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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-02
Amusements

Grand Opera House Matinee and
Night, Monday, Sept. 6.
Tramps may come and tramps may
go, but the 1.-TWO Merry Tramps'' go
on forever with always something
new for its friends and patrons. This
seasons production contains more
moral features and more beautiful
wardrobe than ever before in ad S&ion
to having the original Wood & yard
(themselves) back with us. You lose
If you miss the two merrys" this sea-
son at the Grand opera house. matinee
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-02
CIGARETTE WINS MORE.

Cedar Rapids, Sept. Cigarette the
wonderful saddle mare of G. K. Barton
of this city, is proving the sensation OF
the year in horse flesh at the Missouri
fairs. Last week at Bowling Green
Mo-, where the mare was shown, she
was awarded three firsts, winning IN
every class in which she was entered
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-02

would get away from his letters. Dur
ing Miss Bigham's absence three let
tiers came for her from Buck one Of
them registered letter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-02
e Will Have No Cut Price Sales

will necessary up year, February
will make ridiculous embarrass
untimy something
will sacrifice profit However,
will always allow patrons to share in the profit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
An Arizona Masterpiece

play of some merit has been written about the
battle Of Aqua Preta Strangely ocincdent, the play
wright bears the same the great Elizabethan
William Shakspere- The author evidently possesses
night keen seuse OF humOr yet he Is partisan OF
either Mexican faction He holds his wit well In leash
also when speaking Of the doings Of the Washington
government and he gives the army only an occasional
zap, all IN good spirit
One feels that one would like to know this
viii ShakspeIe better. He may be descendant OF the
original though It might not be well to inquire too
closely into his legitimacy. He is evidently close
student of Mexican character and in some parts OF
his play there Just touch Of prime satire directed
evidently at honored president who, It viii be re-
membered, said ''Thcre is such thing as being too
proud to fight"
The name of the new play, of which complete
copy has come hands, is Much Ado About Moth
ing" we shall here quote few lines, just to give an
idea Of the style Of the author and his point OF
view.
Dogberry Is constable captain of the watch at
Aqua Prisa Villa IS sighted in the distance The con-
stable gives instructions; proceed to quote:
an vagrom men; YOU to bid any man stand. in
Second Watch-Hoys If a viii stande
Dogoe-ry.-Why. then take no note Of him, but let
him go. and presently call the rest of the watch
together and thank God YOU are rid Of a knave.
what belongs a watch
Dogberr7--N-hy. you speak like ancient and most
quiet watchman; for 1 cannot see how sleeping
should offend only have care that your pixies
horse. ana lid those that drunk get them
wate4asn-TIor7 if they viii nOt2
soler: if they make you not then the better
took them for
Dcgbesry.--If you rect thief you may suspect him,
with then why; The more is for your honesty
Ucsber-y-Truly y year office YOU may: but think
they that touch pitch viii he defiled: the most
let him show himself what he and steal of
your company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
Short Snatches From Everywhere

Every voter should vote as his conscience PT ~
wife dictates on the suffrase amendment ~
once again the critical battle is on in Mexico, Hope
some of the critics getting theirs--Grand hap'oS
As some see there Httle to choose between be
ing thrown on their resources or hitting the cell
ing.-DaIlas News
The military execution Of women is feature OF
Brentwood CTexas) Bulletin
No trouble find a who is willing to stop
busy.-Philadelphia telegraph
The sick Of Europe has habit Of fb ee fqT5l
Turk--San Francisco Chronicle.
You can take it that good fortune is not a
self-staTteTLyou gotta get out ana eranA up anu
The railroads have quit fussins about idle cars
enough.-DuIuth CAfnn.J Nevvs-Tribune
When Joe, Bailey stuntps the state Of Texas for
election to the senate there VIII be something doing in
the big Charlottesville CTenn) Journal and Tribune
Potash has been discovered near Amarillo. Texas
Vow. if some prospector would only find feTlE;tIer
Mexican
There are good reasons for blievins that the Yaals
antness that stuck together ever sinceFash-
ington Post
chiefs little troubles Mexican generals
usually troubles for any Mexican president-Austin
CTexas) Statesman
Il president Wilson win read the fqEmaasIs list
or IepuDlICal cal-dllecs Ly ms Ilsu o-LSs -
Hcans are deucedIy confident--Kansas City journal
It probably is a good thing. after an that there
money than brains It helps to make easy picking
oshkosh CwisJ North Western
It is now up TO Carranza 10 put stop to Mexican
this it is pretty good evidence that mistake has been
Mexico-Tulsa COkla-) Democrat
English 5s, negsPePsg men are easily Tebuffed by
average american newspaper man declinesto be over
Herald
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
1hYEARS Ago Today
4 y From The Herald OF Thi3
Date. 1901.

The dust is flying at the corner OF
FL Paso and san Francisco streets to-
day with the beginning OF work for
the first electric street railway in this
city A force OF so men have been put
TO work here. and more viii follow at
various parts OF the city before long.
pushing the construction along in rapid
fire order.
DR.. c. F. Knoblauch came in from
Ysleta this morning
Edgar Shelton. the local merchandise
broker. went to Deming this morning.
Miss Laura Townsend entertained a
number Of her friends at her home on
Mesa avenue today.
Mrs Wells. OF FL PasO. is entertain
ing her sister, Miss Henrietta Gregory,
of Jacksonville. H.
W. H Long, real estate and abstract
man of FL Paso. has started TO build
the finest home in CIoudcroft
Carl Cofflan, formerly Of Des Moines.
Ia. has taken up his residence in this
city and viii establish a gymnasium
here.
Miss Alice Lee Shelton returned this
evening from the City of Mexico. where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
Uncle Wiggily and the Apple Pie.
By HOWARD B. GARIS.

persons like a little in their lemonade
do But a nutmeg is very hard, and
you need a crater. which is something
like piece OF sandpaper. to crate of
the fine nutmeg dust that goes in pies.
''Grater-grater-w is the nut
meg grater2" asked Uncle Wiggily- He
looked all around the kitchen. but he
could not find it. We'll II I can't CRATE
the nutmeg I can't finish making the
apple pies" thought the rabbit gentle
man. "and Nurse Jane viii think I'm
silly What shall I dOT'
He tried to CRATE the nutmeg with
the poker. but it was too smooth. Then
he tried to shave some pieces of with
knife. but the nutmeg was too hard
'Deari Deari" cried Uncle Wiggily.
who would ever think il was so hard
to make an apple, pie-just because 1
have no nutmeg CRATER
Well Mr. Longears looked all over
the kitchen. but no crater could he find.
And still he did not like TO give up.
All at once there came a knock on
the door.
Ha. That must be Nurse Jane COM
ing back. and 1 haven't the pies in the
oven" thought Uncle Wiggily. sadly.
He looked out. but instead Of the
nusKTat lady. he saw, on the back
steps, the skillery -scalery alligator,
with the bumps on his tail
"Oh, MY" cried Uncle Wiggily. He
has come for mel Where shall 1 hide
Oh. dear" Then the rabbit gentleman
laughed why. how silly of meT' said
Mr. Longears 4 forgot The alligator
has turned good. just as the fox did,
and he won't bother me Come in, Mr..
Alligator invited Uncle Wiggily. Pm
glad to see you.
Hal What is going on here?' asked
the alligator as he came in the kitchen
and sat down on the dishpan.
well. / am trying to finish making
the apple pies Nurse Jane started" ex-
planned Uncle Wiggily. but I can't find
the crater to CRATE the nutmeg and
without it I can't bake the pies. Oh,
deart'
Tut Tut. Say not another word,"
cried the alligator in jolly voice "See.
] have a very rough and scaly back
rougher than sandpaper. my back is
Crate the nutmeg on me and finish
your pies"
And Uncle WiggiIy did Up and down
the gators back he rubbed the nut
meg, scrapinE off enough for the pies.
which he soon had in the oven. And
when they were baked. nice and brown
Uncle Wiggily gave the alligator one
for letting his back be used as a nut
meg CRATER
Now wasn't that alligator smartz I
think so, and if the talking machine
speaks nicely to the player piano when
they dance together I'll tell YOU next
about Uncle Wiggily keeping house
Copyright, 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

training OF them IN civic and religious
work ar Seaman viii be one Of the
principal speakers at the interstate
convention to be held here Nov. l1-14-
he VIII speak at the banquet on the
evening Of the 18th, at the First Chris
uan church on the afternoon Of the
18th al the Y n C.. ~ building on the
morning Of the 18th. and at one Of the
churches on sunday morning. the 18th"
:
an horn continues TO grow said
county judge &c Hunter of Culbertson
county. The Development of wen fr-
risati0n in the Van Horn valley. you
know, holds forth great possibilities
for agricultural development and the
prospects for the valley are reflected
in a growth in Van Horn. the trading
point Good progress is being made N
the construction Of the railroad through
the valley, with Van Horn as the
southern terminus The settlement OF
the valley viii come fast with its com
Dleton-
In view of the probability that the
rebuilding OF the causeWay connecting
Galveston with the mainland Will con-
sumo two or more years the county
comm sioners have decided TO build a
temporary wagon bridge across the
bay connecting with the undamaget
Caslin Of Houston The demand for
a means Of getting TO and from the
island is so great that the structure
viii be pushed to completion The
the August storm viii be rebuilt much
more substantially. and the work viii
consume much time"
=
Cooperation is the WatchWord for
a growing city said Burt Orndorff
and chambers Of commerce are TO
weld together the business interests in
one big booster for the community.
which works directly for the every
root and branch Of trade in the place.
Big things cannot be done without CO.
operation Petty. small minded men
who do not appreciate the value of the
get-tOgether spirit, have no place in
this part OF the great southwest
after having investigated business
opportunities Of all sorts in four states
including California Arizona New
Mexico and Texas, 7 have decided that
Ell Paso is the pOssessor Of more real
opportunities than any other place I
have seen in the west said Jack Nc
Donald. of Detroit. Mich. i have Just
finished a three months trip through
New Mexico. Arizona and California.
looking for a place 10 go into Dusl-
ness. and Fl PasO strikes me as the
best possible location some Of the
Pacific coast cities ] visited seemed %
De sWarming with people. but there
wasn't the pep about The business
districts that one notices here Sew
eral friends of mine from Detroit are
figuring on locating in the southwest
ana YOU may be sure III recommend
Fl Paso to them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

II %asars e' LADY wi, VINO kept gas' house use
for Uncle Wiggily Longears, the
rabbit gentleman. was out in the apples
peeling the kitchen-oh, did you ever
hear the like Of that, mean the nice
old muskrat lady was out in the kitchen
Of Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump bun
galow peeling apples
And 1 viii tell you a secret Do you
want TO know what Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy
was going TO do with the apples2 She
was going TO make an apple pie for
Uncle WiEgily.
But. Just as the housekeeping musk
rat was about TO put the apples in the
pie crust and sprinkle nutmeg and
sugar over them, the telephone rang
Well / wonder who that can be?'
thought Nurse Jane 4 hope il isn't
some of those ladybugs wanting me 10
cone out and do something about votes
for women again, Oh. 1 forgot that's
all over" she said
Nurse Jane went to the telephone
On MISS FUZZY ~ u2zy. can you run
over for a minute2" asked the voice Of
Mrs. Wibblewcbble. the duck lady. Il
am in such troubled I have new dress
partly sewed and I don't know how TO
finish it-Whether TO put on ice cream
cones or lollypops- Do come overt
won't take you long"
Well. I don't know began the
muskrat lady. sort of dOubtful-like. Il
was Just baking apple pies for Uncle
Wiggily, and ] don't like to 90 out and
leave them half done"
"Oh, ho!" cried Uncle Wiggily Long
ears to himself. as he came in the
kitchen just then Don't let a little
thing ike that worry you, Nurse Jane.
Run along wherever you want to go.
III finish making the pies"
"Al right" said Nurse Jane. I'll be
right over, Mrs Wibblewobble. Uncle
Wiggily says he will finish the pies
himself Though, between you and
me-" she said in a sort of whisper
through the telephone, 4 don't believe
he knows how"
~Oh, no. I don't eh2" asked Uncle
Wiggily with a jolly laugh 81 heard
what you said. Nurse Jane. I'll show
you whether or not / know how to finish
an apple pie"
Wen, you won't have much to do"
said the muskrat lady as she put on
her bonnet and shawl "AlI you have
20 do VIII be to sprinkle some sugar
on the apples CRATE some nutmeg over
them. cover them up with blanket Of
pie crust, which is all ready. and put
the pies in the oven
Very easy. indeed" spoke Uncle
Wiggily- 4 shall have them done in
jiny. which is no time at all. Run
along. Nurse Jane"
So the mUskrat lady ran along over
TO the house Of Mrs Wibblewobble the
duck lady TO help sew loIlypops on the
new dress Uncle Wiggily began to
finish the apple pies
Let me see now" he said First to
5prinlSle on some sugar That is easy"
He found the sugar-sprinkler and
sweetened the pies Next the nut
meg" the old rabbit gentleman went
On. All. here il is"
A nutmeg is like q cocoanut. only
smaller, you know. and il has differ
ent taste. Nutmegs are about as large
as hickory nuts. and YOU crate Them
in apple pies, in apple sauce, and some /
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
Ell Paso As a Metropolis

Think imperially" the counsel of the great
Dsrael the people of England, while he striving
to make secure the foundations of Butains newer
empire He found to exist among the people, too
conception Of British destiny to understand the
purpose of his foreign policies, and ne undertook
definite campaign to change the state of mind of the
British public He succeeded, at least in part and his
spirit and viii still guiding stars for students and
ministers of British pOlity.
The world is a state of mind. Everything do
and don't do, everything think and plan and win
and suffer, enters in to help make world, and to
influence future acts. 1t is important that the
public mind be truly directed toward wise and great
aims else much time is lost, much fertile promise for
feited, much good wasted
FL Paso must "think imperialy." This city has
great destiny Eut this city also has great duties,
great responsibilities This destiny of is matter
Of falling into womans lap, the ancients pictured
1t, but man-sized scrap, with winnings in proportion
to cur desserts, and not particle beyond.
FL Paso has the elemental factors of real metropolis,
in the usual of the word, that of central city,
central market But the original meaning Of the word
is mother city" By this is the relation Of the
ancient free sites to their colonies.
FL Pssos relation to her neghbors is not quite that
of mother city" need it be- But there several
functions this city might perform in greater degree
than First, this city ought to be positive and
powerful force Of leadership among the neghbors in
all matters Of material and social Development second
this city ought be the great play resort the play
center for all the southwest with attractions continuous
and good enough make people flock here for their
family relaxation
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

cent. The percentage Of increase IN
young men above the school age IS
even greater than that Of school chill
dren. III We are TO take the records Of
the local y NJ g. A. as evidence
Traffic in the Y NJ c.. A. buildiug
today is almost 200 percent greater
than five years ago; and the tax on
the building and the officials is even
greater than that The problem of the
city in its relation 70 the boy and the
young man is becoming infinitely
greater year by year Men are coming
to realize more keenly their obligation
TO the boys and the young men who
are TO shortly become the dominating
influence in the community. This
problem challenges the most serious
consideration OF every thoughtful man
concerned for the future civic welfare
OF his city. One Of the ablest students
Of this problem is Gale Seaman.
student secretary OF the International
cOm.slitry.y = the Y. n G. A. Of the
Pacific coast He has given years Of
study 10 the problems Of organization
to the methods Of interesting young
men and boys in those activities which
make for better citizenship. and to the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

what he makes isn't profit 1t is swaE.
Some men are better at making prof
its than others The farmers are get
ting rich selling hogs at nine cents a
pound, while the packers claim they
are getting poor selling pork at %
cents a pound Some Presidents get
$4,000 d year for their services. and die
poor, while some alderman get 81 a
meeting and amasS vast fortunes
Large profits are pleasant. but dan
gerous. They cause financial con-
gestion. which has TO be relieved by
long applications Of society. automo-
biles. gay sons, private yachts and tick
er tapes. On the other hand small
profits are usually only light lunches
for some other fellows big profits.
Take it all around, profits are a
worry which only ceases after we have
died and the undertaken has made a 255
percent profit BY mixing il with grief
The great trouble with this country
is the fact thatt there are too many
profits without honor in it--PrOteCted
by The Adams Newspaper Service.
Buy home PRODUCES
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

she has been spending the past two
months with Mrs l. NJ Hutchinson
Mrs W +. Carpenter. wife OF the
proprietor Of the California livery sta
BILE returned from Van Horn today.
where she has been on a visit TO friends
and relatives.
Miss Mary Fassett entertained the
nth grade. including among those pres
emit the Misses Stella Rogers. Ysabel
Martin. Bina Paul. Leona Krause. Anna
Thomas, Lucy Houghton- Claudia
Brahm. Lulu OMera and Mabel Cum
mings. also Messrs- James Hague, VIII
liam Mahr. Clarence North. Edgar Kay
ser. Charley Pomeroy. Carl Longuemare,
Eddie Berrian and Sam Young
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

T.
has after he has paid his bills, and
= you have settled his account
If il wasn't for profits, the store
keeper could not live This would
cause the factories no close down,
banks would fan and jobs would be
come as scarce as noble high-minded
burglars Thus, II seems that it is
profits after all that makes the world
20 round
But. the trouble is that some people
seem determined to make the world eX-
coed the speed limit
There are three kinds Of profits; fair
profits, big profits and trust profits
There are also net profits and gross
profits The English can Sross profits
stakinEs-" For q nation. which doesn'
know a monopoly when it sees 1t, this
IS a remarkably clever definition
Profits vary greatly in various lines
of business. y GU can buy a pound Of
silver for IS. but if solemn man with
long hair takes that silver, and ham
mers il for two days- he can make It
into a tea tray full of sublime dents.
and sell il for S175- That is what comes
OF mixing profits with brains
On the other hand. the hardware
man VIII sell you a smn iron bolt for
five cents. and viii make four cents
profit on il. But the automobile re
pair man viii charge yen - cents for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
DYNAMITE Is FOUND
NEAR WAR SUPPLY PLANT

Cleveland. Ohio. Nov. Ga teamster
for the Forest City Foundry company
Friday found near the plant Is sticks Of
dynamite with a fuse attached. which
had been lighted and gone out The
dynamite was only a short distance
from several buildings of the plant Of
the TheodOr Kundtz company. which
has manufa cturies for bodies for auto
mobiles for war orders and where a
strike is in progress
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
GERMANY FIXES PRICES
~ PORK FOR

Berlin. Germany. Nov. "a schedule
OF prices for pork in Berlin has been
adopted by the federal council in COM
nection with the measures now being
taken 10 regulate prices and distribu-
tion of food supplies throughout the
country
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
By GEORGE FITCH

the same bolt. and sS-25 for putting It
in place, and a quarter for the wear
and tear on his wrench and Overalls-
That is what comes of mixing profit
with sail
Occasionally. a man gets all of some
thing that there is In that case
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

at the last nap time from backwards where he Is IN
thinkingly fattenng himself against the day Of
national thanksgiving.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06
Fl Paso's Unused Park Spaces

Towns must cease to grow ike expanding INK STAINS
and grease spots: IN true development they VII
repeat the starke opening Of the flower with green
leaves set IN alienation with its golden rays From
continually making the gain the field, we must
strive to make the field gain the street"
Once in cOOn age somebody IN the world says some
hing really big The remark quoted Is from recent book
by Prof Patrick Gedde the great English city planning
authority. II is permanent and valuable contribution
to the literature the science and the art OF city making
and of home making Another pregnant remark OF his,
speaking of British town and city development, IS this
The various parts Of all cities fall into three cass
cations only: slums, semi-sums, and supeI-slums."
FL Pas6, young and vigorous sPendthrft but
lavishly liberal her investments for public and private
improvements, has 1t in her power to make herself one
of the beautiful comfortable convenient, homee,
lovatle cities in America We have every natural ad
vantage It takes thought and energy to do what
we advocate doing but the better plan happens to be
also the cheaper plan
Extend the curb parkways along the streets every
where-aH residence streets ought to be treated this
way with paved roadway only wide enough to take care
Of the actual traffic FL Paso city $50 acres Of
space IN these natural parkway areas unused and
abused dry weedy dirty desoate depOstares for trash
and filth At 25c square foot, these spaces worth
S3,5OOO0o The city already owns them Why not use
them? Why buy improve other parks when this
space cries for use?
Nothing else would do so much to make FL PasO the
city Of dreams, the universal extension Of the
wide curb pathways This is IN line with Prof Goddess
maxim, and the direction Of true progress.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

Twenty thousand women and some men marched
in the suffrage parade in New York the other day,
substantial influence afoot
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

Now is the time to plan next summers flowers; pop
pies and larkspurs should go and sweet peas and
Pansies Next springs crOcuses and tulips, hya
nths narcissus, and ionquils should be tucked
for the winter before long. It is always garden time
in FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

Phoenix Dispatch says Sonora IS afflicted with foot
and mouth disease Probably the feet and the
mouths are hungry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

The Unsuitable small boy being tucked into bed after
riotous Halloween said seepily Mother what
next, Christmas Fourth of July?"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

of school age i'm Fl PasO has doubled
in five years" said IL B. Durkee, gen
eral secretary Of the Y ~ G. A. In
1910 the school age population of Fl
Paso was sos; in 1915 il was 1900
an increase Of 6S02. OF nearly 100 per