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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-08
NOTICE
coNDEMNATIoN

IN The Matter Of the Condemnation Of Certain
Lands ia Anne Arundel County, Nd,
for Uee by The United States for
Military Purposes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-08

Of course. We have other IT., ifo'o arr
hit personally we congra'ai''is gnt a
selves that our double chm
loubIe mouth Dallas Me-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Short SnatCheS
From EUe1yWhene

The bolsheviki are being Poled
back to 1IoscoW.-Wichita Eagle.
Some candidates have dry plat
forms and wet easements Lexington
(Ey.) Leader.
Labor isn't getting its beer. but 70
manages 10 keep up its ferment.-Co-
lumbia Is. c. Record
The hand that rocks the cradle
threatens TO rock the politician s.
boat.-Detroit Times.
D'Annunzio Is soon to visit us; per-
haps TO get Franklin Roosevelt to
write a constitution FOR Fiume.-
Nashville Banner.
A real optimist Is q man who be-
lleves the Irish problem can be set
tied 20 the satisfaction OF everybody
Detroit Free Press
The millinery business should eE-
perieuce a boom when women get 20
throwing their hats into the political
rinE.-C0lorado Springs Telegraph.
A lot OF these labor troubles might
be avoided II employees would only
drop q kind word to their boss. now
Hon. p. p Christensen. candidate
for president IS demanding that
Hons. IS. 6. Harding and J. 81 Cox
give him gratis a column a day iu
their newspapers Evidently h be-
lieves literally IN a free press.-Dal-
las News.
The feat Of the Milwaukee girl who.
II we are to credit the headlines.
Found a Husband on the Golf Links
seems a rather ordinary and common
place performance That IS where
most Of them are.-Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE wIeGHY AND TIE BUTTER NUTS
D. HOWARD n. GARIs.

7 TNCLE WIGGILT. Oh. Uncle Wig
L lgilyi7 called Nurse Jane Fuzzy
WuZzy. the muslZrlt housekeeper
lady one day az she came from the
kitchen Of the hollow stump bungallw.
where she had been rafting the pots
anL pans.
yes. What IS &c. Nurse Janeg"
asked the bunny rabbit gentleman,
tWlntling his pink nose on one side Of
his face, and twirling his whiskers on
the other "Are the eggs playing tag
around the table. or did the nutmeg
Neither one" laughed Miss Fuzzy
WuEzy. But have started 90 bake a
cake and cannot 90 on until 7 have
some butter. I'm all out OF butter, but
I didn't know it when started 70
bake So II you want cake youu
have 10 90 10 1.-THE two and three cent
store ana get me some butter"
TN co. offered Uncle WiEgily. who
was very fond Of cake So he put on
his tall silk hat and. taking his red.
white and blue striped barber pole
rheumatism crutchs off he hoped
over the fields and through the woods
Uncle wisely had not gone very
far before he came 20 q place where
T0Odle and Noodle. the beaver boys
whose last name was Fiat Tail. had
made a mud slide. TOodle and Noodle
had splasheu water on smooth.
slippery hrn Of clay and down &c they
were sliding. just as you slide down
Come on have slide. Uncle wig
gily," called Toodle.
'It's lots OF fun" added Noodle.
Thank you. I believe III try a slip
or two spoke the bunny gentleman.
And, old ana sedato as he sometimes
SILK hat. laid aside his crutcl and SID
with the beaver boys he got his tail
and hind legs muddy, but he didn't
mind that. as he could wash IN a
brook.
And Uncle Wlggily was having such
fun that he stayed longer than he
meant 90, and, before he knew 70, the
sun had almost gone down and 10 was
6 o'clock, when the stores closed
"Ohs dear me. forgot all about
Nurse James butterm cried Uncle
Wiggily. what snail I do2 She
can't finish the cake now"
is It butter you WantT' asked
Toodle.
Nurse Jane wants e." said the
bunny gentleman But I cant get
o.. now that the stores have closed.
I'll have 20 80 20 Mrs. Littlstail's.
and. borrow some
Maybe not" spoke up Ioodle-
Johnnie and Billie Bushytail. the
squirrel boys, passed here a little
while before you came Uncle Wigsily
and I heard them talking about a
butter tree IN the next field"
Not exactly a butter tree said
Noodle. 1T was a butter nut tree.
But I should think that would be az
most the same. Uncle WlErilr. You
can get some butter off that tree for
Nurse Jane
"Oh, perhaps I CAM cried The
bunny. Where Isl itZ7
Wen show you offered the kind
beaver boys, who had finished sliding
down the mud HILL So they washed
themselves Off IN the water, as Uncle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Ethel Goes In For
Mines And Mining p

IT WAS a plain case OF bread ana
butter that lifted Ethel Russell
Combs. the widow Of a naval Of
ficer from social life into the business
world The word Tilted is used adj
visedly.
She had two children 10 support Up
TO eight years ago she had had no
concern with greater affairs than
dancing and serving tea She had. IN
consciously however, absorbed iufor-
nation about mines and mining, and
Sc had a memory that never forgot a
name.
It was on this knowledge and this
gift that she has built her success
She IS the only woman in the world
who edits and manages a mining
magazine. She solicits the advertise
r1euts, she writes editorials and ar
ricles on all sorrE OF subjects. and she
reads proofs. work that usually re-
cuires the time Of several men But
this she wiz ten you, IS only a side
line.
The real sob Is assistant secretary
OF the American Mining Congress. an
Organization with headquarters In
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Vital Necessity Exists For Amending Minimum Wage Law
Few Conplants Are Received On Valuations OF Property

10 water her flowers with tears We
can and do produce truly remarkable
things Everything grown By ANA
teur and professional gardeners and
florists IS eligible for the exhibition. 20
The Junior college course now part
OF the FL PaEo educational plan IS
nothing more or less than the first
two years work given BY the Uni-
versity Of Texas. and Is universally
recognized as such" said A n
Hughey, city superintendent OF
schools. Exactly the same schedules,
books and methods are followed as a
the university, and we have essur-
ances from the president Of Texas
university that the student taking the
course VIII be given fun recognition
FOR All work done. In other words,
the student can DO two years Of col
IeEe work in FL Paso, remaining IN
home surroundings, and eliminating
the cost OF long travel necessitated
By FL paso's Isolated location he
can then 20 20 almost any university
IN the country and take up studies IN
the third year OF college work, and
can get his degree after having spent
only two years away from home in
stead OF the customary four years.
As an Institution q offers great edu-
catioua1 possibilities for the young
men and women Of the southwest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

TVlrrny did also, and then tney s-a.-
81 OF over the fields 20 IND ths
ol . s77l it is.- called Noodle. after a
while. -Ifs the same one the squire
bovs were talking about
.eHuml This IS funny putlelr sa--
Uncle Wiggily, as he looked az t,.e
100 brown nuts scattered on tle
----7--F 'rSev were shaped ike lem
Cre- only smaller and DARK brown
IL ~ofo- on some was an outside
7rin. but. when this was peeled on
underneath was Wrln-l--
very funny butter indeed. sara
the bunny 800 -
nuts." 7a.EEastec -Qnlie-
alTevbe 81 IS. III take Lnem nome
IN Nursa lane. She wtt LuoWt SAID
Uncle Wiggiiy. he filled MS lll.
SIX hat with the nais ana noppel
home with them. lle stores were
closed jamie. so I brought you ms
Kind q butter" spoke the 1unI-y as
be reacbed the hollow stump 01n5--
-Butteri That isn't buttsrr' said ne
10 be sure, but the only reason -l--4
can them that is that they tasle
uttls IKE butter and they are greasy
IKE butter On. Wiggy, ] can never
make a cake with those
Maybe there is butter inside sag
some and zee. And u there isn't any
batter in these nuts III 80 20 tle
store azaln tom 1rr01T. and I wont SOD
to slide with Toodle and noodle
"Oh. you funny bunny lauEneo
Nurse Jane.
butternut on a fiat rock and pounded
with another rock
aOuchIT he cried az he hit HIS paw,
and The nut slipped away 5ailiA-
through the air. And then, as the nut
fell in the tall grass a voice sudden
aOuoh. WowI Oh. zippisl zinsi
Zangl Zooni What a whack on my
nosel On. III Be goodi III not Try 20
get any OF your souse- and 10 ana
behold out OF TIE tan grass ran L-e
pipsissWah- He had been hiding there
waiting & chance 20 nab Uncle wig
eilv, hut when the butteruut slipped
and flew away il hit the hiding bad
chap on the nose
"WelL something good came from
these butternuts, anyhow said Uncle
Wiggily, as he saw the PIP running
away. @rm glad brought them
home
Then Johnnie and billie Bushytau
the squirrels. came along and they
guawed open a lot Of thu nuts Tor
Ike butter that Nurse Jane made a
cake with them after all and the
squirrel boys each had a slice. and SO
did llr. LouEeara
So this teaches Us that n a kitten
plays with a spool o. thread she viii
get &c ali tangled And II the orange
doesn't jump out OF its skin and try
20 hide in the lemon. 70 keep the
pineapple from sliding down hin on
the cherry pie. III tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the Eud middle
I CCopTriEht. 1876. BY Mcclure NaWs-
payer Syndicara-l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

there's light" he said cheerily TO ne
as 7 Joined him from my doorway.
Ever get that mans stozyf I
asked
Jimmie. Ha used 70 be a Weallny
miner In the big days. He went broke
Then he started hittin' the dope. Re
has been up here now more.n ten
years. Never heard I'm speak 20 a
nan-never knew i'm 70 do any harm
Just dreams and stands there after
We went On down the hin. turned
into Dupont street and thence 20
Portsmouth square, where stevenson
once lay and talked 10 deep sea
sailor men
Down Clay street came the first
car with the dock coolies going TO
work on the China ships Far Up al
the other end OF the wide plaza san
Francisco's first arc lights picked
out OF the darkness the white man IS
Market street. The siren called up
TO Jimmie standing IN Sullivan alley.
but I do not know that Jimmie heard
IL. How long he stood and looked I
. do not know. It Is a strange thing
10 see a man whose heart still beats
and whose soul Is long since de-
parted from its habitation-strange r
stiu 70 stand facing him in the dark
out Of the world Of men Jimmie
had drifted into the shadow OF the
gas lamp and under the spell OF the
white mist that robbed the world ID
its silence Of oblivion Lost 70 IRE
side. 70 laughter, 10 kindness-to all
that men hold worth while, Jimmie
lust dreamed his waking dream.
Nobody ever knew what he dreamed
Six months later I went up there
with other newspaper men and wrote
the story OF Jimmie's passing. They
found him asleep under the lamp
O'Hara found him and sent for US
Nobody was notified There was no
body to tel. He Is asleep now some
where out there in the public land
with other men who are forgotten
Somewhere, in Eilded palace and
gaiIy decorated salon, men and Wo-
men toy with oblivion They have
not heard Of Jimmie. Somewhere
today almost everywhere In great
cities-men and women turn from the
toll and strain Of life to the rest and
freedom OF day dreams born OF the
subtle narcotic that IS all too easy OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Washington, D. c., which is the big
Fest thing Of its kind In the country.
It is conducted for the benefit OF the
thousands OF persons throughout the
country who are engaged in the min
ing OF gold, silver, copper, coal. lead.
zinc, oil and other metals. Her work
here includes hiring and firing half
a hundred office employees, managing
the office affairs Of the congress, and
every now and then putting on a
membership campaign
she had her knowledge OF mining;
she added 10 It: she had the gift OF
never forgetting a name and when a
miner DROPS I'm from Alaska or Ari-
IONA, who hasn't been in the office
IN five years and she calls him By
name, her word goes with him.
She has a gift and she has taken
&c to market You have yours. God
has given one TO every one what IS
it, What are you doing with IT,
Copyright, 1920, Thompson Feature
SerTice.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Waking Dreams
r. pHRcY MONTGOMERY.

IRON somewhere out upon the fog
i hidden sea came a dull moan OF
the night siren warning ships Of
the rocks of shore. Chill air, drift
ms IN from the water, heavily mist
laden. floatted Up from the lower city
and ike white Wraiths from another
world. danced its ghost dance as Il
stole by the dim street lamps
A strange oriental perfume, half
sea salt and half burned opium.
floated over the black Swallowed
tenements Of san Franchises China
town It was near three in the morn
ing Sullivan alley running up and
down like Jacobs ladder, chung 70 the
darkness and shrunk from the eyes OF
man. on either side OF the narrow
roadway rose Chinese dwellings with
overhanging balconies from which
sightless bamboo lanterns swung in
the cold air. Utter silence relgned-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

ONE holes pursued by fierce Triumphant Poles
~
myself govt trouble
The theg "Pc is the thing we're for the whole blamed
sick and Of the and tired Of
and Of the sight Of bleaching bones The nations all would speed
the and
and
unssey pursues
scrap. myself raut,
Why nations friendly
settle ali their silly and then milk the cows? Why
him bunderbus?
Pole? higher Why don't they
with friendly gTias, %
csBrrirst b. esorrs afsthsv adams WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

THE futricaciss OF the minimum
wage law IS such that e VIII
take much careful study 10
work out a practicable adequate
method Of making &c what g. should
be-" said Mrs S j. EenuelL- The II
PPaso League OF Women Voters does
not consider itself capable Of making
these important changes. but we are
trying TO draw attention TO the Vi
tai necessity for amending the pres
ent laws, We simply cannot blame
Individual cases OF immortality on any
other cause than society. When the
average wage paid American working
women in FL plso Isl $3.50, and we
know Of many persons who get much
more. we realize that there must pc
hundreds Of employed women who
make less than SIC a week. Even with
10 make this small sum compass the
expenses OF living 7 know that en-
plovers say that II wages are raised
they must raise their prices, but there
IS something radically wrong with
business which cannot be made 20
provide living wages for Its employees
on a fair and legitimate profit basis
Until there IS state legislation ana
state enforcement Of generous mini
mum wage laws, Ell paso cannot hope
TO better ftself morally"
AALAoAAA CITY HA--a-+---- -r-
save for the regular plant OF the
siren the world was IN dreauland-
Slowly. with mechanical step, a
figure came from one OF the door
ways-ths strangest figure magma
fancy. In the half Hight, what seemed
to be a man, crept, step By step. 70
the narrow curb and stopped
There was not light enough &c see
his dress but, from the quiverlng gas
lamp overhead. his face stood out in
unearthly clearness. IL was not Wllte.
Beneath the shapeless black hat an
amber-faced man stared into tne IL
limltable space that lies before those
who have lost consciousness TO things
OF this world Slowly the figure
folded its arms and leaned against the
lamp shaft
s4e comes out about this time every
moruin'" said O'Harar the san Fran
cisco Chinatown COP who often made
my rounds with me- i never seen
i'm eat He stands ike that til the
sun comes up and then e tades'-l
dunno where he sleeps his regular
sleep. he uses 'coke'-Watch I'm
good"
I did watch him. 7 slipped back
I into the shadow Of doorway as
/ O'Hara passed on up the steep road
way. Five minutes, ten minutes, fif-
tene minutes, I stood gazing at this
phantom thing before me. In all this
time the figure did not move frac-
/ ton OF an inch
Up from the sea came the siren. out
Of the interstices Of the black build
ings the colored fog danced and over
all the chill breath Of the sea whts-
pered the approach OF dawn
From somewhere in san Francisco
[ business section came the clang OF
{ the first car gong
The figure moved unstaadlly
Across the alley was q garbage
can. The figure painfully half
walked and half craWled toward T.
Bending down I saw a Eaunt hand
reach into the can TO search for stray
food. Evidently the search was in
vain for the figure returned to the
old post and resumed Its vigil into the
unknown.
O'Hara came back. numbering down
the steep alley, his great Irish feet
3 slamminc the sidewalk and beating
upon the silence like cannon shot.
] come on, kid, let's be going where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
Sonora Organizes.

THE BENEFITS the Mexican state Of Sonora VIII derive
from her agricultural chamber Of commerce win be
both abundant and mediae- By Of organization
the planters Of the state get back to sound pTsreYolu
ton conditions the quickly and the farming lands OF
the state be developed The plan Of the Mexican gov
to lend the organization money after Is firmly
established good that wiz encourage the planters
after years Of Encouragement.
Eventually other organizations Of civic commercial
and industrial nature ally themselves with the state
agricultural chamber Of and all profit thereby
Agriculture is Tire basis Of prosperity IN Sonora as else
where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

access TO the knowing. They have
not heard o. Sullivan alley-they
have never heard the siren call ont
OF the foE-
Il IS a strange thing TO stand and
look fuu into the eyes OF a Living
dead man. but stranger than this q
10 70 stand on the threshold OF that
other life which lies before all men
and hear the siren call in the early
hours OF daWn-to hear % call to
Jimmie 20 come on to the end OF the
trail.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Besides being an ofhosr in a large
Advertising agency IN New York city
and claimed 70 be the highest PAID
woman IN Wan street Miss Alice
Houston handles the advertising WORK
for a dozen banks.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

AAa1l-alalla
YOU KNOW how Il Is.
JUST WRITING letters
IT'S SOMETIMES hard.
TO THINK o. things
AND IT'S the same.
WHEN EVERY day.
I MUST write this.
AND I'd been here.
WHERE I now sit
FOR AN hour At least
AND No thought cana
AND THE door6su rang
AND SOMEONE said
THAT SALVADOR
had CONE 20 call
AND SALVADOR
Is A boy. a friend OF mine
FOR THREE years past
AND COMING IN
TO WHERE I work.
AND SEEING ne.
IN woRkINs clothes
he SAID to ne
aTLL SIT down here
aAND READ a book.
-AND YOU 90 on
aAND DO your work
AND so be did
AND so ] did
AND FOR an hour.
HE JUST sar there.
AND SAID no word.
AND I found things.
TO WRITE about
AND FINISHED them.
JUST As he said.
HE'D HAVE 70 60.
TO GET to school
AND WE shook hands
AND MADE a date
AND OFF he went
AND YESTERDAY.
A LEARNED man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

tion purposes have been increased SO
as to affect nearly 1900 payers this
year, complaints have been fewer
than ever before" saio y. P. McSain,
city collector and assessor Of taxes
I'VE made conscientious efforts 20
determine the market value OF every
piece OF property IN Fl Paso. and then
fixed the taxing value at 50 percent
OF that figure The fact that nearly
every piece OF property IN Fl Paso
showed marked increase in value over
1913 reflects the prosperity o. the
city and its rapid growth. out Of
more than $4,000 tax payers, less than
so have appeared before the board Of
appeals FOR complaint. OF those COM
planning. there has been only one
threat OF court action. although every
complaint has been given most care
ful consideration BY the mayor and
aldermen sitting as a board OF APP
peals-"
People are not entering as many
flower exhibits for the exposition a.
we need" said Mrs. Robert Townsend
Few seem TO realize that this Is 70
Be a representative exhibit Of the
flowers and plants produced in and
around FL Paso. We want the eX-
hibit to be truly typical Of the beau
tiful things grown here so that our
visitors may realize that while FL
Paso may have the name OF having
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02
YE TOWNE GOSSIP
B


Patent ofnca-l
AND VERY visa
CANE HIRE 70 call
THE WHILE I worked
AED HE said TO ne.
eco RIGHT ahead
'TLL SIT down hsrs-
TILL TOU are through
AND WHEN he cana
HAD some things.
TO WRITE about
But he adhered 50 much
I FORGOT them all
AND THE day was a blank
I THANK you
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Sweden's first free port, which
forms a part Of the harbor Of stock
holm. IS open for business. although
&c viii take perhaps ten years before
all contemplated improvements are
completed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

The more than 100 women police
reserves in New York VIII be retained
under the police reorganization law
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

Population is gradually drifting west still vest Texas
boys who desire TO study agriculture compelled to 60 to
east Texas to New Mexico to school The difference II
altitude climate SOIL and the kinds Of crops grown in east
A and II college at its present location is Of little value
to the west Texas student
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-02

To read the want ads in The Herald there seem to be
business chances and opportunities for employment enough
TO suit anyone