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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
BY G. A. MARTIN.

, that not only are the clerks pressed
for room, but there is insufficient room
in the lobby to accommodate the pat
rons Of the office. II may be neces-
sary before the completion OF the new
building, to secure temporary appro-
priatiOn for a frame structure in the
rear Of the present federal building,
to accommodate the parcels post de-
partment. Such an emergency meas
ure was adopted at san Antonio, Texas.
g few years ago when an addition was
being built to the postoffice in that
The present federal building. after
the completion OF the postoffice. IS TO
be remodeled and devoted exclusively
officials in FL Paso. The custom house
officials will no doubt occupy the first
floor. while the top floors will be de-
voted to the federal court and offices
for other federal officials
An appropriation Of 100000 has been
made for the erection OF the new post
office and 100000 Of this amount has
been allotted for the preliminary Work.
excavations and getting the site IN
shape for the building itself
The location Of the new postoffice
so close TO the tracks of the c. Il. *
:. \. railway. will greatly AID IN me
despatch Of mail, as the trains can
unload closer to the new postofftce
than at present, as practically al the
incoming or outgoing trains pass very
first class mail is dumped from incom-
ing trains at Mesa avenue and imme-
diately taken TO the present poStoIIlce,
this greatly facilitating the distri0u-
ton OF the mail TO Fl Paso business
firms and individuals, as the carriers
often have their mail and are READY
to leave with II by the time the train
can get down TO the Union station
Il is usually an hour later oeIore tne
package and paper mall arrives at
the postoffics from the union station
All first-class mail arriving from tne
north and east, IS worked up py the
postal clerks on the train Tor tne car
riers in Fl Paso. and. as soon as II Is
thrown off the train, ii goes imme-
diateIy 20 the carriers hands ana IS
taken by them on their routes Win
oU- further delay.
Regardless OF the fact that we are
prone to talk OF the weakness Of hui
man nature. many e Pasoans have
not Broken their New Year resolutions
They kept on the safe side and didn't
make any.
The galley boy says he heard lots Of
people advising the purchase OF villa
money about two years ago ana was
sOrry he didn't have any spare coin
TO invest, but he's glad now he didn't
have
Force OF habit: Politician imagin-
ing that everything ANYBODY else does
has politics in il.
Things to forget: That II was ever
I hard TO grow things in E. Paso.
Our idea Of a snap; Drummer sell
ing q well advertised brand OF goods.
Things that never happen: Militia
men getting off for home when they
think they will.
It's funny TO attend a meeting where
I there happen to be a few Of the old
ring leaders and watch them boot
their compliments about among each
other. Nobody not in ever gets any
OF the oratorical bouquets. regardless
! OF the number distributed Forget
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
The Leak" Expose

Even among those opposed politically TO pres
ident Wilson there probably very few who agree
with Thomas Lawson, the broker-writer, when he
president Wilson and other high officials of the
government in close touch with the president know
every circumstance connected with the leaks which
PLAYED hob with the stock market"
If as alleged by Lawson, there IS any truth IN the
charge that in some advance information con-
corning president Wilson's impending peace note to the
beligerens of Europe given ont for the benefit
of few who straightway made Ceilings" by selling
short in Wall Street II is unlikely that the LEAK
occurred with the knowledge of president Wilson, sec
rotary of state Lansing or the presidents secretary
Joseph Tumulty.
Almost ever since trading was resumed Wall
Street after the first paralysis caused by the war the
market has been made irregular by TumoTs OF vast
impending changes Peace has been rumored scores OF
times and has made prices fluctuate for day. Such
rumoTs nearly constant circulation 1t is rather
likely that the successful spectators IN this instance
knowing that Germany had made peace overtures, and
encouraged by press reports that president Wilson
might take hand in effort to bring the to
an end backed a sudden intuition with cash and hap
pened TO hit the nail the head Had they gone
wrong nothing would have of it, and there
would have been @leak' charges The fact that
president Wilson did send peace note and that
tain persons In the government but acquainted with
the president at the time plunged in stocks and
made money, enough for those who could put two
and two together.
It is unlikely that anything will come of this In
vestgstion by the house rules committee deci
sion by the committee that those who have been
making the called leak revelations have been bark
ing up the wrong tree If this is the case, the whole
matter will have been very unfortunate, for IN many
minds will persist the ugly faint Of suspicion unJusy
cast upon the president and of his Official family
And this at time when the United States needs and
will continue to need, the utmost confidence its cl-
have in the integrity Of the national executive
If YOU know nothing whatever of European politics
yOu are fully qualified TO add strength to president
Wilson's peace note by endorsing II.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Roundabout ToUn
Ell Pasos New Postoffice To Be White Marble
VIII Have Red Tile Roof Is Months To Build

~ PASO'S new postoffice L 70 be
an imposing structure OF white
L. marble, two stories high with red
tile roofing. While inside. there will
really be but one story and q mez-
.anine balcony, the walls Of the build
ing outside viii be TO all intents and
purposes, two stories high. The build
nE viii also have a basement
Work Of demolishing the old build
sngs on the postoffice site, corner
Stanton and Mills streets, Is to be COM
,leted By February %, according to
orders from the treasury department.
which gave two months time in which
% complete the work. and II started
December q. Immediately, IL is eS-
Dected, work Of excavating VIII com
nence. BY the time the eXcaveting IS
completed. It is believed the plans viii
awe arrived and the bios opened. so
hat work can be started Immediately
rhe government architects estimate
hat II VIII require Is months to com
olete the building, so II there is moth
ng 20 prolong the matter. the building
,ught 10 be completed by the middle
II the summer of 1918.
The plans have not yet arrived. but
he architects informed postmaster +.
l. Shelton some time ago that they
you'd be completed by the first Of this
ear Mr.. Shelton has been informed
+ the general outline Of the building
snd has been told officially that il is
o have Z. white marble finish and q
lie roof: also that it will be one-story
with meZZanine floor and basement 1t
viz be built for exclusive use OF the
Sostoffice and only the postmaster and
hose working under his direction and
officials Of the railway mail service
Till be CHARTERED in the building.
The building is very badly needed.
s the present postOffice is 50 crowded
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
Little TnteroieWs

town IN Belgium. hut the war has not
brought their plight so strikingly be-
fore the public. OF course. the depor-
tatious in Belgium are breaking Up the
family life. hut I think ! have never
seen such pitiful living conditions as
the river
Blame the sunshine. the bracing
winds and the dry atmosphere Of FL
Paso for the extensive use OF cosmetics
bv the women of this city. but don't
blame their vanity. said A; r. Simons.
Camden. y. J.. dealer. at Hotel Shell
don I heard someone remark that
the women in Fl PasO painted and
powdered as much as those in New
York and san Francisco. In those
cities there is-l.ttle excuse FOR It be-
cause the damp climate keeps the roses
in the cheeks. But in dry climate the
skin becomes dry and cosmetics become
necessary.
sArrnv life seems TO have done Won
derfuI things for the boys, ana my son,
Sergt E 3. Craige. OF the Ohio troops,
seems benefited bv mis- service in the
national guard said W b Craise OF
wooster Ohio 'E,l PasO is delight
fsl city. and has a climate that is ex-
cellent I think. All OF the national
ruardsmen appear 10 have improved in
health since leaving their homes, and
my son now eats twice as much as he
used to. Mrs Craige and I are on our
way TO the Pacific coast. and dropped
off in FL PasO 70 visit our son"
"Jitne cars running on the Montana
and Bliss street lines can now continue
on 10 Fort Bliss after they have fin
ished their route II the passengers de-
size" said inspector Claude stewart
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
The Men OF The Sea
By Burt Franklin Jenness

Have you felt the appeal life in the real
OF the who people the seasf
Have you thought they think, felt what they fee
Touched elbows with such these!
Big hearted and sturdy, simple and true,
Toll caIloused carefree and brave;
Full chested, red blooded-these who do
And dare the life n the wave.
Have you stood the bridge with the watches at night:
Have you taken trick at the wheel!
Have you hungere and frozen! been stabbed in fight
You know, then, the things that they feel
Do you know the plight, storm hidden night
OF the lonely md-watch at the helm?
Gulped in the blackness and bludgeoned with fright
Lost in a tempest torn realm;
With oiskins wrapped to his shivering form.
Stiff with the sleet and the snow;
Iashed by the fail of the biting storm,
And the cod-when it's twenty below.
Alone with the sea, IN a hell Of its own
CrOuehing Tor lee where he can;
Blinded, and chilled clean through 70 the bone
Cod But It takes man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
The Poor

CANNOT
beat the band
Planked
recalling what have
of
little
quail I'd help of
oulandish
Copyright BY George Matthew Adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06

SS"HE effort to relieve the dis
tress OF the poverty stricken
residents Of Juarez is one that
should interest not only the people OF
FL Paso. but Of the whole country" said
L. c. James OF Schenectady. n Y. at
Hotel Paso Del Norte- IN nv opinion
the Mexicans should come before the
BelEians. I have recently returned
from a trip to England and the western
front and viewed conditions there. and
also have made a thorough investiga-
ton Of the poverty in Juarez- in my
opinion, Juarez is just as needy as any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06

70 do.
A piece OF butter served with a meal
at hotel should no longer be used
for comparison in speaking OF small
things Use the federal building els-
vator cage instead.
It does seem a bit strange that men
will take off their hats in an elevator
where women are present. and imme-
diately put them on when the corridor
OF the same building is reached. but
II IS another force OF habit that seems
the proper thing, so we d. II.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06

and forgiveH-except where It paid 70
do so-was never one OF the mottos
OF this crowd
4 man who won't keep paid Up IN
an organization that he attends and
profits by. Is z mighty poor member.
There are quite a few El Pss0ans who
ought to vince at this.
Indoor sport; Panning absent friends.
Yes. Johnnie. the same old stamps
will be good ct the new postofffcs.
Also, we fear. the same old method OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06

Deputy, who was in disguise. would
have made an arrest, but his none
ran out before he could ind out which
shell the ball was under.
The Tin Peddler has installed pair
OF spectacles over his eyes. They are
not altogether for his own benefit, but
also 10 help his horse look
Jefferson Potlocl<s wore his old
clothes TO Bounding Billows Saturday.
but he felt all right as he knew he had
some better ones at home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-06
GREEK COUNCIL APPROVES
RESTRICTION OF RATIONS

London. Eng. Jan. 5.-The Greek
council Of ministers has approved a
restriction Of the daily rations and
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Athens today.
Arrests OF persons accused oe sedi-
ton. which had ceased for several
days. has begun again. the dispatch
adds