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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Short Snatches From Everywhere

When YOU see man admitting that he has no
sense has-Dallas News
We need a Burbank to take the jump out Of the
American bean.--Lawrence Mass Telegram
It can at least said for the vice presidency that
those elected it die painlessly.-Topeka Capital
It Is not quite that. after the speaking Mt
his couch to silently weep iof
Huerta-St Louis Post-Dispatch
Just to show that she is yet out OF the frying
pan into fire. Bulgaria let's it be known that she
is in Greece.-Lawrence tMass) Telegram
Life. even these troublous times. has its COM
pensations instance scallOps and oysters are
again on the menu card.-Providence Journal
one time We saw a jackrabbit that was so full
of would have taken him Tot an arn1a-
dilIo if hadn't been for his ears-Dallas News
Scientists announce that the Gulf stream is now
hugging coast You can't blame II when you
think OF the bathing girls--Santa Fe New Mexican
The Manhattan cocktail has just celebrated its
eiRbtfeth birthday anniversary II has had a good
Mexican
II cotton keeps on may be reading OF queens
wearing coronation robes made Of rare singhams,
while the paupers clad in silk are starving IN the
streets-Houston Post
The attack made the president by the hyphen-
AT again emphasizes the fact that Mr. wilson mas
heen exceedingly fortunate of the enemies
The Russians haze the key Lemberg. the Italians
have KEY Trieste and the British have the key
TO Bapaume Well. what the matter with the locks
that the Allies don't their keys?-Philadelphia
Press
Another pathetic little feature OF everyday life
Just at this is the way the public stands
citedly by hoping that side the other in the
railroad controversy will win notable victory and
not realizing instant that the bill will be sent
to it either case--Ohio State Journal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Who Gets The rofits?

Dealers in foodstuffs in FL Paso complaining that
the cost of necessares rapidly mounting They quote
figures showing the rise II the cost TO the consumer
of certain commodities embracing most of the food
staples They are not complaining half much, how
ever as the families which have to buy the tood
mentioned The consumer is making the loudest cry
The condition hits hard in Ell PasO, but not worse
than elsewhere the southwest and 1t has been felt
throughout the United States 1t is cause of com
plant everywhere.
When the cost of commodity advances 10 to 30
percent who pockets the increase? Not the farmer
though the producers receiving somewhat more IN
this than in other years Not the retailer for he still
complains of the margin of profit
Demands of foreign countries now forced to look to
the United States for part OF their food supplies
are partly responsible for the rise Partial crop failures
have their effect Also but in the MAN, the increased
cost goes the pockets of the big obber the whole
sale factors who stand toll collectors between the
consumer and the producer.
II has long been said in the southwest that high
freight rates accounted for the higher cost of supplies
and an increase in freight rates almost invariably
pfesaged another increase in the cost of living But
the reductions in freight did bring correspond
ing reductions prices paid by the consumernor should
any thinking person have expected it. few years ago
when class and commodity rates in turn repeatedly
pared by the interstate commerce commission the
general freight agent of a southwestern railroad
remarked on the successive cuts and said:
Your obbeIs will be getting their goods from
the east more cheapIy than before. Ask them and
ask the retailers much they contemplate reducing
their selling prices You will find there will be no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
The Fall Of Calhoun

Patrick Calhoun, who few years ago was power
on the Pacific coast has appeared before bankruptcy
court in New York and stated his tangible assets at
that moment were S. about s13,esse95 less than he
had five wears ago He thrown into bankruptcy
over the non payment of his office rent.
few years ago, Calhoun, grandson OF the southern
statesman of the same name, was president OF the
limited Railroads of San Francisco, the holding corpor
atom for the street car lines of the city. He was
forcefu character He said affairs began to go against
him with the San Francisco earthquake and fire which
damaged his lines seriously. Then later he sustained
long and expensive strike Afterward, his name was
involved in the notorious graft prosecutions which over
vhelmed the then mayor, Eugene Schmidt, Abe Rue1
and mart of the board of supervisors He was accused
of having paid the ring" of city and county Officials
heavy tribute
Calhoun's affairs were rapidly gong from PAD 70
vorse They were dealt a severe blow when the CITY
of San Francisco began operating municipal street
car system over certain lines. Then Calhoun was
indicted on charge of having transferred sum exceed
ing ST 100000 from the United Railroads 10 MS own
account 1t appeared the money lost in personal
investment of Calhoun's He got out of the trouble,
went east in 1914 and in the east he stayed Since
then he has tried regain some Of his lost wealth.
With the results related in the bankruptcy court
The case of Calhoun illustrates the rapidlty Win
which in these DAYS money is made and lost; and
+be desirability also of steering straight
tourseof the cobbler sticking TO his last and working
At his business for all there is in him The earthquake
Mr. Calhoun could not avoid The other matters were
m to his discretion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Torreop Has Had Neither Famine Nor Typhus
Army Truck Has Put Army Mule IN Scrap Pile

earth" said 5. F Bridges. Cattle have
also suffered from the cold blasts which
are very infrequent at this time Of the
year while for a time il was very DIFF
fiCult for the ranchers TO obtain water
for their stock due to the incapacitated
windmills- They are used extensively in
that section TO pump water and without
them the rancher is al a loss to water
his cattle. unless there are good pools
within the vicinity Residents OF FriO
county believe that they experienced a
part OF the storm which ravaged the
western coast of the state"
street riOting in FL Paso Monday
morning could be compared with that
of san Francisco. except that the crowds
did not linger any longer than five min
utes after they had gathered" said r
d. White During that strike there
pickets were placed in front OF eating
houses and restaurants where union Ia
tor was not employed. and it was very
difficult for tourists 20 get anything to
eat. I remember one occurrence on
Third street. when a number Of strikers
rushed a certain place and were driven
away by the police before they could
lay their hands on anything"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

-HE mud hole is a great American
institution. which. except IN FL
l. Paso. comes in the spring and
.tavs until new board Of supervisors
is elected. It then moves over into an
other township and locates on piece
Of road which has not been touched
nv the profane hand Of the King drag
since the Mexican war
Almost every county has coiiec-
tion Of ancient. honorable and accepted
md holes which are never filled up
with anything except automobli =
wheels. dragging differentials anu
r,rofsne tourists Il would seem that
when a mud hole has established
reputation which reaches into the next
congressional district it would be con-
tent TO retire and not keep on clogGins
the highway with the PROSTATE forms
or seven passenger touring cars but
II Is harder to make a mud hole retire
than il is TO drag a Federal ofIice-
holder away from the pay roll
Mud holes are caused by the surface
Of the road giving way at the knee
Joints and sinking due south untt
Goth runpins boards are ancnoreG
firmly 10 the highway. Some mud
holes are deeoer than others and un-
less acted upon a. once viii swallow
4 high-seated runabout with the top
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

Mondays street car riot was the
third one I have seen since have been
on the road" said J. J. Newman. trav-
cling man from Chicago at Hotel Shell
don. And ] must say that the police
either seem to 90 10 one extreme or the
other 7 saw the beginning OF the riots
Monday noon and ducked into the hotel.
but not before ! had seen the policemen
apparently were making no effort to
stop the riots II was just the other
way in Chicago and san Francisco.
where I went through street car strikes
that lasted for weeks Instead Of being
innocuously inactive. the police in those
two cities il seemed to me. were IN
necessarily brutal They ruled the
streets with their clubs. striking right
and left. and broken heads always re-
suited when anything like a riot threat
ened. The police took their knocks
along with the carmen. Drawing sticks
and stones. even revOlvers- But woe be-
tide the mob in which the police once
got the upper handi They showed no
more mercy than the strikers. In San
Francisco and Chicago the brutality Of
the strikers was not to be compared
with that of the police. while in FL
Paso il seems TO be the other way
round"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
The Mudhole Is Great American Institution
Remains Until New Supervisors Are Elected

back forty Many a farmer who lives
next to one of these quick assets has
earned more money yankinS deeply
imbedded tourists to some haven OF
rest than by any other form of en-
deavOr
There are not so many mud holes
in our public highways as formerly.
this being due 10 the fact that the
former is buying most OF the auto
mobiles After a farmer has driven
into one of these limitations Of the
bottOmless pit in brand new car
and taken his family down with him.
where they can't see anything but the
tree tops either the mud hole or the
road supervisor viii be removed at
the next general election. II used 20
he the fashion TO repair mud holes
with live sod which stood erect in
the road and impaired a smooth, Gid
ing sensation to people in the back
seat. sod is all right in its place
but very little of il is used in building
speedways
The mud hole commits most OF its
crimes in the spring Of the year.
breaking springs. twisting aXles and
causing people to lose a lot Of hard
earned religion 1t would not last
long II everybody who wallows
through II would stay mad long
enough to bond the county for good
roads.
Copyright By George Matthew Adams)-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Inspiring For Law

At Tombstone, Ariz, few days ago bootlegger
was tried and convicted in go seconds thereby esta5
fishing record for the court. Coming the climax
of long line of convictions obtained in the past few
months it doubtless served to strike species of terror
into the hearts of those still engaged in selling liquor
in Cochise county in violation of the law
After many months of bootegging in which it seemed
almost impossible to a conviction, in which
respect for the law and for the courts seemed to have
fallen to the depths, stinging arrangement by the
county attorney and by the sheriff of existing conditions
and of the almost mpossbity of obtaining convictions
seemed to awaken the moral sense of the county
From that time, conditions changed. Almost every
booegger brought before the superior court has been
convicted with waste of time. The only fact neces
sary establish the guilt of the accused 1t was
demonstrated to bootleggers that fast as guilty
man was brought to trial. the county Jail gained
inmate
The effect of the long string of convictions
upon the whole community has been wholesome inspir-
ing respect for the law and respect and admiration
for the court and its officers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

large increase in wages under the
guise of an alleged eight hour working
day The correct name for this is an
eight hour pay day All transporta-
ton uen including the proposed strik-
ers know that IL is impossible to OPP
crate railway trains on an eight hour
day or a ten hour day The millions
of dollars on the pay rolls of the rail-
ways paid for overtime to these pro-
posed strikers is conclusive proof OF
! that fact Moreover. il II was proposed
| that these men should work actually
only eight hours per day AID be paid
accordingly. they would refuse such
proposal with greater emphasis than
they now object 10 arbitration II IS
ing else But that fact would not
necessarily condemn the demands OF
the men, II they are entitled 10 an
increase of pay they should have IL
and II such increase increases the cost
Of operation and reduces the net earn
1ngS OF the railways. which on the
whole have been insufficient. the pub
lie should pay the necessary increased
ators have proposed and yet propose
| that such questions be determined as
above indicated
There was no emergency requiring a
strike at once or at any other time IN
the near future The men who pro-
posed TO strike are already highly paid
J There is no want or distress among
them They can afford to grant and
I tl4c pluAlC interest requires a. uluCh
| time as may be reasonably necessary
! for a proper solution Of the issue on
/ a plane entirely above that which il
now occupies
The government already regulates
| the rates which the railways are per-
mitted TO charge for service rendered.
! This places upon the government an
/ obligation to see that the rates are
| sufficient to enable the railways TO
render the required service including a
proper net return on capital invested.
| The cOrollsry Of governmental regula-
tiOu OF railway rates is like regulation
of railway wages The public approves
the first. VIII il approve the second:
J. L Campbell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
FASHION SHOW WILL FOLLOW
aviator" PERFORMANCE

An exposition OF women's wear CAL
culated to make the eyes Of the fair
sex turn verdsnt with envy is sched-
uled to occur at the Texas Grand to-
morrow afternoon. Almost every Lead
ing local merchant has Joined forces
with Hodges and Tynes musical revue
in providing a fashion shown on pre-
tenfious lines After the regular per-
Torrance of The Aviator" the young
women members of the company will
he seen in the latest descriptions Il
women's wear. ranging from lingerie
tC wraps.
The fact that the style display IS
for the eyes of women only makes II
necessary to clear the house OF All
mere males at the conclusion OF the
regular performance. Men viii he
allowed to attend the regular per
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
THE STRIKE sIrUATIoN.

Editor II Paso Herald
The strike situation has developed
political phase. consequently. there
was hurry up action at Washington
such as is likely at any time 10 result
in half baked legislation The president
and the members of congress have
been advised OF this situation for
months and deliberate and wisely
planned action should have been put
into motion some time ago. under
which a roper solution could have
been calmly worked out.
As il was four hundred thousand
voters demanded that congress give
them an alleged eight hour day not
later than last Saturday night. a tie
up OF national transportation being the
penalty for failure Four hundred
thousand votes look good and import
ant to a number OF men al this time
and one is led TO wonder whether or
not they rather than the welfare Of
the country are the controlling con-
sideratiOn impelling the proposed hasty
action.
The president appeared before con-
Sress with statement OF the situation
and an explanation of his action rela-
tive thereto sticking out between
every line Of that statement a brief
that does not wisely cover the public
interest IS plainly visible The rail-
Way owners and operators some time
ago urged the proposal that IL the in
terstate commerce commission did not
( have authority TO investigate and de-
termine the whole question at issue.
such authority should be at once con-
ferred upon II by the government and
that the questions involved in the pro-
posed strike should be referred 10 il
Tor investigation and adjudication
Ihey have been and are willing that
me mole question shall be submitted
TO arbitration under the direction and
control OF an impartial and competent
tribunal The railway employees pro-
posing TO strike were not willing to
aNaaH#
such an analysis. consequently. thew
refused arbitration
They and the president Of the United
states asked that thy be granted a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

reduction The slack will all be taken up and the public
whom these tariff reductions designed to relieve
will experience relief"
The conversation occurred in Tucson The railroad
official was right Prices not reduced either TO
the small retailer the Nor Will they be
materially reduced unless, in way, the producer
and the consumer brought into more direct contact
or until as occasionally happens, supply exceeds the
demand as to force reduction in prices And then
the producer is the one who suffers most.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
A Campaign For Homes

group of real estate firms in San Francisco has
undertaken community advancement along lines some
what resembling the educative advertising campaign
made by a number of realty firms here. II has rent
reduction and an automobile for each family as the
chief appeal.
San francisco is city of renters. Many thousands
of people are packed into the rows of FLATS" which
line street after street, and the rents are high The
association in San Francisco has undertaken to move
these people or as many of them possible out of the
flats 1t is offering them small, new homes Of their
own in the suburbs of San Francisco, across the bay
and in the small along the peninsula south Of the
CITY at monthly payments in each made about half
what is being paid for rent In many instances the
monthly payments reduced to s12 and S1s.
By saving half on the rent, each family will soon
have enough to buy an automobile to take of the
transportation feature That is where the automobile
comes in.
Of course these in the class of FL Paso
homes They are of frame construction in country
where lumber is comparatively cheap, but they suit the
climate of the bay country very well and will undOubt
edly give greater satisfaction than flatdwelling.
This is an interesting experiment. The association
of firms means large section Of San Francisco
population of the congested district and to accom-
pIish it in short time The result of the effort will
be worth watching.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
T ETTERS to THE
- HERALD
FOR MANTLE PARALYSIS.

Globe. Arizona, sept. >. 1915.
Editor Fl Paso Herald.
] wish TO give you a cure and pre-
vention of infantile paalysis- The
Indians cure all germs Of disease that
enter the mouth and nose by inhaling
smoke from burning pine b. ards
have made a study OF il and find il one
Of the best cures for catsrrh Of the
head and throat Smoke from barning
tar or tar oil will do the same I sug-
gest this 10 those who should give il
a trial 7 believe a remedy that will
Kill one kind Of micrObe will kill an
other Mrs. " Sheehan.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
The Touring Test

TOOK Jim and Joe
pleasant lads genial smiling
worst best will all faings find
cneeru all the
was gumbing all the time said
the ditch complained
OundeTd in the % Joseph shocked the little birds with his
but my car free to jim wish to know the truth
through the dust and tires o
Copyright by George Matthew Aaams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Roundabout Town
Roundabout oWn
Gives Three To Uncle Sans Army;
Rereaved Girl Still Makes Sacrifices
Husband and Two Brothers Fall in Country's Be
half: Girl Works To Alleviate Suffering OF
Soldiers Families; Town Pickups
By G. A. MARTIN.

grand jury in relation to the street car
rioting of Monday for he was on the
street near the Popular store when II
started and saw all of It, Like the
others who saw the whole disgraceful
affair Billie didn't see the police doing
anything TO stop IL
Here's one a Crawford comedian put
over that has some real truth in IL:
If we were all Just as true to our
country as we are to our wives.
wouldn't the United States be in hell
Of A fix
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

or the very Interesting screen PLAY.
The House of the Golden Windows
This I4asky production is one Of the
best and is fast of action and contains
many dramatic moments In addition
10 the feature, the Alhambra will also
present one ofthe Bray animated car
tOOnS-AdV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

is almost risque in its Interpretation
BY Miss Olanova
The whole cast. including the master
criminal. the police reporter. the YAM
pire. the renowned detective and the
chemist are woven into a plot that
rivals anything vet portrayed on the
motion picture screen and carries this
production far above all as fascinat-
ing. powerful drama OF mystery and
intrigue. Admission 10 cents-Adv
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
Verse Libre .
cor Poetry au Gratis.D

The Land & Lot Sales
Company put over a
Great number OF Important
Deals this week
One
OF then was the sale OF
4
House and lot
To T.
Brown, on Magoffin
&
St Vrain streets. There have been
several
Significant
Rental deals negotiated by the same
Firm
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

-HERE is neither famine nor a
tvpbus epidemic in Torreon."
l. said Michel Barnardini. consul
lar AGENT for France and in charge OF
the Belgian consulate at Torreon-
~Tvphus cannot spread in the climate
Of Torreon. A few cases do come in. but
mat is the end Of it, The food supply IS
abundant. and there is plenty OF work
and good paw for the poems Many or
the Iaborers are given small plots OF
land that they work on shares planting
cotton. corn and wheat The wages OF
the poems are from IS TO SO day.
naper. The government is doing all that
is necessary for che welfare Of the peo-
pIe. Mexico is good place in which
TO cast ones .ot. 7 have lived there
for "a years. so / think that / ought
70 know
The big trucks now in use along the
border are still an object OF terror 70
Mexicans who have seldom seen any
thing larger than mule cart said :
NJ williams. Of Lima O Mr. Williams
" no has been driving one OF the supply
trucks from Columbus TO Gen Persn-
ing's camps in Mexico. broke ms Trip
from Columbus to san Antonio oS STOP
ring for a day a Hotel PasO Del Norte-
1T is amusing to see the natives scatter
v hen nv big truck energies from the
dust and rolls into slght IN mexican
settlemeu~ Mr. Williams continued
ITS big. harmless machine, but II un-
doubtedIv looms up like a levlathan,
particularly along toward dusk II
needs no guns or armOr to put the poems
10 flight I am driving my truck from
Columbus 10 san Antonio and am hav-
ing no difficulty with the roads Don't
mention mules to me In my opinion
The auto truck has put the army mule
out of business
"Rain and wind have played havoc
-, Ind us in Eria county in south
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
~ HOWARD L. RAM

up When such Il mud hole as this is
located in close proximity TO a farmer
who owns a dredging outfit consist
ing OF a team of dOcile mules. it is
worth more to the property than
trans-continental railway through the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
sPECIAI. NTTR ACTIoN ar RIJoT.

The Wandering Horde" the Vita
graph compdny's weekly special. viii
he the headliner at the Bijou TO-DAY
James Oliver Curwood is respOnsib l ,
for the scenario Of this photoplav. and
il is given a satisfactory performance
by 4 cast of stars.-AdV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06
"THE NLHANIRRA-,

Wallace Reid and Cleo Ridgely. tho
two noted Lasky stars. Will today pla 3
return engagement, at the AIhambra
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

lust when Mexican bngandage is officially pro
nounced dead the corpse spoils the post mOrtem by
rising up and capturing town.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

Rain and wind have played havoc
with windmills in Frio county IN south
ern Texas during the past month. ther'
being over 500 windmills blown to I'M