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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06

ct the regular noon meeting the week
following, the new officers viii be
installed
President Robert Krakauer ap-
pointed p C. Thede presiding judge
and w r. Schultz and II. A. Warner
uellers 70 act on election night
Eotarlaus al this meeting heard an
interesting TAX on conditions at the
front by W E Collinge. Of "Canada's
tlgnLlug seventh who lost an arm
t the battle OF Messines Ridge, in
Bombers Make Clearing
when my battalion reached the
front, the Germans Outnumbered us
seven 80 one and were firing 1000 to
5000 shells an hour 10 our go To SEQ,
but IN Two hours, my outfit Of 125
bomb throWers cleaned out two lines
or German trenches But there were
only three Of us left when the fight
was over, he said. 1Lr. Collinge re-
lated tales OF heroism such as that
Of the Euglishman, suffering from the
loss OF a leg who carried a wounded
Canadian TO safety and then died him
sGl1
CiEuret As Auzsthetic.
As to cigarets- the speaker declared
that when he was wounded and three
inches were cut from his arm stump
with jack knife. a ciEaret was his
only anastheric. There is nothing you
can send that would be more apEre-
ciared than ciEarets- 7 have seen
times when cigarets sold for $3.50
each and have seen one cigaret
passed among 10 men" As to the Red
Cross, ar Colliuge said, 81 would be
under the sod today pushing up
daisies. If ir were not Tor a little Red
Cross nurse in France. and when ]
was in the hospital In England, Red
eros nurses wrote TO my sisters for
me and they saved my lie" In con-
Guiding he declared that there isn't
@ wounded man at home who wouldn't
Welcome the chance TO so back To the
front and give his life for the cause
Organizing Red Croz.
STANLEY Srouer, Of St Louis. district
UllltarE director Of the Red Cross, re-
uuesred ItOtarians TO inform the Red
Cross IF any good men over the draft
age who would like the chance Of do
inE Red Cross work he said he was
here 10 organize the work at Fort
Bliss
TO show the esteem the Red Cross
enjoys. 7 might point cut that the
commanders Of all the camps in the
southwest have asked that our work
ers accompany them overseas" he
said During the past winter. we
distributed about S3.Il00o0 Of articles
among the various camps in Texas !
We are today looking for the best
men We can find TO do this work
Impressed With stability Here.
William r. LcStay, advance man
for AR ColLnEe, declared he was inn I
pressed by the beauty of Ell Paso. 3
The stability Of this city is some
thing wonderful he said. You
wouldn't even be bothered by an
earthquake. such as that city of won 4
der, Los angeles, just had You know
there is population Of 5000 there I
that is $4,000 real estate agents. II
might say, too. that I was impressed Z
hy the great cement building here I
IL shows what poured concrete can I
become"
3IoVlcs Dispense Cash.
r. H Pool of the Fox Film cor
noratiou, also a Rotarian was a guest I
and said that. while he might admit
the reference to Los Angeles realtors
he wanted TO say that the moving
picture business dispenses about
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
m. c. A. IS "A YEARS OLD;
MEMBERSHIP NOW THOUSANDS

Thursday was the 74th anniversary
Of the establishment Of the Y. u. C.. A.
June 6. 1874, it was organized By Sir
George Williams, of London. The first
movement in America was instituted
at Boston. December Is. 1851. and
since that time more than 5000 assoc
cations have come into existence. The
year book for 1917 showed a member
ship Of 559,357 men and 16l.151 boys.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
NJ GLINT0GK To
HEAD R0TARIiN5
Unopposed, With Four
Others for Top Offices;
Election Net Week.

II. r. llcClintoek viii be the next
president OF EI Paso Rotary. G. A.
Martin VIII be vice president. Jack
p. sheehau VIII be secretary Z. W
kayser viii be treasurer and Charles
Walker viii be sergeant at arms At
Thursdays meeting Of the club. nomi-
nations for officers and directors
were made and the foregoing list
were all unopposed- Tor directors.
seven TO be elected, the following
were nominated
Robert Krakauer. r. J. Tighe Mar
tin LielouAa. J. W. Kirkpatrick. V.
r. stiles, VIII r. Winch, James A.
Dick. George r. LeBaron, J. W. Lo-
renrzen, Ed Lachman. c. H. Finley,
VIII Crombie, W. G. Roe. A. j.
Srrayer, o. ]. Binf0rd and Sismund L.
SchWabe.
Electiea Next Thursday.
The election VIII take place at
night meeting next Thursday, while
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
TOM ROUGHLY AGAIN CUT
DOWN BEFORE STRANGLNC

For the second time in two days.
Tom Rougeley, a prisoner I'm the city
Jail on a vagrancy charge. was found
hanging by an improvised rope late
Wednesday night and cut down be-
fore he was strangled. His cell mate
saw him in time to lift the mans
body high enough to relieve the pres
his life
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
COPPER OUTPUT
RECORD Is SHATTERED.

Bisbee. Ariz. June arizona cop
per production records were broken
during the past month. according to
figures issued here by the large pro-
ducers Of the state. The output for
May was 76.711.507 pounds. 1000. 600
pounds greater than the former best
month. Nay. 1917.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
THE COURTS.

EIGHTH COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS.
j. r. Harper, T. r. Higgins and A. VI.
WalthaIl, Justices.
Motions for rehearing Overruled; c.
r. Green ct al VS.. c. ". Hall. from
san saba. Kansas City. Mexico &
Orient railway company Of Texas vs..
r. I. Estes. from Tom Green; opinion.
Huts owen ct al. vs. l. c. Smith. from
san saba. Miller Bros. & Co. VS.. H.
Lesinsky company, from Ell Paso.
Farmers and Merchants State bank
of Ballinger VS.. s n Cameron ct al.
from Ruunels. o. B. Names VS.. J. l.
Case Threshing Machine company,
from Coleman.
Affirmed: l. H. Turner VS. J. W.
Turner. from FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
JUAREZ TROOPS CELEBRATE
VICTORY AGAINST HUERTA

IN c0mmem0rari0n q the caDture Of
the state of Nuevo Leon from the
Huerta forces the federal troops al
Juarez paraded the streets there
" Wednesday and passed in review be-
fore Cen Jose 1lurguia. The state
band and the band Of the ed regi-
menr furnished music A large num-
Der Of people Of Juarez and the sur
rounding country witnessed the
parade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06
COrD WIND sTRTKEs CITY.

A cold wind obliged persons down
town Wednesday night to put on
heavy outer clothing Clouds which
appeared to bear rain blew over the
mountains and eastward The wind
was not favorable for bringing what
appeared TO be rain southwest OF
Iuarez-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06

Owing
w tins mammoth June Sale today surprising even our O" expectations may ee that
kindly apologies and Friday We will selling force
for tomorrow 'ush,sot all will eoeve he o se1ic.
Never has FL will
different from anything thai has preceded the usual chau
that significance being fully gaed and full advantage taken the
Anew pOgavenes
and full 70 n
for all Summer would The
that wish best clientele for It's loyalty them dividend
merchandise.
of dollars the
Auenc which quality
For Friday we articles offer ehed
andp1 rcho ockbo Hom
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-06

r. H Pool. Of the Fox Film cor
poratiou, also a Rotarian, was a guest
and said that while he might admit
the reference TO Los Angeles realtors
he wanted 10 say that the moving
picture business dispenses about
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
WOMEN WEAVE STRAW HATS
All People Of Island Depend Upon
Earnings of Few Cents a Day
Each fo.' Their Living.

Next to the trunsshipment activities
Of Mount Pleasant. the weaving OF
straw hats is the chief source of in.
come of the people, says Commerce Re-
ports. Tls, hats woven are Of cheap
quality, the standard selling in 1916
for from $3.50 to SLAB per dozen. The
straw for these hats is at present i'm.
ported from Venezuela and Colombia,
but the Dutch government is attempt.
ing to raise it in Dutch Guiana.
The hats are woven by the women
and children in their homes, and by
moderate industry woman, can COM
plete a hat in one day. All over the
island from early morning until after
sunset the weaving goes on. The Sy.
rian purchasers, who collect the hats
from house to house, pay about ten
or eleven cents each. Although the
straw for hat costs the weaver from
five to seven cents and the amount
realized from days work is very
small, many of the people depend en-.
tirely upon their meager earnings from
this industry.
In the government schoo! hat weav.
ing is taught and some of the natives
atfNin a high daeree Of skill, producing
hats said to equal the best made in
Colombia. The better grades do not
enter into the export statistics of the
coiony''as they are bought by tourists !;
the quality Of the standard hat does
not improve.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
FRESENT LAND VALUES,

The year 1917 brought to Bossier
Parish unprecedented realty prices.
One hundred dollars per acre and even
more has been paid for several tracts
of Red River bottom land To some
this WAS unexpected. but to the FAR
seeing man such prices We're Il fixture
Ill mlnd long ago. and it may also be
truly said That the top price has not
yet been reached. Just remember that.
and the assertion that - to 3O-cent
cotton is not alone responsible for the
upward trend in the Price of land here
i'll Bossier. The reading man knows
that Immigration will now bear this
way. The Eastern and Northern States
have long. cold winters and their soils
have been depleted; the West and the
Middle West have about filed UP. 20
the Immigrant is now looking toward
the South. They will come in coacl,
leads. III train loads-by the thousands
and. again there is that food of i'm
migrants from Europe who will come
after the world war ends.
What OF this:
1t means that now is the time for the
residents of the parish to bu! if they
have not already done SO. The Ban
her has long advocated that all resi-
dents OWN their own homes That is
good advice when viewed from any
angie. 1t is useless for US to here
again urge why the homecoming resi-
dent IL Il more deserving citizen. We
only wish to advocate that YOU buy the
place on which yoI live and cultivate.
IT you have not already done so or
arranged to do so. Buy anywlere-on
railroad or gravel road if YOU can.
but if not, then buy. anyway. 1t is
true YOU cannot bring Il railroad to
your place. ana perhaps not a gravel
road. but YOU can have Il good high and
dry dirt road. and that should satisfy
one for the time
The high points we wish to impress
upon You are that You must own the
land scu cultivate and the home in
which You live if you would be content.
prosper and best protect yourself and
family, and that us yet our lands are
not high in price. At first thought you
may think so, but many will live to
learn different. What was the average
price OF unlandS in Rossier Parish ten
Years ago: AS YOU answer you will
call to mind that it takes about twice
that much tn become the owner Of an
acre to-day. 1t is also true that the |
future holds i'll store proportiOnate ad- |
vances. As lands advance in value |
their rental will from year to wear also |
stdsai'ce. loii viii not wish to he one |
oil Those 10 nave To put M for these |
ADVANCES. and surely il will not in any |
wise enhance your general prosperity.
SO arrange to buy-do it to-tlay-and
own lorR OWN HOME.
-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
FROZEN MARSHES OF RUSSIA
DesoIate Tundras stretci, Inland From
the Sea for From Three Hundred
to a Thousand Miles.

In the extreme north Of Russia, from
the White sea to Behring strait, there
lies the region of the tundras-waste
frozen marshes stretching inland from
the sea for from 800 to 1000 miles. 1t
is often difficult to determine the point
separating tile land from the sea, for
the surface of the ground is frozen
some forty feet deep; even the heat Of
summer can thaw only about two feet
of top soil.
The only possible vegetation consists
of moss and few berry bushes-scant
food for the millions Of birds and
beasts of all kinds that flock north
!. ward in July and August to escape
their enemy, the hunter, says the Geo
graphical Review. BY the end of Au-
gust, however. the heavy frosts set in,
and the tundras become barren, life
less desert, covered with snow for
hundreds 9f-Ntles. VIZ Fever I |iYl
ing speck Is al y kind on which to rest
ones eyes.
To the south of the tundras is the
great coniferOus forest belt, which
stretches from Finland to the Sea of
Okhotsk. At its western end, where It
is more settled, this is perhaps the
most beautiful part of the great Rus
sian plain. The countryside is dark
with the shadows Of the fir trees, but
frequently shot with the light, 1.-the
trunks of silver birches. The aspect of
the land, too. is slightly rolling in
parts. and Graded between these slight
elevations there are thousands of
charming little lakes fringed around
with reeds.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Humorlng People Isn't Pleasant

"Humoring man" sounds like 4
pleasant and comfortable thing, but
when one links humoring with the
question of who makes the money. it
does not seem very flattering to the
humorer or the humoree. And what
a lamentable sight is that of the hui
moree, what deep inequality it implies
and what an absence Of any real re-
spect or understanding between two
people in whose lives humoring is n
part of the daily routine. When the
one to be humored is woman. it NAV
mean that man has been forced into
the craven part of doing anything for
the sake of peace. There are few con-
cessions some men will not make to
avoid a domestic storm. Some unfor-
tunate men there are who even give
up vital friendships, legitimate forms
OF recreation and even their own indi-
vidualities in this unworthy cause
Woman Home Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
FOUND NEW USE FOR PULPIT
Sectors Wife Was Greatly. Excited
When Parson Arrived Unexpeet-
eddy to Hold Services.

Canon Shearme, in his Lively Rec
objections" tells a good story of q
brother clergyman in q remote parish
who turned up unexpectedly to hold a
service ut one of two churches he serv-
ed in. Greatly to the reverend
gentleinan's surprise. the sections wife,
who acted as caretaker, appeared great
II troubled at his unexpected advent
on the scene, begging him if he must
hold the service that day at all events
to fOregO the sermon.
Naturally he inquired the reason
why.
'Thereupon." writes Mr.. Shearme,
"the old woman became more vehe-
ment and excited.
"'Passon. passon, dear, if you must
-preachy, will you preachy from the
readin' desk"
"'But why?' asked he. rs there any
thing in the pulpit?'
CAV Diary me! Passon dear, don't
zee go near 1t whatever. On, why did
you ever come today?
"She chung desperately to his coat
tails, beseeching him to 60 no farther.
Come, Sally. insist upon seeing what
is in the pulpit
"'Well, passOn-but there, don't
'ardly know how to tell zee. Well, pas
son, If you must know, I've got the
turkey 'en in the pulpit, and he wunt
'atch out afore next Sundayv"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Our Battle HYMN

Florence Howe Halls book, 1.-THE
Story of the Battle Hymn of the Re-
public, refutes the following mislead1
ing caption Of one of the patriotic mo-
vies-"Julia Ward Howe Wrote the
Battle Hymn in Her Sleep','-which Isl
just near enough the truth to be de-
ceiving. The real manner of the con-
ception of this song is repeated by
Mrs. Howe's daughter in her mothers
own words :--"Awoke in the gray oil
the morning twilight; and as Law
waiting for the dawn the long lines
Of the desired poem began to Irvine
themselves in my mind. Having
thought out ill the stanzas, I said to
myself, I must get up and write these
verses down, lest 1 fall asleep again
and forget them Having completed
my writing Iireturned to bed and fell
asleep, saying to myself. 4 like this
better than most things I have writ
ten"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
great Government has been offered
to its people.

a great Government has been offered
to its people.
WHY you SHOULD BUY THEM.
The main reason for the purchase of
War-SGuings Stamps is because your
country is at war. Your country needs
every penny which every man. woman
and child can save and lend in order
to feed. clothe, arm and equip the sol
diers and sailors of America and to win
this righteous war in defense of Amer
lean honor and the cause of democracy
throughout the world.
If we are to win the war. we must
win it as ii united people. The savings
of every man, woman and child are
necessary if we are to hasten the vic
torious ending of the war. War SdUers
are Life SdUcfs.
\ single strand in the cables which
uphold the great Brooklyn Suspension
Bridge is not very strong. but thou
sands of these strands bound together
uphold one of the great thoroughfares
of the world.
When our fathers and sons and
liothers We're called by our country to
take up arms in her defense. you did
not hear an individual soldier refuse
to serve because his service alone
would not win the war Each man was
ready to do his part. The great army
thus formed is going forward to face
the fire of Eattle and to risk everything
for the safety and security of our
bones and our families, and for the
very existence of our country.
These are the men for whom you are
asked to save and lend your dollars.
a country worth fighting for is a
country worth saUing for.
10 save money is to save life.
Buy Wdr-Sdrings Stamps at post
Offices, banks. trust companies or other
authorized agencies, and strike a blow
for our country.
w. G. MCADeO,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
4BAD EYES MAKE BAD MEN"
This Is the Opinion Of Jurist Who Be-
lieves Defective Vision Often
Causes Moral Delinquency.

bad eyes make bad men," says
Judge William H. Wadhams, who
bases his belief upon observations ex-
tending over many years.
"The man who cannot see straight
cannot think Straight and cannot act
correctly" continued the jurist, as
quoted in Case and Comment.
"When the nervous functions be-
come disarranged the morals also are
affected. One of the first steps the
state should take in the correction of
the criminals is careful examination
and treatment of their eyes. A very
large percentage of the men who ap-
pear before me for sentence are suffer-
ing from defective eyesight, and at
tribute their moral delinquencies large
~ to this cause."
The effect Of ocular ailments upon
delinquency was considered by DR..
William Healy director of the Psyche
pathic institute juvenile court, Chica-
go, who states in his recent work,
1.-THE Juvenile Delinquent"
I'm our estimate OF causes Of de-
linquency, it appeared that defective
vision could be regarded as either a
major or minor factor in over 10 per
cent of the cases. Vision, to be sure,
was not perfect in many other in
stances, but in these it was hardly to
be regarded rs any cause Of the de-
linquency. There are several sides to
the resultant effects of bad eyesight,
so far as delinquency is concerned.
"Eye-strain hotoriously leads to ir-
reliability, discantent, headache, various
feelings of bodily discomfOrt-all OF
which may be contributory to the in
tlividual's delinquency. Now eye-strain,
it should be remembered, is not always
to be measured readily by what the
individual cantsee on test chart.
defective vision may exist without
strain, and strain may result from not
readily discerned defects, such as as.
tigmatism."
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Putnam's Camp.

About two and a half miles south
east of Bethel, Connecticut, by road
that winds through rolling farm coun-
try and then plunges into a succession
OF tight little wooded valleys, lies
Putnam Memorial camp, better known
as Putnam park. During the summer
and fall this is more or less resort
for folk from Danbury, Bethel and
Redding. But in December it lies well
nigh deserted and still as it did when,
In ITS, "Old Put" selected it and two
neighboring sites for winter quarters
OF the weary right wing Of the Cont
mental army. Though this park was
begun in 1887 and practically COM
plete by 1880, it is much less generally
known and visited than Valley Forge
park, In Pennsylvania, which was not
begun until 1893.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1918-01-03
Significant Fire Losses.

fIOul Inc -<eW ofltstHs lIAIeH-A iSdS uhN"J
\ compilation of November fire loss
es in the United States and Canada.
published some days ago by the New
York Journal Of Commerce. places the
months total at $40. 19S.O2j. somewhat
exceeding that of November. 1916. That
papers tabulation covers 2S4 specific
fires. each causing a loss OF S1OOOO or
over. and presents actually reported
losses aggregating SIT .:I63.5OO. a rough
analysis of the figures indicates that
about six and half millions of this
loss. or more than a third of the total.
was suffered by plants directly or in
directly engaged in war work, by vital
industries and by warehouses and ele-
vators holding important stores of food
or other supplies. The grain and flour,
and Gotten and cottonseed oil. lumber.
chemical, oil and gasoline industries
figured prominently Oh the fire loss list.
Two munitions factories were included.
together with great steel wire plant
whose individual damages exceeded Il
million dollars.
The report for October testified even
more strongly to the activities of enemy
incendiaries. The grand total of fire
loss for that month was placed at
So63S4. 40 by the Journal Of Com
MERGE It's October table listed go
fires. causing estimated damage of
$4,000 or more each. with Il total of
S:,2.343.OOO. And of these actually re-
ported losses upwards of S14 ,OU,OU0-
considerably more than half-were suf
fered by industries vitality related to
the successful conduct of the war.
They included ii S77JO,0OO loss in Il sin
gle stockyards plant. $3OO,OOO damage
to Il flour mills grain elevators, etc,
and more than S4OOO,0OO loss to mis-
cellaneOus warehoused supplies. The
chemical lumber and cotton industries
in their various branches were heavy
sufferers likewise.
1t will he recalled that the huge and
hugely significant fire losses Of October
produced warnings from the Federal
Food Administration and others, with
appeals for stricter vigilance against
incendiarism by enemy agents. The
lowered November losses indicate that
these were measurahly needed, but the
increase over the losses for November,
1916. as plainly indicates the need of
still more general and more effective
precautionary measures. For the eleven
months of 1917 the Journal of Com
merce summaries show the total fire
losses United States and Canada
reached $241 .2OO.34O; whereas for the
corresponding months of 1916 they to-
tailed $2O9.379.G7O. and for 1915. $161.-
9.9. 100.
The significance of these increases.
due in large part to the burning of war
and food supplies and Of plants engag-
ed. directly or indirectly. in war work.
cannot escape the most unsuspicious of
our people. Enemy incendiaryism here
at home is no longer to he considered a
theory merely; it is Il condition which
must be faced and fought. The risks
taken by the incendiariSts ought to he
increased by summary execution. of cap
tured and convicted offenders. And the
measures taken for protection of the
plants and stored supplies menaced by
the torches or bombs of the enemies
within should he strengthened every
where