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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Roundabout Town


, tive uumindful. regardless After
reading this definition. does 1t not
seem that carelessness is easily over
come and . out of every Ice accidents
and fires prevented
"A few years ago We accepted fires
and accidents as predesJined or una
voidable and part OF the general work
ing of the universe. but by investiga-
lion and study II was found that in
the rush Of progress. we were sacrifice
ing lives and property unnecessarily
when 10y being simply thoughtful Of
this waste IL could be prevented. Let
US all observe this day for the sake Of
humanity.
Associated Press dispatches from
Douglas. a few days ago. told Of the
resignation of all the officers of a
New Jersey national guard signal corps
because they had been ordered TO No
gales Some of the inside" dope on
this matter was brought 10 FL Paso by
Washington newspaper man who was
en- route TO san Antonio.
According TO the newspaper man. the
signal corps officers were cOnsidera-
bly, peeved when they found that they
had been ordered TO NOgales while
other Skeeter state troops were going
home.
First Of all. the officers made I'd
their minds that they were not going
TO Nogales. said the Washington
scribe. who was covering the news Of
2 T. OF g NalOla4 guard regiment II
was then necessary to furnish the
proper excuse for not going. They at
once turned in their designations. but
YOU can't resign from the army and
have your resignation accepted in
few hours
They had orders TO hit the trail on
Monday morning On sunday night the
officer commanding reported TO the
camp cOmmandant that they couldn't
go because they were shy 50 mules Of
the equipment required.
so they hustled mules all day Mon
day and then on Monday night they
were told that they would hit the trail
AT o'clock next morning. But we
can't 90 then for we have no fodder
for the mules and horses was the ex-
cuse Of the officers This proved the
straw that broke the camers back. and
the commander declared that they were
going next day II they had to walk
every foot of the way. He told the
signal corps men to be ready at 10
o'clock next morning
In the meantime. strings had been
pulled at Washington. one Of the Of
ficers Is a brother Of a big newspaper
publisher. He wired his brother, who
got in touch with the governor and
the governor reached the powers at
AT 9:30 on Tuesday morn
ing, orders came for the signal corps
TO return home Thus was the crisis
passed
Thus. also. are we shown how poll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

JULY convinced that sugar beet growing Is going
to prove profitable crop for the EI PasO valley
that it IS better, fact, than anything being
grown here-a committee of level headed business
viii start next week in endeavor sign up
eraI hundred of land for this crop El PasO
After listening TO the talk of W. K Vaudeville,
Las Cruces banker these business decided that he
knew what he talking about; that he Is in earnest
his endeavor organize the industry here because he
of the belief that It IS the best crop this
Unanimously they offered to shoulder their part of the
work and help him
Already 1000 acres have been pledged TO sugar
beets for 1917 in the upper Rio Grande valley
Las Cruces by the farmers working the land Mer-
chants bankers, and professional of Las Cruces
have pledged themselves to plant that add
tionaI 25oo planted If the Holly Sugar COM
pany viii erect factory. Now Las Cruces wants to
divide the melon with FL Paso and the e. Pasoans who
listened to the plan yesterday felt fully convinced as
evidenced by the unanimity Of their action that 1t is
worth sharing One of the valleys most progressive
farmers and land signed upon the spot 10 plant
50 acres; another Of land agreed to sign for 200
acres This is the way the members of the committee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Little Interviews
Cleanup Days In FL Paso Proving Great Success
Juare7 Also Gets Busy and Has Cleanup Squirt
Little InterUiews

a private in the second Massachusetts,
ambulance company. stationed at Fort
Bliss The eagerness shown by the
men for the erection Of the Ohio 7. NJ
c. A. hut at Fort Bliss is an evidence
Of this If the people at home could
only have seen how the soldiers took
hold Of the work, il would have done
their hearts good Whenever choir or
a pianist was needed. there were more
than enough volunteers to 20 around.
such a spirit is certainly gratifying TO
one who has the moral welfare OF the
soldiers a heart"
'Too much cannot be said Of the or
ganizatiOn OF ane Ell PasO boy scouts
into patrols. ~ il is one Of the worth
lest things that I have ever seen" said
H L. Stevens. Personally. 7 think II
is a great thing for young boys, as it
keeps them off the street and they
learn a great many things such az
signaling and first aid II
khe injured. I do not doubt that the
parents Of Fl Paso viii recognize the
value Of the organization and allow
the boys 20 join it. The scouts will be
IN duty during the exposition at the
Union station. plaza and exposition
grounds and will do everything pos
sibIe TO aid the city in handling visit
ors.'
Talk about slow trains. you should
have been with me on a trip 10 FlOy-
dada Tex. several days ago, said Juan
Franco. There is a train running be
tween F1Oydada and PlainView. Tex,
that takes three hours TO run IS miles
II is over perfectly level road. and there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

is no excuse for IL, except the speed of
the engine. which is not in excess OF
the limit, as you can imagine. Often
the view is so clear that you can get
on the courthouse at Plainview with q
pair OF field glasses and see three
county seats, some as far as IS miles
away"
The returns from sugar beets in
California are all that the Las Cruces
men say they are going TO be here"
said o. H Baum yesterday. following
the meeting in the chamber OF com
mercs in the interest OF sugar beet
growing. which he attended. Il recent
continued, and I found that the farm
acre and selling their beets Z. o. b. the
nearest station al IS ton. Just what
il costs them to produce the beets !
did not ask. but I presume the cost il
almost standard and 7 suppose the fig
ures submitted by the promoters Of the
Las Cruces factory are as nearly cor
rect in this instance as in the other
respects"
ct makes me twice happy TO take a
vacation and get away from FL PasO."
said I G. Hasten. manager OF the
Prfmm cigar store IN the Roberts-Ban-
ner building. at makes me happy &c
get back among old friends in my old
home and IL makes me happy again,
when the visit is over. TO get back &c
FL Paso. Wife and I had a fine time
visiting old friends back in Kansas
City. but we were glad when we got
back 10 Fl PasO to be home again
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

erects factory al a cost of million dollars it
TO keep making sugar. The only way in which it
do this is for the farmers of the valley to keep
growing sugar beets. The only inference possible IS
that, after the first seasons experience the manuac
tuTeTs expect the farmers be well pleased that
they will plant the next year and the next and
the next.
It looks like of the safest and sanest PROPOSE
ons the farmers Of the valley have had put up
them 1t IS hardly possible to where the farmers
lose; the manufacturers the men who appear
be taking chances, If any chances to be TAKEN
and, with their experience elsewhere they hardly
be supposed to be taking chances they evidently real
that If the farmers try the experiment once they
viii keep 1t up-and far a The Herald is able 10
learn, that has been just the in other sections
who recently returned TO FL PasO says that
where beet sugar factory operating few yeTrs
ago IN Colorado there today five factories within
radius of 20 miles and all doing big business.
Nj Vaudeville asserts that where there planted
only $500 in the Rocky Ford district of Colorado
the inception of the industry there this
year $500 acres
These a few indications that sugar beet growing
IS profitable.
o. H Baum returns from California with the informa
tion that sugar beet growers getting s. for
their beets at 0xnard and that they growing 10
tons to the The promoters Of the Las Cruces fac
tory that the cost per to grow beets $50
the most and the figure sounds reasonable to agri
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

feel about It; they going and endeavor TO
courage others TO sign and from the sdenes 1t looks
like mighty good proposition that Is being opened up
to the farmers of the valley The committeeman them
selves going into what they asking others to
into.
In response to previous appeals to sign up a sugar
beet acreage many of the farmers have cited their
perence with cantalOupes few years ago. The beet
sugar proposition different. The cantaloupe people
who contracted buy the supply of the valley had
investment themselves TO make; they merely pledged
themselves TO sell the cantaloupes for commission at
the market price; this they did but the price
fell low the time the FL PasO supply avail
able that did pay the farmers gather the crop
In instances the fruit did more than pay the
freight and commission charges.
With beets It viii be different The Holly Sugar
company CANDLES million dollars initial investment
against the pledges of the farmers plant beets If
the sugar company has not started work factory
by next spring, when beet planting time around
is not necessary for any farmer plant beets and
farmer viii be out penny if he signs. On the other
hand, if the acreage IS signed and the sugar company
has commenced the erection of its factory BY planting
time the farmers apparently need have no hesitation
about planting the crop for the sugar company going
buy the beets if II builds the plant; offering
TO contract for the beets at S. ton.
No request is being made of the farmers to contract
for more than one year. but, naturally, if the company
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Roundabout TOwn
Helping To Keep People From Getting Hurt
Most Of Our Accidents Due To Carelessness

F course ne gets paid for doing
IL, but 1t is q fine work that P
- p Kyle is performing for the FL
Paso & Southwestern railroad-and its
people. safety supervisor is his title
and it means more than it sounds ar
first thought safety supervisor"
means that the safety Of every man or
= great system Of railroad lies virtually
in his hands-that Is. that by teaching
them how to be careful: how not to be.
careless-he may save the life OF every
man on the road at some time or other.
II is M Kyle's duty TO call attention
of the men employed by the road TO
the things that may easily cause them
q serious accident or even death. It Is
his duty also 10 warn the public, when
he can. against the dangers Of iudis-
criminately using railroad rights OF
way. railroad cars and railroad depots
for pleasure grounds The railroad
pays him to DO this, because II reduces
accidents and saves the railroad money.
but think of the good man must get
out OF such work, Of the personal sat
isfactiOn in knowing that something he
has done mas probably saved the life Of
the father of some bright eyed boy or
girl: OF knowing that by his efforts
he has been able 10 prolonE another
life in this rather good old. though Oft
entimes troublesome world.
It is a satisfaction that we can't all
feel. but one which We would almost
all like TO feel Il is a great big. fine
work and Mr. Kyle never misses a
chance
Now he comes forward with some
thing about fire and accident proven
ton day next week
The national fire toll per year is
5000 deaths and $500 loss per minute.
and two-thirds OF the fires are pre-
veutable." he says. The nations acct
dent toll is Sc, 600 deaths per year and
10000 eco injured. and twO-thirds Of
these accidents were preventahle-
Every man. woman and child has a
direct interest in life and property pro-
lection Do the people OF this city know
that 70 percent Of the fires and acci-
dents are due TO carelessness and are
thus easily preVenta bie1' he asks
we can celebrate this day Monday.
not by having a disastrous fire or a
terrible accident nor by declaring a
holiday and trying 10 avoid accidents
and fires. but while a our usual Occu-
patton, by giving q little extra thought
10 the great cause of destruction and
sufferin g-car elessness-and the rene ]
dy, which is just ordinary care Then 2
We can keep celebrating by keeping !
this ND every DAY.
According 10 the dictionary care /
less means Having no care, not ]
taking ordinary or proper care. negh- /
gent, unconcerned: needless inatten-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

cultursts who given the thought. This is
a clear profit of SOS an acre.
There IS scarcely any danger of beets dropping IN
price, for usgar is going up all the time; sugar IS
commodity for which there is always steady demand
The consumption has been increasing IN ratio much
greater than the production that the price has been
steadily increasing year by year 1t seems therefore,
that the growing of anything that has to do with the
manufacture of sugar is a safe undertaking.
in the growing Of fruits, have fat years and lean
years-years when the production is enormous and the
prices low; years when the production IS practically
nothing and the prices high. The applies to
hay Where get good year. this one has been,
Tor the hay market, have more that are not
good This applies TO almost every crop now grown
in the valley. Not with sugar beets If the experience
of other communities IS criterion; the trade papers
have not mentioned any inability Of farmers to sell
their sugar beets neither do they report that the
prices low.
The argument may be advanced that If the factory
here, without competition it will pay only what
chooses for the heets and that the farmers viii have
take what is offered, but here is the reply of Mr.
Vaudeville to that: "If the manufacturers cannot
make the farmers make money by planting beets, they
viii plant. To make them plant beets, the factory
must pay them enough to enable them to make more
money the crop than anything else they could put
in"
The argument appears logical, for with invest
ment such the company must make for its factory
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Il

- LEANUP days passed success
fully" said mayor Tom Lea.
~ land I believe they should be-
come a permanent institution. The
fact is that Fl Paso can be just as clean
as any other city and the two cleanup
days this week should give the move
ment an impetus. There seemed to be a
general disposition on the part of the
citizens to give the city's cleaners all
possible assistance. The result will be
a cleaner. healthier and more attractive
city all around, not only when the Wis
irOrs to the farm congresses and eN-
position are here, but in the future"
"Few people realize how clean the
city of Juarez has become" said Lieut.
Col Guiilermo Ryan, who is sanitary
inspector OF JuareZ- Ordinances re-
curing the keeping clean Of the streets
and alleys. as well as individual prem
iSes. have been passed. and are being
enforced rigidly. Those who fail 10
keep their premises clean are subject
10 heavy fines. The water in the
Juarez bathhouse now is changed three
times each week
Il believe in the expansion policy for
Fl Paso.' said alderman J. 2. OCOnnOr.
The annexation OF Government Hill TO
the city viii be a good thing all around
and now il looks as If Grandyiew viii
De taken INTO the city nave JUST uttu
a conference with Walter Scott. one Of
the Grandvisw residents and we went
over the water proposition in that
suburb 7 understand another meeting
of the Grandview people viii be held
" ednesday night, when some action on
the annexation plan may be taken.
Several of the city's best suburbs
should be brought under city iurisdic-
ton. When the suburbs which are
really parts Of FL Paso are included in
our census totals, q striking increase
in the population and one to which the
city is legitimately entitled. win be
shown"
apartments were never so scarce
in Fl PasO as they are at the present
time" said r. +. Sherman. president
Of the Fl Paso Realty board. They
have been hard to obtain ever since
the militia arrived on the border. but
there seems TO be a constantly increas-
ing influx of people to this city. Many
more officers OF the national guard reg
iments stationed here seem TO be bring
ing their wives and families TO the
border with them Few apartments are
rental agencies. Those that are, usual
" remain vacant but a few days before
they are snapped up by some one"
,
As q class. the men on the border
are cleancut young fellows, who put
their Christian precepts into practice ,
said Laechler T. Barnes. master re-
,order OF the Guardians OF Liberty. and !
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

ties ruins the efficiency Of the national
guard and how II IS not going 10 an
swer the purpose that the Democrats
claimed to think il would answer when
they framed the new national defence
bill Universal service and a regular
army big enough TO cope with any sit
uation is going 10 be the only answer.
As ABE Martin would say. what has
become OF the old time fellow who used
10 talk as nOnchalantly about run
ming down TO Chihuahua" TO visit
friends. as If he We're only going to
Nsleta2 Pretty soon il will take an old
timer sure enough 10 recount tales Of
hunting in the Sierra Madres. visiting
with the Mormon colonists OF spending
a week in Mexico City without going to
Jail
Thursday afternoons little rainstorm
was a demonstration Of the necessity
for storm water drainage for FL PasO.
The rain was brief and very little OF IL
fell vet enough water ran down off
the high places 10 make il absolutely
sloppy IN the southern part of the city
Even the circus grounds out near the
International brick plant were sloppy
until the management bought several
tons OF hay and scattered IL under foot.
Rapidly the street signs that we
sighed FOR so long and appreciated so
well when we first got them. are being
damaged and destroyed It is not diff
ficult. in a ride about the city-in any
find signs torn off the
poles. the poles themselves broken off
or bent and other damage done In
most cases this is the result Of traffic
accidents, but in many cases II is due
TO deliberate vandalism.
The way some public officials close
up when they have a piece OF news
and reporter approaches. one might
think they were really important If one
was not so perfectly well acquainted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

SIGN UP
(BY c. 4. M

it cannot afford to close it down. stars up
order keep going 1t must pay enough for the beets
to encourage the farmers to grow them.
Then there is another point: Once it is demonstrated
that beets be grown here, there will te other cap
ital willing in here and factories Just as
has been the case Colorado Then there will be COM
petition Get the industry established and proved and
the chances 100 to that there viii not be any
danger of getting good price for the beets, for
there is money in making sugar and where there IS
money to made, there is always money ready TO be
Invested to make it.
There can be harm in signing the contracts to
plant sugar beets, for, if the factory is erected
well under way by planting time, the equilibrium Of
the valley need be disturbed; every farmer 90
about planting what he wishes Just he would have
done if the sugar factory had been heard from
the factory started and the promoters have thus
shown their good faith, then it IS safe for the farmer
plant. The first year he is assured IS for his
crop, and the land here is especially well adapted to
the growth of these beets this has been proved this
year at Las Cruces The Holly people insisted upon
such test before they would go forward with their
plans The chances that the tonnage will con-
siderably above that set average consequently
the returns ought to be above the $40 promised
each acre. but $40 net per is better than
doing If the first year is success succeeding
years will take Of themselves
Sign up Help the valley to grow and FL Paso to
prosper
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
TO HAVE SANITARIUM

Boston. Mass, Oct. The Christian
Science board of directors has an
nounced the acceptance OF a gift Of q
acres Of land in Brooklins on which
It is proposed to build a sanitariurn &c
be conducted by the mother church
The land was donated by Mrs. BeecheI
LOngyesr Of Brookline
The step was taken IN accordance
with the wishes OF the founder Of the
church, Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, who
proposed TO the directors in 1909 that
the mother church should establish
and maintain a christian science resort
for the sOcalled sick"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
NALIsE d sTOLEN.

A leather valise containing clothing
and household articles WIS taken from
the home Of Harry Blocker. at 2Os
South Ochoa street Friday night. ac-
eordlng 70 report made TO the police
Entrance into the home was made
through a rear door. the robbery be-
ing committed during the absence d
the residents
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
ms and Outs


so all
SHOWS When
there's something with
freight well
when
Copyright by George Matthew Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
Do You Know That

Reconstruction in sanitary reform
is the thief OF health2
A book on Exercise and Health"
may be had free for the asking
from the L. 5. Public Health Serv-
ice,
Not everybody can achieve great
ness but everybody can be clean2
If you SOW hygienic habit you
reap health-resp health and you
attain longevity
Railway cars would be sanitary II
IL weren't for the people in thems
Americas typhoid fever bill is more
than S27O. 00o 900 a year2
The full dinner pail is the enemy OF
tuberculosis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

glanced up Eno snrank back when she
saw him. and the three OF Us just gazed
at each other I don't know now
whether I did right but I did the only
thing I could do I Just walked right
up 10 Monty and looked him square in
the eyes
rs it true- I whispered. He
nodded And then somehow Just
didn't love Monty any more. So I Just
walked out and left them together
And had the funniest hurt little feel
ing in nv heart
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
GIVING CREDIT.

At a military church service durinc
the South African war some recruits
were listening to the chaplain in church
saying: Let them slay the Beers as
Joshua smote the Egyptians" when a
recruit whispered to q companion
Say. BIZ. the old blOke is a Bit off:
doesn't he know it was Kitchener who
swiped the Egyptians 2'-Tit-Bits
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

You can't enjoy tn best unless you're
prepared for tn worst. MI Lemmie Pc
tiers. who graduated with such high hon
ors over a year ago, expects I work few
times this winter jest t git tn recon-
meudatiOnS.
Copyright National Newspaper ssrvicel
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07
HIS ANSWER

"HOw's my waist measure-" he
asked the tailor as he ordered a new
fall suit.
Bigger than YOUR credit" said the
tailor meaningly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

with the officials Few men are he
roes 10 their newspaper acquaintance.
DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
It's always dangerous TO jump II con-
illusions" said the careful man You're
liable TO make yourself ridiculous. 10
say the least
That's right" replied the other y
jumped at the conclusion Of a ferry
boat once and missed it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

Copyright 1915. international News Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-07

WALT MASON.