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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

What 7 consider is true American
ism occurred few nights ago at a
banquet az Hotel Zieger, said Henry
Baron The day was the auniver-
sary q the fall Of the BasLlIe and
the French national holiday Anon.
the party was q native German. who
recently took out his first papers for
american citizenship This man arose
and offered q toast 90 the French gov
eminent and the allies and then led
the chorus In singing the Larsellaise-
de said that although he was Of Ger
man birth and pa-eCtaEe. his parents
-vi1E IN Germany and his brothers
lighting In the German ranks he had
taken our his citizenship in the
United States and considered himself
thorough American. and his sympa-
-l-eS with the allies
-Ar enlisted mans lot IS hard
7-1--l without some of the officers
making -- more trying" said j L.
loU-ro-- 81 watched q captain and
--rS- lieutenant on an II Paso street
for about an hour the ether day and
these men should not be commits
stoned They purposely stood On the
corner 90 make the great number OF
soldiers salute them When a soldier
failed 10 salute I'm the way the officers
thought was proper. they stopped the
soldiers and abused them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
Little [nferriens

their work and THAT he could make
the rain fall nor only could ne per-
form this feat. he said but he could
name the very minute 10 would start
raining and that &C. womb start al
given signal The rain makers were
then assembled under the caves OF the
house and az a given signal by Char
man, water began failing and The men
were given a sound ducEl-E II
ra-ued. but -1- from the clouds. The
caves OF the house had been flooded
and q hose turned on the rain makers
from the roof ur other members OF the
club az The command Of Chairman.
This feat save II tasa much alve--
Using and accounts OF the Joke were
published i1 all The large eastern
newspapers
Fishing ~ Elephant Butte dam IS
certainly q pleasant uls---l= and U1-e
III Fasoals should take the --.0 ~ en-
JOY the sport. said Julius Wilde
Last week ln one dag 90 the dam
caught 50 fish. Many OF these were
small and 7 threw them back IN the
water. but there are plenty OF arEe
ones in the lake. Most OF the fish are
perch and cat some o. the cat are
very large There are also . large
number 81 trout. lE- they are sl- near
the middle az The lake and are harder
20 catch"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

In this period Of multiplied missions
the country frowls only on omissions.
Newark News.
Turks say all they want is the right
TO exist, but the Arue1ians said &c
first Wall street Journal
Evidently the American people think
more Of the Red Cross than they do OF
the iron cross.-Oshkosh Northwest
ern-
Let the American Army Come"
says Berlin paper, which is very
sound advice under the Circumstance
Indianapolis star
Perhaps senator Works Of Califor-
ma. would uot be SO crazy for peace
Dc Germany were located on the other
side Of the Pacific.-ChiCago Tribune.
Queen Sophia, Of Greece. is the frs
member o. the HOheuZOllern family TO
have the e-- before the title. but will
probably not be lonely I0ug.-Wau
Street Journal
The voting age OF English women
has been fixed at 80. There Is little
Likelihood OF a stampede TO a pGIliug
place that has been made a comics
sionaL-NeWarS News.
Count Seebach. Of Berlin. SAYS eft
is in vain TO desire TO win Americans
with civiI-Ies and seu-tmentalitieS %
Never heard the submarines called
that oeIore---San Francisco Chronicle.
The kaiser's wrath over the de-
tnronemen- Of his br0therinlaW. The
king OF Greece, makes IL plain that
the allies had very good reason for in
s-s-ilg on this step.-Oshkosh North
west term
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
PLAINVIEW PLANS A BIG
PROGRAM OF STREET PAVING

Plainview, Tex, July 15.-The city
council viii issue $4,000 in city war
rants bearing $ per cent interest. pay.
able i'm three years. n order to pave
an amount i'm addition to the $4,000
in bonds authorized this spring by e
vote Of the people. Botn Broadway
and Ash streets viii be paved from
the square 20 the santa Fs depot. one
or these being mainly used for heavy
traffic and the other for automobiles
The square also is being paved and
one block each way. totaliuE y blocks,
several OF which are completed. The
paving used is brick on a five inch
concrete base and covered with an as
phalt filler. When the total amount
OF paving now allowed for shall have
been completed the town and citizens
VIII have expended Sis. 900
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
TO SHARE IN
PROFITS OF AJO STORE

Ajo. Ariz. July 1G.-Auuouucemen-
hes been made bv manager Greeuway
~ "a plan he has adopted for operation
or a cooperative store. with the ass
sent Of the directors of the New Cor
reiLa Copper COMPANY Local manage
C-r-eE has been s-veu b credit Of $50
Ntf- rs wei as the use OF q large and
substantial store building already
complete He is ta employ a store
manager and start the business.
.HH-Eir- prices comparable with those
known I'm other mining camps of the
state. 40 employee viii be forced Co
trade &c the store
At -le end 0f each year. after deduc-
zion Of the actual operating cost
which SHAH include interest To- the
mining company for its advances. ar
percent The balance VIII be divided
among the employees Of the mine and
broad boz cfe proportion I'm which
they have made purchases during the
year. no partIcipa alton TO be known br
employees of less than four months
employment Dividends due men who
have quit during the year viii be di-
Nl19i among those VINO remain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
A Little Talk With Flirts
ragedy Often Walks In the Wake of HeartIess Coquet-
ting and Chance Mountaineering.
By BEATRICE FuRFAX.

ing on some one else's hearts Il tor
turing some one else. that their suf-
teriDg may eEait YOU means joy and
excitement are You ready 10 De re-
spouslnle for agony. for the calau. y
and violence that may result. for
human life itself2
The man or woman who waLronly
tlir-S is nothing less than cruel
PAGAN Of the sort who sat iu a Roman
arena and watched the gladia-o-s de-
stroy each other. liottiuE ont forever
years Of life that he might have an
hours excitement
"What an exaggerated. romantic
viewpoint YOU say 20 yourself
Perfectly absurd, such things don't
Don't they And vet almost daily
the papers record emotional crimes
crimes committed hy weak. half
crazed men and women who have
been led on wildly TO desire and who
have been ieered at and flouted.
The Other Kind.
The other kind OF filtration IS fully
as dangerous. Flirting with danger
when YOU have a chance 20 win any
thing is decidedly worth while. Seal
ing q mountain in the hope or dis
covering a new plant and sailing
strange seas 20 discover a continent
bring honor even TO the man who
fails. But getting yourself into q
cheap and commonplace emotional
danger where you can't win anything
but your own weak satisfaction is
pitiahIa. contemplate
The E0od-lookinE stranger Won see
ln ear may be an ESCAPED convict
We couldn't be-he's so stunning and
well dressed and Eentlemauly," Won
saw These are all part OF tho game
his stock en- trade
The appealing little hlue-eyed
beauty whose ewes heckon YOU may
be blackmailer- Her game may he
20 trap an easy mark into almost any
kind OF q swindle.
Would Won walk into q funnel wien
q lighted candle I'm che hand an
kerosene torch in the othe- n won
knew guupowder was stored all ahout
youH Scarcely. You probably wouldn't
20 with an electric flash unless Won Z
were properly guided and had an au- I
-horitative guarantee that the eN-
1losive was boxed u7 carefully. And .
even then YOU would probably remark .
that YOU hadn't any business I'm there /
anyhow and YOU guessed you'd take J
.t FOR granted that IL was an inter- I
aStiUE sight
Think # over. T. has a very def I
mite application TO your argument
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
Roundabout TOwn
Making Near-Pavipg In El PasO Safe For rattle
Spain Sets Example For Getting Freight Cars

= OAEBODE IN the city administrs-
~ ton, who deserves credit. is
- having repairs made TO some of
the excuses for pavement about the
city in the residential sections. Re
Gently the stuff on East Rio Graude
street from Mesa to Newman has had
the holes filled up and for the last
few days men have been at work on
that section Of Montana street be
tween Cotton avenue and Piedras
filling the dangerous holes and at
tempting TO make q street ---t of II.
The Blrulithlc company has been
QOlng some work recently on Non
lana street too. While 10 was not
needed TO make the street paSSab le
as in the other cases. il was done
70 preserve the paving. Heavy traf-
nc OF trucks and pleasure cars had
worn away the surface in such a
manner as TO expose the asphalt
stone screenings has been scattered
over this and rolled and the street
looks like new again.
OF course, the stuff on the eastern
end OF Montana street and on the
section Of Rio Grande referred to as
having been patched. viii never be
paving in the fun seuse-ft never
Was-but the repairs that are being
made are making IL pascal Bile for We
hicles and VIII preserve it at least
until It is paid for By the property
owners
Along Montana street on the west
side in the 25l0 and 200 blocks this
socalled paving" as a result Of traf-
fic and hot weather, is almost as
billOWy as the Atlantic in a period
Of storm, and absolutely nothing can
be done TO remedy IL, so far as is
apparent, although q rolling with a
heavy roller might flatten out some
OF the mountainous waves into some
OF the valleys and improve it a bit
This suggestion is not Patented and
II the city officials wish to adopt IT,
no royalty viii be eZacted- 1t is pos
sible If the roller were run across
the street instead Of parallel TO the
curb, il might get the best results-it
the stuff is worth fOoling with at all
Luckily, none Of this socalled paw
ing has been laid in FL Paso during
the Lea and Davis administrations
and il is understood that no more OF
IL is to be permitted TO go down, but
several streets were spoiled with 10
prior to Tom Lea's coming into office.
East Missouri and Wyoming are
considerable hole filling TO put these
streets into shape, particularly
Wyoming out about Dallas, Austin
and Newman streets
Everybody picks on the poor mo-
torist- First the state comes along
with a tax for existence, the city and
county have been taxing cars on their
value all the time. and now gas oil
and tires are rising in price The
automobile may yet have to take
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

IT HERE are two kinds of flirting.
There is TIE exaggerated self
= ISL desire for power which
turns cogue-te into q mau-huuter
or a Chesterfield into q Don Juan.
And there is the longing for romance
and adventure which lures and en-
tees boys and girls ana men and
women, TOO into making chance ac-
quaintanceF To each its need u
scoru-
Coguetrg IS only manifestation OF
a harmless desire 20 be liEed-a little
longing to charm II is the scent to
the rose. the sheen 10 the wings OF a
hawk We all Ike it, We all enjoy
ITS lure But Over-eunhas i--Iet
u grow 10 an minimizing desire for
conquest or a deliberate longing for
power, and i becomes waut0n and
cruel
Years ago young high school
graduate shot and killed one Of his
teachers she was beautiful young
woman, seven or eight years older
lnan the boy VINO became her SLAYER
ana t1en MS own But OF the two
u was she vino was the real uu--
derer- She was rather lonely in the
little town 20 which she was as
signed after her graduation from
college. She found most Of its ueo-
PIE 1ores-'rubes she called them
But in her classes there we're two
very attractive boys, good looking.
tlll OF the magnetism Of their young
strength and eagerly responsive 10
An Old story.
ESreue Sabin-go. that isn't her
name and 10 won't pay YOU TO look
this case up In court annals. for u
was kept from coUrt-E srcIlc Sabiu
was flirt, a selfish. determined. uiti-
|H.H HHH.e.H % D..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

fortably under . IAN can sometimes
ger r-d az an exceptionally large
quantity OF hot air-when ne finds q
listener
Gasoline is stIu going up AirpIaues
the cause, no doubt.
We sometimes give the bankers
cOnEid cradle criticism for the
manner in which they hold onto
their funds, but we've got 20 ad-
NIT that IL they hadn't held onto
them rather cautiously in the
past, they'd he in our fix now.
Alves Dixon showed Dan Jackson
the dispatch from France to the ef-
feet than an operation had been dis
covered 10 prevent the brayiug Of
mules
Il always was a lucky cuss.~ said
the former district judge. II they
had discovered that process ten years
ago, the public careers of Zack Cobb
and myself would have been ruined q"
FOURTEEN YEARS AGO.
Harry Potter hadn't come to
town. Z. A. White didn't own 50
many warehouses. Jim N-Eftc was
n cadet in knee breeches in a san
Antonio school and Ed. KneezcU
and Dan Rerkharf weighed Just
as much as they do now.
Flashlight, Something an auto
mObilist has always left at home
when lie gets a puncture at night.
Our idea Of n suan= Wan who
cHn stay these days close 10 n re-
fri=erator well filled with liquids.
Jobs I do not want Trying TO keep
soldiers from getting drink in Fl
PasO.
The galley bou wanis to kuop #
the new national prohibition Ian
MAKES rhisEy look SICK, Mill ginger
ale}
This
way
out
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

TRISBY HANCOCK Is going bare
II headed for a day or two as his
4 boy has two grasshoppers in
pail under his hat.
Many new buildings are going up
in all parts of the world, still there
are many choice vacant lots on easy
terms.
Since the foreigner with a monkey
and hand-organ was in our midst last
week Clab Hancock has been trying
to teach his pet coon to be a musician
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
RAILROADS TO PAY HALF
OF YUMA COUNTY TAXES

Yuma. Ariz-. July 1f-The Southern
Pacific and Santa Tie railroad compa-
niles viii pay more than half this
years taxes in Yuma county. The
total assessment is SI5.S-g.6SA Of
this the assessment Of the Southern
Pacific is more than S5.Q0o.O00 AMI
that OF the Santa Fe about Se5O0 600
The increase over last years total Is
81 .a.--.n
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
COURT OFFICIALS JOIN
ARMY, JUDGE ONLY LEFT

san Angelo. Tex. July I6-Au OF
the court officers Of the send judicial
district are joining the army. and i'm
a short time the judge probably viii
bc the only court official remaining
-n civil life Among those answering
the call Of the nation is district at
formed Ben smith. OF Fort stockton.
ana court steuOgrapher Fred J. VIII
lans. Mr. Smith enlisted in the ma
riOnal guard during a rally ia which
Il recruits were added. Williams has
enlisted in the aviation corps.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
Obtainable Factories

4 ANNOUNCEMENT that the Pacific Creamery
n company IS to establish condensed milk factory at
- n Glendale, ten miles northwest OF Phoenix ARR
good fortune for Glendale and suggests the thought
that FL Paso might add such establishment its
factory list for in this part of the Rio Grande valley there
must be enough dairy cows TO supply factory with
milk. If not, farmers would them if they could
the market for their milk.
There IS such condensed milk factory at Tempe,
nine miles east Of Phoenix, and It has been In successful
operation for number Of years The Of milk It
manufactures the shelves OF stores throughout the
southwest E. PasO included The demand for the product
has been such that the capacity Of the factory has been
doubled The establishment of another factory by the
firm, al Glendale proves the strength Of the market
There kinds Of factories which E. Paso cannot very
well because of natural handicaps condensed
milk factory IS Of the obtainabls kind. beet sugar
factory IS another.
Some Of the youths registered for the seective draft
find comfort IN the scptural declaration that many are
called but few chosen.
Everybody is telling everybody else that Americans
need to be awakened to the seriousness of war
-O
L W ". may mean Work for Wilhelm, but in Jerome
1t means VIII Walk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
J. 7. SMART, OLD TIME
REEVES RESIDENT. DIES

Pecos. Texas, July I6.-J T. Smart,
who came to Reeves county q years
ago and lately returned 20 this county
10 live. is dead at his home six miles
northwest of Pecos- He was 81 years
old, his death following an illness Of
five weeks and being caused by
complication Of diseases.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
BUY INLAND
IN SILVER CITY VICINITY

Santa Fe. y NJ. July IF.-AImoSt a
quarter million dollars was realized
from the sale Of state lands at silver
City last u eek by land commissioner
T. r Ervien. The "a tracts. ranging
iu area from 80 acres % $4,000 acres
brought total Of S14S.sgcg7. the
prices bid rsuEin- from $500 20 S15.S5
an acre. the average being SG-4f per
acre Most OF the bidding was by
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

its place along with the horse in The
museums.
A man with a wiIted collar or
an extra days growth OF beard
looks about as attractive as
woman in a Mother Hubbard.
People who complain OF the dis
habile in evidence abOu- the wading
pool AT Washington park need but
take a run out TO Venice or ocean
Park 10 come back home reconciled
TO all they see at FL Paso.
Beauty parlor specialists must
f chuckle with glee every time they
read of q social buds departure for
F the beach for. instead Of taking on
the coveted olive tan. most Of them
. only succeed in accommodating a nest
. of freckles and freckles make more
business for the beauty specialists
than any other one thing in Christen-
dom
4 large womaH Nth a small fool
never tries f0shide Il.
Popular fiction: Belief among non
car owners that YOU can change an
automobile tire and still be present
able for decent society
Shippers in this country have rea-
son 10 congratulate themselves that
government measures 10 lessen the
freight car congestion are only of a
persuasive nature. Tn Spain they do
things rather differently. There. ac-
cOrdiug to a T. S consular report the
freight stations are loaded with mer-
chaudise shipments in order to relieve
the congestion the government has
authorized the railroads to sell at
auction all merchandise not with
drawn by the cousignee in five days
from the date Of its arrival at destin-
alton
A man is getting old when he
no longer prefers the society Of
pretty women 10 that OF men.
Dancing keeps a man young; work
makes him rich There should be a
happy combination between the two.
Proud boasts: I'll maize all the
profit / can UhiLc ! can.
Only the very young and unsophis-
ticated viii build air castles during
the war period. Most people viii be
Elad to meet the payments on the
bungalows already built
As We PAY MONTHLY BILLS. MANY
OF rs ARE LIKELY TO GET THE IDEA
THAT THE GROCER AND THE
BUTCHER ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO
CAN AFFORD TO MAKE TRIPS TO TIE
COAST-UNTIL VIZ GET THE ICE.
COAL AND MILK BILLS.
It's peculiar. but a man sitting com
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
PECOS WAN CATCHES CAT
FISH WEIGHING 371b POUNDS

Pecos, Texas. July 1s-The largest
fish caught by A local fisherman this
season was catfish weighing S75s
pounds. brought in by Dad" Baker
from Riverton. ". X Wylie, Jerry
Ashworth and Baker brought back
so pounds of fish as a result Of their
short stay at Rivertou Mr.. Baker
making the premier catch OF the
party.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
Proud boasts: I'll maize all tn
profit / can UhiLc ! can.
No Help

IF EVIL things should viii cry Alss!" viii
"Aack
ham Lincoln held the White House job he had good
news that gave ms government the blues and (men thought he ought
hint
forty Of
things by his genial the
told
aeoh deep your good
"ee wh boys rafting
Copyright by George Matthew Adams MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
AMERICAN OFFICERS ARE
ENTERT II hi

Montevideo. Uruguay. July I5.-Ad-
miral Caperton and other officers OF
tAe american squadron, were enter
tanned today at a football same held
here for the benefit Of the Red Cross
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

The sheriff Of COchise county proved himself con-
siderable Wheeler but he must explain the legality Of
the I. ". ". dgportations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

Everybody IS telling everybody else that American
iced to be awakened to the seriousness Of war
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

Everybody picks on the poor mo-
torist First the state comes along
with a tax for existence, the city and
county have been taxing cars on their
value all the time. and now gas. OH
and tires are rising in price. The
automobile may yet have to take
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

Dancing keeps a man young: work
makes him rich There should be a
happy combination between the two.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16

W ". may mean Work for Wilhelm but in Jerome
1t means I VIII Walk.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-16
4 large WomaH Nth a small fool
never tries foshide Il.

A man is getting old when he
no longer prefers the society Of
pretty women 10 that OF men.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. w. A. Zillman was a Tucum-
= carl visitor Saturday.
T. G. Walker was in from Endee last
Saturday on business.
Two furnished rooms for light house
keeping. Call this office.
FOR SALE-Girl's bicycle, in good
condition. Call at News Office.
r A. Prentice and Judge Lieb went
to the hills Wednesday in search of
big game.
w. G.. Adams and Mr.. Dickey are
among those hunting deer in the hills
this week.
FOR SALE-Small bunch of good
milch cows. See or write Stephenson,
at Quay, N. M. 2t
NJ. l.. Davis and +. A. Cook went to
Texico Saturday on business and to
visit home folks.
Sand and gravel for cement work,
furnished on short notice. Phone a..
II Texas Transfer Co.
Uncle Charlie Burk and S. NJ. IN
derwood were here from McAlister
Monday on business.
James j. Briscoe went to Dawson
this week in the interest of the govern
ment recruiting service.
Your savings invested in u in
come property will make you indie.
pendent in a few years. Do it now,
We can assist you. II
SISNEY-DYKES AGENCY.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-18

Goodman has liquid smoke for use
in preparing hams and bacon for win
ter use. See him for prices.
Miss Bessie Alderman has returned
from Las Vegas and Santa Fe where
she had been visiting relatives and
friends.
Glenn tombstone was here from San
Jon this week on business. He Jays
the grass is very good in his section
of the county.
Elton Dunn, B. l.. Francis and A. r.
Moses were deer hunters the first of
the week. They returned without see
ing a deer. They intend to go again
in the very neal future.
Fred Kreger and M. f. Parrish are
spending the week in the mountains
northwest of here on there yearly deer
hunt. They usually bring home proof
that they know how to hunt deer.
Mrs. j. w. Russell returned last
week from Nashville, Tenn, where she
had been called by the death of a
brother. She remained in Tennessee
about three weeks visiting friends and
relatives.
The w. C. T. U. held a very inter-
! esting meeting Tuesday. Not very
many were in attendance but much
good was done and members were
urged to do whatever they can toward
making New Mexico dry.
A. d. Goldenberg and son, Arthur,
who have been travelling over the state
in the interest of the Masonic lodge,
have returned home. They had many
enjoyable visits and found the state
in a very prosperous condition.
Thursday morning this week it real
ly showed and the wind blew cold from
the north. The coal man was much
sought and it mattered little what the
price of that commodity was, the lady
of the house needed a fire in the heat
err or furnace.
J. H. Welch and Mr.. Beevers were
here from Forrest Monday on bust.
ness. Mr.. Welch says there will be
a big prohibition meeting at Forrest
tonight Thursday at which time the
forces will he organized to work for
the "dry" cause from now until Nov,
6, when the voters of New Mexico will
put old John Barleycorn" out of the
state.