El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-24

the roads to them, said J. T. Close Of
Chicago. at present person travel
ing by automobile can not ascertain
which road is passable or which road
is in the best condition, but must
trust TO sheer luck. The only infOr-
nation he can get on his way. either
from auto clubs or garages is a di-
rection by map Of the different routes
leading TO his destination. And that
is something he knows, more or less.
because the average auto traveller
carries his own maps AS an inustra-
ton Of this lack Of definite know
ledge, I was compelled TO travel from
Hondo. \. N, to Mascalero and back
again TO learn that the road was i'm
passable because Of the deep mire in
which two or three automobiles were
stuck As a further Illustration, there
would undoubtedly be many more
automobiles coming via the Fl Paso
route, If they knew the actual condi-
lions Of the northern routes leading
out from Kansas City"
II a small portion Of the money
and effort which has been spent
among the Mexican boys work OF Fl
Paso during the last several years.
had been put into the Boy scout pro-
gram among these same boys said
scout executive c. o. Evermau. such
a shameful incident as that Of last
Friday night could not have happ-
ened- I refer 90 the attack made upon
Boy Scouts by Mexican men and boys
last Friday evening. The Boy Scout
program teaches loyal citizenship.
and with this thoroughly instilled in
the boz the people Of any community
need have no fear regarding their re-
ligious or other tendencies"
"a number Of years ago. according
% Hn.H hap
OF a state text book commission and
Representatives Of leading book com
panies happened to stop at the same
hotel where some big dOinEs went
on. consisting Of winins and dining
Of the text book commissioners by
the book company statesmen. with the
result that some Of the commission
ers were kindly disposed to certain
book companies when the work of Sc
Letting text books was undertaken.
This is only tradition, but the present
state superintendent. ". T. Doughty,
didn't believe in taking chances dur
ing the meeting OF the text book COM
mission that concluded last week and
for that reason. he requested that
none OF the commissioners stop at any
hotels said county school superin-
tendent Miss Myra c. Winkler, a mem
Der of the commission. who returned
from Austin sunday. THE outstand-
ing feature OF the commissions meet
ing was action disappearing OF all
texts published by the American Book
company. which has been ruled TO be
a trust within the meaning of the
Texas law"
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$50 far as I know the people Of
Texas do not know that at Fl Stock
ton, this state. resides the inventor of
what is called the depth bomb used
so effectively against the 81, marines
OF Germany" said Geo McElwSfn Of
FL PasO. This inventor IS Virgil c.
Brannen, and he has lived at Ft.
Stockton since 1906. He is well known
in Texas, New Mexico and Nevada. He
has been a stock man, miner and mer-
chant. He has patented several inven-
tons Of merit during the past 20
years Since 1912 he has worked ex-
clusively on his inventions. and was
in FL PasO about a month last summer
where he had some manufacturing
done IN a local factory"
war VIII loom UP in the worlds
future as long as there Is strife a r1onr-