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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
BILL" FUNERAL
HELD SUNDAY AT DENVER
Body of Famous PIainsman Lay in
State-Fund for a Monument.

Denver, Col-The funeral of Colo
mel William F. Cody, buffalo Bill)
was held here Sunday.
The only song his friends ever
heard him sing, "Tenting on the Old
Camp Ground" was one of the two
vocal numbers rendered.
The body lay in state for three
hours in the capitol building Sunday
morning, guarded by national guards,
members of the Grand Army and rep
resentatives of other organizations to
which the colonel belonged, while
the public was admitted to view the
bronze casket, weighing more than
a ton, in which all that is mortal of
the famous scout is to remain
A superintendent Of rural school
near here brought in the first con-
tribution to a monument for Colonel
Cody. 1t consisted of Al new buff
falo nickels, one for each child in
the school,
Prominent People Present.
Two state governors, a lieutenant
governor, officials and legislators
from three states, the United States
army, fraternal organizations, of
which he was an honored member,
former cowboys, the Grand Army of
the Republic and men, women and
children-thousands of the latter
paid tribute to the illustrious son of
the prairies.
Burial is to be made some time
next spring. In the meantime the
body will be in custody of Denver
Masonic organizations.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-01-18
Ship Doomed.

Heavy weather during the next
few days means the doom of the
cruiser, Frazer told the ships Off
GERS. The stranded submarine H-3
has been abandoned by navy sal
vagers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

Editor FL Paso Herald:
1 have observed that our grocers
are always in a cheerful mood when
informing their patrons that the
price Of this and that article OF food
has gone up. II is odd, too, that the
National Biscuit Co. should send out
its cookies in packages with the
printed prices on them and the local
dealer should add % per cent to that
price. When the biscuit companies
raise their prices, they surely VIII
change the printed price on their
product
I received a letter Wednesday from
Long Beach. Cal, informing me that
Irish potatoes are retailing there at
four cents per pound. and. Of course,
the dealers are making profit az
that price. In FL Paso we are asked
to pay cents per pound. Is II pos
sibls that the freight on potatoes
from California is 81 per hundred?
I have been told that some OF our
dealers fix their prices from day TO
day, to correspond with the quota
lions created by gamblers on ex-
changes in Chicago and New YORK.
The people are going to pay dearly
enough for the necessities OF life
without being skinned by their local
merchants A HOUSEWIFE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
By J. ID. PONDER.

Greig insisted that the conductor
wear uniform so John dug up his
old Denver & Rio Grande uniform,
and as II was shy Of buttons. .-ohn
Drummer decorted it with police but
tons
There were Is coaches loaded with
people and picnic baskets and flat
car carrying the McGinty artillery.
and the little brass cannon was
worked overtime on tat trip. The
McGinty band was also along. La Luz
was 4 pretty place and the crowd had
good time, dancing on a platform
erected in S. II. Sutherland's pretty
orchard.
John o'Shea stayed with the road
until 10 was bought by the Phelps
Dodge people and then he went TO
farming.
Gave AlamOgOrdO It's start.
There was no town OF Alamogordo
until the railroad came along. Then
AlamOgOrdO began to grow. and IN
1900 her people were talking about
passing FL Paso in the race for com
mercial and industrial supremacy
The railroad had made that town its
headquarters. built big railroad shops
there and established general offices
for the road there. A hotel also was
built.
becomes Magic City
Then little trains came creeping
down from Cloudcroft loaded with
pine loss, and lumber mills were built
and put into operation to convert the
logs into lumber. Some 20 or so
stores we're established and a national
bank opened. and Alemogordo was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Editor Ell Paso Herald:
It is a source Of keen interest to
many people associated with the high
school and, therefore, rather close TO
the firing line. that so much good ad-
vice and clever instruction should be
wasted upon US. by people entirely ig-
norant OF everything connected with
the school.
Ninety percent of all the criticism
aimed at the high school comes from
people so little interested in the
school that they have never visited a
class nor met one of the faculty. Had
they done so, they would not now be
making themselves ridiculous by ad-
vocating reforms already adopted.
The girls Of the school have had a
months. adopted OF their own Volt
women OF the faculty. who. in the
minds of some OF their critics. are in
capable of exerting any Influence for
good For those who still need in
struction on this point, il should be
stated that the uniform consists OF a
plain skirt, a MILDLY blouse. and the
regulation high school tie. Eighty
percent of the girls, II not more. wear
the uniform daily: though should a
girl so far forget herself as to wear
ordinary clothes. she Is not suspended
We have not yet become reform
school
1t would be far more to the point
IL the women Of the city were TO give
our gEls instruction in matters Of
civic interest, such as the conserva-
ton OF foods and home economies.
than to remain aloof in an attitude
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Food Is as important as shells The
last 100. 600. 06e bushels OF wheat. or
its equivalent Of other eatables. viii
be a big factor in bringing = tri-
umphznt end to the war.-Chicago
Journal
ct viii fight" wires Jess Willard.
But. instead Of going to a recruiting
station. Jess sends his offer to the
white house, where 1t will De about
as much use as ham sandwich would
have been TO Moses--PIttsburg Post
Paderewiskfs speech has made
80. 600 Poles ready 70 enlist in the
Kosciuscko brigade OF the American
army. And yet it's often been sus-
pected that Paderewiski couldn't do
anything but play piano.-Toungs-
town Telegram
The time is coming when the United
States will wake to the fact that It
is at war, and that war is something
not to be viewed with indifference.
but like another sacred institution
which, alas, has often led to combat.
it is to be entered into. -SoberIy.
reverently. and n the fear OF Cod
San Antonio Light,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

doer: the offence is seldom II ever
repeated. The girls are not "un-
protected" They have q similar or
ganization and the women teachers
have always taken q personal inter-
est in its affairs.
The remarks and insinuatfon OF the
women OF the meeting, referred to in
your paper, are personal affronts to
the motherhood of this town. Are
the E Paso women who have reared
girls in this town to the age of high
school students so incapable, "friv-
olous and oblivious' as not to be able
TO take care Of them now? Have
they too lost their virtue2
As a past student OF the local high
school 1 can speak for the moral
instruction" OF the girls in the local
school Not since can remember
has there been teacher who has not
lectured to the students in his or her
class as to their actions. Every so
often a mass meeting has been called
OF the girls where different teachers
have deliberated on many things. yes,
verything-they never left stone
unturned, frequently embarrassing the
girls with their frankness. Does this
sound as though their moral instruc-
ton was left unminded2
Are We going to allow people who
have worked in the slums Of large
cities and in places with the reputa-
tons that some Of the towns have.
they mention in their remarks. come
here as perfect strangers and without
investigating make such insinuations
about our high school girls and their
parents
1 could write on indefinitely in re-
gard TO the action Of these women
and how contrary their assertions are
TO the actual conditions OF affairs in
the local high school but am afraid
It would not convince them OF their
error. z z. 8
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
O'Shea Took First Excursion Train To La Luz
Ell Pasoaps 20 Years Ago Had Few Picnic Spots

THINE plays strange Dranks with
the careers Of men and towns.
- This was suggested by a chat
with John o'Shea relative to the con-
dition Of the county poor farm Mr..
OShea is now the county's expert
farmer.
The first time saw John O'Shea he
was conductor OF the first passenger
train to run out OF e. Paso over the
Ell Paso & Northwestern road. now
the eastern division OF the E. p. &
S ". system. It was an excursion
train bound for La Luz, N NJ
Few Pienics 20 Years Ago.
Twenty years ago FL PasO could
not go very strong on picnics because
there were no county roads and that
made the groves in the valley IN
available Orn's grove. down the VAL
ley, was the only picnic ground avail
able, so when the new railroad was
building north OF Alamogardo, reports
reached FL Paso Of the beautiful town
OF La Luz, nesting in a magnificent
grove Of cottonwood and fruit trees
ond the banks OF n stream of clear
water, few miles north Of Alamo
gordo.
Get Train to La Luz.
The Knights OF Labor persuaded
superintendent Greig of the road 10
charter them special train TO take
an exclusion TO La Luz, July 4, 1898.
II was the first passenger train TO
leave Fl Paso over that road and John
OShea Vas the conductor in charge
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
CTvIL SERVICE POLICE.

Editor FL Paso Herald:
"A Pinkerton Man." writing to The
Herald from Bisbee, doesn't seem TO
think much OF civil service examiT1a-
fioas for -polfcemsn- He states that
a good detective Is born and not
made By z civil service examination.
which is quite true, but the trouble
is. there aren't enough -oorn de-
tectiTes coming into the world with
each generation TO furnish a village
police department, and perforce, mod
ern police departments have had TO
manufacture their detectives. A real
civil service examination IS the first
step in that process Of manufacture
and II 'Alr. Pinkerton' tnVestigates
he Will be astonished az the success
attained in developing sleuths under
civil service systems.
The aPinkerton Man cites the New
York detectives bureau as case IN
point. Alas the Pinkerton men OF
other days were required 70 pc more
accurate in their statements The New
York detective bureau has not abol-
ished the physical standards, because
its detectives are men detailed from
the Uniformed force and every one OF
them had to come into the department
as q patrolman. after passing the
usual medical physical and. mental
tests. with a minimum height cat
presently OF ; feet IL inches
II "a Pinkerton man" wishes TO
fortify himself with further argu-
ments in the same strain as his let
ter. to support his views, he is re-
ferred to the files of the New York
papers from 1890 to about 1905, where
he may find hundreds OF letters from
"old sleuths" who viewed the en-
croachment Of the civil service with
alarm and disgust. Since 1895 there
has been little OF that odd stuff
urged against the civil serTice be-
cause the advantages OF the system
became apparent TO the most skepti.
cal. until at present there are $4,000
city employees in the competitive
classes, including las OF May Srd)
1865 policemen and 5093 firemen-
Frank X Farmer,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
Little interviews
Deming MapEDdorses Buy-a-Home CampaignT1ere
Says Registry o1fArms and Ammunition Timely
Little LnteTUiews

plan offered here than in any other
city in the United States. A smaller
cash payment Is required, longer time
offered to complets the payment of
monthly sum called for under the sys-
TEN holding sway In Fl Paso than
anywhere else in the country. The
man in FL Paso who IS not living in
his own home can come pretty near
charging the fault up 70 himself"
T can always tell on the following
morning what kind OF a meeting has
taken place on the previous evening
in the directors room at the chamber
OF commerce" said Francisco Castillo,
chamber OF commerce caretaker. If
il is a mems meeting the floor IS lit
tered with cigars and cig&ret ashes
and stubs are thrown on the floor II
the meeting has been 4 rather stormy
session, the chairs are usually moved
around the room and in q different
way than I have placed them before
ans meeting, because the chairs re-
main in the same position that L
placed them and there is usually a
hairpin. 4 powderpuff or a Woman's
handkerchief left behind"
The ordinance adopted BY the
council providing that all persons
register them with the city clerk is.
in my opinion. an excellent measure
AT this critical period" said Roscoe
Fort There are hundreds OF aliens
in FL Paso, many OF them undoubtedly
enemies OF this country. II has long
been the fear OF FL Paso that in event
OF trouble with a foreign foe many
Of these aliens could cause serious
trouble by rioting. In this event many
lives would be lost II il were found
these aliens had guns and ammuni-
ton hidden in their homes"
Since the strong enforcement Of
traffic regulations, especially the
laws governing speeding and reckless
has been a notable decrease IN the
number OF offences" said judge A. J.
Hall "Our deputies have been ar
resting all persons guilty OF these
offences Nearly all automobile sc-
cidents, at least : majority Of them.
reckless drivers"
1T certainly would be a good thing
II the city authorities would dispose
Of the great number Of surplus dogs
and cats which infest the city," said
A IL Jones During the next dog
tax season the police ought to kill
every dog which has not license tag
and an owner. In the north part OF
the city there are few CANNES. but by
far the greater part are in the south
ern part Many Mexican families
hardly able TO properly feed their
children They are not only a gem
eral nuisance, but are unsanitary and
contribute TO the unSanitary cOndi-
tions which already exist IN some
parts Of the city and among GER
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
PRIsE AND ,PLAINrs.

Editor FL Paso Herald:
Herald ads bring quick results. We
advertised a dozen Barred Rock chick
ems for Sale last Friday a week ago
and sold them in half an hour after
the paper was thrown off at our
house.
It seem to me that If these fellows
walking back and forth before q res
taurant or barber shop with cloth
penned to them fore and aft with the
words printed on them: This place is
unfair" would advertise in The
Herald, II would bring quicker re-
suits, besides it would rid Pedestrian
ism Of the greatest nuisance and OBJ
struction that has ever been placed
upon any side walk.
It seems tao me that the cityawould
see to it that the nuisance was re-
moved. A cop ought to look after
such nuisances-
Then another thing; The street car
company ought TO fix a place for
people to get on the cars at Aurora
street on the Fit. Bliss line. or pull
the rear end Of the car up to the
crossing so people can board the cars
and not have the motOrman say: I'VE
don't care II you don't get on this
N. G. Curtis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
Roundabout Topn
Suggest Tax For Lighting Downtown District
Chance To Get Some Canning Instructors Here
By c. A. MARTIN.

print half column about hts bust
ness success or his political ambi-
tions and win then put an ad on a
billboard.
When q man wants a piece Of bacon
or a suit Of clothes. he goes to a store
and buys them and pays for them.
When he wants something in a news
paper. he asks that Il be printed for
nothing and apparently never figures
that editors reporters, printers and
pressmen must eat, or that white pa
per, ink, machinery and telegraph
A newspaper can make a big man
OF a little one and often does News
paper men have a good sense of hu-
NOR and get their pay in sitting back
later and laughing.
Newspapers print speeches made by
men OF prominence and otherwise, but
II most speeches were printed in the
language in which they are delivered
the papers would be sued for libel II
is the business OF a newspaper to con-
vert a speech into English and print
that portion Of it that has any inter-
eat TO IL.
People make the news themselves
and then blame the newspaper for
printing it II it Is about themselves.
II IL Is about someone else not q
close friend or relative, they demand
that the newspaper ''fearlessly do its
duty.
Every man thinks a newspaper IS
published for the purpose OF glorify-
ing Nm and roasting his enemy; when
it fails in this. It is failure as a
newspaper, as he sees II.
No matter how many fine things a
newspaper may say about a man, the
first time something uncomplimentary
appears. he forgets all else and raves.
Everybody knows how a newspaper
ought to be run except the editor.
Fl Paso county has a chance to Sc
cure some demonstration work in the
line of canning and other household
Clarence Ousley, director of extern
ton of the Texas A & NJ college.
The letter. says
We have offered your county Judge
the free service of two well trained
young women to give demonstrations
in your county during June and July
on:
l. Canning and drying fruits and
vegetables that otherwise viii 90 to
waste.
?. Substitutes for wheat in bread
making and substitutes tin part) for
expensive meats.
This offer is made upon condition
that during the week beginning Nay
4, the Judge viii assemble represen.
tativs women Of the county to or
ganize and handle the work OF these
young women in order TO do the
greatest good. By agreeing
/ To pay railroad fare into and out
OF the county. II necessary
,. To furnish board (preferrably az
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

~ L PASOS buy-a-home compaig n
is being discussed By visitors TO
- the city and they all think It
about the best campaign the people
OF e Paso have yet inaugurated.
A. II Pollard, an attorney OF DEM
ing y. II. who owns considerable
business property in Fl Paso, was IN
FL Paso Wednesday and said;
4 see that a buy-a-homs campaign
IS on in FL Paso and want to take
this opportunity to endorse it There
is nothing that makes for a better
city quicker than 4 community Of
homes, and on my many visits TO FL
Paso I see that this f. rapidly being
transformed into a beautiful city Of
homes. Kept up and preach the
gospel Of Buy a Homo would
recommend, though. that the buyer
keep within his means and buy the
modest home IL he Is = man OF modest
means
Makes Substantial Citizen.
The home owner" said Paul D.
Thomas, lis the substantial citizen IN
any community. I know from my ex-
perience as judge of the corporation
court that few OF the many law
breakers in our city are home owners
believe that every man who has de-
pendents should provide = home Tor
them now. Il possible All able
bodied men may soon be called 10 the
colors and il viii be a great consOlz-
ton to know that those left behind
are under their own roof One need
not fear that the state viii deprive
him Of his property in time OF war.
The government will when it be-
comes necessary. declare n n1orato-
rum which vi suspend taxes as well
as other debts
Easy TO Buy n Home.
The man who wouldn't own his
own home in FL Paso wouldn't OWE
IL anywhere" said c H. Leavell, in
speaking Of the buy-a-home move
ment- 1T is easier to acquire a home
in this city under the liberal payment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

OF criticism Anyone can criticise
destructively: il takes an unusual
citizen to construct
The writer Of this article has taught
in two high schools before coming
here, and feels safe In saying that
the girls here are no more lacking
in self-respect or in need Of super
vision by outside organizations than
are the girls of any other city. In
any group of several hundred people
there are some who attract attention
by wrong conduct; let US collect 500
grown people and look over their rec
ords- Would they all pass MUSTER
II the people Of Ell PasO take a gen
uine and sincere interest in the high
school. they have ample opportunity
to show it by furthering the activi-
ties OF the school. and becoming ac-
quainted with actual conditions here i:
IL not, their suggestions become
merely interference. and their talk
about the school malicious gossip.
A High School Teacher.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
The Great Show

TIE winter nearly killed Off it gave gp and whOOpng cough the
thankful surivedh circus arv Today the
OF
sights delights parade
with diadems
with their backs snakes wshOgs yaks
nothing
paradise
and the whine the
U spine
capy1isht by George Walt MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

spoken Of as the Magic City" It had
a population OF $500 within three
years after the railroad found il
shady spot IN the desert
But the Phelps-Dodge people need
ed that road to complete their south
western system, 50 they bought II.
The shops and general offices were
moved TO FL Paso and there was not q
great demand for the lumber made
from the tall pines OF the Sacrament
tos- But Alamogordo had been given
its start
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11

guests in private homes. and TO pay
laundry bills.
3. To arrange for demonstrations in
country neighborhoods and in towns,
and to transport the young women in
automobiles or otherwise.
4. To purchase Cat cost from San
ger brothers, Dallas, q kit Of utensils
at IS for each Of the young women
for demonstration purposes.
We must know by May Is, how
many Of these young women your
county viii use 1--WE suggest two or
more) on these terms.
All the colleges Of Texas are CO.
operating in this undertaking to help
each county save its own food for its
own use.
The school board has effectively put
at rest the rumors that the police
court was needed at Tie high school
to q greater extent than down town.
Walter Williams was selling gov
eminent seized horse at auction in
front Of the federal building. One
man had bid. 81 and another bid
s7.10. The first then bid SIZE, when
the way in the plaza was heard above
the stiffness. as he uttered: "Cheep.
eheep, cheep."
We RotarianS viii soon have Bob
Krakauer where he will have to do
the listening anu we can make the
speeches. He viii soon be the presi-
dent.
The galley boy says he would
like to buy one of the liberty war
bonds, but he can't just figure
ont how he could break even by
buying bonds ut three per cent
and borrowing money Mt eight to
pay for them.
Speaking Of war crops, W. G. Roe
and Burt Orndorff, who are in Cali
fornla visiting the moving picture
studios, report as expected, that the
peach crop is great in California this
year, but We haven't yet heard from
the actresses on what they think Of
the lemons from Texas.
<
per cent at Thursdays Rotary club
meeting in the matter Of wit. When
nominations were called for for the
position Of treasurer, Edgar Kayssr
arose Here, you can't nominate
yourself" said DR.. Ramey. When the
laughing had subsidized. Mr.. kayser
nominated Sig. Schwabe. Later in the
meeting Joe Wright. the clubs Of
fetal story teller. arose and said:
Mr. President, I'd like to make a
speech 7 know you would" said
DR.. Ramey, without batting an eye,
and Joe had to blush and wait until
the laughter had subsidized
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-11
T ETTERS to THE
- HERALD

(AIl communications must bear the sig
nature OF the writer. but the name viii be
withheld IL requested-)
PAY OF PRIVATES.
Editor Ell Paso Herald:
VIII you please answer through the
columns of your valuable paper as to
whether the bill passed TO increase
enlisted mems pay SIS per month?
Soldier Subscriber.
(The house and senate conference
agreed this week in conference on
fixing the pay of privates at SIS per
month and as soon as the two houses
adopt the conference report and the
president signs the bill, il will be a
law. The pay of noncommissioned Of
ficers is also increased. but not as
much in proportion as that Of pri-
Yates.-Editor.)