El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-09
Station;

70 avoid this crush Of machines down
town We counted the cars that
passed our home one Sunday and es-
tImated that $4,000 automobiles passed
there that DAY Of this number there
were at least 1000 FOrds for FOrds are
everywhere IN Detroit The big Ford
service station IS only a block from nv
home and, once each month. the figures
on the total number OF autos sold at
the Ford plant I noticed on October
that the total had passed the 900. 00U
mark, and / expect when 20 back on
November 1. that il viii have reached
100000 There are really 700 many
autos in Detroit and. at the rate they
are increasing 1 often wonder what
solution will be found for traffic
problems within the next two years"
Books are no longer read as in
former years before the movie picture
and the automobile came in to supply
a new diversion for the growing chill
dren," said b y Norton. 1t may be
that one Of the reasons IS that there
has been TOO much cheap fiction an
other the presence OF so many maya
zines People too, are disposed 10 want
their amusements served in pill pack
ages and half an hour in the movie
Jheater now takes the same place in
stimulation Of many individuals as a
novel before the modern amusements
were invented"
"As long as have been police Of
ficer,' said Capt W D. Greet. 7 have
never killed a cat or instructed an Of
f1cer to kill a cat can't explain IL
because Of any superstition. for I an
not especially superstitious about cats
It may be that the cat is prominently
a feminine creature, that her fondness
for luxury and comfort strikes a re-
spOnsive chord somewhere around me
but what ever the reason do not
Kill them There have been nights
when I've wanted TO kill them and
have tried 10 kill them-5ut never in
cold elaboration have 7 attempted 10
claim any one OF their nine lives"
There Is something in this talk OF
seeing America first" said Thomas A.
Christian The Royal Gorge in Colo
RADIO can not be duplicated anywhere
in Europe or the other side OF the
world 1t is simply wonderful When
we went 10 the Pacific coast this spring
We went through Colorado and there is
scenery there that is worth going a
long way to see and is as beautiful as
any one could possibly want. The trip
across Utah and up through Oregon
can not be rivaled anywhere. II any
one wants TO see beautiful scenery.
wild wonderful rugged country. Ameri-
ca and particularly western America
is the place TO find it
There should be TO trouble IN rails
ing the SZ500 necessary TO reimburse
the government for the taking OF a
special census OF the CITY" said John
NJ Wyatt FL Paso appears in gov
eminent publications and in many pub
LEGATIONS as having a little more than
$4,000 people These figures are entirely
unfair 10 the city. as there certainly are
between $4,000 and $4,000 people within
the city limits and fully IS. 600 includ-
ing the suburbs. The chief reason for
getting a special census is 10 show that
we have over $4,000 in order that our
bonds may become available for pur-
chase by savings banks In New York
state When We can sell TO those in
situations we viii be able to command
better prices and secure a lower rate
OF interest, and our bonds viii have a
better standing everywhere The CITY
and chamber OF commerce should bear
the larger share Of the burden OF the
expense Of getting the census. but the
county should also help. as the county
Will receive an indirect benefit"