El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-14
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

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TODAY viii H. Mayes the 3rasnnt
lieutenant governor of Texas. is 4 can
didate for governor and he is one of
the best men I ever knew. He is the
editor and publisher of the Brownwood
Bulletin and I was a neighbor of his
for several years and know him fn,,-
mately He started life with nothing
and has built up good newspaper AMI
has built himself a good business build
ing and a comfortable home. lie IS a
tireIess worker and a man IF careful
thought and would make Texas a good
governor
'The police will have to get after the
children skating On the paved streets
again or some Of them will be killed or
! badly hurt" said James c. White Mon
| tana street is full of skating children
! every day, especially IN the afternoon
| after school, and, as there is much au-
| tomobile traffice on this street it is
! dangerous 1 used to be a kid myself
! and 1 am not kicking merely because 1
/ drive an automobile now and the chill
! dren are in my way, but it is abso-
| lutely dangerous to the children to al
! low them in the streets. The sidewalks
/ are for pedestrians, the streets for We
| hicles The children do not content
! themselves with playing in the streets.
| but race after automobiles. hang on and
! allow themselves to be dragged on then
| roller skates The faster the car is
/
/ should fall or collide with something,
l the automobiles would be blamed. Last
( year the police stopped this skating in
! The streets and L think they will again
| If you print an item about it"
/ x
Every kid in town has a pair of
! skates these days" said Walter Will
/ Iiams. THE stock of skates at the old
AirdOme has been auctiOned off and
they were bought up by children in all
parts Of town. There are more skaters
in the streets than l ever saw before
! X
when I first heard Of the plan to
bring the Oiinaga refugees to Fort
! Bliss" said Rev. c. L. Overstreet, my
/ first impression was that it was not the
right thing to do at all OF course l
understand that according TO interna-
tional law, established at the Hague
tribunal, we are compelled to take care
as they are reported to be, it seems to
me that it is a mistake to bring them
here and make our good, healthy Amer
lean soldiers have to look after them,
Charity begins at home"
"As the state is becoming interested
| in a compulsory education law" said
superintendent r. j. Tighe. of the pub
lie schools 1.-The school board is dis
cussing a bill to establish compulsory
education in the city. The provision
requires that all children between Z
and "A years shall attend school, that
there shall be penalties provided for
the parents who have been delinquent
in sending their children to school, and
also penalties for employers who en-
plOy children Of school age during
school hours. In the case OF children
OF INDECENT parents who are too poor
TO provide sufficient clothing or food ,
for the children, these may be excused.
The bill also excuses physically or
mentally defoTmed children, and also
provides that books and school supplies
shall be provided by the city for the
n Attend 8
ance officers and truant officers are
also provided for in the bill. II we
should have compulsory education IN FL
PasO we should have to run the schools /
on a half day schedule with a double
force of teachers. This could easily
be done, with four hour sessions, De
cause the schools would simply be :
swamped with the children who are Of
school age and should be going to
school"
an all of my experience as peace !
officer" said Texas ranger Dan Knight, .
Il have never found gun that was 1
the equal Of the 30-4O rifle for true I
shooting, convenience and ease with I
which it may be cared for in the field !
I have tried them all and 1 always go (
back to my 30-40 gun, for 1t is de- I
pendable. Another thing 1 have learned /
by experience in handling guns IS UnaU /
the round barreled gun shoots truer 4
than the eight sided guns. These new /
% Savage rifles which shoot a lead ;
but they get loaded and are no good /
for peace officer work. I like my old 1
Betsy 3O-40 best and I always feel safer /
when I have her along.
Don't make any mistake about HUI
erta's weakness in the south" said an /
American who has just returned from
Mexico City. He is building up a pow
erful military machine that surpasses {
anything Porfirio Diaz ever had and he (
is getting ready to deal the northern J
revolution a crushing blow. He is busy
all the time getting regiments organ /
lied. uniformed and drilled for send
ing in the field. Villa will have plain
sailing until he gets out OF the state
of Chihuahua. Then he will begin TO /
have his troubles as Orozco did IN MS
revolution Villa will never get past
TOrreon on his march to Mexico city.
for Huerta is now rushing troops there
and will keep the soldiers moving cut
of Mexico City until he has enough to
stop the rebel movement He is getting /
stronger all the time in southern Mex
leo and when he gets ready to deal
ly. deliberately, and 1t will be er-
fective.''
There is a big demand In FL Paso
for teamsters and other Americans"
said a local employment agent There
is also similar demand for mattresses,
especially in the hotels The Mexican
supply is greater than the demand"
About the meanest trick that know
Of" declared Fred F. Tufano, lis for a
man to poison the dog of another. es-
pecially when the animal poisoned is
not vicious There was old Mike Capt
J. w. Brady's dog that met this kind
of a death. Everyone liked old Mike.
He was the best natured dog in the
world. Can't Brady had the dog for
number of years and wherever you saw
the captain you always saw the dog
with him. They were inseparable"
Believe me, it is. some cold up here
in Yankeedom" writes Capt. James NJ.
Second cavalry, who has
just reached Fort Ethan Al Allen n Yer Yer
mont with his regiment from III PaSo.
mighty fine up there next summer.
however Capt. Burroughs is native
Texan and has always lived in a warm
climate His army service has all been
in Texas. Georgia OF the Philippines.
and this is his first winter in the north.
SAILS. FOR EUROPE
TO FIGHT ANTAGONIST AGAIN