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BAPTIST CHURCH

O. M. Stallings, Pastor.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
GETS
NEW RACE CAR
Los Angeles Machine Will
Be Known as ''Milac" in
Race Events.
BY Al q. WADDELL.

Los Angeles. Feb. 19.-Teddy Tetz-
laff is to have a regular automobile
in the 100 mile Ascot speedway event,
February %, according to all advance
statistics The name of The speed
cart is the "Milac"
"Alilac" is not the name Of a brand
of milk or a nickle stogie. but stands
for the declaration, MADE in Los An
geles. California" Teddy's AIilac mo-
tor is scheduled to turn 1000 revolu
tons per minute and is carded as
super developed four.
The crank case. cam and gear hOus-
ings and carburetor are made Of alu-
minum alloy. The pistOns are of mag
nalite and weigh IL ounces each.
This motor of the Milac, which is
to be known as the II. & L. motor. is
az 16 valve combination The makers
Linthwaite- Hussy Motor company Of
this city, will retain the name Milac
for racing cars and pleasure cars
which are to follow.
Eddie O'Donnen, the diminutive
speed king of Duesenberg fame, who
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
CONSERVATION OF
OIL FIELDS URGED
Continued From Previous Page

years win see the total exhausted of
the American supply.
It is clear that efficient utilization
and the prevention OF waste are inn
perative, IL we are much to prOlOng the
life of our oil fields Many new de-
posits may be opened in Utah. Cali
fothia, wyoming and Colorado, but
they must be guarded jealOusly. Care
less drilling and casing of wells poor
storage, exposure of oil to fire. produc-
ton in excess of immediate market
ing facilities with consequent waste
must be prevented. And even then the
day will come when we must find some
thing in place of petroleum.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

excellence them in the past
number changes the BOrlerland here viii
be included edition OF the publication which Mr. Locke viii
April IS annually bring edition
"Te viii be strictly up date and also
contain the routings eastf rom FL Paso also.
MAPPING EAST TEXAS.
Mr. Locke present mapping roads in Texas and reports
country inquiry touring
formation regarding the leading westward to California 1t
the been
could
happened this will greater travel than 1918
Fl clearing the east and
win undoubtedly thousands which
points beyond The north
favored by years largely be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19


larger scale, such as exist in Texas
at the present time No attention was
paid to inter-cOunty highways and con-
sequently roads developed that did not
properly connect the various parts Of
the state; hence. came the creation of
the state highway department In all
the states except Texas. South Carolina.
Georgia, Indiana and Mississippi, and
the building Of inter-cOunty or state
highways.
No statewide system OF good roads
has ever resulted from any other than
a statewide plan Of road building.
Those states having a state highway
department (42 in number are max
ing great strides in road building in
the way Of efficiency and economy
They are getting more mileage for
money expended than heretofore, be-
cause their state engineer has syste-
matiZed, standardized. unified and mod
ernized the method of road cOnstruc-
ton and has by his ability and tech
meal knowledge saved the taxpayers Of
the state thousands of dollars that had
previously been literally thrown away.
due TO the ineXperience and consequent
inefficiency of local road officials. Eff
ficiency and economy have been
brought out of chaos, to say nothing Of
the tremendous increased mileage OF
good roads that start somewhere, lead
somewhere and are properly connected
up
Now a National Problem.
But now We are confronted with
still larger prOblems-the development
OF good roads throughout the nation
and connecting all parts Of the United
States What we need today, are ma
tiOaal highways, highways beginning
somewhere and ending somewhere and
properly connected up. highways con-
structed according to some definite
plan and along uniform lines through
out the entire United States. 1t is no
longer "A local problem. 1t is a ma
tional problem and can be met only by
the whole nation working together as
a unit for highways backed by the
people Of the whole nation, cooperating
and working together for the greatest
berefit to all
National highways. built, owned,
maintained and controlled by the ma
tional government, as the case in most
European countries. constitutes the one
and only logical plan to bring about a
unified and therefore effective system
OF highways throughout the entire
country We all approve Of our owner
ship of the Panama canal. None of US
begrudge the cost--Or for that matter
feel the cost We own it and want to
own it even though it insists on sliding.
The construction OF "A great highway
north and south from Canada to the
gulf or east and west from Washing
ton to san Francisco, viii mean more
to the Joe, 0OO.O 900 people in the United
States than a dozen Panama canals or
the navigation Of all the streams in
the entire country
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

Rogers f. Stuart. better known as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
TOLTELK OPENS new SALESROOM

cupid" heads the sales force 81, the.
new company Mr. Stuart is also vice
president. A. L. Pollard. jr., is secre-
tary Of the company and will have
charge Of the office. W c. Shaw il
president and Julius A Krakauer
treasurer.
The salesroom is lighted on three
sides and Mr.. Stuart has arranged an
electric lighting system which. he be-
lieves, viii give him as good a display
at night as he has by day. The com
pany's emblem. the conception OF Mr.
Shaw Of a prehistoric animal. is painted
on all windows and the "toltelk' is
going to be a familiar sight to FL
PasOans
The Paige cars will sell at si05O.
1926 and s1545. while the Dorts are
priced at $3.50. The two lines give the
new company a good range of selling
prices and Mr.. Stuart believes that both
lines will become popul5r in FL PasO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

is sure some glad he came to California.
It's too cold in the east, he says, and he
would be here even IL there was not
something like $4,000 up for speed
merchants during the next month or
two.
+. D. Buckingham OF Flint Mich,
who is now in Los Angeles. has Of
between Bob Burman. Barney OldfieId.
Earl Cooper and another driver to be
selected by the three named drivers
The conditions Of the offer are that the
winner take the entire $1,000 and that
way.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

arrived in Los Angeles Thursday for
the Ascot event, is making his head
quarters at the William r. Ruess
company wild Bill" Ruess and
ODonnen are close friends and incl
dentally Mr.. O'Donnell has his Mitchell
touring car out here with him.
The Duesenberg which ODonnen is
to drive I'm the Ascot event reached
Los Angeles Tuesday morning. The
speed man will keep his racing car at
Ruesss place while in southern Cali
fOrnia.
O'Donnen says that the Ascot speed
way will be Ihe greatest little one mile
speedway in the country when the con-
structiOn work is finished He says he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
bort and Paige Cars Will
Be On Display During
Coming Week.

Elaborate shOwrOOms. two lines Of
well advertised ears and a directorate
Of business men well known in Ell
PasO is the combination which the Toll
telk Motor company expects to land it
on the top Of the tide of automobile
concern l7akes its bow to the motorists
OF the southwest in the Toltec club
building and reception week" VIII
start on Tuesday, by which time the
first carload Of bort cars will be here.
The Paige cars viii arrive about Thurs
day.
Rogers +. stuart. better known as
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19
BUIIlIN AND MAINTENANCE Of
ROADS NOW NATIONAL PROBLEM
Movement For Improved Roads, First Taken Up By
Communities, Has Grown to Be National in Scope
and Calls for Concerted Action BY All People of
the United States According to E. J. Herman
he
cInfln

determines not only the type of road
to be constructed but also the cost Of
its upkeep, in those communities where
4 highway building is considered a
science.
The advent Of the automobile, the
motor truck and the tractor has COM
pletely revOlutiOnized the method of
road construction and maintenance, al
though the latter, the most important
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

TT is remarkable what a tremendous
impetus road building has received
\ during the last few years and es-
pecially the method Of construction as
compared with former years There
was a time when any kind Of a COM
mon dirt road would suffice for any
amount OF traffic No such thing was
known as a traffic census which today
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

attributed the lack road guides this vicinity but that
this requisite provided advantages the
route viii appeal many Fl should
automobiles the year round
THE DISTANCES.
Shreveport
934 miles between Ell Orleans Fort Worth
Dallas Fl Paso Dallas by
The details stretch
roadway cities contained the Ga
touring contained in Texas Automobile Tours
referred previously.
The Herald glad assisted in giving practical publicity to
touring advantages by this the Southwest and be
eves stimulating travel through the country continued
the highways will be insured for the GOOD ROADS
only found where traffic is heaviest them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

designated that should followed
fidelity blind chauffeur could follow them with his
compiled by experienced engineer,
Harry Locke Arz, who has completed logging
Of several thousand miles in connecting FL PasO with Louis
boundary Texas The
above merely caed publication
which will be printed week to be called TEXAS
AUTOMOBILE TOURS Copies the book viii be available
Touring FL very
PLENTY OF ROAD DATA
FL PasO will travellers this
Texas Automobile Tours will the through Texas Auto
mobile Local Tours those Mexico and and
Ihe Bodend Route" leads through the Pacific All
these guides compiled by Harry Locke their standard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-19

II HERALD presents today with drawing which
dates the automobile road between FL TasO and important points
from New Orleans La. The routes
shown the upon which the greatest of improvement
has been made within the last years and in the aggregate there
several hundred miles of first class highways of permanent char
located principally the they settled portions of Texas
and louisiana when the intervening
proved stretches will be berd that motoring will be popular at
all of the year
CONNECTING UP Ell PASO.
During last year The Herald printed great many charts of the
roads raang from FL Pao and this feature greatly appreciated
by automob they all contained accurate details and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
Even Those Who Do Their
Own Work Prefer to
Learnlby Experience

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 21.-
The average hired CIR" does not care
Tor technical training in household
duties and the average housewife en-
p1oyers could not afford to pay the
higher wages due skilled workers, ao-
cording to a report made here; today
10 the National Society for the Pro.
motion of Industrial Education by
Bess NJ. Rowe of the Agriculture Elk
tension Division OF the University OF
Minnesota. The report was one OF
the results Of the Minneapolis Sur.
ysy which subject engaged tho ex.
elusive attention Of the convention
this morning.
Thetreport on homeworkers said the
Investigation was conducted by un.
.dergraduates OF the University be.
1nRngs to the Phi Epsilon omicron
y orority5 a professional home econo.
MICS society. Three types OF homes
Were visited, those where the work
was done by paid employees; those
where members of the family per.
formed the tasks but in surroundings
sofscomfort and even luxury, and those
where the house-mother struggled
with problems of bare existence. Each
type was examined in an effort to de-
termine whether short courses in do
6esti6f science would be welcome.
After disposing Of the hired girl
question the report said OF the second
type Of home that most home work
Sefs who are performing their own
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and men no matter what we say, are
our greatest interests in life.
The other day when Dick and Jim
were talking l heard Jim say some,
thing about q woman that was the
best stenographer and private secre
tary In town" and Dick answered .Fbut
you simply can not forgive woman
for being as ugly as she is.''
Another time heard Dick remark
when another woman'B name was
mentioned woman who had been
more than usually successful In heI
chosen profession. ooh, you know
she gets by" because Of her personal.
ity and then she is so very good &c
look at. At the time he made me very
angry but guess after all he is right.
Pm going to take Eilene into my
confidence and between us we will
make that Mr.. Holmes wake up q lit,
tle"-was my thought as listened to
the gossip of these two jealous women.
And the strange part OF the whole
thing was tho fact, which you could
discern. without half trying-tha they
were Jealous because Holmes had not
tried to flirt with them.
Oh, little book, little book, get SO
tired OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
tired of the much Wanted virtue OF
the interrupted woman.
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.'FAGGED-OUTD WOMEN
WIN Find a Helpful Suggestion In
This Letter.

overworked, rundown, "fagged.out"
women who feel as though they could
hardly drag about. should profit by
Mrs. Carriers experience. She says:-.
81 am the. mother of six children and
I got SO weak and run down that l
couldn't eat anything and it seemed
almost impossible for me to get around
and do my work. I tried different doc
tors remedies without benefit. saw
Vinol advertised and decided to try 1t,
and received so much bsnefit from it
that continued to take it. and It has
built up my strength and made me
strong and well. l consider Vinol the
best medicine / have ever taken, and
advise all weak, rundown women to
try It." Mrs. Bessie Carter, State Road,
N C. ls 7.
II all the tired, overworked, rum
down women in Fairmont could only
realize how our delicious cod liver and
iron tonic, Vinol, supplies the vital ele:.
ments necessary to build up blood and.
strength. we wouldn't be able to sup.
ply the demand.
Cranes Drug Store, Fairmont, w.
Va, vinol is sold in Warrington by
the Prescription Pharmacy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
HE IN Hin us.
A DAY I'M BID.

There are times when everyone re
Allies that they are on the verge Of
illness. at such time, II at all posi-.
Bile, day in bed is the best possible
medicine and often at the eleventh
hour will staye on sickness.
Rest Is one of Natures simplest and
most effective aids to healing and II
taken In time may be warranted to
make a new man OF you"
An extreme light diet or a fast for
twenty.fourS hours serves the same
purpose In giving the digestive organs
a needed rest.
There are some people who boast
of their ability to keep going regard
less OF the warning which Nature
serves in time of danger. For a while
they may successfully avoid the pen
atty, but usually they have to pay
the piper" and in full.
Better short voluntary rest now
and then rather than one enforced by
serious sickness as the result OF dis
regarding Natures warning.
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HousehoZ d 1fai1lia Co1fses.N Vol
Popular With u lo1lfing Y lonlen

daily tasks have gained whatever
technical knowledge they possess
from their own experiences or from
the experiences of their mothers and
their friends" It was said that
while 81 such housekeepers ex-
pressed q. desire for practical end
experienced teacher, only IL spoke OF
the necessity OF technical training"
The investigators thought this "em-
phasized that the woman with train
ing but lacking as actual experience
in housework finds It difficult to gain
the confidence OF the practicing house
keeper.
The student investigators encoun.
tered difficulty in obtaining informa:
ton from poverty-strfcken homes. or
the poorest section of Minneapolis
the report said at would be hopeless
to attempt courses such as might be
given in other parts Of the city" 1t
was pointed out that the mothers in
many cases tdo day work and have
neither time nor strength to take
training courses" although some ex-
pressed a desire that these be given
for their children. Groups for house
hold training already organized by
social settlements were held out as
providing a wedge into this section
Of the general problem.
"Only one out Of every five home
workers have had training in any OF
the household arts except what they
got on the job a condition which
would not be tolerated in any other
profession with an equal amount of
skill and technical requirements.
"The great average American home
makes the largest demand for train
ing; the type OF home in which the
work is done by the homemaker her.
SELF"
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CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-No longer "the
poor little rich girl"
Cupid is mending the woes of the
Burdens-heirs Of the condensed milk
fortune amassed by the first Gail Bor-
den, founder of the house.
Ramona has new and charming
stepmother, now. Better than that,
she's soon to have husband.
Cupid hasn't retouched Ramona's
mother, Mrs. Helen Walk Borden-not
yet.
You're crazyi" Ramona said In Los
Angeles, when asked whether her
mother was going to be married. too.
Mothers not engaged to anybody.
But I'm going to be married at East
Cola B. Parker, Chicago lawyer. is
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to be her husband. Her stepmother,
the new Mrs. Gail Borden, was Mrs.
Margaret B. Coutant, widow of
Pittsburg store manager.
Ramona Borden first came into
prominence in April, 1918. when she
disappeared in taxicab from a san
itarium in New Jersey Her dad was
paying i'alimony," although his wife
had failed to obtain divorce. Ra-
mona finally was found in a Boston
hotel.
Finally a home was made for her
with her mother in Los Angeles. Mrs.
Borden also Obtains a divorce. News
that the divorce was final did not
come until Borden's marriage to Mrs.
Coutant. in Chicago.
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CONFESSIONS OF a WIFE

have learned from the women at
Eliene,s party that we are all alike
whether we have an income of
thousand dollars year as does Eliene
orswhether we are living on the salary
ota sargent at the police desk as does
Annie; we have the same problems,
the same Joys, the same sorrows.
And, we think that ours is the great
est-thO gravest trouble when 1t is
only the same old trouble that Is the
canker; spot Of all mankind-mistakes
and misunderstanding.
Before the men came ] heard Mrs.
Smithtand Mrs. Wilson friends of Mrs.
Holmes talking together.
Said Mrs. Smith, who is one Of
those catty women who always think
theEworst of any one, II cannot under
stand why Mary Jane Holmes puts up
with her, husband. He is'so stuck on
himself that he thinks he has only
TO smile at woman to make her eat
out of his hand and he always has an
affair on6wfth some woman.
well" said Mrs. Wilson, "the
women are Just as bad. They are all
theswhile trying to flirt with him. He
never tried to flirt with me-"
should say not, neither did he try
his arts on me-"
u got around where I could see the
twofwomen and smiled to myself.
Mrs. Smith was one Of those vinegar
faced woman with the thin Tipped
drooping mouth that proclaims tho,
naERer and Mrs. Wilson had faces
thatBIooked as though 1t had been car.
we'd out or "a walnut. Mrs. Holmes on
tho other hand had sweet face al;
though &c was sad one. Evidently
she had once been beauty.
HowsIswanted to go over and tell
hernot to- give too much Of her thou.
ght and life to her husband. could
see her, with her pretty hair curled
about her face and stunning evening
dress on looking better than any won.
an IN the room with the exception OF
1liene.
\ ASIs almost think I win do it; Il will
III I've something to think about beside
& yfoWnstroubles and It would be real
worth while to make that big good
ifiooking animal she has married get a
eifmmering of the fact that the woman
he calls wife L. a prettier woman than
any OF those upon whom he bsstowo
his lordlys and somewhat conLempLAouS
attention.
rs no wonde little book, that we
lwomenEtrys to look our best and fran.
tscslly toward off the signs Of age.
Youth and beauty are the only things
hbont Gs that seems to interest men,
1 i X.
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New Test Of Death.

a drop Of ether injected into the
$eyeball isS Recommended by an italian
physician as the most reliable test OF
death. 1f3life is still present the ether
viii cause a-reddening of the eye. but
81 death has taken place there will be
mo- change.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
5000 HOTEL BILL
RUN UP BY PEACE
PARTY ON FORD

STOCKHOLM, Jan. ala hotel bill
Of $4,000 that's what Henry Ford had
to pay for putting up his peace party
at the Grand hotel here.
On the bills are frequent charges
for champagne and expensive Havana
cigars.
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Riahteous Indignation.

s:fsWud yes LUX at thot7" exclaimed
Mrs. o'Toole in Just indignation:
5sWashin' an ironin' done. shure, she
amt wan bit better than OF am. Owe
got me washln' and ironin' done, too,
but yez don't see me hangin' out no
signs braggini about it."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
WAN peec,o,,lr.alt 4, )

In planning for remodeling or dec
Grating it isEwell to remember that
vertical lines on Q wall increase the
apparent height Of the ceiling, while.
on the other hand. horizontal lines on
the wall bring the ceiling down. When
the ceiling is too high striped wall pa
pers and all vertical lines are to be
avoided.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-21
SWHITLOCK STATUE
IN PARIS PLANNED
BY THE BELGIANS

PARIS, Jan. 21.-It is proposed here
ito Eerect a statue Of Brand Whitlock,
sAmerican minister to Belgium, in
commemoration OF his courage in
sticking to his post and aiding the
stricken Belgians.
The proposal, unofficial, has been
made by Harry Gerard, prominent
belgian journalist in letter just pub
5lished in the Petit Journal.
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Man on the farm.

It is the high privilege OF q farmers
congress to discuss any and every sub
feet under the sun, for nothing can
possibly happen without having some
direct or indirect effect on the man on
the farm Omaha Bee.
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Limit Of UnbeIlef.

Husband demonstrating But, my
dear Jane, haven't said a word"
INTERPRETATIONS, I know what you
were thinking, and there's no use say
ing you weren't. for wouldn't believe
you If you didnt."-Life.
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seems Unfair.

There's only one way to acquire wis
dom, but when It comes to making q
fool OF yourself you have your choice
Of a million different ways.
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uaelaaa.

The sartorial vermiform, appendix
is the pocket upon the inside of the
vest. 1t serves no purpose and dis
appoints the wife who at first believes
she has discovered an Sinner cham
ber." { 70 rs III
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Protected Against Lightning.
A German nitroglycerin factory Is
completely covered with a network Of
wires, suitably grounds, as q protec-
ton against lightning.
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Mrs. Hep,s Sayings.

"once I knew NV a man tibet was
reformed through marriage" observed
Mrs. Jonathan Hep as she put her
preserves up, "but she kilt him doin'
ttt.."-Pittsburgh Dispatch.