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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
What Your Boy 4
Doing
By DAVID N. CHURCH.

fantryman makes his home in tkSIe
dugouts-
II is always the infantryman who
goes over the top" It is the infan-
tryman who faces the direct fire or
the enemy, and it is the infantryman
who must charge into the euemr
trenches.
Back OF the infautryman there n .
huge establishment, but il is the ma
with the blue cord on his hat in the
front line trench who faces the greaE
est element OF danger
Modern warfare is specialized
Hence the old infantry that fought
only with rifle and bayOnet is now
obsolete. The infantry is made up OF
specialists Certain companies are
specialized in machine gun operation,
others are hand grenade throWers, and
still others are expert bayonet men.
These are the sO-called trench clean
ers-' They follow the charging men
into the trenches and deal out death
with their bayonets. and in some
cases with small side sabres which
they carry.
There is more work and less glory
FOR the infantryman than any other
American soldier. Yet the majority
Of the soldiers are in this branch OF
the army.
Infantrymen wear the regulation
khaki and olive drah. Their collar
insignia is two crossed rifles Their
harcOrd Is OF light blue.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
LOYETTS PRIORITY ORDER
WILL GIVE RELIEF, BELIEF

Austin. Texas. Nov. 25.-Chairman
Allison Mayfield, Of the Texas rail-
road commission today received a tele-
gram from Z. ?. DegrOOt. head Of the
car service division Of the interstate
commerce commission in which he
says.
Judge Lovett's priority order No
l. effective November %. giving pref
ereuce and priority in car supply and
transportation on cotton seed cake
and cost on seed meal. should afford
beyond question TIE required relief"
Chairman Mayfield declared the
priority order issued by judge LOvetr
would certainly afford considerable
relief in shipments 10 the drOurh
stricken section Of central west Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
by LIEUTEYANT FITLHUGH GREEN, I. 5. \.
Ashes.

before the dumping is done. Heavy
; tide is a great advantage. as u
sweeps clean much OF the bottom and
improves sanitary conditions
Our fleet usually has its own ash
lighters. Some ports are kind enough
TO supply them without charge OF
Weymouth, where the English home
fleet lay before the war. a .Limey'
was pretty nearly afraid TO knock his
pipe out over the rail When the
lighter gangs went on strike the man
of-war was in the embarra ssing posi-
ton Of q cigarette fend calling on an
old maid-simply had TO smoke and
no ashtray between the devil and the
deep blue.
At sea ashes are hoisted out Of the
ffreroom TO the deck and DUMPED
overheard On late types of ships pa
is a large hopper or funnel near eI.l
group OF furnaces. Ashes are shovel ed
directly in and shot over the side by
a heavy jet of water.
Stokers. or firemen as ths service
calls them, are almost more concerned
with ashes than with coal Expert
ments have shown 10000 cubic 1eet
Of air necessary for burning one ton
OF fuel At good cruising speed five
tons an hour is not unusual To make
way for this prOdisious volume Of air
to reach the fuel every speck Of cirt
or droDpinss must be kept clear Of
the ash pits and CRATES
To this end fires are cleaned each
watch with a slice bar and devils
Claw-lonE tools that look like they
sound Pits are hauled with a hoe,
hot ashes wet down and sent by hoist
or eiector TO their last resting place
i'm the sea A sailors burial indeed
with something in il of pathos when
one thinks. But just then grimy
giant, half naked and dripping swea-.
lurches backward from his roaring
fires and leans for a weary mo-
ment on his shovel Show me the
way 10 so home. babe" he chants
with hOarse abandon. and your poetic
musings fade in the light OF a deeper
RON 7uCe-lifei
Windjammers went but left heri-
taEe OF Renaissance. Golfers,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
COLORADO RAILROAD WOULD
STOP OPERATING BUT CANT

Denver, Colo, Nov. 25.-Nouce
thar IL intended TO abandon Oper-
ations as a railroad and dismantle
and sell its equipment, commencing
Decemb Der p, 1917. was filed with the
state public utilities commission 10
dav bv the Denver. Boulder and West
ern railroad, which operates lne only
rail line TO the tungsten district OF
Boulder county. one Of TIE most I'M
portaut producing districts OF this
war material in the country me
commission ordered the railroad TO
appear before il December 10 and
show cause why il should not be com
PEELED 10 continue operations.
Its reason for wishing 10 cease Op-
eratiOns Is given IN the notice as n
ability TO meet expenses from its
operating revenues Ii was granted
an increase in freight rates by he
utilities COmmi5s iCu on October %
last
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
WANT LIST OF Ell PASO
AUTO TAX DELINOUENTS

In A letter received by constable
Lon Garner Saturday morning, the
state highway commission pointed ont
that all automobile owners not pro-
vided with the red license seal and
all chauffeurs not in possession OF a
badge or an application duplicate. are
operating in violation Of the law. The
letter also requests that the commits
sion be supplied with a list OF FL
Pasoans so delinquent.
County license inspector L A Ber-
teaux. to whom the letter was handed
by constable Garner. estimated that
there are about 800 persons IN this
county so violating the law. He and
other speed officers will compile a
list and forward it 20 the commission
as soon as possible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

, ASHINGTOS. d. c., Nov 20
A( The backbone Of the army is
w the infantry. In fact, there
wouldn't be any army IL there wasn't
any infantry. The man who has en-
listed in an infantry unit has taken
upon himself the drudgery and weight
OF Americas fighting
In the trenches the men who carry
on" are the infantrymen- These
sturdy fighters are the hardest work
ing men in the army They are the
men who do the actual fighting and
enter into closest combat with the
enemy.
Trench fighting has robbed war OF
much Of its romance and adventure,
but the iufantrymen nevertheless are
as brave and courageous as ever
There is no marching to battle with
flying flags and playing bands as IN
the DAYS gone by. The infantry man
OF today enters the first line
trenches through a communicating
trench. perhaps walking miles ana
miles through a muddy mire with bull
lets and shrapueI tearing through the
air over his head. In the trench he
makes his home Small caves are
built in the trench sides and Tor a
Deriod Of one or two weeks the In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
(BY II. S. h

farmers planting wheat, and cotton only to the
growing plants shTivel almost they appeared
above the ground Farm stock is not only suffering for
food the farmers themselves and their families also
in many instances practically destitute and there end
the dTOuh in sight any planting nearby
any money to buy seed if 1t planting time and
their weakened horses able to draw the pOws
Whether Gov Hobby correctly figured the amount of money
necessary for relief only those IN close touch with the actual
situation say, but that the drouth sufferers should be
financed until they again their feet is certain The
banks can't do because their resources too limited for
the great need The federal banks probably not
empowered to do it. The loans might be considered within
the province of the federal farm loan banks though the farm
loan banks established for the purpose of oaning
money for farm improvement and not for farm relief But
loans of the kind needed could be made legally by
the farm loan banks they have not the money for
They already have before them applications for loans
eIal times IN excess Of their available funds
The only relief in sight IS at Washington If the gov
eminent chooses to heed the appeal it may either make
appropriation direct authority Of congress first
instead Of later The fund then could be administered
through the farm loan banks ought to be DONE at any
rate. food conservation anything the
ton Of FARMS farmers and livestock is important
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

seals and are doing world Of good
Z besides"
1T is a fine thing TO hear a man
/ Ike Dr. Ninship advocate radical
I steps in education" said Z. L Hath
away, for often journalists and edi-
/ tors are more conservative than 9TH
/ erwise. especially fasteners. When a
man Of Dr. Winship's wide experience
I and deep scholarship stands behind
I the forward movement in education
/ it is sure TO be a movement which
viii enlist the sympathies and inter
/ ests Of thousands Of others
L should like very much to see FL
PasO land the coming convention Of
the Texas Cattle Raisers' association,
which I understand san Antonio has
been obliged to give up for want Of
adequate hotel accommodations said
W. l. AmOnett, secretary OF the Pan
handle and Southwestern Stockman's
association. The city is in splendid
shape to entertain the convention and
it would be a good thing to bring It
here"
Z see you have new kind Of pest
in FL PasO," said Arthur Rich. Il re-
fer TO the individual who stands in
classic pose at the side Of weigh
ing machine with one foot gracefully
planted on the platform, in sweet OBJ
liviOn OF the fact that a mammal
hurry is at his side yearuing TO as
certain his daily avOirdupois Since
coming from the east I have learned
to follow the popular western indoor
sport OF getting weighed daily, and
am pathetically unable TO pass one
Of those tempting Weighing machine
signs without falling for its lure
F.=4H s- -a-1srr
values IS deluded," said city tax as
SCISSOR W. ?. B. AIcSain. While there
might be a number Of sales in the near
future at small figures, they will be
individual sacrifices, and general
values will not fall Furthermore, at
the close Of the war, I look for a gen
eral heavy increase in property fig
ures in FL Paso."
1T may be that it requires a ma
tionaE crisis sometimes for a country
to realize its capacity in any given
direction" said J. G. Walters. Al
though we as Americans are primarily
an industrial nation, it is surprising.
come to think Of 1t, the prestige that
imported goods Of many kinds had
over the home made brands before the
war; so much so that in many in
stances there was no home made ar
ticle and no attempts had ever been
seriously made that there should
be. Made in Germany articles, hith-
ertO so seemingly INDISPENSABLE, are
now being manufactured in quantities,
and Of such good quality, as would
surprise those who are not abreast OF
our progress in this respect. Potash.
dyes. acids, Photographic supplies,
lenses and other materials we used
to depend on Germany for. we are
now manufacturing for ourselves
Never againi We are no longer under
bondage to Germany industrially."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
RAILWAY SPECIAL AGENT
SENTENCED: REsILT OF RIOT

BelIeviIle. III. Nov. 26-Rlchard
Brockway. former special agent Of the
East st Louis and Suburban railway.
was found guilty in the circuit court
here OF conspiracy on an indict-
ment growing out Of the East St
Louis race riots Joseph Dickerson
and James Anderson were acquitted
OF Conspiracy-
The jury fixed Brockway's sentence
to five years Imprisonment and a fine
OF $1,000.
John fish was convicted OF con-
spiracy and sentenced 70 five years in
the penitentiary- John Johnson was
convicted and his punishment fixed at
one years Imprisonment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
FORM ewAR ANANIAS- CLUBS
FOR RUMOR CIRCULATORS

Washington. ID. c.. Nov 26--FOrma-
ton OF war ananias clubs" Of men
and women who circulate false rum
OTIS to hamper prosecution OF the war
is suggested in a statement issued
last night by the national committee
OF patriotic societies.
The society proposes that the names
OF persons found responsible for such
stories be posted publicly
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
PANHANDLE LINE MAY ISSUE
$500, 900 ADDITIONAL STOCK

Austin, Tex. Nov. CIV. z. FitZ-
gerald. auditor of the railroad com
mission. has returned from Amarillo
where he made a valuation of the adj
ditions and betterments made by the
Panhandle and santa Fe railway since
the last valuation by the commission
in 1895. This road runs from ANA
rillo 10 the Oklahoma state line. a
distance OF about i25 miles When the
valuation has been announced. the
company plans to make APPLICATION TO
the commission 10 issue approximately
S2.300.000 in stock on these better
meutE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

SHE'S are the indigestible part
n Of coal when a furnace has
1 - been fed for a time It needs
cleaning out. If there is a big bowel
obstruction like q cIinker or mass OF
fused ash. a CRATE bar may need be
cut out just as a man would have his
appendix removed
Ashes are refuse. to be swept out.
thrown overheard. Multiply the
source and the supply is staggering.
A fleet Of 40 battleships could burn
$50 tons Of coal a day apiece Since
coal ranges from TO Is per cent ash,
that fleet must disgorge a vast mass
Of nearly 100000 pounds OF useless
and indestructible material. or the
equivalent in bulk Of fair-sized yes
sell
I once heard crate the president Of
local gas company. A gasbag like
him should have been president, He
sold cinders TO the city for streets
and walks. Gentlemen" he said,
from the burned out ashes Of my
coal rises phOeniX-like the lovely ap-
partition Of your parks And so on
until there wasn't a dry es-e in the
council-tobacco smoke, You know,
can even blind man by the acute
conjunctivitis il causes.
His metaphor reminds me OF the
harbor master who phoenix-Iike arose
from the lovely apparitiOn OF our
shippers believing he could dump
ashes at anchor in the bay Take
yer lazy bottom out o. here"-nOt 10
the captain but q b0suu's mate and
plenty loud enough for the old man
TO hear. I'VE amt buildin nd bicycle
paths on the bottom Of this we're har-
Dor"
We learned later that s1.OOo. 900 had
just been spent in dredging a fresh
channel. the Old one having been clut-
tered up by the current and traffic
dump. Next day we sent our stuff
outside the brea kwater
In a harbor like New York the prob
lem is stupendOUs. Millions of tons
Of ashes a year must not only he
------- ~ 81. = Il
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
DEER SEASON NOW CLOSED
THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque, n. n, Nov. 2G.-The
New Mexico Game Protective associa-
ton has issued the following re
minders to hunters and fishermen:
November IS marks the end Of the
deer season throughput the state. The
season closed in the northern section
three weeks ago.
The grouse and trout season also
close on November % everywhere in
New Mexico
Wild turkey may be shot IN the
northern half Of the state until De-
cember 81. but November IS marks
the close Of the season in the south
ern section.
Quail and ducks are the only i'm
portant game which may sfjn he leg
ally hunted.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO PAY
OVER $50. 900 TAXES SOON

Taxes are being collected by county
collector r. Del Richey at a rate
about three times that Of November
average for several years past More
than $1,000 a DAY is being collected. as
against about $500 in years past The
largest taxpayer in the county. the
Galveston, Harrisburg * san Antonio
railroad, which viii pay over $4,000
this year, is expected to send a vouch-
er next week. IL was said at Mr..
Richey's office Saturday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Conserving Food
ITH eloquence unlOOsed, stir mems admiration, BY
v the plan Of conservation. q am a helpful dub"

w IH elOquene Embossed stir telling boost
wv
qverj I've cut out all such grub onions and liver" proudly
guton
bunions,
trial; cheerfuuy
with disgust with
thick with butter helping Uncle greases;
alade and Jam spread loaves Grease bls
with sPes So butter refuse with ejaculation then the
Pm
conserving lodging squash
things unnerYing
CoDvrirbt Nv George 1rstrnsv Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
Says That Ell PaSoanS Fail to Appreciate Good Shows
Coroner Begs the Children Not to Play in the Streets

KIT is indeed strange that FL
PasoaHs, who have always com
= planned OF the lack Of amuse-
meuts here. fail to take advantage
OF those that are offered to them from
time to time" said Robert Krakauer,
president Of Rotary. Those who at
tended the Montague Light Opera
company's performance Friday night
warded and repaid many times over
for the outlay OF the dollar and the
hour and three quarters spent in lis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

tramps. and coal-burninE batleships
are on their way-strewinE behind
them like a trail of ashes. great
hurnt-out oaths Of engineers at their
dirtiuess and ineffiCiency-
Clean, speedy. Oil-fuel ships lead
the fleet today. They FletcheriZe
their fOOd-no ash nor clinkered Stag.
and the well-bred breath Of their
smoke-pipes is almost colorless.
Charley. go fix the furnace. 80
It's cold in this room. and you know
what the doctor said about your
cough 'af"-CopyriEh 1917 by George
Matthew Adams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
PLAN TO POOL ENTIRE RAIL
EQUIPMENT OF COUNTRY

Washington. D. c.. Nov. 26.-A plan
for pooling the entire railway equip
ment and traffic OF the United States
was taken uD at a conference today
between government officials and
railroad heads. Congestion has
reached a stage. It is realized. where
radical measures must be put into
force II the country's traffic is TO be
moved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
BY DUNK BOTTS-

THE tin Peddler drove over Atlas
Pecks foot the other morning.
= Atlas says a PERSONS feet get
bumfuzzled when a crosseyed fellow
comes along driving a blind horse to
a buggy with wabbly wheels
Raj Barlow has written letter and
sent It off with a two-cent stamp on
It, which viii take it nearly there.
jeff Potlocks, who has always borne
the reputation Of being one Of our con-
serTative citizens, has had his house
papered with newspapers containing
nothing but censored war news.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

Who kin remember when a daughter
WIZ mothers greatest asset? Live Sc
you will at least git tn benefit O. tn
doubt.
Copyright National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26
Little LnterUiews

clean. the voices were good the per-
Torrance was finished and the even
] ing was enjoyable
Not over one hundred Of our citi-
zens were there The preceding per-
I fOrmances Of the Redpath Chautauqua
Z circuit, all Of which have been Of high
/ standard, have been ignored and IN
! supported as was the one Friday
night.
1T is a shame that such a condition
/ should prevail, as il is certainly a
relief in these times when all one
2 hears is Of war and carnage and de-
/ struction, to have. ones mind taken
off such matters for an hour or two
. occasionally
FL Paso Rotary took on the Red
. path circuit. not for its own gain,
4 because under the best Of conditions
no money could have been made, but
] only in the belief that FL Paso would
/ appreciate the spirit manifested by
Rotary, in endeavOring to give the
! people clean, decent. bright perform
] ances, especially during this winter
when road shows viii be Few and far
] between.
That Rotary. as il stands now. will
lose $500 or $500, does not enter
into the question Gas the organization
is well able and will take care Of the
deficit), so much as does the lack Of
interest manifested by our citizens
and their entire Indifference to the
efforts Of this organization to do
something for their amusement.
4 cannot. and viii not, believe that
this apathy viii continue, and sin
cereIy hope that the future numbers
which viii be presented during the
coming months will find at least a
measure Of that support from our
people to which they are entitled
4 would like to deliver a sermon TO
every parent with small children"
said coroner J. N. Beaver. The dan
ger OF allowing children to play on
the streets, particularly where they
are paved and traffic is heavy, should
be apparent to everyone, and the lit
tie ones should be kept away from
force in cases like that Of the San
dOTal boy, killed by a machine going
at an extremely low rate OF speed"
MORE
Il wonder If those who advocate
using Christmas seals instead OF
string, are not allowing their zeal for
the cause to run away with them"
said c. B. SOuthworth, 7 have never
seen a seal yet that I would trust to
securely bind a package. for the mail
or express Moreover, the postal laws
are such that only the wealthy could
afford to mail their packages sealed,
as they 90 letter postage that way,
and a small package becomes an eX-
pensive one if sent letter postage. The
Christmas seals are a splendid thing,
and I do not see why they are not
more used. They are as attractive as
any of the commercial Christmas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-26

? , AsHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 20
~ The backbone OF the army is
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Rrantbeit Hidt 70 Gnsitissrt 9srr
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entpideln. biirfen Sic in a6iebbarer
3eit o9ne birstte 2ebenssefabr ben
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tsten Spsiisn in ilsineu 9Oieu su ss'
niebsn.~
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-14
GOVERNMENT BEING
 BLOCKED BY ENEMIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. IT, Convinced that pro-German agencies are at work to hinder the aircraft production program officials believe a drastic Campaign against agitators may be necessary. reaching to the spruce forests of the Northwest, where the wood for airplanes is be- ing cut.
 Numerous cases of sabotage have been reported from mills that are cut ting the airplane wood. Labor distur- bances fomented by the I. w. w. have also been hampering the government in building air fleets. The menace takes the form of accidents to mill machinery. fires in important lum- Der yards. boiler explosions and oth- CT happenings that might be due to chance or to carelessness. The regu larity with which they have occurred however. convinces officials here that denite sabotage campaign has been organized by hidden enemies which must be stamped out.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-11-14
The Enalish soIdisr,s Cane.

It is one of the regulations of the British army that every soldier when walking out must carry in his hand a stick in order to preserve . soldierly appearance and prevent anything like slouching fin his gait. This rule applies to all ranks. and should any one seek to evade it he would lind his progress barred by the sentry at the barrack gate or entrance to camp. Privates gen. erally carry light canes or ''swagger sticks" noncOmmissioned officers fair iy stout sticks. and officers invariably 90 in for the more expensive kind. It is a question that has often been asked. Who first suggested the idea :! But nobody seems to know. From the earliest times drill sergeants and drum ma jors have carried sticks. and the fashion may have come from that fact
 Dundee Advertiser.