El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-10

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made a speech before 400 members of
the County and City Democratic club
i'm the saith district court room.
Vegetables, which consisted OF sew
eral dozen large sized turnips. several
stalks of young corn. and punches Of
radishes. were brought to FL Paso Fri
day evening by the superintendent Ok
the farm. commissioner Orndorff said,
for the purpose OF showing taxpayers
Of the city the real facts of the case,
instead of the malicious falsehoods that
have been current for the past few
days.
Ring Lowered Levy.
The appearance OF cOmmlS SlOner Oru-
uOrff was the signal for applause By
the members of the club gathered i'm the
court room. that lasted for several min
utes Mr.. OrndOrff said 81 have NOT
come before YOU 20 offer any apology
Tor the commissioners court, as there
IS not any apology to offer I have 2
lew facts however that I want - raL
your attention TO this evening. J hope
that You do not consider this a speech.
bur real Information ResardinE the
claims Of a number of persons with
whom YOU are doubtless acquainted.
that the general fund of the county IS
about exhausted, ! viii say thar this Is
true But II was exhausted because
the old board OF commissioners lowered
the tax levy and made it necessary for
the new court to raise money when
they entered the office.
Recovered $4,000.
THE first real business that the pres
ent court OF commissioners performed
after taking the oath Of office was 10
recover the sum of $4,000 that had
been Illegally paid 20 a firm of attor-
news We found that $4,000 had been
paid before the suit was even srarts 4
We entered suit but received $1,000
back immediately. and the remaining
$4,000 within q short time. by stopping
Payment on the warrants with the
county treasurer" Ar OrndOrff then
proceeded to read set Of figures
showing the expenditures Of the board
OF commissioners. and nOtatiOns OF
several appropriations that the court
had made TO the National Irrigation
congress and the Associated Charities
of the city.
Eyiar Never Reported
The present county commissioners
also went into office facing a handicap
in the building OF the new
courthouse They were the first
TO originate the idea Of building
q Jail in the sixth floor Of the
TO accommodate the large number OF
prisoners The original courthouse
bond issue was S360.O00, but additional
expenses added another $4,000. bring
ing the total Up to 100000 which
with interest made S41S.000. A s 7
Eylar and Park W. Pitman left on
tour OF the east for the purpose Of in
speeding a number OF courthouse build
ings. and We're TO have made a report
10 the commissioners court The only
report that We ever saw was the one
covering the expense of their trip.
Sail on Roof.
me commits siorerS then selected the
firm of frost q frost architects 10
prepare plans for the new courthouse.
and I can safely say that the action
was never regretted by the court Ac-
sompauIed by M frost. commissions .
Nalling and myself left on trip
through the north and east for TIE {
purpose of looking at a number OF Z
county courthouse buildings. Among I
he places we first visited was HOus-
-on, then on TO birmingham. New Or /.
cans. Atlanta. Athens and other cities
In Athens we encountered the first .
)uildlng that was provided with a fail +
pm the TOP story, and the idea of hav
ng the FL Paso county courthouse {
similarly constructed struck Us. In ,
Dallas. on the return trip. we also saw
mother of the new modern court i
houses with a jail on the top floor"
Wanted Auditorium.
w men we returned here We found /
hat the citizens were agitatiug the idea
u an auditorium, and plans for the
construction OF one adjoining the court
rouse were made. This additional ex-
leuse brought the total cyoense for
-ltoriEm no TO about S750.00o. Our
dea, however. was to give FL Paso
ountE q courthouse that she could be
roud or
You hear . great deal OF criticism
bout the county commissioners on the
ondltOn OF the roads up the valley.
nd suppose that some of you saw a
artoon that was published some time
go These same people who were so /
eadN 70 crlticiSe. however. did not
riticise any of the old commissioners
-hO built the roads. just because they I
I'd not have the nerve. Our assump-
ion is that We would rather pay for
he building of permanent roads and I
which are guaranteed. rather than to
he time"
Farm Worth Money.
Concerning the county poor farm,
-hich he stated originated I'm his brain. I
lr. Orndorff read number OF letters
rom prominent FL PaSO real estate Z
len stating that the land was easily Z
orth $3.50 an acre without the i'm {
rovemeuts. which We're made before II
-as purchased 10y the county q that Z
gure- The ten cows and the bull. I
IT. OrndOrff stated. were all regis E
cred and were well worth the price
aid for them. He said that the i'm I
rOVements on the farm before il was
urchased consisted of an eight ton I
ito, new barn and an eight room
yelling. where ten DauperS. the su-
erlntenuent OF the farm and man to
nix the cows are at present CHARTERED 3
The Cows
'-Thc land where the sand hills are
lcated and upon which many poorly
bundled stories We're told, was pur-
based by the county at 81 an acre and
insists Of eight acres The rest Of the
md is ir the RiC Grande valley. and
etter soil could not be found. The ten
)ws give an average Of - gallons Of
Xix daily, and which supplies the
)unty hospital Of late the county mas
ad a milk bill as q result of the hot
Gather which sOurs the milk before
reaches the hospital from the farm.
his is going 10 be remedied. how ever.
hen two of the cows are going to be
ken to the hospital"
shows Vegetables.
Mr.. Orndorff called the attention OF
he club members to two large boxes 3
a quantity OF fresh vegeta-
les. which he stated were raised on (
ne county poor farm or experimental
lrn. The vegetables. according to Mr.. +
rndorff, were raised by Nr. ROlIo. who I
as had charge of the agricultural de-
irtmeut of the farm and who has
-own Irish potatoes on sunflower Z
'ots
Whitaker Speaks.
T. VI. Whitaker. candidate for Judge .
the 4lst judicial district. was the
cond speaker. Mr.. Whitaker stated I
raf 10 desired n rF-rrr1- tho .Trrr, ~--.-..