El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-13

Stage ChoruSeS Show Effect of Supply and Demand
GuefI TrainEen Save Their Charges From Don Pancho

negative reply. or the way the answer
Is given, the conductor understands
whether the road is clear Of rebels.
They tell me this trick was worked
by one OF the train conductors Of those
uorthbound trains and Villas men al
lowed the telegraph operator, in their
hearing, TO answer The result was
that villa failed 10 get the two
northbOund trains and the soldiers
kept him from getting the Two south
bound"
FRANKLY, had always thought that
FL Paso was just wei, a regular west
ern town" said r r. Hampton"
Here discover a real city. alive, pro-
gressive and with the charm Of a for
eign population The cosmopolitan
aspect is very attractive to the wish
tor. Those quaint old Mexican women
with their heads gracefully draped in
shaWls. like madOnnas; the men, with
flowing capes and strange, ample
hats, and the little Mexican children,
they all seem the same age. the tiny
ones. and what flock OF them Race
suicide evidently means nothing 10
that race"
The Seventh cavalrymen who as
sisted ia extinguishing the fire ia
Ysleta on Tuesday night certainly did
good work and deserve a great deal
diers and citizens did provost guard
duty and warned everyone against the
danger Of explosion OF the gasoline
and oil tanks Everyone at the fire
worked wiki a cool head and Go is due
TO this that more damage was not
done At times the flames were very
high and could be seen for q great
distance
al Paso would rival Fort Worth II
oil were 90 be discovered near this
city. or around Pecos or TOyah. in
large quantities. said L A. Brown Of
Dallas "El Paso would naturally be
the center Of the oil men OF the dis
trict just as Fort Worth is in eastern
Texas II seems that i'm every corner
capable Of holding an office there are
exhibits Of oil and posters advertising
the sale OF stock AS in FL Paso.
nearly everyone who has anything TO
spare has invested in oil"
"As a result Of the campaign car
ried on by the Texas Public Health as
ISOLATION IN the army camps OF Texas,
IL has been found that health cOndi-
tlons among the soldiers is much bet
ter than among the civilian Tupula-
tion OF the state said John r. An
thouy, health campaign lecturer rep
resenting the Texas association, and
the organization plans to carry on
similar work among the civilians or
the state. as soon as the work in the
army camps has been completed Inc
campaign viii be devoted principally
70 instructinE those I'm civilian life
along the lines OF communicable germ
diseases and their prevention, together
with practical phases Of sanitation. BY
giving lectures Illustrated by suitable
lantern slides"
This oil fever I see rising is a queer
affliction OF our people, vet I have
seen &c rage all the way from Penn
syivanla 10 California" said Thomas
O. smith. Of oil City. Pa There Is
something in the very expression OF
striking OH that catches people with
out rhyme or reason-they just get
wild and throw to the winds an bust
ness sense and caution. The oil busl-
ness is legitimate enough but as IN
every other kind Of boom there al
ways are infinitely more men ana
women who lose their money than
win. People will not realize that it
is IS percent gamble, pure and sim
pie. with far more chances against
n winning than there is at straight
faro As ln gambling games, the men
who win are those who put up game
Tor other people TO play against
.The objects OF the Association OF
Teachers in FL Paso are three tolui,
to promote a closer feeling Of fellow
ship among the teachers, 20 raise me
standard Of the teachers materially
and to lead 20 professional better
meut." said Mrs. J. ". Frank. the pres
ident. "Of course the second item In
cludes the hope Of Increase in salary
but it is distinctly understood that the
Association Of Teachers will do Moth
ing towards that end except in per
feet harmony and cooperation with
the superintendent Of schools and