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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

Thirty different wood preservatives
are in commercial use in the United
States. Many OF them utilize creosote
OF one sort or another. others require
chemical salts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

More than sOO.C 900 horsepower has
been developed from streams on ma
Jional forests under government regu-
lation This represents the output IN
der conditions OF lowest stream-iow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

Florida buttonwOOd. a tree confined
largely 10 the keys along the south
coast. is very highly priced for use in
cooking on ships galleys. II burns
slowly with an even heat and makes
very little smoke or ash.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

The gathering and selling OF acorns
is a new industry IN Arkansas. 10 sup
ply eastern nursery firms with ma
terial for forest planting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue. Rock Island. IL. entered at the
postonce as secord-class n1atter)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19
FOREST NOTES

The forest products laboratory al
Madison. Wis. has made 1000 tests on
The strength of American woods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

Another day to oravely strive.
With fear cast out and hope alive
Be glad. Be honest and be fair
And friends will greet you everywhere
Courage makes the weak arm strong
To set right the foolish wrong.
Dread of Ills far of and vague
Wrecks more lives than war or plague
Every day a little higher
On the way TO Hearts Desire.
For htfn who sfes around and vhineS
The sun shines dimly-if IL shines.
Greet the morning with a smile:
You Will ind II helps r pile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-12-19

Friday. December 70. 1918.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
Prison Doors Close Swiftly

sending dynamers prison
allowing
Every
attorneys
at their
prisoners privilege protesting against
through
ouivaIent to a 0 guilt
killed president Mckinley, who lusd for his
presence
procedure,
vol
memorable the the swift
nate emergency of national life
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
On Encouraging = Capital

TEXAS manufacturing
- small the
Millions
nothing
collecting the
probably every collect
entitled legitimate profit
heavily building up Many
paying company probably very
outside
induce capital the
contrary
capital within
arguments money
many dollars His interesting
controlling regard prevailing tendency
political industrial advance
o oneb
IS the with
something
is seldom
all begin think What
looking is
$1,000
upsing
Capital
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03

book on good government. They are also
profitable to the men who advertise
on them. This, however, is due to the
fact that this is a careless and good
natured country. The billboard not only
reaches out and attracts the passerby's
attention, but it lams him with a club
If he happens to be man of good taste.
Billboards are usually arrayed in vo-
eiferOus eOlors which combine regardless
of harmony and fill the scene with quar-
reling reds, browns and greens. The
billboard Is fond of good company and
loves nothing so much as to nestle up
against a priceless waterfall OF a marble
art gallery and jar all the beauty out of
the latter. After man has lived in
city badly infested with billboards for a
few years his sense of color is so blunted
that he viii wear a green tie against a
blue shirt and never feel the pain.
Industrious billbOardists have lined
most Of our popular railroads with huge
billbOards advertising eorsets, shoes, pat
ent medicines, summer resorts, theaters.
and gum so that even he who runs away
has to read. For this reason automobile
and deep sea travel have become i'm
mensely popular and the aviator lives
blissful and artistic life far above an
nOyance until he is killed Copyrighted
by George Matthew Adams.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
II Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1885.

Young men at the G. H shops will
give a mask ball next Saturday night
R S Hamilton arrived in the city
on the morning train from Socorro,
Tom D. Beau returned today to the
agricultural and mechanical college at
Bryan, Texas.
At o'clock this afternoon a distri-
button of presents to the pupils of
the Sacred Heart academy took place.
The G. H. put in nine new brake
mem Monday and the force at this end
of the line is larger than it has been
for years.
Fred F. Bradley. mining engineer
and all around railroad man, went
south over the Mexican Central this
afternoon.
Col J. T. Harvey. of the new Hotel
AIamogordO, is IN the city making final
arrangements for the opening of the
hotel on Monday, January 9.
John L OShea. has been appointed
superintendent of the AlamogOrdO &
Sacramento mountain railroad and en-
tered upon his duties January l.
The E. P & n. Z. mountain climber
was steamed up yesterday and taken
out of the shops. c. c. Rettew, of the
the front.
Capt Juan S. Hart, Of this city. the
official interpreter Of the Cuban evacu-
alton committee, has gone to New
York From there he viii proceed to
then return hime
s. D. Simpson, treasurer of the New
Mexico Railway and Coal company. has
sent gold buttons to the officials of
the E. P & n. z. at this end Of the,
line In the center of the button is
inscribed White Oaks route"
The following members of the school
board assembled at Prof. Putnam's Of
ice: W. R Martin, DR.. c. T. Race, Z.
Z. Pew, l. A Shelton and the super
intendent- The discussion of the build
ing OF the two new school houses was
taken up. Dr. Race and treasurer FOs-
ter had two plans for spending the
money. One DrOvideC for a high school
and the other did not. Secretary Pew
remarked that the Mesa school was
overcrOWded.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
TRIAL SHOWS TRICKS
OF JUAREZ BUNCO MEN
Man Is Told He Has Won $500, but Is
Required to Show Like Amount,
Which Is Stolen From Him.

" OTSings of the DuncO men of Juarez
were aired IN the case of A W. Duff VS..
/. \. Davis, whicl. went to trial Thurs
day afternoon in justice of the peace E.
b. McCintOck's court. Duff sued out
a writ Of sequestratiOn to obtain checks
IN possession Of police chief Davis.
Last April A. ". Archer was a visitor
IN FL PasO on business and got into a
game that consisted in rolling ball in
slot Tor which a prize was offered
Archer. it was said, had not made more
than three rolls when he was informed
that he had won $780, However, he was
told that before he was entitled to the
money he would have to produce a like
amount
Archer then showed checks for s4S9
and placed them on the table. Some
man in the place erGbbed them and ran
out with them.
Duff testified Thursday that he was
a Joint owner at one time in the saloon
and gambling hall conducted by r. A.
Smith and Johnny Russell at Juarez. He
said he easLed the checks over the bar,
giving 800 for them.
Justice McClintock Friday morning
rendered judgment for Archer on the
ground that Duff acquired no title to
the checks, although an innocent pur-
chaser. The plaintiff gave notice of ap-
peal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
BiH6oards
a BILLBOARD is an overgrown fence
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of at Good Old Siwash.s

A BILLBOARD Is an Overgrown fence
n with a crime against art on it.
L h Billboards are more prevalent in
this country than grasshoppers, small
poX or dukes and do more damage than
any of these. One fair sized billboard in
d residence neighborhood- can nuIlify the
work of ten high priced architects and
two of them will cause the visitor to
sneer audibly as he hurrics past a suburb
with Sl,OOOOOO worth of fine buildings
in it.
Billboards are made by mailing large
quantities of lumber onto uprights and
eross-Pieees and plastering paper posters
on them. From time to time the paper
peels of and falls to the ground, where
it remains forever unless the neighbor-
hood is infested with goats. 1t is hard
to tell which is worse-goats or a bill
board which sheds. People endure the
latter as long as they can and then i'm
port enough goats to eat up the paper.
Then, after they have stood the goats a
spell or two they 90 back to the moult-
ing billboard with shouts of relief.
Billboards are a source of great profit
to the men who rent them and to the
men who advertise on them. A man
can obtain more from a billboard half
block long than ne could by writing a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
Right Side Up
By Walt Mason.


Though now and then our feet descend
to byways of despair, we nearly always
IN the end land right side up with care.
I've seen thousand frenzied guys de-
clare that all WIS lost, there was no hope
beneath the skies, this life was but
frost. And then next year I'd see them
seoot around in motor cars, each one a
holding IN his snoot the richest of cigars
I've seen men at the wailing place de-
clare they were undone; no more the
cold world could they face, their course,
they SAID, was run. Again I'd see them
pranee along, all burbling with delight;
Whatever IN their lives was wrong, be-
came at last all right And so it's fool
Ishness, my friend, to weep or tear your
HAIR; we nearly always, in the end, land
night side up with care. Some call it
luck, some providence, and some declare
1t fate; but there's a kind, o'erruling
sense that makes our tangles straight;
some gentle, watchful eyes that mark
our movemtnts as we roam; hand ex-
tended IN the dark to guide us safely
home. In what direction do you wendf
You'll find the helper there; we nearly
always, in the end, land right side up
with eare.-COpyright, 1912, by George
Matthew Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
CASTRO DENIES re
WILL START REVOLT

New York. N Y, Jan. s-Cipriano
Castro, exp:esident of Venezuela, has
engaged passage on the steamship
Amerika of the Hamburg American
line sailing for Hamburg Saturday at
a. m. Castro will have a room and
bath. His valet viii accompany him.
The officers Of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line said that as far as they knew
the Venezuelan would board the steam
er at the pier like any other passenger
No formal charge 20 warrant his deten-
ton has been made against Castro be-
yond the report of the surgeon on the
liner La Touraine. on which Castro ar
rived, that Castro kept to his couch
with sea sickness.
Castro denied that he was seeking
to stir up another revolution in Vene-
zuela- Tt is impossible for me-" he
said, ito regain my lost fortunes There
is no reason to think that 1 want to
stir up trouble, and no proof. This last
word I give to the American people:
While I return, I pray for the prosper
ity of the grand people of the United
States"
A habeas corpus writ was granted
today on George Gordon Battles con
tentiOn that Castro was being held
without any authority of law" and
that he had been denied the right to
consult with counsel while detained.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
CLOVIS RESIDENCE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Mexican is Killed BY Bartender Whom
He Had Attacked With knife;
Four Inches Of Snow

Clovis. n. NJ. Jan. 3.-The residence
OF Chas- Irvine, on North Mitchell
street, has been destroyed by fire The
entire house was in flames before the
family woke up, and it is supposed that
the fire originated from a defective
lue- Very few of the household goods
were saved, and in trying to get the
furniture out. Mr.. Irvine received Sc
we're burns in the face and on his
hands. The loss is partly covered BY
insurance
Antonio CallerO, a Mexican entered
the Exchange bar Tuesday night, and
While in an intoxicated condition de-
manded a drink from the bartender
Warren Copelen. who refused. WhereuD-
on it is said CallerO drew a long knife
which he attempted to use upon Cone
len, who in turn is said to have strlIcE,
him over the head with bottle filled
with wine.
The injured man. who was an en-.
ploye Of the Santa Fe, died without re-
gaining consciousness
COpeIen waived a preliminary hearing
and was bound over under $500 bond 10
await the action OF the grand jury. bv
justice Noble
One of the biggest SHOWS OF the sea-
son fell here. It was about four inches
deep
Miss Lena Singer, who is EMPLOYED
al the steam laundry, accidentaIlv
burned her hand on the mangIing ma
chine The wound was very serious ans
had to be dressed by a physician.
A carload Of Mexican beans has been
purchased here and sent to eastern
markets.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
MANY FREAK PACKAGES ARE
PLACED IN PARCELS Posi-

Washington, D. c., Jan. 3.-Two days
operation of the new parcels post sys-
tenn has loaded postoffices with freak
shipments, thousands of packages SO
improperly wrapped or packed that
they cannot be transported. and thou
sands of others stamped with ordinary
postage instead of the distinctive par
GELS post stamps
Most of the freaks have gone through,
but the two latter classes will have
to take the slow course through the
dead letter office PostOffice officials
however are confident that all the
wrinkles in the new system will be
ironed out with a few days practice on
the part of the public.
Exhaust stamp Supply.
San Francisco. Cal. Jan. san
FranciscO's pOstOffice is literally
sWamped with matter consigned to the
new parcels post So great has been
the demand for stamps that the $50
COO requisitiOn made at the outset IS
already nearing exhaustion ana post
master Fisk has issued an order limit
ing sales to $50 to any one person or
firm, until urgent kilograms to WASH
ingtOn bring a fresh supply.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
New Government Discussing System

February the national viii checks instead
of
- the all any
plan
involving
handling hereafter
channels Of directly treasury
country and sbursng with national
and treasury
BY government depository
carry that
millions that
viii the heretofore
of
considerable proportion Of ordinary
desire spot depository paying
usual for exchange
Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
KELLY IS ASKED
TO KEEP RUNNING
City's Young Employees and
Associates Of Employees.
Make the Request.

Mayor c. z Kelly has promised to
announce today or tomorrow whether
or not he would be a candidate for
reelection to that office in the spring.
The promise was made to the Young
Mems Democratic club when rs mem
bers appeared at his home. at the cor
ner of Mesa avenue and Montana
streets, Thursday night, and asked him
to become their candidate.
The club was formed some time ago
by the young men employees Of the city
and sons OF local officials and their
friends.
At the club meeting. held in the club
rooms on the corner of Oregon and
san Antonio Streets J. 5. Curtis pro-
posed that the club endorse Kelly, call
On him and request him to run Sal
lard Coldwell, son of the mayors city
attorney, proposed that the club 20 in
a body to the mayors home and ask
him to be a candidate Martin SWee-
ney seconded the motion and it car
ried.
Ballard Coldwen has been chalked
up on the ring" slate for corporation
court judge in place Of Adrian Pool,
the present ring incumbent Of the
office. COldwelI has always been
active in the Young Mems Democratic
club, a ring" organization to boost
the organization candidates. Pool was
eliminated from the rSce and was not
given chance to run again. poll
Iicians say
Robert L. Holiday, president of. the
club was selected to make the formal
request of the mayor. Holiday is with
the firm of Turney & Burges and
Mr.. (W- h Burgess has for many
months been generally recognized as
the real power behind" in local poll
tics.
Arriving at the Kelly home the club
members stood about the front yard and
gave nine rahs for Kelly and an equal
number for the Young Mems Demo
cratic club.
The mayor. who was seated in his
library, came out onto the porch, when
nine more rahs were given Then HoI-
Hday, addressing the mayor, said:
The Young Mems Democratic club
has come to ask you to be its candidate
for mayor in the spring. We want you
in order that what was said at San
Antonio last summer may be repeated
again: FL Paso is the best city in Tex
as and has the best mayor Of any city
in the state We realize that your
holding public office means that you
must make many personal sacrifices.
loathe to do this. when 1t is impressed
upon you that so many of US want you
to return TO the office which you have
so well administered during the past
three years"
Mayor Kelly. replying. said: Gen
tlemen, my friends, I thank you for
this. I realize your motives and with
such men behind one, a man could not
go down to defeat. see here young
men whose fathers helped materially
TO make FL Paso- I love my friends.
but upstairs I have three children that
love more than my friends. cannot
give You my answer tonight, but 7 will
tomorrow OF the next day. Now come
in"
While all OF this was going on. Mrs.
Kelly and the children stood on the
balcony upstairs just out Of sight of
the crowd, and listened The crowd
went IN and were served with fruit
cake and other refreshments Several
toasts we're drunk TO the mayor and
Mrs. Kelly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
DECEMBER HAD
q FREEZING DAYS

During the December just closed. Fl
Paso had q days on which the Their
mometer reached the freezing Doint
ana below. Last year. the same month
recorded p freezing days
me lowest point reached by the Their
mometer in December. 1912, and for the
winter so far, was II. on the Esd. The
IoWeSI point reached in December. 1911,
was is, on the 18th
The rainfall for the year 1912 in FL
Paso was little over nine Inches an
excess of O-z9 Of an inch for the year
IN 1911 FL PasO had an excess of I.OS
inches for the year.
Inc year 1912 was colder throughout
than the average for FL Paso. At Tie
eno OF the year there was an accumu-
Iated deficiency of Temperature of SIS
oeSrees' or an average Of Is degrees
per day. Many days registered hotter
than the average, but on the whole, to-
Seltns me temperature for the year and
olVolng BY the number OF days in the
year, II was over one degree cooler each
10y than the average for the IS years
Hshcd here.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
WRANGLES OVER TAXATION
DIVIDE UNIONISTS OF ENGIAl

London. Eng, Jan. 3-The project
Of imposing taxes on food imported
into the British Isles, put forward by
some of the leaders of the opposition
in the house of commons has created
such hopeless dissentions in the Union
ist party as to render almost certain
the retention of power by the Liberal
gOZsrnment for the two years neces-
sary to overcome the resistance of the
house of lords to the home rule bill.
On the. other hand, the wrangles
among the UniOnists affords some
temptation to the government to make
an appeal to the country on the chance
of coming back to power with an in
creased majority.
This however. is a course OF action
which has little likelihood of being
sanctioned by the members Of the Irish
nationalist party, because it would he
lay the passage of the home rule bill
and would even risk the return of the
Unionists to office, thus shelving home
rule altogether.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
TEXANS BUY POSTAL
SAVINGS BONDS

Washington, D. c.. Jan. S.-Informa-
s ion made public today by postmaster
SeneraI hitchcock shows that postal
savings .depOsitors in Texas have made
apPIcatlon for S165SG of the postal
savings bonds TO be distributed at onca
made by 40 depositors and it is oarticu-
S - - INTERESTING to note that nearly
2Lo,vVV OF this amount of bonds have
;oSSSn 1pphed for in the registered form.
aLLolcaung that they are being pur-
i go as a permanent Investment.
MttI respect TO the amount of bonds
@PPIleo Tor San Antonio leads all other
SLt5es OF the state with a total Of $1,000
s ssSoo loit9WlnS IN order are Galveston
Fort Worth and De6is01. S1O00 each:
De, springs. $3.50 FL PasO did not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
WHITELAW REDS
BODY ARRIVES

of Whitelaw Reid, United States am
bassador to England, was brought
home today by the British cruiser
lean warships. The ship on arrival
fired a salute Of 19 guns and broke out
the Union Jack at her bow and the
British naval ensign at her stern. The
Stars and Stripes hoated at the mast
The battleShip Florida returned the
NataPs salute Of 10 guns and as she
did so, the other ships in the cOrtege
broke out the English ensign at the
military mast
On shore awaited black draDed
caisSOn on which the late am baSsadors
body was borne to the cathedral of St
John the Divine He will be buried
Saturday
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
UPSON AVENUE HOME.
is SOLD FOR $3.50
Attn Vista Residence SOId-BlOclz Of
Lots Changes Hands-ItebuildinE
An Auto show Room.

Attn Vista Residence SOId-BlOcl1 Of
Lots Changes Hands-RebuildinE
An Auto show Room.
J. S. Curtis has bought a nine-roOm,
avenue from Winchester Cooley for
$3.50. He will occupy the place as a
home
Il A. BrockT1oller has sold to h r
Henderson the three-rOOm house al No
5000 Manzana street for $500 HaW I<lns
Bros negotiated the sale. rms IS IN
the Alta Vista district.
Block of Lots Sold.
A block of 16 lots on Memphis street
in Alta Vista was sold ThpRT f6dyy by
Austin, Texas. for $500 The lots are
on the new paved road to the Country
club and viii be improved by the
~ Wreck IETs, Old Adobe for Big Building:
Another old FL PaSO building IS DIS
appearing before the picks OF the
the intersection of Santa Fe and San
Francisco streets is being torn Gown
to make room for the $4,000 brick and
steel store building which A. A Escon-
trias is arranging to build there.
RemOdeIinE Old Building.
WOrkmen are Just completing the
remOdeling of the adobe Dulldlng az
the southeast corner of Santa Fe and
San Francisco streets for j. j. Long
Wells new automobile show room
The West Texas Fuel company
buildings on Nagoffin avenue and the
T. p. tracks are being remodeled an0
enlarged at a cost Of $1,000. Jolly &
Ware have the contract.
Government Hill Sales.
Clark Bishop has sold DR.. J. W.
Ketchersid lots q and Is in block ?,
Government Hili for $3.50. Austin &
Mari made the sale. The Government
Hill company has sold John E. Tethers
lots 80 to 80 in block Sc, Government
Hill for $3.50.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
SHOOTING DICE IS
THE POLICE CHARGE

Shooting craps" for drinks was ap-
parently too tame for it was alleged
that when the police arrived at the
Legal Tender saloon, on East Overland
street, Thursday night at $50 o'clock.
the bartender Of that place and two
other men were engaged in playing
bar as a table.
The men were docketed under the
names Of James Smith. ]. H Rich and
c. NJ. Percifield, on a charge of gam
ing. Smith. the police stated, is Bob"
Smith, bartender of the saloon; Rich,
they said, was J. II. Richardson, Of the
Courthouse corral. The third man they
did not know.
According to the police. the men went
into the saloon and began to shake
dice for the drinks. Later. the police
stated, the bartender suggested shoot
ing for a dollar a shot"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

But the best way to balance an ac-
count is to square 1t.
Jumping the bars IS cheaper than
standing in front Of them
Give a man string enough and nell
construct his own tangle.
There isn't much good in the man
who can see no good in others
one way to go broke in a hurry is by
attempting to get rich quick
Did il ever occur to you that nearly
Perhaps pIatOnic love by any other
name would give rise to just as much
gossip -.
the same girl as a wife might have
As YOU travel in the smoking car OF
life you viii notice a lot OF men VINO
merely chew STUBS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-03
MANIACS ESCAPE FROM
FIRE AND Kill BYSnANDER.

Elyas, Portugal, Jan S.-One person
was killed and nine others seriously
injured this morning by a group OF
i've maniacs who had been released
by firemen from an insane asylum in
the outskirts Of this city which had
caught fire
Altogether So 1unatics were set free
and these rushed, bowling through the
streets. Thirty were easily caught
however, but the other five attacked
every one they met Several hours
elapsed before they were OverpOwered.