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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
Short Snatches From Everywhere
CBY H. D. 81

Portugal is having by far the incest war Of all
syracuse Post-Standard
lts passing strange that none Of those floating
i"ileS ever sink allied batteships--Seatue Times.
The quickest way to get a larger army and navy is
~ get some larger cOngressmen.-C Columbia State.
Turkey Bulgaria have not yet discIaimed re-
sponsibity for the sussex-SpringheId Republican.
We may yet be forced to ask Germany reinstate
EOH Irpitz in the name Of humanty.-Columbia State
Perhaps if wait bit. Germany viii supply US
win a fresh U-bOat crisis TO take minds Off
Sussex-Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
British opponent Of CONSUMPTION says that a con-
script army can't fight The German army, for ex-
ample--Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Is there felIow-feeIing between bosses? Senator
enTose heartlessy announces that Barnes is
does not know it.-New York Evening Post
Capt Franz Papen has been sent Holland to
10 work similar to that which he did in America
The Dutch do have their trOubles.-New York World
The department to have it fixed this
way-every time Carranza orders soldiers OF
Mexico we get alarmed and send some in
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Just because Washington said: I'm time OF peace
prepare for war; is why should wait
till the is before beginning preparedness
Philadelphia North American.
The freight a $3.50 order OF shoes sent to south
America from Boston the other day $3.50. Heads
of families In Patagonia must be pretty nearly ready
for the war to end.-Boston Transcript
The German societies that sending protests to
congress against a rupture with Germany might pro-
mote peace equally well by sending protests Berlin
against a rupture with America--Springfed Repub-
lican
While Germany sinking passenger vessels be
cause they resembled transports she careful
approach dangerously the real transports that
We're carrying the Russians to France-Philadelphia
North American.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
A KICK AGAINST STANTON PAVING

stadium Of the new high school
at 1880 D. M May 30, and invitin-
mayor Tom Lea and the city council to
be present. The invitation was ac-
cepted
Healthy week.
The weekly report Of the city health
officer showed 80 deaths, of which nine
were Americans p were MeNicans and
two negroes. Births tOtaled %. Of which
seven were Americans and % were
MeXicaus. Cases of contagious diseases
remaining were II measles. two scarlet
teVer, four smallpox. four typhoid fever.
seven diphtheria. eight chicken pOx and
two typhus fever. total of 325 pounds
Of meat were condemned and seven
nuisauces were abated. The April re
port Of the city engineering department
of S229
The following petitions were received
and referred:
Taxation and finance-B o. Bratt-
strom. for cancellation of 1913 personal
taxes; Miss Grace Gray. for cancellation
of tax penalties Holman company. for
correction of tax assessment. W F.
Payne for refund Of taxes on account
OF double payment; san Antonio Brew
ing ASSOCIATION. for refund on account
Of over assessment. O. c. Lowrev. for
refund OF taxes on account of erroneous
assessment; Louie Robbins. communi-
cation regarding erroneous assessment
Maury Kemp. for cancellation OF tax
penalties
Water and sanitary-Anna NJ Wash
burn. for sewer extension to block Sc.
Cotton addition.
Enamel a ton Fay.
Streets and grades-NeErO citizens
Tor use of Washington park for Eman-
cination day celebration. June 10
Council as a whole-W IT. Vance. To-
close alley i'm blocks L and is. Magof-
fin addition.
Fire and building-R. Fl. PenniweU
Tor permit to install gasoline storage
tank at SOS Mesa avenue
Petitions Granted.
The following petitions We're granted.
George W. sharp. for sewer extern
sion to block 1874, east II Paso: q. r
Bassett & Co, for permit to install gas
oline storage tank for private use az
Overland and St Vraiu streets: prop
eTty owners. to grade High street to
connect Mesa avenue and Oregon street
with Lawton avenue or Hawthorne
Place
April reports Of receipts in various
departments were as follows Custo-
dian Washington park. S2120: building
Inspector. S40I50. sewer commissioner
$500: electrical inspector. S397.15:
plumbing inspector. $685.: inspector
w 2ights and measures, S73.65. police de-
partment total fines S2S2O. collected
ll3&: served out 1898; RENTED. S2O2:
pending. Sf66.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
MEXICAN SOLDIERS DRAW
RIFLES ON u. S. TROOPS

clash eetween e. :. and Carrauza
troop patrols was avoided Wednesday
night near the El Paso foundry when
detachment of troops on the Mexican
side Of the line and a mounted patrol
of the seventh infantry in command OF
Lieut. J. g. French, faced each other
Wlth drawn rifles on opposite sides Of
the boundary.
The American patrol was covering its
beat along the line by the foundry
where the-boundary is marked by con
crete monuments the river not bein.
the boundary at this point The Next
can soldiers were seen to raise their
rifles to their shoulders when the
American soldiers dismouuted and pre-
pared to return any fire from the Mexi-
can side. After the two commands
stood in chat position for few min
utes ,he MeXicans lowered their rifles
and went away and the American sol
diers Iesumed their p0trouinc.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
COUNTY To Paw { ON ALAMEDA AVE,

commissioners Seth 3. OrndoPff and
George Pendell expressed the belief
lnaI way could be found TO get the
necessary money.
Against Scrip.
At the Thursday morning session tho
matter was brought up by commissioner
ptnuoIii VINO declared that he would
be IN favor OF the issuance Of 5000 600
ln scrip, as provided for i'm the order
made Monday, If the road to Fort bliss
is permitted to be paved. 10000 is an
propriated for the paving Of Piedras
street IN the outlying districts. and
lhe commissioners agree to sharing the
expense OF paving Alameda avenue.
Against Paving
~ Paso has been paying for paving
~ilhlh the city limits, and 7 am not i'm
l@lof OF TINS court paying for tine
Alameda paving declared commits
sioner James Clifford
am with commissioner Orndorff.~
said commissioner PendeU. 81 believe
we should be allowed to proceed with
me Fort Bliss road, pave Piedras street.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
When the Public Rides.

In +bose day-g of the men off at war; London has a
training school for street conductoresses, and in
the course of lectures for students of the art Of
utino busses the ideal street conductor Is arrived
at This creature must be calm, always calm like the
smiling Buddha but he must be more: he must be
Dolite he must be skilled in first aid to old women
stricken with faintness drunken men on the wrong
car and miles off their route, or shy and silent lost
children he must know what to do II pickPOcket
picks pockets on his car he must know how to help the
absent minded one remember where ne IS going, and
he must be able to throw tough into the street.
One comes to a similar conclusion as when one
reads what the street companies officially state
as their troubles-that "the public IS very difficult
vagarious uncertain of its own mind most 1nconvenent
to pull around and hardly worth the nickel it pays.
Probably no one in the world, except possibly
with colicky trplets, or trattc cop, ever has the
troubles street car takes in under its roof
-O
Calm returns with each returning
-O--
The problem will be worked out peaceably.
When there is occasion for excitement The Herald
will 5yso
Mexico is not hunting trouble.
Carranza has to play the game like everybody else
Hand him the dictionary.
As safety valve against general Intervention the
present military expedition in Mexico is worth all it
costs.
Did Americans never play politics with an interna-
tional crisis?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
Vote to Pay One-Half of
Cost; Open Bids For Con
crete Road to Anthony.

BY vote OF two TO one the county
commissioners. in session THURSDAY
morning voted to pay one-haIf the
property owners cost Of the pavinf, of
-sIameda avenue from Texas street to
Boone avenue. At the same meeting
bids were opened for paving the up
per valley road TO Anthony.
The order merely confirms the
previous order passed on December Is.
The matter was brought 20 a head We'd
nesday when alderman r. B. stevens
appeared before the court and asked
mat the county carry out it's original
purpose At this time county Judge
Adrian Pool declared that there was no
lnoney with which 10 do the work. bur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
New Country Club To Be Finest In West
Will Be Built For EI Pago OF The Future

SLT l. PASO's new country club Will
be large enough to care for the
- additional membership which is
sure TO come with the growth of El
Paso, said H. :. Potter. president Of
the club. NO site has yet been selected
and all available sites, including the old
location. are being given careful CON
sideration. Until a site is selected there
will he no plans made as the directors
wish to have the building conform to
the nature of the grounds. We want to
have the finest country club in the
southwest when we build and will do
nothing iusa hurry but viii carefully
consider all plans and suggestions be-
fore final decision is reached. Our
insurance adjustment has been satisfac-
tory and we viii soon have q bigger.
finer and more modern country club to
take the place of the one burned"
=
THE statements Of the various ma
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

, hence they repair to the library AMI
devour long. throbbing society novel
which is full Of thrilling episides and
grammatical misdemeanors. Others dc
not tarry in the library longer than is
necessary TO pick out a good, spicy
Lank OF fiction, which is then taken
home and not returned until it is three
weeks overdue, when il is accom-
panied by sum of money equivalent
t. the original cost price.
Every once in "a while somebody viii
come into a library and ask for "A
book which cannot be read without
thinking Of what the author was try
ing to say. but this does not happen
often enough to PROSTATE the libra rian.
The greatest demand is for the popu-
lar novel which can be read from the
rear IS wei as the 'front.' with a pIo.
which starts on a desert island and
winds up with a marriage on ship
boarl
Some high browed critics contend
That the money expended ina BUILDING
Libraries could have been better spent
in fitting out The heather Of other
chimes in nankeen trousers. but a taste
for good reading is not developed on
the streets or in a home too poor TO
buy books. The most appreciative
patron Of the library is the boy or
girl who has none at hOme-Protected
10y The Adams Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
Children S Movies.

Chicago, Cleveland Denver, and many other western
cities are experimenting with childrens dav at the
movies and having the biggest successes ever for not
only does every blessed infant in town want to 90
and claim right to go, but the grownups prove to be
as enthusiastic the chldrens special pictures as
the little folks are.
Children own the majority share of the appeaI Of
the movies anyway for it is always the pictures of
children that have the best runs, and fairy pictures
and animal pictures next in popularity Another
great paying of the movies is the smile Tobn
Bunny's grin belonged to the children as vel as the
grownups and Billy Burkes and Marguerite CIarkes and
Mary Pickford's smiles good for the world Young
or old
Other elements thar seem to draw the crowds with
an irresistible pull the thrill of dangerous scenes the
spell Of watching wicked person plan wickedness
the desperate passions of illicit relations the child
ought not to in the movies. Like the dime novels
they cheaper life and ordinary honest living The
thrill of them is a false note, and child who grows
up nothing but ordinary stories of ordinary theaer
or ordinary magazines ordinary books must always
walk a stumbling way.
The best of literature good stories and good poems
md carefully chosen plays and movies, will open I'D
his mind and his spirit to greater possibilities of life
and give him chance for the highest his mind and
heart are capable of.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

NRE COUNTY in the United States has had a
real careful detailed survey made of the con-
duct of public business, and the result Of the
research conducted by little association Of citizens
is becoming famous the country as a horrible
example. westchester county, New York, just north
Of the metropolis, formed little association known
the research bureau, and first its revelations were
greeted by party and denounced by the other As
the work proceeded both parties declared on the
bureau, which is good sign that the work proving
its efficiency.
Several years have beer devoted to the careful
analysis Of the conduct of public business, and the
suits have been published in pamphlets. They
couragng many other counties because it is seen
that in comparatively few places have The possibilities
Of public and private graft and gross misconduct Of
public business been developed cOaTsey and so thor
Oughly in WestcheSter. By comparison, FL Paso
county is paragon of political and ethical purity
the tiny skittering lizard Of arid mesas compares
with the crocodile of the Gauges Our officials are I'M
crowned saints, treasury is guarded with the i'm
personal exactness Of bank vault timeloc our thieves
guilty Of crime than the baby licking a
Jam smeared thumb, when consider what posi-
bities have been allowed to lie unexplored
Westchester paid s81 for index books worth $40;
paid $50 for ledgers currently sold at So boycotted
newspapers which accepted fair rate for advertising
and declined to participate in a 100000 annual po-
Htica corruption fund. Suffolk county. N Y. dis
tributed S10e0o0 certain little rural papers in ad-
vertising to collect possible $4,000 in delinouent
taxes The state controller Of New York reports that
"In not single county examined (57 so far has there
been found compliance with law Broome county had
boss who borrowed the public funds got caught at it.
and killed HIMSELF his successor testified that there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

and share the expense Of paving Ala
media. If you don't agree to that Won
had Just as well let me 90 home and
put up my hay"
Judge Pool said: All right. lad
dressing commissioner Orndorffl How
much money will those streets re-
quire2'
Will Cost $4,000.
Commissioner Orndorff = .piedras
street will require $4,000. and Ala
media avenue 10000 When We said
we were going to pave Maple avenue
SIX men protested against the use Of
bitulithic. II the matter comes up
again / VIII vote against the paving Of
the street to the fort"
Commissioner Pendell-"I am I'm IA
Nor OF paving that street We are put
here TO serve the people at large"
Commissioner Orndorff then moved
that the county pay one-half Of the
property owners cost of paving Ala
media avenue.
County clerk T. B. McCHntoc1--
That order has already been passed"
Commissioner Orndorff-"I want to
make it again. tt cannot hurt 10 have
it passed again
In Favor Of Paving.
Commissioner PendeIl-"Tm in "a
vor Of paving the street No one can
blame me-"
Commissioner Clifford would be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

county court house were not brought
to the city as an addition to the troops
chartered nightly in the courthouse,
said Capt James r. Allison, provost
marshal The troops encamped in the
lot are but those who have been guard
ing the electric street railway barns.
the power houses, the gas plant and
telephone exchange for the past month
Their places were taken by two troops
of the Twentieth infantry. who are es-
pecially detailed to provost work"
*
IT am glad to see that the chamber
of commerce directors took further
action toward stopping the sending
out poor photographs and injurious
reading matter, to eastern and north
ern papers. at their meeting Tuesday
afternoon" said $. B. Hardy cone or
the pictures, which was printed i'm
the issue Of the Detroit Press of last
week showed a portion of the city
below Ninth street in the vicinity Of
the Watts we'll. and was evidently in
tended TO ridicule FL PasO.''
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

tional and state banks of FL Paso show
heaIthtul condition and good bust
ness, said F. NJ MurchisOn THE
statements. which cover the business
up 10 May 1, were made at the request
OF the state commissioner Of insurance
and banking and the controller of the
currency. Business has been very
good i'm FL Paso. despite the disturbed
condition across the border. and money
is plentiful"
The lei Paso Herald is my choice
OF the papers Of the southwest" said
Allen II. Nye, a travelling man of Dem
Yer Il like The Herald even better
than the Denver papers, and every Op-
portunlJy / have 1 buy it. Business
conditions are good throughout my
territory. which extends to the coast.
Colorado is much improved"
Contrary to what seems to have
been general opinion the troops en-
camped in the vacant lot near the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
This World

THIS world all bully
and he family
something
world with vn and scores to the harbOr
goes down. little trouble
aicon grim with
the rest the boys little of little
they t there we're no darkness we'd
to quit This world we inte bully
and residence 81 much that ''
protected Adams sev
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

Some of local apostles of scaredness remind us
of the fate of the who quit eating entirely because
he was afraid Of germs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

The American troops will not be withdrawn until the
United States gets ready and Gen Oregon knows it:
there is harm in his asking what our Intentions are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

willing to repair the street but not pave
IT, Put me down as voting No"
Commissioners Orndorff and PendeU
then voted Yes"
Tn casting his vote commissioner
Orndorff said. Il am not going to vote
for Issuing any scrip unless that street
Is paved That is the only way in
which l viii vote for scrip
To Pave Valley Road
Bids were opened for the paving #
the upper valley road from the Be-
derland Inn to Anthony. a distance of
eight miles. The bids were asked with
out the formaltty Of advertising Com
missioner Clifford protested against thu
method, declaring that bids should have
been advertised for and on other ma.
terials I'm addition to concrete. The bids
were as follows. Lee Moor. s106.323.4
y. F. Ware, $l29,233. kroeger. NavfieId
& Shaw, S13O.625. 40. No action was
taken on the bids and the court adj
iourned to Friday morning Commits
sloner j. VI. Walling was absent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

out Of the . presidents Of the United
states Q have been lawyers. two states
men, two soldiers. two planters and
two educators
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11
Property Owner Says Lot
VIII Be 80 Feet High
To Review Cadets.

The ordinance assessing the cost
against property owners of the paving
Of North Stanton street from Rio
Grande TO Blacker streets, was placed
on first reading az the meeting of the
city council Thursday morning. At the
same time protests Of property owners
were heard.
Rabbi Martin zielonka appeared be
fore the council representing that his
property on the street viii be So feet
above the street when paved. and that
the paving would not enhance the value
Of tine holdings.
To Review Cadets.
A communication was received from
j. T. McLaren, captain and commandant
of the cadet corps of the II Paso high
school, stating that the corps viii be
reviewed by Gen George Bell, jr., at the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-11

Suffering cats have nothing on the interventiOnsts
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27
FOR COUNTY ENGINEER
Chas. E. Phoenix

70 the Voters Of WhatcOm County:
hereby announce myself as g
candidate for the office of County
Engineer upon the Republican tick
e. subject to The Republican prima-
ries to be held September IL, 1915.
CHAS. E. PHOENIX.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

John Wetering of Bellingham Is
at the home of his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Wetering, recovering from
an attack of inflammatory rheuma-
tism.
Miss Mary Jameson has returned
from a visit in Vancouver, b. c.
Judge f. E. Hardin in this issue
of The Tribune announces his candi-
dacy to succeed himself as one Of
Whatcom COunty's superior judges.
During the seven and one-hah
years Judge Hardin has been on
the bench has disposed OF many
hundreds of cases. OF this great
member involving many different
questions of law and, fact. many OF
them complicated, only forty-six
have so far been appealed and as
posed of in the Supreme Court,
and less than one out of four or
these mas been reversed.
The average of reversals of the
Superior Courts of the State by the
Supreme Court during the same time
mas been thirty-two and one-balf
per cent. Reversals of cases decid-
ed by Judge Hardin have been but
4 fraction over twenty-three per
.ent, giving him standing in the
Supreme Court OF more than nine
points better than the average rec
ord.
Step up, ladies and gentlemen,
and see the only genuine black
spake ever discovered in these
Parts. The reptile is now or kat
hilton at EdsOn's Drug Store, and
admission is free. 1t was fo.nd in
he Lynden district.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27
Ed. WAS uNrRUTHFUL.
MAsA Twain First Proved II and The
orasssd About IT,

Max Twsin First Proved Il and Their
orasssd About II.
Sam Clemens read more than any one
guessed. At night. prOpped up In bed
"a habit continued until his death-he
was likely to read until late hour.
He enjoyed smoking at such times and
had made himself pipe with large
bowl which stood on the door and had
q long rubber stem. something like the
Turkish hubble bubble. He liked to
oil the big bowl and smoke at ease
through the entire evening. But some
times the pipe went out which meant
that he must strike match and lean
far over to apply 1t, just when he was
most comfortable. Sam Clemens never
liked unnecessary exertion. One night
when the pipe had gone out for the
second time he happened to ,hear the
young book clerk, Brownell. passing
up to bis room on the top floor. Sam
called to him.
ED. come here!"
BrOwnell poked his head In the door.
The two were great chuIns.
what will you have. Sam" he
asked.
"Come in. Ed Henry's asleep. and
I'm IN trouble. want somebody to
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27
FOR SUPERIOR JUDGE
Ed. E. Hardin
Paid Advertisement

l hereby announce my candidacy
for Judge Of the Superior Court OF
the State of Washington, for What
ccm County.
ED. E. HARDIN.
Observation-Disclosures Road, What
com County, Wash.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27

FIFTY ENGRAVED CALLING
CARDS-W;tE copper plate,
special $1.15. This Is an excep-
tioneliy low price; the cards are
CT the highest quality, in four
beautiful style, of script. The
Tribune.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1916-07-27

light my pipe.
why don't you light 1t yourselfT'
Brownell asked.
II would, orXy knew you'd be along
In u few minutes and would do 1t for
me-"
Brownell scratched a match, stopped
down and applied 1t.
what are you reading. SamT
ooh, nothing much-a so called funny
book. One Of these days I'll write q
funnier book myself"
Brownell laughed.
"No. you won't. SAM" he said. you
are too lazy eyer to write book"
Years later, In the course of lecture
which he delivered In Keokuk, Mark
Twain said that he supposed the most
untruthful man In the world lived
right there In Keokuk and that his
name was Ed Brownell.-Albert Bige-
low Paine I'm St Nicholas.