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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Build Up The Herds
(BY H. S. H.

ITO BUILD up the herds is Of the greatest needs II
the livestock industry of the United States, about
u 100000 of cattle short its livestock posses
sions of years ago.
AbneT T. Wilson president of the Panhandle and South
Stockmens association, referring to the decrease
the United States told in his annual address at
held here long ago of the cutting Of
ranges into small fa1ms and stated the United States might
toward the great ranges OF Mexico the OF its
supply of the future He told with great TRUTH Of
Mecos herds by the depredations
revolutionsts who have stolen and exported saugh
cattle uthlesly, and of the deterioration Of the
manning cattle through inbreedng and lack of the proper
instances, all through fault of the owners
while the United States awaiting the rehabilitation
Mexcos herds would be well build those OF this
country only improving breeds the very general
tendency now but also by increasing the numbers Of
and consequently of calves IN the individual herds
years have in many yielded to the strong
their herds Particularly in Arizona many catemen have
sold off many of their seriously to reduce their
calf crops This dminuton of the yeangs and two year
ods offered for SALE added to the extraordinary demand
Europe the increase in the population in the United
States and the cutting down Of Mexican Shipments has
resulted scarcity Of beef and higher prices than pre-
vailed at the time Of the outbreak of the European
war.
We very well reduce the population of this country
cura the European demand incident TO the var; and
only hope for the restoration of Mexico and
the rehabilitation of Mexican herds. But again stock
American ranges and should make every effort to do
even at the loss OF temporary profit.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
WheD Negro Troopers Mobbed Ell Paso City Jail
Policeman Killed and Negro Corporal Set Free

room received bullet through the
heart and yet he managed to run from
the police station to Kansas street and
turn the corner before he fell dead.
He was found with his cooked rifle
in his hand. Another trooper was evi-
IDENTIFY shO, in the hand, lOr his rifle
with bio on the stock was found near
the police station.
In few minutes after the arrival OF
achievements. III * ElaCNer. mounted
on Newt stewards horse. led George
HerOId. Billy Smith W A. Mitchell,
Scott and Duran in a chase after the
negro troopers. The officers scattered
out and rode toward Fort Bliss but
tailed to find the raiders
Newton Stewart was popular. He
had gone TO the front in 1895 as a
member of ROoseVelt's Rough Riders,
and his cold bloOded murder aroused
great Indignation, but mayor MagOffin
firmly chs cked mob talN by threatening
10 iail the takers.
CAPT Lou thorough worked with
chief LCckhart nd the guilty men,
but IN ne es stuck together I be-
lieve. though, that the dead trooper
and one other. q Sergt- kiDpur re
made the goats and the live one was
sent to the pen
Stewart and a brother of Mrs. William
Eorcherding and Mrs. John Held. OF
this city
At FL Paso's earnest request. the wan
department moved tn reg o troops
from ii Paso and thus saved delicate
situation p Z was IN, IN that at
ne first Opportun " o-fe. ed friends
OF Stewart would engage IN a whole
sale slaughter or negro troops
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

oTbe feminine nose IS a guide TO
bliss" says Claude Callan OF Fort
Worth. Especially IN the dark--kAr-
sas City Star.
II is wonderful how many women
who are not of the ciinging sort happen
to be around when a great disaster
occurs-Rochester Herald
Mr.. Bryan has become referendum
crazy. II a bulldog should get after
WilIvurn, We suppose he would yell for
q observation-disclosures Herald
Incidentally. the bringing Of smeits
from the Pacific slope to New York IN
100 hours In these days of congested
traffic was q piece OF real rallroading.
New York World
Over IN Caldwell county the farmers
are going TO plant something like Seoe
acres TO peanuts That's recognizing
the merits Of the humble goober IN
wav that counts--ToakumT Times
All things considered. no matchbox
has ever been devised equal In capacity
and convenience to the lower right
hand waistcoat pocket--Chicago News
The last consignment OF gallon Jugs
TO assuage Tennessee's drouth has
been received After they are drained
OF their contents, Tennessee viii De
iuz-dry as well as bone-dry.-NeW
Ynrr World
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

Now Tor the developments. The
only diversions until two years ago
In Yucatan were cock fighting and
bull fighting" says the article Both
have been abolished and baseball has
been imported from the United States
with great popular success. The use OF
alcohol also has been greatly dimin-
ished by legislation.
All that the 1000 landowners. before
the revolution. paid toward the sup
port Of the state in taxes for their ex-
elusive use and ownership OF some
thing over 10000 square miles OF land
was $4,000 q year Taxes from the
land now amount TO 100000 a year,
paid on an equitable bass both by the
2000 old landowners on their much re-
duced holdings and the many thou
sand new owners on the 40 acre tracts
which they received under the prOvis-
ions Of the new agrarian laws put into
effect by governor AivaradO.
The first reform was the resembling
OF the old debt law and the abolishing
Of all the old debts. That was not
unjust confiscation directed against
was never anything just about the
debts-they were legal fictions used
as a disguise for robbery and oPpres-
sion.
Driving the priests out o. power
and closing their so called schools
were the next steps. Yucatan now has
240O such schools There are evening
sessions for adults throughout the
state. and the problem is not TO get the
people TO come. but to get enough
schoolhOuses and teachers to provide
for all who want TO come.
after the enactment OF the land
avs there was framed the labor legis-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Fear Of The Corporation"

A RIZ0NA newspapers have cited election In Casa
~ Grande in which the point at issue whether
= - franchise be voted to the Mountain
States Telephone Telegraph company to operate in tie
town, proof that the people OF the nmcal
to corporations has been indicated by Of the egs
laon placed the states books and embodied in
the states constitution Out of 19 In Casa
Grande, 18 for the granting of the franchise
Casa Grande undoubtedly voted the franchise without
considering the question of endness corporations but
simply because the wanted telephones took the
only available get them The election certainly
does not indicate unendness toward the corporation In
fact indicates nothing at all except that the people knew
what they wanted and voted to get 1t.
However the spirit which has found expression IN Law In
Arizona Of hostility toward any particular
poratOn. When of the become demagogc be-
fore election time, they always refer he corporations
prepared and bind the The corporations
indefinite evil influence powerful and be feared
and cubed The voters do the Mountain
Telephone Telegraph company, for which they readily
vote franchises They do not the Copper Queen Con-
sodated Mining company which is highly regarded for
and benecen attitude toward IT'S employees and
their families for the it produces They do
the Arizona Eastern Railroad company controlled by kindly
president who treats employees and municipalities alike with
great courtesy and Justice.
"The corporations" any of these companies or
Of the other large companies operating the state
They represent rather the average voters blind fear of the
ability of massed wealth to control elections and shape e
lation toward its ends.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

EGRO troops have not been IN
NJ favor in EI Paso since February
L Il, 1900. when a of them as
saulted the city Jail and killed Newton
Stewart, a mounted officer Of the po-
ice force. and one OF the bravest AMI
most capable men on the force. The
rioters belonged to the 18th infantry
and were under the command Of Capt
P n. r. Loughborough at Fort Bliss
From the first day Of the arrival ~
the negro troops ~ Fort Bliss. there
was more or less friction between them
and the police. Several Of them were
beaten for resisting arrest On Friday
February Is. Corp Dyson was drunk
and diSorderlv on the streets and when
warned by Offices Scott and Charley
Christley 10 get off the streets and re-
turn to Fort Bliss. the negro became
very abusive, with the result that the
officers took him TO the police station
and locked him in cell
Early hat night several OF the CorpO-
rars comrades called at the Jail and
asked for Dyson's release and were
Informed by Con LOckhart, chief OF
police that Dyson would be kept ir
jail until lie was sober and would Their
be fined for using obscene and abusive
language on the streets and cursing the
officers who arrested him
Just before dayliEht on the morniuE
o. the 18th. people rOoming in the
vicinity OF the police station were
aroused from their slumbe-s By one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
BY G. A. MARTIN.

Article 79-Tt Is forbidden for
women to work 80 days before parturi-
ton and during the 80 days following.
but they must receive their complete
salary during this time and their po-
sitlons must be reserved for them
Article 80-In establishments where
women are employed. therein must
be special floor In state of perfect
sanitation, in which women may give
nourtshment 10 their babis-15 minutes
every two hours-withOut said inter-
vals OF time being deducted from the
time allotted for rest"
Reciting the condition which led up
70 the work now in progress, the
article says the people were robbed OF
their communal lands by greedy land
owners, until all save the landlords
became virtual slaves and poems Most
Of Us know these conditions to have
been true OF more Of Mexico than
merely Yucatan- But, while all the
states face similar conditions, Yucatan
is the only one thus far TO begin a So
luton OF the trouble.
One trick by which this communal
land was thus absorbed was to declare
it Illegal for people to own the land in
common and to rule that II must be
bought IN small parcels by the villag-
ers as Individuals" says the article.
That was all very well on the face of
but the big owners supervised the en-
tire transaction and did the parceling
d the land themselves, nOminally IN
the names Of the various villagers.
But such legal fees were imposed for
the business that no villagers could
pay them. so the land reverted to the
conspirators as their compensation for
the expense and trouble they had taken
to help the people get the land In
other words. the big holders gobbled
up all the communal tracts a. their
private property at the rate OF 81
or So an acre and thus acquired COM
Dlete ownership OF all the land IN the
state"
Slavery under this system" said
OdestO C. ROLAND, one of the work
ers in Yucatan, was as bad as
the servitude of the blacks in the
United States at its worst The people
lived in the most wretched OF huts
FlOgging was the common punishment
inflicted upon workmen by the land |
owners.
There were no schools except those
run by the priests. and they were not
for the education of the children, but
places where children were herded for
the purpose of having It driven into
their heads that the only way 70 es-
cape perGitiol was to obey the land .
owners and work for their Interests I
all the time. They grew up IN entire 7
ignorance OF everything outside their /.
own villages"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Utopian Conditions In This Mexican State
Yucatap Advances Fast, According To Claims

Utopia has arrived. II what we
read OF Yucatan, Mexico. is true.
While we are thinking OF Mexico
Snly as & nation torn IN civil strife
while ambitious bandits battle for per-
Sonal gain and power, a great develop
ssent Is going on in the state Of Yu-
satan va are told-a DEVELOPMENT
greater than anything We have been
able to bring forth in this great ma
don Of our own. g condition which has
xsw II any parallels In the world
The story appears in tne New York
Times and is being circulated IN
pamphlet form by the latina American
News association. Women and child
yen are being cared for: the greedy,
dishonest land owner has been relieved
Of his stealings and the honest work
ing man has been given q chance Il
sounds Ike fiction. but everywhere
according TO this story, the teachings
Of the brotherhood Of man are being
s1emplifieo and q new condition OF
environment and existence IS being
created
As an example. the new constitution
q the state contains this very COM
rnendable provision:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

have a grand mayor and city council. -
he said before leaving, and your
streets are beautiful and kept clean.
I must say you have one OF the best
fire departments in the country and
the police department Is made UP OF
men always on the alert and doing
their duty I am in hopes. however.
that when return here, l viii not be
detained so Ions on North Oregan
street waiting for freight trains TO
pass. You may travel from the mount
aims to the sea and from Maine to
California, but you will not find a
nObler nor grander set OF women than
You have in your beautiful city OF FL
Paso. I viii leave YOU and your sand
storms but will always remember Il
Paso and the the many happy hours
spent in your city and should YOU ever
need the Tar Heel boys 10 aid and as
sist you, we will gladly come"
Readers are going to have = rest
from "ROunda bouts" next week. as the
writer is gOing-if the strike doesn't
stop us-tO be out on the Pep. Push
and Progress special trying TO tell the
people al home what the Peppers and
Pushers are doing in New Mexico and
Arizona. incidentally a little about
what the people are doing on the route
OF the excursion.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Says Must Remove Tracks to Make City Beautiful
New Mexicans Glad to Come Here to Meet Pershipg

called FL Paso's home regiment OF
regulars. Is at present on duty in the
Big Bend district and its members are
an ious to come back to FL Paso," said
D. n. Bagley. OF Del Rio. "A large part
OF the regiment is doing guard duty
at the stations formerly held BY the
Fourth Texas Infantry
''Few people in the United States
realize that practically all the scotland
yard detectives have been stationed n
the United States for the last two years
because Of the operations OF agents 81
the central powers in this country.
said II. L. Mcbride. OF New York.
Scotland yard has maintained a large
office in New York city and has kept
a close watch on German activity in
this country Before the breaking off
OF diplomatic relations BY this country
with Germany, il was generally under
stood in the east that large corps OF
German agents we're at work hamper
ing the allies.
Reports that Gen. Aware Obregou
has Joined with Villa and Felix Diaz
against CaTranza are so absurd that
they need no denial" said Manuel V
Prieto, newly elected national deputy
from northern chihuahua. villa IS the
last man in the world that ObregJn
would Join with as Oregon is too
pie of Villas class. AZ for Diaz, Ober-
gon viii not ally himself with this
element. either"
~Our boosted melting pot" said John
A. Happer. 'either does not melt. OF
the crucible does not produce good
American citizens Our melting pot
then is a failure because II produces
only unpatriOtic voters who in turn
produce unpatriOtic congressman.
hold that an unpatriOtic voter cannot
be used in the building OF a great ana
strong country any more than can
defective and unreliable stone be used
in the construction OF a strong and
durable building ! do not mean to
say that the melting pot is a complete
failure, for II has given US a great
number Of truly loyal patriotic and
intelligent citizens. but our immigra-
ton laws are too lax and the right
of franchise Is too readily granted to
new Corners"
Jules Verne played the devil" s3id
J. J. Watts, when he wrote and pub
Hshed his book. Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea- He is the
guy who suggested the submarine,
but / believe II was a Yankee who.
following Verne's suggestion. built the
first submarine and now they are the
terror Of civilization, and the civilized
nations OF the world are calling on
Continued on page 12.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

lation. These Include minimum wage
provisions and an eight hour law, COM
pensa ton FOR Injuries OF workmen and
provision for their old age. Children
under Is cannot be employed in factor
les or any other establishment Boys
under Is and girls under Is cannot
work nights All places Of employment
must be sanitary and protected against
fire risks and all machinery must be
protected. Compulsory arbitration OF
labor disputes is provided by law be-
fore workers can strike or employers
lock them out"
Remember that this IS not about
New Zealand or Arizona or Texas. nor
reading aloud from n c. Wellss book
or any other printed dream. but just
telling what they say has happened
in the last two years and is happening
today iu 7 ucatan, Mexico. among Mayd
Indians. for they form the bulk OF the
population But remember the Mayas
had a literature and q civilization Of
their own centuries before the invas-
ion OF the Spanish. Perhaps they are
coming back
II Uncle Carranza'' and his asso-
ciates have been able to accomplish all
this in one Mexican state, why not in
others2 Why can't We bring about
some such conditions IN this United
States OF ours2
The incentive to make pilgrimaEes
70 the California coast next year Will
not De so great as IN years past, Tor
hot dogs have advanced in price
double their former cost Homer X
Silsbee. now a resident OF Los Angeles.
formerly treasurer of the Fl Paso
Street Railway company in FL Paso,
sends the news. clipped from 4 Los
Angeles paper.
Hot dog dealers at Venice have
decided to charge 10 instead of
cents for their red hots." Sic EN-,
TiEe-
Commenting on the catastrophe. MI.
Silsbee says:
BY the way-don't you think It the
limit that Germany should object to
our sending ammunition to the allies
We sure must show them. even IL we
do have 10 go TO war with our dear
cousins We don't mind the H. C. L;
that's all right so long as the dear
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Little Inter0iews

the legislative medal" said Mai. W H
H. Llewelyn, OF Las Cruces The
New MeXicans who reside in the Rio
Grande valley will come to Fl Paso
by the scores on trains and BY auto
mobiles. Albuquerque, Santa Fe. Ros-
we'll, in fact practically all cities and
towns Of any importance viii send
their quota 10 this city. The people
OF New Mexico appreciate greatly Gen
Pershing and the army. It was be-
cause OF this appreciation and the ap-
probation for the hardships Gen Per-
shing and his men suffered in Mexico
that the legislature OF New Mexico
voted 10 present him with the medal
While We Of New Mexico are sorry the
presentation could not have been made
in our state. we are pleased that we
can have the ceremonies In FL Paso,
for the New Mexicaus and the people
of FL Paso have the same interests at
heart"
''El PasO's central market is rapid
" gaining the pOpularit ythat IL de-
serves. and within the next few months
will be the leading market center OF
the city" said b r Jones. During the
first few months after il was con-
structed. the market, while a paying
proposition for the occupants. did not
do half the business that II seems Is
being done At present"
The 34th infantry, which may be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
TEXAS HAS 3z4S SALOONS
IN THE SIS WET COUNTIES

the controllers department discloses
that there are 524S retail malt and
liquor dealers in Texas at the present
time. They are in the So out OF the
PAP counties in Texas, in which the
saloons flourish. and 10 which liquor
permits have been issued by the de
partment Harris county leads in the
number Of saloons with 427- Bexar
county IS second with All: e Paso
third with zls then follow Galveston
with 2Os: DalIls 20I: Tarrant county
fs6. and Travis county 101- This num-
Der of saloons Is s slight Increase over
last year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
Imported Words

" 7EN refer to ones rhyme
Wv carriage"
drastic "The word"
thinks I'm rather he
he'll
pronounce
take the puist by the shoulder
b
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

~ PEAKING Of the great growth OF
e Paso and its future possibili-
- ties, Gen Arson Mills. OF Wash
ington. D. c, who put this town on
the map in 1859, and who is the owner
OF the Mills building. said Friday:
What FL Paso needs now is the re-
moval of the railroad tracks from their
present location to the bank OF the
Rio Grande. The sinking OF the tracks
will not remedy the matter. FL Paso
viii never be q city beautiful with the
railroad tracks in the heart Of the city.
There are - blocks Of yardage now
without a street opening. Smoke from
the stacks Of the engines hovers over
the entire city. The city will never
become the clean one that the people
Of FL Paso desire so long as the tracks
are where they are now While I am
no longer a member Of the commission,
7 am confident that the ChaimZal grant
question Will be settled within the next
ten months. The property is that OF
the United States. This will remove
any objection that the railroads may
have to build their lines along the
river bank"
Hundreds Of New Mexicans will be
in Fl Paso Monday to do honor TO Mai
Gen John J. Pershing when the Off
cials OF that state present him with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

step departed this morning for a
zip down Gander creek in a skitf
He went unarmed, but carried no
Passengers.
Raz Barlow cannot believe what
sumo high doctor says about eating.
70 the effect that what you eat to-
day you are tomorrow, because he
ate squirrel yesterday and has not
Jet felt 6 symptom.
coRy1ss; b George Ha;sEe.v ASons
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17
HOCWALLOW LOCALS
By GEORGE BINGHAM

Dock Hooks
has gone on a
visit to the other
side Of Musket
Ridge He took
along his pocket
c ON b a 9 he
wants his hair
to look nice
VII en- making
the first impress
sion.
= .
Fletcher Hen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

ones across the pond don't suffer. but
when they double the price OF hot
dogs. I think II time for us all 20 get
up and boiler"
". p Monroe, lieutenant Second
North Carolina infantry. is one of the
many Euardsmen leaving IL asO with
fond recollections OF the city. You
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

It has been said that it would difficult TO drn Indians
Sor because Of their of English language but
Great Britain has found that good drill seIgeauts BIAS
hemes transcend the bounds Of languages and are readily
understood by Beers Egyptians, Hindus and Senegaese
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

The chief objection many of these dainty diShe
eoueocted by scientists IN cooking and impaired to yearnn
housewives is that they wonderful works of art bu
not very filling
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

Is objectionable to say they have been doing Rus
tan business in Petrograd the past few days?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

Complying with the spirit and letter Of the request
she secretary Of the navy The Herald will not publish list
ct sailngs from this port On the Rio Grande
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

cesy"0s' b George Natthe- Asars
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

Germany has reduced food conservation to science oni
TO find there is mighty little left to conserve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

1t be that opportunity once at every mans
door So Why should opportunity waste time at door
where there's nobody home?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-17

Febels7 O--
Universal service may yet put fists on the pacifists