El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-27
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS

@ONDITIONS in the copper pro-
ducing section of Arizona are
rapidly showing a betterment,"
said f. F. I.edridge Of Bisbee, Ariz.
Copper producers are doing all possible
to urge upon Washington the necessity
of having the contraband lifted on cop
per shipments but. even while this is
in effect, sales are showing an increase
and the price is holding up well. The
war, indirectly, has proved a benefit,
as tons of copper made UP into goods
are being shipped to European ma
tons"
'As there is a larger number of
pupils entering the schools with the
January term, there seems to be IN in
creased interest in the manual training
work of the schools said W. A. Burk,
supervisor of this work. THE work IN
this line is compulsory in the grade
schools, but in the high school it is Op
tionaI with the students Two grades
have been added to the Alta vista
school for this term, an additional fifth
grade and an eighth grade. This VIII
increase the manual training classes at
this school,
81 believe that Kansas is the richest
state in the union said Rev. Charles
MundeIl 1T has more money per
capita in the banks than any other
state. Out of 105 counties, SO have no
inebriates. In 1910 there were 90
counties that did not send prisoner
to jail, and not a case of insanity was
reported from IS counties. Only four
out of every 1000 of the population are
in jail and the death rate of Kansas is
lower than any other section Of the
world. Kansas is a prohibition state
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"All Of east and north Texas was COW
L. Il #r# "a
ranger o. ID. Goodwin, who returned
from Gatesville Il saw snow in Fort
Worth. and when / got to Waco there
was snow there and also at GatesVllle.
En- route back there was snow on the
ground until after I passed SanderSOn.
There it had melted. The reports in
the newspapers stated that FL Paso
had received six inches, but L learned
upon my return that the fall was less
than four inches. It was cold in CEN
trail Texas and 1 was glad TO get back.
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''The surveying and plating Of the
roads of IIl PasO county, as authorized
by the commissioners court, is the most
important thing that can be done at
this time" said county commissioner
Seth OrndOrff. THE report of road
superintendent David NJ. White urged a
survey as very essential and the work
should be done. even If no other road
work is done during the present year
We now have no complete map OF the
road system in FL Paso county, and it
is necessary that we have it,.
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although I have visited practically
every country under the sun, I know
of no place where I have seen the actual
want and the squalOr which exists in
the section Of FL PasO down toward
the river" said Pierce G. Leblanc. II
have been IN India. China, Japan. the
Philippine Islands, the East and West
Indies, Africa. Australia and many
other places and, excepting in India, /
have seen nothing to equal conditions
in that section of FL Paso, and there
is nothing like the SQualOr there that
there is in what YOU are pleased to
call Chihuahuita- The only place where
I have seen conditions as bad is IN
India. The rest OF your city is beauti-
fui Tt is more like Chicago and New
York than most Of the other cities L
have visited in your grand and beauu-
full country. I would like to offer one
suggestion. That is that those good
women who wish to send charity to the
poor in China and other countries
would do better to begin at home and
improve conditions here
Before coming to Fl Paso I heard
many glowing reports of the city ootn
i'm other Texas cities and in the east
But I had not expected to. find any
such flourishiug and prosperous city as
you have" said John +. Cherry, OF Gin
cinnati, o. "One thing which struck
me above all else was the numerous
restaurants there are in the city. In
any city I have visited I have always
found that where there was large
number of restaurants doing a good
business that il was a. sure sign OF
prosperity. And T. found that most of
the restaurants in FL Paso are thirty
ing."
MANY CONVERSIONS Result
81 A