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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

gradually rising tar OF m the water
which filled them after the rains Herb
ivorous animals were frequently caught
and in turn became the bait that at
tracted numbers OF carnivOrOuh spe-
cies. who in turn added their bones TO
those gone before.
wolves and Tigers
Over 700 species OF the big dirus wolf
were found and $50 skulls OF the saber
toothed tiger were recovered. complet-
ing the species from kitten 10 the
mightiest old Tom More than 50 spe-
cies Of prehistoric animals fillinE $500
boxes Of bones and including thousands
OF rare specimens were recovered in
the 80 acres that now will become a
public playground
One section OF the pits viii be pre-
served as il is. showing how the bones
were imbedded in the sticky mess that
also acted as a preservative throughout
the ages They are lying like cord
wood, as though nature grimly planned
this animal sepulcher 10 enlighten fu-
ture ages
Wild Flowers In PARK.
Perhaps next in distinctiveuess as
a municipal beauty spot is the south
west corner OF Exposition park. near
the heart Of the city. where nearly five
acres are covered with wild flowers.
These are In their first bloom. having
been planted last year. and they form
carpet OF dazzling color Here may
be seen go varieties OF wild plant life
OF the srater-an assortment that would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

J entail most endless travelling e Be
viewed where naturs first propaRzesd
its adDrnment Of the hills and daIaG
Il Is said that this is the largest nan
made wild flower preserve In the world
The beauty OF the natural growth il
accumulated BY the proximity OF for
nal garden OF several acres IN which
only cultivated flowers are planted
The third unique feature Is found
IN the largest OF the city parks, named
Griffith in honor OF its donor. This
IS a 5O1I acre tract mostly in its nat
ural state, close TO the city limits, and
extending from the foothills 20 include
some OF the highest peaks In the
county.
Municipal Golf Inks.
Municipal golf links and a zoo de
luxe are among the attractions, the
latter being designed as a @city besuti-
ful' for its restless inhabitants The
enclosures are so arranged that the
rear gates nay be opened into a great
natural park extending for acres up
the mounrainsids. so that when the
wild creatures are inclined TO fret in
confinement they are turned out 10 live
their lives IN the same environment as
before captivity.
Provision Is made for deer. bear. buff
falO and other denizens OF plain and
forest 10 have unlimited space exactly
as nature fitted Il for wild animal
needs The plan Is said TO be highly
satisfactory 20 keepers and charges
alike.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

TV WASHINGTON. D. c, July l.
w The every day unskilled wage
worker in this country grows
old from % to 80 per cent faster than
the fairly weH-to-do business man. SO
likewise does his wife. The under
tsker visits him twice as often. and
his babies die more than twice as
quick.
p The L S Public Health service has
recently made a thorough investigation
OF this subject, and many OF the facts
II has brought out are as surprising
as they are shocking They show that
the "scrap-heap Of industry is the
eventual bourne to which a very large
fraction Of our wage earning popula-
ton inevitably finds its way, through
sickness or poverty, sooner or later
There IS surely something wrong with
the machinery Of civilization, when. in
1 ? world where there is an ample suf-
e1iciencv Of food and evrything else 10
make everybody comfortable and hap
py. nine out OF ten people suffer from
the miserles OF poverty Poverty makes
sickness, and sickness make poverty.
80 that vicious and horrible circle is
established
The Tenements and sIums.
We call ourselves highly civilized;
yet in every American city is found
the tenement section or "slums" as
contrasted with the residential and
business sections Municipal govern
ment adopts in regard TO them wholly
foifferent methods OF management. the
working class districts always suffer
ing from delay in the making OF i'm
proFements such as are deemed matters
Of course elsewhere Thus II comes
that such districts commonly lack even
such community necessaries as sewage
Iacillties ana proper water supply.
Only a rev years ago 1000 900 people
OF wage worker families in New York
City had no bathtubs provided for their
Nusei ana, IN the houses they occupied,
100000 rooms were WindowIess and IN
Ventilated Conditions in this regard
have been greatly improved since then
so Tar as the metropolis is concerned:
but today they are equally bad, II not
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

f0LoUDs OF humming demons.
armed with poisoned lances. chas-
ing man. following him up. sur
rounding him Were he settles as
wolves bes;eEe an encampment, at
lacking him in his homes, in his walks
and his labcrs. breaking camp when
re breaks. stopping where he stops,
acquiring from him the habit OF emf
grafton, injecting mis- life with the
germs OF death and singing a high
keyed paean OF victory and gratifica-
rion over his poignant sufferings-such
is the picture which the recent OBJ
serTstions OF Mai. AshOurn. the gen
eral inspector OF the health department
IN the Panama canal zone, makes Of the
snopheles mosqGito in its relations
with its human contemporaries.
This. as Dr. G s Ludlow. OF the
) army medical museum, points out, is a
rev viewpoint Of the mosquito. which
may be OF advantage in the war upon
that dangerous and irritating insect
Hitherto It has. been generally assumed
that mosquitoes. like rattlesnzkes. were
not. to be feared unless one went into
a a neighborhOod where they already
sbOunded.
It seems to be still true that the ma
larial varieties Of mosquitoes have their
natural habitats- from which they will
not widely depart unless they are lured
away But they differ from rattle
snakes and other noXious crea lures in
that, instead OF avoiding the neighbor-
hood OF man. they quickly learn 10 pre-
Ter II.
Human Blood Jags-
/, The taste Of human blood becomes as
fascinating for them as the smell and
flavor OF whisky are for some unfortu-
nate. weak-willed men Dangerous
snakes keep away from inhabiteds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

places, but mosquitoes seek them. Nan
draws them after him, or. as Maj. Ash
burn puts il, The mslsrial mosquito
follows man
Some very curious and suggestive OBJ
servations have been made in the canal
zone concerning the distances TO which
malariai mosquitoes viii go in search Of
human blood, the manner in which they
become infected with malarial germs
and the screening effect produced by =
settlement intervening between the
lurking place OF the mosquitoes and
another settlement beyond it
II they get all they want OF their IA
vorite food at the nearby point they
will not go beyond it. but IL the human
screen is removed. then they will go
farther, pitching their camp in a new
locality, IL necessary. for, upon the
average. they do not take flights much
exceeding quarter OF mile from
their breeding places. although in
stances have been known where. owing
to special circumstances. they have ex-
tended their range to a mile.
They Like Humans
Some experiments, or at least obser-
vations, have been made upon the ef-
feet OF an animal barrier" interpOsed
between q human settlement and the
home OF the mosquito but this has
been found to be inefficient The in
sects prefer human blood. and they
easily perforate human skin
II has also been observed that places
in the canal zone where settlements OF
Iaborers had existed for \ considerable
time, and which had become hotbeds OF
malarial mosquitoes. have been almost
completely denuded OF the dangerous
insects since their human neighbors de-
camped-
A very striking instance OF this is
quoted by DR.. Ludlow in Science" At
Cano Saddle a contractors camp was
formed on November Is. 1913. At first
Misunderstanding mosquitoes seem TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

have been unknown there On Decem =
Der six mosquitoes. with malaria IN
their blood were killed; on December
10, 81; on December 90 1855; on Deem
March Z. 327T on May 9. s. The camp
was discontinued early in Nay
Major Ashton thinks that the sno-
pheles mosquito fthe malarial kind. IS
not a malaria carrier when It breeds
far from the neighbOrhood OF man.
From this we may infer that it gets
the germ from man. renders II transfer
able and then hands il back in an en-
venOmed form through its bites But
II the mosquito itself suffers from the
infection the result seems TO resemble
that OF whisky on certain men-it mad
dens with q desire for more, Il breaks
the bond between the victim and his
native home and habits and sends the
crazed sufferer in chase OF unnatural
indulgence without regard 10 conse-
quences-
Like n Whisky Driuker.
There is another resemblance between
the taste Of the mosquito for human
blood and that OF whisky drinkers for
their liquid curse. and that IS that IL
produces. or promotes, a kind OF low
cunning. employed for the sake OF the
infatuating dissipation
Nobody needs TO be reminded OF the
pitiful receptions and subterfuges that
the slaves Of whisky practice, while no
Jerseyman is unaware Of the demOniac
trickery OF a mosquito in getting in its
stabs on the back OF the victims neck
or through thin stockings in the
shadow Of trouser-legs OF skirts
One somewhat comforting Observa-
ton made during the mosquito wass
OF the isthmus is that, broadly speaking.
a distance Of about 1900 yards from
the breeding ground is. in ordinary cir
cumstances. sufficient TO procure a fair
degree Of exemption from the mosquito
nuisance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

less than half the wage earners' families
in the United States have that much
TO live on. Since 1900 wages have
risen 30 per cent: but in the same period
the cost Of food has gone up so per
on the border line, or below the level
OF bare subsistence. this has meant
partial starvation.
It has meant. in particular. less meat
and other foods (such as fish and eggs)
OF the kind that make blood and mus
Gle tissue. The wage workers dietary.
thus impoverished. lacks proper bal
ance," and injury to health results That
frightful scourge .'pellagra." now de-
vastating many poor white" communi-
ties IN the South. is now recognized as
only one OF many so-called "depriva-
ton diseases" attributable 10 deficien-
cies OF diet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01
Greatest Animal Graveyard
in the World is Just Con-
verted Into a City Park.

= os ANGELES. Calf. July with
the recent acquisition Of the La
- Brea fossil beds by the city for
park purposes, Los Angeles will have
three municipal Fairgrounds that are
distinctive and unique. This condition
IS considered unusual in that although
the city is the largest in the country
IN point OF area and has more than
1000 acres OF parks. its park debt is
the least per capita IN the United
States
The La Brea land Will give the CITY
81 acres OF the Oldest graveyard in the
United States. Its Exposition park is
the largest man-made wild flower gar
den in the country. extending over
nearly five acres. and in Griffith park.
a magnificent stretch OF 3017 acres OF
mountainous land, is zoo de luxe.
Tomb OF Ancient Animals.
IN acceptance as gift from its
owner G Allen Hancock. the most re-
cent park, Los Angeles acquires the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01
Dor by partial starvation. diease and
Women's Death Rate HiEhest.

exposure.
WOmen's Death Rate Highest.
Recent study has revealed the fact
that the death rate Of women in the
cotton mills is twice as high as that
OF females in the same districts out
side the mills Yet living conditions
are. IN a general way. the same for both
This is only one Of many accumulated
proofs that (as the Public Health Ser
vice says) factory work Is bad for wO-
mems health. and the combination OF
such work with matrimony is especially
harmful"
Household duties impose double toll
on women workers in factories Rut
one of the most perilous disadvantages
Of the wife thus employed is that she
cannot afford to stay at home for the
proper period OF rest before and after
her confinement A recent study OF
several thousand babies brought into
the world by factory women showed
that they were under average weight
Furthermore, the offspring of such vyo-
men are prematurely born in a 5O-per
cent greater number Of cases than the
normal average
Babies the Sufferers.
How frightful is the toll that poverty
takes OF babies may be shown by A
few figures. In BrOOkline CMass), AN
exceptionally well-tO-dO community. 10
per cent OF all deaths are OF children
under I'VE years OF age. In East
Orange IN j. the percentage IS It In
the great industrial towns of Pen
nsylvania It runs up above so. More
than half the people who die in those
communities. In other words have not
yet reached the age OF five years. In
South Bathlehem the percentage is S..
in homestead. 81. in AIOnessen. 81.
The occupations in which the death
rate IS highest are those that exposes
the workers to poisons. such as alcohol
phosphorus. lead. mercury. and arsenic
such poisons. when they do not actually
kill, give rise 10 a great variety OF
physical troubles. Indeed (savs the
Public Health Service) there is scarce
any line Of modern manufacture that is
free from this kind Of danger"
Modern industry has little use for the
man or woman who is past early mid
die life But age is not a matter mere
" OF years. for some people grow old
more rapidly than others Furthermore.
living conditions have a marked in
(COntinued On page ,, this sectfon)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01

There is at the present time A marked
tendency on the part OF employers in
this country 10 realize the effect of long
hours and over-work, and to adopt
very large proportion OF American wage
earners are even now required to toll
seven days week and ten to twelve
hours a day. In some departments of
the great steel industry seven DAYS a
week and twelve hours a day OF labor
are customary. Nearly two-thirds of
all the blast-furnace operators work on
this basis.
Under such abusive treatment the hu-
man machine deteriorates and eventual
" breaks down Shovelers in the Mis-
souri, zinc mines. beginning as young
men, are able for while 10 shovel sixty
to seventy cans" a day At the end
OF two 10 six years depending on the
physical stamina OF the individually they
can shovel only IS or 40 cans Hard
and constant labor destroys their bodily
efficiency. and at twenty-five to thirty
years Of age they are already on the
down grade.
With increased use of machinery an
other health hazard has made its malign
appearance The monOtOny Of atten-
ton and Of muscular action imposes an
undue strain on one set of nerves or
muscles, and a tendency to physical
break down is likely to manifest itself
sooner or later It is found that the
chinery produce injurious effects on the
nervous system
Irreguiarity Hurts
Another very serious cause Of health
injury TO wage earners is irregularity
of employment. 1t means uncertainty
of income, and, through worry and often
lack Of food and other necesSaries, i'm
pairs physical efficiency When the
breadwinner OF the family Is "Out OF a
Hfnh
health Of his wife and children is liable
TO suffer.
Take for example the garment work
ers OF New York City. During the
busy season" they drive themselves at
top speed. in order TO earn as much
money as possible, while in dull periods
they are without sufficient occupation
10 keep up their interest. Such condi-
tons are productive Of mental stress.
The worker during part OF the year is
overtasked. and the slack season he
spends in wondering II a Job will be
forthcoming in the future Doubtless it
IS largely for this reason that toilers in
tnis branch Of industry commonly SUI
Ter from nervous troubles
Irregularlty OF employment means
smaller income and lessened ability 10
maintain a healthful standard of living
me temporarily unemployed worker, in
order TO obtain the bare necessarfes of
life. is driven to take any job he can
get; and, as a result he is liable to lose
his grip on his own trade. Dock Ia
borers in New York are largely men
who have gradually lost their economic
status IN industry; and in large per-
centage OF instances they continue to
slip down the Industrial scale until they
reach the class Of "shenangoes"-dovn-
and-out longshOremen who finally be-
come burdens on charity.
The unemployed" as a class. are
commonly suspected TO be unwilling to
work; but the truth is that accord
ng 10 the Public Health Service) half
Of them are really incapacitated for la
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01
'UnsEiIIed Workers Grow Old More
Quickly Than Wei To Do People,
By--
Rene Bache

Of o. Lives
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
WY SUFFER HITH BlrrlrsE,
KIDNEYS or RHEUMATISM Now Z

Letter Teiis or Lonoiooked-Jor Pre>-iptien.
Dear Rodders-If can do any good in
j feel that IL is my duty TO write about
the wonderful results received from tho
use Of Anuric." j was suffering from
kidney ard bladder troubles, scalding
urine, backache and rheumatism. and feet
and ankles swcllcd SO that Rs times 1
could not walk without assistanca
Had taken several different kinds of
kidney remedies but all failed. 1 sont
for n box OF Dr. Pierce,s newest. dis-
covsry, "Anuric," which ! received BY
and am convinced that this popular
new medicine Is good. / wish 70 rec
omnend IL 10 my neighbors and every
body suffering from such troubles.
Mrs. NJ. j. SAReExT.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
ELKS WILL TRAVEL
TO ANNUAL REUNION
BY A SPECIAL TRAIN

The Colorado Elks, not the antler-
ed sort, but the Hello. Bin" variety.
are making elaborate preparations
for attending the grand lodge reunion
at Baltimore July 10 10 Is. They have
chartered train de luxe on the At
crimson, Topeka q Santa Fe railway
and will leave Denver at ] O'Clock
Friday afternoon, July :, accompanied
by the colorado-Santa Fe Trail hand.
The special VIII reach Kansas City
at O'Clock the following afternoon.
where the members Of the party will
be entertained until 10 O'Clock that
night. They viii then go sn east by
way of st. Louis. reaching their des-
tlnation the evening OF July 10.
4. NJ wyckon. past exa:ted ruler
of Canon City Lodge No. elO. will
make the trip as the representative
of the local organization. John
Thomas and J. II. Ellis are also plan
ming to go along in an unofh, ,ciai
capacity.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
COLLECTING FROM THE DEAD

State Inheritance Tax Commission
er Leslie Hub ard Is establishing n
record on tax collections this year.
Since he took office in January. 1918,
lie has collected s1.073. 900 from A.
5sT estates. according TO hgures com
piled Saturday. This amount equals
the total amount collected by tho
del artment during tho IL years prior
to Hubbard's administration.
In 1--WE months q 1916 Hubbard col
Iected SECS. geo. which is 100000
more than the usual biennial csti-
mate by the lie .islature. He estimates
the additional revenue for 1916 at
100000. During 5s years Hubbard
has collected s5Ts.2s7 more than tho
estimated revenue from his depart
ment.
Since Hubbard took office the fol-
loving estates have paid tax of over
$4,000 each: Moses Ha1ett, John
A. Thatcher. f. W. Gidd ngs. Anne =.
Jones. Dennis sullivan. Anne W.
jacobson, Jamrs 81 Wilson. George
s. Newman. 10 !. McGinnity. Sam
tel s. Haiieit. A'aus n S. Hall. VII
II m Barth. On ,riofte Faith. Total
s5l6, ,s79.--Denytr Democrat
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
THE RENOYATOR MAKES
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS

Mr. d. G. Province Of the Rcnoyator
has Just recently made big improve
ments in his cleaning establishment
The hand washing and exterior ma
chimes which we're in vogue in the
shop when he took charge have been
remode'ed and are now run by cleo
tricity.
The change means that better clean
ing work can be turned out in less
time than formerly. The change was
made necessary because OF rapidly
growing business which made the
methods out-of-date. The cleaning de
partment possesses a washer and two
extracting machines ard they are kept
busy most OF the time.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
NATIONAL GUARD
BEING REORGANIzED

Captain A. r. livingston of Co. X,
End infantry, announces that the ma
tional guard of Colorado is being re-
organized in accordance with the re-
cent decision OF the military authori-
ties of the state ana that important
changes are being made which are
expected to increase its efficiency.
The End regiment has been dissolv-
ed by order of the adjutant general
and Co. X of that unit has become Co.
of the LIST infantry. OF special inter
est to the members of the national
guard throughout tie state is the fact
that under the new order of things
they will receive pay after the 1st of
July.
Captain Livingston is anxious to
arouse more enthusiasm in the COM
munity in the affairs of Co X and
hopes to see it recruited up to its full
quota of men with as little delay as
possible. The company contains lot
of good military material and with the
proper interest on the part of its
members and encouragement from the
public may easily become one of the
best organizations of its kind in the
state.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
0. & R. G. IMPROVEMENTS
BEGIN THIS MONTH

Upon his return from meeting OF
the Rio Grande directors In New
York President Nudge ordered the
work OF ballasting the line between
Pueblo and Colorado Springs begun.
Stag from the Pueblo smeltess viii be
used for ballast and the cost of the
work is estimated at s240.0G6.
Mr.. Nudge a.so was tiven authority
oy the directors for the purshase Of
500 box cars in addit on to the 1000
cars contracted for several months
ago which will be delivered this gum
mer.
The improvements Just authorized
~ the directors. together with other
bette ments which they have APPROX
ed. will bring the expenditures con-
templated by the road this year close
to $3,500,000. This includ 81 500.
300 for box cars s450.OoO fer ten
new locomotives. $4,000 scr 1n.Oon
tons of new rails, 100000 for laying
new steel and .s24o,Oo0 for ballast ng
the tracks between Colorado Springs
and Pueblo.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-06-22
DEMOCRATS
RENOMINATE
WILSON AND
MARSHALL

St Louis, Mo, Jure 16.-A debate
on the woman suffrage plank of the
Democratic platform delayed adjourn
ment of the nat .onal convention this
afternoon.
Wilson and Marshall were re-nomi-
ated shortly after midnight.
Adjournment sine die is expected
late this afternoon.
When Gov. Stone, chairman OF the
resolutions committee, finished the
reading of the majority report on the
platform Gov. Ferguson of Texas,
presented a minority report signed
by four members.
The only difference in the two was
over the suffrage plank.
Gov. Ferguson was opposed to suf-
frage because it would increase the
negro vote in the south The debate
is still on.
Unmeasure denunciatious of hyl ho-
mated Americanism, praise of Demo-
cratic achievements and further en-
dorsement of preparedness, were the
principle planks of the platform.
The woman suffrage plank caused
a long fight in the resolutions COM
mittee also. Western members favor
ed a constitutional amendment. but
southern members finally forced a
plan that the state enfrancihse women
The suffra gettes in St. Louis are
dissatisfied with the plank.
The approval of President Wilson
was obtained by telegraph before the
plank was submitted to the copven-
ton.