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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Hail The Packers Probe.

MBRICANS in 40 states will learn with considerable
relief that the big five" packers to be iuvest-
gated.
Two kinds of people deeply interested in how the
packers conduct their business First the who
pays the BILL is entitled information with regard
to how the packing industry is conducted, and whether
there IS too much profit reaped by these bg ve meat
handlers If the price of bacon and few other kinds Of
meat not high that is kept from the table in
millions Of American homes perhaps that interest would
not be keen. But when the principal element Of han
diet is made prohbitive to practically majority Of the
citizens is time the government interviewed to find
Why that IS
Whether anybody is fined sent to jail is beside the
main issue The question is how the handling of
in its journey from the pasture to the table, the pack
ing houses be regulated bring the retail price of It
within the reach Of the largest possible number Of
sumers
Second there is the producer of meat who is interested
And Texas New Mexico and Arizona have many such PEI
These have, appears, been treated with
much indifference by the packers have the
When incentive all but removed stock raseTs eventually
will lose interest in their business and the public viii SUI
fer in consequence Indeed the American people left
to a few the manufacture of their meats without
question Stock growers have taken what price they
could get and like the consumer, said little nothing
The government can, if it WILL throw lot of light
most important industry And incidentally if
body is guilty Of crime Jail is the place for them say
the least.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

10000 people and yet has no name.
postoffNe. school or church" said C.
A. Williams, secretary treasurer Of
Geo. H. Pound & Co. Il Paso. 1t is
That town has a bank and nearly
every other kind Of business place
but Il lacks all that I have said, and
the people are all busy It is the new
oil town in northwest Burkburnett
field in Wichita county. Tex. where
the wonderful gushers are being
brought in almost daily It has only
one street which can in any way be
called a street and II is certainly a
long one. There is talk Of organizing
q town government but II is question
able II anybody has lived there long
enough TO acquire legal residence,
but the town is there and II was q
real big one before any one seemed to
realize that II was there I do not
suppose such phenomenon could
have been brought about by anything
but by an oil boom. and that a tre-
mendous one like the one in the
northwest Burkburnett field"
As I returned from my recent ex-
tended trip through 2 great part Of
Mexico I came through the Ranser
and the big oil fields of Texas I be-
came impressed with the tremendous
extent OF oil development and its rapid
extent in area" said E 7. Shackelford
4
II any Of use. even the wisest in the
oil game. have the remotest idea Of
its possible extent Of territory in
Texas and perhaps into New Mexico.
The other day I met an old friend. a
mining engineer OF international re-
pute. and without any suggestion from
me he took M this idea of the extent
of oil possibilities in Texas and prob
ably into New Mexico. as have
stated. and on down into Mexico TO
connect Up with the great Tampiro
fields. will not mention my friends
name. as IL might be used CONNER
cially. He is ultra conservative. but
he went on 70 state thar he believed
that the Texas oil development was
just beginning and that he looked
upon Il as what will prove 10 be the
greatest field in the world. He cited
the continued extension and broaden
ing Of the proven territory in support
Of his belief. 7 could not help but
think II the oil fever could catch
such a conservative. cool headed man
as is this mining engineer what hope
could the rest OF us have IN keeping
our heads in the wonderful developing
going and extending daily"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Little Tnterpiews

ward D. Titman. an attorney OF the
New Mexico town. who was in Fl
Paso Sunday, "as the result Of the
high price Of silver which has caused
work 70 be resumed in some OF the
old silver mines in that district. a
good gold strike has also been made
near the Bobtan mine"
= =
Every housewife who does her own
cooking should have a fireless cook
err" said Miss Helen Hubbard Swift,
home demonstration agent a fire
less cooker viii make work easier for
any woman and consequently prolong
her life I think that an iceless re-
frigerator is a good thing for a farm
housewife TO have. Il keeps food about
% degrees cooler than the surround
ing air"
Transfer companies are again
growing lax IN reporting families
that they have moved" said chief
OF police J. R. Montgomery. This is
something that they can be punished
for and we intend 10 uphold the law
10 the letter. This is the most eff
cient way that we have TO keep q
record Of peoples movements for use
in case we wish to know what has
become Of some family that formerly
lived at a certain address.
T know OF men at Fort Bliss who
were enlisted for one year on promise
Of service in Alaska" said Frank
Engles. THE war department has
specifically ruled that only three year
enlistment men can 20 70 Alaska.
Hence these men were promised some
thing which. under the war depart
ment's orders, they cannot have. Are
they TO be released2 VIII their Off
GERS go 10 bat for them and see that
they are released2 That remains to
be seen Personally, I think our war
department officials in Washington
might well undergo a little investiga-
ton One foolish and unfair ruling in
Washington Is the denying 10 regular
army men OF their bonus and travel
allowance when they are discharged.
That is rank discrimination"
While in the Burkburnett oil fields
I saw the oueerest thing I ever saw
in my life. and that was that town OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
II Years Ago Today
From The Herald of Thi. Date. 1905

DEPORTS from Portsmouth show
IN that president Roosevelt is max
ing almost q desperate effort to save
the peace conference from shipwreck.
II Japan can be induced to drop her
demands for indemnity. Russia may
cede Island OF sakhalin and peace
may thus como out Of negotiations
The entertainment committee Of the
miners congress is now assured OF
help from the city and county 10 the
extent Of $1,000
V. r. Stiles left today for a short
trip in Arizona
h S. knight is in the city advertis-
ing the Albuquerque fair. 70 be con.
Quoted soon
Judge Leigh Clark and family re-
turned 10 FL Paso. after spending
some time in Boston. New York and
elsewhere.
Mrs. ". ". Turney has returned
from Cloudcroft-
Dr. c. ?. Brown returned yesterday
from Douglas, Ariz.
The new water system at JuareZ is
to be built and bids are 10 be asked
for its construction at once. The cost
Of the system will be in the neighbOr-
hood Of s65.000.
An unusually good band concert has
been arranged for tomorrow night
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Little IneroieUs
Bailey And FerguSon'S New Party Has Dismal Future
Many FL Pasoans Are Left Afoot By Los Angeles Strike

Il DON'T believe the new party
/ launched by Ferguson and Bailey
at Fort Worth viii amount TO very
much, said J. y. Davis. Both are
dead, politically. and 1 don't believe
that either can ever stage a political
comeback The Fort Worth meeting
was largely a gathering OF discont-
ed politicians and did not represent
the true democracy Of the state"
Il saw many FL Pasoans visiting in
Los Angeles and surrounding beaches
while I was there" said Horace Blum,
city cashier. 4 had a fine trip to
the coast and wish I could have stayed
longer. Everybody out there Is hav-
ing a fine time and everybody has
money TO spend All business houses
are doing a good business and money
Is being circulated freely. The prices
are rather reasonable and are lower
than those prevailing IN FL Paso- Los
Angeles Just now is seriously Grip
pied by the strike OF the street car
operators. After last Saturday night
ut o'clock not a single car on either
ne Pacific Electric railway was in
operation Jitneys are doing q rush
Ing business as the strike caught
thousands Of people and visitors away
AAll4 AAAeAL AAAA Ag4E III Lln AAlEEAt1
and the service cars were called into
service TO carry these people from the
beaches back 20 the city. The Jitney
license office stayed open until mid
night Issuing licenses to jitney driv-
ers and whereas ordinary fares for
inerly were % cents a trip these driv-
vers charged 50 and SO for their serv-
ieeE"
1.-THE new school building TO be
erected at Clint viii be a modern
structure in every respect" said Miss
blyra WinIIler county superintendent
The state department OF education
has just taken over the entire amount
IF bonds which will enable the Clint
school district TO erect a very fine
building. I think that actual work
IN the new building will begin within
The next few days"
Hilsboro IS booming" said Ed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
MANY SEEK GUARDIANSHIP
OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD

Austin. Tex Aug. 21.-ConsiderabIs
speculation is being INDUCED IN DO
htical circles here as TO who IS TO be
named by the governor as chairman
OF the state Industrial accident board.
This position IS now filled by former
state senator ". D Odell Of Fort
Worth and the term OF the office ex-
pireS on september L While senator
Odel is an appOintee OF governor W
P Hobby. Il appears 10 be the con-
census OF opinion here that he viii
not be reappointed because he was
Indirectly criticised by the legislature
on the grounds that he did not de-
vote all Of his time 70 the office, be-
sides the salary OF the chairman Of
the board was reduced from $4,000 10
$4,000 a year and senator Odsll may
not wish the office at the reduced
salary. Il is also generally known
that senator Odeu Is a strong friend
Of former senator Joseph ". Bailey.
There are already q number OF appIi-
cants for the position.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
HonorabLes Who Signed Peace Treaty
Confined To u S., ntainAnd Liberia

A CCORDIIG to the washington
n Star. the Official publication Of
The Treaty Of Peace With Germany
has come from the government print
ing office IN It Is given a list Of the
high contracting parties in part, as
follows:
The Honourable mote the English
spelling) Woodrow Wilson. President
Of the United States. acting IN his
own name and by his own proper au-
thority;
The Honorable Robert Lansing.
Secretary Of State;
The Honorable Henry White. for
merly ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary OF the United States
at Rome and Paris;
The Honorable Edward N. House;
Gen Tasker H Bliss. military rep
resentativc Of the United States on
the supreme war council
Then come the representative Of
his majesty the King Of the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ire
land and Of the British dominions be-
yOnd the seas. Emperor OF India. each
with a title OF right honorable"
When the representation Of the
president Of the French republic is
reached Il is simply Mr. George
C1emenceau. president Of the council
and minister OF war and four other
''misters'
And so II runs down through the
other nations-Italy. Japan. Belgium.
Bolivia. Brazil China. Cuba. Ecua-
dor. Greece. Guatemala. Haiti. Hedjaz
and Honduras-au plain, simple, COM
monfolk Mr." with here and there an
hereditary title Of Baron" or a Dr."
until We come to the republic OF
Liberia
This colored republic sent 20 the
world conference on peace The Hon
durable Charles Dunbar Burgess King,
secretary Of state"
The list continues through Nicara-
qua. Panama. Peru. Poland, Portugal,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Ripping Rhymes
Dumb Animals

CONTEMPLATE the dumb creatures whose lives shy
features They not learned clever
seeing; Pm
glad ci though haTd bitter though adue
hopes phOney pony. Though
leaf and growing deafer I'd though
IooHy weird I'm dTeeng Pm glad human being We long for happi
unben; that of often Spoken life handed
e we'd be Just ike the dumb critters which no dreams of high
fearing I'm merchants prOteeng gnfs Pm
fleeing a being
copyrgh. - George hewA WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Judge GiUes Man Ten
Daus To Get a Resi-

''Tll give you a chance to rest Up
after your long and hard labor" po-
lice judge Charles z. Pollock told a
man charged with vagrancy Monday
afternoon in police court after the
man told the judge that he had worked
4 week in a restaurant in Deming
some time ago. Ten days" said the
judge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

Smeth Center. Kan. Aug. 19.-On
June IS. George Probst, Of this city
set an OTpington hen on IS eggs. On
July u. Il DAYS after, sheb rought a
brood OF Il chicks from the nest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

Miss Elizabeth Goucher. Of Baltimore.
Nd. IS going n China again. She will
go direct 10 Ranking. where she Will
occupy the chair OF sociology and political
science in Ginii-r college. which she
heined 10 establish five years ago and
which is now tho leading college Tor
women On that cocurrr-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

Uruguay. even down to autocratic
Germany Of science and kultur-aI
just plain every day Mr." or Dr.
all save the United States, Great
Britain and Liberia.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

GIVE offer any part OF 2O5
W any such purchase we viii pa
at $40 per unit. This offer is subject
IT'S A special bulletin.
ABOUT OIL stock
AND IT came 10 me
IN NY daily mail
FROM a broker.
AND WHEN had read IL
A GREAT idea
CAME INTO my mind.
AND I'VE determined.
TO GO into business.
AND SELL things
AND I'VE looked around
AMONG MY possessions
AND RIGHT on my desk.
IS A nashlight-
THAT Is nickel plated
AND BRIGHTLY polished
AND VERY handsome.
AND IT'S al right
EXCEPT FOR one thing.
IT WONT burn.
AND TN going to sell it
AND THE price I've fixed
IS TWO dollars.
OR IF you'd rather
YOU CAN pay two seventy.
AND RIGHT away.
I'll PAY you seventy cents.
FOR A fOur-month option.
TO BUY back the lamp.
FOR -FOUR dollars.
But IF in the meantime.
YOU CAN sell it
1T WILL be all right.
AND MAYBE you can.
THERE isn't any reason
WHY SOME day.
YOU COULDN'T slip away.
AND EvADE the attendant.
AND FIND another inmate.
AND SELL it to him.
AND IF it .aG.0ens.
YOU DON'T want the lamp.
I HAVE a ny swatter.
WITH a wire handle
THAT DOUBLES up.
LIKE A pair Of scissors.
! swat
AND I'll sell that.
AND THE price I ask.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
CANADIAN PREMIER
SPRAINS HIS ANKLE

Halifax. y. S. Aug. 19.-Sir Robert
Borden. premier OF Canada. who &C
companied the prince Of Wales here
from St John. sprained his ankle so
severely last night that he has been
ordered by his physicians 10 spend
several days in bed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

. syndicate units at S27 each, and OF
? 81 per share for a four-month option
prior sale OF change Of price-'
IS FIVE cents.
Or I'll take dime
AND GIVE yOu q nickel
FOR AN option
TO BUY it back
IF want It
AT THE end OF four month.
FOR TWO dollars.
OR TWO hundred dollars.
wHICHEVER YOU like.
AND IF you buy them
I WANT to suggest
THAT YOU use the nashlight.
JUST IN the daytime.
AND THE Fly swatter.
JUST IN the winter.
BECAUSE N that way.
IT WILL be Just the same.
As HAVING oil stock.
AND No oil.
THANK --o,,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Let's Make 1t Regular.

THE ransom method of filling Mexican bandit Golfers
suggests that possibly the United States putting
bandits to too much trouble Chasing strayed Americans
through the wds Of the Big Bend country nonvenent
to say the least horses and exasperates the
Mexcans this hot weather Then there always is the
possibility that the quarry may escape it always has
done.
better scheme for both the Americans and the Mexi-
would be for congress to appropriate say five ten
million dollars year money to be paid demand
TO the Mexican outlaws This would make it unnecessary
for them to work up ather chasing kidnapping gngoe
and it would a lot of trouble.
As It IS now, knows when demand for
money is going to be made and time demand may
Unexpectedly and the persons whose duty is pay
the ransom may not be prepared In such case, the
Mecans would have to TO the further trouble Of kill
ing the kidnapped Americans
We should appreciate the patience shown by the Mex
the instance Of the kidnapped leutenants and
asked for, which you viii admit IS bargain rate, but
add It bonus for the extreme tolerance shown of
bungng delay in finding out what the Mexcans wanted
and in delivering It.
too bad the Germans could not have started fight
ing among themselves in 1914 and thereby saved the world
much grief and expense
your ice box morning It may be nobody but gov
eminent agent.
Still, it may be that the Mt Clemens jury figured it
was all Henry's reputation was worth
IF YOU tHalE you are beaten. you are;
II you hlnE that you dare not yOu don't:
II you'd Ike 10 min. but uOu think you can't,
IFS almost ''cinch" pou pOn't
# uou thnE you'll lose. you've lost.
For out IN the Dorld you find
Success begins NTH a felloD's mill:
lis all N the stale Of mind.
-Auoayrn9us
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

NTHO remembers when III worst
W thing you could call a feller WIZ
q horse thief7 Elmer Moots is missin'
He WIZ heavily involved in a silk shirt
and has been respondent O. late
Copyright. National Newspaper Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

Still, it may be that the Mt Clemens jury figured it
was all Henry's reputation worth.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

Don't be alarmed if you a strange looking IN
your ice box morning It may be nobody but gov
eminent agent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

It is too bad the Germans could have started fight
ing among themselves in 1914 and thereby saved the world
much grief and expense
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19
Here's A Proposition That Is
Parallel To Some Oil Schemes


E offer any part OF 2o5 syndicate units at SGT each and
W any purchase pay per option
at $40 unit This offer is subject prior sale change price"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

The I W VS. main objection to war not that it IS
lurder, but that It IS work.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

finishes readers. free Of
on any and all subjects
q resou- eea Of the Vari-
'olsrl IS and the many
IN. Two cents IN post
he Information wanted
nc J. Haszia Director.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

At last 50 dispatches say, the English are learning
peak it.
Ants and squirrels, they say, are food hOaTders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-19

The e Paso Herald Inforr
charge. with accurate and aut
concerning which information
Gus federal government depar
experts and scientists In the :
Sc for reply must accomnaul
and address The FL Paso Her
WASHINGTON. D. c.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-03
LABOR and CAPITAL
TO MEET IN OCTOBER
President Wilson To Call Meeting Of
Capital and Labor In Washington
- During October.

Washington, September g. The
"round table" conference between
capital and labor will be held at the
White House between October and
10, it was announced today.
About 40 will be invited by Presi-
dent Wilson to attend the conference
The president is sending letters to
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, the American Federation of
Labor. Agricultural Associations and
investment bankers, asking them to
submit names for his consideration.
In addition to delegates selected in
this way the president will select 9TH
ers from the country at large.
Invitations will be sent by the pres
ident while he is on his speaking trip
President Wilson leaves Washington
tonight on 10,000-mKe tour of the
United States, in an effort to convince
the people that the peace treaty should
be ratified as 1t standC.
In an effort to create demand for
ratification the president, 1t was learn
ed today, will make bold statements
OF what he considers facts,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-03

Special Dispatch to The Enquirer
wheeling. w. Va. June 15.--Dr
-. President of -
College, died at local hospital
early today. Death due to blood
poisoning. which was caused by Il
slight scratch which he received on
his hand 10 days ago"
The above is an actual quotation
from the Cincinnati Enquirer with
names omitted.
Civo every injury, no matter how
slight, immediate attention. Safety
suggests that you keep bottle OF
House tone e all always Mt hand for
emergency use Its highly concon-
tratec antiseptic qualities make only
a slight application necessary to
thoroughly disinfect any scratch or
cut. No danger of infection when
Houstonia (The Original Jones) Lini t.
ment Is used and yet its action is so
mild that it may be freely applied to
severe wounds, burns and scalds. Its
SC othing and healing power is almost
magical. Don't risk being without it.
Get a bottle from your druggist to-
day. A 4-oz. bottle 25c. Large
household size, enough to last a year,
soc. Fifty years use proves it to be
the most reliable household anti
septic. 1.-The kind your daddy used.
with my dads picture on the yellow
wrapper" The DR.. J. c. Jones Co..
g. Charleston. Ohio.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-09-03
GREAT INCREASE IN
KENTUCKY COAL PRO-
DUCTION LAST Year
Kentucky Has the Greatest Undeyel-
oped and Most Rapidly Developing
Coal Fields In the Nation.

The Appalachian Trade Journal Of
Knoxville, Tenn, has just issued a bull
letin on the production Of coal in Ken.
lucky during the year 1918, based or
government reports, copy of which
was received by The Ledger today
This report shows that Kentucky
produced in 1916 total of 31,612,617
tons, against 27,7O7,757 tons for 1917
a gain of nearly four million tons, val
ued at about $10,000,O00, the average
value of coal produced in 1918 being
$2.55. The 1918 production is valued
at $50, 666,S42.
The industry employed 99,S42 per-
sons, working an average Of 23O days,
Probably the item of greatest inter-
est to citizens of the State is that of
the 1918 production, when more than
twenty-nine million tons we're shipped
out of the State, in return for which,
over seventy-three million dollars in
new money" was brought into the
State, and retained here, as probably
so per cent. to 70 per cent. Of the re-
ceipts for coal was Immediately paid
out to employees of the coal mining
companies. This amount, in turn, was
largely spent in commissaries and
nearby stores for the necessities and
luxuries Or life, thereby proflting Ken
lucky merchants, retailers, jobbers
and supply men.
The Appalachian Trade Journal
points out that Eastern Kentucky and
especially that part lying to the South
eastern corner, is the greatest unde-
veloped and most rapidly developing
coal field in the United States,
The Journal says:
at can readily be seen that val
liable by-product of the coal mining
industry is the demand for merchan-
disc and supplies, for the mine work.
ers and the mine operators, peculiar
phase of which seems to be that job
bling and supply cities outside of the
State find this a rich field, while job
bling centers of Kentucky apparently
do not use to advantage the fact that
they are in the same State as the in
dustry."