El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-21

Moving picture shows may give ex-
hlbItlons Sundays. The people may
amuse themselves, but they must not
drink, except with their meals in res
So much for she sundays here in
the greatest city in Latin-America this
side of Rio Janeiro. Now to tell of a
few other reforms which DR.. Urrutia
has instituted
He decreed that there shall be no
croWd1ng in the street cars and that
everyone who pays fare must have
a seat When all the seats are Occu-
pied, sign bearing the word Com
pleto" is hung up by the motOrman
at the front Of the car. Cars must
stop at every corner and at every road
crossing in the suburbs. They must
run at low rats of speed in the city
He decreed that automobiles must
not exceed speed limit of about seven
miles an hour on some streets and five
miles on others And the police see
with.
He decreed that the police must as
sisI ali Dllnd persons and all near
sighted persons across the streets
he decreed that all persons seen
walking along the sidewalks reading
newspapers shall be arrested and
He decreed that all beggars shall be
living
Cleans Up PuIque shops.
He decreed that pulque shops. here
tofore the filthiest gathering places of
degraded humanity in the city, shall be
lined with white tiles, kept scrupulOus-
ly clean, and that no pulQue shall be
drunk on the premises. The puIoue
par mas been abolished and the hor-
rible stuff made from the fermented
sap of the century plant and smelling
to nigh heaven must be sold only in
clean bottles and at once taken away
heretofore II has been the custom of
-
glasses of pulQue in such a wav that
al IeaSt one finger was immersed in
the drink, but now there must he no
touchlng OF II and the vendors must
wash their hands frequently in DIain
sight of the customers and nust he
clad in spotless white
He decreed that all policemen on d,+v
at night snail carry repeating rifles
put II has been carefully explained
that this is not because there is a1v
fear OF a local uprising or of rabais
coming into the city. The policsrna-9
carry lanterns at night now. and sra
armed with six shooters and clubs 90
that the addition of rifles to their am
ament might seem unnecessary b11+
doubtless Dr. Urrutia had good reaso1s
for the new rule
The people are not pleased At ~,
with the rules. Many protests 90
heard, but generally they are made IN
private conversation, or sent anopv
mously to the newspapers. The big
"a
suburbaniteS, who are obliged to 1rajf
on street corners for a long time -
get car to their homes. which is NOT
complete" The tramway connany
has no extra cars to put into conmisSy
sion and cannot get any Just nov %
the rule of a seat for every passeperaS.
is making no end of trouble and mn
lie meetings to protest are talked
about.
Many Make Complaint.
Grocery store keepers, puI0ua sbov,
vendors, saloon keepers and MANY me-
chants in a small way are loud in tbeir
protests against closing on Sundave
but no attention is paid to their nonfbl'
ings and the laws are enforced re-
lentlessly. The pulque vendors a1oTa
say that they lose 5000 pesos every
Sunday through having to close. rbis
is put forth as an argument why tba-s
should be allowed to do business 5T{
it simply means that 10000 pesos sTe
saved to the poor, which otherutise
would be spent for the vilest drink
imaginable
DR.. Urrutia decided. too, that the neo-
pie do not battle often enough and he
was preparing to compel everyone to
take bath at least once a week when
he resigned. Plans for many new pup