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Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
PHONE co. HAS GOOD YEAR
Acme Mutual Closes Year with Pro
fits for Subscribers

The Acme Telephone company is
an example of a profit paying, mu-
tual farmers telephone company.
In the past year of 1915, fifteen
new phones or subscribers were
added, two central girls were em-
ployed, the lines nept in working
repair, $500 was spent in improve
ments and additional repairs, and
the company closed the year with a
credit of 5000 in the bank and all
bills paid The years receipts were
$4,000 and the disbursements $4,000.
At a meeting of the stockholders the
following officers for 1916 were
elected President, George Lenhert;
vice president, John Seaton secre-
tary and manager, j. G. Engle;
treasurer, R. L. Seaton. The officers
and the following constitute
board of directors: William Nelson,
Albert Dunlap and Robert Seaton.
Geneva Jones and Edith Sex
ton continue to please the subscrib-
ers with their services as central
girls.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Highest prices paid for poultry
and eggs. j. w. Elwick, 500 West
7th St., phone 226. dwti
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

w. H. Broughton is drawing a
new 8-cylinder Oldsmobile.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Dead horses and cattle removed
tree. Phone charges refunded. Call
ss4. 7s1, 1850. Dederiek Rendering
worka 26dtfwtf
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13
RECENT REFLECTIONS
Every road is a Maxwell road.

Mrs. John Powell is critically
Ill at her home on Enterprise street
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Marriage license: Harry A.
Dayhoff and Phoebe C. Hoover,
both of Detroit.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

d. S. Engle has arranged for a
sale February "a. Advertisements
will follow later.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

II you don't get your Reflector
phone s5.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Marriage licenses; Jesse Leon
ard Luker and Ruth Buchan, both
of Manchester; Julius d. Forster
and Lulu NJ. Funk, both of Abilene.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

The garage man informed us
this morning that the axles Of the
Overland car that skidded into the
curb Sunday, was not broken but
only bent. He says you can bend an
axle double and it will not break.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Marriage license: John Earl
Elliott and Minerva Hawk, both Of
Detroit.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Jones are
the parents OF a baby girl, born this
morning. Mrs. Jones was formerly
Miss Ruth Freeman.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1916-01-13

For sale, bronze gobbiers, also a
few white Leghorn cockerels. Mrs.
Frank Sullivan. Abilene, r. F. d. z.
7d-eod-w1m
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
"Wonan's Place
inWar Time

The British Board Of Ccnsors recently
passed letter to an Official OF the
British government. now in the United
States. containing word picture of
London in war time which wildly illus
tratos the wonderful way in which Lon
don women are helping TO keep things
going while their men folk are Mt the
front Here are some excerpts from the
letter:
The householder in the suburbs hears
the postman's morning knock, and be-
hold. the letters are delivered by post
woman The milk arrives; IL is handed
in at the door by la latierc up-to-dRte.
The city man leaves his home after
breakfast, boards motor bus, and gives
his penny TO high booted, slouch- halted
lady conductor. who handles the bell
punch as TO the manner born; at the
tube station he buys paper of book
stall girl; purchases his ticket OF n fe-
male clerk; dcscends TO the lower regions
by grace of lift girl, or is confronted
at the barrier by an amazon, who clips
his ticket coolly and regards him merely
ns hifurcRted nonenity. Al his des-
tination the ticket is collected by uni.
formed sister, and on the way he has
seen plptoons of portresses with mops,
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
By OUNCE HUTTON

~ RGANIZED labor in Grand
Junction began with the or
ganizing of Carpenters Local
- Union No. 244 ON February Q,
1900. and has increased until at present
nearly all working men in the city are
under the banner of the Trades Assem-
bly,, which was organized July 2s. 1905.
The Printers, BARRIERS, Musicians. Horse
shocrs and Plumbers are 100 per cent
strong, with very few non union men of
tho other crafts working in our city,
which we believe equals if not cNcells
any city of like size in the state.
Especially is this encouraging when
we consider that this is an agricultural
district. We have been exceptionally
free from strikes and other labor
troubles. Only one strike, that of the
Stationery Engineers. has taken place in
the history of our central body.
We have always been active in move.
mcnts for the welfare of our city and
community in helping the working pco-
pie to better conditions. We are always
ready and willing to assist in any move.
mcnt for the interest of organized labor
turnout the state.
Organized labor in Grand Junction
commands the respect of the community
and is consulted on all public movements.
The membership has fallen off numcr.
ally in the last year owing to the
depression in business, but under the di-
rcction of men like c. c. Knowles, our
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
The Government Printing
Office, Biggest of It's
Kind in the World

Continued From Page /, This Section.)
containing a5,0oo,ooo separate blanks,
We're printed for the Postoffice depart
ment.
The bound Congressional Record. COW
cring proceedings OF the SNity-third Con-
grcss, second session, made nineteen vol
umes; 6,l3o copies were printed and
bound on each volume, making a total of
ll6,470 volumes.
The total expense of the government
printing office is about S6,oo0,Ooo per
year, and this amount is divided and
allotted between Congress, the depart
mcnts and the various bureaus of the
government, in accordance with their
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

printed, write to the public printer,
Washington. ID. C., asking for an esti-
mate OF the cost; in such cases you may
order any number of copies up to $50,
provided your order is placed prior TO
the forms going to press and is accom-
panied by advance payment; or, if You
desire to secure additional copies of a
publication which has been printed, re-
quest your congressional representative
to place the order with the public print
er. Washington, d. c; advance payment
must be made thru your congressional
representative.
The new building occupied by the gov
ernment printing office Is located at
North Capitol and streets northwest,
one square from the Union station, and
visitors are welcome on any working
dav between the hours of 10 a. m. and >
p. m. \ corps of well-informed guides
are ut their services.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

buckets and brooms attending to rows
of waiting trains.
III he keeps his eyes open be perccives
the work OF the war itself. They drive
tions, for high staff Officers OF the war
office itself; they have iecome cnci-
necrs. maehinsts ana munition worl;
crs in their thousands. This il by no
means all. Women have done much
more than invade the sphere OF undigni-
fled manual labor The business man
watches her, trim and slim. and armed
with pen, behind the counter OF his
bank. and realizes that having good
figure and being good at figures arc
not necessarily contradictory. Even in
the Bank OF England women clerks are
now in the majority. The typist, the
lady clerk the lady secretary, is every
where, and the very latest development
is that there are girl auditors in the
city.
This new condition OF things is
wonderful demonstration of the adapt
ibility OF English womanhood TO war
conditions. The far-sighted people arc
little disturbed by the problem of
what is to happen when the war is over.
The English woman. especially the young
English woman. will never again be con-
tent. save under exceptional circum-
stances. to settle down without an ac-
tive part in the life OF London and the
country itself The war is popularity
supposed To have put the suffrage move
ment in England to sleep. II has done
nothing of the kind.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

size and necessity for printing. each one
being allowed printing and binding only
to the amount OF their allotment. En-
listing law requires this printing and
binding to be done at cost, and charges
based upon a fixed scale OF prices reg
ulated by a system OF cost, are rendered
for each piece OF work produced. About
70.eon bills are rendered annually. to-
falling about 100000.
The Approximate amount OF pape.
used in one year for printing and binding
i 32.c00.oon pounds. with 65,0O0 pounds
of ink
Employees work eight hours a day, re-
ceive a compensation comparing favor
ably with union wages thruout the
country. and are allowed thirty DAYS
vacation with pay each year. Some di-
visions OF the office run night forces
thruout the year. and others only dur
ing the sessions OF Congress Employees
working at night receive 20 per cent
advance over day rates of pay.
Emergency hospital Provided.
Located in the new building Is an
emergency hospital. 1t is for the use of
employees only. and is in direct charge
OF a medical and sanitary officer DR.
William J. Nanningl. Two thousand
and medical cases were treated in one
year. rest room" is also provided,
for the use of women employees who may
become exhausted during work hours.
Certain employees in each division are
organized into fire brigades, with speci-
fled duties for each one in case of fire;
occasionally fire drills are held. force
of siNty-seven watchmen is employed.
A section Of the office which has
proved to be of unusual interest to the
general public is the division of public
documents This division is central
distributing agency for government pub
lications and receives. by provisions of
law. copies of all public documents
printed in the government printing Of
flee \ specified number of these doc
umcnt are distributed to certain desig
mated repositories thruout the country
and other copies are sold at cost to the
public. no more than one copy TO any
one person.
The interest shown by the public is
evidenced by the fact that about $4,000
letters making inquiries about docr-
ments are received by this division in n
wear. Over 100000 of documents were
sent out by the superintendent of docu-
nents Josiah II. Brinkerl during the
fiscal year covered by this report, and
the work along that line is increasing
each year. The current stock of docu-
ments on hand is about $4,000 To prop
erly handle this work requires the serv-
ices of about 200 employees and an al
most perfect system for keeping the
work current. To facilitate mailing n
S0-inch belt conveyor, operating thru n
tunnel ! feet high, $ feet wide and ass
feet long. connects the government print
ing office with the mailing tables OF the
city postoffice.
How to Secure Publications.
Ii YOU are interested and wish to Sc
cure copy OF any document of pub
lie nature at cost price, write to the SUI
pcrintendent of documents, government
printing office, Washington. d. c.. who
will give YOU full information; or. If
you want 10 secure number of copies
OF certain publication which is to be
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

president, and f. A lIoisington, secre.
tary we will continue 10 be a factor in
Western Colorado.
All of the local unions are affiliated
with the central body and are untiring
in their efforts to make us stronger and
wiser for morality OF purpose and sim
eerity of action. the union men and
women of Colorado may point with pride
TO the metropolis of the Western Slope,
Grand Junction.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
The Man Who Wins

The man who wins is an average man
Not built on any particular plan,
Not blest with any peculiar luck
just steady and earnest and full of pluck
He goes at task with ginger and grit,
For he is determined 10 conquer it
When asked question he does not
guess
He knows, and answers No or Yes"
When set task that the rest can't do,
He buckles down till he's put it thru.
He studies his duty as TO why and how,
His practiced motto is DO it now
Three things he learned: That the man
who tries
Finds favor in his employers eyes;
That it pays to know more than one
thing we'll;
That it doesn't pay all he knows to tell
For the man who wins is the man who
works,
Who neither labor nor trouble shirks.
Who uses his hand, his head, his eyes;
I he man who wins is the man who tries
NOT ENOUGH.
MY voice is for war
But are you willing to offer the rest
OF yourself Boston Transcript,
HAYES BROS. CHOCOLATES
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Jewellers OF CLASS DISTINCTION.

Jewelers.. members of an organization
bent on removing all class distinctions
and leveliug all titles, who were power
ful in the English parliament in l6i7,
were first heard of in Germany during
the sixteenth century, when two men,
Muuzer and Storck. by their teaching
quickly acquired wide influence and ac-
cumulated a following of 10000 men.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

most men fail; no mortal yet has lived
who did not err at all.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
ACTING ADJUTANT OF 10Th
DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Capt Edwin P Thompson. acting ad-
jutant Of the goth infantry. died Thurs
hospital after an allness Of o11r 1S
fours- The officer was taken i'm while
downtown Wednesday night and was
rushed to the hospital where an opera-
tioh was performed Peritonitis was
the cause Of death.
He was a graduate of ya1e rTis
father retired brigadier general re
sides IN Los Angeles A brother Il "
thompson. is an attorney Of SaIt Like
ClJy Two little daughters. in school In
81 years of age ~
APT thompson was making arrange
menJs 10 visit his children when dean,
overlook him. He served with the 94tb
infantry IN the Philippines for several
been completed o'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

Guns for Rent-Al1en Arms and Cv-
lie Co, 4O4 y. Oregon.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
CHARGED WITH SELLING
MORPHINE. nnUxR 90

charged with selling morphine and
cocaine IN December, 1914. Juan Is
two years, was given a hearing Vad-
nesday before United States commits
Sioner George r Oliver and was bounf
over TO the district court.
Estrada was arrested Tuesday night
collector of internal revenue ana ,eity
detective A y. Smith. after he had es-
capped from the police Monday night b,
jumping from a speeding AUTOMOBILES
In his leap. Estrada fell on the car
tracks and broke his hand.
Commissioner Oliver fixed ar sr5o0
The bond of Juan Garcia. grocery pro-
prletor' al Seventh and Hill streets
who was charged with selling suear
and coffee consigned to the government
and said TO have been stolen from a
bOXcar.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
WHITE HOUSE WANTS TRAFFIC
OFFICER FOR PIONEER PLAZA

The White House Thursday peutoned
At the Pioneer plaza 10 regulate traffic
conditions. which. IL was set forth, had
become so conEested as TO prevent pa
irons Of the store from parking their
automobiles near by
NToreover.. according TO the communi-
cation. many women who are having
fittings made. which usually require
at least 80 minutes. become alarmed
lest their autos be tagged and them
LIS ftrlad
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

our coal makes warm friends and Is
as clean as our reputation" south
western Fuel and Feed Co. Phones
53I-4444 double four double four).-
Adv.
Raw SEE. FOODS. Central Market Cfor-
merIy Ardoins). a. Milton Robinson,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
WOULD OPERATE
BUSES GRATIS
Electric Railway Employees
File Petition Before Coun-
Gil; Referred.

The Amalgamated Association Of
Street and Electric Railway Employees
Of America petisioned the council TO
allow the operation OF free busses. on
such streets and at such hours as are
deemed advisable 10 them to accom-
modate the greatest number of people
The petition was referred TO the coun-
Gil as a whole.
You are familiar with the made
ouate service of transportation for our
citizens. the demoralized. inefficient
and inadequate service OF the FL Paso
Electric company and the stringent
laws curiailing the operation of jitnes."
the communication states
Refers To Strike
Feeling that our fight for a living
wage and better working conditions is.
in a measure. responsible for the above
conditions, we present this petition
asking You TO suspend the stringent
jitne ordinance in some respects or 70
modify the same, and to that end We
have formulated a plan and created a
fund for the operation of free busses
TO transport cur citizens who are not
getting the service TO which we know
they are entitled"
Fear Legal Interference.
The communication states that the
councils permission for the plan is
sought because OF FEARS OF 4tEdl pro-
ceedings by the Stone & Webster cor
poration. which owns the street railway
company
The letter states that no fares VIII
he asked, but that each bus viii carry
a contribution box for the benefit OF
the Garments union No. III
The petition is signed 10y T. G. Doug
lass. president OF the union. and in
dorsed by the Central Labor body.
through ". +. Larkin president. and
Lee Alexander, secretary
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

A' J. F. Dawson city Clerk
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

I 5 q r e 4 PART or THE CITY OF FL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

corporated in said CITY. together with an
aIIidaVir BY one OF the members Of said pe-
majority Of the male freeholders over N =
age OF Il years and who are citizens %
teIIitors ana SAID CITY Council being OF the
opinion that said petition In every way com
plies with the requirements Of law:
Now. therefore. BE IT ORDAINED BY the
That the territory adjoining the present
boundary OF the City Of f. Paso. Texas on
ms east said territory being described as
Beginning at the intersection OF stevens
street and AlamogordO street. thence norta
along said Stevens street to where the p
right OF way intersecrs said Stevens street
thence north 10 the n0rtherlv boundary or
me p Feso = SogthWestern Railroad com
pan} rEnt or way: thence in a northeast-
ely direction along the line OF said right
~ 20 80 " ,iseu street being Wht- =
knoWn as tticnmonc Terrace thence along
the southerly boundary line OF said wilson
street 10 Fort Bliss road. thence IN a north
easterly direction on said Fort Bliss road 70
Hastings street: thence in an easterlv direc-
Ccn along the southern boundary line OF
Hastings street 10 ne interssction III said
a southerly direction along said Mari street
ana along the westerly side OF said street %
northerlv side Of AlamogordO street 10 where
49, - +A.el5--e-llu9 sIeet lntersects Stete"7
street ana the place or beginning
SnaiL o. and the same is hereby annexed %
the city Of Fl Paso- Texas. and shall Be. and
is hereby declared from and after the pess-
age % this ordinance TO be part OF the City
or El Paso. Texas and the Inhabitants %
said territory are entitled 10 - the rights
i-l Paso- Texas. and shall be bound hy tha
acts ordinances rules and regulations o.
Passed and approved this 18th day Of sen
tluber A. d. 1915.
Al5es@- ,,. ..,,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
CONSUL : CASE
INTERNATIONAL
Weber's Claim for Damages
Not a City Matter, Mayor
and Attorney Say.

The $4,000 claim against the city
of Max Weber. German consul at
Juarez. for alleged damage done 70 his
land both on the American and Mex
lean side of the river. is an irterna-
tional matter. in the opinion of mayer
Tom Lea and city attorney J. Fl NJ
Broom. as expressed at Thursday s
meeting Of the city council Webef's
claim was presented by H. E. Stafford.
who urged that the council take some
steps in the matter and that these
steps be taken quickly
Mayor Lea intmated he shcuGh1 no
action would be taken.
.sIn nv opinion" he said. this is not
a matter for the city but has aecome
an international matter"
BIames Wallis For Losses.
Weber. in his petition for the $4,000
damages. claims the city disposal
plant and the protection walls built by
the city several years ago TO protect
land near the plant from flood waters
have resulted in damage to his hold
ings- He says that in one instance lvO
acres of alfalfa land on the Mexican
side OF the river were washed away by
flood waters due to the city's protec-
ton walls
In building the walls. he says. a num-
Der OF trees on land he owns on this
side OF the border were cut down He
charges further that the sewer pipe line
which the city has run across ris land
to the river has damaged his property
He declares. in addition. that the city
is dumping garbage on his land and
that the stencil from this and from the
sewer and disposal plant have greatly
reduced the value Of his holdings
Mayor Calls Claim Excessive
Nfayor Lea called the claim excessive
and said that a previous administration
several wears ago. acting no doubt after
full legal advisement. had constructed
the disposal plant and the protection
walls
Tt is expected that Weber's claim
will now he taken into the federal
court on the failure of the city coun-
ell 10 take any action
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
CRAWFORD GIVEN VERDICT.

L NJ Crawford owner Of the Craw-
ford theater. was awarded a verdict
for $3.50 IN his trespass suit against
the TrI-State Amusement company
Thursday afternoon in the 4Ist district
court The amount awarded represents
the rental for the Crawford theater
from Nov. s, 1915 10 Aug. Is. 1915.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
20 BALES OF HAY FOR L. :.
HIRNEn N FREIGHT 20

Approximately 20 bales OF hav con-
signed TO the quartermaster's depot
were burned Thursday morning at $50
o'clock, when fire broke out i'm q box
car in which the hay was stored. at the
Octavia street crossing Of the Fl Paso
x Southwestern tracks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
Ordinance.

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AN ORDINANCE To INCREASE TIE
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF Fl. PASO.
.ENAS 50 THAT THAT PART OF The
BOUNDARY OF SAID CITY. WHICH P-RT
IS DESCRIBED As FOLLOWS TO-WTT.
BEGINNING AT TIE INTERSEC- TON
OF SIEA EMS STREET AND ALAMO
GORpO STREET. THENCE NORTH
ALONG SAID STEVENS STREET To
WESTERN RAILROAD COAIPANY'S
RIGHT OF Way ISTERSECTS SAID
SIEt ~ STREET. THENCE NORTH
10 THE NOETHERLT BOUNDARY OF
TIE 81 PASO & SOCTHW ESTEItN
COMPANY $ RIGHT OF WAY THENCE
~ 4 SOUTHEASTERN DIRECTION
ALONG THE LINE OF SAID RIGHT
Or Ny TO WILSON STREET. BEING
MAI IS KNOWN AS RICHMOND
TERRACE. THENCE AI.ONG The
sou HEItL4 BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID WILSON STREET To FORT
BLISS ROAD. THENCE IN A NORTH
tASIEkLN DIRECTION ON SAID
FORT BLISS ROAD 10 HASTINGS
SthEh.l- THENCE IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION ALONG THE SOUTHERN
STREET To THE TNTERSECTfOS or
SAlD HASTINGS STREET WITH MARI
STREET THENCE IN 4 SOUTHFRTY
9lAE1IlON ALONG SAID MARI
STREET AND ALONG THE WESTER-
IL SIDE or SAID STREET To WHERE
ALAMOGORDO STREET. THENCE
WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHER-
L1 SIDE OF ALAMOGORDO STREET
TO WHERE SAID ALAlfOGORDO
STREET INTERSECTS STEVENS
STREET AND THE PLACE OF BE
SHALL BE 4 PART or THE CITY OF Ell
T ASO TEXAS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28
BURGLARS TAKE JTWELRy

Burglars entered the home Of F. A
Mcconnell at 1881 East Missouri street
Wednesday afternoon. and-stole jewelr-
valued at over S1O0. Among the things
taken were two gold watches and two
rings Entrance into the house was
made after screen had been forced off
a rear window.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-28

HEREAS. heretofore. ro-wlr. on August
10. 1876 "a majority o. the male freehoiders
over tweuty-one years or axe whu are citi-
zens or the state OF Texas ana inha hitauts
~ the above described territory filed pc
tiucu with the City Council accoinpauied hy
"a map Of the territory proposed 10 be in