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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

a few OF the long faced, vinegar souled
species. familiar 10 most communities
the calamity bowler" and municipal
knocker-" II these self righteous peo-
pie would pay more attention TO keep
ing their own home in order and less
attention 10 their neishbOrs' business,
the whole world would be better off
Church Member" also true to his
Kind, cannot let the opportunity slide
without taking a crack at the soldier
Pershingis men," he calls them
am not surprised that some of the
liquor firms contributed to "Pershing's
mems welcome FL PasO is democratic
and the liquor men are as generous and
kind as the rest Of that huStIing cftv's
citizens But III bet a slick nickel
against a button that you won't find
Church Members name upon the
contribution list He would doubtless
INFER that "PerShing's mems" whole OBJ
lect in life would be to support the
liquor traffic The thousands Of troops
that have been present in El Paso for
the past year and their remarka Bile
record for good behavior during thar
time, give the lie 20 the inference.
10 easy. Mr. Church Member take
off your bilious. yellow glasses. pull
the mote out of your eve and the old
demiiohn out Of its hiding place. stoD
taking your drink behind the door and
invite your neiEhhOr in on IL and
maybe FL PaSO won't look quite so IN
civilized to you But even then. If you
don't like the place Why not movee
An Admirer of Fl P7So
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

day, and wondering II the collector Is
going TO allow me Tor my losses in
Mexico hOu see my ranch down in
Mexico is just below Casas Grandea
and has been on the firing line ever
since the revolution started 7 had
about 5000 head of cattle there and
all have saved from them was $500
worth picked UP by Haughton and Is
head brought out by the MOrmons the
other day The government charges Us
for what We make in a foreign coun-
try and should allow for our losses
there II had had everything IN what
l possess in Mexico would now ba
completely broke"
since left FL Paso four years ago
said c L Chester. of the Hirsch-Cll-
man shoe store. I have travelled con-
stantly. making Dallas my headouar-
tiers. and ] want 10 say that I did not
find anywhere a city growing as fast
and giving such evidences Of substan-
ttal prosperity as e. PasO. When I re-
turned here recently I did not trecog-
ltize this as the same FL PasO I did
business in four years ago Every
where are conspicuous evidences Of the
towns growth ! feel confident that
in the next five or six years this Will
be the largest city in the state Of
Texas II is doing as great q volume
growing by leaps and bounds There
are plenty Of people in Dallas. HOus-
ton and Fort Worth who believe that
Fl PasO viii soon be the largest city in
Texas. and is destined TO be CiaSSed
with St Louis Kansas City and San
Francisco in commercial and industrial
importance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
BY G. A. MARTIN.

the leading citizens Of any town i
/ they weren't 2,roOmed properly
! 1T has been definitely decided that
! green and brown are TO be the pre-
vailiuE colOrs for men this year II
I has also been decreed that man, to
look well dressed. must have az least
! ten suits and four oNercoats eaen sea a
: son. This means thar every man. 70
zoe in style. must have 20 SUITS ana
eight oVercoats year
The DAY has vanished when mortal
man can get along with Two suits Men
must dress correctly for every coca
sion II is almost criminal 20 Wear
anything hut a full dress suit IN the
evening when women are present
Business informal dress. travelling.
outing. the country club. golfing, stag
parties. theater attire and dav we'd
dings-esch demand different dress"
The galley boy says that when you
ina man who subscribes 70 the cham
Der Of commerce budget fund. you find
a man who always pays his bills
Proud boasts / sm1ggle ammunition
into Mexico.
BET Us be thankful that We are not
going 70 have q blind justice on the
courthouse any more Why advertise
VIII Burgess friends are al giving
him farewell dinners Think what q
dIuiu- room il would take If all ms
political enemies should suddenly de-
eide 10 get together and give him
farewell dinner. Good night,
House building S NOT progressing
very much ia the European countries
now AT war, but start 10 have your
house painted these days and see how
paints and oils have advanced in price.
The poor OLD war gets the blame.
III rather be "A pretty girl than rich
one. You never saw a pretty girl who
did not have a better time tnan q ric6
girl with all her money if she did not
have the lOoks-
Charles Stevens sees a solution Of
high taxes in II Paso county in the
election of Republicans TO office All
ne needs Is the votes.
Seumas 1IacManus is going TO give lei
Fasoans a treat Saturday at the
Women's club. Everybody knows this
noted Irish humOrist and all are ex-
pecting something mighty fine He is
going TO give Monday Tuesday one
fed program. Too bad we can't hear
the Boston Nationals and Seumas at the
same time.
A man who laughs at a womans
Vye,. flless for eating candy viii fill his
mouth with tobacco weed or his stom-
ach with bad whisky and think he's
superior to the other sex in VIII power.
Beckett who lis strong on that figur-
in- STUFF after reading my dope" the
other day bout the money that would
result from automobile licenses. sat 2
down 10 his old typewriter and ratified
of the following. which he slipped in
OF my desk
The new Texas auto license viii be
- cents per horsepower all right. but I
there IS q minimum fee Of $3.50 which /
VIII mean that the money figures YOU I
quote viii be increased at least so per I
cent. The A. I. =. u. rating. which /
considers only the bore OF a cylinder- 1
regardless OF the stroke-will be used. I
That means that 80 per cent OF all I
pleasure cars viii pay only $50 but
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

lie BERALD'S story on chang
ing the map Of Ell Paso." said
Blaury Edwards. recalls some
amusing experiences on Mesa Garden.
Charlie Bassett and bought the old
garden about TWO years ago and paid
for If what would have bought the en-
tire Satterthwsite addition 20 years
ago. We sold the lumber for the
pavilion in Mesa Garden and had. plenty
Of trouble ia delivering it, Just as the
first load Of lumber had almost reached
The garden. il got away from or men
and went tumbling back down the
steep hill. and ii was an all day job
10 get il back TO the garden.
East EI PaSO n WASTE in 1893.
Mr. Edwards remembered that as late
rs 1895 East Fl PasO was a dgsOlate
waste except for the presence Of
DUNES grocery and saloon, Heid's lit
tie home with its pretty shade trees,
the principal owner of all the property
or both sides of Alameda from the
Cotton addition east To Washington
park. was the proud owner Of fast
trOtter in those days aud he believed
in East FL Paso.
one day AT Long took the writer
out behind his fast stepper. showed
him over East FL Paso and advised him
% buy a block on Alameda NJ $50 per
lOt and paw for them in small monthly
payments But II thar time ] did
not think East FL Pazo as whole was
worth $1,000. Even as late as 1901
lots on Alameda. where business houses
now stand. were offered at 500 per
lot and John Sneed. then city editor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
Practical Christianity

BECAUSE Dean Scarlet of Trinity Procathedral. in
x Phoenix. unable to solve the problem how woman
for her babies and attend church services
the umebecause trying to keep babies quiet IN a
church is to religious thOughseveral socially
prominent members of his congregation offered to help him
with the puzzle
One maTOn living the church, offered the Of
her home every Sunday morning for nursery LET them
their babies my house, and the little viii be
well akeR Of" she said Thirty girls were enlisted as
nurse maids, two to each Sunday. They must be
equipped nursing bottles fairy stories and whatever
needed for the entertainment of baby The nursery
plan having been naugurated mothers by the dozen can
leave their children the nursery and proceed to
services undisturbed by the of their
children and uuworried because of their absence.
The OF the maron and her nuIsemaids may well be
called practical Christianity.
II its Illegal carry liquor the streets IL Arizona,
its blessing many citizen that the officers aren't
armed with X-rays.
Brania rules and Germany valves the rules
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
A Word From
Private Atkins

THOSE arm SIGNALS."

GSD Elm on special duty Tony. and
Is deadbeatin' drill you misses
heap of fun This is tn third
day in rapid conclusion that this regi-
ment has charged NJ all TIL way 10 that
hill over yonder, stumblin' over rocks
and impalin' ourselves on cactus"
Atkins spied the only Unoccupied chair
in the company barber shop and
dropped into it with a sigh.
"Th' muscles in me legs re Settin'
harder than IN hearts OF some Of them
officers. An believe me Tony. its all
nonsense. TOO Who ever heard
Of chargin' IN place like that
in broad daylight Why. a hand
ful OF rockies could hold off a
whole brigade for hours and may
be for days. Field trainin' they call
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
BY J. ID. PONDER.

OF The Herald. and now i'm charge o.
the Fort Worth bureau OF the Dallas
News. plunged on two lots
Get Posfoffce for East FL PESo-
Along about 1895 -lr. Long and his
associaIe- persuaded the postoffice de-
pOstOffic- ia East El PasO. and the
postoffice. little. single story brick
building about 15E-5 feet, was the tirst
brick building erected IN THAI addition
TO III FasO. and 10 SIN stands ON tie
south side of Alameda.
At that time the FL Faso Water COM
uauy was supplying the city with river
water which frequently arrived in the
homes of the cOmpanys patrons carry
i'm. pieces of dead fish and a lage sur
plus OF silt But Ehoden had fine
well Of water in East FL Paso and
cards hearing the legends DENNIS
Water only or Water From I:hoden's
Well Served Here" decorated the walls
of the restaurants and hotel dining
rooms of the city.
FIRST Mesa Water
Local real estate men made .uch
strong protest against the advertise
meuts that III Paso was getting her
drinking water from DeminE that tie
nemiu- cards were removed and Mes
1Eat.rf cards substituted The mesa
water came from Alfred Hampton
well near the mesa. and IL was the
same pure water FL PasO is now get
ting from che mesa
The pending sale Of the central fire
station property on the corner Of stem
ton and overland streets recalls the
fact that fu 1880 Gus Ferguson was
TRYING tu sell Tor $50 Tot where the
central fire station is now located. He
mad paid So front foot Tor the lot
and was Eoiug 10 leave for Dallas and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

One OF the best known champions Of
the freedom of-the-seas idea was Capt.
William Kidd.-Chicago Tribune.
Like the old one, the new Turk cab
met consists mostly Of TaIaat Bey and
Enver Pasha--Galveston News.
The Mexican problem suddenly has
shrunk to small proportions. by COM
parisOn.-OshkOsh CWis.) Northwestern.
Some OF these days somebody nav
find that sawdust is edible and then Il
will bring four bits pOund.-Houston
Post
Those hundreds Of thousands Of
mastered Armenians have peace with
out victOry.-Philadelph North Amer
lean.
Greece is yielding 10 the soft eIo-
quence Of the entente allies with all
the grace of a man looking into the
barrel OF a highwsyman' automatic
Pittsburg Dispatch
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

on BUSINESS
Fer the Wage-WOrker, the Sal
aried Gan, ard the Proprietor.
THE RELIABLE MAN

"HERE is always room for the man
who can be relied upon. Why dc
- you look outside your own bust
ness TO find a man for that place.
asked one business man OF another
who had stated that ne was looking
Tor a man
Wei. the truth is" replied the
other. the kind Of man want is not
TO be found among over 700 employees.
T have always believed in promoting
our own men when we have the right
ones 10 promote. But I want a man
who can be relied upon can not
stand over that work all the time TO
coach some fellow who may be able 10
do the detail l. will do the thinking
for him And 7 cannot afford 10 put
in fairly capable man who i likely
to do some erratic thing the first time
] give him enough leeway-
What I need. and what ] must have.
is man who can take that depart
menr and ran il without TOO much
watching. of course. any man I get
VIII need few pointers now and 5hen
while he is getting in touch with our
way Of doing business Aud I want q
man who can take advice when I see
fit 10 give II. and who knows enough
TO come 10 me for advice when he
needs it,
But I can not afford to waste time
money and patience coaching man
who cannot be depended upon. 7 want
some one ] can lean on and some one
who viii lean on me. DO YOU know
where ] can find such 2 man.?
Why. yes replied the other there
are several such men around town. but
they have already been discovered. and
am afraid you viii find il hard 70
get one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

Fletcher Henstep. 2 member OF the
Excelsior FiGdling Band, has been so
hOarse this week he could hardly
play his bass fiddle above a whisper
Columbus AlsOp, inventor OF All
sop's Peerless self-aeting mouse trap,
made a flying business trip 10 Rye
Straw the forepart OF this week. This
new device IS simplicity itself. and is
so constructed that it has a capacity
Of hundreds Of mice per day OF night
The trap is baited ike any other. and
the mice enter, one after the other
When the trap is filed the pressure
operates a spring which opens door
and allows them to pass out the rear
END.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
Benstorf Is Gone

COUNT Won BERNSTORFF is gone. Having been handed
his passports, he is his way home and there IS no
German official government representative left in the
United States. It must have been little difficult the
hour of sailing for count Bernsorf ealze he
being virtually expelled from this country what with cheer
ing friends and government agents aordng him safe
guard and courtesy and with Americans bestowng flowers
upon him and his If there brass band
about, he might easily imagine it of triumph.
Americans and Germans babe goodbye TO the former official
representative of nation with which the United States
soon be at
Under such circumstances might almost expect from
Americans discourteous demonstrations. But It
happens people hold personal resentment against this
German He has made worthy diplomatic repre-
sentative, courteous, optimistic straightforward Obgng
and with sincere liking for government and people
During eight IN this country, count BernstO ably
represented his emperor and his personality engaging
official Washington liked him immensely when
suspected with without reason that he might be engaged
divers annoying acts of unneutTaHy However that
proved.
1t may be far look forward to the day when friendly
relations between the United States Germany
stored, and perhaps it would be unheard of thing IN
diplomacy but when friendly relations restored would
be graceful little tribute BernstoTff if the
United States unobtusvey suggested that his return
bsssador would be welcomed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
The Way Out

THE brubs
spuds
caullower
bb
If should boil lilies
the wlIes,
tulip bulbs
how these dismal days This III
til
cor,riqb+ nv csorge ,farbev Adam,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
PROHIBITION.

Editor Fl PasO Herald.
/ read in your PAPER the letter from
q Church Member who believes the
church people are mesmerizec- This is
not so. This church member Is not
the first TO throw up prohibition, nor
is he the first to tell US all about the
houses Of shame. Only a few weeks
ago an FL Paso preacher Wrote a let
ter TO The Herald touching upon ex-
actly the same topic. In fact. that
member could point out more houses
Of shame than any other citizen OF F.
Paso. and I have no doubt that ne
knew the numbers on the doors or
could call most OF them by names.
We wish to thank the church mem
Der for mis- bright idea. but the law
allows the sale OF liquor, so for
heavens sake. give Us rest
BY the way. there might be q law
Of prohibition but-let those who want
to know. go TO the postoffice and find
out how many cases of liquor We're
sent through the mails to the absolute
dry state Of Arizona. during the Christ
mas season
The city ordinance prohibits the art
o. being drunk. so what more do you
" anti
Another Member
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
HOCWALLOW LOCALS
By GEORGE BINGHAM

Ellick He'll
W-anger goes TO
church nearly
every tim G.
now. He usually
goes around by
the public road,
IS the path lead
ing across the
Fl ED S 10 the
church IS TOO
straight and
narrow.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

Editor e Paso Herald:
Your cooking schools for women
folks are o. X. but q cooking school
for men cooks is rather more needed
than eating places built like palaces
and dirty, greasy kitchens where you
never see an inspector.
Some OF these socalled swell dumps
ought to be closed
This town has more rotten eating
Joints than New York.
A Miller
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
ANswERs ..cHuRcH MEMBER. :

LWI -LTTl-T T 90
Editor e Paso Herald:
As constant reader Of your excel
lent paper allow me a little space TO
express my opinion Of the letter ap-
pearing in your issue of yesterday,
signed "A Church Member"
I am an eXsoldier- I have had the
good fortune TO have soldiered in your
beautiful city in 1912 10 1913. and have
enjoyed the hospitality of many OF the
citizens OF your town. During that
time 1 also made the acquaintance OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
100000 ROY SCOUTS TO
AID IN EVENT OF WAR

New York. Feb. 16--Six hundred
thousand boy scouts throughout the
country have been ordered by the ma
tionaI council of their organization to
prepare for active service In the event
OF war. among the services that the
scouts VIII be ready TO perform are
Rendering first aid to sick or injured;
handling messages 10y wire. wireless
ard semaphore: distributing notices
and gathering statistics, cooperating
in the protection OF property collecting
information concerning supplies. acting
as messengers and orderles and CO.
operating with general ORGANIZED
agencies for relief work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

neck. Didn't work no better so ne mao
L cuss EN- out again
s-Th' officers had 70 allow as now
they could distinguish him all right
with that yellow flag round his neck,
50 they put up the excuse ms tlihs
that thew couldn't see his hands.
Next day he come out wearin' white
gloves that you could see fer more
than mile
chara-iu' Won in real war and y'u saw
n gink wearin' a biz yellow bulls eye
on his bosom and wavin' 10 w with
dancin' gloves on his hands. would yu
take a pop at him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

OWN the prize SOW OF Texas"
said J. B. Paden. 1T would do
Il Col RooseveIrs soul good to
know this hog Of mine. for she certain
" believes in multiplying her kind
She - now nursing her third litter of
pigs. Her first litter consisted OF l. pigs
the second was Is. and she now has
Il fat. healthy little babies She holds
the record. I believe. for the state. She
Melted me Sos last year and I'm ex-
pecting to make $3.50 on her progeny
this year. and 10 think. I came near
selling that hog FOR $50. Every man
living IL the country ought 10 have al
least one hog TO eat the scraps and
slops from the kitchen
Il was conductor OF the excursion
train" said Hard Times Taylor" that
carried the Fats to Deming 10 play
baseball in 1892. therefore ] read with
q great deal Of interest in The Herald
the other day a correct story OF thar
excursion When the fighting began
on the train I wired a report 10 II
Paso and asked for fast orders 50 1
could get the train into II Paso neIore
my passengers had killed each other
/ received the orders and we made a
record run into town That COWBOY
who always started the fighting, was
the most insistcnt scrapper ever
met"
I'm in love with this town. its people
and its climate. and some day / snait
return here. bringing my family Win
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
NINE ROBIN. SCULPTOR'S
WIFE

Paris. France. Feb. 16-The Petit
Journal reports the death at NIeudon
after long and Painful Illness OF
Nine. Auguste Rodin. the wife of the
famous sculptor. Nine ROdin. whose
maiden name was Rose Beurre. was
married on Jan 20 to the sculptor.
The marriage Of AuEuste Rodin last
January came on the heels of a report
that the sculptor, who is &c years old
was seriously i'll The marriage took
place at MeudOn and was attended hv
only few intimate friends.
Miss Katherine Stinson. the vouthflt
American aviatrix has cahled 10 the Aero
club OF America from Japan. offering her
services a military flier in case Of war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

The highest man was only live points
above the lowest woman i'm the eItmil.atiols
or standard sal-Euards in Transmission ma
G hinery recently
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16
LETTERS To 6he HERALD
ROAsTs Or EATING.

@inbe vfthhe Z reaGessdl ~ ~ 49, ~ $500
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

I'm in love with this town. its people
and its climate. and some day I shall
return here. bringing my family WIN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-16

lie HERALD'S story on chang
ing the map OF Ell Paso.' said
Aaury Edwards. recalls some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-24
KANSAS TRIBUTE
(Continuel from page one)

mOdeStry that was one of his great
est charms said Scott. "And it did
not desert him even wien the cir
cumstances into which he had fallen
were of the most serious, painful and
dangerous character. Few Americans
perhaps no other one of our day,
with the possible exception of Theo-
dore Roosevelt-has had so spectacu-
lar a career as Frederick Funston"
That element of chance luck" was
always good to Funston, Scott de-
clared. 1t was with him when the
Fighting Twentieth Kansas had its
chance in the Philippines instead of
Tampa or Chicamauga. 1t was with
him again when General Greedy first
in command at San Francisco, had
started for Chicago to attend the we'd
ding of his sister and Funston took
charge of the city during the earth
quake and fire. But in every emer-
gency, Funston stood equal to the
occasion.
And in proof if it, said Scott,
when he died San Antonio was
shrouded in mourning and the Alamo.
the cradle of Texas liberty and the
most sacred shrine within the borders
of the Lone Star state-the Alamo
was opened that his body might lie n
state there-a tribute that has never
been accorded to any other since
the little structure first became the
precious heritage of the people and
His death came twenty years soon
er than might reasonably hav been
expected. And yet what long life
he had lived. We live in thoughts,
not years: in deeds, not figures on
dial AMI by that scale, how many
long lives were crodwed into the
fifty years of this mans life. What
What wealth of love he heaped on
those he loved. With what change
less LOYALTY he honored his friends.
With what valor and spirit and devo-
ton he served his country With
what clean hands and what pure
heart he goes to meet his Maker"
AS Scott closed his tribute and the
Rev, Estey pronounced the benedic-
ton, a member of the national guard
sounded a bugle call. Out on the
state house square, cannon doomed
the first salte to the departed hero.
A battery of thirteen guns were fired
one salute each five minutes during
the hour.