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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
Dessert Responsible For High Priced Disc asses
Dyspepsia Followed Invention Of The Dessert

can appetite has become more and
more insolent in its demands and re-
fuses to be satisfied with side pork
and Johnny-cake. 1t is now necessary
to tickle the appetite with some form
OF expensive dessert, which usually
costs more han the rest of the hotel
bill. There is nothing that will cause
a jaded appetite to sit up in its chair
quicker than the sight of several pat
ented desserts, consisting mostly Of
whipped egg and ice-cream with a two
color ribbon running through it. Many
a man who thought he had had enough
has been tempted by the pastry list to
extend himself to the very depths Of his
being, thereby giving several weeks
work to some trained nurse.
The unceasing demand for dessert on
the part of greedy husbands causes
most Of the unhappiness i'm the Ameri-
can home. II more husbands would pick
out one kind of pie and stick to il, in
stead OF demanding a Kaleidoscope va
riety ranging from pineapple ice to
chocolate blanc mango. fewer wives
would have to carry around a heavy
heart and a domestic science chart.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
LETTERS To 6he HERALD
Will be withheld if reausteD

he has offered a tentative plan for re-
lief.
In view OF the fact that this is a
very generally discussed subject and
many ideas nave been advanced. all Of
which have points of merit. it may be
further stated that drainage experts
advise that each irrigation project has
been compelled to resort to drainage,
and that each is an individual study.
that is, local conditions are the items
to be considered in formulating plans
for any general system Of drainage.
Along the lines suggested above,
Mr.. Casad seems TO la overlooked
the fact that there is a chain of old
river beds along the base of the foot
hills on the west side. which, ] believe,
the reclamation service topographic
maps show on an average to be some
four feet lower than the bottom of the
river where il now winds.
II is the belief Of many Of the resi-
dents that a channel or waterway
commencing at a point in the west side
canal. at the place where IL leaves the
foot hills. the channel to continue
south along the foot hills, the full
Of the valley, would connec.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
Short Snatches From Everywhere

A woman does her duty because she wants to-a
man because he has to-Chicago News
Wilson luck againl The first Penobscot salmon was
sent to the white. hOuse-Boston Herald
No man ever attains such a high position but soma
one will call him down-LOs Angeles Tribune
You must give Villa credit for one thing-he didn't
deny that he shot up Columbus-Boston bVenns
Transcript
The one great issue to come before the electorate
Of this country next fall was not made IN AHerlca-
New York Sun
The director of sports at Yale gets 10000 a year
and former president Taft, the law professor gets
Post.
The report that Pancho villa has been seen in
Los Angeles this week is another prohibition argu-
ment-Los Angeles Times.
A law should be passed compelling a presidential
band wagon to publish at least weekly the humber OF
its passengers.-New York Sun
The order to cough up $~1,6s0.0OO in war taxes must
have convinced William Waldorf Astor that lis recent
honors were rather barren-BOston Transcript.
Some Of the favorite sons are not pUving az
favorite as they thought they we're, according to the
primary election eturns--Philadelphia Pres.
All Americas big guns are not obsolete Take Joe
Cannon, for example, he's as good as rev. and
stronger with every shot fired-Brooklyn Eagle.
Under guise of a joke a bill to pension allfarmers
Albany. Some day they'll pass that bnL-NsE York
Evening Sun.
Whatever may be ones idea of a tried Repub-
lican," it will be agreed that president Wilson fills
the bills as a tried DemOcrat-sorely tried-ipring-
field Republican.
Russia's new income tax starts with those who
have $3.50 a year, while the plutocrat who has a $1,000
income must hand almost 20 percent over to the car.
Worcester Post
Austria has received a hint that she must stted
to financing her own loans. The hint recalls tie
fact which seems to have been generally lost sight I
that this is Austrias war-Baltimore American.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

these old river beds, all OF which are
full Of seepy water and many are rum
ming streams. This being lower ground
h a that upon which the river now
meanders, il is considered plausible
that the river might be caused TO flow
IN this channel as il would wash deeper
and answer the double purpose Of
drainage and river channel, and to
which l~aterals might be added.
The channel as suggested, could be
dug practically straight for its entire
length, and occupy lands and drain
other lands now worthless for farming,
which, under no other system, could
ever be reclaimed. The large area
now occupied by the river and
other lands adjacent which are sub
ject to overflow to the extent that no
permanent improvements will ever be
made on them and which are the cream
of the valley for erop production.
would be reclaimed for farming. like
wise largely increasing the list OF tax
able farm lands in the valley, which
would materially reduce the rate OF
taxation.
Just how great the fall of the river
might be, if caused to flow in this
comparatively straight channel, I am
unable to say, hut il is not impossible
to assume that a drop could be con-
structed somewhere along its course
whereby a great amount of our long
cherished HydrO-Electric power could
be generated.
While the plan as suggested by Mr..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

pectors have been quietly, but surely.
developing their claims. Several large
groups Of claims have been bonded OF
late by eastern people and at present
there are at least three drill outfits
ready for operation.
Much machinery and lumber is being
hauled in and the %freighters are taking
ore as back freight. The roads from
Casa Grande to this point are good and
the distance is only so miles.
Good cars for parties of three or foul
can be had in Casa Graude for $50 to
$50 per day. This includes the driver.
who acts as guide and Interpreter. One
a purchase good burros at Casa
Grande from $50 TO $50 each, and pack
in supplies for the trip. A trip this
fashion can be made from is to 80
days and perhaps enjoyed more than
by coming through in one day by auto.
There are many advantages in the
Covered Well basin for the investor.
Here one can deal directly with the
owner. the prOspectOr. and cut out the
wildcatter's profits. Considering the
showing and the development done, I
think the boys are very liberal with
what they are offering. Miner.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
SAYS USE OLD RIVER BED.
OHdWUefIHU N, M HpIII 20
Editor FL Paso Herald:

CAaAAnGA nv ~H -HHf ~ARAA% 80
Editor FL Paso Herald:
Mr.. tCasad's article on the drainage
problem was timely and interesting
and, while his scheme would undoubt-
edly drain a portion OF the Mesilla val
ley, there would be a large acreage that
could not be drained into a anal dug
through the center Of the valley. This
is due to the fact hat the natural fall
of the land on the west side of the Rio
Grande is to the sand hills, away from
the river.
We realize that 1t is necessary to es-
tablish some system of drainage in the
valley and that quickly. but certain
conditions must be met The least
amount Of cultivated land should be
used for the main canal and laterals
and the greatest acreage Of waste land
reclaimed. We believe that the follow
ing plan will meet these requirements:
Beginning at a point above the Ne
silla diversion dam, dredge out the old
river channel next to the M hills,
keeping the same as free from curves
as possible, and divert the entire river
into the new river bed, his new chan
mel to be returned to the present river
bed at a point near the Courchesne
bridge.
This plan will not only drain all the
land in this district now in cultivation,
but will reclaim thousands Of acres that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

Casad. OF a canal down the center Of
the farming land, would no doubt
drain the land nat is now being
farmed, IL would not solve the prob
lem Of placing the river permanently,
nor reclaim any other land as outlined
above, but would require a right Of way
Of at least 100 feet wide through valu-
able, improved, small tracts, and would
be for all time to come a source Of
great Inconvenience.
The irrigation construction work
under the Elephant Butte project has
been along the lines of permanency
rather than how cheaply. From pres
ent indications it is Just as necessary
that drainage and the Strengthening
Of the river require just as serious con
sideration and along the same lines as
did irrigation in the early stages.
We all agree with Mr.. Casad that
now Is the time to act, The people
realize it to the extent that a general
call has been issued for a meeting to
be held at La Mesa schoolhouse on the
29th at which time some plan Of action
is expected to be formulated.
As to the construction Of the drain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

Quijotoa. Ariz. April IS.
Editor FL Paso Herald:
I am writing Of the birth Of a new
COpper camp, which promises TO become
one among the biggest in the state.
The Covered Well copper basin lies
about half way between the Silver Bell
at Sasco, and the Big AJOs, and about
so miles south of Casa Grande. in the
heart of the PapagO country on the east
base Of the QuijOtOa range. at an ele-
walton OF perhaps 5000 feet, with the
most ideal climatic conditions on earth
barring Yuma.
This basin is nine miles long by five
miles wide. The outer rim or foot OF
this immense crater is very clearly
marked by small foothills of a red and
pinkish hue. These little hills fOrm the
outer rim Of the basin, except the
southeast rim, which is erOded away,
the western rim forming a depression
along the base Of the Quijotoa range.
Looking at this basin rom the summit
or the main range, il is egg shaped.
with two erosion stubs or chimneys near
the center. These chtmneys are capped
with basalt and clearly mark what time
and erosion has revealed to the en-
lightened man Of the present geological
age II is a fact that cannot be dis
puted h a all around the entire basin
copper ore Of commercial Importance
is being worked. and throughout the
whole mass, copper is fairly Oozing
from the intrusive vents.
There is much red shale n slate;
also limonite reefs, and the neutral iron
cap is ever present. There are many
calsite flows, highly stained, that really
look good to an old time knight Of the
desert. The trap rocks seem 70 be
shallow, and among the bigger reefs OF
quartz monsonite and iron gossins there
is much high grade ore being worked.
Almost all the lodges that have been
developed to any extent are flat and
incline toward the center OF the basin.
There appears to have been two dis
tinct flOws-one OF Andesite and the
later flow of Rhyolite. There is no
fossil evidence OF anything to show at
what geological period the sedimenta-
ries were broken I'D, but at some earlier
geological period these sedimentaries
were broken up by intrusive dykes of
various geological ages, making the
whole mass neutral to the production
of low grade copper ores.
From BrOwnell to the Elephant flats.
near the horseshoe, the present site of
the QuijOtoa ~postoffice and trading
post, there appears to be an ideal cop
per belt The formation is right, the
geological conditions can't be disputed
and the ore is here. Many small lots
and several carloads OF high grade ores
have been shipped the past three
months. For three years he pros
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
S. Invested In Ticket To Dam Well SpeD,
Soliciting For Good Cause Is a Joy Of Life

for 80 days at a time, the weather
would be ideal at all times, and without
doubt the best climate in the world"
said c. II. Winters OF Long Beach, "El
Paso, however, has all OF them beaten
when it comes to continuous good
weather, as IL neither rains, SHOWS, or
gets too hot in this city. I nave paid
many visits to FL Paso and I think that
il is one Of the most progressive cities
in the United States and within the nexr
ten years will easily double it's pOpula-
ton"
= , =
There seems to be a strong sense Of
faith in the ability of the %aerOplane
among men Of the punitive expedition
into Mexico. judging from comments on
on the machine that I have heard" said
G. n. Dunn. While there has been a
little bit of disappointment evidenced in
their showing to date in Mexico, on the
whole the aerOplane corps is the favor
lite ranch Of the army. and the soldiers
have great faith in it."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
TNKLINGS and
L THINKLINGS
ny WEEK JONES.

Physician says blood pressure causes
girls to run away from home. Per-
haps this influence might be counter
acted by the pressure Of the maternal
slipper.
Department or agriculture is to take
a census of birds. Ell PasO could fur
nlsh a fine assortment Of chickens
wrens and squads.
Every square mile of sea is estimated
10 contain about 10000, goo fish
Pittsburg Dispatch. Except the square
mile into which YOU are casting.
The eternal miracle OF spring: Man
walking along street is hit with a
baseball. turns around sngrily-and
then smiles,
England has paid one war indemnity
to the beef trust.
LIES mysteries: C~arranza.
Four famous bags.
Carpet- dad pipes ACut-
naldo.
President Wilson saws he has a
'single1track mind" His course In
Mexico makes it look as II the track
ran on a loop.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

- ID YOU read that remarkable Associated Press
story in yesterdays Herald about the experiences
of two airmen Of the American force whose
I'D and reading if you missed it. It is an epic. What
these two men went through makes a story of human
pluck and endurance that ought to be read to, or read
BY. every boy in America. Aside from its intrinsic
interest, however, the story has another use, and that
is to call attention to the tragic and shameful neglect
Of the aviation branch Of the army.
The army has a few trained a%viatOrs, who are equal
in skill and daring to those of any army or the best
in civil life. There is nothing they will not "tTy once"
and the account they have given of themselves in work
in Mexico is worthy Of the best traditions Of the army.
But the machines given them to fly with seem to be
hopelessly outclassed by the war machines of Europe,
and also to be exceedingly unfit for the kind Of work
they are called on to do in the Mexican mountains and
over the elevated table lands. From the story of Willis
and Dargue, above referred to, we quote:
UNABLE to develop sufficient engine power to over
come the cuppy air and unable to land because Of the
nature of the ground, they threw their plane forward
in the air, time after time, as a swimmer attempting
to breast the waves, in a vain attempt TO climb the
peak. Suddenly the propeller stopped revolving and
the machine fell. crumpling the planes left wing and
burying the two fiers in the debris on the mountain
slope 400 feet below.
"Aviators testing four new planes at Columbus for
expeditionary service asserted that while the new
planes have a larger wing spread than the old ma
chimes, they have the same horse power and conse-
quently are unadapted to flying in the high altitude
OF northern Mexico"
Now the question arises: Why not get first class
reason that men Of extraordinary qualifications as mill
tary a~viators are condemned to take great and I'm
necessary risks, trying to fly in a most difficult country
with machines unsuited to the task set for them?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

People who read newspapers an
magazines at a news stand and then q
not even buy a sack Of peanuts ar
about the meanest kind Of folks tina
walk upright" said F. Magruder.
They may walk upright, but the,
read crawling and they think crawling
and they ought to be living among thu
trees of TimbuctOo instead Of watkins
like capitalists through the marble
halls of the union station"
x
The greatest JOY Of my life at pres
ent is soliciting" said F. B. Fletcher
who has been upon every sOlicitinl
committee in the city since the new
year.
81 meet a great many people in this
way and they remember me and I re-
member them and it's a fine way Of be-
ing a social creature. e to being a
dancing man or a socialist, there is no
field like the one Of soliciting for civic.
religious. business, social and political
purposes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

WISH our chamber Of
might be able to furnish a just
estimate Of the joys that IS can
bring when expended for a ticket to
the Elephant Butte dam, now complet-
said A. W. Reeves. I'VE fear the
tracks from Butte Junction to this
great engineering achievement will
soon be taken up by the Santa Fe anT
that a number Of our citizens and their
families will thus be prevented from
making this delightful journey. The
traffic department has already made
reservations for so to leave Ell Paso at
7 o'clock Saturday morning next and
those who would go should get in line
early. as the accommodations from the
butte to the dam are limited. Five dol
includes a lunch and the train
arrives at the Union station in good
time for dinner at home.
X X X
IF the Pacific coast were able 70
discard its rainy season when it rains
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

~ EssERT is a gastronomic pulmo-
tor which is used on the appetite
when il is about all in.
The serving Of dessert is a recent
practice. and is responsible for some
OF the highst priced forms Of stom-
ach trouble which doctors have to
tinker with. Dyspepsia was unknown
in this country prior to the habit OF
serving large, indigestible gobs Of col
ored dessert at the fag end of the mid
day meal. The pioneers who settled
on our shores and bought land at 80
cents per township never had to 20
to a hospital and buy an artificial
stomach. They lived on simple food
I'm dull, drab colors. served al the ratio
OF three square yards per person, and
when they had finished their contract
their Hppetites did not cry out for
more. A pioneer who would sit back
and yell for more pie, after nesting
up to an old-fashioned New England
dinner, would be considered a social
boor and barred from polite circles for
life.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

Britain, France, and their allies have already had
in force for a long time a stiff embargo on shinments
from America that do not meet their approval. Perhaps
the time may come when we shall be able to bring
pressure to bear for strcter attention to our neutral
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

If one dsblia could be prettier than another, if there
he anv ue in comparing perfect beauty with perfect
beauty. the new peOny lowered dahlias have won. This
flower for everyman's garden, flourishing like a green
bay, ought to be a familiar signt IN any back yard
where r. can have a bit of good dirt, plenty to drink.
and a fence or trellis to measure up to and scratch
against as a bear stretches himself up along the trees
and grows and grows.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
The Pipedream Boy

"a 4 Y SON" I heard the father say, "te boys are playing bah today, so,
Nj puthee, cease your round of toll your deIUng in the fertile soil, desert
= the onion and the bean, and join the lads upon the green. For grow
ing boys should rOmp and play, and not plant squashes all the day" ooh, father
dear" the boy replied, 81 take more pleasure and more pride in raising pumpkins
which will wear blue ribbons al the county fair, than I would take in playing
ball. which is but tnfings ahera ALL What shall it profit any youth to make a
three-base hit fosoOth? Let idGs all such games pursue, and entertain an
idle crew, while am raising things to eat, the prune the nutmeg and the beet,
the little early riser pea, the wiener and the banyan tree" The father burbed
for a spell, and then he tohTed to the we'll with feeble slow and hating tread,
and there awhile he soaked his head.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
pRAININa THE VALLEY.
Chamberlno. y. M. al

C~hamberinO, n. NJ, April 25.
Editor Fl Paso Herald.
Referring to an article written by
Humbolt Casad, Drainage Of Rio
Grande Valley" priAted in your valu-
able paper Mr.. Casad has taken up a
subject which is Of the utmost i'm
portance TO all land owners in the val
ley and Of the west side Of the Mes
lila valley in particular, and for which
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
AVIATION BRANCH OF ARMY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SNGULAKIY NEG

w ever get into a wal, in regions Of high altitude such
as those now being traversed, and machines and men
should be specially developed for Fo this is sort Of work The
mountain country is the place Tor the schools.
sectionp Of the army and the way this branch has been
treated. see the remarkable article on page three today.
# ought to be read and seriously thought over by
every American. The story Is one oil shameful neglect.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
OF MEXICO

Houston. Tex, April rs.
Editor El Paso Herald.
viii you kindly tell me where I can
get, or will you please send to me, the
poem Mother OF MeXico2'
I would consider this a favor to a
regular reader OF your paper of over six
years. f. A. Affleck.
Care Bristol Hotel
Of any reader can supply Mr.. Affleck
with the information he desires, The
Herald Is sure il will be appreciated.
We oannot furnish the poem or the in
formation as 10 where it can be Sc
cured.-Editor)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

The submarine campaign of the Germans against
neutral and enemy shipping has accomplished very little.
measured BY the effects of war in other ways, for the
military or naval advantage OF the central powers. 1t
NAV be given I'D, it seems to Americans, without greatly
affecting the German chances of ultimate success or
failure.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

new international law for her own benefit and hopes we
will not object. Her navy is the ultimate tribunal of
decision.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

e canal, there is an expressed will
lngness on the part of the reclama-
ton service to proceed with the work.
In this manner the charges would fall
equally on the nonresident as on the
resident landowner.
oscar B. Wood.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

Wars may threaten, beauty may prove unkind, bust
ness may drop, the potatoes may burn, but there is
still baseball.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27
NEM ARIzoNA NINE CAMP.

cannot be drained by any other natural
means. 3. A.. Goan.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-27

Miss Fawn Lippincut has seen
DgffyksSy's Ballet Russo an says it's
Ornery but well done. Nothin' ventured
nothin' lost.
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