El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-15

gasoline could De say ed every
, week in Fl Paso IL automo-
bile repair men would discard the use
Of gasoline for cleaning parts during
the war" said Carl ". Newell, service
man FOR the Packard Automobile com
pany. sal soda, in hot water, is just
as good a cleanser and much cheaper.
Ten cents worth Of sal soda in hot va
ter viii clean as many parts Of ma
chiuery as two gallons OF gasoline at
q cents a gallon. Kerosene or distil-
late are also good for cleaning ma
chinery, in fact, just as good as gaso-
line. and they are much cheaper and
are plentiful, for there is always d
certain amount OF distillate and kero-
sene as by products In the uanufdc-
ture OF gasoline. There is little sale
for kerosene or distillate. while there
is an urgent demand for gasoline for
war purposes
Carl Beers. who is with ". q. Roe
IN Phoenix writes back that when
they got TO the san Carlos river il
Arizona i'm their car, making the trip
from FL PasO 10 the Arizona fair. Mr..
Roe decided 10 make the dicker with
the Indians who make business OF
ferrying cars across the stream Ad-
Gfesslng the leader, tail young chap.
tIe Fl PasO implement man said
L Heap Dig InJun. wantee rakee devil
eart across water2 We paw much
wampuCl. you rakee us across. no
droppie US IN river and leave Us
there to swim You takee US over
motoring arm across the river no
losee Us, we ketchum heap money for
you"
Drawing himself up to his fuu
height the youthful Indian thus ad-
dressed, said
Ny dear sir. 7 VIII be very glad
10 discuss terms with YOU. We usu-
ally make our charges according 10
the weight and horse power Of the
car I perceive that YOU are driving
A Buick SIX. which is rated by the
A J. A n at IS horse power. Our
lars and fifty cents"
The implement king tainted.
The Young Indian was graduate
Although there is no politics In
the operation Of Temple VT.
sinai, there Is n sign on the door
leading to the rHbbFs office ad-
monishinE those who would en-
Ter that they must first exercise
',puil''-it Is printed on the door /
in big letters /
The clocks that refused to keen
time IN san JacintO plaza have finally I
been taken down and removed. much .
10 the satisfaction OF the man who /
: lanced at them mornings as he !
passed TO work. and found often on
eacning the FIRST that he was an .
nour 200 early and on passing the
second that he was two hours late
II f. not essential that n stem 4
OgraPher be good looking, but IL
generally rObs letter answering
OF some OF its irksOmeness.
The drinking fountains I'm san ia
.into plaza ought either 20 be turned /,
pa better or connected with a pipe
nat mas a larger capacity. for they
bubble up Just strong enough TO wet
he tops and compel every person at
tempting to use them TO lick the place /.
mar some other person has just been
lchins. thus roJbing them Of their
.anllary value and putting them al
most on a par with the sanitary con-
ilu2a OF beer glass in Chihuahua
saloon
Here's one where or Tad or Nc
danus or Bud Fisher would draw ]
b sketch as a finale Of the farmer
umping out of the picture and asking i
vnat the boys in tine back room viii
rave
w. l. Tooley went up 10 his ranch
o spend the night one summer even
ng and his foreman. thinking to
now MIN some OF the real JOY or farm
ne next morning. called him at four
o'clock.
What's the natter asked the Fl
'aso banker, in response 10 the ham q
nering on his door. as he rolled over
md failed to see a streak OF daylight
Oming through the window.
We are getting up early to 90 TO ]
work, and thought maybe you'd Ike
o go out with us and see US start"
epIed the man who had awakened
him