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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

decrease in the death rate, and increase in church
membership
Negroes in the southern states in 1910 owned PA
percent Of all homes occupied by them against only
20 percent in 1900 In 1910 1914 percent Of all negro
homes owned free of all encumbrance In Virginia,
Al percent of all negro homes owned by the
pants-a remarkable record Of thrift and evidence of
trend toward independence
Of $4,000 negroes 10 years of age and over, 81
percent Of all the males and SIS percent Of all the fe
males "ganfully employed" average Of n per
cent for the whole population above the age Of 10
years This also is remarkable showing, even though
the large employment of children in field occupations
helps to swell the number Of employed Naturally, the
high percentage Of employment, especially Of juveniles,
explains in degree the high percentage Of teracy
which so; but this latter unfortunate showing
due in part to the failure Of states to provide
adequate schooling enact compulsory school attend
laws The school attendance record Of the negroes
steadily improves, most cities nowadays giving prac
tically equal facilities with those given the whites.
Rural districts not progressive But the percent
age Of iiteracy is less at each decade.
The decrease in the death rate among negroes is
due partly to improved conditions Of living in the
cities, scientific warfare against the hookwom and other
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

ney pots. he sat in the cit council
and afterwards became prior, who was
a sort of exagg Grated police magis-
trate. Dante had a stormy term and
shortly Afterwards the opposition got
a new supply of powder and was
elected by an immense mortality
At this time Dante retired from
Florence He loved his native city,
but it was not considered tasteful for
a defeated politician to remain at
home. So promptly and cheerfully
did he retire that by the time the
council had sentenced him be
burned alive he was 100 miles away
and still going strong
Dante never returned TO Florence
because of his aversion TO a warm
climate. He wandered from city TO
city in Italy, writing poetry and COM
posing his masterpiece. In this great
book he visits Hell, PurgatOry and
Heaven, guided by Virgil and into
He'll he put all his political oppO-
nents, devising an ingenious and spec
ial punishment for each. Dante's re-
venge is not over 500 years old and is
still effective
Dante died in 1921 He was a lean,
dark visaged man with a sharp, sad
countenance, and a permanent case Of
inconsistencies lis sentence Of death
was reversed in Florence in 1895, but
this was IA years too late 10 interest
him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
Progress Of the American Negro

FL Paso has NEGRO problem" and never will have.
But there national negro problem that concerns
indians the negroes have smaller proportion of foreign
part foreign descent-counting back parents only
than any other in this country Of all negroes in
the United States ee2 percent natives of native
parentage. report IN preparation but not
issued contains many interesting facts about this
native American" population group, which makes up
II percent of the total population Of the country.
remarkable fact shown by the census is the very
large proportion of "uattos" the being used to
all persons of mixed white and negro blood what
ever the proportion. There has been continuous in
in the percentage Of mulattos during the past
40 years, and in 1910, out of e,s2s,Oo0 negroes
enumerated, there were 100000 mulattos, Fl
percent This fact is not alluded to evidence Of
progress but only fer its intrinsic interest to students
of ethnoogy and sociology. blood mixture Of this
sort means deterioration of both elements.
Progress IS shown, however, in other respects,
tably in increase in home ownership, an increase in
percentage Of school attendance decrease in iteray
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
"Uncls wiggHy and the Ice Cream Cone"
By HOWARD B. GARIS

'Hal That's too badr' Uncle Wig
gily said. III see if cant help you
find the five cents"
So ne and Bully looked in the woods
near the log, but no money could they
find.
Il would give you five cents m self.
only 1 spent all my money at the
store" Uncle Wiggily said However,
perhaps can make you an ice cream
cone, Bully"
You make an.ice cream conel How
can yOu2" asked the frog boy.
We'll, let me think now" Uncle
Miggily said Il guess 1 can do il"
So the rabbit gentleman took a big
green leaf and soon he had twisted it
into the shape of a cone, or cOrnu-
cOpia. He fastened it together with a
sharp thorn from the thorn tree.
There's our cone" said Uncle Wig
gily.
But what are you going TO Tut in
it2' asked the frog boy
III show you" Uncle Wiggily said.
He searched around until. deep down
in little glen in the woods, where the
sun had not shone that summer, he
found pile Of snow that was not
melted Sometimes in deep woods
snow will last until July, if the sun
does not shine on it.
Uncle Wiggily flied the leaf cone
partly with clean white snow. Then he
sprinkled some sugar on il from the
bag Of sugar in his basket Next he
poured on the snow and sugar some
molasses from the jug.
"Oh, I just know that's going to be
finer cried BUY the frog, clapping
his paws
Wait have not finished yet" said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

within its membership, to take Of the various
special interests There should be breaking away
from the chamber, but only development within the
chamber. Already the chamber of commerce has its
traffic department and its publicity department Why
not organize Retail Merchants department or
association within the chamber, and proceed, condi
tons make necessary to organize mining department
bureau, live stock department. agricultural depart
ment real estate department, industrial department.
banking department, civic department. professional de-
parment, automobile and good roads department, pro-
motion department, hotel department. department of
interstate relations, department of international rea
tons, etc?
The chamber of commerce of this city should have
at least 1000 1900 members. Portland, Oregon has
nearly 5000 members of her chamber of commerce IN
population ~ times large FL Pasos The first
thing for to do is to increase the membership 1000
by hard campaign, and the next thing is to develop
the different departments that every member would
find his definite work to do along the line in which
he is most vitality interested.
But the Retail Merchants department of the chamber
need not wait any general plan There need for
it right Why not get early start, and be pre-
pared to handle the special summer problems in the
retail trade?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

for the Santa Fe at Las Vegas has
been appointed chief dispatcher for
the Mexican Central at Chihuahua
George Perkins, superintendent OF
teIegraphs on the Mexican Central rail-
roads, came in from Mexico City today
for a brief visit with his family
Treasury agent AIcHenry. OF san An
tonic. was in FL Paso today enrOure 10
NogCles. Aria. on a special assign
ment- He viii assist agent Eule IN
that section
j. ". Adams, proprietor OF the Pine
Bluff Graphic. is again in FL Paso-
Mr.. Adams spent several weeks here
last winter for the benefit OF his
health.
Miss Fannie Wood, who has been
bockkeeper for the Postal Telegraph
company here Tor several years. has
resigned her position 70 accept a SINH
lar one with the Western Union She
viii be succeeded by Miss campbell,
Of Cerillos. y. NJ
President c. B. Ely, Of the FL Paso
& Northeastern railway. arrived here
today from New York Mr. Eddy
spent several weeks in san Angus
tine, Fla, and is ready for the rush
OF work in completing the extension
OF his road
FL Paso is stiu greatly fnceused
over the report published in the Colo
RADIO CITY Clipper recently that there
are cases Of bubOnic plague IN the To-
EdA N-Ailldt ~ " IT, All1 ~At+ SyAAlclA anu
board Of directors of the chamber OF
commerce met today and paSse d the
following joint resolution regarding
the story Resolved, that the board OF
health. the city council and the board
OF directors OF the chamber OF COM
merce assembled in joint meeting
hereby declare TO the world. in
the most emphatic and uuequivocaI
terms and without reservation
that there is not now and has not
been. either during the past year
or at any previous time TO our knowI-
edge. any case Of bubonic plague in
FL Paso, or within hundreds OF miles
thereof, nor has th--e been any case
Of illness that was suspected Of being
that there is not within the city of
IT PasO any quarter which can be de-
nominated Chinatown in the sense in
which that word is applied TO a GER
tain quarter in san Francisco"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

over two years. and a fighter OF his
type is not the kind that viii show the
white feather because the enemy has
put one over him. I believe that the
defeat which was administered the
ConventiOnist army at Celaya last sun
day is just what Villa needed. II is go
ing TO spur him into an insane activity
and / shall feel sorry for the Carran-
cistas when he gets after them
we are gradually tearing Villas
forces loose from their hold on north
central Mexico" said Clarence Folsom,
legal adviser for the Carranza consul
ate in this city. His star is waning
at last and he viii never recover from
the blow which Obregon dealt him last
week at Celaya- Nothing succeeds like
success, you know. and that has been
the largest factor in the maintenance
Of Villas reputation
This has been the first opportunity
I have had TO attend a Scottish Rite re-
union since I took the work in 1912"
said Sergt Fred Gilbreth. Of the 22d in
fantry: "A soldier has no home; he goes
wherever his regiment is ordered We
had been in camp here one year TO
day when we were ordered TO Texas
City We stayed in camp there until
ordered to Arizona few months ago
We are now encamped at Douglas with
no knowledge OF what our next move
viii be-"
Il heartily endorse what former po-
lice judge G. G. Shannon recently said
in The Herald with reference TO some
sort Of protection to the families OF
police officers killed in the discharge
of their duty" said chief Of police
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

Uncle Wiggily- He poured on a few
drops Of vanilla flavOring on top Of
the molasses, gave the leaf-sugar-
molasses-snoW cone TO Bully and said:
There you are"
"Oh, thank you" Bully cried Who
ever would think you could make an
ice cream cone out in the woods
Well, think it's pretty good my
selft' uncle Wiggily laughed And just
then he saw through the trees the bad,
old skillery- scalery alligator, with the
humps on his tail jumping along. but
Uncle Wiggily and Bully hurried home
before the unpleasant creature could
bother them. Bully eating his leaf
HOlasses-snoW cone on the way And
this teaches US that sometimes il is a
good thing 10 lose five cents.
And in the next story III tell you
about Uncle Wiggily and Jack-in-the-
pulpit-that is, If the dancing teacher
doesn't make me stay in after school
and paint red, white and blue stripes
on the piano legs so the mosquitoes
won't bite them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

- ANTE'S full name was Dante Ali
ghieri He was born in Flor
- ence. A D., 1855. Of a family
which has become steadily better with
the efforts Of each successive bio
grapher.
Dante made up his mind early in
life to become a poet and it is worth
noting that he followed the same
course Of preparation as that Of GOe-
the He learned astronomy, mathe-
MATES, geography, history all avail
able languages, what sciences had
been opened for business up to date
and he then browsed around in the
unconnected avenues Of knowledge
which still remained.
This will be interesting information
to a great many modern day poets
who learn to use a few new and I'M
suspected words and then rest from
their preparatory labors for all time
Poetry was a serious business in
Dante's day and required as much in
formation as a college curriculum.
Men still read Dante's great poem,
The Divina COmedis.' in 100 cantos
and 768 sleeps. no. because OF its
music and inspiration, but because II
presents a pretty nearly complete
compendium Of the knowledge exist
ing in Italy at the time. Dante put
1t all in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

~ HERE Is need in FL PasO for a Retail Merchants
association Many matters continually come Up
on which there might be profitable discussion
and agreement among the retail merchants but aside
from few lines such grOcers and druggists, there
IS no organization among the merchants except the
general cooperation in the chamber of commerce.
The Herald has always opposed any division of
forces in the local business field and has never deemed
1t wise to organize bodies in opposition to- or com
petition with, the chamber Of commerce It is highly
desirable, indeed necessary, that the chamber Of com
merce be retained IN its present form the one repre-
sentative Of the combined strength of all local business
Understanding, trade, transportation live stock
agriculture, manufacturing banking, real estate civic
professional automobing, good roads, publicity hotels
entertainment general development and interstate and
international relations
But as local business grows and becomes more diver
sed, 1t becomes increasingly necessary that the diff
ferent lines Of activity should have their own special
branch organizations, to promote closer cooperation
among those in similar lines Of business, and more
thorough development Of each field.
The Herald sees reason Why the chamber of COM
merce should not naturally develop different bureaus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
Daily MoUeLette
IN BRITTANY.

(No. 4s. Historical seriesl.
OsA BONHEUR, the animal
painteress. was strolling along
IL Spishville. on the coast OF Brit
tany one May morning. with her pal
cite in one hand. easel in another
and her brushes in the other. CSee
Jacoby Mastin's Hardness OF r
Bonheur'D. when an elderly farmer
passed leisurely by. Csea Quintin
Books Breton studies IN Locomo-
TOM
'Scuse me. lady. but are you Rosa
Bonheur?' he asked. II heered she
were stopping in this neighbOrhoOd-"
I am him-she,7 replied the great
artist
The great animal painter?'
You flatter me"
Not a-tau." replied the farmer Il
want 70 give yo- a job. If you ANT
above paintin' a calf / got a valu-
able Brussels calf that think a heap
Of and I'd like TO AVE you paint il
il it's agreeable TO YOU
Not at ALL mean perfectly agree
able I love to do calves" said Rosa
Bonheur
"All right. this way. please" said
the farmer. and led her to his barn
and led out the calf
See, he's got two white spots he
hadn't ought to F-ve, one on each
ear" he said 4 fingered if you could
paint them two spots over brown the
same as the rest Of him. ne might
fetch a prize at the fair next week
You bein what they call the 5est ami
mai painter in the world. I'd like for
you TO do it, il your r-rates for calves
amt too high"
"Oh, distemperl" said Rosa Bonheur
lSee Patrick Niddle's Determinations
of the Create
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
sS"HE Mexican military funeral

H"HE Mexican military funeral
given Gen Saul Navarro We'd
\ nesday was a most interesting
scene for an fastener who had alb
sOrbed all his Mexico from the newspa-
pers." said ]. c. Parmenter. music critic
for the Newport. r /, Herald, who is
here with his wife and two daughters
on their way to the California expOsi-
uOns- The music Of the band, the
steady tramp Of the infantry, and the
movements OF the cavalry escort made
quite picture for US as we stood near
the international bridge on the Juarez
side 1 have another impression Of
Juarez; I paid nickel gold" for a
tamale and when I opened the package
in FL Paso found I had eight"
Auto thieves should be punished to
the full extent OF the law" said Charles
B. Stevens 1T is no longer a Joke to
take a mans car that he has invested
his money in, drive il until it is either
broken or wrecked. and then abandon
1t after taking the tools or tires from
it. The auto thieves have been treated
too lightly in the past and il is time an
example should be made to stop the
practice Of stealing cars. Ny car was
taken in broad daylight from Pioneer
plaza driven for many miles and then
abandoned after a tire and rim was
stolen The new administration can
make itself popular with the auto own
ers II a crusade is started on auto
thieving at once"
Gen Villa has been defeated. but not
crushed said Charles Kent. of Los An
geles. Il have known that man for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22


What came near proving a fatal
shooting affray took place in a JuareZ
saloon early this morning. Fortunate
Guzman. who owns a saloon on Hidalgo
street. was serving his early custom
ers about 8 o'clock when Pedro Puente,
a stranger, walked in ard demanded
that he be waited on at once Accord
ing 10 the testimony before mayor
Onate this morning. LuZman replied
that he had no time to talk 10 him,
and. with an oath and threat, ruente
drew a pistol and shot GuZman in the
ckest- The ball missed the heart about
an inch. but made a hole through the
body At 1 o'clock Guzman was still
alive
Ed Fink went 70 Deming this-mOrn-
W. D. Keatherman is here from Fort
Worth
Fred watrous returned from Deming
last night.
J. C. Rutherford and ". B. Moore,
O. STEMS Pass, are at the Zeiger.
W J. Cox returned Saturday night
from an extended trip over northern
Mexico.
". NJ Wambaugh. chief engineer OF
the Arizona Southeastern railway, has
gone west on an inspection trip.
DR.. S. T. Turner and wife left today
for a trip over southwestern Texas.
They will visit Houston. Galveston,
Beaumont and other cities before re-
turning
]. o. LathrOp. formerly an operator
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

y Davis. The public little realizes
the great risks that policemen and de-
tectives take every day Their work
takes them to places where danger
turks: they are dealing continually
with criminal classes And because few
Of them have more than their salaries,
thew are unable to accumulate much
for their families For this reason, II
il is possible, some provision should be
made for the protection Of those they
leave behind when death calls them
while discharging their duties as peace
officers
cone Of the most interesting events
Of this summer will be the national
federation Of music clubs convention
in Los Angeles the last Of June said
Mrs. J. S. DOugherty. The particular
feature Of interest is that all the music
clubs represented in the federation viii
present only the music Of modern
splendid opportunity Of hearing made
in America music under the most IA
Forable circumstances
Possibly the only encouraging fea-
ture of the Europe su war IS lbe way IT
which American manufacturers have
rallied TO make American independent
OF European products" said Mrs j.
W. Lorentzen. The dye supply, fol-
which we were almost absolutely de-
pendent upon Germany, is now manu-
featured in America and from the by
products OF the coke. in the big steel
manufacturing plants, benzol is now
manufactured TO replace the foreign
made article that was so necessary for
Edison 10 have in order to continue his
work"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
c. B. STEYENS'S AUTO STOLEN
IN DAYLIGHT FROM THE PLAZA

Auto thieves drove Charles B.
Stevens's car from Pioneer plaza Tues
day. kept it out over night and after
removing a $50 extra tire and rim from
the big Chalmers auto, abandoned It
on First street
The car was taken from in front OF
the hotel Sheldon where it stands
while Mr.. Stevens is at his office. The
car was missed in the afternoon and
some neighbors noticed the big car be-
ing driven over Sunset Heights hill.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
April DAYS

rs April, lyreI
admire
Of No blowing their vsv
through Of
maid is milking the soemneyed
ngbued mules The
all the is
and all of the rapture thrilling with ueace
and eonent Why ing these gloomy
ended and splendid bully BY hecki So
brine! There's the re there's forget your diseases
grief your 1
Copyright by George Adams) WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
HoLDING REVIYAI, IN YsI.ErA.

Ysleta. Texas. April 22.-Serwces are
being held every night in the Schultz
building, in a revival which is attract
ing much interest The meeting is
being conducted by Rev. c. H Riddle,
the pastor, assisted by Rev. c. D. Dan
iels
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
BY GEORGE FITCH.

When Dante was a young man he
went into politics and got mixed up
with the Guelphs and Ghibellines who
fought each other for 100 years with
everything from strychnine to Chin
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
Editorial and
Magazine Page
(BYH. D. s.

scourges and general in intelligence but 1t IS
also 6artly due to the efforts Of the negroes to improve
their lot and to the work carried by negro social
workers among members Of their own race.
Between 1890 and 1906, the number Of negro church
organizations increased 81 percent the number Of COM
municants increased SO percent compared with an
increase of only 26 percent in the negro population
MANY of the churches in both city and country, are
doing excellent work along lines Of general Improvement
Of living conditions not limiting themselves to religious
work exclusively FL Paso has several examples Of
negro churches that form social ceners for general race
betterment.
The worst feature in the report is the showing Of
increasing tendency Of the negroes drift into the
cities and towns and away from the farms
west Texas huns" says an exchange She'll
have to sing If she gets by with her scheme to
divide the state-Austin CTeX) American
Evidently the Eiters commander expects early
peace being interned for the duration OF the
war he laid only $4,000 bottles Of beerLos Angeles
Herald.
That's always the trouble with a country
lot Of misfts and failures rush to the new
colorado" and because money doesn't fall from the
trees into their laps without effort their part
rbev run around yapping the country isn't
aood.-Ft. Stockton (Tex) Pioneer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

United we stand let's unite IN buy
Ing home valley products
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-22
IA Years Ago Today

From The Herald of this date 1901.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-02
Died Saturday
in Minneapolis

+ G. A. Arneson, father of Mrs. H. G.
Arnsdorf, died Saturday at Minneapo-
lis, following an operation for append
citis. Mr.. and Mrs. Arnsdorf went
down there several days ago, called
by his serious condition, Mr.. Arnsdorf
returning Saturday morning. How
ever, on receipt of the message an
nouncing Mr.. Arneson's death he went
back to Minneapolis, where the funeral
occurred Monday.
Mr.. Arneson was formerly in bust
ness in Valley City, being the proprie-
tor of the Arneson har,: ). are store on
Main street, and had many friends who
will regret to Learn of his demise.
About two years ago they removed to
Minneapolis and have since made that
their home. It was not known that
he had been in ill health, and his op.
peration for appendicitis was very re.
cent occurrence, from which he could
not survive. The Times Record joins
the many friends in Valley City in ex.
tending heartfelt sympathy to the be.
reaved ones.