El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-20
Many Cases OF Extreme Cruelty To Animals Are Seen Here
Fort Bliss Is Being Made One OF The Finest Posts In U 81

HORUELTE 70 animals in FL Paso
\ goes on 6aIIy without any ap-
parent effort on the part OF any
body. as far as can tell. to prevent
it. OF to punish persons who torture
dumb beasts, especially horses" said
John ". Harm. Almost every day
1 see an animal cruelty treated and
have reported some OF the brutalities.
Just the other day I saw a horse
hitched 20 a transfer wagon HIS
shoulder was almost a solid sore The
horse was owned by one OF the city S
largest transfer companies and was
driven by an employ5 on the city
streets. I saw a stalled team Of
horses on the smelUr bridge the
other day. One horse refused 70 pull
I examined his shoulder and on 1t
were bleeding sores big as my
hand II was only few days ago
that saw a horse staked out He
had baling wire wrapped around ms
foot as q hobbls instead Of rope or
a leather strap. The wire as he
would walk would cut deeper and
deeper into the running sore on his
Leg I have seen horses beaten un-
mercifully and have seen other ani-
mails mlstreated- Something should
be done. The humane society should
function OF the city should establish
a bureau IN connection with the police
department 10 help protect dumb
friends"
Gradually Improvements are being
made at Fort Bliss which are making
that pest one OF the finest In the ..
s. said F. X Crews AT present
street lights OF a good type are be
ing mounted on concrete pillars in
the driveway parkiugs, which adds
beauty 10 safety IN the driveway
Gradually all Of the streets IN the
post are being paved and all OF those
not paved are in good shape Better
the shacks erected during the world
war I am told that most OF this
work Is being done in a wasteful
manner and that the laborers fool
away most Of their time, but the i'm
provements do not bear out this
rumor. e Paso ought TO set behind
the army because nothing is being
left undone in making Fort Bliss a
post worthy Of any .city's support"
The recent small fire at Hotel
Dieu gave the public a chance TO see
Just how efficient our fire depart
ment is," said T. ID. Maxwell. Il was
in a car near the hospital when the
alarm was sent in and 10 was less
than five minutes until the firemen
were there and had water playing on
the flames Fire Chief John Wray
has a great organization, which IS
recognized by the fire marshal as one
Of the best in the state and as a re-
suit our insurance rates are lower
than in most cities. During that
hospital fire five hundred persons
gathered about, more or less in the
way. But those firemen went at that
fire as though they had planned how
they would handle just such a fire.
Every man was at his place and there
was less lost motion than in any work
have ever seen. II one is skeptical
as to the good work done by Wray's
men all he has to do is look over the
records OF the local department and
then compare them with those OF
other cities.
"El Paso county has 1900 farms
ranging in size from one TO several
hundred acres said ii. c. Stewart
county farm bureau manager. These
farms represent an investment in land
Of more than s2,350, 900. Land values