El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-28
IA Years Ago Today
From The Herald Of This Date. r9a5.

THE situation in the Caucasus Is
1 growing worse. A state bordering
on revolution exists in Kuban terri
tory. while IN several other territories
the red flag has been raised Rowing
bands OF peasants continue to piIIage,
burn and murder In Chernigov. Tam
boff and Kazsn. The few soldiers
there are powerIess and most Of the
landed proprietors have become
. greatly alarmed by the peasant move
ment They have appealed to the city
f property owners for support.
All talk OF sending another big
Russian army to the front has practi-
cauy ceased Internal conditions are
such that &c IS impossible to mobilize
another army. Some OF the oldest
regiments are IN revolt and members
Of the home regiments are mutilating
themselves so as not 20 be ordered to
the front
Twelve bloodhounds. claimed to
E have recently been purchased BY the
United States government and TO be
eurOuts 10 the Philippine islands,
Z where they VIII be used for the pur-
pose OF tracking and capturing de-
3 serters from the army, passed through
7 II Paso this morning over the South
ern Pacific They we're accompanied
{ by ". O. orr and ". c. Owens Mr.
I orr stated that each OF the dogs was
worth $500 to $500.
B. II. Hall. supervising engineer OF
the reclamation service. whose head
] quarters were recently moved from Fl
/ Paso TO Carlsbad. y ". is in the city
q inquiring into the progress made BY
I the Water Users association From
IL P1so he viii 90 70 Las Cruces 20
Z make similar inquiries
The original route mapped out for
the canal vas turned down by Mr..
Han because OF the expense involved.
The first survey was for a high line"
canal running along the mesa On
account OF the uneven ground. the
cost Of construction is much higher
than that OF a valley canal Mr. Hall
stated that five miles could be con-
structed in the valley for the same
amount d would cost TO build one
mile on the mesa
one OF the local saloons. which was
formerly one OF the leading gambling
houses OF the city, has replaced its
gaming tables with pool and billiard
tables.
Robin Could has been selected vale
lictorian Of the high school gradu-
ting class this year.
Tomorrow morning an active cam
,1iEn for raising $4,000 for the Y.
T. c. A building fund viii be started
a proposition has been made 10 the
business mems committee from the
chamber OF commerce that Il that
mount Is raised by the first OF June
5000 VIII be given by a non-resi-
ienr- The committee OF IS members
VIII be divided into two sections and
vigorous efforts Will be made TO raise
che designated amount IN the given
line.
w. 6. Tuton viii become secretary
NJ the chamber OF commerce about the
middle Of March 1lr- Tiltou VIII leave
this evening for Kansas City. where
he viii at once make arrangements to
move TO this city within the next three
weeks.
Opportunity 20 join the Civic I'M
provement league viii be given at the
next meeting Of the organization TO
be held April 6. in the Woman's club
rooms, Carnegie library.
VIM j. o. Brieu, grand exalted ruler
OF the Elks. who Is on his way through
here en- route TO the Pacific coast. viii
be entertained in Fl Paso tomorrow.
The Elks az their meeting this eve
ming viii make arrangements for his
entertainment while here