El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-13

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- r ONEY may not be the root
M of all evil, but it is a fine
4 \ vehicle for carrying small
pox germs" said DR.. Hugh White,
/ county physician. This is particular
( ly true Of the Mexican mopey, for many
Of the Mexicans have smallpox them
selves or have cases Of it in their
homes. It is easy for the germs to
cling to the bills, which become ragged
when they are worn and which make
fine carriers for disease. These bills
are carried in the pockets Of the Mex
leans, often when they are peeling off
from smallpox. The women also carry
the money in their clothes and the
germs are easily transferred to the
bills. I believe it would be a good
thing to fumigate all Mexican money
before it is permitted to be brought
into the country and it would do much
good if our money was subjected to
the same treatment often"
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THAT story about the As horses be-
ing stolen from the Cato ranch near
CanutiIlO was the creation of a Mexican
ley, of Os-Aple, n. N. having been
warned that horse and cattle thieves
were in the vicinity of CanutillO, the
man probably became alarmed upon
seeing a horse in the darkness, fired
his rifle and rode to the ranch house
to give the alarm. All of us in that
section saddled our horses, loaded our
rifles and started in search of the
supposed horse thieves. After making
a search it was discovered that the
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with the fence intact and none miss
ing. Sheriff p. J. Edwards suffered
most of all from the Mexican's brain,
for he and his deputies spent the night
in the sand hills searching for the
robbers and almost frOze from the cold.
That kind of a report does our peace
full community much harm, for it gives
prospective settlers an idea that we
are wild and woody up our way, when
We are as peaceful as a Puritan set
Element"
"The Jay walking ordinance is a
good one and has already brought
excellent results" said W. T. Tolbert,
but auto owners who comply with
the new ordinance should be given
protection. Autos must now be parked
below San Antonio street. parked
my car there the other day and re-
turned 10 find that the whole repair
kit had been stolen. The cars now
have to be left in a rather out of the
way place and car thieves are plenti-
full. This is being done in observing
the ordinance and it is only Just in
return that auto owners should be
afforded protection by the police.
'I have received a dozen samples Of
bills issued by the northern cities OF
France" said c. L Feuit of Juarez-
THE bills are issued as a sort OF
fiat money and are Of no value except
to Frenchmen. Should the towns be
captured this money becomes void and
no matter how much of it is seized BY
the Germans il cannot be exchanged,
as the regular French currency could
Practically no coins Of any kind are
now used in the north, so the Germans
have little to seize in the way OF cash
when they capture town The letter
I received states that, despite the al
most continual fighting in the north
business continues about the same, the
peasants coming into market and car
rying on their daily work much as
il no war were in progress.
"Of the many splendid exhibits OF
articles made in FL Paso, the thing
which took my eye above all else was
a little printed card said Tom Lea.
This little card bears the inscri- ton;
To all knockers of Ell Paso; There are
IS first class trains leaving the city
daily This certainly eXemplifies the
spirit of the true FL PasOan better
than anything else possibly could we
Fl Pasoans are justly proud OF our |
city. And if there are any among US !
who are not true Ell Pasoans then we
feel that the sooner they get out the /
better off the city will be. It is imma- |
terial to US which way or where they I
go, as long as they rid US of their I
presence. 1 believe a splendid motto !
for FL Paso would be; Boost and Ell