El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-15
Soldiers to Be Given Great Chance by the New Land Bill
Hopes the Salvation Army Will Stick to Its Old Methods

being done. In these instances. those
ence."
El Paso county must put a hard
pavement on state highway No. J.
from Fabens 20 the east county line. a
distance Of n niles" said J. A.
White, county engineer Then we
VIII have hard pavement from one
end OF the county 70 the other. The
north loop road Is the worst IN the
county al the present time. There
are now 1s miles OF road there which
should have rock macadan finish.
We want to put rock macadam on
the southern loop also, that IS rum
ming from san Elizario 20 Fsbens- We
VIII put hard pavement on state high
way No 4 and gravel en- the lateral
roads. IN the upper valley roads we
can use gravel on all cross roads.
There Is plenty Of gravel up the val-
ley but u Is scarce In the southern
valley, so that we can use rock ia
the southern part at the same cost
as gravel. The main road north, run
ming By way Of the concrete viaduct,
has s per cent Erade. This limits
the loads which the farmers can haul
into town We should build q new
road from the foot Of the riaduct.
entering the lower part OF town
south OF union station. Approximate
ly 1900 tons OF freight are hauled
annually over the road by the FARM
ers- This new road would cut the
cost OF hauling in hall 1t also would
co away with the necessity Of the
farmer passing through the heart Of
town With his loaded wagons. as be
must 90 at present The AlamoECr-
do read is verr poor IN Otero county
New Mexico, but is g0od in Il Paso
county. with the exception OF a one
HHHlfHaH nHlHr Ha arHNIfIaIH ~.
flows after each heavy rain. The
water stands from six inches 20 a
foot deep on 10 az times A new
route is being planned and laid out
following the edge Of the hills and
passing directly in front OF the Bap-
avoid the overflow stretch
''Ths Army Nurse corps as e ISL
now known. came into being soon
after the close Of the spanish Ameri-
can war and was an outgr0Wth OF the
volunteer nurses Of that time, Of
which there are some stil in the
AT the time the border disturbances
began-the corps numbered only $50
nurses, but at that time others were
added under the direction Of the Red
Cross, until at the time we Joined
the allies. the CORPS numbered 500.
Of 10000 members Being indicted
into the service at so rapid a rate
after war was declared, in the be-
ginning there was a lack OF comforts. /
Tn normal times. however. conditions /
are such as % make army nursing
one OF the most attractive places for I
those in the nursing profession
The Boy Scouts sumner camp. I
with its constructive. educational and
rccreational program. Is an outing
that every boy between the ICES Of
~ and IS years should take advant- !
age o." said G.. o. EVerman. scout Z
executive. The camp viii be held
from July 81 TO August q. inciu- I
sive. I'm the Anifnus canyon above the I
Elephant Butte dam We can take {
care of as many boys as we can get. /
They viii be housed in Is foot
square tents. the same as are used I
En- the United States army. The camp Z
VIII have its own commissary. We
viii have a swimming pool In the I
river, and our own medical supervi- /
sion The scout program viii keep
the boys busy. Already applications I
have been made from Mesilla Park. /
y. n, 70 join the Fl Paso scouts IN 4
their camp this summer. Carlsbad ex- I
poets TO bring so boys"
i hear a great deal about FL Paso Z
but never did ] expect 10 see such an /
Industrious looking city as this IS"
said r p Gilbert. successor to sam /
LaWder as manager Of the federal re- i
serve branch here. NY first i'm
preston OF the city was the sight I
OF the titled lands down the valley. I
vast stretches Of them as vivid in ]
the production OF plant life as any OF I
the more favorable farm lands OF the /
east That sight was significant Of |
what was 10 come upon my arrival I
IN the city, because I could judge BY I
the Appearance Of the barren land /
just before Il which lay out for many /
miles. that an energetic and in
domltable community was behind the 1
making u that productive area When 4
I arrived In the city / was delighted /
So I am now in city that know I 4
am going to like immensely"
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This Is our travelling automobile ]
machine shop which we are exhibit
ing 20 show what men can expect II ]
they win recruit In the auto repair
unit no. 515." said Capt. G. NJ. Her
ringshaw as he exhibited the shop
on the east side Of san Jaclnto plaza i