El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-04

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: Matt WInn's LatonIa race track
will open here Saturday for n 81
day meet, The big track Is now
being put into condition and sew
eral additions are being made TO
the buildings. 1t IS not aH large n
plant as he has at Junrez, and the
buildings are, with one exception,
frame structures.
A sideHght on the death OF Car.
rama is given in a special dispatch
printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer
: jand the New York Tribune, interest
Telling Of the defence the mer
around Carranza put up, the article
Soldiers crowded to their chiefs
crying and expostulating. Their rifles
] died they said In the thickest OF
the melee, when the bullets of the
| enemy were flying all around them
and rebel generals. were shooting
their way into trains, seeking out
Carranzista officers from among the
terrified pacificos, the guns OF the
defending soldiers refused to work
Charles Hampton, American artil-
tleryman, who had been with Funston,
swiftly opened cartridge or two
shook the powder into the palm Of his
hand, smelled 1t. tasted it, spat and
swore-
ssThe black powder was, in
gOodly proportion black pepper.
six months ago, on the invita-
4iOn Of Carrunzas japanese NUM-
ton makers set up their plants
without the City OF Mexico and
| proceeded to manufacture arms
and ammunition for the Mexican
government. This black pepper
powder WAS one Of their pro-
ducts"
While street car fare in Cincinnati
/ is cents, it is only 5 cents FROM
Cincinnati to and throughout Gov
ington, Latonia and surrounding
towns on the Kentucky side A Ken
Z lucky corporation operates these cars
and they were refused the Increase
when the Ohio state commission
granted an increase TO the Cincinnati
lines Latonia, while having sepa-
rate postoffice. is for administrative
purposes q part OF Covingtons which,
with its suburbs, claims a population
Of $4,000 people.
Whoever named PitfEburE @the
smoky city, failed to visit Gin
einnati first. II the wind hap
pens to be blowing your way, you
( can't write a letter in Cincin-
natl hotel without smudEinE the
paper with SCOT and II you take
hold OF the eurtHin at your win
dow, IL soils your hands
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
which started employing women
coach cleaners during the war. still
has them in service and its officials
say they are better than men for the
iobs-and they work cheaper.
A CoFfnEtOn girl never said leg
when she referred to that part OF
her body. She started TO school
to learn to be a telegraph Opern-
To- NJ al
was learning teleEraphys she said
she was learning telimbraphy.
Cincinnati has a lot Of streets
paved with boulders- They are GER
tainly serious for French heel shoes
when passengers OF the female sex
have to aight away from the cross
ings.
FL Paso is not the only place where
they charge you for crossing a bridge
The big suspension bridge between
Cincinnati and Covington over the
Ohio river Is a toll bridge and 1t costs
two pennies TO walk across or Is
cents each way for 2 vehicle
Kentucky stfu has n lot Of the
old time toll turnpikea left
where you have 10 stop every few
miles at a gate and pay for riding.
But the scenery is worth it
Some Of the Cincinnati street cars
have two trolleys. so il one jumps
off, the car keeps going until the
conductor gets it back on Either or
both Of them supplies current to the
motor.
A favOrite question Of the come
dian these days is to ask 'What
becomes Of the hole in n dough-
nut when you eat itf" but 1 have
only heard one ask HWhen yOu
wear n hole in your SOCK where
does the material got"
The words inside the quotations be- /
low are all names Of popular songs /
Customer-Whats the price Of /
"Smiles"2
salesgirl-Fifty cents.
Customer-What's the price Of
saiesgirl-seventy-five cents
Customer--Well, what could get /
here for a dollar?
salesgirl-@You'd Be Surprised"
Here is an expression that was
'.I'Hl not as crazy rs looks it's
the way they dress me-
One runs across a lot Of peculiar
names travelling about the country
also funny signs.
A Cincinnati sign reads Ike this
on Vine street.
Women and Men Reshaped and /
Made Like New
James F. Oyster is a dealer in /
cheese and butter on Pennsylvania |
avenue in Washington.
Grace B. Straight f. n young
woman who lives in Richmond,
Ky.
Hugh Ike Shot IS running for con-
gress at Bluefield, West Virginia.
Miss Snow. Of Latonias recently /
married Mr. Sleet.
In a COvinEt0n office there ia
a sleet, a Snow and a Frost. and
the company Is in the coal buEi-
ness, too
Col. I. NJ Dunn and his brother, r. \
u Dunn, are partners in the tobacco
business at Danville, Ky
Stanley Frost is chairman OF
the B. r.. n. on the G. & o. rail-
road and my uncle, J. ID. Martin,
of LatOnia, says IL looks as IL he
is going to @freeze cut" the Off
einls in n fight for more wages
for the men,
Thank the stars. There is one
place where they don't dance the fox
trot very much and that is Cincinnati
and environs- The waltz and the one
step have the edge on the fox trot
hereabouts and the Jazz boys scarcely
ever play one.
Tha~~