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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

the nuisance must be abated The
police department viii continue to is-
sue warnings. but unless these warn
ings are needed more drastic action
viii be taken. Unnecessary noises bv
newsooys viii not be permitted at any
time of the day"
=
No city in the United States has
made the same rapid strides during
the past 30 years that El Paso has
nave been coming to Ell Paso Off
ana on for 80 years, In the early DAYS
y was but a community of adobes
Inc property that today is occupied
Dy the largest buildings was covered
with adobes when ] first saw the
pIace- Inc future development viii be
more wonderful than the past. espe-
cially if Mexico opens dD.''
CIIton Is prospecting and everybody
IS happy said George Webster. OF 26O1
Montana street. who has just returned
from visit to his properties in thar
city and trip to his ranch near there.
The end Of the strike has nut everv-
body in good humor. The men are
all getting good wages nOw-nobOdv
is drawing less than 500 a month and
many Of the mechanics are getting as
much as $3.50 day-and the merchants
are smiling and prosperous again
Many OF the property owners lost
heavily in rents during the strike. and
the business Of the merchants was cut
down to almost nothing, but prosper
lty is in evidence again. The ranches
in that section are in the best shape L
have ever known them The cattle
all wintered well and. with the rain in
good shape, it should be a fine year
for the livestock industry in that part
Of Arizona"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

a lighting force of about 125 men The
average speed is about ten miles per
With the warm weather comes
spring fever and ideas Of summer va
cations, together with the hope that
Cioudcroft will be opened up within
a short time in order that the weekly
excursions may begin" said O.. T. Lana
ham 1T is a fact that FL Pasoans
are fully occupied with the Mexican
situation but there is a little time that
can be Wedged in for a trip to Cloud
croft place that the people Of this
city know very we'll / have heard
a number of opinions expressed on
summer vacations lately and while
California is naturally preferred, there
are many that like the brief eKcUr-
sion to the little mountain town"
The FL PasO Border Rifle associa-
ton means business. and the officers
to make such an organization a sue
cess said c. r. Miller Il attended
the smoker at the chamber Of com
merce Thursday night and / never saw
a more lively bunch Of young men
than those who have Joined in a move
ment not only for their own recrea-
ton but for the good of their cOun-
try. Learning how to shoot accurately
Is a science, and not many people IN
the United States can handle a rifle
efficiently.
Complaints Of newsboys calling
their papers in the early morning in
come in" said mayor Tom Lea. land
while the city desires to work no
hardship on the boys and does not pro-
pose TO make wholesale arrests. yet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
The Bug Parade

Atlantic City claimed that 10000 people walked
the board walk on Easter Sunday. Inc Atanuc City
crowds are always well dressed, money spending com
fort loving pleasure seeking crowds. They go there
to bask in the sun and wear their own best clothes
and see other folks on parade and cure their colds In
the clean air and spend money ana YET Auanuc
earth. A crowd going to and from work, or to and
from church. or coming away from the theater, or
watching the baseball news, or Paradlng IN Easter
clothes in its home town. crowd going about its bust
ness or intentIv watching anything going anywhere
is always vitality interesting; but somehow summer
winter crowd mostly strangers to each other
and with nothing in particular to do and nothing in
particular to interest it, is apt to be dreary looking
outfit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

Helen Gould, now Mrs. Finley Shepard, is always
doing the right thing She is now entertaining little
girl from institution" with the idea Of adopting her
if the little girl likes the Shepard home and the Shepard
home likes the little girl This will make the second
child Helen Gould has adopted There is no use running
house, big or little without child IN it, and there
To keep a house going is just much expense and
trouble anyway and child growing up in it and
sharing its comfort and creating joy in it. and leaving
bears and railway tracks around for grownups to trip
over and requiring help with the multiplication table
makes the expense and trouble worth while to the
grOwnups
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
To CHANGE PLAN
Of AUTO PARKING
Clauses in Ordinance Sus-
pended; Law is Declared
To Be a Failure.

The present parking ordinance is to
be temporarily suspended in some of its
details IN order to try out new rules
and regulations. This is the result of
hearing of automobile owners held
before the city council in the council
chamber Saturday morning. New rules
were also promulgated governing the
stopping places Of iitnes at San Jacinto
plaza TO relieve congestion.
Ordinance a Failure.
Those present at the meeting were
satisfied that the present parking ordi-
nance Is a failure, and it was the con-
sensus Of opinion that the method of
parking should be changed TO provide
that each car should park at an angle
OF 40 degrees, with the right wheel
touching the sidewalk and lust enough
space between each car to permit Of
persons passing between. All streets
with double tracks in the downtown
district, it was decided. should not he
used Tor parking. and added to this
should be Mills street, between Stanton
street and Pioneer plaza; Oergon street.
from the railroad tracks to San An
tonic street, as well as the east side of
Mesa avenue, opposite San Jacinto
plaza. Included also in the prohibited
streets are North III Paso street from
tracks, and Kansas street. from Mills
street to Myrtle avenue. These streets
named are narrow streets and the park
ing Of cars on them would interfere with
the fire department in responding to
alarms, 1t was pointed out.
Jitne Buses.
With reference TO motor buses at San
JaclntO plaza, an order has been issued
by mayor Tom Lea that the Boulevard
and Montana buses shall stop on tbe
east side Of the plaza. as at present.
Park cars viii be permitted to stop on
the Mills street side Of the plaza as at
present, but the Arizona. Sunset HEIGHTS I
Smelter and Kern Place cars will be re-. /
quired to discharge and receive passen-
gers on the Oregon street side
Up to Police.
in all probability the ordinance COY
'rnmg parking viii not be redrafted at
present" said mayor Lea. after The
meeting Instead the police department
Fill receive instructions TO take the
matter in their hands for a two weeks
nal, as an experiment to see how the
ltIzens with cars will cooperate"
Present at the hearing besides the CITY
.ouncll were: j. W. Kirkpatrick. II. D.
amp and Norwood Hall.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
Lightning Rod Is Substitute For Insurance
One OF Noblest Protective Devices Known

O'Leary's COW had been equipped with
a lightning rod, properly installed
II the lightning rod could be adapted
to the human form and sold on a small
payment down. fewer people would be
killed while standing under a catalpa
tree during a thunder shower. The
number of people who now curl up and
crawl under the bedClothes every time
the lightning begins 10 show its teeth
at the window would also be reduced.
A lightning rod might be a trifle I'M
comfortable to sleep in. but il can't
be any worse than a pair Of paiamas
which have come from the laundry
with a siX-ply coat of starch.
II is highly discoUraging to the own
err OF q new lightning rod to have Il
stroke Of lightning miss the rod en-
tirely and set fire to a barn with 20
foot posts. The man who can retain
his faith in science after such trial
as this ought to have no trouble I'm
believing that woman sprung from
mans rib.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
~ HOWARD Z. PANN-

: that lightning could be handled with
the bare hands without leaving any
unpleasant effects or funeral expenses.
When we think Of the large number
OF new red barns which have been
saved from destruction 10y the light
ming rod. we are forced to believe that
Mr.. Franklin performed a greater
service TO humanity than the man who
gave us the non-stallinE gas meter.
The lightning rod consists of a long
stretch of wire which protrudes above
the roof at so much per foot When
lightning bolt attempts to pass. il is
impaled upon the rod and thus pre-
vented from running the family COW
and other agricultural implements.
Some farmers are so skeptical con-
corning the merits of this device that
they will not have a lightning rod on
the place. and they will not be con-
verified even when lightning creeps
down the chimney and cremates an UNI
suspecting st. Bernard dog. Does any
body suppose that the Chicago fire
would ever have happened if Mrs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
WOMEN GET $500 IN HALF DAY
TAGGING MEN FOR Y. W. c. A.

NJ me annual Tag day Of the Young
" women christian association was held
today The married women workers
or lhe association were stationed about
nations
me proceeds from the days work
viii be used for enlarrine. 10 cut,
ment or the association. I'd to noon
over $500 had been taken In from the
sale Of tags 10 was expected that line
sum would reach nearly $1,000 Dy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
FALL FESTIVAL DURING OCTOBER
Dates Not Yet Decided; Al
buquerque Wants First
Irrigation Meeting.

The first meeting OF the Ell Paso
beard Of control of the ed annual
International Irrigation congress.
which meets in FL Paso this fall. was
held Friday afternoon at the First
National bank
Officers of board.
The officers are. James G. Nc
Nary, chairman: J A. Happier, vice
chairman. and Arthur Hooker, secre-
tary- The other members of the COM
mittee are; J. A. Krakauer. F. N.
Murchison. T. NJ. Wingo and R. F..
Burgess. Mr.. Burgess is president Of
the International Irrigation congress.
and Arthur Hooker. secretary.
r. W Wiley. secretary Of the Al
buquerque chamber Of commerce. ap-
peared before the board asking that
the first meeting Of the congress be
held in Albuquerque. r. F. Burgess.
Arthur Hooker and J. A. Happier were
appointed a committee to confer with
Mr.. Wiley.
$500 For show.
Tt was announced that $500 has
been guaranteed by FL Paso for the
actual expenses of the congress. This
will be contributed by the city. county,
FL PasO Water Users association and
the Elephant Butte Water Users as
ISOLATION.
While the exact date Of the con-
gress will not be selected until a gen
eral meeting is held Of representatives
OF the congress, the Dry Farming con-
gress and Soil Products exposition, II
was tentatively agreed that the dates
should be during the second OF third
" eek of October.
1t was announced that there may be
a special train Of newspaper men from
eastern cities during the festival
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

IN HERE is danger for this country in giving way
to the disposition to "Ieave it all to the presi-
dent, his cabinet, and congress-" in matters re-
ating to foreign affairs well to domestic affairs
We pride ourselves on this being free self governed
republic where discussion supposed be- not merely
unhampered but encouraged Indeed, if republic
not encourage intelligent discussion and active par
ticipation in affairs wherein does its virtue lie?
Too many confound mental lazness with pa
triotism. "Stand by the president is sometimes only
an easy way Of saying ats too much bother to think"
Of course it goes without saying, that in time of
war, all independent thought and action and impulse
must merge in the common purpose. All critical ex-
animation of national policy would then cease,
served cooperation and loyal obedience would properly
be demanded of every citizen and the heads of govern
pent would command and receive unquestioning ad-
herence regardless of whittier their activities might
lead This is of the very of war, that it
sodates a people and tends to minimize the effects
Of factiOna division But in a democracy, until
come, the right of individual judgment must be pre-
served, if the perils of dictatorship to be avoided
A group of pacfsts maintains that Europes
ordered by few leaders the helpless protests
Of the multitude, But in the United States, if the
multitude stands idly by while the temporary political
leaders shape things their way toward the possible
outcome of war; is not the danger of i'll considered
action great?
Few men make any effort to keep up with the
war news or with the rather tedious discussion Of
details of law and practice in relations with other
powers Lack of time is often pleaded; but it is really
lack of interest due largely to lack of broad concep
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
Army Truck Driving Like Being Man Stuff
Drivers Growing Restless With No Fightino

GI"RUCK driving in Mexico for
the American government is
\ bout as pleasant for a young
man as carrying a banner in a suf-
raget parade" said Dick Evans. who
has just returned from the advance
headquarters of Gen, Pershing. The
boys all are on the verge of quitting.
The only thing that detains them is
the fact that they have signed con-
tract for a period Of from three To
six months, and that contract is law
1t is a great gathering Of Yankee
blood, these truck drivers and they
would be willing to stay I'm that cOun-
try for years If there was any action
and excitement. As the boys ride
through those lonely desert roads they
travel at a distance of 800 feet behind
each other If attacked by bandits
the can form q stOckade with auto
trucks and give a very good account
Of themselves. Each truck train. y
trucks and a master car. travel with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
Keep Off the Grass

fellows bhthey
weara patha with I
andth
I bow-wows
night,
which awhOopng spoil
thOughhes skates will his garden
the
the shrubs will take him he
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
HIMSELF. AND YET BE A PATRIOT


difficulty would be solved without hostiities. The
American people, as whole, if the press is at all
safe exponent regards the danger Of an immediate
break &C having passed. and is content to waive the
side issues raised by Germany's harsh language.
The popular ideas about what nature and extent
of provocaon Justify great war, are very evidently
undergoing a change in this country There is diff
ference of opinion as whether this change due to
weakening of moral fiber, OF TO the spread Of common
sense Are we Americans too proud to fight or afraid
to fight or afraid to face the disturbances war would
cause or are we really only and
upon earnest thought sound conscience, and right i'm
puse-the better way? Will money eventually salve
our wounds or shall shed blood? Are we content
to work for moral code for the future, or shall
we call for revenge and repnsal now? These things
ought TO be in the thoughts of men on the anniversary
Of the sinking of the Lusitania.
The role of Sir Galahad Don QuixOte is spectacu-
lar But somehow it looks to us if our leaders
have enough to do to safeguard the interests of the
United States without posing too much as saviors
Of the whole human The real question before
our people today is What is best for the Amer
lean people and the welfare Of the republic?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

It's gittin' so you can't tell by tn
show bills whether a star is comm T.
town on tn hOOf or on tn film. TIL
whole country seems t be constantly in
tn attitude o. waitin' L see what wom-
en- are gOin' t abbreviate next.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

yTHE lightning rod is a substitute
for fire insurance which answers
4 every purpose except when the
hired man lights a cigarette in the
haymow. 1t is one of the noblest pro-
tective devices on the market, being
far superior to an accident policy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06
Do You KnotO That

Light promotes cleanliness
A clean mouth is essential to good
health?
Physical training in childhood is the
foundation of adult health2
The L. S. Public Health Service
issues publications on hygiene and
sanitation for free distribution?
Isolation is the most efficient means
of controlling leprosy.
Headache is hature's warming that
the human machine is running
badly
Bullets may kill thOusauds-flies
tens OF thousands
Obesity menaces longevity
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

The British Tommy must be conceded the world
cban,nionqbin for cheerfuIness They say if 10 bas
his right hand shot off he sits down in the trench pulls
mouth organ out of his pocket with his left hand and
begins playing the Irish WasherwOman and God Save
The Queen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

The bolt Is impnIed upon the rod and
thus prevented from running the fam
lily COW.
which prohibits the owner from being
killed outside Of the county in which
he resides.
The lightning rod was invented and
brought TO its present state of perfec-
ton by Benjamin Franklin. a former
Philadelphia citizen with a taste for
mechanics and rye bread. Mr.. Frank
lin was the first American to discover
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

Valley farmers have no more worries about the
rainfall There's water enough in lake B. NJ Hall TO
water this valley for couple of years if no rain falls
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-06

Russian saving banks have received
'l,750.000o00 since the war begun.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28

gar's strong box. Luke Lowell realized
at last the source OF the dead Matt
Harding's gypsy wealth that now vas
Hagar's. and which since Hagar's sud
den affection no a knew the hiding
place Of.
One thing Lowell felt sure or was
hat this wealth had not decreased
under Hagar's stewardship while sane.
Wherever the treasure was IL was not
In Hagar's brass bound chest Only
documents were In hat chest. bur they
were treasures OF themselves
For one OF these old paper y reciai-
~ had set forth plainly the act that
Hagar's long dead husband. The
greedy Matt Harding. had traihckcd
with the great folks Of Fairfax In his
own flesh aud blood Here was = Tor
tame 10 lie obtained by himself. rs IL
had been Obtained 10y Matt Harding.
Luke Lowell thought And he i!Eipel
away unseen from the DESTROYED
gypsy camp and trndlcd rc>oiaicly 10
Fairfax. some eight OF Ten miles away.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28
CHAPTER XXX.
Old Foes With New Faces.

FFLICTEp n h. was with his
deformity. ouabta. the bunch
4 back-he ~ the sunny face and
happy heart-wa> n agile ana
sinewy as the monkey Clarence. his
companion on his way through the
world. But now the h~unchback II
neither sunny Of face nor happy Of
heart. A wild tremor Of fear. anxiety
and rcmorse shakes him In an acue Of
terror and confusion.
Sending the rocking 0 n pried from
the perch where II had swayed for cen.
tnries. had only meant death for all be.
low. thought Quabba.
Instead ~ saving hts young and old
mistress and his gypsy friends from
the raid ~ desperate tramns led by
Luke Lowell. ouabba now deemed thar
he had destroyed those he had loved
as we'll MS their enemies.
But as he ran painting down The
mountain side Quahin saw that some "a
the gyp~ic~. warned by thr cIatre,
and roar ~ the landslide the massive
bounding. Icoscncd rocking stone had
started. had fed a. safety
lie saw some half score ~ gypsy men
and women toilinc rapidly M the oppo
site slope ~ the valley from thc de
stroyed gypsy camp Through the iu~i
that was settling In 4 cloud over rhr
debris and ruhble where the ramp had
Stnssi The s~trainin: eyes ~ onahha
conld mark the ragged figures ~ some
Of the %assanltinr tramps limping away
nom the scene ~ destruction. rs boot
less n they had zone
Then ~ he nearrf the scene the an
euishei Qua.,i,a rould mark that the
deeing rypsies had paused halfway uT
the opposite slope and had nervcd
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28

er soon inferred. She also surmised
that u was from this source Hagar had
obtained Der proofs
In her present condition Hagar was
oblivious OF such matters now The
only two. then. In all the world who
knew were the detective and the gam
bling house krrper.
1t was not Dscessary 10 enter into any
detailed arrangements. Mr.. Bloom vas
~sententious and explicit
You make good this bum check OF
your sons he said. aud me and Blake
won't say nothing or your son
any trouble. But there's one thing else
I've got 70 have this big stone which
you aristocrats OF Fairfax county cal
the diamond from the sky. My brother
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-28

biz affectionate four footed friend ana
galloped after the train AZ the tor of
the grade the ambuShcd robbers halt
ed the express with an obstruction ON
the track too great to Ia riSkcd by the
engineer endeavortng 20 pass through
IL
When Arthur arrived upon the scene
two robbers were IN the express car
and two were going through THE Pull
mans Another had compelled the DIRE
men 10 ~uncounle the locomotive and.
covering the engineer. had made him
drive the detached machine un the
track some distance from the standing
train.
Scarce knowing what he did. Arthur
galloped by and. mounting the engine
ut the end OF the tender from his
horses back. grappled with the lone
robber covering the engineer.
a desperate struggle followed by the
furnace door. SEEKING a large wrench.
the engineer aimed a blow mi the rob-
Der struggling with Arthur. but the
blow missed foe and hit friend. and Ar
thur was stretched sensciess or the
firing board. The robbcr. with n curse.
jumped from the engine and ran. re-
joining his companions.
In one OF the Pullmans Vivian Mars
tor. who was now Mrs. Blair Stanley
the two travelling rs MIR. and Mrs.
Guy Peyton"-were among those held
nj pistols point. An envions woman
passenger to whom Vivian had shown
the diamond from the sky had hetray-
ed the fact she possessed IL. Despite
her picadings. cajolements and even
curscs--curses that were choruscd Ivy
the chagrined Blair-thc chuckling rob
bers bore of the great gem with their
other booty. Laden with n sack "
valuables. and. taking also 10000 In
bank notes from the express mcssen-
GER. the robbers dccamped.
Within n few hours the sheriff and
his posse Of deputies and railroad de-
t~ectives were hot on the trail. and
John Powell" sheep herdcr. after he
ing lionized a few brief moments. was
back nj his lonely occupation.
Vivian. despoiled OF the Jewel FOR
which she would have risked her soul.
~reproaches herself and her raging
bridegroom that they did not die GlorL
ously in defending II. In her bitter
rage Vivian taunts Blair by telling him
she only married him 20 gain the dia-
mond. and. now that II IL gone. he
must 90 and regain 1t or see her no
more.
In vain he protests. She threatens tc
give him over to the police and deserts
him mt Los Angeles and wires 10 Abe
Bloom In Richmond telling or the loss
OF the diamond and asking for funds
The deserted and raging Blair pawns
what possessions the train robbers
have left him. and under his assumed
name OF Peyton hides In n mean ho
tcl after writing 10 his relative. Mrs
Burton Randolph. 10 intercede for him
with his mother.
Far OF in the desert Businesses the
pursuit OF the posse after the train
robbers II holly on "A shot and the
rearmost saddle OF the fleeing outlaws
In empty. But n the outlaw falls the
diamond from the sky that he has
clawed out from the sack OF valuabies
flies from his now nerveIess hand and
lies glittcring but unnoticcd by n cIump
or cacti ms the posse thunders by.
Another shot goes home. and the
foremost outlaw drops from his sad
die. Another shot and his riderless