El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-04
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

66TN He Iowly army mule should
be given a peace medal for
his work in the Philippines"
said an army officer who has had ex-
perience in the island campaigns. al
ter the country had been pacified
and the commanders Of the American
troops wished to impress the natives
OF the majesty Of the United States
a parade would be arranged through
the streets of the native villages and
towns In these parades the Missouri
mule would play a conspicuous and
important part The native PhiEn-
pine horses are very small and thin.
Nhen Jne parades would pass through
the villages and towns with the big.
braWny army mules filling the streets
the animals made a wonderful i'm
preston upon the simple minds Of the
natives, Tor they realized that a cOua-
try which could produce such giant
animals must be a powerful country.
The mule actually worked for peace
and after one Of these parades there
would be little OF no trouble from the
natives"
If nothing else will get results. per-
hapS a dose OF buck will make
the fellow quit" said ". II. Austin, as
he told how a man had come into his
a fine climbing rOsebush, and then had
returned last night to complete the
work Of destruction The rose had
grown to be q beautiful decorative fea-
luxurIant bloom The fellow was not
content with stripping off all the flow
ers, but with a knife he cut off many
of the principal shoots and runners,
broke off and mutilated others, and
injured the rosebUsh so that il viii
take years to recover. if It ever does.
Mr. Austin with a Herald man walked
about his place this morning showing
how many OF the fine roses on his
place had been broken and stuuted by
ders, and he called attention to the
many trees about his place. practically
every one Of which has been barked
or the limbs broken off or cut and
bruised with clubs and knives On
several occasions men have deliberately
done these things n daylight, threat
ening the gardener when he inter
efered. one fine tree has just been
stripped Of bark and irreparably dam
aged by a horse chewing it. The horse
was hitched to the protective box by
an American, an Fl PasOan, who said
he couldn't help what the horse did
and virtually declared that he didn't
care Mr.. Austin takes great pride IN
his home place, but is becoming dis
cOuraged BY reason Of the constant
depredations, most Of which appear TO
be purely malicious, and not merely TO
take flowers. which IS bad enough, but
q minor matter compared with the To-
tai destruction OF the roses. vines and
trees, which he has suffered on many
occasions. 4 have tried everything
else" says he, and now III put shot
gun law into effect on my place
My only regret in receiving notice
OF ny promotion TO be a brigadier gen
eral," said Brig Gen George Bell, IT.,
lis the fact that ] must leave my old
command, the 18th infantry ] have
as a father TO his sons and leave II
with the deepest regret Ny relations
TO the regiment have been Of the most
pleasant nature and 1 deeply regret
the fact that / must relinquish COM
mand Of the boys Of the 10th. do
not know where I Will be ordered, but
wherever I go I viii have a warm
place in my heart for the 18th regi-
ment and for Ell Paso"
When judge Eylar and Park Pitman
return to FL PasO on the completion Of
their municipal building inspection
tour, I am confident that they viii ce
in a position 10 render the commits
siOners' court invaluable assistance in
the selection OF a municipal building
for FL PasO.' said J. D. Ponder. The
inspection is bound TO be productive OF
value in the matter of deciding on the
character Of building that will be
erected here. Both have visited those
cities boastiug bOdern municipal build
ings and are now in a position to know
just what a modern municipal build
ing should be. The idea of sending
the two county officials on such a trip
was wise one believe and is money
well spent"
zone effect that the war scare has
had said W. D Greet, is that is has
taken many AeXicans from FL PasO-
These richer Mexicans have gone 10
eastern points, and the railroads have
taken the poorer class out of the city
by the thousands one going down the
street sees the material decrease thar
has been made in the Mexican refugee
population of the city. For weeks the
streets were crowded with them. A
pedestrian could scarcely make his
way The change began to be notice
able Thursday OF last week. That day
and for several days after, the emigra-
ton exodus was heavy"