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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
Cold Wave Speed Record

The last cold that froze up the United States
generally and frosted the roofs of FL Paso took freak
route that kept the weather bureau guessing Tor "a
hours The science of weather warnings has become
so accurate that it is trick at all usually for the
weather give the different parts OF the country
at least II hours notice before cold wave hits them
and to say where the freeze came from where It IS
going and schedule it as closely as a railway train
But this recent wave broke the record for speed
Until the thermometers up in Canada are thavyed
and all the telegraph folk its route warm their
fingers and get at the keys again, the cold wave
speed championship will not be settled. 1t seems the
cold began up Prince Alberts land and while tele-
grams about its phenomenal freezing quality were
reaching the weather stations, the cold wave rushed
south and overlook its forecasts. While the
bureau eIegraphing that it place, the cold
had arrived at another.
1t reached Texas the same day and after showing
up part OF the big state and pinchng New Mexico and
Arizona It doubled its tracks and went back to
New York city, dropped the Thermometer there IS
degrees between and twilight, and further IN
the night and the next morning blew out to sea and
disappeared leaving vacancy for milder weather.
Up to this time the championship record for speed
has belonged to cold wave that got good start on
the Pacific coast and reached the ST. Lawrence valley
within 48 hours.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
BOOms Usually Are Made Of Loud Noises
Are Often Used In Presidential Campaigns

4 BOOM. according TO the diction-
"A airy. is a number Of things
among which is a loud noise
Some booms Of this sort are pro
duced by cannon. and are exceedingly
hard on the ears. Others are produced
by admiring friends. and are terribly
debiIitating to the pocketbook.
When a prominent citizen becomes
afflicted with a boom, it must be given
attention at once. A very small boom,
the size of a mans hand, on the inside
sheet of newspaper, may grow in a
single week TO an entire headquarters
with a campaign manager, barrel and
many other distressing complications
Booms are usually started by de-
voted friends for the purpose of max
ing a man president, or senator, or con-
gresham. or legislator. or county
clerk. or alderman, or pOundmaster- y
man who is no hortculturist at ali can
20 out in February and start a bumper
crop Of booms- Along in May or June
however, il takes a mighty skilful gar
dener to nurse the boom along and
protect il from frost Booms are very
susceptible to frost and can detect II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

the little girl.
i knew we would when I baited my
trap with some of the Christmas nuts. -
said the boy. say, he's a beauty. too,
See his bushy tail,"
How well they know my name"
thought poor Billie Boy crouching
down in a corner Of the cage and look
ing at the boy and girl with his bright
eyes
Poor little thing" said the girl
How fast his heart beats. I can see it
through his fur coat, which is Just like
my muffr'
Mercy" thought Billie Boy. 81 hope
she doesn't make a muff of me-
nat are you going to do with him -
the girl asked.
Keep him in the cage and make him
do tricks" the boy answered III
get bigger cage than this, but I'll
leave him in there for a while"
Bring him in the house" said the
girl.
mo, better leave him out on the
porch where it is cool" advised the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

This weeks mystery.)
So" HEN your decision is finale" he
asked.
His usually thick voice
seemed strained today
Every weekday except January"
she replied enigmatically.
Puzzling as her words must seem to
the ignorant reader. our brilliant hero
derived hope from them.
Then olive oil till the book worms
nest again." he cried, and the next
moment he was gone through the par
Tor window in a shower Of glass
Absently. she picked I'D the pieces
without cutting herself for, say what
you would Of her, she was careful.
II
Two months later she sent for him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

Chicago has prominent citizen named Sunny-better,
he is B. f. Sunny He happens to be telephone COM
pany president and up before the city council some
question of increasing the stock of his company but
that is detail of interest to the world. 1t is his
name that looks good in a Chicago paper. Among
the dreary accounts of the horrible unnatural Updke
crimes of against father and the repofls of vice
and crime commissions Just the Sunny shines out
bright real shaft of sunshine on bitter bleak
day 1t lights up the page and is almost the only good
thing in 10 newspaper pages but then Chicago is having
unusually hard time Of it right now.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
No Envy

n Id BNGSNITH gOOdIy pile in style
AM mills
to
poor
than stakes away
think the are gaylD
protected by the Adams r,vv- Service, WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
1AYEARS Ago Today
L IFrom The Herald Of ThIs
Date. 1882

When a few final details shall have
been arranged, FL Paso's Trust com
pany, half million dollar concern, viii
be launched and plans will be well
under way for the magnificent new
home II is to occupy The PRINCIPAL
holders Of stock in the new concern
are the Creel interests OF Mexico and
several prominent business men Of FL
Paso. Chicago and New York city
E. B. Fatman left for NogaIes to
look after some business matters.
Col R P. Smith. a prominent prop
erty owner OF Demings arrived in the
city on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. I. White. who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs r ". Curtis
OF this city, left for their home in
Xenia. O.
J. A Eddy returned last night from
a trip to the Bonito district, in Lin
coin county, y. NJ. where A rich geld
strike was recently made.
The railway commission has ordered
that the existing rate Of IS per car on
coal rom FL Paso 10 Fl Bliss be can
eelled and the regular rate be applied
The election Of directors for the
chamber Of commerce to serve during
the ensuing year viii take place to
morrow afternoon in the rooms OF the
organization Nine new directors will
be elected.
Saturday afternoon at a depth OF 1ss
feet a heavy flow of water was struck
in the first well Of the water COMPANY
on the mesa The company intends to
sink the well go feet to ascertain
what there Is at that depth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

'8Ioyamensing," she asked timidIy,
lis il true, what the Evening Blurb
saysg'
Never" he Sneered He himself
worked on the Morning Hash
And you still have the three but
tons2" she pursued eagerly.
7 have found a home for the red one
in a blind mans tin cup he answered
with quiet nobility.
Hardly were the words out when
with a glad cry she was in his arms
The first reader to send in a cor
rect solution OF the foregoing mystery
VIII receive an embroidered scrapple
hOlder-)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

The 9th is the kaiser's birthday-he is ST. He
seems to have chance for yet ripper years spite of
MS throat over which his friends worry and his enemies
gloat his living is either conspicuous proof of the
skill OF surgeons and the wisdom Of science or his
throat trouble is of the worlds errors which In
no way brings down strong personality 1t works
one way or the other At any rate he is 81 in spite of
having been doomed to die by gossip IS or 80 years ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

Some folks have genius for sleep. It is said
George Washington could 60 to sleep when he chose
and sleep soundly exactly the time he for himself
He could start battle going and 90 off to sleep and
wake up certain hour in its progress and he could
sleep as accurately in less terrific times Possibly as in
all other things most people would sleep better if they
had been trained right when they were young.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
A Back Yard Garden Plan

Back yards ought to work. There is no use wasting
valuable city property letting it be trash heap.
Some cities urging the home owners in any block
to throw all the back yards into and turn it into
park with fountains, play grounds gardens tennis
court or whatever the majority votes for charging the
expense OF establishing the park in beauty and main
tanning 1t so, prOportiOnately among the property
owners
No house needs its whole yard for trash accumula-
tons IN a city like FL Paso where the garbage and
ASH and trash collections prompt and efficient
covered can for garbage, box barrel for papers
and burnable trash, and small square enclosed place
Ior ashes and tin would relieve the private park
OF any chance for ugly accumuIations
Inc tax for establishing a beautiful lawn with
SHRUBS and flowers blooming luxurantly all the year
round would be small if block taken care of
as one piece of land The resulting beauty would be
lie and virtue to the houses overlooking If and dollars
and cents to the property owners and the old town
would have lovers than ever
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

It looks good to see Ell PasO's streets filled with
cattemen The cattleman is FL Pasos first citizen
Let no one make the mistake of thinking he is not
good looking figure of man and something of Rean
Brumme too. His wide Stetson is az smooth and spot
less as LOndOners top hat and he doffs it to thu
ladles with gallant swing. He is good talker too
ne has mellow voice, gay twist to his wit and good
breezy southwestern, kindly compliment that would
make the old London beau take notes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

Just another blow to ones vanity to hear that
Americans abroad inclined to pass off as Canadians
avoid being tainted with being too proud to fight
The idea of being the butt of other world folk of their
taunts, right wrong is thorn in the flesh Vanity
Of certain sort is after all the breath Of life and the
strength of purpose and endurance until task is done
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
By GEORGE FITCH.

when nothing else can. a boom can
lie down and freeze TO death while its
owner is going without a collar and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
w


noon when it was almost supper time
and Johnnie's brother mad not come
home from school
He didn't come with me, mother.
said Johnnie He ran off by himself
He wanted me to go with him, but I
wouldn't"
Where did he say he was going2'
asked Uncle Wiggily LOngears, the
rabbit gentleman, who was staying
with the squirrel family.
After some more Of those porch
nuts" answered Johnnie.
'Ah, Ia, I thought So" cried Uncle
Wiggily.
Thought what2'' asked Mrs. Bushy-
tail 20, don't tell me anything has
happened to poor Billie boy
I'm afraid something has happened
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27
Daily Novelette,
MAN WHO MADE GOOD.

The ins ard outs of love demonstrate
that It Il easier to fall in than fall out.
Prof. Sim7.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

Boston is discovering that the teacher has dis.
appeared from the graded schOOlsfor better OF for
worse
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-27

Sincerity don't make any noise. It's
fun Z listen T. a Teller who never even
had money enough Z hire a boss an
buggy, complain @ tn vibration of a
fOur-cylindeT auto.
protected by Adams Newspaper ssrvice.)
The sun., 1916-09-27

those days when the French and Brit.
ish were cutnumbered and inferior
in artillery Of oil kinds, especially
machine guns.
Presently, II General JoFFRE's plans
work out right, Peronne will be un.
der the French flag once more. Per.
haps fifty miles away. rs the crow
flies, Is the frontier Of Belgium. BE.
tween are many battlefelds on which
the Allies we're wOrsted early In the
war. PcrOnne Is n railway centre
and strateglcally Of considerable
value. But PerOnne will resist the
nutcrackers stoutly. The loss of II
by the Germans would be n severe
blow to their prestige, which In the
west has had some hard knocks OF
late. Slowly rs the big Push move,
the lesser detectives merge into the
great objective. The plum IL intri'
cate and the execution of 1t requires
iron resolution that disregards sacrl
fees. 1t is only n dull intelligence
that does not see that II the gains
continue the Germans will have tC
shorten their line or It will break.
The sun., 1916-09-27
THE INSPECTOR PLAGUE.
This Town Infested With Minions Of
Conflicting Bureaus.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: |
wonder IL there Is a place o. the face
OF the earth that IS blessed with a
greater number OF inspectors OF public
and factory buildings h a this city Of
New York. Each inspector thinks that
he 4. representing the highest authority
and each department Is Jealous OF all
the others.
The BOARD Of Fire Underwriters Is
~antagonistic to the Department OF Water
supply. Gas and Electricity. and vice
versa. The city Bureau o: Buildings Is
c~ontradicting In many instances the
state Department, of Labor. INK between
all these and the Bureau OF Fire Pre-
vention they manag TO make 1t so hard
for owners OF factories that many OF
them are removing their plants to other
localities where they won he pestercd
to death with inspectors who are I'M
doing zach others work,
Why in the name Of common sense
can't these departments be consolidated
into one and thereby avoid so much un-
pleasantness and keep the manusac,ur-
ers in town:
A BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT.
NEW York. September %.
The sun., 1916-09-27
POTASH AND POTATOES.
A Report That Il Highly Interesting
TO American Farmers.

To EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Tho
report printed in THE I OF September
% that immense deposits OF potash had
been discovered in Cuba is highly inter-
.st!ng. The action OF the Washington
Government in ordering an Investigation
IS commcndabic. The supply OF German
potash salts, hitherto considered an in
dispensable element IN fertilizers. has,
as IL well known. been almost cut off
by the European war. 4 fertilizer con-
tanning 10 per cent. OF potash has been
thought necessary In raising potatoes.
This year II was impossible to obtain
anything like that quantity a 3 per
cent. fertilizer being the best tina could
he had. and that only at almost pro-
hlbitive prices. owing, however. largely
to favorable weather conditions great
crops OF potatoes have been raised In
.his state, at least. with little or no
potash, except that already in the soil.
Had the season been dry the yield in all
probability would have been small.
There seems no likelihood OF an early
end of the war. with a resumption OF
exports from Germany. The discovery
therefore OF potash beds as near home
rs Cuba would be OF far greater value
70 American farmers than gold or dia-
mond mines. r. A. FLETCHER.
JAMEsBvRd, y. j.. September &c.
The sun., 1916-09-27
Governor whit man and the Threat.
ened strikes.

Nobody who knows Governor WHIT
MAN will expect him to convoke the
state Legislature in special session
to pass laws dealing with the strike
situation In this city while 1t remains
In It's present status.
Mr.. WHITMAN Is not an executive
who ran be inundated either by the
threats Of pistol pointing labor lead
ers or the political intrigues of Demo-
cratic Assemblymen. He is not an
executive who rejects arbitration In
favor Of his own intermeddllng, nor
q man who seeks to make political
capital by personal interference in In
dustrial disputes.
Mr.. WHITMAN does not write notes
or issue pronunciamentos comforting
OH his private predictions the
Sanction of Society. But II there is
| public disorder in the conduct of the
present or subsequent strikes in this
! cfty. disorder that cannot effectively
be handled by the New York police,
he may he depended on to do his duty.
The sun., 1916-09-27

names are pretty and perhaps they
are art, but they carry no memories.
Who could guess that the first on
the list, CECIL BRYANT, came Of Siouan
stock and not Of Puritan blood?
GEORGE DENNIsON, PHILIP moore,
JOHN RUSSELL, WILLIE S%ANDERvIL1E,
ROBERT BLAKE--these are the
names of English yeoman than Of
grandsons Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or oUNG-MAN-AFRAID s-HoRsEs.
1t Is n relief to find, in the list of
young Blackfeet, JosEpH BEARcHIEr,
and again i'm the Sioux roster JOSEPH
KILLsENEMY. The Joseph seems to
soften the g Of 1t, though, and
these combinations Are almost as mild
as HENRY REDBIRD of the same class.
Then there is Il N%IGHTpIpE on the roll.
and you can almost fancy him In the
council house. passing the nicOtined
stone bowl from chief to chief: but
you look for his first name and 1t Is
CLARENCE. That would never have
done for CoOpER. 1t Is impossible to
imagine the last Of the Mohicans
laughing IN the faces Of the hellish
Mohawk IL his name had been CLAIR
ENCE instead Of UNCAs.
The names Of the girls Mt Carlisle
are more interesting than the boys
names. True. there are ISABELLE
JoRDANs and ELSIE HILLS, but here
are also GRACE SWAMP and KATIE
Fox. and the KETTLE girls. LENA and
Cora. These are Senecas. Also
MARY MADPLUME. which suggests the
eagle feather and the red trail. And
one, just one. brings us back to the
golden age Of the agnomen: MAGGIE
CoMEs-AT-NIGHT. She Is the only girl,
of all these unhyphenated Americans.
who clings to the h%yphenated, ex.
pressive and delightful old style Of
her forefathers.
The sun., 1916-09-27

To iii EDITOR OF TUr Sr%-'
one impression has hee' e."
through newspaper articles "'s1
the Women Lawyers Associo' ~ "a
the Hughes campaign
The Women Lawyers Assor'a'i-" -
non-political association, and ft-
its members women Of all po'''' .u'
No one member Of the ass0'A'
bind n others In any matte.
her OF our members are ~'tl1e's '
States where the wowc" nav" '--
some OF them ara UorN."g =
election OF Preside W.lso"
working for tho Sot!a..s' Nf"'
for the Republican ticket. srJ . p -
members OF the Prohibition ir"
The impression TO b" rd'if~''
the various newspaper a. 's
the Women Lawyers Asso =
working for tho e~'r''lNr ~ N
II there Is a iTIg."s Wvun
Committee II Il mo- ~ avs
nected with tho Women Law
citation. but "a ar 'ndrp"r'"'' .'
composed % women ,aw ,s-e '.r
the Republican faith
SAEAu SrrrN'H.
First Vicc-Presidert, W'r". .f' -
Association.
BRooKLyN, September .
The sun., 1916-09-27
When the Che mists Com. to Town

To the chemists assembled in their
second annual meeting for the double
purpose Of exhibiting to the multitude
the wonders Of their science and of
comparing notes on the past years
achievements and the works of the
years to follow, New York extends n
greeting whose hospitality blends with
common politeness an especially live
and practical interest In the progress
Of that science. The exposition ut
the Grand Central Palace will not
fail of appreciation. ven critical up.
probation. for New Workers. are not
dulled but stimulated by the marvels
Of modern industry that pass before
their eyes In endless procession.
The war In Europe has been. com
p%ensatOrily. a source Of popular edu.
cation In many departments. While
the greatest performances Of the
chemists Of the belligerent nations
have yet to be introduced to the com
hiOh hiiDW tCuSc, VtOukit HIS Uttu toiN
to stir the imagination and give di.
recting determination TO curiosity,
Interest in the studies, discoveries and
inventions Of scientists has beer
aroused to such n degree that every
intelligent person desires detailed In
formation Of the new things in tn,
arts, crafts and industries.
The chemists tell us that the self
reliance imposed upon us by the war.
blocking of old channels Of supply
has carried Is in two years through
the normal growth of twenty. VIII,
should we depend on Europe? Are
not the physical and mental resource.
of this country and It's people eIua
to those Of any other? II we hav,
not the materials heretofore consld
cred necessary, We expect our chem
lists to invent new methods to fit the
qualities of available materials to tn,
same useful end.
The sun., 1916-09-27

in addition to New York, Vermont,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. West vir-
ginia, Wisconsin, Missouri. Utah.
Idaho, Oregon, Georgia, Alabama,
Texas, Oklahoma. New Mexico, Ari-
zona and California.
This year all Of Oneida. Lewis and
Jefferson counties will be thrown open
to deer hunters. For years deer were
protected In all that portion of the
three counties lying to the west Of the
Utica and Black River railroad from
Utica to Ogdcnsburg. Protection no
longer being considered necessary. the
deer hunter rcaps his reward of pa.
tient waiting. Now the deer are In
such numbers that an open season
will not extermlnate the stock. Com
mon sense game laws always contrib
ute to their own enforcement.
The citizen who pays s1.1O for a
license to shoot has much pleasure to
look forward to on his outing In the
woods. and the prospects are prom
ising for n trophy for deer have not
been SO abundant In many years as
ut present, according to those who
have been in the woods this summer
and early autumn.
Know what you aim Mt, hunter. and
let there be no tales this season Of
men being killed or injured because
they were mistaken for deer"
The sun., 1916-09-27

A watchful Waiting Democrat
Has had his turn. up at the bat.
lie tried in vain tho bali to clout
And soon he'll hear Three strikes. you're
out"
A tariY ball was thrown quite straight
Before he'd learned to watch and walt.
He missed the hall and hungry We
Were fed on pure psychology.
Old Kaiser Bill . low bail tossed.
And Uncle Sam soon saw he'd lost.
For woodrough struck with feeble might
And Bernstein grinned with sheer delight.
Huerta twirled . good out drop.
But woodrough watched to see II stop.
Sent ships and mon to Vera Crus.
Tho greasers laughed and said you iose.'
Carranxa sent a slow inshoot
And Wilson lodged and duoked to boot
And threw some language dust to fool
The umpire with his highbrow drool.
Then villa sped n easy bail
And woodroush struck. but such = sprawl
lie missed tho ball and lost thu bat.
But In the ring no tossed his hat.
Then came the union b~rotherhoods
And asked delivery OF the goods,
And woodrouEh missed tho ball again.
But hopes he has not struck In vain.
The bail that's thrown November next
VIII make. I fear. poor Woodrough vexej
He'll irnss It. then he Will he free
To serve his . humanitss.
The sun., 1916-09-27
Tho Issue OF Personal Sincerity

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir.
When Hdmlet was asked by Polonius
what he was reading. he answered
Words. words. words"
So misht he described the attempt OF
the President at Long Branch to reply
to the splendid speech OF Hughes at
Springfield on the force bill. Those two
speeches do moro than show how much
can be said against that bill. and how
little for II. They illustrate the courage
and sincerity OF ono candidate and the
fundamental ins!ncerity OF the other,
But they furnish only one more illustra-
ton OF what the country knew before.
And It was OF course largely because
Of that knowledge that tho Democratic
party lost u Governor. a Senator and
Representative In Congress and a Legts-
lature In the recent Maine election.
BARRETT POTTER.
BRUNSWICK. Me-. September rs.