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Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

For Sale--- 10 acres of land
one mile from Duncan. about
seventy-five acres in cultivation
fronting the public road to Clifton
q good four room residence, barn,
good well, best water in the coun-
try, free from oil alkali. for other
information and prices, address;
L. GaAgs,Vtsttd, DtrHkaH, AasIzautasa
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

The ladies of tn Presbyterian
church will serve the finest of
cakes, pies, rolls and tasty eat
ables of every description, at the
Billingsley store next Saturday
These ladies are deserving of
all patronage.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

The Lest raint'nr ha heen done
re h aptiful homo Of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Fowler. This home is ore of
the most beautiful in Duncan,
being a bungalow Of tn prettiest
tvpa These youag people ex-
eTcisod taste ir their designing
Of this attractive home
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

Our happy alfalfa men are
making ready fo, the first cutti
of the gre-t forage plant. Il 4
alfalfa grown in the Duncan
country is said to nc oi the f, &,
quality and mast t,r fuse yield
Verify. an afa "a farm in this
section is 8 8. ugce Of unbouuded
JOY. Come to Duncan.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

Mr.. JOS. Billingsley came down
from Clifton last Saturday, to
assist in the Billingsiey store
while Mr.. Frank Bil'ingsley is
away on his attendance at the
Goud Roads Convention
at Birmingham .Ir. JOS. Billings
ley formerly lived in Duncan;
though e. h oast several years
he has b . res q rig IN Clifton
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

lot baths three for q dollar,
cold baths. 25c, each. Duncan
Rsrbes ssor.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

T "a ea II s'o,,as Hall last
satu:a ipht aff rdad t the
la cravd ~ eer' lots 'jof-
m Ties dan S. with the
enttancing music. and beautiful
: who rp wv vs. present
ir cIl numbers. are ons Of the
IS iscsi ,0a d Duocaa
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-04-23

Il e \ itrss.
So a3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
A Common Weakness
A Story of the Moment
y " Al A NAASOIN
The Famous Prose Poet

Ssh rs QUEER about Bill Spider"
remarked the horse doctor.
Hes the best blacksmith in
seven states, and if he would stick to
his trade he might accumulate riches,
but he'd rather do any fool thing than
tinker around his anvil Just now he's
going around trying to sell a patent
WashbOard, and the women throw dish
water on him and do everything they
can TO discourage him. He has to sell
about 20 washbOards to make as much
as he would earn in a day in his shop.
and in order to sell them he has to
walk about so miles,
Bill Spider certainly is foolish" said
the village patriarch, but his variety
of fOolishness has been common thing
at all stages of our history. Shakspere
that. There should have been a law
requiring Shakspere to spend his time
writing dramas and poems The world
couldn't have too much of the kind OF
stuff he dashed off, but he had the idea
that he was an actor. ana he never
took his pen in hand il he had a
chance to appear on the stage as Marks.
the Lawyer, IN Uncle Toms Cabin, or
as the village drunkard in Ten Nights
in a Bar Room All the evidence now
existing goes to show that he was a
that he thought he could act rings
around Edwin Booth, and he probably
rallied against fate when he had to
buckle down and write a poem or
tragedy
Then there was Robert Browning.
He'd have made one Of the best grocers
in England had he been willing to
follow the calling for which nature
designed him. He had a good business
head on him, and he was frugal. and
had pleasant way with women, all
of which qualities are necessary to a
firstclass grocer But somebody told
him he ought to write poetry and he
wasted the best years of his life writ
ing jingles which had no sense in them.
The more you read his rhymes the
more you feel that drastic measures
should have been taken TO force him
into his proper calling
This country is fairly swarming
with men who ought to be farming.
and who won't have anything to do
with agriculture. They have every
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
n Years Ago To day
From The Herald This Date 1899.

Prof. c. T. Jordon and wife, of Ne
silla, are in the city.
z. c. Wade Of Las Cruces, came
down from Alamogordo last night
Mss Mamie Lyons, on north Oregon
street
VIII R Rynerson and wife came up
from Pilares yesterday on the Sierra
Fred ]. Pope, engineer for the Fed
sral Copper company, went TO Arizona
this morning
J. H. Campbell. an attache of the
general land office at Washington,
stopped in the city yesterday.
superintendent J. W. Ward. Of the
Texas and Pacific, came in last night
and went out over the S P this morn
ing to San Diego, Calf.
VIII H. Barry is in the city making
arrangements for his company, the
Hottest Coon in Dixie" which shows
1T Myar opera house on Nov. %.
The shop buildings at Alamogordo
have been occupied according to sup
erintendent a s Greig, of that road
They are being filled with machinery
Judge T. W Parker, Of the third ju-
dicial district of New Mexico, and J.
W Mitchell, district clerk, arrived on
the White Oaks today from Alamor-
gOrdo.
Hamilton Rayner special officer of
the G. H, will leave Ell Paso Dec. .,
for New Orleans, where he will be mar
ried to Miss Annie St Armand. The
couple viii make their home in Ell
Paso.
While Doctors R. W. King Of Austin.
and Norton, of this city, were driving
up Mesa avenue yesterday, their horse
took fright at a handcar and ran away.
The occupants of the rig were not hurt
and the rig sustained only light dam
age.
Since the organization of the new
city baseball league there have been
two interesting exhibitions each Sun
day afternoon at Athletic park The
different teams are being strengthened
as fast as available material can be
secured.
The committee appointed at last
weeks meeting of the proposed cham
Der Of commerce members met at the
office of ". 9. Walz last evening and
sgreed on a charter which will be sub
mitted to the regular meeting to be
held tonight along with the constitution
and bylaws
All aldermen were present when the
clerk called the roll for the regular
council meeting last evening. Alder
man ). l. WhttmOre occupied the chair
Inc CHEERS report was presented by
alderman J. B. ". Burton, who recon-
mended that it be received and filed.
A communication frGsa Buchanan &
Powers notified the council that the
city hall would be ready for occupancy
at the end Of three days and asked for
the balance due them for the work
Alderman George Ogden presented an
estimated cost Of the furniture required
and said that he thought il vouId
cost fully $500 a. B. Clardv asked
that he be given sewer Connection
Bids for the putting in of gas fixtures
n the city hall were read
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

when she had said that he did not de-
mand an expert stenOgrapher.
I dictate very slowly" he told Mr..
Jennings over the phone, but want
a quiet inOffensive young person whom
can train in my ways If she suits me
a good position awaits her. I will pay
her only seven dollars for the first two
weeks or so, then, II she makes good, 7
will pay ten"
Caryl felt safe in informing her sister
that her salary would be ten dollars
for, of course, she would make good"
I can send you beginner for that
he hung up the receiver Then turning.
he saw Caryl waiting at his elbow.
Let me try for that position" she
exclaimed impulsively-
She looked very pretty standing
there gazing eagerly at him But he
hesitated-
But you have paid for your lessons
in advance" the man objected you
would be the loser on that deal"
4 don't carer rejOined the girl reck-
Iessly. I tell you what well do. you
let me 90 now and III forget about
the money I've paid"
IF you insist" unused the man, "and
II your present teacher agrees that you
are fitted to take the job-then. per-
haps-Well.. I'll send for her"
Miss Waters sent for and questioned
while CaryPs bright and quizzical
eyes were fixed upon her-decided that
since the gentleman in question did
not need a rapid stenographer Just at
first. Miss Marvin could I'M the posi-
ton
So Caryl had left the school She felt
the thrill OF victory as she remembered
how she had conquered But she de-
cided again, as the little alarm clock
shrilled nOisly and Julia opened her
eyes at the sound it would certainly
be best not to tell her sister al the
facts. Julia was so fussy!
Go be continued
(This Is one of the regular features
OF The FL PasO HeraId.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
An End To the Strike

people
I'VE calling eff of
& A railroad of the Southern
Al
to general
things little disposition indulge
mediation
with other
manifest for
public the interests of
railway decidedly of vital
employers and wOrknnen their private capacity
affected continued
Mexican disturbance and everybody struggling to make the best possible use Of
holiday desirable
disturbance industrial and traffic conditions The calling of the strike
mediation
everybody
cOndi
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

qualification except the desire to till
the soil They rather 90 to town and
Work for $40 week, and live in hall
bedrooms and be afraid to look the
landlady IN the eye on payday, than
follow the glorious free life of a hus-
bandmen
as the men, They all hate to do the
things they were cut out to do. The
natural destiny of nine women in ten
is marriage and housekeeping The
tenth woman is foreOrdained to be an
old maid The nine girls who are so
obviously built for the domestic life
up their minds early in the game that
they are going to be Independent and
have careers Of their own. and they
become incensed if you merely mention
feet to despise marriage as a sort OF
bondage. Some Of them get tired OF
chasing after a career. and get married
before they are taken to the remnant
counter but some OF them always stick
TO their vows, and when they are grow
ing old. and there is no longer any
every time they pick up newspaper
and read OF a wedding
The irony of the situation is en-
phasized, my friends, BY the pitiful
struggles OF the woman destined to be
an old maid, to capture a husband. She
never was created for a domestic career
and so a domestic career is the one
thing eshe longs for from infancy to
old age. She wants to lavish the wealth
of her affection upon some good man,
and be the ornament of his home, and
a solace to him at al times. and no
eligible bachelor will consider her for
4 minute
Few Of US are doing the things we
should be doing We see editors who
should be auctiOneers and preachers
who should be undeFtakers. and drug
Eists who should be market gardeners.
taking their cabbage TO the proper
markt. instead of retailing il in the
form of cigars to confiding customers.
This cigar that I bought at the show
case 10 minutes ago, is entirely out OF
its sphere like Bill Spider. 1t should
be boiled with corn beef"
CThis is one of the regular features
OF The FL P9sO Herald.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

sugar planter of New Orleans,
~ arrived in Ell Paso Sunday over
the Texas and Pacific by way of Dali
las and Fort Worth.
THE present strike on the Southern
Pacific is serious thing, with the
sugar growers Of Louisiana" said Mr..
Carruthers. The planters are now
ready to ship their sugar cane to the
mills and the strike viii retard the
shipments and result in great loss to
sugar planters We are using every
resource to obtain a settlement of the
trouble between the employees and the
railroads. 1 have heard it stated by
leaders of the strikers, that the men
have receded in their demands as far
as possible, and il is up to the rail-
roads to grant the demands of the en-
DlOyes in nearly every respect Some
of the employees go so far as to say
that the strike viii not be confined to
the Southern Pacific. but viii extend
TO every road west of Chicago
They say that they are in the
fight to the finish, with plenty of
funds in the treasury of the various la
Dor organizations If the strike is not
over in the next few days, it will mean
the loss of thousands of dollars to the
sugar industry and that the price OF
sugar to the consumer will go UD sew
eral cents a pounds. When I left New
Orleans, I understood that very little
freight was being handled by the
Southern Pacific. and that other lines
running out of New Orleans claim that
they will not be able to handle much
of surplus, as they are handling all
that would normally be shipped over
their respective lines"
I'VE certainly did need this little
rain" said Mrs w. D. Lansden. of
Ysleta, last night. The roads in the
valley are several inches deep in dust.
Even a light rain will help a great
l. sT1.TTH
81 have been in the Philippines and
in Cuba in the United States army,
and I thought I could stand a good
deal; but the rebels now IN Juarez GER
tainly got my goat Sunday said an
American railroad man, who spent
most of the day in the Mexican city
I saw two executions and the bodies
of % dead niled out in the cemetery
and left there for the rain to fall on
last night. One of the executions was
the most brutal that I could imagine
and the inhumanity of leaving the dead
out there uncovered, made me squirm.
When the executions took place, one
of the men, a civilian. did not step into
line soon enough and the rebel officer
rushed at him and struck him with 4
rifle such blow that It broke the
gun. The man was then shot while he
laid on the ground OF the dead
bodies piled in the cemetery, three are
in rough collins The others are al
most without any clothing. The rebel
officer who superintendent their re-
mOval from Jusrez, told me that they
would be buried when we get time to
dig the graves
VILLAS execution of the Federals,"
said Charles N. Newman, seems a most
brutal and horrible thing. Those men
were captured in honorable battle,
they We're fighting under orders from
their superiOrs just as Villas men were
doing. and when captured they should
be treated as prisoners of war. This
wholesale slaughter of these defense
less prisoners is simply blood curdling."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
Breaking into College
The Daily NoTeleffe.

In days OF old
When knights were bold
And all were seeking knowledge
Most any kid
Could don lid
And enter any college
The board Of directors Of Mop
pleanky university leaned back in
their chairs and listened while Sop
penhaur Jinks enumerated his quaIifi-
cations The university was already
crowded and the directors were 10th to
let anybody else in
And" went on links. Il know Latin.
Greek, Sanskrit, Esquimo, American,
English, Italian. Lilliputian, Society
Russian and some OF the foreign Ian
guages.'
What OF it snapped Prof. Hiram
Squiliger, head Of the board ANY
child knows all that Proceed"
I took a five year preparatory
course in astronomy and know every
star in the heavens and a good many
fOotlight stars by their first names"
pursued links.
What do we care. Proceed, % growIed
Prof. SQuilIger-
7 was awarded the radium medal
for excellence in botany at the
Sl1wintxtown Preparatory school. said
"A mere bag Of shells. Is that all9"
Well" reflected links 7 spent
seven years at active farm work, three
years before and behind the mast and
a year in the HOOzenwalIer boiler
works lifting up boilers and putting
them down in different places
The directors rose to their feet as
one director.
"Brackety-ax. rax raK, brackety-ax,
rax rax. MOppleanky. MoppIeanky,
MOoDleanky-" they yelled.
You are admitted" said Prof Squil-
Tiger cordially. DO you think you'd
rather play center or fuIlback2'
(ThIs is one OF the regular features
of The El Pnso HeraIG.}
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
100 Years Ago Today

One hundred years ago today Holland
was restored to the House of Orange.
and Belgium was annexed to its domin-
IONS Having thrown off the French
yoke, the HOllanders invited the return
OF the Prince of Orange, who was in
exile in England. Accompanied bv an
escort of English marines he arrived at
The Hague to ascend the throne as VIII
liam the First. He was welcomed with
the most extravagant tokens of affection
and joy. Soon after his arrival he issued
an address to the people, in which he
said in conclusion: my ancestors sowed
the seeds of your independence; the
preservation of that independence shall
be the constant object OF myself and
those around me
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
TrdUeL
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good Old SIwash-H

~ RAVEL is one of the greatest
broadeners Of the mind. 1t is also
Il one of the greatest flattcners .
the PocketboOk-
Alter a man has Travelled extensively
for few decades he has a friendly SYM
pathy for all nationalities except his own
and can order a meal from a French
menu from memory and know exactly
what he is going to get before it ar
rives.
He will be able to tell what time the
express leaves Taormina in the morning
and Just how to keep his baggage from
getting stolen en- route; and he viii be
able to SILVER in terror at the thought Of
riding in an American sleeper and con-
Stunning the ham sandwich of his native
land.
He is able, moreover, to spend long
months in rapt contemplation before a
smoking Gil painting showing two sol
diers in the act of cutting up an early
Christian martyr. But the fresh, pure air
of America, where every man Is as good
as another and blamed sight better,
gives him the mullygrubs and he regards
the Grand Canyon of Colorado as the
childish enthusiasm of the ignorant.
In such cases as these it almost seems
as if it is too bad to broaden a mind
and to leave it so thin in spots.
Travel is a great education, but the
tuition is so high that the course of
study should be chosen with care. Some
women spend $1,000 for three months
in a summer travel school and devote
ali their time to learning how to slip
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
One-Sentence Philosophy
GLOBE SIGHTS.
1Atchison Globe.

As long as either side has a chance
to win, arbitration has hard Shedding
Prejudice is so common it is hard
TO keep the jury from being exposed
tti,5 Il s5sr+ +-oI1Ie Of o1 me me
own
One can learn to like garlic, but
there is such a thing as paying zoo
much for an education
An engaged girl overestimates the
public seriously when she tries to
keep 1t out of the paper.
50 many who wish to lead a free
and Independent life, make the mis-
take of being born poor.
That soulful expression may indi-
cate the need of calOmel rather than
a yearning for higher things
Still, if they were to run again (the
tortoise and the hare), we would place
a small wager on the rabbit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs
tPhlIadeIphia Record.)

II HIIautIpHIa hecOrO.l
A 1901 and his money are soon parted,
without any alimony.
Many mans idea of contentment is
having more than he can possibly use.
Take care of the night before, and
the morning after viii take care of
itself
Blood viii tell. but like lots Of other
tale bearers is doesn't always tell the
It takes a mighty clever woman to
make up her mind she would rather be
clever than pretty.
Blobbs-IS he simply an idIer2 SIobbs
NO, not exactly. BIObbs-But you say
he has no walk in life. Slobbs-No. he's
an aviator
to economic. You are very extrava :
giant Mrs. naggs-Dear me! Mr..
Gnaggs-I quite agree with Won
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
Afflicted Genius
o WONDER that Sir Walter Raleigl

Raleigh grief nanheigh
~ for her glory,
passing
of
desiring
at /
break Then the poets fixed
I
,Copvrgbt by George NJ Adans)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

tCn-caSO NeWS.)
When might makes right it is often
wrong.
And many a society bud blossoms
into WallflOWer.
Some married men look upon a
club as a place of refuge
Talk is cheap, yet some people use
extravagant language
BY acquiring an extravagant family
any man can avoid the disgrace Of dy-
ing rich.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
JOURNAL ENTRIEs.


Too much sleep usually has worse
effect upon a person than not enough
What has become of the old-fash-
toned theory that mans home is his
castle2
BanqBets would be far more pleas
urable were it not for the speechmak-
ing
man who frequently bets on his
Judgment is sure to find out how poor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

another thousand dollars worth of goods
through the customs house. Some men
could pass an examination on a European
wine list, but would be entirely stumped
if asked who Shakespeare was.
1t is a mistake to travel through a
foreign country trying to eat all the
food that can be obtained. Most people
who do this underestimate the country's
resources. Thousands of Americans have
come back from France with digestive
systems all warped out of shape; but
dinners can still be had in that country
on short notice.
man ought to travel for the purpose
of picking up enough information and
assorted beauty and amusement to keep
him happy after he gets back home and
has to live on corn beef while saving up
more steamer fare. But most Americans
travel as if they were broadcast seeders
built for the purpose of sowing American
dollars over the surface of Europe
Congress ought to offer a prize to the
American couple who can tour Europe
with the least expense. 1t doesn't take
talent or genius TO spend four bales OF
$1,000 bills in 100 days. All that is re-
quired is endurance and a brain that can
be slipped out of gear readily and left
standing idle when Monte Carlo Is
reached.
All European travellers should be COM
PEELED to carry certificates showing that
they have Practieed extensively in Amer
lea. The man who sees America first
will be able to see through Europe more
Copyrighted by George Matthew
Adams.
(This Is one of the regular features
of The FL PasO Herald.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
The Golden Egg

0UNTRY HENS mOulbng
ning Bddys off But that sufficiently
the highest paid
few people would have exclaimed with unbe the idea of 75c
The New And
Biddy the being scored for manipulating
cities thing
it
year. girls
to Y neck and red
Talking of living,
dolls haunting
rocking $3.50 though
branch fiery and unta charger railway $40
s27
invariab pteness steadily Of
ference the United Stas trouble in Mexico although Japan interested
property working there and iing their lives All the powers
whole world looking neither giving asking favOrs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

streets of the national capital, linden
honey being considered by many the
finest in the world. The increase in
city parking which is spreading over
the country makes city bee keeping
more feasible each year.
Tomorrow-Bee Products,
of The Ell PasO HeraldD
(This is one OF the regular features
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
Fighting To Save the Birds

IT IS be hoped the migratory bird legislation will in time perfectly protect
the birds There question about the national having
lesIate in holding
permanently
in migratonS
education their rights practical
beetles blight
hpper and lOcuss
disturbing
a Of the blame
thinking multtud
".
in years percent
including PENSIONS pensions
conditions
working
conservation of babies children
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

ocontinued from page !. this seehonl
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17
rHIRTY-THIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION

THIRTY-TFIRD YEAR OF PUBLICATION
ca
Of one-ff
among12
PAYNE CANDY. A L sharpean and P
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

few
"afit bliss Then
a j the a lot Of the blame
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

tor is provided for each county. An
apiarist recently shipped three car
loads of bees into Tulare county with
out notifying the inspector and pro-
ceeded TO set up his hives in some or
ange groves. He was promptly fined
$500, as bees are not allowed to be
brought into a county until they have
been inspected and pronounced free
from disease. These bee diseases now
are to be found in every state and RI
gid measures are being taken to over
come them. It is claimed that the
loss due TO them amounted to at least
million dollars last year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

begins year. girl
to skirts with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

~ RAVEL is one of the greatest
broadeners Of the mind. 1t is also
Il one of the greatest flattcners q