El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-23
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS
GLr T IS outrageous, especially in a
place this size, that thieving

LGT T IS outrageous, especially in a
place this size, that thieving,
\ malicious joy riders have be-
| come so nervy that a citizen can not
| even go to church and leave his car in
front of the door under the lights. with
out expecting to find it taken by these
unserupulous joy riders. who endanger
/ the lives Of others, damage the car and
/ then hide it in some out Of the way
/ place" said Fred g. Billings. yester-
7 day. following the recovery of his car
| which was stolen Sunday night from i'm
! front of the PRESBYTERIAN church "T
realize that the authorities have been.
very successful in finding the car after
il has been abandoned, but believe that
! they viii catch one Of the JOY riders
some Of these days, and when IL is
done, why not make an example Of the
offender so that hereafter others will
not be quite so brave. Protecting ones
! own car with a lock is out of the ques-
( ton, for the reason that if these kind
of people will wilfully smash the car
/ windows for the fun Of doing it. they
would also not hesitate to use the
hammer on the lock Why wouldn't a
substantial standing reward be an in
ducement for someone to get busy and
catch a joy rider or give Information
that would lead to the conviction of the
cUlprit or culprits, and when convicted,
give them lengthy job repairing our
nection? This might be accomplished
by those\ whO have been victims con-
trlbuting an amount to a standing re-
ward fund, with the assistance Of the
might be interested"
! =
There is considerable work vet TO
be done before the new county hospital
can be occupied" said Dr. B. NJ.
Worsham, president of the board of
managers, but we hope to have the
building ready by March l. There is
considerable furniture yet to be in
stalled and other equipment placed be
fore the institution will be ready for
occupancy The work is going ahead
rapidly. The commissioners court has
authorized the board to grade the
grounds and put a fence about the
property, and this work viii be done as
quickly as possible When the improve
ments are completed and all equipment
installed Ell PasO county viii have a
very creditable institution"
"The city employment agency, es-
tablished at the last meeting Of the
council. should result in reducing the ,
said mayor c. e. Kelly. There are
many Jobs open to the proper kind of
men, and it is a safe assertion that
there are JObless men to be found to
fill them. It will probably take some
little time to get the bureau started. !
but it is needed and Will, I believe, re-
suit in bringing many men jobs and
finding the proper kind of men for jobs
now OPEN
Albuquerque is going to have a
hard fight for the next cattlemen's /
convention said George d. Manners. /
of Roswell Roswell is planning TO
send down a special train with a live /
wire delegation that comes to FL Paso
to get the bacon The PecOs valley I
is one Of the most important sheep and /
leo and Roswell is the headquarters of I
the valley. Roswell has many attrac- (
tons to offer a convention, and ii is I
derstand that Albuquerque is alreary |
making plans for the 1916 entertain I
ment-bUt they had better wait until |