El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-11
Little InterUiews
Little InteUiews
Villas Chihuahua Stay Not Reign Of Terror
Happy Idea To Provide Feast For Soldier.

4 ticularly in the province of the people
| OF FL Paso to see that the ration fur
niSned BY the government is given a
holiday flavor by the addition Of the
are being so freely offered by the
women Of this city. FL Paso owes
much TO the soldiers on the border and
that they are TO be remembered in a
! small way by the people will help cause
| them TO forget. in a measure, that they
| are away from their loved ones.
( hope the response 10 the appeal made
by the chamber Of commerce viii be
on par with or debt 70 the boys IN
khaki
'El Paso needs to have its street
car system looked after" remarked
Emery 7 Hitchcock, Of San Antonio,
There is more congestion and less
I speed in the street cars here than any
city IN Texas And. Il can all be
Strengthened out in an easy manner
II the proper methods are used Take
, the eastern cities. for instance There,
the cars are handled In a rapid man
ner. without these foolish switches.
There's a lot Of traffic here, and the
public should be considered q little.
! Going 70 Fort Bliss yesterday. the car
( was on had 10 wait fully ten minutes
for another car. then had 10 back up.
and then 60 ahead again. That's q
pie. and should not happen"
This certainly is a live little city
declared Geo T L Mccormick. OF
Pittsburgh, a visitor in Il Paso. There
IS as much life here as there IS IN
Pittsburgh, the people are all hustling.
and the stories OF the slow and sleepy
southerner do not apply TO FL Pasoans.'
eel Paso IS fortunate in having so
few beggars on the streets OF the city.
Many cities Of the west and middle
west are now troubled with this prob
lem said g D. Jones In san Diego.
there are many persons on the street
who ask pedestrians FOR sums OF money
in order TO get something to eat or 10
sleep at night The lack Of beggars
speak well for any city, and I an glad
70 see that Fl Paso Is too prosperous
10 stand for anything like thin. The
bsggars, IL seems, have come west
looking for work and. not finding the
kind that suited. have not attempted
destrians fo- it,
The University OF Texas Is enjoy
ing continuous uninterrupted
growth" said rabbi NJ Faber. OF Tyler.
Texas, formerly regent Of the uni
yersity There are nearly 5000 stu
dents enrolled this year. The usual
rate OF increase IN attendance Is ten
yer cent, but this year IL Is even
greater The university had the great
est summer school in It's history TINS
strengthened. r. tle- than increased IN
number. The educa tloual building mas
been started. and VIII cost about SZz9--
zoe. The work on Il viii be pushed. and
the structure will be completed as
quickly as possible The auditorium OF
the main building has been closed. be-
caused IL has been pronounced unsafe
We need several new buildings for the
shacks that now deface the campus
are merely keshtftS-erected in or
der that no boy or girl OF Texas might
be deprived OF a university education
The students are loyal 70 their alma
mater. Several thousands OF alumni
came from all parts OF the country 70
attend the inauguration Of president
Ninson on Than ksglving day Among
these were United states attorney gen. !
eral Gregory
'I am convinced that the proposed
civil service amendment will not &C
complish the beneficial results intend !
ed" said Richard Burgess today. while :
on the other hand. il is a backward step !
in the direction OF that division and diff I
fusion OF official power and response |
bsltv which IL was the main purpose Z
OF the commission government TO Ge- 1
strOy.
rnent three men will be named by the :
mayor 10 constitute q civil service COM !
mission, to have complete control OF the /
police and fire departments, with the
right 10 determine who shall De en- ,
pIoyed. and who shall be discharged Il 1
the mayor. whoever he may be. cannot !
trust himself to make appointments 10 1
these departments. based on merit and !
not on political considerations. can he I
trust himself 20 select three other men !
who viii make such selections solely :
upon merit
Under the constitution of this state. !
10 member OF the commission can be I
appointed TO serve for g longer term !,
than two years. This constitutional :
limitation destroys whatever efficacy
the proposed amendment might other :
wise have. II II were possible 20 have /
, commission OF three members 10 serve
six year terms, one going out every two 4
years, II might be that once the COM /,
mission had come into operation. II !
might be raised above partisan political :
term. would name only one member OF d.
the commission. and two years later. Il o.