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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

eTT APPARENTLY Is not known gen
1 orally that the Rio Grande. be-
tween Elephant Butte dam and
FL Paso. no longer Is a river" said
L Il Lawson. project manager Of
the United States reclamation service
here. The river bed now IS used as
an irrigation canal and the only wa
ter in It is released from the Elephant
Butte reservoir Persons comment on
h varying amounts Of water in the
river bed, believing that rain has
fallen or that a dry season Is at hand
and there s. little water. What really
happens Is that / gates OF the dam
are opened and water released &C
cording 10 the amount needed for irri-
cation purposes along the valley
When a farmer telephones the dam
and says that whatever water has
been released has not been sufficient
Tor his needs more water IS let
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
Lille I~nterDiews.

through the gates and thus the
amount OF water varies"
= = 4
7 believe the idea Of some en-
ployers not TO work their employees
on Saturday afternoons during the
hot weather Is a good one" said E 7.
Barrow. This is particularly true
Of shopgirls and other women work
ers who stand on their feet The
ordinary days work IS about all a
woman can stand and if she has Sat
urday afternoon 10 herself she can
use II to complete little odd Jobs
which otherwise would have 10 come
out Of her resting time on Sunday.
With men Il is nor a matter Of rec
reation- The employers with whom
I have talked and who are using
the plan say h a they do not find
themselves losing any work because
Of the few hours of"
\ X X
"El Paso ought to begin having
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
II Years Ago Today

r Attest reports concerning the
Russian situation state thai the
cars parliament has demanded
the immediate resignation OF b \
tire Russian cabinet
Robert W Rutherford and bis VIE
and daughter. OF Philadelphia, have
reached here on their return 70 the
states. They spent about three
weeks IN Chihuahua
Prank Rich has constructed an
airdome and VIII present vaudeTills
programs
me social event OF the first part
Of June VIII be the opening Of the
EIks' club rooms and the attendant
reception Mrs B. F. Haumert VIII
be in charge OF the reception.
Edward Eneezell is exalted ruler Of
Mrs. Dan Carr left for Las Cruces
last evening
I Mrs J.. Donahus has returned from
her trip 70 Topeka kan.
Mrs frank Ainsa and children VIII
spend the sumner at Long Beach
and Los Angeles.
Mss Mary Gates left yesterday
evening for Clint TO spend a few
days with Mrs kellogg
D. IL Murphy, who was injured by
falling from a car the first Of the
week, is improving
Mrs. E ~ Bray. who is visiting IN
Los Angeles. is expected 70 return
next week.
Mrs Z 7. White and children are
Spending a short while IN a ranch
near Fort Hancock
Mrs. ". Kemp and children viii
leave this week for Catalina, 20 re-
main for the summer.
Mrs. Joseph Dwyer Is III at her
home on North santa Fs street
Judge and Mrs Joseph Lagoffin,
i accompanied by their daughter, Mrs.
GLASGOW VIII leave tonight for PHIL
adelphla-
Ir. and Mrs. W. ". Fink and
daughters, Misses Lauramaud and
Clara VIII leave the first OF June for
Washington New York and Chicago.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

They bought a lovely brown n with
a fuzzy cover on. and JackO held II
up to his ear and shook it.
why do you do thatg" asked Uncle
Wiggily, curious like
ITO see if It has milk inside" an
swered Jacko. Not the kind OF milk
the mflkman leaves, but cocoanEt
milk. JUMBO. my brother, and 1 love
cocoanut milk. and this one is nearly
full"
So Jacko bought that %cocoanut and
he and Uncle Wiggily started home
with it They had not gone very Tar
before all OF a sudden out from be-
hind a pineapple bush jumped b un-
pleasant old Bazumpa-
7 want sousei I want souse.
howled the had chap. looking straight
and hungrily at Uncle Wiggtlys ears
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

Forsaken Farms

mnunmmmmmmnumE
THERE are no toHers willing TO stay upon the farm; to town they all are
1 drilling the bayfield, has no charm I hear the farmers walHng as they go
forth to powi their stanc1ys u are falling, there are no hired men now. The
woman waves his money, and cries" Who'll work for me?' And people think
II funny his dire distress to see. The farmer seeks the village, impolng husky
men TO help him with his tIage and raise big crops again He offers Prncely
wages, he'd throw a chrome IN, and all the village ssges Just sit around and
grin. The farmers rolling acres won't roll up ample crops; his money has no
takers no helper with him stops There is no stalVart pumpkin to help him
bale his wheat, he cannot thresh the pumpkin or shuck the sugar beet. The
populations shifting TO towns we plainly see and whittier re we drifting my
friends, when such things be? III were only younger I'd farm a strip Of loan,
and help TO thwat the hunger that threatens every home The farm lands Of
the nation must grow string beans and oats, OF We shall have starvation, and
lose our valued goats
copvsebt DIV George Matthew Adams. WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
Little ImaUeUs
Rio Grande Converted Into Natural Irrigation Canal;
Saturday Half Holiday Movement Gains Impetus Here

hand concerts now" said J.. V. Tinnin,
$50 North santa Fe street ALREADY
hundreds OF persons are SEEKING Lne
narks TO spend their evenings where
they can rest and be cool II the
band concerts we're held about three
times each week a good, clean recrea-
ton would be provided which would
al manv people good. No city ever
loses on an investment for its people
The poorer classes depend largely
upon the open air for thetr recrea-
ton and band concerts would add luu
percent to their enjoyment With as
many military bands as there are
here, I see no "a why an arrange
ment could not be made with the
military officials for free concerts
This city has done enough for the
military organizations 10 warrant the
asking Of such a favor. I have talked
with several members OF those ana
and all expressed a willingness 10
devote a few hours each week to Civ
ing municipal concerts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
About Broad1Oay Plays And Players

Anew YORK Nay AVN Nor
IN rissey and Elizabeth Brics are
not going 10 tour the Loew
vaudeville circuit Their act The
Overseas Revue" wiz make the tour,
but they are TO have a new musical
piece. It is called @BuzZin' Around"
and If will begin a summer engage
ment in New York in about four
weeks. Lr. Morrlsey and Eddie Mad
den have written and composed it.
In the cast besides Morrisey and
BrIcs viii be Lydia Barry, Walter
Wilson. Jeanette Tourneur, Masters
and KRAFT and a number OF others.
There viii be & chorus OF beauties
who can sing. says Mr.. Morrisey. The
company is to be known as VIII
Eorrissey's Comiques.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

Robert Richard Knickmeyer. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs Edwin G.. En-ckmayer.
Robert Stanley Stokes. son OF 1lr.
and Mrs Wm. Vane Stokes. 1881
Nashville street
M1licent Craig Day. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs A. S Day. 1870 Copper.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
sMEITER - BOYS 70 HAyE

The Shelter Mexican Y. VI c. A
through secretary J. Gordon Brooks,
plans 20 give a picnic for boys Of
that Y. NJ. c. A. on Friday or Satur-
day at some point up the valley-pro-
vided it can obtain the loan OF two
trucks for transportation Of the BOYS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

IF YOU know a substitute for some
thin keep it under your hat OF tn
price Of It VIII double. Another goos
thing about denim cvsraIls Is that tn
hip pockets are big enough t hold tn
money you save by not buyin' a rsglar
suit.
Copyright. National Newspaper Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
Ye Toune Gossip.
Registered Q. S. Patent Office
By X. c. b.

hEAR X g years nave
II / read your drivel and felt that
some time we would meet and I
would wiring your hand or neck for
the quaint cheer you have spread.
But now 1 IN in trouble and need
your help
Just before the second draft my
son. who was IL wrote me- Dad,
You are too old, but I am big and
strong. I think it IS my duty TO go"
The nerve Of b boyi TOO old TO
be shoti I wrote the kid that to
fight for the old. the cripped. the
women and the children was not a
duty. but a sacred privilege. And so
in the second draft It didn't mat
ter. for then the bottom dropped put
Of Germany, and I fell from b fry
ing pan into the ash can
Now, I get all balled up when 1
tell Of what happened in h SOS. and
lister I must swear 10 my age and
I've lied about that. and what can
NY DEAR C w.
IF 1 were you.
I WOULDN'T worry about it.
I'D JUST ray.
AND ADMIT I lied
AND ASK forgiveness.
AND IN all probability.
THE LORD VIII say;
4HERErs A man
@wHO ADMITS he lied
ITO INVITE the draft
@AND THERE'S so many others
@wHO IN quite sure lied
~To EvADE the draft
@AND HE must be all right
AOR HE wouldn't worry.
@AND I guess I'll forgive him
I REMEMBER
WHEN I was a kid
AND THERE was a circus.
AND AT the weekly meeting
OF THE Band OF Hope.
THE MINISTER said.
THAT HE had some tickets.
AND WOULD all Of the children
WHO WE'RE over twelve.
HOLD Up their hands.
AND I wasn't twelve
But I lied about IT.
AND HELD up my hand.
AND THE minister said:
"ALL OF those.
@wHO HELD up their hands.
@WuLL BE dismissed
.4ANb THOSE under twelve.
4wILL REMAIN in the room.
AND. ANYWAY.
THOSE UNDER twelve.
THEY ALL got tickets.
AND THOSE over twelve.
DIDN'T co to the circus.
AND EVER since then.
I'VE TOLD the truth
EXCEPTING ONE time.
WHEN 1 told a little boy
HIS 5abv sister
WAS FOUND under a a cabbage.
THANK you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

Lew Fields isn't TO act in his new
production, The Poor Little Ritz
Girl" He is TO be merely the pro-
Queer, so those who have been eX-
pecting 10 see him turn handspring
on the stage are 10 be disappointed
in that respect. There VIII be but
two men IN the cas- They are Roy
Atweu and Victor Morley. There
viii be twenty young women, one Of
whom win be Eleanor Griffith, posi-
lively a Washington society beauty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

The New York county American
Legion has taken charge Of Georges
Carpenters debut as a motion pic
ture star. The pugiIist's first film,
The Wonder Man" viii be shown in
the grand ball room of the Hotel
Aston for a week beginning Nay %.
A special committee Of the legion
viii handle the show.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

Cuspy cannot qualify for the place,
perhaps ash can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

The annual "FoIlies" ball will be
held on the roof Of the New Amster-
dam theater Monday night, June z.
All the players in THE Midnight
FrOlic," The FOllies' and The 9
O'clock Revue" viii appear.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
'The actors OF 30 years ago never
got hungry in the theater."
"Why2"
The curtain always came down
with a roll"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

aTTs a pity says villa, shat
bandits won't learn
To turn from nefarioua burning
matter has filled me with
solemn concern
I'm for putting n I o to the horria
blood splitting
Let our country have quiet anu
safety and peace,
No further -maruuding or raids on
the border5
Our eager and reckless Euerrilinh
must cease
At once TO be causing distress n
disorder"
may we not look for more
in changes 10 conner
Perhaps even Bu~rIesOn's manner
will softenf
He may quit being HeOrnfuls and
cease 10 be dumb
To the pleas that the people make
humbiy and Often3
He may think that h time has ar
rived 20 unbcnd,
Or maybe consider h wisdom OF
taking
such steps rs are needed to bring to
an end
The dOlefuI complaints that the
public Is making.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

neiEhbors viii hear her at the New
Brighton theater tonight
The Barnes Twins. Maymel and
WurieL. are in His Bridal Night
now a vaudeville offering.
John Murray Anderson has begun
casting for the next edition OF The
Greenwich Village "Follies."
J.. c. Williamson. Ltd, wants
Chauncey Olcott to make a tour Of
Australia He may go.
II is announced that William s.
Hart film star. has refused the A
H. Woods offer Of a job in the spoken
drama.
Mabel Burke returned to Proctors
Fifth avenue Monday in a new act
called "A Story in S~ongland-"
An Innocent Idea" has begun an
engagement at the Fulton theater.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

and the knowledge required in library
work.
S.-A scone is g thin cake Of wheat,
barley or oatmeal, baked on a briddle.
while a scOnce is an ornamental
ornamental bracket for holding
candles usually fastened to a wall.
9-Fortuity is chance or luck in
any matter
10-"When the wine is in the wit
IS out is the old saying-Thompson
Feature Service.
China claims TO have the worlds
Oldest almanac
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

N w z CAsI.
For THE Cave Girl" the Middle
ton-Bolton comedy which went into
rehearsal Monday. F. Ray Comstock
has engaged Robert McWade. Les
lie Palmer, Saxon king. Arthur
Barry Franklin Hanna Louis
Spaulding. Brandon Peters. Madeline
Marshall and Eleanor Gordon.
GOSSIP.
Sidney Blackmer has written a
song called Not So Long Ago"
Trixie Friganza's Bensonhurst
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

FOOLISHMENT.
Henry took his mothers clock
And smashed IL with n club.
said he's @rm merely killing tine-s
GOshl wasn't he n dubs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

7 Attest reports concerning the
Russian situation state thai the
cars parliament has demanded
the Immediate resignation Of the en-
tire Russian cabinet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

THE heart Of the hitherto harsh
profteer-
Provided he has Ome-may function
more kindly
He may fin Us with hope and uphft
US with cheer
Instead Of pursuing his present
course bIlndlyf
Since Villa. the bandit says bandits
The men WI are roeksting Priesa
may ponder
And cease 10 keep Others In penury
50
THAT they may have bundles u
money TO s~qunnder-
THE millennium seems to be con-
Ing npace5
II villa. the bandit, means what
he Is saying
The world. before long may become
a nice place
In which there Will neither be
robbinE nor slaytnEI
The drivers OF trucks may decide TO
releufs
Letting children and eripplss be
given fair chances
The landlords, since Villas turned
good. may consent
To cease notice OF further Id
TuueeEa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
It's usually the horse that can't
last that runs last.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26
Patter And Chatter

4 Noble Example.

villa says there has been too much ogtlevTy n 9ie S5T
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-26

"Oh. you do. ehg~ asked Jacko.
bravery. Wen. try a bit Of c%ocoanut
pie instead.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12

IIermiston boys must look to their
iaurels when Miss Dorothy Briggs.
Hermiston high school girl. enters
stock Judging contests, for the young
miss generally walks off with the
prizes. Miss Briggs, who was in PEN
dleton saturday. was a member OF the
winning team at the Hermiston Dairy
and Hog show last fall. Two years
ago shc represented Hermiston at the
state Fair. This year she will enter
stock Judging contests at the State
Fair and at the Pacific international
Exposition.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
NEWS OF THE COUNTY .
OFFICES AND OFFICERS


|. Tho highway between Sunnyside
and Umapine. now being graveled al
county expense, is coming along rapid
ly. according to the county commits
sioners who visited that section last
week end. There Is now between a
mile and a mile and half of gravel in
place and other improvements are also
being made. The road bed has been
elevated to take it out of swampy
places, square turns have been round-
ed and banked and new drainage put
in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12

Pendleton's recently established
wholesale house. Sylvan @. cohn Inc,
is partially financed by two members
of Idaho's oldest wholesale mercantile
establishment. the Tralk Co.. of Boise.
Leo J. Falk and cousin, Leo II. Falk.
who are Interested in both concerns,
arrived from Boise this morning to in
spect the progress Of the local business
and its quarters in the Elks building,
and will return tonight to the Idaho
metropolis on No. Is.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
William Chase WIN admitted.

The will of the late William s.
Chase was admitted to probate today
and Fred w. Chase confirmed as ex-
ecutor. The estate consists of about
$3.50. all Of which was left to the
widow OF the deceased. II. L. Fra
zier. F. f. Cockburn and Bruce Shan
gle were appointed appraisers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
NAME "BAYER" MEANS
ASPIRIN IS GENUINE
Prescribed by physicians for
over eighteen years

Each package and tablet Of genuine
"Bayer Tablets OF Aspirin" Is marked
with the safety "Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross means you are
getting genuine Aspirin, prescribed by
physicians for over eighteen years.
In the Bayer package are safe and
proper directions for Colds. Headache.
Toothache. Ksarache. Neuralgia, Rheu-
matism. Lumbago. Sciatica, Neuritis
and Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes OF IL tablets cost
only a few cents. Druggists also sell
larger Bayer packages. Aspirin Is the
trade mark OF Bayer Manufacture OF
Observation-Disclosures of S;alicylicacid.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
TO BREAK "sooN."

CLEVELAND. April 12.-President
Lee of the brotherhood of railroad
trainmen and President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor.
today predicted that the yardmen's
strike will break up ''soon." They
based their prediction on reports from
al, parts of the country.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
I,niian Couple Want Divorce.

Ahlocott Yumapine late Saturday
brought action for divorce from Ellen
Ynmapine, alleging improper relations
with another Indian. The couple has
been married just eleven years today.
The correspondent named is Thomas
Charley. J. b. Perry represents the
plaintiff.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12

AS n man identified with the pro-
gress OF Umatilla county and OF the
Adams, favors the higher education
tax bill which comes before the people
MAY 81. Mr.. leuallen was Pendle-
ton visitor Saturday and spoke In fav-
or of the bill ut the Farmers Union
meeting In the library.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
r,.o tnunles Issred Idccnscs.

Marriage licenses were issued late
Saturday by the county clerk to Lewis
F. Larcom and Sophia Burlingame,
and to James /. Phillips ard Edith NJ,
Mccall. all of Pendleton. The first
named couple was married Saturday
and the second named couple on Sum
day
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
ThorougIuman estate Admitted.

The estate of the late, Aaron l.
Thoroughman, who died recently in
Walla Walla, was admitted to pro.
bate court in this county today. II. J.
Warner was appointed administrator
with win attached. The estate in this
county consists of about S1875. F. b.
Swayze. e. p. Dodd and Joseph Lar
sen were named appraisers
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
RETURNING IN PORTLAND.
tBy United Press.l

PORTLAND. April 12.--The return
of few striking switchmen here to-
day indicated a break in the strike
soon, according to railroad officials.
who say the situation is considerably
improved with some freight moving.
Strike leaders, however, denied there
is any break in the ranks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
SPREADS IN EAST.

Vby UIIIlGU fTtSS'T
CHICAGO. April 1.-THE strike of
railroad employees continued today to
spread in the East, while reports
from western cities indicated the sit
uation is at a standstill.
Reports on the food situation from
cities throughout the country showed
no immediae danger of a serious short
age. The fuel situation in some dis
tricts is reported to be more serious.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12

Perry l.. Idleman Is In Portland to-
day on n short business trip and Vic
tory Medals for oregon soldiers. which
are being distributed under his direc-
tion, will again be available tomorrow,
when no returns. Mr.. Idleman left
on No. II, yesterday.
Fred Vincent, OF the Vincent Ad-
yertising Agency In Portland, was a
Pendleton business visitor yesterday.
MIR. vincent is the son of DIR. and Mrs.
Il. w. Vincent of this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
People Here and There

who protested against the changes.
He was 80 successful that 1t Is very
probable that the changes will not so
into effect. Professor Hyslop is in the
city today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12
swITcHsfEN MUST WORK
CONTINUED from page -

the suspension order affects over 5e.-
600 commuters.
A notice posted in the Pennsylvania
station today announced that several
trains" are scheduled to arrive this
morning.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-12

Interests OF Umatllla county and
other Northwest farmers were safe
guarded at n recent grain hearing in
Chicago by Professor G.. II. Hyslop. Of
O. A. C. Professor Hyslop, who Is pro-
fessor OF farm crops at the college.
represented Oregon wheat growers