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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

slim Pickeus called on Miss RosyOIa
Lusley sunday night She has been
wanting him 10 come for some time.
EA-ck HellTanger went TO the post
oIIice thursday and filed with the
postmaster an application for q
money order.
The widow OF the Calf RIBS neigh
p0rhCou has installed a sofa pillow
and a SterScoDe in her parl1-
j ne morse doctor has enlarged his
Saal-e pockets and is now prepared to
execute all calls with promptness and
The deputy constable is preparing
10 make an Important arrest as soon
as ne can find a suitable person
Miss 6ouccla Heus-ep was hostess
az an enjoyable social gathering at
her EoEe on the Rye straw road last
MONDAY night She invited only those
OF her friends that she liked.
Iohe Aoseley drove his yoke OF
steers TO the Hog Ford still house
I lT7slay' and while coming back over
TOOK an automobile
lobe Moselev saws do what the doc
lgr tells You 10 do. then 10 YOU die
ne blame VIII all be on the doctor
DO not watch the clock You can't
40 II Justice and keep your eve on the
ooSS al tie same time.
sim Plckens has decided 20 disCon-
unue his admiration for Miss Con
oola Henstep and instead viii put out
9is patch n late Irish potatoes.
ram OF what is better known 7s
-nc-emelt weather. causes the 0ost-
20. cement ot most anything. except n
wedding and circus. Both positively
come OF. rain or shine
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Little Bobbie S Pa
There Is Not Much Chance For
Ma To Raise Chickens in the
Country3 PA Tried II Once.
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

AZ ISTER q MISSES sLOKU1I has
M moved TO the country for good
l. = sed Ma TO Pa last mite. Wen
90 we hit the trau2
doant know. ser Pa sometimes I
think il wud be grand 20 live in the
country all the yeer around 81 then
grave Douts assau me- sed Pa. d mis-
sivinEs murmur I'm my GERS.
Well sed Ma, newer mind about
the misEivinEs. IL is time we got sem
sibul & moved away from this
crowded. noisy. hot. busteIiue biz
town am getting so 7 breed the
awful roar OF it, sed Ma.
Life seems 70 be jest one awful
roar after another. sed Pa. ve-rs-
you are living in the city or in the
country We mite as well maiz up
our minds that life in the country
|uddent be any poets song. any
mo1r than our eNis-ense here In tho
Poets & canaries Is the only things
that sldeSteps all the hard going.
Se4 Pa We are born TO husseI. e
we have 10 Keep husseliug until our
esteemed IUIer-taiker Gums around
i7 his shiny black suite with his
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Bnlliancy In Arms

Captain SalZmann, military critic of the VOsssche
Zeitung Of Berlin little less scornful OF than most
Of MS kind He does disiaiu utterly American inter
venton in the In recent article he said the entry
the United States factor TO be TeckOned with
Most German critics hold the view thai America Is too
fat soft, TOO utterly uuprepared to be regarded
seriously.
only in numbers Of and IN wealth Of material
sources He not give commanders credit for high
military excellence does he believe American troops
battle VIII display the @briauce OF French German
troops He expects to furnish the brute force while
France and England furnish the minds He thinks Amer
can troops viii be mixed IN with French and British
troops 10 strengthen them and back up their skill
with power Then Capt. Sazmsnn, suddenly Terneu1
berng he may be getting himself trouble with the
government by shaking public confidence with what he
has already set down. runs back and tries It all
with the statement that America at all be feared
because the submarine VIII have forced issue before
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

FARMERS N the ella valley Of Arizona especially
X fertile ard well irrigated region Astounding crops
this year ever, being advised in communications
published their local papers II hoard their wheat
If they sell at ALL to sell only local miers- 1t is being
pointed them that is not to send
wheat markets elsewhere and buy imported flour al
greatly increased prices And they being urged to
their wheat home because they need Ii before
another twelvemCuth rolls around
The advice not without merit. II the local miller
out flour Satisfactory to his community he should
be well supported both In the matter OF buying his flour
and selling him wheat with which TO make that flour
Local industry depends on cooperation 1t cannot thrive
without support
But boarding wheat in granaes not good business
the nation, matter how epeden It may for
the There much tendency to hoard IN the
expectation Of higher prices, by farmers and mddlenen
That increases the natural shortage by creating artificial
high prices.
Wheat is being harvested many states The crop
below average quantity and every buShe Of It viii
needed The United States, the entente nations and
be made from flour from American wheat. Keep It
locked up and the world viii starve The food control
measures which IN the talking stage congress
allow the government to force the withdrawal of grain
from elevators but do not touch grain held IN the bins Of
farmers That provision was apparently written IN TO
salve agricultural constituencies If II IS enacted into law
appeals to patriotism, appeals behalf Of humanity
other method be found for inducing farmers
accept higher prce for their grain instead OF holding
for prices still higher, and 10 let 60 into the market
that market Is the home market, well and good but
let It be market
Coming back to the ella valley incident: The popuIa
ton Of that community, which includes several towns and
miles Of intervening farms, viii not lack food any
tngenCy. Nevertheless boarding wheat selling such
as may be needed to the ella valley mills may be good
business but If It applied IN every grain producing
section, good many other localities FL Paso included
would 90 without bread.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

I SAAC HELM ANGER was iu HOG
wallow on business THURSDAY. tie
\ priced a few things and bought a
new tangled mouse trap. At the start
he is afraid his mice won't under
stand just exactly how TO enter. as
they have been used 10 the old STYLE
Asafoedi-a is one thing about which
there can De no doubt
Frisby Hancock has built a fort
overlooking his watermelon patch.
Elick HeuwanEer. who was re-
Gently disappointed iu love has bought
a package OF ciEa-ers and VIII Try 20
smoke himself TO death.
The Excelsior FiddliuE band g
thinking of attending party en-
Uasse next saturday night While
furnishing the music they viii stand
IN wishing distance Of the ice cream
and cake
A man may drink as deeply rs he
wants TO. but 10 always comes out on
his breath
Poke Eazlev says in a lifetime one
hears OF many thiuEs he never sees.
sidney Hooks. who has been writ
ing 70 Miss Flute BeIcher. has de-
manded definite answer TO the last
note he sent her and II he does not
get IL he viii Join the army
Atlas Peck has had his old buggy
repalnted TO try 20 make it look like
a new one, but 10 still rattles
IoEe Eazler has bought two acres
OF land adjoining the TiCkviIle rail-
road, and believes this is ground f0r
a damage suit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Roundabout pun
"WheD l Game Here, Is Years AgO" It Differed
Old Street Hack Recalls Some Memories at 1902

power 10 accomplish things that are
difficult
Speaking Of U-BOais reminds US
that Jimmie Ferguson certainly tor
pedoed the Texas university.
Much depends upon environment
and custom. a glass OF beer tastes
as good 10 some men as glass OF
champagne TO others
II makes a man mad TO pay $50 for
a suit OF clothes that he thinks IS eN-
elusive. and then find il duplicated
i'm a window later with a special,
$3.50 card on H.
a man wears his best clothes
outside; woman tthey say re-
verses the order.
A man viii work week for money
to blow in on booze and billiards
Saturday night a woman viii work
as hard for money for the manicurIsr
and the masseur- Everybody 10 their
taste
It's only the man above 81 who does
not feel a little flutter these days
every time he hears or reads some
thing about the draft
Popular fiction; Statements
that a married man has no Iiber-
ties
They're wearing less in Chicago
this year" says a caption over
newspaper cut Of bathing girls. It's
a cinch. II the picture Is true, that
they can't wear less next year
The trouble with most people is
that we have too much liberty and
not enough restraint
The galley boy contends that
more surface is covered every
day by the women who paint
than by all the men painters in
the country. yet member Of the
painters union Il credited with
belonging TO the horny handed
sons Of toll and woman f.
locked upon as n mere butterfly.
x
NY idea IS that some sport suits"
are so called because they fail to look
in the least sporty
You get mulberries from n null
berry tree. but you don't get straw
berries from straw, nor dewberries
from dew 'Scuse, please.
THE MAN WHO QUITS WORK WHEN
THE WHISTLE BLOWS WILL ALWAYS I
QUIT WORK BY A WHISTLE.
Proud boasts: I viii go when Uncle /
Sam tells me must
Richard Burgess says when he was /
a boy. he and his brothers We're. like I
most boys. very fond Of puns and ]
were always sprinEinE them on his f.
father One dav one of the brothers ]
pulled a pun that the elder Burgess /
did not care for.
NV son. do you know that a pun /
IS the lowest form Of WITT" he asked 7
Then" said the son. at must be /
the base OF all wit"
We'll that's better than the other /
one anyhow" said the senior Burgess, ]
with a smile
No. William. sport suits are not
made for sporting Domen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Germany's faith in the kaiser dem
0uelraleS tCa- you can fool all the
Teutons all the time-Atlanta
Journal
Congress has decided not to In
crease the tax on srOgies. the rare be-
!nE boosted only on tobacco--Bostou
Transcript
Furthermore, II John Barleycorn is
q square and fair fighter, why does
he always hit his opponent under the
helr--DaIlas News
The head OF the italian mission IS
prince Cdine, the rest Of them are
probably We-a ls0-elts- - Memphis
Commercial Appeal
When ic comes 20 limiting the
power Of the kaiser we place more
dependence on the allies than on the
c-lstag--Boston Transcript.
Julius Caesar, son OF Minnie Caesar
OF Brooklyn has Joined the United
states marines and viii help over
come the O-hs.-Chattan0oEa News.
Worth noting that the c0Iors on
The I-lcolor OF France. the Union
Jack and the Star SpauEIed Banner
are the saUe---Wau STREET Journal
That truth is mighty is amply
proved by the fact that il still sur
wives after German statesmen have
stretched 10 all out OF slape-Ean-
sas City star.
H-llenburs may have paraphrased
Grants famous line so that it reads
Wen fight it out on this line II I
have 20 take the line with me--Neu
York Morning Telegraph.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

= SAW one Of the old time hacks
on the street the other day,
= actually hauling a passenger, and
ii set me TO remlniscinE.
Il reminded me that the sole means
of transportation among our elite
when I came here Is years ago was
these hacks. and when it rained and
the horses trotted through the streets
with them, the splattering mud
would often obscure the displays in
the Popular and other show windows
along San Antonio street
James A. Smith bought an auto
mobile in 1903 and the streets were so
rough and the roads so poor that he
put il up in a barn and left It there
until, as he expressed IL, he could
drive it without 5olting it all TO
pieces"
We have improved a bit and ad-
vanced some since that time
And writing of things 10 years ago
reminds ne that II was a very dry
year in 1902 until the middle of July
just as il has been this year-then
IL set in raining and it rained and
rained and rained. The rain fell so
hard that the whole country between
here and Fort Worth was covered
with water and train service was
suspended for two weeks OF more be-
cause Of tremendous washoutz.
I arrived in FL Paso on the night
Of July % on the u. Plate. as usual.
in those days-and I came from the
depot, down where the T. P freight
station is now located, uptown in
big old bus that got stalled in the
mud along about where the Toltec
club is now We got in so deep that
the driver had TO wade out and walk
10 a telephone somewhere and have
two moro horses sent TO pull US out
Meantime. the passengers huddled up
in the old bus and cussed.
Gov Miguel Ahumada. OF the state
Of Chihuahua, arrived here about that
time, TO dedicate the new JuareZ jail
and 7 thought il awfully funny when
mayor 3. r. Hammett called on him
in Jua-eZ in the POrtiriO DlaZ hotel
and he embraced the Ell PasO mayor
/ was new 10 Mexican customs The
governor dedicated the new Jail. but
= rained for the exercises and IL
rained after the exercises and IL kept
raining.
Just prior to the rain. 20 was so dry
here that the old Watts pumps down
on the river bank couldn't get any
water and people often had to go
without their evening baths. The
only sure chance you had Of getting
. bath was 10 get up very early I'm
the morning before other people be-
gan drawing very much Water-aud
even lheu- they could not get water
on The top floor of the Sheldon. and
the sheldon was a story shorter then
than it is now
All the water that was drunk in FL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

influenced the savage tribes in the
u have az last learned what I w
W. stands I0r.' sand Jack Dawson
r. j. an auureyia-iou for q Work for
~ -lheln- From what the socaIIed
readers or this organization are at
tempting in the southwest ana other
parts Of the country il is very evil
dent that they are accomplishing
lle-r purposes In my opinion many
or the u W W leaders are being in
l-ueuced by Germans I'm calling the
strikes ] have been told that an ef-
Tort is being made 10 call a general
strike in the Mexico coal fields. which
4 accomplisshed. viii do much 20
Aalq-lap the government and the
public. as coal is already becoming
scarce.
Food gamblers are. 10 my mind.
ABOUT the worst enemies the United
states has today in its fight with
Germany and her allies" said R0s-
coe Fort Gamblers generally take
a chance and I cannot understand
" ny the traitor who takes advantage
or the war 10 increase the price OF
necessities Of life is called a gambler
r. -e q poor sports sure thing Euv.
1a iooa gambler cannot lose. while
he gambler in the true sense OF the
word often loses his bank roll in the
anne or Cna1ce- Prices OF fOodstuff
throughout the country are entirely
100 nlEh- The prices OF wheat and
Hour have decreased. but despite TINS
.aHt the price OF bread has increased
rom Ln cents 20 Is cents a Loaf AMI
ne l11Ves are not as large as the
i've cent loaf was few years ago
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Common

national welfare as is the uuimuedel
CIRCULATION of blood to every indi-
yiduaL
4 Practical Test
StoppaEe Of any sort is unhealthy.
mink IL over and apply it practically.
! on kngW just exactly what YOU sur
fer II your mechanism isn't working
perfectly. Things have TO keep going
IN the steady flow. which is the uriu-
chile OF life itself and Of the great
solar system, witch makes our climate
habitable.
When you have imperfect circula-
uon you are sick When commerce
mas its circulation blocked or i'm
peded- u suffers, too There are basic
principles which run through every
thing.
suppose you make over last years
serge suit and put the S25 or $50
you nave saved away If you take
that money out OF circulation for the
mere satisfaction OF swelling YOUR
savings, are you much better than q
misere II you save to buy Liberty
bond and so TO stand back Of your
country. YOUR own shabbiness was
heroic But far better than to hoard
YOUR money like a miser would it be
TO order new suit and so 20 help
insure employment 70 all those who
work TO make that suit
The sort OF thrift we owe TO our
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

selves 90 practice is that which eIfr-f-
mates waste Using CHEAP cuts Of meat
mas definite patriotic value Just
now II the eight TO 10 cent cuts are
not sold, the butcher must make his
pFofit on the expensive cuts and Won.
ulrsel1 are helping force uD prices.
throwing out food which YOU
cooked carelesSly and in too large
quantities Is wildly eXtravagant toe.
II you pay too much for Thursdays
-ilner. and, in order 90 make up for
IT. nave cheap and uunourishinE
Gunner friday. you are damaging vOu-
health and are not benedt.nE your
% agesnau either.
The proper attitude toward thrift
ana saving today IS one which uaka-
p sane tabulatiou of income and ex-
penses.
Try to BE Logical.
II you want now 20 be really thrifty
60 about It logically Sit down and
figure out your income. decide on me
proportion YOU feel you can save.
subtract that auc ln figuring you-
expenses take account OF it, To does
not belong TO you 10 beloues to v0--
future Then tabulate your expenses
suppose you can afford to spend
$40 a week on your table. That means
mat fuuQ each day may cost YOU
about $40 II you spend $3.50 on
Tuesdays table. Won viii have 60
cents left for Wednesday
Dollars are not elastic Then con-
tain 100 cents Each penny has q
definite purchasing power. DO won't
buy i've cents worth. but IL viii buy
one fun penny's worth. and 90 Throw
away the value of that penny I'm these
DAYS Of stress is little short Of Grim
inal
] think pencil and paper are one
NJ the great gifts OF humanity. 40 .
one who sits down TO figure THINGS /
out. and who gives common sense TO .
the facts that are figures. need be I
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Little Interviews

lands even after the greatest floods
There may De something IN Rev. Fir.
Oranges dream"
Despite what some people may
stE- III Elsu is enjoying as good and
stable a business situation as couIL
be asked said Harry swain. 81
have heard many people say that
things are rather dun in FL Paso this
summer But this is not the sirua-
ton When they say this they base
their comparison on the situation
which existed year aE0 this JULY
Then we had thousands OF national
Euard troops stationed iu FL Paso and
business conditions were absolutely
abnormal We had a business siru4-
ton then which VIII probably NOT be-
enjoyed by FL Paso for some time
again. But now We have normal
business and 10 is as prosperous as
any merchant or business man could
ask for"
Press reports coming iu for the
last Few days announcing most re-
narkable drive on the part of The
Russian forces on the GaIciau 'front.'
said J- ~ Cunningham. -I think ua-
be partially explained hy the presence
Of Maj Cen Hugh l. Scott. chief OF
STAFF OF the United States army. u-r-r
he Russians. Ills influence has been
such that they have returned Co the
iElt with whole Learretu-ss which
viii cause the kaiser some Tr-ls
worry Cen Scott has an influence
over people which is remarkable. re
demonstrated his power when De 51-
luced the Mexican leader Frrerl
lila 20 come 20 terms o. the border
Previously he had both quelIsd ana
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Roundabout Town
~ G. 4. MARTIN.

Pas0 at that time was sold from
house TO house from tank wagons and
most Of IL came from DeminE. al
though Z. +. Russell had d well in
East FL PasO from which he sold
water
I recall going out to 1ir- Russells
home. out on Arizona street, and hay
ing to cross sand lot after sand lot 10
reach il. and 10 was not far beyond
the present Bailey school either
About where former mayor Tom
Lea now lives was a big cottonwood
grove and a gun club held contests
In the grove every Sunday.
Ray AIcClintOck was then in knee
breeches and the high school and Bob
krakauer wore musracne-
Yes, we have progressed
Just as any automobile viii run
down hill so can any person accom-
plish a thing that is easy. 1t takes a
good car to pull up hill or through
sand and It takes a person with viii
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

part OF women is the most
powerful enemy 10 domestic happi-
ness that exists" declared judge Lacy.
Of the Domestic Relations court in
Detroit.
Just now, f. is not only domestic
happiness which is being threatened
by a lack Of knowledge OF the value
OF money. but the integrity OF our
nation itself Thrift is a part Of
patriotism"
Thrift is sane. sensible use OF ma
terials and is at once a foe TO waste
and to hysteriraI economy Of the sort
which threatens to block the wheels
Of trade Thrift means learning how
10 make rye bread or corn bread or
graham bread. since the world needs
our wheat IL does not mean starving
TO death because YOU feel you owe
your wheat TO the world
The people who spend saneIv and
sensibly and who keep trade active
and money circulated are far more
patriotic now than are those who lock
away their money in banks or cracked
teapOts and interfere with the steady
circulation which is as necessary 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

OLM PICKENS has entered poll
- tics, having operated a lemonade
- stand at the candidates speak
ing in the Calf Ribs neighborhood last
Saturday.
A person can live in hope but not
on II.
Cricket Hicks sat out IN the shade
the other day and after watching
drove Of ants at work for a while,
got up and went out to look for him
self a job.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
HERMAN BLOCH FINED $500;
BREAKS ORDINANCE. CHARGE

Herman Bloch. junk dealer. 7eO
South oregon street, was fined 5000 in
corporation court, Saturday afternoon
on a charge OF violating the City ord'-
nance governing junk dealers. He
hours 20 await bond. Bloch gave no
tice OF appeal after furnishing bond.
Peyton F. Edwards prosecuted the
case.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
GRAND LODGE OF ELKS
is CONVENED IN BOSTON

Boston. Mass, July 9.-This city
was deliberately decorated today for
thousands Of delegates and visitors to
the convention Of the Benevolent and
Protective order OF EIks.
Chief interest lay in the contest for
the office Of grand exalted ruler be-
tween Fred Harper. OF Lyuchburg.
Va. and John W Stevenson. Of FuI-
ton, n Y The election viii De held
tomorrow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
Westward Ho

OLD rusty Jog highway dusty to where
the hills Of Colorado provide cool and grateful shadow may
EIaas wander and often stop to sgunde refreshments
teanhe
spl2g with fe patriotic feeling Their oPtIsHs ezting
held the a level hear the garage saying n fact he beat them all
II looked
winner But that have grabbed sabT
bit when driven sppn something's
and the VIII wishing they'd gone
aiishing"
Copyright by George Matthew Adams WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

last littel white egg d kicked in sed
Pa Poor littel devils. Pa sed-
Wei. sed lTa. according 20 that We
won't raise chickens
No. deer sed Pa. them is the facts
IN The Csc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

Hsuau Tuug apparently thinks he
must s-c on the Chinese throne now
ana then just to keep the franchise
-rom iansiuE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09

cxtravagaur. HoardiuE money may be
factor in palic- spending money
loOlshly is waste But ev0aUGf-c
money wisely and waEiue IL bring
fun value is that Thrift which is nam
OF patriotism today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
The only Material for I'm.


The objections TO wooden ships DO
not apply. Of course. 20 ceusorshlps.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-09
MORE Truth
AEA Than Poetry
Avery Lean Year.

Why all this fuss about saving day
Nslt- DO the allies want our supply
of that. to0-