El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14

CLTF the assessed valuations of the
city go as high as s.s,ooo. 900 !
believe we will be able 20 get a
tax rate Of $40 on the 500 valuation 90
said alderman r B. Stevens. chairman
Of the finance committee at the close
Of the board OF equalization session
Wednesday afternoon We probably
cannot reach that low rate If the schooI
tax rate is made so cents, but we nave
hopes that this rate for schools VIII
not be necessary. am certain llal II
we include in our tax rolls the fra
ternal societies, Hotel Dieu and oIher
institutions subject 10 taxation Dut
heretofore left exempt, our valuations
this year will run to S46,OUO,O0O. and II
is very probable that they will be IN
Guided"
7 am very much gratified at the re
suit Of the road bond election said
Seth OrndOrff, county commissioner
from Socorro. with the 100000 we
can make a good start on a permanent
road system in FL PasO county. It IS
the purpose of the court TO get the
very best results for our money and
we viii start at once to make an IN
vestigation Of materials with that emu
in view We trust that there VIII De
no DELAY in selling the bonds and IN
getting matters in shape for actual
construction. and hope TO have the
work wen under way early in the new
year"
There are no evidences Of business
depression in FL Paso that I can see,
said J. P. Caulder. Of Eads, Colo. The
city strikes me as being very prosper
Gus and very progressive our sec
ton also is prospecting. kiowa county
county is producing some great crops
despite the fact that it IS in what IS
known as the dry-farming section OF
Colorado. The state at large has mace
good crops this year and farmers eT-
erywhere viii make money
at is a matter Of genuine regret TO
the boy who one time WOrshtpped the
tatooed man in the side show 10 know
that tatooing is gradually ceasing TO
be fine art" said Gene Harris There
was a time when men regarded 1t as
something nObler than mere business
One was not stamped with a poster
which looks like the tower of Babel
or the Jewel Tower OF the Frisco fair
But the dye was pumped into the SKIN
with broad strokes OF a needle A
decent tattoo put a man in the hospital
and to be a circus success was the
same as walking a plank or being
hanged and then pulmotOred back
Now il is a matter Of a few moments
TO be a full fledged indian print No
longer does the salt Of the sea bare
his arms and breast to the spray while
the cook draws dragons and anchors
and Goldfish along his ribs and muscles;
no longer is there any distinction be-
tween the man who won his Nenuses
and clasped hands and pierced hearts
while sailing over the seas and the
tattoo Of the side alleys. The electric
piano and the electric tattoo grand
marched in together And now both
Of them are only two doors removed
from the police court"
"Au Of the fires recently have been
from gasOline-either in stoves or from
nistaking Of gasoline to be coal OIL
said chief John Wray. -And as cool
weather comes on there will be more
fires from this very source unless more
care is exercised In one case that oc-
CURED during the week the woman or
dered coal oil and received gasoline
The top OF the can was removed while
the can stood in the pantry A match
was struck, the head fell into the can
and there was a cOnflagratiOn. A sec
Ond bad scare from gasoline exploding
was a woman who filled her stove with
gasoline when the stove calls for coal
oil The result was a general bloW-up-
These kind Of risks can be minimized