El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-24
Knocks Out Fargo Express
Uncle Sam Does the Christmas
business This Year and the
Mail Car Carries 1t;
Interviews.
s" he parcel post has knocked the
daylights out of the Christmas
express business this go

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express business this year,
says Turner Martin, employed at tn,
Union station. Last year the express
companies used to haui truckload after
truckload of Christmas packages to out
going trains. but it is different now
The parcel post has robbed them of
probably three fOurths Of their business
Two or three trucks laden with Christ
mas presents from Ell Pasoans to
friends and relatives in other cities
are loaded on nearly every outgoing
/ train, and Uncle Sans postal employees
do the loading. The rush is so great
that it is no uncommon thing to have
: trains held over here from half an
hour to an hour while parcel post
/ packages are made ready for them.
Only a person who has watched the
! change can fully appreciate the differ
ence in the business handled by the
express companies this year and last.
! 1 don't know whether the postal de-
livery is any more efficient than the
! express, but the majority Of Christmas
present senders seem to consider it
( So"
J "Of all the Christmas packages,
( boxes and parcels received by Ell
! Of the Union station curio shop, 7
/ am willing to bet that 1 got the most
! unique Christmas remembI ance box Of
! anyone here. 1t was a quart can of
I honey from the private apiary which
my father has at his home in Perry
vile, Mo. To get his mind off of his
business, to have a hobby and to spend
his spare time, he keeps a big bee
house in the back of the yard at the
/ hOmeplace and produces enough honey
to keep the table and all of his friends
supplied with the finest sweetness in
Missouri. He has a special label for
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| 1t to his friends and his family who
are away from home each Christmas.
1 haven't opened my can yet, but when
/ / do and spread it on some Harvey
mouse biscuits II VIII take me back in
memory to the old Missouri home ana
all that il means to a young fellow
away from home on Christmas
I'VE are trying to induce at least
three of the present directors Of the
chamber of commerce to hold over an
other year." said V. r. Stiles, president
OF the chamber of commerce at the
dollar dinner Monday evening. ITO
have an entirely new board each year
makes it very hard for the work Of
the chamber of commerce to be con-
tinued without interruption. The by
laws do not provide for this and IS
they cannot be changed we have hit
upon the plan of having three directors
consent to accept the places as di-
rectors for the next three years. This
viii insure the continuance OF the
present policies of the chamber which
have accomplished so much good and
we who are retiring only hope that the
public and the business men will give
the new BOARD as splendid support as
they have given the present direct
crate"
FL PasOans in large numbers have
been coming home for the holidays
since the middle of December" says
ioT a.
Union station Every train that ar
rives here unlOads 10 or 20 persons
and 1 guess that at least 100 day
have come in for the last 10 days.
All of them are FL Pasoans who are
anxious to spend Christmas at home.
Most Of them come from the east al
though there are a good many from
the opposite direction. I don't suppose
mere to spend Christmas at other
points At least, the number of home
corners has greatly Overbalanced the
number Of homegOers since the holi-
day season began"
It believe" said patroIman r p
BrldSers. that the transfer station is
the coolest place in the city. The
winds sweep around the buildings and
gather IN this little open square and
chill you. I watch the Christmas shop-
pers as they come and go. They are
warm enough when they get off the
cars cars but the minute they start across
the square L can see them begin to
shiver. Yet this weather hasn't been
so bad for the shoppers"
I see" said Dad" Warnock. that
Jack Keevil has a new ACCOMPLISHMENT &
You know the jailer is a musical lad
es' JACK plays anything from a Jews
4arp TO trombone, and he plays. too
1t keeps Jack busy buying music I ,
was gong to suggest that the chief .
mic a..
IAN and entertain the prisoners on
Christmas day. His new accomn1feT-
nent IS the "sign language" Keevil
IS lnere 40 WAYS when it comes to .
handling the sign language. Didn't
you see him talk to that deaf and dunn
boy had here. Before the bow left /
ne arit Jack kept up a continual con-
NeIsaoon by waving their arms While
i IlDa, one LES, elte , Understood them they
1neW what they were talking about
on cannot tell what new stunt Jack
will be doing next"
1i Wny does not some one make out
lst OF suitable presents to give and Z
save rs some of this mental unrest
at Christmas time?' said Otis Anil |
man as he hOpeIessly gazed at a win
. iTW Iui OF possible Christmas presents.
rms bhlng Of picking out the RIGHT
KIND Of present for each Individual
you want to remember would wbiten
we halrs on my young head if there I
were many more days strain.
pT:acticed the shop early idea, but IN
spite of my efforts, here If is onII-
the day before Christmas and +ba1a
are some friends I would like to re-
member If only for the life OF me T
could decide what to give them"
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me only thing that IS Worrying rs
about our Christmas dinner said
uadron sergeant major f. p Webb
u the 18th cavalry. "is how to banG1e
IT, e. You see the 18th cavalry Is under
" 1iculties for the situation. in HAVING
only small camp kits. When we yvere
ordered out from Fort Robinson. Neb
% the Navajo uprising. we were or.
Tered to go in light marching order
'oIlseuuently we took the least of
syerYthlng, Now our camp mess kits
ire smaller than that Christmas dfnne2
1ur troop cooks are preparing for ne
from the size of our menu. and the
.malIness of the plates, where are we