El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-31

OD ATHER than increase the al
ready high tax rate I have a
N suggestion that 1 believe win
relieve the congestion at the city hall
former alderman Sam Blumenthal said
in discussing the plan for a combina-
ton city and county building.
Let the city extend the city hall
from the present building to include
all of the little triangle park to the
west of the present building. This is
now used only for a loafers' roOst and
for the old Mexican cannon. This
would give room enough to accommo-
date the waterwOrkS department and
other departments which are over
crowded without the expenditure of
large sum of money as the proposed
building would necessitate-
Did you know that the squadron
of the 18th cavalry that is coming
from Fort Mycr, Va, to Fort Bliss IS
known as the burial squad1' an army
officer at Fort Bliss asks. That is
what it is called in the army for its
station near Washington makes the
various troops available for funeral
services of the bodies of army men
who are sent to Washington for bur-
ial in Arlington cemetery, retired army
officers and statesmen There is not
a day that the troops from Fort Myer
are not called out to act as an escort
for a burial party. The work is not
all be glad to get back to active ser
vice at Fort Bliss"
1T certainly makes a fellow feel
good to land in FL Paso occasionally"
said George p French. travelling
freight and passenger agent OF the
Wabash railroad company, with head
quarters in Denver. This is my first
Sir hpr I
been the rounds meeting old friends
and renewing acquaintanceS. Denver
was blanketed with snow when 1 left
there last week and it was a pleasant
change TO come here and enjoy the good
sunshine. I am on the way to the Pa
cific coast, but 1 do not expect to find
any place out there as nice as Ell
Paso. In fact there isn't a place in
Paso for climate, business or anything
else
I'm line with the prevention of con-
tagious diseases. more attention is be-
ing paid to the growing and handling
of vegetables than was the case in
former years" said city chemist DR..
Frederick c Lamb. Both vegetables
and milk are kept under surveillance
for the appearance of the colon bacciIi,
one of the requirements of the city
being that these products must be
handled in strictly sanitary manner
etables are grown are being watched.
Water used for irrigating is closely
examined and the guarding of the veg
etable gardens includes the absolute
prohibition of the use of any contain
mated water for this purpose. It has
only been within the past few years
that any attention has been paid to
these things.
The dairies. like the vegetable gar
dens. are being inspected to see that
milk is handled in a sanitary way and
kept in sanitary places. The same ap-
plies to the milk animals. The inspec-
up. The samples examined thus far
have proved satisfactory"
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Poll tax payers are coming in better
these days" declared tax collector
Win I. Watson 4 think 800 have paid
up to date. We are Issuing more poll
tax receipts at this time than we did
last year. I think that that is because
the office was opened earlier. You
see many were disappointed last year
They realize now that they do not
have to stand in line for a long time
before getting a poll tax receipt. 1
believe there will be 10000 poll tax
receipts issued this year. There were
something like $500 last year The
coming campaign may be a warm one
and everyone that can should be armed
with a poll tax receipt. Prospective
voters had better come early. if they
do not want to be disappointed
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The income tax law goes into ef-
feet next Saturday, when a represen-
tative of the United States treasury
department will arrive in Ell Paso to
take uD the matter of income tax col
lections. said w. W Carpenter. spec
1al deputy customs collector. Under
the law the collector of internal rev
enue appoints a deputy who is sub
ject to the approval of the secretary of
the treasury. We have nothing 10 do
with the matter in our office, as the
collector of internal revenue for this
district is located at Austin, Texas"
Il is understood that there are sew
tral candidates for the position in this
locality. but the name of the man has
not been given out and may not be
known until he appears and COM
mences his duties
These business men who are car
rying weight for age around their
middles could easily rid themselves of
TINS demurraEe by doing a little road
work" Jack Herrick, the middleweight
fighter says. 1T is the simplest thing
in the world. this thing of weight If
the person wishing to reduce his front
facade will only use a little will
power. Road work is the best thing
to use in getting rid of too much fat
around the equator. Just pin
wooden bandageN around the equatorial
region put on couple OF old sweaters
and go out on the road for a long
walk and an occasional jog en- route.
Come back home. get under as many
wooden blankets as possible and pro-
coed to perspire away as much of the
finish up the good work and leave the
prospective fashion plate a pound
lighter in weight. Fat IS mostly
water and by perspiring freely. the
water is another good way of
beating the game of getting too fat