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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
Four Unions Added to
the List During the Year

n OUR new unions were organized
and added to the Central Labor
4 union during 1913. The young
est is the Chauffeurs' union. The next
youngest is the Cooks and Walters,
with about 100 members.
The Bartenders' union, with a mem
bership of 100. and the Meat Cutters
union, with about the same number.
were organized earlier in the year. All
Of the unions are members of the
American Federation of Labor, and of
the 28 labor organizations in the CITY
25 are represented in the Central Labor
union.
Central Bodies Unite.
During the year the Building Trades
unions have united with the Central
Labor union, and are holding their
meetings at Central Labor union han
on Overland and Kansas streets. There
are approximately 1000 labor union
members in IlI PsaO.
Although there has been falling off
in employment for men of the Building
Trades union during the past few
months, the conditions of the unions
are much better than last year. and
there is more harmony among the labor
organizations than ever before. Besides
the money tightness. and the slack i'm
building that has occurred during the
past few months the number unem-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
HENRY KELLY AND
HIS RAPID RISE
City's Mayor Has Been
Twice Elected to the Of
flee He Now Holds.

Few people who lived in Ell Paso Is
or 20 years ago ever dreamed that the
little red haired Mississippi boy, who
made pills in an Ell Paso street drug
store would one day be mayor of the
CITY. but, the boy, then as now, known
as Henry Kelly, did. Now he is
mayor.
Charles e. Kelly was born in Missis-
sippi. lived there for several years and
then moved to New Orleans, La, where
he worked as a drug clerk The SOUTH
west called him and he answered the
call.
In the early days of Il PasO he sur
prised everyone by daring to get into
politics Everybody but himself. The
strain Of Irish blood that runs in his
veins particularly fitted him for this
sort of life. He stuck to it. He be-
came a candidate for county treasurer
and the men in power laughed at him.
The day after election he laughed at
them. He had landed with both feet
Accident made him mayor once.
Popularity reelected him and he is
still on the job. From the first day
that he set foot in FL Paso he became
an FL Pasoan. He believed in the city.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

ployed in the building trades is at
trtbuted to two factors: one. the LARGE
number of Mexican refugees, that have
flooded El Paso, and the large number
of people who, seeking health here. are
willing to work for less than labor
union wages, in order to have fem
porary employment.
Get Increased Wages.
During the year several unions Sc
cured increased wages. BrickIavers
secured a raise of 81 a day, bringiner
their daily earnings up to- 81 a dav in
stead of Sc
Painters secured a. so cent dav raise
earning now S3.75 instead Of 1925 and
paperhangers had their wages raised
to 81 daily, and also secured a half
holiday, as did the carpenters, and
sheet metal workers.
The only strikes during the year
were the carpenters strike early in
the year, which was of short duration.
and in which the carpenters Won their
point, and the strike of the trainmen Of
the G. II. & S. A. railway, which was
submitted to arbitration, and in which
the men returned to work.
The railroad brotherhoods, while
labor unions. are not affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor or the
Central Labor union.
Central Labor union hall was reno
waited, reprinted and trepapered during
the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
BIC OPPORTUNITY
FOR INVESTORS
Salt River Valley the Best
Place in the World for
Those of Small or
Large Capital.
By Lebbens Chapman of the Valley
Bank.)

(By Lebbens Chapman of the Valley
Bank)
Opportunities offered to the invest
or in this land Of sunshine are many
and are open to those with small cap
ital as well as to the heavy investor.
The prosperous condition of the Salt
River valley in Arizona is eXemplified
by the bank deposits Of Phoenix, be-
ing upwards of seven million dollars,
Mesa. Tempe, Glendale and Chandler
adding over one million dollars add
tional.
Even with this excellent deposit, held
by banks for the use of the people,
there is a demand in excess Of the
available amount of ready money for
private real estate improvements, with
the result that firstclass first mort
cages on real estate bring from eight
percent per annum up.
AS real estate is the principal asset
of the valley improvements of propertv
are essential to our future growth. By
improvements 1 mean the increase of
productions of products that are grown
on acreage property, oranges, grape
fruit. cotton, alfalfa, sugar beets. etc
These cannot be produced without
certain qualities of soil and climate
and here nature has been more than
bOuntiful giving to this valley land
and climate than which there is none
better
Therefore our surrounding farms
mus. 10 III % " GU anu uEN C4ODEQ ana
as the Improvements and DEVELOPMENT
proceed the general prosperity Of the
entire community will increase. So.
I say, why be satisfied with the four
or five percent offered in the east.
when the opportunity is here ready
and waiting for you, offering absolute
security and positive profits in gilt
edge real estate mortgages at eight
percent and even better?
Phoenix is q city of beautiful homes
with new ones being completed every
day, with well paved streets, well
lighted at night, a modern sewer svs-
tenn and most important of all, schools
which in construction and eduipnent
are not surpassed by those Of any citv
in the United States
Phoenix is a prosperous CITY. located
in the center of one OF the most fertile
valleys known to man, with a climate
that cannot be surpassed in these
United States of ours. Do not hest
tate; this valley needs capital. neU
funds are essential to its present dee
velopment and future growth. The
banks recognize the need of such ffnan-
cial aid and are more than willing to
be Of assistance in every possible wav
70 the strangers calling on them.
Do not remain a stranger any longer.
come into our valley, be one of rs
doing your part to increase our finan-
cial conditions, bringing as a most DO
tential agency towards that end vour
moral support and Individual effort
participating in the upbuilding of a
great city-PhoeniX the metropolis of
the uthWest.-Arizona Gazette.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

plicatiOn to business and his wide
knowledge of the avOcatOn, but he IS
also division general manager of the
southern division of the Mountain
States Telephone & Telegraph com
pany, operating in New Mexico and
Arizona.
Mr. Stratton attached himself to the
telephone business when he was but
81 years of age. He began his career
as a hand in the shops at Denver. He
there demonstrated his usefulness, 10y
atty and ability, later being made in
spector in the city of Denver. He held
that place until his SuperiOrs recOg-
nfzed his worth and was then sent to
Canyon City as agent He remained
there until 1899. His first position as
manager came when he was called
from Canyon City and sent to Cripple
Creek as manager for the company
there.
A year later Mr.. Stratton was again
prOmited. He went to Trinidad as dis
trict manager, handling Q part of New
Mexico and southern Colorado be
spent nearly 10 years as district man
ager, holding that place until he came
to FL PaSO after being elected general
manager of the Tri-State Telephone
company in July, 1911. At that time
he came to Ell PaSO and has made his
home here ever since. And he Is
booster for FL Paso. His strict atten-
ton to business here and his prompt
and courteous Treatment OF patrons
together with his splendid conduct of
the business, has made the 81 PasO
exchange most profitable to the com
pany and patrons alike
The Ell PasO telephone service is
eminenuy satisfactory to its large list
Of patrons and it is kept at the highest
standard of business perfection by the
watchfulness and alertness Of its gen
eral manager, c. E StrattOn-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

English language but while he has not
forgotten the former, ehas learned
much Of the latter.
Known as the cowboy senator, he is
a prime favOrite among the cattiemen
riOus cattle raisers' associations in this
west.
Reared on the range. his heart has
always been with the men VINO follow
the life of plainSmeu, even though for
many years the city Of FL PasO has
been his home and he has taken live
ly and earnest interest in the Upbuild
ing of this city and its many indus
tries.
He is president Of the Commercial
National bank, the Commercial Trust
company and the Commercial Building
company and is a member Of the law
firm of Hudspeth, Dale and Mcdonald,
leading attorneys of this city.
Mr.. Hudspeth is a man Of family and
has built home here as wen as main
tanning large cattle interests in west
Texas along the PecOs country.
He is a member OF the Odd Fellows.
the Toltec club, the Eii1s and the COun-
try club of Ell PasO as well as an ac-
tive member of the chamber Of com
merce.
As speaker, Mr. Hudspeth is often
called upon to speak for FL PasO and
he never fails to do this city justice
as well as to interest his hearers in the
things FL PasO is constantly doing to
make it the real metropolis Of this
great southwest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

OF this sketch attended the public
schools at Tsleta and FL PasO and
graduated from the Ell PasO high school
in the summer of 1905, when he was
the valedictOrian OF his class Imme-
diately he entered the Texas university,
where his reputation as an orator had
preceded him, and became quite prom
inent in the big state school especially
in debates and as yell leader for the
students at baseball and football con-
tests. In 1911, Mr. Harris graduated
from the law department of the -un1Ver-
sity and a year later ne was elected to
the legislature
Though l. was his first term in the
halls of the state lawmakers and not
9vithstanding MS youth the young man
from Ell PasO made IL engi2hie ecCrd
tai in having passed several measures
of vital Importance to FL PasO and
west Texas. These included the meas
ure to secure the state school OF mines
for Ell PasO, the state mining law the
state irrigation laws ana several OH
ers. BY his hard fight, he succeeded
in preventing the re1isUricrsng Of the
manner IS to gerrymander FL Faso's
able representa- W. r. Smith, out
OF office. Mr.. Harris made a hard
fight for a measure preventing secret
societies in the state university, but
lost this measure This was about rhe
ouI- measure for which he was work
ing where success did not attend his
efforts.
Mr.. Harris is the son Ct VIM. J. Har-
his and Emile Harris, pioneer FL Paso-
rs. and ives with MS O7reats ct 1927
Montana street He IS practteing law
in the courts Of FL PasO.-AdVertise-
ment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
CLAUDE HUD5PETH
STATE SENATOR
Represents Ell Paso in Texas
Lawmaking BOdy-Is a
Former Cowboy.

Claude B. Hudspeth. state senator
from the 18th senatorial district of
Texas. embracing Eel PasO, is a native
Texan He has represented this dis
trict in the state senate for the past
10 years and for four years prior to
that was a member of the lower house
He is a dyed in the wool Democrat
He has frequently been mentioned for
the United States congress.
He wasone of the youngest men that
ever represented a district in the legis-
lature- When a little over p years Of
age he went down from Crockett coun-
ty. where he had been engaged in cattle
raising, to tell the legislators what the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24


He has never lost faith in it and never
will. He has seen the city grow and
/ helped it to grow.
Even before he become mayor he
advocated municipal ownership of the
waterworks The people voted with
him Then he started improvements of
the water supply and has kept at it
steadily.
He believed FL Paso should have a
lower fire insurance rate and called
the attention of the state fire board
to this. He brought them to El PasO
and showed them the waterWOrks- the
fire department, the paved streets,
everything in which FL PasO excels and
Ell PasO got the lower rate.
He built a warehouse for storing the
city's food and equipment for its va
rious public works. He has started the
construction Of deep sewer. He has
improved the parks, the city lighting
system, he reduced the tax rate and
increased the water supply. Now he is
planning parkway along the Franklin
canal and another along the rim of the
mesa
He has bought two automobile fire
engines, increased the fire fighting and
police forces and has made for him
self and FL Paso friends throughout
the country.
One Of the biggest things an Ell Paso
mayor has ever been called upon to
do is to protect the lives Oe FL Pasoans
during the battles of Juarez He has
exerted a great influence in this re-
gard and protected them against
themselves. More than this his in
fluence has reached across the Rio
Grande and opened the prison doors
in Juarez. He has saved men from
execution by personal appeals to the
powers in control in JUarez while that
Mexican city has been the seat Of many
wars
And, all of these things he has ac-
complished for the city Of Ell Paso in
a little over three wears that he has
been the mayor of FL PasO though he
had FL PasO's interest at heart from
the day that he first hung his hat on
a peg in this city and called it home,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
c. {. STRATTON.
TELEPHONE KING
Manager Of Tri-State Com
pany Knows the Business
from Every Angle.

Z. =; Stratton, general manager of
me Tri-State Telephone company,
when is serving Ell PasO and the sec
JIon so well, is truly a self made man.
ne knows the telephone game from its
bottom up. Twenty years of expert
ence, from the shop to the active head
OF big company, has been his career,
and his experience has fitted him
emlnently to successfully carry on the
company's ver-increasing business
volume.
Mr.. Stratton has not only reached
the distinction of general manager for
the Trt-State company through his APP
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
2 omer Persian Shah Is
Merchant in German City

Berlin, Germany. Jan. 2A-3o-
manned Ali the eXShah of Persia, has
been living quietly in Berlin for the
last nine months under the name OF
Kazan Mach Nudross, and posing as
o merchant
Last spring Persian, accompanied
by his wife, two children, n small ret
inue Of servants. and a number Of 9th
er Persians. came from odessa and
leased private dwelling in MefrOttO
street The stranger who passed him
self off as a Persian merchant in bad
health went under treatment by DR..
COhn and Prof. Klemperer, two spe-
cialists
A short time ago he requested his
physicians to address him as males
ty,' and according TO the Berlin Ca
zette." it developed that the alleged
merchant is the exslah.
Tt is said that several days ago a
number of representa- Of the Per
sian ministry arrived and held lengthy
conferences with the eNshah, who re-
Gently returned from visit to Vienna
At present he is much concerned
over the illness of his IS year old
daughter. His seven year old son is
just recovering from an operation for
appendicitis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
YOUNG LAWYER As
4 MAKER Of LAWS
El PasO's Representative
the Youngest Who Ever
Served the County.

Eugene I. Harris. the youngest man
who ever represented Ell PasO county
in the Texas legislature. is a native
of the county, born, reared and educated
here.
December /, 1886, just a little over
q years ago, he was born at Ysleta,
then the county seat Of FL Paso county.
With his father, he is still a holder Of
considerable valuable land in the vi
cinity Of the old county seat.
In 1900 the Harris family moved to
FL PasO, since which time they have
resided here considerably. The subject
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
parties enjoy social din

e9tomobiling parties enjoy social din
ners.
As a pleasure afforded for all sets
and conditions of Ell PasOans. the Nov
ing Picture theaters have a footing
that is UnquestiOned. More money is
spent at the movies than upon the,
commodities Of life, such as bread. or
provisions
Through the winter there is USUALLY
a good stock company playing A stead1-
engagement here, and at the larger
theater some of the best theatrical
companies of the country stop over for
productions, and are the occasion for
numerous box parties.
In addition to these for the seeker
after the unusual, travelling companies
from Mexico composed of natives NAV
methods of conducting a performance
supplying. entertainment for the Oh
server even if the language is not IN
derstOOd by all.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

bridge as big as some of them bridges
was but it stayed where it was put,
and that was something. And, one
way IL made the bridges UsefUller than
river would have made them, be-
cause II there hadn't been a bridge
over the toilet water. a man wantin
70 get across would have to wade, and
so far as can figure it is harder for
man to wade through a bottle of
tollet water, with the cork in and
feather can thingumbob- over the cork
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
IL UNCLE ASTIDoD 5EM
80 ~ ON 1aERKINS SzJs
~ BY EIiS Parker Butler Wf%

and blue ribbon over the thingumbob
than for him to wade through a river
# or eet across in a boat, but you
can't swim through a corl1ed up bottle
of toilet water, nor yet through a tube
of sodv water. No, sir. You can
hardly row a boat across a case OF
bottled min'ral water, even SO bridges
80 tbe easiest way to get across.
$50 / suppose you was happy said
Sim Perkins, sarcastically.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24

CThe above matter is prepared by
special and staff writer's for a general
upbuiIding and further development Of
this section. and as such is inserted as
an advertisement)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
zSocia1 Ell PasO Entertains Lavish1y
Fashion Pace For the South
west Is Set by Ell Paso
Women Early.

OCIAILY Ell Paso enjoys a series
Of brilliant gatherings which for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-24
Hose Show Is InuuEurated.

In the fall of 1913 an annual horse
show was inaugurated in which a large
number Of officers of the various reg
iments stationed here entered their
thorOUghbreds and in which the diff
ferent arms of the service gave exhi-
billions, adding greatly to the brilliancy
of the occasion. A large number Of
the society women of the city exhibited
their pet horses, and the affair was
most successful
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13
a ~ 40 q eighty-ons Mo,
|naynss 0fassot d playins LEADING
| parts on The Paris stasA
SCALP lTcHEp AND BURNED

$50 South scioto 81. circlsvIlle.
Ohio.--"My little girls trouble nrst
started on her head In bunch OF lit
tie pimples full Of yellow-looking mat
ter and they would spread In large
places. In = short time they would
open. Her scalp was awfully red and
infiamed and the burning and itching
were 20 intense that she would scratch
and rub till It would leave ugly sores.
Tho sores also appeared on her body
and her clothing irritated them %
that had to put real soft cloth next
to her body. She would lie awake Of
nights and was very worrisome. AT
times she was tortured with itching
and burning.
II tried different remedies with no
benefit for months. had given up all
hope of her ever getting rid Of It. then
I concluded to try Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. The second application
gave relief. In . short time she was
entirely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Alice
Kirlin, Nov. 4. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with S2-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston. ADV.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13
HOME LOOKED GOOD TO HIN
Boston Man Rsturns From Tunls Aftss
. Thrilling Experience.
With Arabs.

There never was : man who showed
more happiness TO touch foot on native
soil than Percival Roberts OF Boston.
graduate Of Oxford college. England.
and IN alumnus Of the Harvard law
school. who arrived At Boston from
Naples. Mr.. Roberts had hurried to
Italy after having been chased on
camel back BY Wild Tripolitan bandits.
who swooped down on him and bis
party's pack camels and household
goods when they were camping on the
border Of the desert south Of sfax, In
the interior Of Tunis.
Italian soldiers had driven Q flying
squadron Of untamed Arab horsemen
and cutthroats ACROSS the Tunis bord-
or. and when the pack OF iAfuriated
savages caught sight ,of the Roberts
party It charges, the camp with wild
yells and blazing ffnes.
Roberts embarked on the first ship
of the desert he could locate In his
frantic rush for . conveyance and
swayed and relied on camel back over
the dry sands Of the desert for ten
miles before he could make his geta'
way. His three friends. two French
men and an Englishman, got on In diff
ferent directions. all aboard the swift
racing camels which had carried them
into camp. l
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13
French Women Lawyers.

Mdlle. Vedone. who with Mdlle.
Grumberg is to assist In the defense
of Nine. Caillaux, has the largest prac-
tise of any Of the woman advocates
ADMITTED to the Paris bar, having been
notably successful when in the de-
tense In criminal cases. She has out
stripped the senior advocate" Mile.
'Chauvin, whose appearances in the
courts are now few and far between.
The latter won her doctorship of laws
50 far back as 1892 with thesis on
the subject, Professions Accessible to
Women" After i've years as pro-
lessor, Mdlle. Chauvin determined to
become - barrister. Her application
was strongly contested. but the judges
decided that the law was on her side
and she was duly sworn In In 1897.
being the first woman admitted to the
bar in Europe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13

American Farmers Might Largely In
crease Their Production Through !,
Scientific Methods.

Our Pennsylvania Dutch are good
farmers, but not so good as their rela-
tives In Germany. For every bushel OF
wheat Pennsylvania farmer produces
from one acre the German grows two
and tenth bushels.
His farm Is small, but the man who
delves beyond the Rhine makes each
acre produce exactly twice as many
potatoes as do our farmers.
The man who bows to kaiser In
stead of president extracts Just q
half more oats and over third more
barley and about 60. per cent more rye
from each acre than does the improvi-
dent American.
The man who has but q dollar can
live for a long time on 1t, whereas the
prodigal can waste $40 bill on one
dinner. The German has so little
ground that he makes It work doubly
hard.
When the United States has 200.-
100000 population our farm production
an acre will likely have doubled from
sheer ecessity.-Public Ledger.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13
L,nousoe Not likely 70 t:ast.

Mistral, thesgreat Provencai posed
whose death was announced latalyL
has been likened to Robert Burns ~
the work he did. But Burns taAh
was child's play compared with Mo-
trails. The Scottish poet found h1D'
language fully grown and completely
alive; Mistral had to create his means
Of expression. Provencal had lost -
cry resemblance to literary tongue
and the new poet-patriot had to naose
II alfalfa, to recreate and to build ~
on the ruins left by the vineyard M
the farm. "Our Provencal." said MI
trail, was country lass. ragged 80
wild" She is now wonderfully beaa-
tiful creature: but 1t Is doubtf4
whether all thepgenius Of Mistrai ca
keep her alive The educational ~
former in France does not like su0il
irregular beauty.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-13
One Himself.

Gertrude Vanderbilt had been iuncA,
ing with friend at Murray's. Az thsr
left the restaurant q seedy-iookino
mendicant approached Miss vaaAas.
bilt and held out his hand.
Cant you give me few pennlsL
lady? he pleaded, I'm hungry a.
broken-down sport myself"
Miss Vanderbilt had coughed - 8
quarter before the full impact Of ~
remark struck her. then she began -
laugh.
Il suppose should have given m
q dollar" she observed. AT least IL
man was brave"