch with the
| financial affairs of many Ell Paso fam
| ilies-more than anyone knows but
| htmself-and he speaks from the wis
! dom he has gained IN the three ball
/ business 1T is not infrequently that
| heads of families come to our shops
/ and pawn the family jewels and even
4 the plate, after they have been enter
/ tanning a house full of company for
/ three or four weeks The average fam
/ lily is run on close margin of fixed
| charges and when lot of relatives
come 70 spend a week or two or three,
all the nice calculations are gone and
: we are turned to as the last resort for
raising ready money In the old days,
! when everyone raised what they ate
and 1t cost little real money to live,
having company was an inexpensive
luxury But now, with steaks at 40
cents and everything in proportion. it
! house filled with friends and distant
relatives"
There is a water which has as good
medicinal properties as the most
famous waters of the old world" said
Ben F. jenkins. former chief of police,
Thursday night on an Arizona car, as
he pointed to an advertisement for a
water found in Ell Paso county. Il
have tried that water from FL PasO
cOunty's own springs and have had
good results from it I think it is the
equal of Crazy water, the Mineral Wells
product, which is so highly recon-
mended for certain bodily disorders. By
the way, did you ever near how that
water got its eccentric name2 heard
1t many years ago y man went to
Mineral Wells when it was nothing
more than a local freak well The man
was mentally deranged and he started
drinking that water by the gallon. The
people around Mineral Wells knew he
must be crazy; any man would have to
be, to drink that quantity of water,
they said. The man regaiHei his men
tai poise, as the water cured the cause
shipped all over me country and its
name, given to it by the insane man, is
as widely advertised as a popular
breakfast food
H F. Bloom, formerly of Ell Paso. IS /
back here from California visiting his
merly in the timing business here and
was also a chicken enthusiast He has
been raising some fine chickens out in
California and says he finds that
country better than the Ell Paso climate |
for chickens There is less roup out
there" he said. but lice and mites I
trouble chickens a good deal there, as
they do here. These VIII bring on the |
roup if they are not killed off" Mr.. !
Bloom has been absent six years from /
FL Paso and says it was almost neces- !
him about the city. T
Il haven't seen the term bottled up /
used for long, long time" said county |
clerk Park Pitman- Now is the time |
to use it. You know why those fed |
era1 troops left Juarez, don't you? No? !
supply trains cOTnered somewhere on /
the line between Juarez and Chihuahua |
He has them-bOttled up Bottled up; |
that's the word Go on and use that /
word 1t is the opportune time It !
hasn't been used for long time. You |
could use 1t now lust exactly u times !
In one story ana II would be considered
good usage. Bottled up! That's good"
TT takes two pill shops to run the /
mayors office, said mayor C. E. Kelly |
to his old friend, II. F. Bloom, now Wis 4
ttnS from EscondidO, Cal You know i
have thought OF you many times, Hen
~, since 1 have been mayor You al 4
ways said that my friends would hand /
me an office that would not pay. It /
has been done There was time when I
/ was the popular and smiling kid I 4
the mayor smiled, am mayor now
You remember" said Mr.. Bloom 10 (
the mayor, when Eylar was corpora
ton court Judge We had the Owl club
then. Those we're the days when I said 1
that If you kept on. your friends
would hand you something I have re-
formed since 1 left FL PaSo'
The mayor made a suggestion
Wouldn't touch it," said Bloom 4
with take a cigar with you. Old FL
Paso has ceradnly grown. hasn't it2-
we have mighty good town here
said the mayor.
Il believe you will agree with me in
saying that public park is a place
where man or his family can rOmp I
around and enjoy himself, listen to
music, etc, or stretch his tired body on
said +. Oakley today.
I believe you win also agree with
me mat a public park is not place
Tor religious meetings of any kind.
Nov work nights and my wife
ana child and myself went to Washing
ton park last Sunday to enjoy ourselves. ]
ana We hadn't been there but a short
uIne Wnen delegation of women and |
a preacher came along and started to
mold services of some kind All of them
mad a crack at praying and shouting
couple of hours
Now I'm not an atheist I go to
church when 1 get a chance, but
don't think a public park is a place !
where religious meetings should be toll
Grated -, ~
These people have a church Why
cont they stay there. and not be al
IoWeo 10 go TO public playground to I
make people sick and scorn religion?
Laws of FL PaSO may allow such a !
uhfng. If not, please publish this I
fanatics can see it."
STATE EMPLOYEES TO BE
PAID SALARIES IN CASH !