El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-26
Little Interviews

7 am or my way TO California after
spending three months IN the east,
said ). e. Damon, and while the war
seems to be more distinctly in the air
than here in the west, there are also
more sIackers- I have heard soap
boxers deliver themselves Of remarks
in the streets Of law abiding New York
that V Ouldn't be tolerated out here for
a minute. Whether that is due to a
larger element Of foreigners in the
In the east am not able to say"
"The stand president Wilson has
taken with regard 70 the woman suf-
frage issue" said Mrs. 3. S. Sinclair,
lis 2 move in the right direction.
We women Of America are in a sense
gathering the fruit which is the re-
suit Of the agitation that mas been
going on so long in England What
ever may be said as to the effect Of
practically doubling the number Of
participants in voting. both democracy
and justice demand that It be tried
out"
There used to be times" said Z. K.
Longacre, when the matter of valua-
tons and Of taxes went Up and down
like the children's game Of see saw.
one year the taxes went up and the
valuation down, and viceversa- Now
I find that these gods Of the machine
have raised both taxes and valuation.
One piece Of property was raised IN
one fell swoOp from a valuation Of
$4,000 10 s33, 1000 I don't know what
is meant by these excessively high
rates and valuations unless IL is that
this city is fast becoming a place
where neither those who are here can
afford TO remain, or where those
who are not investing money here are
warned away in advance. such rates
DO not encourage people 70 invest
money here
While the total received from the
various committees Thursday tOtaIed
81, 48O. $50 for the Liberty bond sub
scription, I have every reason to be-
leve when complete reports are made
at the noon luncheon Saturday that
this figure viii more than exceed
S2,100,O00," said p B. Orndorff. DE
spite the fact that we have over
subscribed our quota, every member
OF the various committees soliciting
the sale OF bonds win not slacken in
MS or her work during the closing
days Of the campaign By Saturday
every Ommitteeman expects 70 in
crease his or her total. The Boy
Scouts are spurred on with the pa
triotic spirit and will not cease their
work until saturday As sales man
ager Of the FL Paso committees de-
sire TO thank every man, woman and
child who assisted either in the sale
or purchase of bonds during this
campaign. When i was named sales
MANAGER had hopes that we would
exceed our quota. but never dreamed
that El R2sO would so far oFefsub-
scribe It's QUOTA as IL haS done dur
tng this campaign There may BE
other Liberty bond campaigns. There
probably viii be, but I don't think
that FL Paso could possibly do more
than il has during this campaign"
al Paso IS proud Of its Boy Scouts"
said I. G. Thomas, executive. When
the second Liberty bond campaign
was inaugurated it was expected that
the Boy Scouts would probably sell
$4,000 worth Of bonds. But the total
sales when the campaign is com
pleted Saturday evening viii in all
p-oba blity exceed $4,000. Fourteen
scouts have won the treasury depart
ment medals by selling 10 or more.
bonds each There are a number Of