El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-07

49,. ny, +a-vvOrys plant can PICK prize
fighters like John McGraW pLCl>S D'l--
,i5yars ne can also fight en-
F-"' COuDIe Of Herald Men.
q Martin news editor OF me
Herald. was born on farm allF 49, -
often picked nearly zUy POIuus o. -
tom in a dav. He carried western m
ion messages and delivered san An y,
tonic Tfghrs when he was solhs ~
school and served four years appi 80
tfceshfn as a printer, ana hau LeCg 49,
fun membership in the I 9b. 5asSittoriaI
union when he entered the ---
\ N Walker. city editor Of The
Herald. used to beat snare rum IL ~
the band back home am ne sIee
prouder of this than anything eLSS
until Norman, Junior, came INTO w
world. Now the drum takes a OacA
seat.
High Collars and paper Corn ,s1t;1..-
VIII Watson is a county tax e-i5e
tor. He affects high collars ana q
lean look. which are assets Also Ll
plays a paper cOrnet IN LAe 20 L-e-a5
band while mounted on a suck IuLS S
j. A Esca ieda, district clerk. 4ott>7
over his sDecs when he calls the LSt
OF jurors i'm the 34th district Coutt-
He looks under them Wnen mar l1I-E .
juror present or absent IN ta-9 -
to judge Jackson he looks sIfdlsAL
through them. In all, he uses his specs
for three looks.
Deputy county clerk John T. Cain
was a baseball pitcher one time His
Handwriting shows it,
@Silver Threads" Etc.
Roy Barnum is the only county au-
ditor that ever had silver hair lie
looks like James O'Neill When y Neii-
was Count OF Monte Cristo-' 80,
Police chief J. N Davis wears clti-
zens' clothes altogether 1t is just as
effective. But when he rides his white
horse leading parade ne wears
uniform lie was once schoOl tedcu-
n o. q T.
conscientious police chief
Corporation court Judge bdllat U
ColdWeu is always polite he cares
this out when presiding on the DenGh-
Whenever he fines a city prisoner the
judge always acts sorry and says some
thing nice TO the defendant
District attorney w w bFldseIs
affects gray clothes and the trousers
While Dad Wurnock is not in the
livery business, he hauls more persons
than one who is. Dad drives the pc-
lice patrol. Bill Stewart is Dads
rival in this line Bill drives the Was-
on at night while Dad is on the DoA
The Marriage Broker.
Chris Amanda is the only one IN II
PasO or the county for that matter,
who can issue an official marriage IL
cense. Park Pitman could do It, out
the bulk Of this business is turned over
to Chris. Ii has now got so that
ture is looked on with suspicion ChFis
charges Sis for the work, but does
not get the pot Chris has issued so
many marriage licenses that he looks
like a marriage broker, or something
like that.
l. p. Boyce. assistant news editor OF
The Herald, sold papers on the streets
when he was a kid in Knockers, about
the size of his own Little BIZ now
There was one redeeminE feature about
him then that does not apply now
ne didn't smoke that pipe when ne
peddled papers
like ar OPP" but he won't admit
Judge Dan NJ Jackson is going 20
get a suspended sentence in congress
like a congressman The Judge mas
the personality of one and he wears
a flowing black bOwtie to carry out the
effect
Judge A. NJ. Walthau. of the 4lst
district court is the only judge IN
town who wears a big black nat me
judge looks wei in it, too He may
wear fl for that reason
County clerk Park Pitman wears
hat in the office more than anyone
else in the court house The reason
for this is under Parks hat. IL IS
given up that Park is one Of the most
cCnsid erate O1rcehOlders In the county
aside from the fact that he has held
office for 20 odd years OF mOre-and
ne knows as well as anyone else that
reflectors at times are bad on the eyes
H. ID. slater, editor Of The Herald,
smokes a big pipe with very strong to-
baccO in iu when he is in the office az
work; he also has a habit Of forget
ting that the day is over and often
works late into the night. This
wouldn't go into the paper if he was
not " at ClOudcrOft, for he is a very
modest man and would deliberately VIZ
olate the office rule never TO leave out
an item Of news, if the item referred TO
himself