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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-16
Is Announcing Remarkable Display
Of New Spring Furniture and Rugs

ideals Of home adornTnenr on are
cordially nvitad-urgadto visit with Qs and see Tor
ria SPLENDID DISPLAY economy Of coming 70 franc gu
ran easily take advantage Of all this by paying Tor your on "
months six months year OF longer
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

intended to take the department out
OF politics.
The fast increasing traffic on the
downtown streets made II imperative
that the movement OF vehicles and
pedestrians be syStematicallE ndnOIeu
and early in the summer o squad OF
seven men was detailed TO preserve
order al the principal corners and pre-
vent congestion during the busy hours
Of the day. thus eliminating almost
entirely the danger Of accident At the
close Of the year the squad was IN
creased To nine men and a sergeant
The traffic Officers, posts are at the
following corners. where semdphoreS
are placed. oregon and Mills. Mesa
and Mills. san Antonio and Fl Paso
Stanton. Mesa and san Antonio. and
Mesa and Texas. The stations are sub
ject TO change as requirements de-
mand Whistle signals are used in
connection with the shifting OF the
city Buys Old County Jail.
The acquisition Of the old county jail,
20 be occupied by the police depart
rnent as soon as the new Jail is COM
pleted on the top floor Of the court
house building. which VIII probably be
in April. will give the department much
needed room. The old jail and officers
building at Overland aid stanton IONS
ago became inadequate for city that
is growing like Fl Paso is. The county
jail was bought for $4,000.
Have 50 Men On the Force.
At the end OF 1916 there were s.
men on the police rolls. and police
chief B. j. Zabriskie has declared that
he should have 60 more 10 properly
police the city. Besides the officers
there are % patrolmen on duty ana
often il is necessary TO work them
overtime After the new budget is
available in February. il is planned
TO add about - men 10 the force The
residence districts north OF the rail-
road tracks need patrOling and the
chief proposes. with additional men,
TO give that service
The officers al present are the FOL
lowing: 8. ]. Zabriskie, chief; L L
Hall and T. c Armstrong, captains;
Dan Thompson, day sergeant ". A
Simpson. night sergeant ! g Miller
and Charles Pollock. desk sergeants,
Roy Thomas. traffic sergeant; J. T.
Stowe, captain Of detectives: Joe BOYD.
sergeant of detectives. Alderman ".
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
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feeding industry is getting a start
No lambs had ever been fed in New
Mexico before the winter OF 1916 TINS
year more than $4,000 head are IN iced
lots. Feeding steers has a first class
start in the PecOs valley and Is spread
ing throughout the state Then men
who stick to their $40 acre stock raIS-
ing hOmesteads will OF necessity be
feeders to greater or less extent. Their
operations will not cut down the num-
Der of head Of cattle and sneep lnaI
may be cared for in New Mexico. They
will rather tend 10 increase the num-
Der and TO keep the profits of the in
dustry more closely at home The
range industry will be consolidated n
southern and western New Mexico I n
feeding industry viii extend through
out the state. II will keep at nome
money formerly sent 10 a dozen other
states The range men may reduce
their fiCcks and herds somewhat. Dnt
they Will gain in breeding what may
be lost in numbers. The stockmen OF
New Mexico are more confident con-
corning the future Of their great T.
dustry now nearing value Of SlOO.0""'-
zoe than they have ever been before
Lambs. wool and beef production VIII
continue to be one of New N exlco's
three great avenues to wealth and main
sources Of income
New MexicO's Mineral Wealth.
Every county in New Mexico has a
mineral resource which may be de
TelOpeQ pTOIlLAulE. ACCORDING - ltle
reports of competent geologIstS- Ihls
includes oil as a mineral resource and
coal Tie largest coal areas in he
west are in San Juan county, IN me
far northwest corner of the state save
for 3 small domestic production they
are untouched.
Coal Fields Produce sI.OOO.OO0.
The coal fields OF ColfaN, Santa Re,
Mckinley and SocOrro counties are pro
ducine more activity right now than
a.-ar hafarq their history. Their
OUTPUT in 1916 was worth nearly $1,000
0e0 It promises 10 be much large. this
wear. In 1915 20 barrel oil well was
encountered at Dayton, in Eddy county
Faulty casing caused its loss after il
had been pumped for a considerable
period Recently the state land com
missioner, Robert p. Ervien, under au-
thority of an act of the legislature,
made a lease with an eastern CORPORA
ton for 100000 acres of state lanL for
oil DEVELOPMENT. The corporation IS
under contract to drill % wells TO IN
average depth Of 1890 feet within two
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
CHARITY IS ON
BUSINESS BASIS
Plans Made for $4,000
Mems Lodging House as
Associated Charities Aid.

Giving TO charity is on a business
basis in Ell Paso. II was not always
so. but that was before the Associated
Charities was organized. This oreani-
cation consists or the people Of the
city. associated toGther for helpful
ness The citizens who are behind the
association believe that in restitution
there is nothing normal and that when
a man, or his family. is in need. every
effort should be put forth to place
them beyond the need OF accepting
help again
Succeeding the Woman's Charity as
ISOLATION, the Associated Charities has
its headquarters At as South Camp
bell street, where the work is divided
into the following departments: Re
lief OF needy families; lodging house
Tor homeless men; visiting nurse
work; tuberculosis committee and COM
mittee on housing and health The
day nursery is financed largely through
the association and great assistance
IS given mothers and babies. especially
through the summer season.
Help Given Promptly.
The work Of the association is so
organized that help can be got TO a
needy person or family very promptly.
The office is open night and day. sun
referred to the office by any individ-
Ual church or public officials, are looked
Up. visits made promptly and emery
ency distress relieved at once. Thor
ough investigation follows, designed
TO permanently remove the cases
Of poverty and sickness
Like other business ORGANIZATIONS
here, the Associated Charities believes
IN having modern. sanitary quarters,
and plans are made for the erection
Of a $4,000 mems lodging house TO
cover three lots of a site 10 be chosen
in the spring.
The principal officers and directors
OF the association. chosen at the Janu-
airy election are Robert krakauer
president; John NJ Wyatt, treasurer.
and J. B Gwin. secretary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

C. Jolly. is at the head OF the city
committee on police and fire depart
ments- Paul D Thomas is police fudge
and Frank D. Soften and Frank Ruiz
are jailors. There are two automobile
patrol wagons IN service.
With the adoption of a system OF re-
ports taken from police officers ac-
cOrding TO set schedules. the Depart
ment has advanced rapidly in eff
cheney during the past year An accu-
rate record Of the activities OF each
officer, classified according to the
charge entered again each person ar
rested. supplemented with card index
file OF cases handled forms the basis
for future handling OF individuals and
complaints The finger print system
Of Identifying criminals mas been
use in the department for a long time
The Photographic record has been en-
larged considerably during the year.
Free Accident Policy.
Every man on the police force VINO
has been employed for two months Is
provided with an accident policy free
Of cost to him The DremiCms of these
policies are paid out Of the treasury
Of the Fl PasO Police Benefit associa-
tiOu fund which is raised by private
subscriptions and the proceeds OF en-
tertainments and dances
Chief Zabriskie's ambition is 70 es-
rablish a police school similar 10 that
in Los Angeles and other cities IN
which the force will be instructed IN
many things besides the rough work
of making arrests and QFllling- COuI-
tesy and information are two necessary
requisites for every patrOlman, the
chief says. and he means TO see tina
his men are equipped - give the pup
lie the greatest service possible A
pocket guide book and encyclopedia
is being compiled by a member OF the
force for sale. the proceeds to go 10
the benefit fund
Provost Guard Aids Police.
Since the establishment OF the mill
tarv provost guard early in 1916 By
district commander George Bell IT
the police department has had inYal-
uabIe assistance from soldier details
of this body. furnished from Fort Bliss
and Camp Cotton, in the city day ana
night The soldier patrolman. armed
with pistol or rifle. and billy" has
become a familiar sight on the streets
Capt c. VI. Ely is the present provost
marshal and Lieut. John L. Parkinson
is assistant. Thousands OF men from
the camps in the edge OF the city nave
freouented the business streets day and
night with "a minimum OF misdemeanor
and crime
The cost Of operation OF the police
department in 1915 was SSS.5S5-52 For
the coming year the sum OF sll5,ior
has been set in the annual budget
The value Of the department IN the
books is as follows Real estate, go
500 buildings and fixed contents. SIS
57S.0s. equipment. sS.542.2S-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
WEST TEXAS IS
RICH IN NE TAILS
Mining Activity During 1916
Greater Than for Years;
Old Mines Reopened.

which now are being extensively
worked At AllamoOre are copper de-
posts which promise to make that a
rich mining district. Shafter, in Pre-
sidIo county, for years has been the
center of rich zinc. lead and silver
district. Mines in the Shafter district
have been worked under difficulties for
many years and rich ore has been
shipped in large quantities to the FL
Paso smelter and to other smelling
p1ants rich strike of high grade
ore has been made within the past
two weeks in the Ross mine near Shat
ter. and shipments OF the ore to FL
PasO are to be made
Rich Quicksilver Mines.
Around Terlingua. in Brewster coun-
ty. are important quicksilver mines and
al BOquillas. in the same county, are
rich copper and silver properties Ship
ming of quicksilver in carload lots has
been a feature OF mining activity in
west Texas during the past year, a
number of carload shipments being
made. and the mines of Brewster and
Preside are being operated on
greater scale than At any time in the
past
the west Texas mines would rival those
of Arizona and New Mexico, in the
opinion of mining men
Army Adds TO Prosperity.
West Texas towns have profited in
a large mea sure through military &C
tivity on the border, many Of the towns
having been for months supply bases
for border patrols of American troops
and all of them have shared in the
general wave Of prosperity the bring
ing of thousands of national guard
organizations to the border inaugu-
rated
4 more substantial prosperity than
that given by the army has come to
west Texas during the past year in
the development OF agriculture and
livestock The year has witnessed the
building Of many large silOs on farms
and ranches which have proven such
marked successes that they have en-
couraged the building of others The
in advanced farming methods
Good Growth. No BOOms.
West Texas towns have had sub
stanrial growth during the year but
there has been lack of sensational
booms. with their periods Of reaction
afterward-
In the farming districts irrigation
projects have been fostered and COM
and canals for the storage and dis
tribution of water. At Grandfalls and
Barstow extensive irrigation projects
have been inaugurated. and Pecos. and
in the TOyah and Pecos valleys irri-
CATION has been given impetus by COM
munity action.
West Texas and the Panhandle have
started the pew year with the greatest
promise yet held out for growth and
Tor adding TO prosperity already well
established
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

Ell Paso Has Everything at
Hand; Many Kinds of Factories

URROUNDED wealth materials
- where
- unlimited
manufacturing OF kinds
of local conditions industrial achieve
geographically
should be put forth manufacturers Of the follow
fabrics wOodenware leather
Hthoaphng, vegetables automobile and tubes
os
soaps and assembling automobiles.
Reason industries
supply
fields the
at labor OF
learning
of in sliding
factory approximately IS 1000 cubic
local and the
the wonderfully territory that stretches 600 miles
directon from
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

years. to pay the state a royalty on
production, Of whatever oil or mineral
II may discover and to lease at the
states price for grazing land all I'M
productive land not released at ths end
OF the two years. Two drills are now
at work. one near Lamy. in Santa Fe
county. and the other near Roswell.
II there IS oil in New Mexico biologists
say these explorations Will discover il.
Southern Part Holds Minerals.
The greatest developed mineral re-
sources Of Kew Mexico. however, are
in the southern and southwestern noun
tain ranges. in Grant, Luna and Dona
Ana counties Chino Copper has be-
come name TO charm with in the
copper world The great Grant county
mine al santa Rita produced $4,000, 900
pounds Of copper in 1916, and is headed
Tor the 10O.000,O0O mark for 1917 Con
servatlve mining men assert il is but
one OF number of such great copper
deposits in New Mexico and the pres
ent year is likely TO tell a wonder
story Of mining development in ths
state.
becoming Famous for Mining.
If one Chino Copper mine will make
two thirds OF the increase in the states
metal production, from S22.000.O00 to
S@",vVU,uUv IN single year, six 0r
seven such mines may be expected q
put New Mexico into the first rank
among mining states Copper deposist
are being explored in five New Mex
leo counties now and plans are forming
IN each case for development on a scale
which can only mean that the ore IS
there
Thirty-six million pounds 81 zinc
Is production not TO be ignored at
present day zinc prices. and that is
what New Mexico produced in 1916,
Several important zinc deposits are be-
ing developed and mined in Luna. So
zorro and Santa Fe counties
Half . million dollars is going into
development work in a single gold field
In Santa Fe county. long since given
over as hopeless Important operations
are Under way on the Red River in
Taos county and in southwestern Col
fax with gold as the object What New
Mexico's metal production will be in
1918 Is largely conjecture It viii be
Interesting TO watch the development
and If investment is made with care
II may easily become profitable.
Trout Streams Everywhere.
There IS trout stream is every
New Mexico mountain range. and a
passable automobile road 10 every fish
ing ground There are summer b ime5
and camps TO be had almost for the
These are Tot the least of the safes
varied resources and. like the others,
they are being developed and used with
pleasure anC profit to rapidly increas-
ing nJmhe,s- mere catalog Of re-
sources and production is never mora
than a recital IF facts. It is personal
investigation that interests and con-
rinces- New MeVico presents oppor-
tunity en- every hand. and right now ii
IS all cpen u those who would get
IN on the ground floor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Fl PAS0 LEADING
CONVENTION CITY
Ranks With Cities Twice Its
Size as Convention Point;
Conventions Scheduled.

As convention city FL Paso has tax
en- rank with others twice its size
since the erection here during the past
few years Of many first class hotels
and apartments and the opening OF
scores Of fine restaurants capable of
feeding thousands Of visitors AT any
time.
This years first big meeting viii be
when the cattlemen viii gather here
for transacting annual business and
enjoying themselves. when the Pan
handle and Southwestern Stockmeu's
association convenes on March for
three days sessions. Organized effort
OF FL Pasoans through the chamber
of commerce last wear at the Alhu-
querque convention Of the association.
brought the 1917 meeting here and set
tied 1t that future conventions will all
be in FL PasO.
bankers Come in May.
Delegates from all over Texas VIII
be here early in May 10 attend the
state bankers convention. secured by
some diplomatic work of local finan-
ciers at the last convention
Spanish American war veterans viii
meet and perhaps parade in Fl Paso
when the state convention Of the order
gathers here in June The exact date
IS yet to be announced.
Last year from Jan. IS 10 - the
American National Livestock ass5cia
tion met here and brought many prom
inent stock raisers to the city. The city
was decorated and military bands and
OrcheStras furnished music
Three Big Ones Mt Once.
The events that brought the people
Of the southwest TO Fl PasO, however,
were the conventions Of the Interna-
tional Irrigation congress: the Inter
national Farm Congress and the In
ternational Soil Products exposition,
which were held between October Il
and -. The city was filled with visi-
tors during the period and il was the
most successful convention season ever
experienced here The cost Of prepar-
ing headquarters for the three or
Confined On Page Twelve, Column Five)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
FREE FOR ALL.

Mr. Bacon: How was the Sewing 50
ciety meeting2
Mrs Bacon: Very well attended
Did anyone speak
"Oh. yes"
who spoke first?'
NO one. They all spoke al once.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

Maintenance and extension of FL
PasO'S police department Will cost
$4,000 more in 1917 than In the
Dreyious year. The budget apprO-
prIation il S1I3.7OO, Of which SiOs.-
OOO IL allowed for salaries. The
force numbers - men.
The docket in police court shows
that during the year there were
I2.G25 cases handled and S21,747
collected I'm fines.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
M.RM pRnPnsIrInN

Bacon You know an adult man pro-
duces in Il hours enough heat to boil
five or six pints Of water.
Egbert; Why, then. admonish him
10 keep cool2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Ell Paso Needs Shoe Factories

The demand for grades footwear the mining the
cattle that the Rocky Mountain dominated
trade way by this hata factory making only that grade Of boots
shoes could find ready sale The opening
trade with the outside world will that the trade the class d
Gated would increased fold The labor and the power here and the
ketng facilities have been described
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Ell paso Needs Cotton Mills

the trade territory the thousands of bales of grown each
for shipment the mills the New England of North and South Caro-
lima and Georgia and of California well of Europe and of Japan This
should manufactured FL Paso where climatic conditions perfect where
there wealth of the adaptable labor the world and where there
abundance coal for development and where market found for the
particularly of the grades of cotton goods
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

dollar saved by buying goods pro
duced elsewhere is a dollar thrown A.
your neighbours birds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
REsERvING FOR THE FUTURE.

Bill, And did you give up all your
bad habits At the beginning Of the
year,
Jill- Oh, not all OF EN-. You know
there are other New Years days com
ing
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
NEW MEXICO. RICH IN ROMANCE.
NEW MECCA FOR HOME BUILDERS

Is Seat of Greatest Irrigation Project in the Country;
State Aids Farmers Who Locate Within Its Borders;
Rich Mesla Valley is Garden Spot of Southwest,
Growing in Wealth and Population.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

RGANIZATION Of a traffic squad
and the purchase Of the old coun-
~ ~ Jail property for the eity's
use. were notable steps forward taken
bv the police department Of FL Paso
during 1916 The placing of the police
under civil service regulations IS an
other step that will De carried into
effect with the appointment in the
near future Of a commission that is
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
POLICE DEPARTMENT tn GET MORE
ROOM AND MORE MEN DURING YEAR

Civil Service Regulations Planned to Take Police Out OF
Politics. Purchase by City of County Jail Will Give
Needed Room for Police Work; 25 Additional
Men to Be Put on Force in 1917
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Ell Paso Needs Tanneries

For which operate hem there all the hides and
skins produced the livestock growing of New Mexico Ar
well Northern mil
lions of dollars worth of producing material the live oak of
Southern United States and Northern Mexico and the fields the
of Chihuahua, Coahuia, Durango and Sonora in Mexico
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

Il PaSo Needs Automobile Assembling Plants
The thousands of automobiles handled annually by the dealers and agents oper
OF Il PaSo should be assembled this saving of freight
the ultimate purchaser The trade vehicles and the business
infancy Peace Mexico will such trucks and
that the of the present big will be regarded
but drop the bucket Manufactures of vehicles of all kinds should make
thorough of El Pos opportunities and in while cheap
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
YOUR LAST CHANCE.

Recently we published in these
columns an offer of The Youths
Companion and McCalPs Magazine,
both for full year, for only $40,
including a Mccall Dress Pattern.
The high price of paper and ink has
obliged McCalls Magazine to raise
their subscription price February
to 10 cents a copy and rs cents a
year-so that the offer at the above
price must be withdrawn.
Until March 81 our readers have
the privilege of ordering both publ
cations for a full year, including the
choice of any 15-cent Mccall Dress
Pattern, for only $40.
The amount of reading, informa-
ton and entertainment contained in
the fifty-two issues of The Youth S
Companion and the value Of twelve
monthly fashion numbers of Nc
Calls at $2.10 offer real bargain
to every reader of this paper.
This two-at-one-price offer in
cludes:
1.-The Youths Companion-52
issues.
2.-The Companion Home Calen-
dar for 1917
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-01-17
CENTENNIAL.

Jan. 10, 1917.
A few from Centennial were III
attendance at the show "CiviliZa-
ton" at DEBORAH Thursday evening.
win Wiltgen returned from Iowa
City, Monday, where he has been VS.
iting his little son Raymond, who
is q the hospital.
Mrs Theodore Uhlenhake is Wis
iting at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. VIII Wiltgen.
Miss Bush of Festina is working
for VIII Wiltgen's.
Rae Runkle and family, Theodore
Rosa, Mrs. Jane Townsend, Stella
Mrs. Anna Daniels and
daughter nellie, were guests a. the
w. p. Rosa home Sunday.
Theodore Rosa who has been Wis
iting in Ossian the past week, re-
turned home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Duff spent
Thursday at the George Allen nome.
Mrs. Anna Daniels spent Satur-
day night with Mrs. l.. d Burrows
in Ossian
Walter Rosa who is attending
Catholic school in Ossian, spent Sat
urday and Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Rosa.
Mrs. Anna Daniels and Mrs. Jane
Townsend returned home Sunday af-
ter a weeks visit with friends and
relatives in DEBORAH.
Edwin and Amanda Ginapp and
Leo and Selma Utpadel were enter
tanned at the Fred Westphal home
near Castalia Sunday. Leo and Sell
ma remained for longer visit.
Bernard Ehler who is attending
Catholic school in Ossian spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with his parents.
Mrs. Charley Ginapp returned to
her home in Ossian last week. after
visit at the Henry Ginapp home.
Lila Jones was guest of Bernice
Allen Sunday.
Tackla Boeckman and Victor En-
Ter returned to Ossian Friday after
a visit at the Joe Ehler home.
Leo and Selma Utpadel were
guests at the Gipp homes few
days last week.
Harry Harvey and Evelyn Brouil-
let of Frankville, spent Sunday in
this vicinity.
Claude Kirby called at the Stevens
home one day last week.
Mrs. Will Wiltgen returned from,
Iowa City Saturday night.