El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-25
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

C6T HEARTILY endorse the sugges-
ton of superintendent Tigne
4 that a printing plant be addeu
to the manual training department OF
the CITY schools" said W. j. Buie, To-
cal master printer. while the super
intendent is mistaken in his conclus-
ion that sucn a plant would save the
schools money in the printing OF then
stationery supplies the plant Shou4d
nevertheless be installed. AS ma!Ier
of fact, it would never pay operating
expenses, but that should not De the
purpose Of its installation. me SchoozS
are now training boys in other lines UI
industrial work, and the art OF pflHs
ing should not be overlooked IIlnl-
ing is the seventh largest industry IN
the United States today, and there IS a
constantly increasing demand 1OI
trained men, and the supply Oh lnat
cter of men is on thG decrease
The national organization OF master
printers has established one s3no0l OF
printing in Indiana, and IS MAINTAIN
ing it Tor the sole purpose OF trdlllLI5
Young men in the different DrancheS
of the industry. The employing PRINT
ers of Chicago recently coillIlDutSu
$4,000 for the purpose OF MAN iIte an ms
a school in that city, where their ap-
prentices could have the DeneIlI o.
technical training. If the boys IN INC
grammar grades OF our SchOOIS WHO
given two or three years elemental
training in the fundamentals OF PRINT
ing. they could then go out and Ilnlsu
their trade under employers OF IN the
national school and be prepared Tor pc
sitiOns that pay good money and lndL
are begging for competent men 70 III
them The committee of our national
organization that recently completed
an Investigation on the apprentice
problem reports that out OF every 1UU
graduates of our elementary schools,
only eight obtain their livelihood Dy
means of professional and commercial
pursuits, while 80 support themselves
by manual labor; and that out OF 10
600, 600 young men in the United states
between the ages Of Il and 50, only AlEe
percent have received in the schools
any direct preparation for their YOca-
ton. I hope the school board VIII give
serious consideration to the installation
of small printing plant in the man
ual training department of the city
schools, and should 1t decide TO do go
it would be pleasure to give the
members Of the faculty every posslDIe
assistance in making it a valuable ad-
junct to that department OF the
schools"
The railroads have certainly done
their part in making iarOads on the
Mexican refugee population" said Capt.
Lon Garner. so far the roads have
shipped out between 400 and l5OU
idle Mexican refugees to difterenI parts
of the country, wnere they will be en-
pIoyed IN repairing and constructing
railroads. These A1eXicans are offered
81 day for their work and at tins
time that should mean a great deal 10
those MeXicans who have been driven
out of Mexico and have no visible
means of support In spite of the fact
that these roads are offering so many
MeXicans jobs and there are thousands
Of Mexicans in FL Paso penniless ana
unemployed man told me the oIner
day that he walked up to six Mexicans,
" annHaTlnceg. needed
work, and offered three Of them jobs
at S1.50 day and they refused 10
work"
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we have had many compliments
about the way in which the entertain
mentS of the Military Social and Must
cal club entertainments nave been con-
ducted,' said S Allen, the secretary OF
the club Besides the pleasure these
occasions have afforded the men of the
various regiments here, they have
helped to dispel some of the prejudice
against the soldiers by showing Il
Pasoans different side.
Associated charities are really the
only solution for the charitable work
of a city the size of FL PaSo, said
Rabbi Martin Zielonka- AS we are
now, the charity societies and churches
are at the mercy of any 1mposter VINO
may come along and who may go the
rounds before he is found out. Yet no
organization or individual wants to re
IuSe assistance TO any OllG CetAAS III
need. This is but one Of the many rea-
sons for associated charities here.
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with the completion Of our county
roads we are right in line with a
southern borderland route said
Capt. Herbert Num-, county road en-
gineer. 1.-THE road from Anthony viii
run direct to the line, being Sierra
Blanca 1t will be III miles in length
If the intervening counties viii con-
struct their highways there Will be a
fine automobile roadway all the way
from FL PasO to San Antonio. IhaE
would be an excellent trip for auCOlsts'
providing the roads through the 'lIhel
counties are as good as the Ell P2so
county road will be when tinlshed- we
are building some good roads IN tnfs
county
1.-THE Country club is now in pros
porous condition." said W: +. Payne,
president of the club There IS a
waiting list for membership. The golI
club has a large membership and we
are having dances at the cluD weekly
or oftener with band concerts by the
18th cavalry band every Sunday az
ternOOn. The club is being appreciated
more now than it ever has been and
the members are taking more interest
in the club affairs now than at any
time since I have been member. The
club and the golf course is the center
of interest for the fort and city and on
Sunday the crowds there are the most
representative to be seen in Ell Paso."