El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-30
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tration it IS necessary to give the
place Of birth. and it is surprising
TO find the number OF men OF alien
birth who are in Ell Paso and claim
residence in other cities"
The duties Of the board OF regis
trars which I have appointed in ac-
cOrdance with the law governing the
selective draft are not pleasant ones, .
said mayor Charles Davis. Under
the law these men must devote much
time and study to the registration Of
men Of military age. They are not
given any compensation for this and
IN the performance Of their duties
VIII doubtless encounter many I'M
pleasant incidents. But It is a duty
that must be performed and the
members OF the two committees ]
have named are working diligently"
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The old saying. In the spring the
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts Of love certainly seems to
be a true one" said county clerk
". D. Greet Our marriage license
bureau has been doing more business
this past month than ever before in
its history II looks as though this
June's crop Of brides will break all
local records. Chris Amanda our
agent for Cupid, says he thinks all
the single men In town are getting
are doing it in the hope Of avoiding
service in the selective draft armies"
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Immigration officials OF Juarez
have removed the ban on human
traffic TO Juarez after p m" said
Dr.. J. W. Tappan. Of the government
public health service. Posters an
nouncing that persons can visit
Juarez at any hour without being
detained for q fumigation OF clothes
have been posted in the Mexican
town. This has resulted in a general
eener that the American health Of
Meals have lifted the ban on per-
sons returning from JUarez between
p. m and $50 a. m This belief is
entirely incorrect We are still pro-
hloiting anybody to come to Ell Paso
from Juarez during the interval
Gals"
Gambling in foodstuff and the
stock Of our Industrial enterprises, -
said judge ": R. Smith, ais at all
times hurtful TO the material growth
Of the country. But in times Of peace
ii is difficult to secure serious con-
sioerauon by congress Of any meas
ure for the suppression OF such
gambling When the country faces
such a situation as obtains TODAY il
should be made a penitentiarv Of
tense for a man to hoard food for
speculative purposes. or to gamble
on its possible future value. I some
times feel that in aggravated cases
the death penalty would not be too
severe punishment for such inhuman
greed"
THE board Of realtors" said Ed
gar D. Park, has adopted the article
written by r. z. Sherman and pub
Iished in The Herald on Buy A
Home for a regular campaign ar
gument in favor OF buying q home.
It is the strongest argument a realty
salesman could hand to q prospecfive
buyer, and II viii be printed IN slips
and used by all the members OF the
real estate board"
'sThe people in the Pecos valley are
the most patriotic that I have
seen anywhere" said J. Landrum
Graham. There everyone was in
terested in the new military pro-
grams Of the government and in the
welfare of their own troops and Mill
tia companies. The town Of CarIs-
bad, N. IL, was the first OF the New
Mexico towns TO recruit It's local
militia company up to the quota Of
100 men They had even gone so far
as to establish a branch Of the 7. N
c. A in the camp and the people
seem to realize 10 the fullest extent
the great needs for the ''Yf branch
among the soldiers