El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-09

run out of Ell Paso as an express mes
senger. That was the time Wneh the
train robbers in this secIlon "eto "a
However, I never had any persona
contact with them FL FaS To- " e
tainIy a surprise to me It's groWIn
has been wonderful In all my travels
I have never seen a place that looks
and is more like city than FL F@so-
1.-THE Military Social and Muslcal cup
which has been recently oE5dilLA Su
among the regiments stationed mere IS
going TO mean a big thing for the men
stationed in the FL PaSo Dorder palrol
district if our present plans can Pc car
ried out" said James B. ayers mere
is very little in the way or recreauOn
for The soldiers here, when they are OH
duty, and there are lots OF US VINO
want to have something worm WlllI9
for our amusement BESIDES slfoIIluS
around the streets. That the cluD
started out with a membership OF 100
in a pretty good sign that 1t is going
to be a success, and we are expecting
the club to increase TO almost twice
that number in a short time W. are
going to have something in the enter
tainment or amusement line at least
every week"
at is hard on US women said an
FL Paso housewife, when we are try
ing to cut down the cost Of living IN
put up so high. With milk at II cents
and lie cents It becomes one of the
largest items in household expense.
There is a good deal of talk about rear
ing better babies with plenty of clean
pure milk, but the dairies are doing
their best to drive people to cheaper
sources Of milk where conditions can
not be satisfactory, such, for instance,
as the neighborhOod COW. The dairy
men talk Of increased prices Of alfalfa,
but I have been buying a good deal Of
alfalfa myself and / haven't noue6d
any unusual shortage or unusual high
g general investigation OF the mix
business by the city, with full pub
licity, might be Of great public benefit.
I should like to see what the dalrymen
have to say for themselves"
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''W. S. Benton was 2 man who al
ways pursued a point in argument TO
the last degree, but he was not a quar-
TelsOme man." says Chihuahua min
ing man who knew him well for many
years. ION fthe contrary, I should class
him as a man very reserved and quiet
and disinclined to mix up in matters
that did not concern him. 1t is true
that he had some personal en-
counters in Chihuahua. He was very
OutspOken, and when he thought he
was in the right ne would not hesitate
. to back Up his side with blows if nee
essary. But I have often known him
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sistence, almost to the point of giving
offence, and then suddenly soften and
admit that the other fellow was right
have heard him stick up for Next
cans many time and he never tired
of telling of the good deed of one Mex
lean who performed a great kindness
for him when he needed it worst. and
who spontaneously did the charitable
and friendly thing when Benton was
wholly in the Mexican's power. in some
financial matters. It is wrong to try
to excuse Villa by asserting that Ben
ton was a man who carried a chip on
his shoulder I suppose I knew him
as well as any man, and I should not
size him up as that kind Of a man at
ALL"
"DOna Ana county good roads lead
the state said Lytton r. Taylor
Las Cruces attorney, Saturday after
neon, and the road board still has
several thousand dollars of the bond
issue on hand. I came down with
mayor e. c. Wade and family this
morning and the roads were so good
that we ran a race with the south
bound Santa Fe passenger and all but
won. AS we left Las Cruces the train