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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

tAe sporting goods stores YOU wished
me 10 get IT, SO I had to use my own
JuusilrnJ- j hope I discharged you-
commission satisfactorily"
.NeIl sa ustactorily." I stammered
NAT s an right. then ne went
on. You did not tell me-. either what
price you wanted 20 pay. but you can
settle with me later Tor itF
uanA you was all I could say
hope the marking meets with
your approval, Adelaide" he re-
marked coldly, turning 10 his sister
lnlaw- 81 noticed that Won showed nm
usual interest in the racket. one
would almost fancy that you were a
tennis player yourself"
A swift Retort.
ne sarcasm went straight home,
ana called out a swift retort Mrs
core was so excited. so 'Overwrought
that for a moment she forgot her
usual suavity to the man 10 whom
she owed all the comforts Of her pres
ent existence.
You are mistaken" she snapped
back 81 am not interested at all I'm
rackets nor in any sport that belongs
properly TO young people-nOt to anv
one 45 years old. Tennis is essential
y a game for young people-there-
lore OF no interest to any sensible
person Of my age"
] did no look up. 1 could not But
AtdIu the man snort. hard laugh
before he turned and went into the
house
This woman had dared to sneer NJ
him for trying To be young. 7 knew
that consideration had siIenced him
for the moment. But sooner or later
would he not have a reckoning with
this woman for what she had said2
Perhaps he thought better Of the
matter and decided to let sleeping
dogs lie when lie noted. as did l.
the conciliatOry manner which Mrs
Gore always adopted after she had
said something that she feared had
angered him. She had spoken in the
heat OF temper. but she knew on
which side her bread was buttered
and would be careful TO do her best
to efface from his mind the memory
or her ironical retort. For my own
sake ] was glad matters were smooth
once more.
On Friday Tom asked me again II
] would play tennis. now that ] had
my racket / recalled what his father
nad said about wanting 70 play my
Ilrst game with me. Yet what excuse
could I makee
Please play" the hoy begged. He
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Conserve the Calves.

THE Arizona state council of defence has discovered
that thousands Of calves Arizona being killed
after birth because there is high demand rOr
casen and farmers get such high prices for their skinned
milk that they oath to keep enough Of to feed newly
born calves.
The council of defence Is urging all darymen and farm
to stop at the practice Of killing the calves very
properly asserting that such waste Of animal life must be
abandoned.
Not only is 1t possible to raise calves without feeding
them with whole milk but after two three weeks
made Of ground barley ground oats wheat middngs and
nseed meal be substituted. Two parts of any Of the
first three foods and Of the nseed meal makes the
Cruel
that there premium milk IN almost any FORM
theless the stccman ought keep his calves. Heifer
calves ought be kept maturity and the others
to the veal age. If there time TO the
supply o. animals, Il IS
The real battle seems to center about whether the Ger
did or did not recaPture Langemarck The Germans
say they did and the British say they didn't The main
point is that the British have it now.
man may Try for reputation by fTequenting the soft
drink fountains but he gives himself away when he begins
paving for the bar rail
To become suddenly popular in COnstantnOple it is only
necessary to ask whether that song really is Deutsch
land Ueber Allah"
The " WIS draft Tesisers and the anti CONSUMPTION
agtaoTs all taking pot shots at Uncle Sam when his
back IS turned
One Of the great the life Of reserve Off
comes the first time enlisted salutes him
Jose Ynez Salazar has been killed, it's about the sixth
time and he ought to be getting used to it.
And now the L " ". has to be tramp whether he
wants to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Our Enemies Within
I. w. W. Fights The Sale of Liberty Bonds
Opposes Red Cross And Recruiting Of The Army

W Looks as though this viii be
good season for the sabot and bun
one for the brass band" says Solibar
ity. i'm its anti recruiting campaign
And again. Wouldn't il be better q
stay IN this country and defend VIVA
little you've got than TO go all tn'
way TO France TO defend sometime
you haven't got at all-'
The following is an example Of tnt
kind Of thing IN which the l. ". "
glOries. II also, is taken from Solid
arity.
a Great Falls CAIont) paper. in
publishing Red cross stories, made
one grand mistake. Taken TO task
by Fred Goulder. I. W W. seCre-
tary, it confessed as follows.
one Fred Goulder, who says
he is secretary and district organ
izer, objects TO the statement in
saturdays Red Cross campaign
that 81 had been secured from the
head OF the / ". W. at their
headquarters in this city. MI
Goulder insists that he did not
give a dollar to the Red Cross;
that no official Of the T. ". ".
gave a dollar or any other sum
TO the Red cross; that the l. W.
W in no manner gave anything 10
the Red Cross, nor, speaking for
himself, would that organization
give anything for the Red Cross.
Some Real Sarcasm.
Mr.. GOulder seems TO feel that
the J. W. ". had been sadly mis-
represented by the published
statement 10 the effect that "a
leader had given one dollar 70
the Red Cross, and the correction
IS Cheerfully made. The ]. W. W.
did not give a dollar to the Red
Cross, secretary GOulder did not
give a dollar TO the Red Cross. nor
n Ia
give a dollar TO the Red Cross.
and IL is not likely that a dollar
viii ever be given by the 7. W.
VS. for the Red Cross. The dol
lar was probably contributed by
some misguided individual who
mad not as yet become versed in
the peculiar humanitarian views
OF the I. ". W. Please note that
the I. W. ". did not contribute
one dollar to the Red Cross.
Harrison George"
The J. ". W Indictment TO rebellion
and assassination is very open. The
following paragraph is from uav-
woods paper for July =
Capitalism, by drenching the
earth with blood, has proved itself
to be a traitor TO the entire hui
man race Treason Of this sort is
incomparably criminal II we re-
member correctly the penalty for
treason these days is death.
Here's hoping"
There are only three stories on the
first page Of Solidarity for the issue
Of July Z, and they are all about
strikes. two Of them being strikes in
copper mines. one in Arizona and the
other in Butte On the editorial page
the statement is quoted that no enc
my could do more against the phvsica
opwer Of the United tSates within il.
borders today than TO cut off its COP
per output" 1T might be well to con
slider that should the troops follow
the Butte miners underground they
might find that the horrors OF an ex-
petition to France would be a pleas
ant vacation beside a shift on the
lower levels Of Clark mine" Hay
WOODS paper says.-CopyriSh 1917
by The Tribune Association
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Our Enemies Within

may beforced into the trenches"
Daniel YOsr declared: 1t is report
ed that our war department has al
ready purchased and shipped abroad
Discredit Liberty Bonds.
The World, Of Oakland. Cal is one
OF the principal J. ". ". organs. In
its issue of June % IL attacked the
Liberty bond issue as follows
Liberty bonds oversubscribed-
Hurran- san Francisco leads state
You can hear the JingO press
scream with joy. Another victory
for the eEploiters, Hurrah. let
the orgy Of blood go on, there is
enough money on hand now TO
pay the plunderbund to carry on
the war. First consCript the lives
OF the youth Of the land TO Kill
and be killed Then come back
with the CRY FOR money, so that
these boys may be equipped. shy
lock must have his pound OF flesh
Of YOUR flesh, you mass OF hu-
manity.
Let US clear away this pile Of
patriotic rubbish with which the
newspapers have surrounded the
Liberty bonds purchase and look
clearly and calmly AT how this
Oversu description was accom-
plished. Think back 10 a now
memorable day in the annals Of
A--E LAAAAEl E1-dAEHa anu pa LAAa--
larry OF san Francisco. July %,
1871 On that day voluntary pre-
paredness parades were being
held all over the country, the en-
p-Oyes volunteering to march on
pain Of losing their jobs So at
this time the people nobly 90 re-
sDOnded to the patriotic appeals
OF the president and Voluntarily
bought Liberty bonds on the pain
Of losing their jobs This is not
wind. il is true. and YOU know it
Buying Liberty Bonds.
Then follows a story purpOrung 70
tell how the workers at the Union
Iron Works, in san Francisco. were
ordered by the bosses TO subscribe for
Liberty bonds, paying for them by
having 81 a week taken from their
wages And II is alleged that 500 men
lost their jobs for refusing to sub
scribe. The Masses published the
same kind Of story about the depart
ment store employees in New York.
Solidarity is the official organ Of
the ] W W 1t is published weekly
in Chicago, under the ownership and
supervision OF the general executive
board OF the Industrial Workers OF
the World. Of which William D. Hay
wood is general secretary treasurer
The difference between the Z ". W
and the anarchists is that all anarch-
lists are not members Of the I. ". "
Here is Solidarity's call to labor in the
issue Of June .
This promises TO be the banner
year for the One Big Union. It
may also be the final testing OF
US all Are You ready to take your
stand and prove TO the world that
you are made Of the stuff good
rebels are made of All aboard
for the greatest year in the his
tory OF labor Put on your wood
en- slippers and get on the job"
Nothing for Red Cross.
Sabotage is the slogan Of the J. "
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
T ETTERS to THE
Il HERALD


fAlI communications must bear the sig
nature OF the writer. but the name viii BE-
Eitnheld II requ7sted-1
aHIGHT IS RIGHT
Editor FL Paso Herald
The Christian people OF the earth
especially condemn the use of force;
so does the Socialist party, but I have
vet 20 f,u5 "a single existent nation
that was not founded by force and
unlimited throat cutting
To use the language OF Isaiah. not
only Zion but every nation on eartn
has been built with blood
] cannot see how nations can be
built otherwise ] cannot see how
even a national party can exist WITH
out force. The poet says that force
governs all organic life and inspires
all right and wong
Might was right when Gideon LED
his chosen tribes OF old, ana might
was right when Titus burnt the
temple rooted with gold ,.
Might was right from Bunker HlI
to far Manila Bay Highland ana
flood it wrote in blood the gospel
Did not labor use force TO get the
S-hour day on the railroads.
Did not the supreme court OF the
United States jump to It and tlnu
that the law that Woodrow Wilson
constitutional when force was threat
eued2
The Socialist party can kick me
out Of the party If they want TO, hut
they viii have to use force to do
fl. and il they have the might they
are right and If they haven't / am
right.
Just because I did not want 20 go
to Europe TO lick kaiser Bill IS
no sign I don't have to go. wanted
to make him come over here for a
and now 7. like !. ogden Armour
am willing TO bet my life and the life
OF the nation that We can lick him
on his own ground, and I am one
Socialist who Is willing to let the
president and the army direct the
job and cut out all congressman and
red tape.
An economic theory may be left 10
lawyers and congressman; We have
lived under capitalism in the past
and We can exist a little While yet,
and poor fiuanciers. but war must be
met with swOrded might, so that there
Will some Of us be here to fight over
our theories in economics. ] say, bet
il all on the [. S. armies. the navy
and the president. cut out congress
and make the president a real kaiser
until the end of hostilities. When
the world cOOls off is time enough
for demOcraCy- :. T. Hughes
County chairman Socialist party, Fl
PasO county. Tex.
local 1903 meets every Sunday at 8
p. m. at 2914 Myrtle avenue Stay
away II YOU are afraid The Socialists
say 7 am too hot headed 10 be a
leader)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

With sugar at five dollars a pound
in Cons-autiuOple there seems to be
no hope Of preserving the harem
peaches.-Kansas City star.
The kaiser declared last year ne
would stand for no nonsense from the
United States after the war But he
viii stand for whatever we give him
during the war.-Dallas News
Most implacabIe Of the enemies
aEainst which Germany has to con-
tend is Time This does not mean
that Germany might win II she could
secure the services OF a Joshua II
the sun were made to stand still 20
Germanys defeat would be no less
assured.-San Antonio Light.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Pool Predicts Good Road To Mexico's Capital
Fryer Says He's After All The Law Violators

mittee 10 strangers. Many people
come 10 US, either going, or coming
from California, and wish TO know
about roads. or rooms for their stay
while In the city, and few wish
TO know OF the activities Of the city
Many questions Of widely varying ma
rure come 10 US and We answer as
best We can OF course, even n
chamber Of commerce is not perfect
IN Its wisdom but whatever we can
dc, or whatever question We can an
swer which viii aid the public, that
We are glad to do
In a conference OF FL Paso and
Southwestern and Rock Island traffic
OLIlclalS IN New ] Qrk recently" said
Garrett King. cit was decided not 10
change the schedules OF the z P and
= W. railroad We have been taking
care OF all the business which has
come TO rs satisfactorily and have
every reason % believe that all viii
90 well in the future Plans are
being made now for the Transports
uon or the troops which will move
soon and by working with care. and
oy mucn planning. we expect to be
aoIe 20 handle the troops expeditions
y and comfortably"
am awaiting with interest the
instructions from adminiztrarp-
Hoover regarding the food rules for
restaurants said George NasIiu-
The biggest hotel men in Amerlca
such men as J. Nee Bowman. Of the
BItmore and Manhattan, are making
the plans which viii guide the whole
country These men have big prob
lens 10 confront much more diff
cult 10 solve than ours. 1 suppose
that the orders Of meat. bread. and
other things viii be reduced. and the
amount 20 be given each customer
specified Whatever the Instructions
the Fred Harvey system will be ready
TO follow and help the country in an5-
way IL can"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Little InterUieWs

every branch Of The service is repre-
scented in this number. Some have
enlisted in the army, others the navy"
7 am after any and all violations
or the law by any and all city, county
or state officials said county at
torney w H Fry err This Is why I
summoned court OF inquiry
before justice A J. Hall Irrespective
Of where it falls the ak will be
welded in every direction in order
10 ferret out law Violations A court
Of inquiry is legal proceeding sell
dom resorted 20 and is one at which
the public at large can expose any
thing ILLEGAL Of which they may have
knowledge
"EI PasO is fortunate in a way in
not having secured the army canton
ment,' said C.. W. Weston. because
now u is free 10 30 after more sub
stantlal things SmOkestacks and
permanent DayrOlls are what we need,
not temporary business boosters
Let's ali get together and work for
the big payroll and the permanent
factory"
Appeals for workers on surgical
dressings. said Mrs. D. Bruce smith.
seems 20 be- continuous. but we can
use every woman who will give any
time to the work We do not need
trained workers. An instructor is al
ways in the room ready TO help the
beginners, and inspect the work We
have been able TO accomplish much
since the appeals for aid went out
through the newspapers. but we still
need more workers and more old
linen The women Of Fl Paso are
doing splendid work. and they are
doing IL well"
AT the Fl Paso chamber OF com
merce. said Mrs Hazel IL BirdsIey.
we are acting as a welcoming com
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

ID the coOpera LlOn OF the
NJ Mexican government the
good roads prophets Of
Texas. especially OF FL Paso county.
hope some day in the near future TO
construct an FL Mexico City
highway said judge Adrian Pool
When peace is restored in the south
ern republic and the wheels OF com
merce start revolving, there will be
thousands Of tourists each year who
VIII be anxious 20 tour from FL Paso
to the capital Of Mexico. The coun-
Try from this city to Mexico CITY is
picturesque, and the scenes and GUS
toms OF the Mexican people viii at
tract thousands Of motorists. I be-
lleYe that when the TsXarkans- EI
Paso highway is completed IL viii be
one OF the most Travelled in the
United states II is the only route
Tor winter travel and when peace
reignS in Mexico and the road from
mere 20 the capital is completed
fasteners and people from every sec
ton Of the county. in fact. will use
the IeXarkana- FL PaSO route to come
mere Tor a tour south to the capital
OF Mexico Not only will this Mexican
nlgnw,ay be travelled By tourists, but
IL viii aid greatly in n commercial
way. II viii be used in the trans
porting OF supplies by truck and BY
statesmen. mining and other repre-
sentatives"
Many OF the members Of the Gao
tus club have already sailed for serv-
ice in France, and they have all prom
ised 10 write letters Of interest which
viii be reproduced i'm The Herald. ."
said Art Woods. "A number Of the
members have received Commissions
and have left FOR France. and Others
are 10 follow The club has 1000
mem 7ers in the service. Practically
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

LNLa n M E4Dae a4-Ad4aAE ~ Al
N/ other sediuous and treasona-
w bic groups is the organization
called the Industrial Workers OF the
World. one Of its members, Frank
Little. was Iynched in Butte, Mont,
on August / for speaking Of United
States troops as Uncle Sans scabs
in uniform" The principal paragraph
Of the war resolution adopted oy the
convention Of the T. W " was as
follows
With the European war for
conquest and exploitation raging
and destroying the lives, class
consciousness and unity Of the
workers. and the ever growing
agitation for military prepared
ness clouding the main issues and
delaying the realization Of our
ultimate aim with patriotic, and
therefore capitalistic, aspirations,
we openly declare ourselves de-
rermined opponents Of all nation
a1istic seCtiOualiSm or patriotism,
and the milit2rism preached and
supported b. our one enemy, the
capitalist class. We condemn all
wars, and. for the prevention OF
such, we proclaim the anti-mili-
tarist propaganda in time Of
peace, thus promoting class
solidarity among the workers or
The entire world. and, in time Of
war. the general strike in all in
dustries7
Fighting the Draft.
The / W W. did not stop with this
resolution, however II went much
further in recommending fOrcible re-
sistance to the seleCtive draft. At a
mass meeting OF L ". W members
held at Dreamland park, san Fran
cisco, July g. the Rev. Robert Whit
aker one Of the principal speakers,
said
tonight that in my opinion any
uation-whether II is Germany.
England or the United States
that takes its picked young men
and trains them for mass murder
is playing wicked and stupid
part, 1 suppose that would be
called treason But think so.
cloud applause.)
I have said TO my young men
in Los Gatos what / am going 10
say to the young men OF this great
audience here tonight We ought
10 appeal for the repeal Of ne
draft act We ought to insist
upon its being submitted to the
people. But If IL is not, II those
who have put il over on US still
insist on it. say to YOU. better 20
to jail IN America-(here one man
in the audience who attempted TO
create a disturbance was forced
TO sit down)-let me finish my
sentence, If have TO go to Jail
for IL tonight Better 10 20 TO
jail in America than TO 80 to he'll
in Europe"
Walter Thomas Mills, another OF the
speakers said:
Negroes are being forced into
the shops in order that white men
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
Uncle WaZRs Denatued Poem.
Vanished Books

buck
Of lend hunting
pup, rabbit he finds his time brings
lend eight-day clock to cheer
through hail and dug he viii walk to bring pe back But
them, GOOD byl
gazos greet The cherished works Clay,
viii gladden. night and this
they would
pinch my volumes books Of rhyme
always walks virtues he the soul
truth yet bring volumes by Old Sleuth
Copyright WALL MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
FEDERAL EMPL OYMENT BUREAU
BRANCH HERE WOULD BE AN AID
(BY H. S. H.)

rese OF business house force Of senogTaphers there
agency here which specazes in providing for that
kind Of employment though one undertakes to limited
extent Conversely there place in which out
of employment may turn with confidence that oPpor-
tunity utilize their service viii arise The ASso-
ciated Charities finds places for good many and
the Salvation Army also but their good work but drop
in the bucket.
They IN contact only with people whose need is
great that they charitable organizations
for assistance with the great middle class of workers
with money and 10 for applying chart
table institution This could and would be handled
by branch of the government employment bureau with
the facility with which would undertake furnish
500 section hands for railroad Oregon or Kansas or
200 farm hands for farming community. Such branch
would be Of value in e. Paso and It can be obtained.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

midday meal in town But even the
dinner hour finds every eating place
crowded. Il is not unusual 10 enter
a hotel dining room at eight in the
evening and be informed the kitchen
IS closed because OF the lack Of food
stuffs
Food may be crying question in
bellln, but II rs no more so than IL Is
IN our own national capital.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22
By DUNK Bolts.

THE old miser of Musket Ridge
went fishing one day this week.
He would have gone sooner but
ne wanted to wait until the fish got
bigger.
lobe Moseley says he can see the
Esqulmos now sitting up there on
cakes Of ice whiting on the icicles
while they watch the rest Of the
world fight It out 10 a finish.
Washington Hooks has returned
from an unpleasant visit Of a few DAYS
with relatives near Rye Straw.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

obscure little restaurant you viii
find prices at least so percent higher
than in any other city.
Beans 20 Cents an Order.
The time hOnOred bean, which used
TO sell "a thousand on a plate" for n
dime, has had dignity added TO il. FOR
even the "beaneries' are now charE-
ing 20 cents for a small portion OF
the famous fruit
Lunch hour is the worst. for then
thousands who have homes get their
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-22

Some forks are born IN society,
others are taken IN, but tn great ma
jority O. people tunnel IN If we all
attended Z our own business as well as
a farmers dog does when he comes T.
town this would be some world
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Gan communications must bear the sig
nature OF the writer. but the name viii b
u-ftnhefd II recussted.l
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