El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-27
Little IntTueUs
FiiremeD To Be In PIatoons; Draft Takes Mary
Says Merchants Should Watch The MopeyO Orders

90 ONE day-snd that day ism
- very FAR off-ws are soin:
- 70 have the two platoon sys
rem in the fire department mere as
they have I'm Los Angeles and many
other cities Of the country said fire
chief j. ". Wra-. The fire depart
meut is being hit pretty hard By the
army draft and we are having dig
ficulty iu filling the places OF the men
who leave with satisfactory substi-
tutes- Why Wen. because of the
shortage OF men everywhere at pres
ent, but principally because the right
sort Of men DO not seem &c oe taking
10 the civil service uoW-rhey can set
more In some other lines. and can get
shorter hours
Conditions among Mexican refugees
on the border were never half so bad
as among the starving CuuaDs boz the
time Of the resurrection. said q.
Norman GorlaU. u was among those
on duty guarding the Spanish pris-
oners around CieufueEos and daily
the natives gathered about our mess
camps like emaciatel wolves. 20 gath
er the crumbs under our tables It
was against the army rules for US 20
give the Cubaus food. as there was q
reg ular furmalrE for that. but there
was no objection 10 our throwing
food on the ground and letting them
pick it Up, so each Of US would just pile
our lates with all the food they could
hold. place them on the ground and
kick them towards the Cubaus. who
would devour the food EreediIy. There
were some natives so badly starved
lives"
1T is surprising" said Mark VII
l-ams, how many merchants are care
less and take money orders in pay
ment for goods. ] have in my desk
receipts for about $1,000 worth OF
money orders, which had been forged
The Ne-lcaus seem 20 be the chief
offenders Iu thar line here. The mer-
chants are the ones who lose as 10
is rare that the forEer can be found
Interesting cases of many kinds come
TO my notice. and occasionally by
cgOpe .atlou with those who discover
that -lair money orders have been lost
] avn able TO discover the f0rEer- This
is usually where the stealing from
- certain person I= done several times
in succession. such as the wrong
mans getting mail which is really
valUa 1le-
reports compiled by The rail-
D Ha-s war IHaEL lI..HlLe ma ..U. wide
cooperation on the part OF shippers iu
q he railroads campaign 20 MAKE beg
ter use of existing freight cars lu or
der TO be able tp better provide the
Increased amount of freight service.
which the necessities OF the war have
rallied for" said Supt. L. 3. McFou-
aid. Of The Southern Tactic lines. The
reports. which come from railroad
shippers associations in all parts of
The country, show that practically ev-
cry commodity. from coal and steel 10
food products. is being loaded IN a
way 10 eliminate waste space in the
.aIs. and thereby increase the num-
Der OF cars available for shippers. It ]
is estima ted from these reports that
during the month OF July saving iu
space was effected hg the shippers. .
which increased the number of cars
available fOr freight traffic by APP
prO-lmarely 10000. which is some
conception of the efforts the shin +
pers are making 20 help the railroads
On their campaign to increase trans
portatlon efficiency and release cars .
that are essential 10 take care Of re- /
ports sent 20 the commission Of car /
service from various parts OF the (
country
fasteners have already started re- /
trenching in many ways. preparing .
for the winter. which. on account of J