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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
Soldier Loyal To Church Is Loyal To y. S.
Auto and Flivver Owners Rejjoice--Cheap Gas

since both the water users board ana
the representatives OF the United States
reclama ton service are bending every
effort for the realization OF the COM
mon plan"
'EI Paso always has had a rather
bIase reputation in the line Of drink
abIes" said J. VI. Cunningham Of the
Hotel Paso Del NOrte. But it has re-
NAMED for some Of the soldiers from
the east to introduce something new
out here One Of the most popular ne"
drinks. especially among the Mass2-
chusetts men. bears the name Of ths
Oregon dog cocktail II was made
popular here by the son OF one OF Bos-
tons richest magnates VINO IS learning
TO be A soldier. This drink is not near
Is as formidable as its cognomen would
imply. In fact, II is quite harmless Il
made properly II is simply a PLAZA
lemonade. with dash OF gin, NOT mucn
more than enough TO flavor It. Anoth-
- drink that rivals the oregon dog
in popularity is the Crawford highbalL
This consists Of white grape juice. a
dash Of gin and the remainder seltzer-
Maybe it's the climate here. but there
certainly is a tendency toward lighter
drinks The soldiers seem to crave the
long. cooling, soothing concot1ons with
plenty OF ice, There IS not the demanI
for strong drink so often credited -
our army men campaigning IN the
west
Russia is buying more and more OF
her supplies in the United States deS-
pite transportation delays said Walter
T. Lementy. p buyer for the cars en-
pire. at the chamber of commerce we'd
nesday- Mr. Lementy, who spoke
through an interpreter continued; 1
am only one Of large number OF buy
ers now in the United states Ny spe-
ciaity is drugs and chemIe1is- llnd
ourselves particularly short OF citris
acid. caustic soda ana tartaric acid:
We are in the market for all kinds or
chemicals in fact. We viewed your
snlelter today and go from here to CALI
I fornia- There my government Will buy
I large quantities OF walnuts- canned
I frIIita and olive oil Shipping condi-
! lions are bad but are gradually I'M
proving and despite the war Russia ;
! developing rapidly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
Douehnut. Hole Surrounded By Indigestion
Origin of the Species Is An Unsolved Mystery

flower and which retain 10 marked
degree their peachlike bloom ana
death-dealinE contents II will always
remain a mystery why the makers OF
the rubber tire DO not adopt the for
mula used in laying up a batch OF
doughnuts. and thus do away forever
with the vindictive puncture and the
profanity breeding blowout
The lowest and most deadly form
of doughnut known TO the human race
is the brand served at the railroad eat
ing house and eaten with sad misgiN-
ings by travelling men who have lost
their zest for life This douEhnut Is
composed Of three parts Portland
cement and one part sudden death. and
IS followed almost Immediately by
sharp toothache in the stomach and
4 murderous desire 10 meet the owner
of the eating house in some retired
spot Why do the railroads prohibit
their patrons from drinking some
sparkling form OF patent medicine on
the trains and at the same time com
pei them to associate in an intimate
and remorseful manner with the con-
crete doughnut2
The only doughnut which can give
general and lasting satisfaction to the
greatest number OF pepOle is one which
consists entirely OF hole
Copyright 1915 by George Matthew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
Short Snatches From Everywhere

Neither side Of the railway controversy can AFFORD
exalt stubbornness over common sense anu GUN"
mon justce-St Louis Globe-Democrat
Fairbanks has not been told that ne was nominated
for the vice presidency but he has strong suspicion
that some one is after his 0arrel-Phiadelphia
Ledger
difficuIties with the United States. Now will he
kindly settle difficulties with nmz-tlorlda
Times-Union
The Mexican trouble similar to that OF can
cerous growth II offending party were cut away
there still remain the insidous eIenient OF IN
ternaI dstress-Temple CTexas) Telegram
The progressive leaders at indianapolis have
reached the conclusion that to nave a Inr9 ,ckse
this would be impractcable thus catching "
with the colonel a last-Boston transcript
The way the movements on the eastern and west:
the French and British it viii be consider
ably nearer to Bapaume than to kovei-Boston GLOBE
Threshing marketing and shipping the gold get
ting alfalfa crop of Pecos county Is a HVeiy
Industry at this time, and is claiming every nofnens
of our alfalfa farmersFort Stockton tIex) Floheer
the remotest most sparsely settled communities
The people moving forward IN the EFFORT
to 1ake the Of the rural life misunderstanding
News
S,rs the C-entraIia Mo- Courier: The couple were
married al the home the brides parents, where
they will remain until the bridegroom gets a JOB
An. how candid and artIess are tnose VINO leao 'hs
simple Hfe-New Orleans States
An old hen belonging a family in Fort Worth.
aft weeks lot OF eggs gave up IN
despar and the nest A few days later the heat
would have spoiled those eggs while other countries
would have cooked them Great is Texas-Foard
County (Texas) News
The recommendation that all dissatisfied and
e-rumbIing guardsmen the border be sent home as
soon as military exigencies will allow will probably
have a effect. since all know that as soon as
rbA sent home for this released from
military duty will to be soldiers and become
Observation-Disclosures American
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

The United States rifle range Hpolt
Is miles north of FL Paso IN wnat Is
known as DOna Ana canyon in the
state Of New Mexico. is an ideal one
in every particular" said D. R Egan-
The range is not only ideal m rs
proximity TO the military base AZ Fl
Paso. but also in the selection os the
ground for il. II is perfectly level:
and I have been informed that some OF
the best shooting that has ever Deeii
done BY the soldiers Of the United
states has been exhibited al TINS par
ticular range It is a fact that one
out Of every four men in the rank ana
file OF the army are sharpshooters- ana
two out Of every three are better tnan
marksmen- I have never seen pet
ter range constructed by the govern
menr"
DRIVERS % automobiles. wagons and
OF any kind Of vehicles will certainly
be pleased when the municipal marx p
is opened II il has any effect on the
dispensing of the large number OF rue
farmers on Kansas street" said r
hammers. From as early as o'clock
the morning until noon the streetS
at Overland and Kansas are blocked
with small wagons. and IL Is an i'm
possibility TO get through altogether.
There must he at least 40 wagons dis
trihuted adjacent 10 the corner % the
two streets. and il is particularly an
moving when number are croWdlnG
the street The market should do away
with all OF this"
=
1--WE hope to have an irrigation dis
trict for Texas established within a
month" said 7. A Smith. president OF
the Fl Paso Valley Water Users as
ISOLATION. There are certain legal
steps that must first be gone through.
and all OF this takes time A petition
TO the secretary Of the interior mus;
first he drawn up and signed by a
majority Of the water users 4 con-
tract between the government and the
water users is then drawn up. and sub
mitted to the members Of the assOcia-
tiOn for their ratification Two thirds
Of those voting must be in favor oil
the contract before IL becomes bind
ing. Despite all the details that mus
| be looked after. We hope TO &c
! through the preliminary steps prompt!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

1.-THE DOUGHNUT is round hole
entirely surrounded by indiges-
ton.
The origin of the dOughnut has never
been solved by our scientific investi-
gators, but it is known 10 be very
a,cient xeapon. .-PIutarch's Lives"
relates that on one occasion an attempt
was made to assassinate the Emperor
Nero BY proffering him r poisoned
doughnut over which pulverized sugar
had been cunningly sprinkled. but tnat
after being operated on with several
raw eggs IN rapid sequence his lie was
saved. II fresh eggs had been as hard
10 obtain then as they are now, the
Roman Empire would have been better
off. for Nero is generally conceded TO
have been one Of the coarsest emperors
then doing business on the continent OF
Europe.
The doushnut. however. has some
admirable qualities In the first place,
II is a hardy excuse for food and can
be nut on the table for several weeks
hand running without losing its youth
full contour or dyspeptic ardor- 1t is
a melancholy sight to see discouraged
clearinghouse keeper pass a plate OF
decrepit doughnuts arond the table.
week after week, without awakening
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

Of New Jersey from the date Of his
nomination as a candidate for president
at Baltimore. Md. in 1912. until or
Just previous TO the day he was elected
president and whether OF not he ac-
cepted and received a salary from the
state Of New Jersey as governor in
elusive from date Of nomination.
No. >. \ plank in the Democratic
national platform adopted in cOuven-
ton Al Baltimore. Nd. in 1919 reads
that a president Of the United states
shall serve or he elected for one term
only Please quote the exact word
ing OF said plank in platform
\ Subscriber.
Answer to No. I. Woodrow Wilson
served as governor OF New Jersey and
drew salary therefore. at the rate Of
$4,000 a year. up to 1880 p. m. March
l. 1913, when he turned over the Of
flee to senator !. Fl. Freeder. presi-
dent OF the state senate. in the presence
Of the legislature Of the state. He was
elected president in November. 1912.
almost four months previous and took
office as president on March {. 1913.
the third day after he gave up the Of
flee Of governor Of New Jersey. He
was only off the public payroll two
days
Answer to No. .. The Democratic
platform declaration relative to one
term for president. adopted at the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

.-T has been my privilege 10 do
missionary work in New Mexico
i and Texas for some four years.
and one Of the greatest inspirations
and visions I have experienced is 10
find so many OF our young men in the
regular army and in the militia so et-
fectiveIv. il unostentationsly, confess
ing Christ in so many different ways
as they have been doing during the
mobilization Of troops on the border
said Rev. T. J. Hoering. OF Tucumcari'
who is taking Rev Henry casters
place at 81. Clements II those who
irnorantly assert that the church IS
losing her grip on the people haI .t tne
opportunity TO investigate eN-stlhs
conditions on the Mexican border. ana
in the southwest generally. they would
realize that the church IS tigntenins
her grip. especially upon the nearts OF
men I shall never foget how my aeart
beat with pride and Joy when 1 admin
istered the holy communion. asSisteo
by an army chaplain 10 over 100 knahl
clad soldiers who came in to town from
the various camps 70 attend our SER
,-fce All ranks we're represented, from
a private to a general and am more
than ever convinced that the man VINO
IS lOyal TO his church IS the man VINO
is loval 10 his country IN the fruest
sense Our army chaplains are making
the very air vibrant with their strong.
manly messages. At Cleveland Square
the chaplains preach in the open air 70
thousands Of soldiers and civilians"
Motorists can rest assured tina I
I gasoline is coming down in price, said
a J. Dow. assistant manager OF the
| southern division OF the Magnolia Pc
troleum company. who IS in the city
from Houston on business. and is raw
| cling around among the business men
with his old friend. n g Booth Crude
oil is dropping in price and this means
that refined oils and gasoline are
| coming down BY the way. ] am GER
/ tafnlv impressed with FL Paso. It is d
! cOrkinE good town I have just been
up to Cloudcroft for a short visit and
I think Fl Paso fortunate in having
| such resort so close by"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
nITEs ny POISON INSECTS.

Editor II PasO Herald
Would YOU please tell me which Is
the most poisonous II one Is bitten oS
a tarantula. scorpion. cenupede, vine
garon, OF Child Of the Earth what
would be the first thing 10 do II a per
son were bitten by any one OF these IN
sects?
(Some persons are very suscepIl'ie 10
these poisons others are not Taran-
tulas. centipedes and vinegarones a-e
all said 10 be very poisonous. but cases
have been known where bites OF cent?
pedes were treated with nothing more
han vigorous rubbing with alcohol,
and no serious results followed Al
piication Of alcohol or some strong an
tiseptic. liberal use of clear strong am
monia. or application Of permanganate
of potash in powder or crystal
form. is the best thing to do for such
bite. then summon doctor as soon as
nossibIe. Bind tightly between the
wound and the heart 4 possible O.d
timers. providing they had good teeth.
which would not absorb any of the pol
son. always sucked the poison from
wound made by any OF these insects.
applying the lips al once 20 the wound
after cutting il open with a sharp
knife oud sucking out the poisoned
blood. II is said decayed teeth would
make this dangerous. however The
same suggestions apply TO snake nltes-
-EdIfo-.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
LETTER TO Just 4 CUss.-

4 LETTER lO ~ II y u -
Editor FL Paso Herald.
For several months ] have noticed
articles from time to time in your val
uable paper. written by someone OF I'M
known color or sex. signed lust Cuss
fIusticusl- At first I thought this was
the nom de plume of someone of more
or less importance. who lives in FL
Paso. but after reading the arraign-
ment OF Mother Jones by this indi-
vidual 1 take IL that there is no nom
de plume. monicker nor alias about
this name business and that Just
Cuss" is this individuals first. middle
and last name
Now. MI Cuss. Mother" Jones would
not harm hair on your head neither
would the home products that YOU refer
10. Still. Mr.. Cuss. I judge they are
sorry for you in your cussedness The
lowIv Nazarene was once making a
petition to a parsonage OF great re-
nown in your behalf, and he said. And
don't be hard: let up on the poor fellow /;
he doesn't know what he is doing"
Now. my friend cussednesS Is a cura-
BILE disease. Lots of people have started
out Just plain. ordinary cusses and end
ed in a halo OF glory. What others
have done. YOU may do. You can be-
come much better II YOU will try. and
entirely well il you are determined A
good dose of Mother" Jones at Cleve-
land Square will start YOU on the road
to recovery. Then deep meditation will
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
You Can Drive Down The Valley
and Not Risk Your Neck Now
Paving on Alameda Is Completed So You Can Get
Through and the Slaughter House Will Not
Strangle You-You Can Also Buy Coal
Cheap, If You Need It-A Donkey

Named Wilson.
By G. A. MARTIN.

When he holds his arms extended. II
YOU are going in that direction. you
move II you are not going that way,
you wait until he turns with his arms
pointing the way you wish to 90 and
then 20. II Is easy. There is no signal
ing and no thinking 10 be done. A =
Rowlands or VIII Winch could drive
in Los Angeles and not get pinched-
Bob is also stuck on the one-hSht
street lights they have at Venice and
thinks they would be capital for light
ing Montana street VIII Gaines could
put his bank ad on the one in front OF
his house, Bob says. and Bill Laugh
lin could sell space on his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

AvING on the north side OF
- Alameda avenue from Washington !
l. park in TO Texas street has been
completed and it is now possible 10 go !
down the valley without tearing a car
10 pieces. The road is good all the way
out Texas street or another good drive |
is out Montana to Piedras, across
Piedras 10 Alameda and out Alameda .
The street was kept torn Up during
most of the hot weather and people,
when they really wanted to get down
the valley and get cooled off, had TO
drive over such rough roads and brave
such clouds of dust that they had to
have nerve 10 undertake it The West
Ysleta Country club dances were almost
killed by the bad condition Of this
street. They are resuming their popu-
Taritv again. because It is a pleasure
rather than q task now to ride out 10
the club. In paving Alameda the street
car tracks have been laid IN the center
and the paving put down on each sioe'
With curbing on each side Of the car
+-s,slrs and no pavement between the
+racks This is now beng done IN
many cities on suburban streets IN
California the space between tne car
tracks is planted in petunlas ana thelF
hi .
~ the landscape The paving company
is now at work on the south SIDE OF
sIsrnsda and will have it finished be
fore many weeks. II IS saio- as Ihe
biggest part of the work mas peen
Ja1o A force Of county employees are
- york on the pavement this side OF
the fiTe-nfle bridge. rubbing out INC
rough spots and putting on a new TOP
dressing It is a great Satisfaction -
drive a car over these freshly repair d
rf = l.
most makes one forget that he became
angry when he heard Of the increase
n tbe county tax rate TO Sl-59- Ohe
almost feels that IL the money Is gong
for such work as this, II IS not hdIu
tn nav it-still one never can Just e@-
sctl~ feel that way about anything one
does that costs money.
Probably the coal man has aireaog y
reminded you by phone, by letter anu
through The Herald. but again it is not
smiss TO remark that If you buy your
coal supply now. you will save quite
bit over what you will have TO pay 1or
n this winter, and maybe you VIII De
?. lot more certain Of getting It now
particularly il the president does not
head of that railroad strike
PENNSYLVANIA militiaman named
his toad Woodrow because he couldn |
make the thing fight. no matter what
has named his burro Wilson because ne
backs Up, side steps and turns around
every time people begin to think ne
is about TO go forward
It is now possible to ride down the
valley past the five-miIe bridge with
out having to use a clothespin on one
nose Somebody paid some attention
10 that little saUib in The Herald ano
now the slaughter house is 10 more
odoriferous than the average backyard
at least not from the road
Bob Krakauer is back from California
impressed, as I was. with the idea tina
Los Angeles traffic policemen handle
the traffic better than those Of alrnos
any other city. All you have TO DO i
watch the policeman in the middle
the crossing" said Bob. trying 10 eN
plain it TO Jake Miller while Jake va
stin figuring out how he lost when NJ
had three queens and a pair OF jacks
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

FL. PASO'S MORALITY.
Editor Fl Paso Herald
An editorial in Tuesdays Herald
waved the red flag Of danger. which no
good citizen has a right TO ignore In
a recent Literary Digest It was said
that one-tenth Of all TIE soldiers pass
ing through certain port. though de-
tanned there only two weeks, con-
tracted diseases which would follow
them 10 their graves
Is our own fair city 10 he considered
a similar plague spOtc Are we TO have
the respOnsi bility Of taking boys. many
OF them Just out OF the high school
and introducing them to sin and cor
ruptiOn2 Every one of US is guilty
unless he or she has used the utmost
endeavOr to cleanse our city. Why.
Oh why. does Fl Paso promise so much
and 90 so littie2 Why was all that
the restricted district-aud now the
present state OF affairs We deserve
disgraced name II We pretend to clean
up and don't 90 it-and We get II all
right throughout the United states. in
the home of every man of the militia
\ word to these politicians You
cannot have social purity and ha--
rooms. II is an impOssibility and use
less to lay that flattering JUNCTION to
your souls. These public men-gov-
ernor Ferguson and others who ars
favorinC and making possible social
vices. and causing the moral and
physical downfall Of these boy soldiers
who have been sent here This is the
plain and unvarnished truth.
\ Mother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
WANTS a REMEDY.

Editor FL baSO herald
ter Of Aug. Is. addressed 10 the honor
able mayor and council
The writer has spoken 70 a hundred
OF more citizens Of FL Paso, ana ali
agree that We. or rather our interests,
are feonardized. The writer is awa-e
Of the fact that jitnes are nuisance
in cities having street car service put
II Paso has never been blessed with
the same Manhattan Heights support
Cd six iitnes while six passengers
could be carried, but We have oniy
three iitnes now and 20 minute street
car service, none at all We'd p M
Inasmuch as the people OF FL Paso pre-
fer 10 ride via the jitne route. why not
allow them to do soe
Nelson Herman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
The Bucolic Press

Several PARTIES have recently re-
norted seeing rattlesnakes out in the
nearby fields. One lady who had placed
a canteen Of water in shaded
place recently. later reached down to
nick It I'D when a RATHER struck at
her without warning 1t had evidently
hen examining the canteen. The rat
tIesnal<es have probably not learned
that the personal use" decision has
made il possible to secure snake medi-
cine without breaking the laws.-Mesa
tArizD Tribune
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
The Fly

NE little fly busy will make strong man dizzy, and DIVE nm nm ]
muruI after dinner "a would be winner so sn1H esP
will satn IN an nour
smoothly farng into the land Of
forehead burrows and
ganbols
At
comes another Of men!-coPy
by George Matthew Adams
protested the WALL AAoON-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
POLITICAL QUESTIONS.

Sierra Blanca Tex Aux -
Editor Fl Paso Herald;
The two questions attached concern
q controversy Of opinions would
thank YOU for an answer IN your
20 / Is it not a fact that Wood
row Wilson held his office as governor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17
Baseball-A Curious Business

curious occupation is baseban-tor professional
baseball is no longer game but trade. Here is one
@Heine" Zimmerman third baseman of the Chicago Ma
tionaIs who has Indifferent and lazy OF at any
rate Sluggish to the point where he is demorazng the
rest of the team according MS boss manager Tinker
Now the boss in print and out, is pointing to the
useessness and undesirabilty of Zimmerman and oe-
wailing the fact that ne IS afflicted with tne nIo
mans bandican to the team In any other business
Indifferent Improbable employee would have been long
ago discharged.
Imagine the proprietor Of store teiing tne Pu9hc
tbTouoh the newspapers that William Smith, his dry
goods clerk is lazy incompetent and drawback to
the store Yes professional baseball is curious bust
ness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

10 the HONORABLE Mayor and CitF
Council. City OF Fl Paso;
Allow me to inform YOU that the res
dents of Manhattan Heights wer"
obliged td walk to Montana street this
m. in order to get down to business
There was no street car service and the
iifne buses could not carry more than
for- Messengers ] notice, however.
that the street cars on the Fit Bliss
limo were selling standing room
The writer is employed at Sll east
boulevard and is obliged under the new
rlIling. 10 paw 10 cents bus fare. besides
wasting time, in getting home each
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-17

Baltimore convention in 1912. follows;
we favor a single presidenual terI.
aud 70 fhat end urge the adoption or
an amendment To the constitution max
ing the president OF the United StateS
ineligible for reelection and we pledge
the candidate OF this convention 20 this
nrinciple..