El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-10

- CIV .-la- We nave lt-- --.-
M .aa-aame1- and ulmi1e is
L 20 have a large encam3-
melr Of national Eus-dsme1. why
can't FL Paso so after the business
that Deming cannot take care of-"
said Jake Miller, manager Of the
White House.
Ell Pas0ans should Immediately be-
gin constructing an automobile road
90 Demlug so that the soldiers can
come here for the things they cannot
get in Demlng.
SIT is going 20 Dee necessary cor
many Of the officers TO have their
families live iu Fl Paso. because OF
Z lack OF room in Demiu-- II there
was a good automobile road between
. TT Pas0 and UamIuE. they could visit
often and the traffic would be- heavy
Then the officers and men are going
, % want 20 come TO Fl Paso 20 buy
T things they cannot get at beminE.
. They VIII want Co come mere 20 WISH
OUT clubs and have dinners az our
hotels
~I believe ~ we had a good auto
mobile road between FL Faso and
. Deuil=. i- would be the best invest
uelt ve could make at this time our
. firu viii give $1,000 for f1e cous-ruc-
I ti1u OF such O. road s. good road
. could Pee built. 7 should say, from
t 2Icutova 90 IemiuE for 100000. The
state OF New Mexico ought TO build
I that part west OF Alden. where the
. road comes IN from Las Cruces. as u
is O. New Mexico state highway. %
. faso could build the rest for S7N...''
] believe. and 10 would De big IN
/ yesrmcur for u.s.
'l know OF many people who are
already writing 90 Fl Paso for homes.
They are families OF Officers ordered
D 90 IawiuE- There Will be hundreds
/ of them 81 no viii come here 90 live
I Somebody has sent in a newspaper
I clipping I'w inclined TO think e was
I VIII Cruu1ieI urEin- the public 70
eat bananas instead Of bread. and 10
. sounds So logical that here it Is
The best way 90 save flour IS 20
stop the eating OF bread During
these summer months our gardens
and the cheap vegetables that flood
. the markets furnish the answer But
all The year around the banana q
4 tropical fruit which IS easily ana
. CEeanly grown. can be depended upon
. Very lcrEely t1 furnish starch and
sugar and "a GOOD supply Of mineral
salts at price which. under ordinary
. conditions. is no greater than wheat
flour
bananas are brought 90 our mar
ket while they are still green. In sue-
. ciaIly fitted boats which touch the
ports iu the West Indies and Central
and south America. our ability 20
/ get bananas az 10 Co o. cents q dozen.
. depending upon their size and condi-
. tion. is regulated by the carrying ca
. pacity OF the banana fleet. Any re-
/ adjustment Of our shipping TO meet
I the need OF freI-h-ers for carrying
munitions and supplies across the At
. lautic which withdraws these banana
. boats from service cuts or a very inn
uurrau- food suunlv.
EFT is foolish TO urge people 20 save
wheat ly consuming less bread if az
the same time we make 10 impossible
for them TO set the cheap food from
the tropics"
Forest supervisors throughout the
. southwest are making "a study Of the
fuel situation with view 20 helping
. relieve the threatened coal shortage
F by encouraging the use Of dead wood
from the national forests. Each SUI
. perviS0r win determine iu 80 hat terri
+ tory the substitution OF wood for
. coal viii be practicable In that ter
ritory figures on comparative costs
. viii be made available Co the public
] and an possible facilities provided