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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

~HE gentle art OF sidestepping has
been evidenced in scores of cases
\ during the 100000 T. ". c. 4.
building fund campaign. While the cam
Faign workers have met with a few
valid excuses for not contributing 20
the + W. c a. fund. most Of the
cvssive replies 10 the requests OF the
oanvassers wouid hold water fully as
well as a 10-mesh sieve
Here are some OF the excuses which
have been rsDorJed by the campaign
workers:
I'm contributing to a worthy cause
in Chicago and cannot spare money
for the y. W c. A
The cause is a worthy one. and 1
can give you some old underwear. but
no mOney,"-this from the wife OF
well to do business man.
7 should worry about the future OF
the young women OF II PasO-
All the money I make I need for
my family and 70 put into my own
7 don't believe in the y. W. c a"
The 7 ". c. A. completes with me
IN my business. therefore 1 can't con-
! prefer to help out the Mexicans
of the city. because they'r customers
Of my store. and your young women
aren't"
and can't spare any money
7 have two brothers in the Euro
pean war. whom I'm helping"
I'm all for the Y ". c. \. but 7 m
going 10 get married next weez. anu 1
need all my money"
While YOU are saving the girls.
save me TWO or three
The Wright cleaning works has
Joined the new business community in
the vicinity of Piedras and Montana
street and has moved from downtown
10 a new building just completed Tor
its use on Montana street. half block
west OF Piedras-
Horace r. Stevens tells 2 story OF
trade between two old time FL PGs0anS.
shortly after he came to FL PasO. Both
Of the e. PasOans are still living here.
he says. \. p. Coles denies that he is
the real estate end Of the duo; George
Look has not been questioned regard
ing his part in the affair
The story is that man who is
well known property owner a present
and was in the saloon business at the
time. had fine looking horse but =
balky one. y well known real estate
man admired the animal very much and
did not know that he was balky.
The owner OF the horse decided 70
sell or trade him 10 the admiring real
estate man. and, in order 10 make the
trade a certainty, stopped the animal
on q slight rise near the real estate
man Office W men tLlr ttfti tSAetto
man came out 10 try the animal. the
owner drove him or DOWN the hill in
great style. also about the level streets.
retaining religiously from attempting
any heavy sand or any hills.
The real estate man decided he would
axe the animal and told the owner he
would trade him q lot for him. The
lot is down on South Santa Fe street,
said the real estate man You can go
down some time and see it,
oh. never mind said the owner OF
the horse. afraid Of losing the trade.
III take it sight unseen and you may
IA Ike the horse"
The deed was drawn for the lot, the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Juarez Still Remembers Burrows Bat
Young Texan Aroused Jealousy of Rur
Burrows
jealousy
Aroused


BY J. ID. PONDER.
rGraie was also in love with the same
girl. With jealous eyes he watched
the two walk away and go into the
cafe, so he invited several police
friends TO watch him make the young
Texan swim the Rio Grande.
Entering the cafe. the rurale invited
Burrows to skip. 10 vamos prOnto-
But Burrows told the senior TO guess
gun He was TOO slow, however, and
pitched forward with bullet through
his head
Hearing the rush Of feet outside
Burrows sprang through the door into
the open and the police opened fire
on him Twice again his sixshOOter
spoke and two more policemen went
down and the warning shout, "TejanO.
Tejauo' (Texan. Texan. was heard
through the plaza, and there w3S =
general rush for cover Those who
lacked confidence in their legs went
under gambling tables or ducked be
lind booths.
Remembering that he had only five
bullets Burrows made a dash TO break
through the Gordon Of police and reach
other policeman 70 crumple down. and
II looked as If Burrows would Ee-
away. But a mounted officer headed
him off While running the cowboy
fired his fifth and last shot killing the
horse under his pursuer-
Burrows Is Killed.
other officers had come up anu the
wounded young Texan was forced IL
make q stand with an empty gun. One
o. his enemies. discOv erlug his hcln-
lessness, rushed in close enough TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
GAMBLERS RISKS, AND LAWS
TO PROTECT AGAINST FRAUD
Try H II

BILL now pending In the Arizona legislature provides
n penalties for misleading advertising is directed
- - primarily against companies exploiting stocks IN min
ing prospects, order that the public not be led to
invest through mistaken ideas Of the properties in which
investment is sought
The purpose OF the bill make mining promoters,
their Advertising through newspapers otherwise, conhne
themselves the truth and the merorous in
the degree that protects the investor against fraud
Unfortunately there many ways Of inducing people
invest IN properties very doubtful without max
ing downright untruthfu statements is possible for
instance call attention 10 the fact that certain mining
stock experienced phenomenal enrching its in
esors and venture confident prediction that
dvertised viii likewise advance value This could scarcely
be assed as misleading advertising, for has right in
sincerity, make whatever predictions appear TO him
justified.
Such advertising this effective points
been done by another stock thereby arousing
latent cupidty the strongest spur speculation
not investment, but gambling.
Most of mining stock advertising the
papers recent months has been truthful far could
be Judged without actual study of the properties That 70
be recalled N which advertising COM
uauy owning merely prospect upon which development
has been DONE has made the definite statement
that it possesses real Some advertisements have
eve1y worded however that unaccusOmed TO
newspaper advertising might not notice the point at which
the advertiser sheered from thin ice Readers might
fact gather all the enthusiasm from the advertisement
noticing the omissions though such omissions prob
ably would be perfect safeguard in court Of law
Therefore, while legislation may be helpful by making
advertisers cautious the best check upon what IS
sometimes called ~wdd cat mining advertising, lies with
the reader himself He should not forget that every great
mine today was a prospect and for every mine
making millions there probably SEINE pesslls
attempting apply the blanket He should remember
however, every prospect gamble until an ore body
has been located and percentage OF
content and often long after the presence OF mineral
proved that he for the development OIL
the prospect he should willing TO take all the rSkS IN
voIved; and puts his money hoping only for
increase value OF the stock, he is induging IN
gamble and nothing else and takes merely gamblers risk
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Roundabout ToWn
Many Excuses For Not Helping the WV. c. A.
Horace Stevens Story of the FL Paso Traders

peals and Issued orders Of transfer OF
cases.
There are S5T eases on the dockets OF
the various appellate courts, and ac-
cOrding TO the equalization plan worked
out by the supreme court an average
OF 1O4 cases have been left on each
docket
The largest number Of cases trans
ferred from any one court are SIS from
the second court Of civil appeals az
Fort Worth 70 the eighth court at FL
Paso and Il to the seventh court o.
civil appeals at Amarillo. a total 81 Sc
From the fifth court at Dallas 81 cases
are transferred TO the seventh court at
Amarillo. Fifty-one cases are trans
ferred from the first court at Calves
ton. OF which 29 are to the ninth court
san Antonio and ten TO the eighth court
at FL PzsO-
These cases viii reach here IN two Or
three weeks and IL behoOveS the local
attorneys wishing 20 have their ap-
psals disposed Of promptly. 70 file them
before the arrival OF the transferred
cases. otherwise, they Will not be
reached until next fail according to
J. L Driscoil, clerk OF the court.
II Dan jackson doesn't lookout. he'll
be recognized soon as wit
The galley boy says he can't under
stand why men will be candidates for
offices that don't pay any money
it looks funny to him
\ man is not always pleased. neither
does he always see the joke. when he
laughs Sometimes he does II TO keep
the others from seeing he didn't catch
the point.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Roundabout own
- -. Internatlonal - serrlce.
IN q. a. MARTIN.

bill OF sale for the horse and the real
estate man drove off with the animal
Next day the former owner Of the horse
asked Mr. Stevens TO drive him down
10 locate the lot and they found It
with the Franklin irrigation canal
running straight through the center OF
II
Report has it however. that later
the ditch was changed and the new
owner recovered the lot completely and
sold il for $4,000. Mr.. Stevens pretendS
not to know anything about the suisse
duent changing OF the ditch and recoy-
cry and sale of the lot, however. His
part of the story ends with the former
owner Of the horse looking at the lot
with the ditch running through IL
Raymond Robins. chairmon OF the
Progressive national convention last
year. viii be q visitor to FL Paso
week from next Saturday and Sunday.
N'r. Robins. one Of the great leaders OF
young men in the country, is travelling
for the Y. n. C a. He will be heard
both days that he is in FL PasO, but
t. is not yet settled under whose aus
pieces ne will appear. Rockefeller made
9 bid for the services Of Mr. Robins re-
Gently. as his cOnciliatOr. 10 look after
the interests OF his wOrkiugmen, but
Mr.. Robins thought he could do a
greater work unhampered with any
field.
Judges II the Eighth court OF civil
appeals IN Il PasO are going to be
swamped in a short time with work
The Texas supreme court has COM
pleted the work OF equalizing OF the
dockets OF the nine courts Of civil ap-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

-L PASO is Just like home for
the militiamen, the boys tell
IL me-" said Bert MoreaU, a De-
oft. Mich, man. 7 never saw more
ealthy looking company Of men than
he Michigan organization which I was
3nce a member OF, and when those EEL
lsws return home they will surprise
ne folks in the old home town. Back
% Michigan some OF the people are OF
sc opinion that the life on the border
bit strenuous but IL doesn't appear
% strenuous 70 injure the men
1t il an interesting sight TO watch
ne lines Of Mexican immigrants as
hey file from the Mexican side Of the
i-Fer TO the Santa re street bridge"
said D. r. Mason. OF course the great
ar part OF the immigrants are careful
y examined, and are compelled to IN
Jergo the quarantine baths, but the
mile on their faces when they reach
The American side of the river is an
Indication Of the feeling that their
hardships are almost over, and there
viii be no more going 10 Mexico for q
long time. immigration is not per-
lnitted after o'clock in the afternoon
and those who attempt to cross after
that time are sent back
The route Of the punitive expedition
INTO Mexico, and the way in which they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
The Greatest Of Rulers
CBY H. S. H.

IS observed with interest that Palavacin Tor
member Of Gen. Carranza's cabinet and one VINO Is
generally accepted his spokesman appeared before the
constitutional convention at QueTetarO few days ago TO
predict that American Mexican relations would improve
after March when secretary of Lansing would be out
of the American cabinet He also made reference to the
presidents private secretary Joseph Tumulty, as gloomy
Catholic fanatic whose connection with the president he evil
IDENTIFY considered undesirable
1t will be to most of that secretary Lansing IS
unrendy toward the de facto government Of Mexico II
So has held himself in less admirable restraint
The linking of Tumulty with Lanngs suggests that
Gen must hold him to blame for the protest re
Gently by the state department to Mexico against the
intended execution of archbishop 0rOzcO mniz and bishop
Mora under old law which gave them no opportunity
defence against charges of having aided Villa II MI
Tumuy had anything at all to do with it. all proestants
this country will agree his influence well exercised
purely humanitarian standpoint Even the charges
rumped up against the Mexican Prelate would
bad enough to put them death even after atoIdng
them every opportunity for defence which was denied them
Senior PaIavacn the same address spoke of president
Wilson Mexco's friend the greatest OF all rulers
very fusome praise which will stand so long as MI
Wilson follows the which Gen Carranza desires by
keeping of Gen CaTranza way, but didn't PalavacnI
lay thick by calling Nj Wilson the greatest Of
rulers? That ahead Of Carranza and subjects
the speaker to prosecution for lese majestic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

NAPOLEON could have had an au-
M tomobile. The principles upon
L which it is constructed have al
ways existed II men had known
enough 10 apply those principles then.
the best type OF modern car might have
slided down the streets OF Paris p cen
fury ago Hot water made steam back
in the Carboniferous age. Plato might
have had a telephone. Alexander :
phonogrsph, Cleopatra a steam yacht.
and the speeches Of Cicero might have
been printed in a daily paper. II men
had known enough.
During the coming centuries many
inventions VIII be made-Dut the prin-
ciples upon which they are to he con-
structed are in existence right now,
awaiting perception and application.
And every Improvement that will be
made in every line OF work-art. man
ufacture. commerce. agriculture. phys
les. and metaphysics-win merely be
the discovery and embodiment OF facts
that exist now.
In the years that are before Us We
shall all doubtless make significant
progress Each step viii come as soon
a We really think OF it-as soon as We
really see the next thing to do and do
it.
The opportunity to perceive the next
step is always Open-always waiting
10 be utilized
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Little InferUieWs

are now coming out was once traVersel
by many thousands OF head Of cattle.
said P c. Burns. The cattle belong
ing 10 the immense Terrazss estate in
the state Of Chihuahua were often
driven overland from Casas Grandes
and Colonia Dublan to Columbus anu
thence to Deming, where they were
shipped 10 American points
Il have returned TO FL Paso 10 live
permanently" said Chas- r Helm, Il
left here over six years ago and have
done SOME wandering since and lost
best town in the world. The place has
grown so that 1 get lost when I venture
away from san Antonio and FL Paso
streets" Mr.. Helm was captain OF pc
lice in this city 90 years ago and one OF
his sons is a surgeon in the army and
is now with the troops at Sierra Blanca
With mining and cattle raising the
two big money making and important
interests in our section OF the country,
I believe that too much attention can
not be paid. by the people AT large, to
them" said ". q. Roe Mining and
cattle have proved to be the backbone
and foundation of our growth and pros
perity. and we should pay a lot Of at
tention to these industries, and when
things quiet down across the border,
we viii be in position 20 become
bigger center of trade along these lines
than Kansas City ever thought OF be
ing. Northern Mexico is too, OF rather
viii be. 4 great cattle and mining coun-
try. and IL is almost beyond the scope
% our imagination what this city VIII
become favorably situated as il IS geo
graphically"
That editorial in The Herald the
other evening calling on the national
guardsmen now in FL Paso 10 tell
the truth about FL Paso when they go
home" said !. : Morrison. ticket agent
for the Santa Fe. was timely and to
the point. Let the boys be fair and
sneak only the truth about US when
they return home, and IL will be all
right They must remember that when
they first arrived FL Paso was no
more prepared 10 take care OF 10000
soldiers than was Boston, Cincinnati,
Louisville Atlanta or Charleston. Re
member. TOO. that after they left home
the cost of the necessities as well as
the Iuxuries of life went soaring. They
might also bear in mind that If they
this fall and winter they would have
found weather conditions more uncOm-
Portable than they found them here.
They got just as much and as good
food here as they would have been
provided with AT any other point in
the United States. / know il IS hui
what they did and endured when they
set back home from such an adven-
ture on the border Of a foreign coun-
try: but in this instance I hope they
VIII not permit their Imagination DO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Militia Isn't A Failure

DRESIDENT WILSON was quite right IN IebuklnE the
- delegation from the Maryland League Tor rational
Defence for presenting memorial IN which the national
guard referred disgrace and failure The presl
that the unIestraned language Of the memorial
precluded further discussion
the border know that the national guard IS
not failure assuIedly is not disgrace If war
been required the guard needed more training
than 1t had when it came border but that all
training the past SIX months and now 1t
easy distinguish between regular and maan
S only few days since national guard lieutenant
and detachment of diminished all night with band
Mexicans drove the bandits out OF Arizona
charged and routed them from positions buildings on the
Mexican side scattered them the hills and destroyed the
buildings they had found shelter The guard as
whole good this sample and the Maryland League
it apology.
What the league probably had in mind was that the
guard system in fact the whole army system as
we have now calculated to furnish adequate defence
Of this country attacked by first class power That IS
true only remedy is universal training in time OF
peace and universal in time OF But the Mary
anders hereby advised apply and less
anger their selection of adjectives-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

Editor FL Paso Herald:
Cd What city is known today as the
money market Of the world?
90 What city had that distinction
before the outbreak OF the present
world war?
90 What nations capitalists today
control the Canadian Pacific railway
and steamship lines2
90 Do English capitalists control
any railroads in the United States to-
day. II so. what are the names OF the
larger ones so CONTROLLED n. R. VI.
i New York. but probably tenn
pOrarily. while the war lasts.
London, and is likely % regain II.
3-The Canadian Pacific is controlled
unitedly by Canadian and English cap
italists.
English capitalists control Ala
bama & Vicksburg. and Alabama.
Shreveport < Pacific. The Canadian
Pacific interests control Duluth. South
Shore & Atlantic. Minneapolis. St Paul
& ). :. NJ. Wisconsin Central.-EditOr.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
A Soldier Agrees With Wilson

4 ER WILSON does not to be altogether alone II
NJ his idea that peace in Europe must without
= victory. For witness the words OF one Engishman:
eff TO crush the central empires by military
decision followed up by economic stTangulation will
carry forward into peace the hoes and hatreds OF war;
you will make armies nayies and ornaments oppres
than you will make more inevitable than ever
and will fasten CONSUMPTION irevocaby upon this nation
and al others"
This the statement of paciist but of Corp Lees
Smith member of parliament who had returned to London
after year trenches and who addressed parliament
TO the foregoing effect.
Now and then there out OF Europe little expressions
this which indicate that perhaps the British press bureau
Is not telling the whole truth "a hours day.
The Dominican republic VIII have to be peaceful II
have to fight everybody in that dminutive country
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
A SOLDIERS DREAM.

4 SOLDIERS DREAM.
Fort Bayard. y. NJ
This poem describes 4 little OF a.
soldiers feeling vino. though his per
son is on the border. left his heart back
in Wisconsin, land OF beauty We
the hospital and like il very much.
have been trying hard for some time
TO conceive a sketch which would fit
me Girl Left Behind Ne.
with apologies 70 the author Of the Originally
You ask me why I sit here, sir.
50 solemlly this evening.
For one far north. young and fair
Ny heart IS sadly grieving.
And when see the rnaidens here
1t often does remind ne
It's many month since have seen
The girl left behind ne
Sheq A lass Of eighteen summers.
Blue eyes and golden hair,
That neither powders nor paints her face
A type that's exceedingly rare
The boys all mere are good to me.
And chicken try 70 find ne
But there's not colleen in the country
wide
Like the one I left behind me
In the night time while I dream
Again were roaming there
by lake or by the river side
Gathering arbutus fair.
Though n reality rs hon Ions ,,I Ions time
Tells me someone is lonesome too
It's the girl left behind ne.
And now when my hitch has expired
I'm going back 10 the north.
and from the land OF ice and snow
III never venture forth
And the army. with all its thrills.
WI be Ear out OF my mind
Just dear old Wis. and the loved one
The girl / left behind
And the lovely DAYS that viii follow
Cndescribed BY tongue or by pen.
When by the lake and the river
Were stTolling together again.
and unto the grille I'll whisper
The words that forever shall bind ne
softly I'll murmur. and gently.
We more will leave thee behind M"
\ dollar saved by buying goods pro-
duced elsewhere is a dollar thrown az
your nefghbor's birds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

fore was il so necessary 10 guard
thought and speech as now. owing to
the government of the stars, which
projects ideas into events, thus rapid
" working good or i'll
The sun in the sextile TO Mars in
the horoscope of the new ruler Of Aus
tria BODIES III for his reign. which is
likely TO be marked by tragedies ami
even revolutions.
Famine viii spread. II the interqre-
tatiOn Of the stars is right. and among
the warning nations. internal troubles
viii multiply in the next few weeks
Persons whose birthday IL is have
the augury of a fortunate year. Those
who are employed probably will be
promoted.
Children born on this day may sue
coed best when directed. but these
subjects Of Acquarius are likely TO be
endowed with brain power and many
traits Of character.-(COpyrig 1917,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The c1oinaIy cost OF a Want I'D in
The FL Paso Herald is % cents II
reaches an average OF about 100000
readers each issue
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
(emS

DECKED with ghtered exceeding pendOri
jealous;
tell
heading
shedding.
anked
planet
Matthew WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
HOCwALLOw LOCALS
By GEORGE BINGHAM

At the Hog
Ford church last
S unday the
preacher was haY-
ing easy sailing
with his subject
and the congrega-
ton seemed per-
fect1y contented
until a hen came
out from under
the church
cackling.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

The merits Of the of budget fund and
the W A building campaign plain that argu-
behalf ought be necessary but brass knucs
would be Of service IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
Little Infa0ieUs
Border Service Makes Strong Men Of Guardsmen
Former Police Captain Glad to Get Back Here

violence 10 truth and injury TO a Deo-
ple who have treated them with every
kindness"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

Atlas Peck knows everybody
around here so well he is thinking
about moving.
Raj Barlow had his hair cOmbed
II the barber shop Saturday even
ing for Sunday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

the habit Of chasing up passengers to
give change"
An Observer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
LETTERS To Ole HERALD
CAPITAL AND RAILROADS.

~H be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

- TAPOLEON could have had an au-
M tomobile. The principles upon
L y which II is constructed have al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31

cstyIsh b Gssrss KasiGe- AEo-.s
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-31
THOUGHTS
on BUSINESS

For the Wage-Worker, the Sal
aired Man, and the Proprietor.
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WAIT