El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-25
Fire Chief Prefers Walking To Red AutoI
F.rsmsg Are Making Daily Fire IBspsesl2BsI

EET WATCH men from my popcorn
stand and I know men," said
Pierce Ryan. zone Of the men
I have been watching with good deal
Of interest is John ". Wray, the new
fire chief He has made a new fire
department in the little time that he
has been here. There is never a day
but what the men are out at practice
work of some kind or other. there is
never a fire call but what every ma
chine has IT'S captain or lieutenant who
is directly responsible Another inter
esting thing about chief Wray is that
he is one Of the boys while about the
statiOn-but the minute the fire signal
is given he is chief and they are fire
men He has personality and leader
ship I had my doubts about getting
man from the OuIside-but he's not
from the outside at all He belongs
here if ever fire chief did and I am
proud Of the mayor for the selection
Not only is he a good chief but he is a
democratic citizen He has a big red
machine at his disposal. but when he
goes home TO eat it's usually on
sshank's mares-and for everything
else, t0o-unless its fire. An idea that
ne has recently put into force among
the men is the one Of prevention Ev-
cry day one Of the men from each de-
partment goes out on tour Of in
spection and their duty is 10 report TO
headquarters all piles Of trash or debris
that might be inflamable. In stead Of
encouraging fires he's preventing
them"
There are all kinds OF publicity"
said George H Clements, but II takes
the right sort of publicity TO put a
growing city on the map for people al
over the country Boosting home prod
ucts Is a good thing. and whooping her
up for the home burg when away from
town is another; but constnatly Whoop-
ing il in the same spot and that spot
right in the heart Of the town itself.
gets on the nerves Of a great ma
5ority."
The publicity that has been given
the garbage collection has resulted in
lettering conditions for the collectors"
said 3. j. Zabriskie, sanitary commits
sioner- but we still have trouble with
some citizens in inducing them TO clas-
sify. In putting solids and liquids to-
gether q hardship is worked on the col
1eCtors, and when il comes to mixing
ashes with other refuse II precludes the
possibility Of burning and necessitates
dumping the garbage in the open. As
far as possible we desire to burn gar
bage and where classified II helps"
with cotton selling at prices over
Il cents. farmers are marketing quite
freely" said r. W Creswen. Of Dali
las. The Texas crop IS short of last
year and some OF the farmers lost
much Of their stand: but those who
came through the season with a good
stand are getting good returns Re
ports from Galveston, Texas City and
other southern ports indicate that de-
spite the action of England in declar-
ing cotton contraband, there is a large
movement from the United States. I
believe the experiences Of the farmers
since the European war started out has
taught them the error Of devOting
themselves TO one crop. and this viii
result in diversification on a larger
scale than ever before"
Many people think that the Chinese
have abandoned the cruel custom Of
binding the feet Of their girls said
Miss Ruth Anglin, missionary from
China This is unfortunately not
true In the large seaport towns Of
China, where the natives come in di-