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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
Harden Again Seaks His Mind

NEAXINILIAN HARDEN, who has long been Germauys
w unofficial thorn the side IS giving his people an
other little prick says the revolution in Germany and
all the facti0na fights since then delusion and
snare fraud perpeated to deceive both the entente al
lies and the Of Germanys population In Die Zu-
unft January IS he asks anyone in his senses really
believes the upheaval anything but swindle that the
prncey houses really have been upro0ted
Harden since the vars beginning has had marked ten
dency see the truth and then tell It. This tendency kept
taking him to jail long the empire stood He was
the German government Of starting the
and Of authorizing the commission Of infinite barbara
ties, Just the entente allies charged.
may get himself trouble again for be has voiced
another truth in saying: at must be forgotten that
ously"
He vigorously denounces the German imperiaiss for
lying to the people and keeping them in the dark to
attitude Of the United States in connection with
the submarine campaign; for lying to them also with
gard Americas military strength; for deceivng them
the terrible military failures at Yypres the MaTne and
Verdun and the real losses in killed, wounded and
prisoners He also has fierce for present day boast
ing about San indicated army and the myth that 1t
exhaustion home and the military situation In the
field that led to the collapse.
But in the following the most forceul part Of herr Har
dens diarbe is to be found He says that Gin funda-
menals the Germans unchanged. They deny their de-
feat, shield the guilty and allow the wooden idol Of Hin
denburg to stand though It vctOrs They lied
IN saying the retirement Of their troops would be imposs
bic the time granted by Foch, and then accomplished If
without any difficulty Wherever expert knowledge and
experience Is necessary you find the old personnel Of the
kaiser days, unsupported and unhampeIed, at work"
This Of Mr. Hardens Is straight from the shoulder stuff
fine If you get away with 1t. He E1ust be rather
lonesome in his country about the only truth telling Ger
nan known to fame.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

where we had been informed there
was an Indian trading post owned by
Frenchman named Baptiste fprO-
nounced Batice)-
On the Road Westward
The day after Jones left we made
ready TO start that evening Capt.
Rupe went up on the hillside to look
the field over. and discerned in the
distance behind US hand Of Indians.
about so In number. The bucks were
on ponies and the squaWs were driv-
ing ponies with the lodge poles, plum
der and children attached TO them
They seemed 10 leave the road and
90 into camp on the river below. and
were soon out OF sight Then we
hitched up and LEFT for Independence
Rock which stands out some distance
from the main mountain range It
seemed. as I recall it. about so feet
high and 100 feet long and probably
as wide. It leaned toward the west,
making quite a shelter under il, upon
which many names were painted and
carved. Not far from this was the
Devils Gate which is a square, YER
teal cut through the Rocky noun
tains. probably 50 feet wide in places.
and through which the Sweet Water
river flows. The road passed west
Of &c. over the mountain, and then
wound down into the valley again
From the last crossing Of the Sweet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

/ them If they would pilot a party to
the place They demanded ponies,
sugar, coffee, flour, tobacco and blan-
heLs- A bargain was arrived AT fl
nally, ana party was made Up and
started westward, when the place
was found 10 be Pixies Peak, and in
the spring Of 1853, after returned
10 the states, there was a great rush
70 Pixies Peak, and thus Colorado has
become a great state, and no doubt
still greater development OF the pre-
cious metals VIII take place in that
region
From Fort Laramie we started out
up the North Platte river. with no
one ahead OF us. The only Indians
We met on this branch Of the Platte
was a band Of Arapahoes on a hunt.
Capt Rupe could communicate with
them enough 10 give them TO under
OlEer soldiers were coming behind
Us, and as they were not at war they
did not modest US, except to try 10
bulldoze US into trading them our
guns but these we kept close in hand.
Travel at Night.
We kept on travelling at night IN
I'll we reached the Sweet Water. near
the three crossings, when We hid
away among the WILLOWS along that
stream, where we found good grass,
water and plenty Of mountain trout
upon which we fed sumptuously.
one morning early ] was or little
prominence near our camp, taking
my turn on guard watching the road.
and saw in the distance a lone man
coming on a mule. We supposed IL
was some trapper, but it proved to be
Jesse Jones, who had also been a
noted conductor Of the mails on the
Santa Fe rOute-a brave and fearless
felOW-whO had come alone from
Fort LeavenWorth with g letter from
the contractors instructing US TO buy
all the cattle we could fin that coun-
try TO iii the contract that the cat
tie captured by the Cheyennes were
intended TO I'll, and TO advise US that
Capt Stewart Van Nliet, T. s. quar-
termaster, was on his way to great
salt Lake valley to locate a military
post, and for US TO be governed by
his Instructions as to the disposition
CT trains, etc. We also received other
letters from friends in the states.
Jones remained with US two DAYS.
We compared notes and made out
memoranda Of the road for the bene-
fit Of the trains behind US, and sent
him back 10 meet Capt Van Vliet and
the trains and guide them on. adj
vising Capt. Van Vliet that we would
await his arrival at Green river.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Native Sons Laud Herald, Between Praises of Climate
Wholesale Grocers Have Had Lean Years During the War

GsOF COURSE said yTm- r. Nc
~ Stay. who returned Friday from
California. his former home. they
don't think out in California that
there is any other place in the world
but California. but they did open
their eyes-those newspaper men
when I showed them The Herald
They had been accustomed to looking
at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
The san Antonio Express and papeTs
like that. and they didn't think much
of Texas papers. but when I showed
them The Herald. they said IL was
are hard customers when &c comes 70
getting them to give credit 10 any
body except Calitornians-
"Californiaus reminds me OF an eE-
perience when I was advance manager
Of a show that stopped in Vermont II
was cold and showing. 7 was ahead OF
the com alT, looking around FOR some
place that was warm, and I saw a
church, and I went in. and there was
q funeral in progress. the coffin in
IT'S usual place. The minister came
out and said Ny dear brothers, 7 do
not know much ABOUT the life and
antecedents OF the deceased II there
is anybody in the congregation who
could better supply my place. would
be pleased 10 have him come uD
here No one went up no one seemed
20 know him
Finally. from the back OF the
house got 10 an individual and said
Reverend sir. and the congregation
AS there seems TO be no one present
who knows anything about the de-
cased, or knew him in his lifetime
and there being so many Of us pres
tunity 10 address you on the climate
and benefits Of Los Angeles"
with the practical disc0ntinuance
Of those conditions which have for
the past is months rendered neces-
sary those regulations OF the distribu-
ton Of food commodities Of the ma
ton administered through the United
States food administration. that or
ganization has ceased TO exist in so
far as is concerned its supervision OF
food distribution. the country at large
being subject at this time only TO the
provisions OF the law Of August 10.
1917. under which the United States
food administration has operated
said c. S Nasits.
During the life Of the federal food
administration the Southern Whole
sale Grocers' association has operated
as clearing house with the food ad-
on the one hand and
wholesale food distributors OF the
country on the other. exercising the
special function Of interpreting in the
interest Of food distributors the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
Early Days On The Far Western Palms. Rush For Gold
E Paso Pioneer Tells of His Experience In The Fites

YESTERDAY instalment OF M.
Morehead's "reminiscences Of the
pioneer days OF the great west. start
ed him well off on his journey from
Fort Leavenworth TO Fort laramie.
IN Wyoming. Today's fnstalment con
tinues to relate the story Of the jour
u-v as follows
BY c. r. MOREHEAD.
When we reached the valley OF the
North Platte we drove off from the
road and hid ourselves as well as we
could, and remained there until dark
We then Travelled on up the river to
Fort Laramie, passing, a short dis
lance east Of that post, the graveyard
Of Lieut. Grafton and IS soldiers. who
had been killed by Sioux Indians in
1854
At Fort Laramie we rested a few
days, gathering data about the road
beyond from trappers and traders.
Tor the Information OF ourselves and
The trains to follow. These was no
military post beyond Fort Laramie,
and there had been no travel except
california emigrants and such trains
as the merchants in salt Lake en-
ployed 20 haul their goods. This pest,
situated in the eastern part OF what
Is now Wyoming, on the Laramie
river close TO its confluence with
the North Platte. was founded in
183f, by William L. Sublett and Rob.
ert Campbell. Of St Louis, well known
FUR traders OF that time It was pur-
chased by the government in 1919.
and was garrisOned many years as
protection 10 emigrants passing
through that region. Just above the
post on the Laramie river, at the
time I saw It, there was an Indian
burial place. The bodies were sewed
up In elk or buffalo skins and dashed
70 poles laid across the limbs OF the
trees. There was quite a cluster OF
trees along the river and a mum Der
IL Indian bodies so laid TO rest. This
famous fort has long since dropped
Out along with the Indians and buf-
falo.
Colorado Geld Discovery.
While az Laramie a party OF In
dams came into the post with a lot
OF gold dust and nuggets to trade
for such articles as they wanted; and
This was not the first time they had
done So They had refused TO tel
where they got it, but this time il at
tracted more attention than usual
and great inducements were offered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

. Water, at tho eastern base or Ere
monts Peak ll3-4l1 feet above sea
leVeD. we turned southwest up
through the famous South pass Of the
Rocky mountains. the gateway 10
the Pacific slope. the dividing line be-
tween the waters of the Atlantic and
Pacific. On the Pacific side we came
20 the famous camping place known
as Pacific Springs. where the Nor
mons ampeded the mules OF the
Tenth infantry some time later. a
splendid description Of which Isl given
by Capt CHM, who was with the regi-
ment at that time This was the alarm
that saved the army from possible
starvation that winter. because it
hurried Col. Alexander on 20 our res
cue. which viii be more fully set
forth hereafter
Away From the Indians.
We now felt that We were in but
little danger from Indians, and we
pressed on 10 the Little Sandy, and
then TO the Big Sandy. where Slmp-
sons train belonging 10 the cOutrac-
tors was afterwards burned by the
Mormons- Next we came 10 the beau
tiful Green river, the valley OF which
we could not see until we gor 20 the
very edge Of it, ana as we did so and
looked down into the valley we could
see the trading post. consisting Of
long mud house with dirt roof. in
which was a store and other rooms
for the family Of Baptiste. the trader.
consisting Of a Shoshoue squaw and
his children
For a considerable distance. up and
down the river. under the trees. there
was a large number OF LODGES and
what appeared TO be 2000 or 5000 ShO-
sh0ne Indians. men, women and chill
dren- At first sight we were creatly
surprised and alarmed. but there was
no turning back. and we went on
down 20 the river. where we were met
by a number Of Indians on foot and
were followed TO the house where we
met Baptiste. He presented us TO
chief Washable. 20 whom we made a
present Of O pair Of blankets bought
Of and as advised by Baptiste. and
all was wei.
We told Baptiste who we were and
where we were going and all about
ed TO the chief, and we told him that
canine up. which would be iu a few
him to care for our mules The trad
ing was about over and we Witnessed
some Indian Eames-riding and arrow
shooting by the men and boys. which
were a sight worth seeing. Two DAYS
after our arrival the Indians left. and
we were then left free TO listen TO
the wonderfully interesting stories Of
the western wilds as related by old
Baptiste.
In the next issue. Mr.. Morehead will
tell of the army's move against the
rebellious NormonE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
SQUIBS.
BY MARVIN LUTEH HILL

It TITLE drops OF WATER
l. Little grains OF sand,
Make the might ocean
And the pleasant lands
Little tales Of gossip,
Told from door to door.
Make the little scandal
bigger than before.
What you are VIII be demonstrated
eventually
Distance lends enchantment-lt also
lends an opportunity TO the enchant-
ress.
Although the chinese women wear
the trousers. they are the most sub
misisve wives in the world
HOSTS.
Oh. there are hosts and hosts as We all
And hostessss-ths kind that make
You should be grateful sor the tine
you steal.
Their languid manner hints you are
Their patent Alterations plainly show
They would impress you that they are
Fine creatures OF a very noble breed.
Yet noble" scarcely IS the word 20
use,
A noble nature never would abuse
A privilege, or make a guest feel
small
For kindness IS the kingllsst grace o.
all
And as Pandora. long and long ago,
Let all the little evils out. we show
The pattern Of ourselves, and do reveal
The very defect we thought to conceal
A pebble is a pebble. though you shine
Its surface. and a diamond IN the mine
Is still a gem-the Grecian IN his tub
Was still Diogenes-and there's the
rub
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
Short Snatches
From EUeryWhe7l

John Barleycorn's last order viii
be bier.-Newark News.
The war is over-Jess Willard IS
going TO fight - Nashville Tennes-
sean
Think OF all the Daughters OF the
Revolution Europe is going 10 have
Detroit News.
The boys over there" who had an
ambition TO cross the Atlantic still
have the same ambition--Greenvil
Piedmont
1t might be suggested TO 1Ir. Ar
mour that the public is not interest
ed so much in any plan for govern
ment regulation OF the packers as it
is in scale Of prices which would
make IL possible for the average man
TO have a T-bone steak about once a
weeS--Nashville Southern Lumber
man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
g PHHy" Auto ThieOes
Do Land-Ohce Business

Philadelphia. Pa, March 22.-Ac-
c0rding 10 the figures OF Capt. Alfred
7 Souder. head OF the local detective
bureau. $3.50 motor cars. valued By
their owners at S2.844,000. were stolen
in this city during 1918 That an
even greater business will be car
ried on this year by the motor thieves
is shown in the figures for the past
months Of January and February.
1913 Already the thieves have taken
421 cars valued at $4,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
of Climate

is the best road from Deming to this
I city and IL is maintained BY the II
PasO chamber OF commerce, u seems
20 me that 10 would be 20 the inter-
7 est Of that organization TO keep i-
[ in better condition
7 have Just finished a very read
able book newspaper man wrote
: IL. by the way" said G. r Young.
Peter McArLhurs the Canadian
humorist- The writer has gathered bis
newspaper clippings into a book. The
Red Cow and Her Friends and one
gets the revealing fash into the
Character OF the author, almost as
T Illuminating as the insight into the
book The book does not belle the
humor and wise amiability OF the
dedication which reads. This book is
dedicated TO all city men who feel
sure that they could farm at a profit
II each buys Q COPY. i can afford %
is strictly adhered TO in the book. and
Mr. Macarthur writes in as cosby
and unaffected a style as though writ
ing a letter TO a brother he tells OF
. the red COW, the mother OF his floek-
or brood. OF whatever it Is a prolific
COW has at the end Of a few years
I Of maternity, and how these prec0-
clous cows break through fences and
get into the orchards. OF the difficulty
IN bottle feeding a calf, the using Of
T chickens. ducks. horses. pigs and tur-
keys 1t is all interesting. not because
I 10 is written about a farm, but be-
cause &c is written by one who has
the rare gift OF llterature-the kind OF
thing one might have expected from
Charles Lamb had he been a farmer
instead OF q bookworm-"
There IS a lot OF news gone out
about the big copper properties hav-
Ing run out OF reserves. or nearly Sc,
during the war pressure for the red
metal" said j. W. Writer. a mining
man from Arizona The big com
panies claim they are utilizing this
period OF low prices and uncertain
market 10 catch up IN development
and are blocking out ore reserves. 7
visited big property IN Arizona and
one in New Mexico very recently and
] learned that those concerns were
in no wise near the end OF their re-
serves As ] see DC. these big concerns
VIII get a stiu stronger hold on the
copper market during this transition
period after the war and ray keep
control OF It. 70 the injury OF the
small copper miners"
Everything continues quiet down
in the state Of Sinaloa and every
thing politically and otherwise is
going very well" said DR.. ". r.
Brooks. dentist OF Culiacan IN that
state Our winter tomato crop fell
short OF expectations but I do not
know what the shipments TO the
United States viii be, in carloads.
That report about striking an oil
gusher on an Island of the little port
Of Altata? never heard OF Il and
Just came from Culiacan. the capital
Of Sinaloa, and Aitata IS our seaport
with a railroad 40 miles long con
meeting the two places II there had
been any such an. oil strike am GER
tain we should have heard Of f. IL
is q false report TO American papers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth. q special
ist in horse hushandry. has been APP
pointed by the United States depart
ment Of agriculture TO continue her
work with the Genesee Valley. New
York Horse Breeders association.
She is an expert on horse breeding.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
4 Line O. Cheer
Each Day O. The Year
nv rnux trr-n-nnrf-r- na--~e

ALL N ONE.
Eternity
Don't bother me
The very littlest bit.
I feel somehow
This minute. Now.
Is all there is TO IT,
For Time is but
An endless strut
OF minutes such as this.
Which understood
And used for good
VIII fructify in bliss.
Copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

A Georgia razor back pig learned
how to open tin cans with her hoofs
and teeth. according TO D. ". Cole. an
engineer OF the reclamation service. A
number OF cans OF sweet potatoes had
been heated IN a canning factory fire so
that they gave off an anpetiZing odor.
and this revealed 20 the euterprislng
razor back the fact that tin cans con
tain things 10 eat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
THE LEAGUE, NOT UNITED STATES,
NAY DISCUSS AFFAIRS WITH MEXICO

unwarranted interference whereas the Proposals
coming from the league would not excite the same susPi
cion Mexico might be easier to talk to with the sus-
picion removed She would understand there IS in
tention Of encroachng Meeos sovereignty or Of get
ting away with Mecos riches, but merely Of securing
square deal for foreigners and their property.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

C. B. Stevens in the opinion Of The Herald, should be
candidate for the school board Friends Of the schools
should not accept his decnatOn final but should insist
upon his entering the His work the school board
has been Of such nature that he should be kept there
this time at least.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
The Reading Habit

sorry can't book experience
head play Of cards. ywg
rphs om heart viii Then the world
but viii % like humble bees don't care to tax streak OF to poll
Al the know bo and increase load Of
outdoors, place Bring
books nhbor yav1s evening
looks like present from the gods
Copyright hT George WAIT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Miss Helen Prick. OF New York. IS
spending $1,000 a week profits from
her Red Cross shop on siEhtseeins
tours for convalescent soldiers. in
which society women act as guides
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22
Little Chris
'DADDY."SaidLit-

sDADDX."zaidLit-
Il tie Chris,
back in the chair
and stretch out so I
can climb up on you
and slide down on -
legs.
"Gee- I wish you was
plank; then you'd he slieI
60 slide on"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

sport story is that the baseball player Dick Hobzel
going practice dentistry and his enemies viii probably
say it won't be the first time he has pulled boner
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

IF the Sim Feiners really adopt the tactics
the militant sufs who long pesered Washington they
have the whole lot Of them and original leader
shin.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

There is scientist in Vienna who says the world
IS undergoing climatic changes such that in about 75OC
years it viii be altogether tropical and that g VIII
come back into fashion as raiment Fine for the
clothing trade and the coal dealers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Food administrator Hoover says he must quit his job
and go back to earning living It is to be deduced from
this that in parceng food to the starving millions Of
the world he hasn't been holding anything for himself
After all he had heard about E Paso being dry"
retary Of Baker arrived to find It a "wet" town
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

The q Paso Herald Information Burea
charge, Win accurate and authoritative ans
concerning which Information can be had Z
rious federal government departments. the
experts and scientists IA the government SCI
age Tor reply must accompany each inquii
and address Tho Fl Paso Herald informant
Ea.hlnEton. ID. Q.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Although the chinese women wear
the trousers. they are the most sub
misisvs wives n the world.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

Distance lends enchantment-it also
lends an opportunity 70 the enchant-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-22

-uishss readers free o.
] any and all Eubjec-g
{ resources Of the va
lugress and the many
Three cents IN post
o Information wanted
/, J. Hnskin. Director.
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PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO GOVERNORS FOR
THE AVE RACE MAN

VI
w "sl'"'@'o' NlarCl "a cable
gram rom GENERA! Ie''n'hg' made
PuoHC al Ine war department, cnar-
Ee' 'nal inc campaign o! criticism
against lhe hand,lne Oh the embar-
Na''ou camp al bre'N france grew
out OF me me ifial hy cour,-martaI OF
MAJ Nl're1 w h'rds''I formerly
'I Ine Ne" ORR EVcnInS telegram
Inc message sara inc VoIent
newspaper 'l'acAa upon the HrcS'
camP began about inc time MAYOR
h'fu''u returned 10 ioe united
states amer na''"g oeen rcpr',
ilandeu, tcou'ed io grade ana hned
Ior striking an enllsted man. 1t
'uu[a 'n"l M'loF hiru'%iI threat,
ened before ne Ieit th3t ne would
get someone at breSt, -.
Inc war department made pubic
al the same tIme the court-martiaI
record III MAJOR bifasaII case. lie
WA, was charged "I'n VOCATION OF tne
9otn article oil war, the general ar