El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-25

INTERVIEWS

HN TEINGENT regulations re5aru-
ing the handling of crude opium
~ will become effective March ],
s,id q. T. Lewis. Heretofore the law
has provided extreme penalties for lhe
handline of the finished product. lneSc
laws are still effective and, together
with the new laws, viii make inc
handling of opium a dangerous DuSl-
ness. The handling Of the drug mas
never been profitable when carried on
under the provisions provided by the
government, which requires pond OF
800 600 from manufacturers ana a u"
of $500 per pound on the finished prod
uct Opium ready for smoking is SILL
ing around $40 a pound
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THE recapture Of Pucbla shows con
cIusiveIy that the convention forces
have been greatly benetited' rS'ileI
than harmed by the desertiOn OF IN
triguers." said +. Y. Celestos- NV men
Gutierrez was still acting as proNls-
ional president he prevented the cor
ventiOn forces from moving HaPo.S
repeatedIv asked him for free hano'
declaring that he could easily recapture
PuebIa. Delays of every sort on one
pretext and another. were cauSeu NY
the provisional president But IN less
than a week after the traitor had tied
the capital the forces OF Aapata WeIe
i'm complete control at Puebla. WINE
thinking they were doing an injury 70
the conventfonaIist cause the traitors
in reality have greatly helped US
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Ell Paso is the liveliest town have
found in a long time said B. y
Fletcher, recently Of Little Rock, Ark
II was very much surprised to tlnd
out here i'm the mountains city up 10
date in every respect was also sur
prised that it can snow so mucA row
ever I haven't suffered Is much win
the cold as 7 did back i'm Arkansas, loI
the humidity in the air makes tne
weather very disaSreeable when coiu
wave comes
"Iuarez is one OF FL Paso's greatest
assets" said r. r Morton, Of Denver
There. Just across the river. is "A place
little AmericaniZed, although rubDlns
shoulders all the. time with an Nmerl-
can city. 1t is distinctly forelEn anu
must be the delight of every tourist In
it's wide-openness it is something OF
reminder Of the earlier days Of Colo
RADIO and all Of the great west Jul
otherwise il bears little resemblance 10
any CITY on this side Of the interna-
tionaI boundary line. and is an attrac-
tion that should be exploited to the
limit by FL Paso-'
"EI Paso's altitude. or the mountains
nearby, must affect the weather mere
for it seems colder at 20 degrees anoNe
zero than it does back in Indiana when
it is down to zero said Capt. John w.
Walker. OF Bloomington, Ind w men
the thermometer stands at 20 degrees
above zero back there we think the
weather is mild and pay little attention
TO the cold. But here, 20 degrees
seems unusually biting and everyone
talks about the cold. But this is only
a sample of what we have throughout
the months of January and FeDruaLIy
back there. The snow here melts QUICK
" and the streets are soon dry. Back
there it is either showing, melting or
thawing most of the time during the
two coolest winter months.
1.-THE warriors Of one Of the African
tribes above the Congo river are OF
splendid physique. all averaging SIX
feet aud over said bishop X, w. lam
beth. Of the Methodist church. Their
diet is millet and indian corn with oc-
casionally antelope meat and wild boar
meat from their hunting expeditions.
In order to reach the headquarters OF
this tribe we had to make ~ days
journey by foot from Luebo. where the
Presbvterians have q mission on Il
branch Of the Congo river. The Pres
byterians have been established there
for % years and have now MEMBER
ship of 10000 with 500 teachers ana
evangelists. In the year that our MIS-
sion has been established the SIX ms
sionaries have built a church. a school
and a dispensary where the sick are
treated. They have also reduced the
language of the people to writing and
translated the Lords prayer and II
hymns
There will be no admission charge
to the graduation exercises tonight OF
the January class Of the High school
at which the opera program of Flo
tow's Martha viii be given said
principal A. II. HuGhey, Of the High
school. The tickets were placed at
the regular ticket office in Ryan's drug
store this morning and, by application
these were distributed to the relatives
of the High school students. If there
is room the public generally will be
welcome. Every occasion of this klnd
only increases our realization of the
need for a big auditorium, which Will
accumulate all of the people OF the
city who are interested in the school