El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-22

sGI'L PASO business men should dis
L play service flags which VIII
show the patriotism Of the employers.
by Indicating the number Of soldiers
and sailors put back into the positions
they left for military service" said :.
Arthur Tobias. field secretary OF the
local bureau for returning soldiers
and sailors. Such a flag should have
a place OF honor in every store. shop
and factory. side by side with the
original war service nag. The one.
showing the number Of employees who
left for the war. has been considered
the badge Of patriotism Of the insti-
tutions displaying It. The other. show
ing the number Of returned soldiers
employed. VIII be an even greater
mark OF credit. There IS a general
disposition on the part OF employers
TO make a special effort 10 reemplOy
men drawn from their service into
the war. This effort, by tightening
unem ployment and giving justice TO
the worker who went 10 war. viii. in
large measure, avert calamity and VIII
stabilize labor conditions in Ell PasO.
Every employer OF labor in the city
should reemplOy each soldier and
try, says Mr. Tobias. Not only this,
but the returned soldier should re-
ceive the additional pay which, in
many cases has been added 10 his
salary. because changed conditions
and scarcity OF labor necessitated
such a raise. One Of these flags
should be displayed by every business
concern in this locality and every
employer should be proud 10 see il
there, and proud OF every star upon it,
4 large western newspaper who fos-
tered the movement and copyrighted
the flag, 10 prevent it from being used
by some enterprising person IN the
interest Of his own fortune. announces
that every person is free 20 make, sell
and distribute the flag without roy
atty or hindrance- The flag suggest
ed has a blue background. with red
stars on large white star. a mineral
representing the number OF reem-
ployed men being in the center"
Speaking OF duty. and a man using
the prerogatlves OF his office. the
limit in that line was reached the
other day up in New Mexico" said q.
A. Grant. a visitor TO Fl Paso from
the adjoining state There is a small
town In New Mexico, the name doesn't
matter. which has town marshal
who is known as a reformed man.
Since the state went dry the fellow
has been a model and the town was
proud OF him. He certainly had been
going the straight and narrow path.
He made an excellent officer. Every
thing went along fine until recently,
when a trunk full OF bootleg was con-
Iscated. This haul nroved too much
OF a temptation. The marshal got
teaed up 20 a fare-thee- well It was
delectable jas He rolled about the
street insulted his best friends, de-
claring that he would arrest the en-
tire town. About four in the after
noon our friend the marshal arrested
himself and decorously escorted him
self to Jail and locked himself in The
town quieted down 20 normal but the
next day the marshal was missing and
search was made for him. He was
found In the jail He had lost his
keys. The deputy sheriff Of the coun-
ty had to come and let him out SAFE
to say that town has a new marshal
today"
Il am just from Jerome. Ariz.. where
about 5000 miners were let out Few
days ago" said Paul Haughey. wei
known miner Of this section. and for
merly Of Chihuahua. Mex. "All that
the companies kept OF their men were
a few TO keep the mines and plants
from deterioraunE. Most Of the men
kept were married men. I was work
ing for the United Verde Ny COM
ma nv did not give any notice that only