El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-07
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

Ut row would you like to hear
from three to six Of the same
jokesC2l on an average OF
every 10 minutes for eight hours each
day. asked a T.. s. customs Inspector
II you think you could laugh at them
aIter about two years listening, come
down TO the Santa Fe street bridge ana
follow the customs inspectors through
tne street cars He gives the LoI-
lowing as the regular Jokes"
I've got lot Of booze, but It's In
my stomach"
you want them"
eve got a whole lot less than I took,
over with me. Hawl hawl haw!"
I'D be in big luck il I had what /
left over there" More haw haws.
Il left mine all over there Tee
hee, hee"
I've got a handful q keno checks.
Is they duty on them2 Ho no no."
mo, left it all over there
IF you can find anything on me
you can do better than 7 can"
No, they got everything I nd
I've got nothing but myself -
which usually isn't much
You'll have 10 get a stomach pump
TO get what 7 got"
Some OF the men in the customs
service have put I'm nearly four years
/ time on the bridges and have heard
these replies probably q quarter OF a
( million times, and part Of them AT
least, have ceased to be funny" con-
aft anyone has been using a reply
which he thinks is funny and which
/ has been overlooked in this list they
needn't feel sighted, as it was not in
territorial"
The high schouI pupils are making
a big success Of the self government
PLAN said principal A. r. Hughey-
/ The pupils have taken hold Of the
I idea with much interest and enthu-
siasm ard the general order Of the en-
I tire school has been improved IN q
Z wonderful degree. The student council
| hold court every afternoon, meteing out
l whatever penalty the offence demands
! and in just and fair way The sue
! cess OF self government is most graf
flying 10 the teachers OF the school
There IS a very good field in Fl
| PasO for the Y. w C. A. work, said
Miss Gail Lane. the new general secre-
Z tary OF the FL Paso association We
are hoping 10 make the work OF the
! association for the coming year cover
| a broader field than It has done in the
| past and reach all OF the young women
[ OF the city"
at will cost less than $4,000 to
grade the four lots in the Alexander
addition owned by the board OF edu-
cation and upon which the new high
school building will probably be erect
ed" said George r. lie Baron. when
{ this is done the value Of the property
will be increased 10 approximately
SIS. 900. II was purchased FOR Sz4.Ugu
so YOU can easily see that Il viii pc
well worth the trouble 10 grade the
four blocks When work starts IN
grading these blocks the property own
ers in that section OF the city viii AZ
once get busy laying sidewalks ana
improving their property That sec
ton Of the city Will undoubtedly soon
/ become thickly populated There will
be scores OF beautiful houses spring up
all along that section. The proposed
I scenic drive and scenic park makes the
high school site q good location
While there are large number OF
alarms answered by the Fl PasO fire
! department. there is little damage from
fire loss in this city" said W W.
Armstrong. fire chief This fact Is
due TO the manner I'm which the city is
built. In the fire district there are
few buildings that are not brick, stone
] or concrete structure When IRE
does occur. IL is quickly put out and
cannot spread because there is little
wood used in building the houses l
believe that Eel Paso has the smallest
| fire loss Of any city in the country Of
similar size
"The PhoenIx-EI Paso auto race this
| year should be one Of the greatest
cross country races ever held in this
/ section said Harry Couden. Of Bisbee
/ Every town along the route IS taking
| keen interest in the race They have
all subscribed much larger amounts
than last year and this means that
there will be many more entries An
other factor IS that the roads are in at
/ least 100 percent better condition than
/ last year. particularly In Arizona. At
na
| the canyon road leading to Tombstone
having been completely gone over.
Convicts have done most OF the work
/ in Arizona and, with competent over
! seers, excellent progress has been
made"
The German chamber Of commerce
in New York is spending a good deal OF