El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-29
FL PAS0ANS TELL
Of FIRST JOBS
Some Taught School, Others
Were Scouts and a Number
Tried Railroad Work.
Continued From l-aEe ons).


district court. held down job chop
Z ping cotton and roofing stumps from
] ms tather's farm, near Marlin. Texas
PostmasteraE- A Shelton-"When L
was 10 years Old I went to work as
clerk in printing office in Brandon.
Miss I then got a job as a clerk and
! bookkeeper in a general store.
Stevens Was Scout.
! n b SteYens-'My first real Job was
/ bookkeeping and time keeping in the
| sutton mills IN North Andover. Mass.
| When I came west to Arizona, I acted
as scout for the army for a short
time, having my headquarters in Cliff
Ton, Ariz-. although 1 made many trips
[ to New Mexico
z. L Cobb. collector Of customs
! When / left home in Georgia and came
{ west / was almost broke / went to
, santa Fe and finished the process Of
gong completely broke. Ny first job
I was carrying the front end Of a sur
I veyor's chain in a survey Of the old
! spanish land grants and I earned ev-
/ cry cent ] made"
A. P. Coles-"SchooI teaching was
| my first job. It was back in Tennes-
see ana / was principal of a little col
/ lege there with four teachers and a
/ good attendance"
Rev. Mr. Overstreet Pushed Chairs.
Rev. c. l. Overstreet. pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church-"PushinE a
wheeled chair at the Columbian expo
Z sluon IN Chicago was my first lob I
was attending Franklin college then
and a bunch Of the college bows got
Jobs at the Chicago fair pushing the
sightseers around in the roller chairs.
We stayed on the job until We had seen
all we wished Of the big fair and then
quit and went back TO college. After
that the roller chair company EMPLOYED
negroes TO take our places"
u. ), Stewart, president OF the City
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first real job, but the first job I ever
held here was cashier OF the Joint
warehouse on Santa Fe street"
Robert Krakauer a stenOErapher.
Robert Krakauer-"'I started in busi-
ness life as stenographer in the san
Antonio store Of the Krakauer FORK &
Move company After that I came back
to FL Psso and started in sweeping out
the store
J. +. Williams. vice president OF the
CITY National bank-'While I do not
remember my first real job. I do re-
member working many a hot day down
at the joint warehouse as expense bill
clerk when things were busy going 10
Mexico"
Frank Coles was a farmer in the red
clay district Of Tennessee when he held
down his first job.
J. J, Longwen was a chief OF scouts
Tor Gen Chaffee in Arizona and New
Mexico in 1881 and 1882. Before that
nc " 90 NAAA PAOg GU as a corral BOSS Tor
Dig army contract company in the
southwest
o. C. Coles was clerk in the Pearson
hotel when he first came TO Fl Paso. |
This was my first grownup job and 1
was very proud of it." he saws.
F. Z Neff-'-Workinc in a drafting
room Of the Johnson Electric company
IN Cleveland. Ohio. was my first real
JOB was mechanical engineer AMI [
was assigned to the drafting depart
menL That was in 1892"
Feldmsn n Brakeman.
Fred J. Feldman-"AlthOugh I ran
A photograph gallery in Tucson before
taking this job. I consider my first [
Pacific between Fl Psso and Tucson.
And il was a mans sized Job in those /
days, / assure you"
Dr. L G. herspoon-"Pitching hay
On a farm near Bruceville, Ind. was my /
flrst JOB 7 got all Of 81 a dav and
earned every cent Of il in bIistered {
hands and tired back. After gradu- I
ating from medical college, I became !
professor Of surgery in the University 1
OF Illinois medical college in Chicago "
J. A Smith. former postmaster- /
sawmilling on Grindstone creek near |
Osborne, No, was my first Erownup I
JOB 1 was sawyer and afterward I
went TO Colorado. where I worked in I
a sawmill on Turkey creek"
A. Schwartz Was Street Car Conductor. /
A. schwartz was street car con- ]
ductor in San Francisco. Cal, when a !
young man. He worked for Pickard 4
Bros. in JuareE. when he first came 10 4
the southwest.
DR.. B ". Worshani-''My first Job Of 4
Importance was assistant physician at q
the Austin hospital for the insane. I !
was but p years old then and Consid-
cred that most responsible position (
1 was then appointed superintendent /
OF the hospital for the insane at San
Antonio"
Maurice Schwartz started in at
the Popular store First I was a de-
livery boy in the old Fair store. owned
by A. Schwartz, on South Fl Paso I
street Then ! was made a clerk and .
years"
DR.. Crouse a Newspaper Man.
Or. Hugh Crouse-"My first mans
Job was as a reporter on the old Fort
Wayne, Ind, Press"
W. W Turney-'' Teaching school in
Hopkins county, Texas. was the first
JOB ever held, and it was a country
school at that"
John L Dyer-"keepinE books in a
wholesale hardware store in Waco at
90 a month was my first grownup job
drove team OF oxen in Seguin. Tex
~ when was u years old. but every Z
farm boy has done that in Texas I
worked in the hardware store for six
'ears and cannot bear the sight Of a
column Of figures to this day"
george H. Clements. publicity di- !
-ector Of the chamber Of commerce
My first job was tail braking on the /
I'D Wisconsin Central railroad in I
iorthern Wisconsin with the thermOm- !
ster below zero and the cordwood we !
lsed for fuel buried in the snow Il
u~# Of I