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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
THE GROUNDING
Adventures Of a Crouch

$50 Id JIM TOMLINSON has entire
faith in the grounding sup
erstition," remarked the re-
tired merchant, land firmly believes
: that you can tell what the weather
is going to be for six weeks by OBJ
serving the conduct of that critter on
February 2. 1 don't see how a sane
man can put any faith in such a silly
superstition"
And yet you are the same man who
drew a lot of money out of the bank
and invested it in a Wyoming oil
field replied the hotelkeeper. Il re
member how delighted and enthusiastic
you were when you learned that there
wasn't any oil field where there should
have been one, and after you left this
hotel that day the porter had to shovel
a lot of your language into the alley.
You don't believe in the wisdom of the
dumb animals, dOggone it, but you be-
leve the first oily tongued stranger
who comes in with a story about or
ange groves in Saskatoon.
Il have more faith in the grounding
than have in the United States wealth
er department, and have always held
that the government should capture
such an animal and depend upon il Ter
its weather forecasts, letting all those
expensive experts go to thunder. The
man who doubts the instinct of ami
mails is a chump, and the grounding
has instincts to burn.
All these superstitiOns are the out
come of long years of observation, and
of putting two and two together. About
a million years ago our ancestors went
forth hunting with their breech load
ing stone clubs and after while they
noticed that when the wild geese New
south honking like So many autOmO-
biles, cold weather was billed for the
immediate future. It probably took our
ancestors a thousand years to get wise
to this fact. and hundreds of them per-
ished in the snowdrifts because they
hadn't as much sense as the wild geese.
After a while they took notice, and
then when the geese began cutting up,
our ancestors crawled into caves and
laid low until the bad weather was
over So one more fact was added to
the sum total Of human knowledge, and
it has come down to US from the stone
age, and we all know it's reliable. The
geese act just the same now as they
did when our fathers were clothed in
their own whiskeFs, and if the geese
have sense enough to know what kind
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
TUCSON MAN GETS
CALIFORNIA RANCH
Land Said to Be Worth $4,000 Falls to
an AriZOnan by Reason of a
LandOffice Ruling.

Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 4.-By a ruling of
the United States land office at Wash
ingtOn, J. W. Soles, a rancher at Pan
tanO Wash, in this county, becomes pos
SCISSOR of a $4,000 ranch in the fertile
Imperial valley Of California. SOles has
left to claim his new possession. Six
years ago Soles filed on desert claim
in the Imperial valley, then an IN
promising land of sagebrush and cactus
Before he could prove ownership. he
was informed that he could not get the
land, for some technical reason, until
a ruling had been made. SOIes despaired
of ever getting clear title to the land
and moved to Tucson.
After he moved off the land. an Eng
lishman came after him and settled on
the land, despite SOless warning that
he had previously filed on it. The Eng
lishman made extensive improvements
on it and entered contest for the land
SOles had been a renter on land that
yielded little return since he came to
and, by virtue of the land of
flee ruling giving him possession of the
Imperial valley ranch, he is promoted
from poverty to comparative affIuence.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
DAILY RECORD.
RuiIdinr Permits.


To J. E. Neff to build bungalow. lots
and 6, block 9, East FL Paso; estimated
To J. f. Neff to build a bunralov, 1o+s
and 10, block 60 East FL Paso; estimated
value, $4,000.
To J. L. Childress to build a shed at Al 2
San Antonio street; estimated cost s25
To Dr. Higgins, to build a garage at an
Lawton avenue; estimated value 500
Deeds Filed.
Southeast corner Of Rio Grande and Pose
WOOd-G. A Martin and wife to F. g
Fox. lots IS to 16, inclusive, block 90 Ras-
setts addition consideration $3.50; Dec.
81, 1913.
North side Of Grand, between Byron and
Ord-GOvernment Hill company to William
Oakley ST, lots IL and r. block 49, Gov
eminent Hill; consideration $3.50 Jan p.
North side Of Lebanon, between Myles
and aley-Chrls Drehner and wife to
Charles Drehner. jr., lots g. and west
half of s, block II, Altura Park; considera-
ton $500; Nov. II, 1913
Fabens, Texas-JOse Angel Bernal 70
Manuel Bernal, survey No 81 Island. CON
sideration ST. June g. 1905
North side Of Wyoming between PoDIar
and Coles-M- X MARI to W. Johnson
lots 20 and 26, block IS, Bassett addition
consideration $3.50; Feb. O. 1914
Manhattan Heights addition-H W
Broaddus and others to Luella e McMatI7
lots 20 and y, block Is, lots 80 and al
block 10 Manhattan Heights; consideration
Licensed to Wed.
L.azaro RAMIREZ and Eliosa Hernandez.
Manuel Simental and Eliza Romero
Automobiles Licensed
2009-Yuma Day, 1905 Nevada street two
passenger Regal.
201O-AragOn Sheep Co, e1s North Kan
sas, five passenger Hupmobile
2011-AndersOn Parker Willow street
Thor motorcycle.
Births-GirIs
To Mrs C. Lara, East FL Paso: Jan. 40.
Births-FOys.
10 Mrs Alex Gardner, Belen Texas;
Feb. l.
To Mrs. Francisco Chafino, 1916 South
Oregon street; Jan. 80.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04

OF weather is coming, why shouldn't
the grOundhOg2 Have you the gall to
stand here and say that the grounding
doesn't stack up as high as a goose in
the matter of intellectual capacity?
Every farmer knows that the hogs
can tell when a storm is coming. The
farmer goes out of doors some fine
morning and sees the sun shining to
beat the band. There is no cloud in
the dOggone azure vault, and every
thing in sight indicates that there is
going to be a spell of the smOothiest
weather that ever came off the reel
Then the farmer turns round and says
to his wife: I've been promising to
take you and the children to the woods
for a picnic for eighteen years and
three months and never made good, but
now the weatheT's settled guess I'll
take you all tomorrow, so you can get
ready for an early start
Then Mr.. Farmer goes down to the
barn lot and sees the hogs chasing
themselves around with wisps of straw
in their mouths, and he knows that
the stuff is of, and sends word to his
wife. Experience has taught him that
the hogs never fall down on their
weather forecasts. If a hog takes up
mOuthful of dirty straw and cayOrts
around its pen, you may bank on bad
weather.
81 hope you haven't the crust to face
me and say that a grounding doesn't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
Great Remedy
Knocks Rheumatism
Remarkable Effects of a
Remedy That Actually
lrTigates the Entire
Blood Supply.

It sounds queer to take a blood
bath but that is precisely the effect Of
most remarkable remedy known as
S. S. S. It has the peculiar action Of
Coaking through the intestines directly
into the blood. In five minutes its
influence is at work in every artery,
vein and tiny capillary. Every mem
brane, every orsen of the body, every
emunctOry becomes in effect a filter to
strain the blood of impurities. The
stimulating properties Of S S. S. COM
pei the skin, liver, bowels, kidneys,
bladder to all work to the one end of
casting out every irritating, every
pain-inhicting atom Of poison; it dis
lodges by irrigation all Accommodations
in the joints, causes acid accretions to
dissolve, renders them neutral and
scatters those peculiar formations in
the nerve centers that cause such
nystifying and often battling rheu-
matte pains.
And best Of all. this remarkable
remedy is welcome to the weakest
stomach If you have drugged your
self until your stomach is nearly para
lyzed, you viii be astonished to md
that S. S. S. gives no sensation because
IT is a pure vegetable infusion, is
taken naturally into your blood Just
as pure air is inhaled naturally into
your lungs.
You can get it at any drug store.
but be careful not to accept a substi-
tute. If yours is a peculiar case and
you desire expert advice, write to The
Swift Specific Co., 325 Swift Bldg,
atlanta, Ga.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
MAKE BETTER THAN
90 IN TERM WORK
upi1 1 o. other Schools Use Bailey Manual
AIung shops; Villas Boys Make
See-N0YEs for nranfioa


IN the Bailey school manual training de-
garment classes the best work has been
pgst by Dy the following pupils during the
High eighth grade: Coleman Darnau. Roy
St1Sgrd' winston Mcconnell and Phillip
Low eighth grade: Harry Pearson. Knee
ttallu Jenkins, Marion KILLER Thomas Gil
1 VIII william Hughes, Wayne Taylor, Bob
fillarns, Russell Ramage Cyeorpe Ashley
James Wafer, Charles McCradv-
ert Eaton. III ID anu i'oO
Low sixth grade: Jenner oechsner.
algn nth grade: Mayo Hamilton Yer
Kenny and Frank Brown
Gov Low IlIth grade: Lee Slaughter George
G0uld, Tom johnson, Lewis Sprfnger- Dan
"Iite ana AlphonsO Molinar
s-ra aIese poys have all made an average
sue 5iIe OF 70 or above on their term work
a,ach model, as it is finished is graded like
any other school lesson. E. C. Beezlev is
the instructor Of these classes
Work in Bailey Shops.
ais1i'tf{i inning lg with the new term the high
schools are having their manual training
VOTE IN the Bailey school shops. mis-
S1I-aH6e mas been made on account Of the
~ machinery equipment in the Bailey
~ TINS grade require the use of more ma
grades. 'He O'i-'i
Are Making See-Saws.
Soee-saWs are being made by the boys in
eus manual training classes of the Villas
school, and when completed viii be set IN
M NJ the school ground for the childrenFs use
ne see-saws viii be after the same model
- - nose made by the Bailey school bows
AoT their school playground
Was schools eighth grade bows are max
ING as a class model, a cabinet to hold
1S1A SCHOOL music records, with a stand
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
HYOMEI RELIEVES
I'M FIVE MINUTES
You Breathe It

If your head is all stuffed UP from a
cold or catarrh, you suffer with dull
headaches and seem lacking in vitality.
ing, you need a remedy that will give
the quickest, most effective and lasting
relief thing that viii go
right TO the spot clear the head and
throat and end your misery.
Surely use HyOmei-all druggists sell
It. It is just such a remedy, and is en-
tirely harmless and pleasant to use
you breathe it-nO stomach dosing.
The antiseptic oils of Hyomei mix
with the air You breathe-its health
giving medication Immediately reaches
the sore and inflamed mucous mem
brane-yoU feel better in five minutes.
1T is practically impossible TO use
Hyomei and not only be relieved but
permanently benefited Kelly Pollard
VIII refund your money IL you are NOT
satisfied Ask for the complete outfit
800 ze.-Advertisement
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
School Bodies Reorganized

Hoffecker for clerk; Erwin Schwartz, for
{ city attorney Earl Johnston for chief of
police; J. Woven, for judge, and Frances
Earle. George Leighton and Ruth McAnllen
for aldermen. The nominations for the
Best ticket are: Elliott Chess for mayor /;
Kathleen Kelly, for treasurer; Gladys CAT
field for clerk; Erwin Schwartz. for city
attorney; Earl Johnston, for chief Of police
Harold Depew for judge, and Frances
Earle, George Leighton and Mott Rawlings
Form Legislative Body.
The upper sophOmOres in Miss Eula Har-
per's room and Miss Lavert Chamberlainis
room. have formed themselves into the
Texas legislative body and Alfred Woods
was elected governor. The senate is com
posed Of the pupils in Miss ChamberIain's
room Nancy Edwards was elected the
lieutenant governor; Cecil Stanfield, clerk
and Mary Hardie, reporter. Miss Harper's
room will compose the house of represent
atives, and Eugene Thurston was elected
speaker Of the house, with Jesse Haywood
the clerk.
In the lower sophomores Billy FIato was
nominated for president; Mary Heermans
for vice president; Ethel Crawford for sec
rotary. and Dorothy Long for assistant sec
Juniors Form New Organization.
A new room organization was formed
among the juniors, who will occupy Miss
Catherine Elynn's room for the rest Of the
term. They have named themselves ''The
Fifteeners," and elected the following off
GERS: Manuel Schwartz, president: Betty
Nary Smith, secretary-treasurer; Thelma
Beeson,- reporter The program committee
10 arrange Tor the OIBdLladL2O4E meetings.
is composed OF Anita Maetze and Ida Hun
ter
"The FIfteeners' are planning for a var
led series OF programs through the remain
der Of the school year. At an early date
they will have addresses made them on
the currency law, and the regional banks
by prominent bankers OF the city. They
viii also conduct debates on subjects of
interest For work in the room organiza-
ton periods once a week, they Will also
take up the study Of southern authors, fol-
lowing the course outlined by DR.. Payne
of the State university, Of Texas. Among
the authors studied will be: O. Henry F.
Hopkinson Smith, James Lane Allen,
Thomas Nelson Page, Francis Scott Key
and Edgar Allen Poe
Commercial Club Rejects.
The Commercial club has reelected Mer- !
Vile Darnau president, and for the pro-
gram committee has elected the following: /
Chairman, George Mcclure; committeeman, /
Gladys Lundy, Werner Moeller and Robbie 1
Stewart |
On account Of the increased number of 1
students taking the commercial department :
work, the school has had 20 new type
writer's added to its equipment since the
Of the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
NEW OFFICERS
ARE NOMINATED
Room Associations in High
School Undergo Some
Changes.

AvTNG recovered from the readiust-
unent necessitated by the changes
connected with the beginning Of a
II new term high school pupils are
beginning to reorganize their room asso-
Citations and at the end Of the week viii
have their class associations reorganlzeo
The January freshmen who study in Miss
Helen Qldham's room, have elected the fol-
lowing officers for their room organization;
Paul Harvey. president; LoWdon Wlngo'
vice president; Ralph Pateman, secretary
Maybelle Cunningham, treasurer
The January freshmen, who sit in W. F.
Biermann's room, have organized a county
government with commissioners, and VIII
study local government in their periods for
nlissioners elected are Lucille meyer.
Frances Robertson Leonard Goodman and
Dewey Carson. Adolph Briech was elected
president and viii be the presiding officer
OF the room organization meetings.
Divide Room Into Sections.
The upper freshmen in Miss Rebecca
Goldstein's room have divided the room
INTO sections with a program committee n
charge Of each These committees will
alternate in planning for the room meet
lngs On the committee for the first sec
ton are Don Plat. Frances Broaddus and
Ruby Hill. For the second section. Mar
guerite Harvey, Robert Hare and Johnnie
Lee Camp are the committee.
Begin Campaign for Votes
IN Sharon s. Ulrey's room the upper
freshmen have nominated two tickets and
are elecuoneering prior to the voting, which
VIII be held at the meeting next week Two
tickets are in the field, the BEST" ticket
and the Citizens " ticket On the latter
mayor; j. stOlaroff, for treasurer; Merle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
PLAN TO OBSERVE
WASHINGTON DAY
February Is soldieF, Month in Bailey School;
First Grade Pupils Take Up the Study

Ee9 45!sf Grade Pupils Take Up the Stndv
Of Cotton.
7-.b~,,srv is the soldier month for the M
81. ~ the first grade in Miss Kate Gufon,s
-, at the Bailey school, to lead I'D to the
.,,.ar,,a+ion of Washington's birthday ami
-o--orv The pupils have been learning the
$3.50 fLs,y5 Of fine American flag and have bee1
nISj-e rictures of it in their drawing les
i-sone In their cardboard construction
-.o-i+ thew have been making soldier pvra-
mida1 tents and other military articles and
Rave been learning soldier songs in their
liuSio Are Studying Cotton.
Miss Hannah EllisOn's first grade pupils
are studying about cotton, and have had the
oot+o1 hollis for object lessons. The little
(-aiiev farm in this rooms sand box with
- attractive buildings and fields and little
~, animals has been inherited by the new
al If Youngsters that have been promoted
f1fn this room from the kindergarten with
tTe beginning Of the new term The ground
Lii he newly sown with seed for the spring
IN This room Leslie Larrien has been at
the head of the class for three times while
Touis T,empert has been twice at the head
If the class and Robert Reeves. Sedric Saw
ace and Iucien Picard have each been at
me head of the class once.
Teachers hange Places.
Miss Maize Cole, who taught the second
Grade az the Lamar school for the first
Term has changed places with Miss Mary
pool at the Bailey school, Miss Pool taking
the Lamar school second grade.
Bonnie Humphreys and Blanche Turbev-
Vile have been the best spoilers in the high
first and low second grades, taught by Miss
Newell Compton since the beginning Of the
school term.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
GOVERNOR Te TAKE UP
TTgK NE CTnCEWTUrg-BG

ll-.-1lRl - 2 -A-II-Il-N = y NN7EN i
Austin, Tex, Feb Am appeal has been
made to the governor by the Texas Cattle
Raisers association, through its president,
J. D. Jackson, Of Alpine to have the chief
executive use his influence to have with
drawn the recommendation made to con-
gress by secretary OF agriculture Houston
that all cattle below the quarantine line
shall be dipped when shipped, then shipped
to the edge of the line and held seven days
and dipped again. The governor is re-
quested at once to take up the matter with
the president President Jackson declares
such recommendation IL carried into eff
feet would work in a great shrihkage Of
from $50 to 200 pounds per head on
cattle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
MENUS PLANNED
BY GIRL PUPILS

with the addition Of second years work
IN IN domestic arts for the high school girls.
I IiiLss daTgarette LIE Baron has been re-
neVed of her other classes and has fulI
charge OF the high school girls cooking and
The girls are learning to plan menus and
little later will have the preparation OF
an entire menu in given amount of time
SO that they will have the real practical
work OF meal preparation. Miss Janet Mack
mas in addition to her other classes. tie
work among the Bailey school girls.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
TWO ROOMS HAVE
MADE GOOD RECORDS

In the attendance record Of the San
JacintO school, two rooms were omitted. as
the record had not been completed The
pupils in these two rooms who have been
neither absent nor tardy during the last
quarter Of school are
For the high eighth grade pupils, who
graduated from the school the end Of Janu-
airy; CamilO Arguellas, Herman Huttanus,
James Quinn, Louis StOltz. Mary Eppstein,
Alma Macomber, susanna Molina, MARITIME
Morris, Roberta Ross and Herlinda Wallace.
Low fifth grade pupils: Louis Felix, Joe
Milinary, Saul Paroles, ReynaldO Terrazas,
Oliver Van Patten, Penciano Vas quez. Lii
Ian Bell, Carmen Cushing, Ruth Calf, Ethel
Phillips and Dixie Morris.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
PARENT TEACHERS WILL
DISCUSS PLAVGROTNDS

Suggestions for improving and equipping
school Fairgrounds will be the subject Of
superintendent r. j. Tighe's talk before the
members of the Bailey school Parent
Teachers association Friday afternoon. Miss
Klifford Rice principal Of the Highland
Park school, will talk on the ideal relation
between the home and school and there will
be a number Of musical selections.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
MANY TEXAS CORPORATIONS
ERTT rn DaW ~ I

Austin. Tex, Feb. 4.-Approxi1ately 1000
corporations doing business in Texas are
delinquent in the filing Of their reports Of
financial condition for the year ending
December 81, 1913, according to a statement
made by acting secretary of state D. A
Gregg, who also declares that the state will
collect penalties at the rate of about $4,000
per day from these delinquents- Last Sat
urday the last day on which these
corporations could file their reports.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
Quick Way to Make
Ugly Hairs Vanish
CThe Modern Beauty)

Here is a quick and very effective
treatment for banishing Objectionable
hairs or fuzz: Mix a stiff paste with
a little powdered deIatOne and water
and appiy to the hairy surface for
about 2 or 3 minutes, then rub off and
with it win come every trace of hair.
Washing the skin to remove the re-
naming paste leaves it firm and free
from blemish. Rarely is more than
one application required, but results
are more positive when the delatOne
is purchased in an original package
Advertisement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04

geese, and while I don't object to a
man taking one of my matches to light
his cigar. I don't like to see him stuff
ing his vest pocket with them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04

have to strain yourself to believe in
the grounding superstition. That su-
perstitiOn came down to us from our
ancestors, just like the one about the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04

know as much as an ordinary barnyard
hog. The grounding is a highbrow as
compared with the farm hogs. If you
remember a few such facts you won't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
TELEPHONE EARLY IF
HERALD ISN'T THERE

Subscribers falling to get The Herald
promptly should call at the office or
telephone No. 2030 before $50 p. m.
All complaints will receive prompt
attention.
Subscribers failing to get The Herald
promptly should call at he office or
telephone No. 203O before 6:30 p. m.
All complaints will receive prompt
attention.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-04
Another Reflection in
the Business Mirror
Telephone
Talk

This appreciation
Several weeks ago began series Of Telephone Talks the
newspapers of FL Paso
In these Talks told you the story of our company of its rates.
methods, its ambitions, and its difficulties
Wetold you that had Banked on your support when built
company, and that we had earned it and desevedit
We showed you frankly and openly where losing money
and why
Then we asked you to help US adjust our rates
We dealt with you direct, and dealt openly and fairly
The results have shown us that we did the right thing
In less than weeks men have visited every residence
In the city where there Is a telephone
Everywhere they greeted cordially and made feel welcome
They made friends for the company and with your help they
increased our revenue
The loss that confronted us has been overcome
You have done your part-now, well do ours
We just say Thank You and tell you that we are going
to do everything we know how to show appreciation
We shall do best give Ell Paso the finest telephone service
In the country
THE TRI-STATE TELEPHONE co.
The Corporation Different"