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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
The Daily Novelette,
THE TROTTERs.

ssTvrO hearts with but a slngle thought
O' -Greenins.
~ HE philosopher, in his green and
purple house robe, leaned back
= in his norris chair and smiled.
This is the evening the fat couple
in the flat above are 20 take thir first
fox. trot lesson he chuchied- The
very thought of it fills my philosophi
cal mind wi th mirth. What a world!
The thin people sit about philosophiz-
ing while the fat ones endeayor to be
agile.'
At this juucture there was q terrific
nerve-racking thudding overhead.
They've begun. unused the philoso-
pher. Gle weighs go pounds and she
weighs 265 That makes 495 pounds
oollidine forciblv with my ceiling ev-
cry second. What a commentary on
the vanity of the worldt'
lust then two great squares of plas-
the floor, filling the room with a
cloud of white dust The pounding
above increased in vigor
"Vanitas vanitum, arabesque vani-
tasi" choked the philosopher with a
benign smile
At that moment, half the ceiling fell
They dug the philosophers body out
next mornins. a calm philosophical
smile stin distributed among his fea-
lures.
CThe end)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

sations of each particular work and,
then when the spirit moved me re-
signed my positions and visited some
of my relatives or friends
The Guiding Hand.
In fact, I always felt that there was
higher hand than mine guiding and
fitting me for my destiny, but never
did j dream Of being so richly en-
doWed as am today. BY husband and
I will work together. We viii speak
such words Of cheer that, as We pass
along the desert-earth's desert OF
blasted hopes-shan bud and blossom
into song / want to feel with the
great heart Of the world what It Is
feeling and then give II back my mes
sages from God
Great Power For Good.
What a wonderful power Tor good
my husband will have! What an in
people who are sick and bad whose
tired faces show their lives are sad
He will be a living witness to the truth
that it does pay to be good His power
is unique He will reach men and
women whom no one else can reach.
They viii listen to Jimmie AIcFadden
when he talks to them, because when
a man has some down into the depths,
he can paint such lurid pictures Of its
horrors as viii make men and women,
when on the brink Of destruction, shud-
der and draw back before IL is too late.
Calls Him 'Big Boy
Last, but not least, 1 love little chsl-
dren better than anything in the world
every little child that blossoms IN
Gods garden of life I want 70 hold
close to my heart. let it feel my love
and do something to make its life
brighter. and when 1 learned how my
Big Boy" loved his little comrades,
my heart Ieaped for joy-it is simply
a veritable. nest. OF singing birds. What
an inspiration to nerve endeayor 70
know that there are thousands Of chill
dren needing the divine Ioucn-need-
ing to possess a practical understand
ing Of God and his all Transforming
power.
Words fail me. happiness fills me, and
I am eager to begin working with my
husband TO glorify God
Mrs. 'Chimmie,' who was formerly
Lillian Wfndham. was private secre-
tarv to Gov. 3. B. Conner, of Alabama
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

most transcontinental line. 1t begins
in the cane fields opposite New Orleans,
runs through the oil fields, serves the
cattle fields, lodges insurrectos along
the Mexican border, runs beside the Pa
cific ocean for 100 miles, toots salutes
to Mount Shasta. climbs the everlasting
pine foreste0 hills TO oregon and ends
in a gentle drizzle in the Portland UNI
brella belt It was the first road to
use oil burning locomotives, and is the
only road which gets to the coast with
out climbing q. mile high.
The Southern Pacific has helped to
make the coast great. But when it
owned California it was a cruel master
and when Hiram Johnson kicked il out
Of the state house he was reelected by
a grateful people, by a tremendous ma
jority.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
A Rational Election Plan

- OULD that used by the FL Paso
chamber proved itself IN actual practice now for some
~ "A years without needing essential It is form worth
initiating by whose welfare depends on Sc
curing genuine expression membership choosing directors
officers
plan excellent applied to choice Of municipal officers in any
MODIFIED commission IonS
distinguished system representation It IS simply vide
followed election the CANDIDATES. Deg
the
is tickets the cnamoer OF commerce primaries
corresponding political
field Is wide individual or set OF
with other to gain winning vote the
imares 4 election
The chamber of system election
regular election The ballot box IS open
person not by primary good standing
so
tn directors to be elected
candidate nominated MS
withdrawn
directors are chosen
plan elections officers The nna
reflection the real public VIII
division and faction IN local affairs
-o
The 1 Globe Democrat says that the health office put
One of the remarkable comparisons that Gen
councils Asqu
with the English the trenches
get message from the nes at
again Also ts significant and soy mat
French he winn London again until the war over
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
In the Trenches

THEY'RE huddd pits ice and and
Numbed
dodge such
whizng And thus million useful use
unv, devoid What
boots tired and put cimP
hitch
mules shocking with modern huskng tools I'd
rob stranger Of
the I'd rather bring home from the field load
shield folks with
wrench and fix suy pow than be hero IN
je at soldiers brave VINO suffer
follow where their banners ana vake weapons weld
tin kingsw them forth
CCopypr H. Adarns) WALL mASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Washington. D. c.. Jan. 2O.-Despite
a reorganization of the cabinet of pres
ident Theodor of Haiti. official dis
patches Tuesday said conditions were
uuiet in Port Au Prince, the capital Of
the turbulent republic The cruiser
washington with $50 marines aboard
left Hampton Roads Tuesday for Cape
Haitien, at present the storm center OF
the revolutionists, who are seeking to
overthrow the TheodOr government e
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

One thing which I have noticed every
where is that financial matters appear
to be on the upward trend and eX-
pect to see quite an Improvement IN
conditions within a very short time.
1.-THE hunting season is practically
over" said George f. Fuller. 81 have
hunted in many sections of the country
for the past 20 years and have never
seen such a remarkable quantity or
quail and rabbits as there is in the
CanutiHo section It is an actual fact
that one is almost compelled to kick
rabbits ahead of him in order to get a
fair shot at them"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
American Railroads sbs p..if.
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good Old sIWaHh."

-HE Southern Pacific Company is
good example of the enormous
4 capacity OF a small corporation
when skilfuly designed.
The Southern Pacific company owns
q miles of railroad outright, and is
about as important in this regard as
the Podunk & Elsewhere railway But
the Southern Pacific company also con-
trolls by lease or stock ownership 1880
miles Of railway IN this country lz5O
miles in Mexico, 1858 miles of steamship
lines and 1900 miles Of trolley lines All
of this together makes the great South
eru Pacific railroad system the third
largest in the country. 1t extends from
New Orleans to Portland, controls the
commercial destinies of half a dozen
great states and is so big. that the gov
eminent hasn't yet tackled the joe of
asking it why it can own trolley lines
when the New Haven system cannot.
However, the government has de-
cided that the Southern Pacific cannot
own the Ger trail Pacific, and has or
dered a decree of divorce. This viii
remove over 1000 miles of railroad sys-
tenn extending from Salt Lake City
west, but it is presumed tat the Two
systems will still be on speaking terms.
The Southern Pacific is the longest
stretch of single track railroad in the
country and, with one exception, in the
world. From New Orleans to Portland
It's main line measures almost $500
miles 1t has 1000 miles of main line
across Texas and traverses California
like a backbone from end to end. It's
Arizona and New Mexico divisions run
through the hottest climate in the
country, and its northern California di-
vision has the only hard working vol
cano in the United States for a land
mark It cost almost $500, 100000 to
build. and in 1912-1913 it earned
$4,000. 600. When all expenses, inter-
est and dividends were paid, there was
s1O,O00.OOO left to be packed away in
Notwithstanding this company almost
as profitable as the Ford factory.
The Southern Pacific is the southern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Sir Edward Grey's reply is more
courteous than the reply from the
throne to the protests against the
stamp act but that is about the only
difference.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

We can all heartily recommend love
in a cottage-for the other couple.
When telling the truth it IS better
not to flavor it with lemon juice every
time.
Hero worship is a good deal like the
admiration bestowed on a sky rocket
No one ever seems to notice the return
of the stick.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

It Is plain that Mr.. Roosevelt has
lost his old time ear. grip on the pOliti
cal ground. In spite of the results OF
the last election he's trying to prevent
the extinction. Of the hull moose.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
The Art Of Being a Grandfather

RESIDENT learn what Victor Hugo so fetous
- calls Being satisfactory grandfather
unfang repository Of wisdom and fouHt Of advice
keep handy to be able to turn into bug
bonehO be library Stories to
be nuy pursued ae mother and yet not guilty
spelling young Of being the biggest
bve gTandest the spite Of rheumatism colds
the head this part of being grandfather
grandpaen td difficult Nature has been kind
the grandfather
cunning his art and by the time the youngste IS
best in the art
acceptable But to the dishonest grand
parent oued little human
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Now Mr.. Daniels has ordered all the
cats out Of the navy. They probably
insisted on staying up too late at night
to suit his ideas of the proper naval
conventions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES }. MONTAGUE.
Naturally Di.tastefuI.

President Wilson says that the worst
thing about mis- job is patronage. He
ing interest in the work of getting jobs
for other people.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

There are a lot OF barely perceptible
islands in the West Indies, but Nj.
Bryan has got friends holding down
jobs on all Of them.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Jack Johnson will be arrested as
soon as he reaches Mexico, which viii
make him one arrest ahead Of Richard
Harding Davis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

The vests a-bushel-
movement seems to have succeeded be-
yond the widest expectations of its
Originators.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
Worse Than That.

please was an accident" says a
South Carolina paper Perhaps he was
at first, but he soon became calamity.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Italy couldn't keep neutral in a seis-
mic warfare any more than Belgium
could in civilized warfare.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
Saving Belgium

CCORDNG general Brussels the United States
"a has starvation but the work must be con-
the stricken country
When our first ship food for three
days According distributed wisely and quickly
reaching almost every and
are given wherever needed
through the military lines and over the country
whether
actually destitute without waste
delays
While the
blessed bountuhy
another.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Rapids News story Pesms who is exactly like some
this psimsts place and greeted
got to the return
good shape continued the friend ITO them that
in glad
better with glad" said James
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

1916 evidently do not think these the psychological
Wilson genuinely
cradle over the loneliness place Clark saving wood ROOse
conspicuOus the background Myron HerS oukes ms
others
tIiuk emsev possibilities
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
THIRTY-FIFrH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

TE4RTY-FTFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION 800, WI,
usIve eature %
SUecalC
Vashin D and
o onf
Is among
A. Smith J. MundiW
ane R. A A and John r fallS'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

About tn finest feelin' Their is comes
with havin' 4 successful son. Some fell
Iers seem Z let Their furnaces go out Jest
t. tell about it.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

AN INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER
DEDICATED TO
LACK A CHAMPION THRIVE UNOPPOSED
H D. Slater controlling The Herald
G A Martin is NewsE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

Since my last visit to 81. Paso. quite
some time ago, I have visited almost
every city of any importance in the
north and east" said J. S. Douglas, of
Douglas. Ariz., "apd am glad to see
city in the condition which FL Paso is
in. Every one of the cities which 7
visited were in very poor financial
condition, owing, according to the
merchants, to the European war. FL
Paso, on the other hand has appar-
emily improved instead OF going back.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

''The next symphony orchestra con-
cert will be Dvorak's World Sympho-
NY said II. Z. Van Surdam. LAS this
symphony is of considerable length, it
is probable that the orchestra viii de-
vote the entire program to this and
have no other numbers. It viii be one
Of the most ambitious programs yet at
tempted by the orchestra"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

the high seventh grade Of the Sunset school W appear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

eIvfo hearts with but a slngle thought.
-Four feet thst slide as one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20

The St. Louis Globe Democrat says the health office should
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10

The legislature will be serving the
state well if it kills the tax bill that
has been under debate for the past
few days in the house. Because,
The bill will allow large amount
of personal property that cannot es-
cape taxation under the present law
to escape all taxation;
1t will drive money into the banks
to escape taxation and will not bring
any reduction of interest charged the
debtor class;
With the grand list reduced by
these two methods higher tax rates
will be necessary on real estate which
is left in the grand list;
1t will increase the burden of the
man buying a home who has no per-
sonal property to exempt from tax
alton, thus discriminating against
him;
If seventy-five per cent of the per-
sonal property is exempted from tax
alton the other twenty-five per cent
of it should be;
The present law is more equal in its
application to all classes of property
than the proposed law could be;
The present law has ruined no one
and there is no danger it will if tried
for two years more;
The proposed law contains no prin-
ciple of taxation, it is simply trade
and a dicker in favor of a limited
class and against more than it can
possibly help.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10
Successful Cooperation.

At the meeting of the Federation
for New England Progress held in
Boston last week, Sumner R. Parker
of Massachusetts, gave an address on
actual Achievements of One Com
munity" and told how in 1912 "a
| lege visited Hardwick and talked
over with the leading men the ad-
visibility of a long-term program of
accomplishment along social, relig-
civic lines. After a preliminary sur
vey committees were appointed, and
the first reports showed a growing
interest
In brief, in less than three years,
according to the speaker, the towns
people of Hardwick have achieved
much in the respective lines indicated.
They have co-operated in raising one
variety of thoroughbred cattle; are
growing better poultry; are doing
more in milk production; have at
tended to their orchards; are buying
their fertilizer comparatively and
therefore at a saving; they have or
ganized a Farmers Cooperative Ex-
change; have enriched the school cur
riculum; publish a community paper;
have secured the building of a town
horse-shed for twenty teams" and,
most remarkable of all, they have
brought together the congregations of
the Unitarian Society and First Cal
whistle Society, who have a common
minister.
This, of course, does not prove that
cooperation is the only thing but
such a successful undertaking reveals
very hopeful possibilities in the CO.
operative development of rural COM
munities.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10
Should Develop Water Power

Senator Burton of Ohio in deliver
ing his valedictory in the United
States senate gave some information
that should be generally known and
that emphasizes the need of the de-
velopment of power by other means
than coal. He said:
"As 1 lay aside the duties of this
position my chief regret is that there
has not been greater opportunity for
constructive legislation. Of the con-
| structive measures that have fallen
by the way there is none l regret
more than those relating to the con-
servation of our natural resources or,
| may say, rather, relating to a ra-
tional utilization of them. There is
readily available something like 3d.
700, 200 horsepower of primary water
power on the streams of the United
States. At cost of $500 per horse
power this would require for it's de-
velopment a capital expenditure of
Sc, 0OO,0O0,OOO, to say nothing of the
cost of transmission lines and con-
structions for the affiliations of the
power after it is generated.
cit has been estimated by compe-
tent engineers that our supply of an
sumption will become exhausted in
less than a hundred years, The
most deplorable feature of our coal
consumption is the extreme inefh-
cheney of it's use in the production of
power. Of our total annual produc-
ton nearly three-fourths, or about
$40, 100000 tons, is used in the
production of power, an amount ap-
proximately equal to a million tons
a day, being the equivalent of some
10000 carloads. Now, even under
the most efficient methods of steam
electric generation yet devised, not
more than twelve per cent of the la
tent energy of the coal consumed is
converted into disable energy. 1t is
highly improbable that on the aver
age more than eight per cent is made
available. Evidently there are only
two possible ways of preventing this
appalling waste. One is to improve
materially the efficiency of our use of
coal of which there seems to be no
immediate prospect, and the other is
to utilize some other means of gen
Grating mechanical power"
Notwithstanding the senator's
statement about the large amount of
undeveloped water power, we suspect
that it is true that private corpora
lions already have control of all wa
ter powers that promise commercial
profit in their Development. There
is danger that government develop
to Improbable work and therefore
should be undertaken with great eau
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10

Repeal of the Panama Canal tolls
exemption for American coastwise
shipping.
Act directing the building, at a
cost of $35, 100000 of a government
railroad to the mineral fields of
Alaska.
Act to regulate cotton exchanges
and to penalize dealings in purely
speculative cotton future sales.
A special internal revenue tax,
commonly called the war tax"
A government war risk insurance
bureau to insure American ships
against the hazards of war, and an
act providing for the transfer of for
eign owned or built ships to American
registry.
The important measures that failed
of passage are:
Bill for the government purchase
or charter of transoceanic ships for
the establishment of an American
merchant marine which encountered
the most stubborn fiHbuster in the
history of the senate, created an in
surgent movement in the Democratic
ranks and held up general legislation
for weeks of the last session.
The immigration bill, including a
literacy test for admission of aliens,
which passed both houses, was We
toed by President Wilson and failed
by a narrow margin to repass the
house on a motion to overturn the We
to.
Conservation measures urged by
the president to provide a new sys-
tenn for leasing of water power sites
and a leasing system to open min
eral resources of the country.
Bill to enlarge the measure of Phil
ippine self-goYernment and to extend
promise of ultimate independence to
Filipino people, measure which
passed the house and was approved by
a senate committee.
Regulation by the interstate COM
merce commission of the issue of rail-
road securities, originally a part of
the administration antitrust pro-
gram.
Rural credits legislation, contem-
plating the establishment of a system
of farm mortgage loan banks, per-
sistnly urged throughout the Con-
gress.
The record is made and now time
must show whether or not this body
has legislated wisely. The country
will be glad of rest and, if the word
congress is substituted for the word
house, say most heartily with Speak
er Clark, II hope every member of
the house will enjoy this long vaca-
tion-if in the providence of God it
turn out to be long one"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10

The American Legion, an organiza-
ton to act as a first line reserve for
instant call in case of war, is being
incorporated with headquarters in
New York. The purposes of the Lee
gion are set forth in seven articles,
which state that it is being formed
ito organize American citizens who
are not in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States or any of
the several states, and who are speci-
fically qualified to serve the United
States in the event of imminence of
war" This sounds very well but
there is grave danger in any war or
ganization except under the call and
control of the government. Such an
organization as this might eastily
start an agitation for war and force
this country into needless hostilities.
It looks too much like the effort of
certain military men back in the days
of George Washington to effect civil
organization for the purpose of de-
veloping military control of the gov
eminent. We hope the project will
not succeed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-10

People are watching the legisla-
ture now to see how it will conduct
itself in handling the large measures
that have been before it for weeks
without definite action. Is the work
of the special education commission
to- be entirely ignored? Will the leg
islature redeem the party pledges on
the direct primary, lump sum salary
and simplification of court procedure?
The passage of the budget bill is very
creditabIe to the legislature but it's
real record remains largely to be
made. Expedition will count much
in it's favor.