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EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE
Friday February 18 1910.
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Why the Advance In Cost?
SOME unusually large advances in the price of the ordinary food products have
been made according to government figures in the past eleven years. The
why of it all is still unsolved. The different states are starting inquiries
into the high cost of living and the congress ef the United States has started a
similar investigation.
What they will find out is problematical but the fact that tie advance has
come and that the consumer faces it is a reality and a stern one. The demand
can hardly be said to have increased so largely in eleven years as to cause such a
tremendous advance in the prices of food products and it is certain that the man
who raises them has not had his price increased in any such ratio as on the dif-
ferent articles of food as sold to the consumer.
It is true that the wages of labor have advanced considerably and thus the cost
of handling and manufacturing food products has been advanced to a certain ex-
tent but even this added to the increased price which the farmer now receives over
his prices of eleven years ago should not be sufficient to warrant the high prices
charged to the consumer.
The department of commerce and labor has just submitted figures to congress
on the increase in the prices of food. The figures show the rise from 1899 to 1908
and presuming that there has been no increase since 1908 and that those prices
are the same as now prevail if anything there has been a further advance it is
hard to see where there is reason for such a tremendous advance; it loots like
the trusts" were doing some squeezing somewhere.
For purposes of comparison the prices in 1899 are used as normal and the
percentages of increase were about as follows:
Bread Wholesale 25.1; retail 4.0.
Butter Wholesale Elgin 29.8; creamery extra 27.5; dairy $24.6; retail 30.6;
no quality indicated. .
Cheese Wholesale 26.9; retail 20.3. '
Coffee Wholesale 3 J9; detail 5.0.
Eggs New laid wholesale 39.8; retail 36.2.
Wheat FlourWholesale spring 43.6; winter 26.8;. retail 24.4; no quality
indicated. "- . -
Lard Wholesale 63.3; retail 38.2. - "
Beef Wholesale fresh 11.8; salt 41.9; retail 14.9; salt 10.6.
Dressed Mutton Wholesale 21.4; .retail .26.8. T '
Bacon Wholesale 54.5; retail 52.9. -'
Ham Whoesale 21.9; retail 31.8.
Milk Potatoes 30; retail 18.1.
Milk Whoesale 30; retail 18.1.
Potatoes Wholesale 70.6; retail 25.5. - v
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It is easier to be a good servant than a good master and generally speaking
there are more of the former than of the latter.
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Soon you can go down either San Antonio or San Francisco streets to the
union station which will be a great convenience and worth the price. v
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A manNalways admires his wife when she looks well. Therefore she should
always look well and he will always admire her.
o
Why not change the route of the depot cars and have them come back to the
city over San Francisco street instead of around Overland? Instead of taking peo-
ple off down through the railroad yards immediately on arrival here it would
bring them up a nicely paved well lighted street right into the heart of the city in
one minute.
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The Elephant
T
HE appointment of R. F. Burges and H. B. Holt as special counsel to assist
United States district attorney David J. Leahy in the work of prosecuting
the condemnation suit for the site for the Elephant Butte dam is most grati
fying news to the people of the Rio Grande valley.
The matter of -this condemnation requires a lot of time as there are many un-
tangled ends to be gathered up and busy as he is with the affairs of bis office
Mr. Leahy no doubt warmly welcomes the help that has been given him as Mr.
Holt and Mr. Burges are thoroughly familiar with every part of the work. Mr.
Holt is president and attorney for the water usees of the upper valley! and Mr.
Burges represents the water users of the lower valley in a legal way; both know
every phase of the case and can help largely to get the condemnation matter dis-
posed of in good time so that work can be pushed forward..
The appointments of these two men shows the interest that is being exhibited
in the work at Washington by the officials there; it proves that they want to see
the work go forward as rapidly as possible. Deserving credit is due to congres's-
man Smith for pushing this matter and to Felix Martinez of the El Paso -valley
water users for the steps he has taken locally to forward the work.
A newspaper heading says that "El Paso men own good property in Arizona."
Arizona is like El Paso any Arizona property is good property.
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Another lost mine has been found in Mexico. Let us only hope this turns out
more real than most of the "lost mines" that have been found in the past few
years.
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Floral Park is the name of a new addition to a Texas town probably so named
after the fashion oEI Paso's Washington park of the old days. They said it was
called Washington park because there were no trees to be cut down.
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An expert now declares that single men live longer than married ones thus
establishing the truth of the old joke about married men not really living longer
than single ones but only thinking they do.
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The Herald will print no more communications on either side of the question
of "northern" and "southern" gentlemen. Both sides have had a fair fling. Sev-
eral communications have been printed on each side7 of the question and others
ate on hani but it is a useless piece of foolishness to continue such a controversy.
As a correspondent says today: "A man is either a gentleman or he is not re-
gardless of where he is born." This is one country and we are one people. South-
erners permeate the north and west and westerners'and northerners permeate the
south. Courtesy) is as common in one region as another and it comes from all
alike regardless of place of birth. As a general thing there is an inclination upon
the part of people to attribute all politeness to the natives of their particular region
and clime; this in the north as well as in the south but these people are mistaken.
A gentleman will be a. gentleman anywhere; and the locality of his birth has)
nothing to do with it.
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NCLE WALT'S
IFF is pretty cheap and yellow and it often bores a fellow if he thinks
r akout his trcixblcs through the long and weary day. if he talks about his sor-
JL rows laying"bets that all tomorrows will be just as stale and somber just
as grewsome and as gray. Ah. the world is what e make it; if e fuss around
and rake it hustling for a crop of trouble we'll have windrows high and ide; but
it will not pay for reaping and the thrahers will be
weeping when they see the scurvy harvest that has been
THE HARVEST 3cur boast and pride. If you fire all thought of sadness
and go raking round for gladness if you just insist that
worry take its grip and trunk and roam you are sure to
find the mowing pays for all the work and sowing and the thrashers will be
whooping on the day of Harvest Home. All my metaphors are tangled and this
rhyme is badly jangled hut you'll doubtless catch its meaning if you use a hook
and line; do not mind the ills that bore you nor the clouds that threaten o'er
you; ever)- day provides its solace and tomorrow will be fine!
Copyright 1903. by Georse Mattbews a
Is Castro Coming Home?
May Join Brother Zelaya
Washington. D. C. reb. 17. Hist:
Likewise sh-h-h-h and us-s-sh! That
daring: and marvelous old man. senor
Cipriano Castro one time president of
Venezuela and head of the revolution
trust. Is at large. HeTe on the bounding
deep with the prow of his trusty boat
turned toward the land he used to rob.
"Worst of all the state department does
not knowjvhat he intends to do. He
embarked at Malaga Spain several days
ago and remarked in a ruffian like
whisper that he was going to the Canary
Islands as his first stop.
But the worst is yet to come.
The state department suspects in fact
fears that senor Jose Zelaya who has
just left Mexico for Belgium because
this hemisphere got too hot to hold him
has a rendezvous with senor Cipriano in
the Canary Islands. Mr. Knox Is frank
to say that at this time he ddes not
know whether these two bold buccaneers
inttend to meet there or not. They may
have fixed up a pact to incorporate a
company to raise canaries or eggs.
But again hark and hist! They mav be
conspiring to grab off a country in Cen-
tral America or South America and
whack it up among themselves. Being
tne greatest international wliackers in
captivity they cause alarm in official
circles. Not every president down near
the equator will think his brass braid is
safe when he hears that senor Zelaya
and senor Castro may meeet in the Ca-
naries.
Mr. Ivnox prevented senor Castro re
turning to Venezuela and he also shooed
senor Zelaya Qut of this part of the 1
world. The possibility of his work be-
lng undone is too much. The Revolution
union may be revived.
Hist!
f (From The Herald
H
Years
SHELDON OFFERS
A NEW
Active steps are being taken for the
construction of a building ror the T. M.
C. A. L. M. Sheldon proprietor of the
Sheldon block has offered to erect a
pressed brick and adobe building 40x
120 feet on San Antonio street immedi-
ately opposite the courthouse or on Mesa
avenue opposite St. Clement's church.
It is proposed to have an assembly room
four bathrooms and a gymnasium but
the plans have not yet been decided
upon.
Maj. Llewellyn of Las Craees who is
in the city today says tnat he has re-
ceived a telegram announcing that the
Pecos Valley Irrigation and Hallway
company has gone Into the hands of a
receiver.
Today is Shrove Tuesday and tomor-
row will be Ash Wednesday the begin-
ning of Lent. I
Friends of Parson Tays nave present-
ed a new memorial window to St. Clem
ent's church and it will be installed'
shortly while the old one will be moved
back of the choir.
The machinery for the artesian well
is hung up somewhere between this city
and Fort Worth.
The freight traffic over the Southern
Pacific continues heavy.
A 40 pound candle in the window of
"Jesus Wouldn't Belong
Country Club
Cotulla Tex.T'eb. 12 1910.
Editor El Paso Herald:
I saw not .long ago a piece in The
Herald headed "If Jesus Belonged to the
Country Club What Then?" If Jesus
was in this world today walking on the
streets among men he would not belong
to the Country club. Jesus came into this
world to save publicans and sinners jiot
to mingle with them taking a part in
their sinful ways.
"Remember the Sabbath day to keep
if holy;" then try to imagine Jesus go-
ing to the Country club on the Sabbath
day eating drinking playing cards
chasing golf balls and doing many oth-
er things they do at the Country club.
I would as soon think of Jesus drink-
ing out of "golden goblets at the feast
of Belshazer" as to think of him dining
at a banquet at the Country clubhouse
We are commanded to follow after
the meek and lowly Jesus and to let
whatsoever we do be done to the honor
and glory of God.
Bedecking ourselves with jewels and
costly apparal and spending our time
in revelry and worldly amusements is
not doing things to the honor and glory
jivi. uwiuj iuiu6o iu mc nuuur una giory
of God nor doing things that would
be well pleasing in his srght." j
Denatured Poem
Obtum
6am.
GA&i
When Richard Bartholdt of Mis-
souri is not busy fixing the Republican
pork barrel in the shape of a public
buildings bill he is riding his favorite
hobby of universal peace. Mr. Bartholdt
can talk about unnecessary expenditure
of money as readily as Champ Clark
can predict that the next congress will
b Democratic
Over in his office in -the house office
building Mr. Bartholdt Has two desks.
One of them he calls tfie "peace desk."
The other is called the "war desk." A
member of the house who is thoroughly
familiar with Mr. Bartholdt's hobby
dropped into the office one day recently.
"Bartholdt" said the member "why
don't you live up to what you preach."
"Explain yourself." said Mr. Bart-
holdt with his delicious German ac-
cent. "You keep two desks symbolical of
peace and war do you not?" asked the
member
"Sure" replied the peace advocate.
"Very well. The next time you make
a speech in the house complaining about
battleship appropriations and army ap-
propriations and ask us to embrace the
German emporer and the tsar of Russia
In fond embrace and swear newr to so
i . -. - ---
to war I'm going to call attention to
those two desks. I'm gc.ng to relate that
on a visit to your orrice I found the
Vnr desk the center or your activity
crowded with papers and covered with
your mail. In -what condition do I find
your 'peace desk? It is by its lonely self
over in the corner covered with dust
and empty as a poor man's noeketbook
Whereupon the member hustled out of
the office before Mr. Bartholdt had a
chance to explain why ne preferred to
work at the "war desk -
of this date 1S36)
To
A
day
ST"
TO ERECT
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING
Slack & Co. was lighted two days ago
and but little of it has bean consumed.
The county commissioners have re-
scinded their order for the Australian
ballot system for the ensuing election
in the city on the motion of city attor-
ney Townsend who claimed that it was
illegal because the petition was signed
by less than 500 voters.
Police inspectors Duffy Hays and
Sanderson of Chicago were in the city
to see the fiht. Duffy ts still here but
the others have gone home.
There was a pleasant party last nighSl
in tne rooms of the El Paso club. Col-
lector Davis special agent Whitehead
of the treasury department and deputy
collector Magoffin entertained governor
Ahumada of Chihuahua Gen. MaL-ry of
Texas marshal Hall of Santa b'e N.
M. and city treasurer Moye. of Chihua-
hua. -
At a meeting of the- newspaper corre-
spondents today it was Gecided to draw
resolutions thanking 'manager .Steele
of the Western Union for the courtesies
shown them.
Dr. Van Cleave of Eddv N. M. ha.3
removed to this city.
"The Chimes of 2Cormandie" will be
presented futight at the opera house.
Metal market Silver. 67 3-c; iead $3;
copper 9 l-4c; Mexican pesos 54c.
To
Or Go To Rapes
Some people say "It is no harm to go
to horse racing it -s onlv pleasant
amusement and recreation." Do the
crowds that gather at the races the
gamblers that go there "to bet on the
races down to the jockey that rides the
norses. look like they were following "In
f. fcreiw?" Imagine Jesus perched on a
rubber tired rig behinfl a bob-tailed
""o- suing to the
I heard a church member say she "ex-
pected to damo or i .. t ni
n n?'0Ue eTer hear of Jesus spending
hn? uf reelry in a ballroom? No!
"l?ei e heard of where he spent a
ntr e "garden of Gethsemane."
hiV agonizing and weeping until
he sweat great drops of blood.
tbn o a-n "ftho once f 11Ied the pulpit and
VoM fds vent out on Sunday and
had o eState- said glad he
TO o? tZ?f tne old 'Straight jacket"
r f thlklng and dorng.
or lenay set out of the straight jack-
tw v ODS0e "rselves with the thought
tnat the world has changed aud people
! J?ecomo more enlightened and get
into the ways of the present day and
time but we will all hav to irive an
account far u j .. j. 7 -.
S h" 1I 1 deeds done ln tlie body
-""" "rs RusselL
Canadian Winter Sports sy
. Frederic
'.T- Haskin
SKATING COASTING AND SNOW SHOEING "
CANADA is the home of winter
sports on .this continent and as
!oon as Jack Frost makes his ap-
pearance the people of the Dominion
prepare to make merry. The great
number of healthful invigorating out-
door pastimes and sports makes it a
gala season for all. January and Feb-
ruary are the months when the sports
are probably at their best especially
In Montreal as the ice carnival is held
there during that time.
To the majontj of Americans who
know little or nothing of the joys re-
sulting from months of snow the
thought of tobogganing ski-running
skating and ice-yachting suggests se-
vere weather. The truth of the mat-
ter Is that the Canadian climate is far
superior to Its reputation. The brac-
ing effect of northern air is shown In
the rosy cheeks of the women and the
active robust types of men that are
encountered on every hand.
Hockey the Winter Game.
Hockey is the great winter game of
Canada and the Dominion players are
the finest in the world. It is played
upon the ice and all participants in-
cluding the referee wear skates. The
contests occur both in rinks and outof-
doors. There are seven men to the
team and all carry stout hickory clubs
with curved ends something like the
old fashioned shinny sticks of Ireland.
At either end of the ice field which
must be at least 50 yards in length
there is a goal consisting of a net
strung on a framework. A round flat
piece of solid rubber called a puck is
put in motion and the contesting sides
struggle to land this lively missile in
the opposition's goal.
A hockey match is pronounced by all
authorities to be one of the most ex-
citing games played in any country. It
is exceedingly fast and from the spec-
tators point of view -uncommonly
rough. It appears so on account of the
high rate of speed which olayers at-
tain. ..They come together in their
scrimmages with a momentum that
shakes the onlooker's teeth. No one
without plenty of grit has any busi-
ness In a hockey match because there
aru1aliTays stars and sparks aplentr
while the game is yet young.
Team Work in Play.
Although the puck .may be lifted
from one end of the field to the other
on the fly." it is generally advanced
on the ice by short swift passes from
Pv.aL1r t0 PIayer all maneuvering and
shifting with lightning-like rapidity
puaiuon ana advantage. While
clever stick handling is of course a
requisite the main essential of an ex-
pert hockey player is good skating
and these matches afford marvalous
exhibitions of the art.
The astonishing feature of tht e
in the eyes of -the novice is the force
Early Day Journalism
In the City Of El Paso
By L. H.
The destruction of the old adobe build-
ing east of the present postoffice re-
calls a thrilling episode of the place
when it was the home of the dailv
Times.
In the-summer of 1S83 an adventur-
ous Englishman named Shaw-Eady came
to El Paso and soon Ingratiated himself
Into the confidence of a number of the
leading men of the frontier city. At that
time "Parson"-John Wilxins Taj-s Col.
Slade excol lector of customs and J. R.
Curry capitalist were the owners of the
Times which was a struggling daily
journal. Shaw-Eady was employed as
editor A. G. Foster manager and W. A.
Hawkins was city editor Tex Wimber-
ly was foreman.
Shaw-Eady who evidently was inno-
cent of the ways of the frontier began
a system of personal and sensational
journalism that would nave delighted
William Hearst. There was a murder
trial going on In the district court be
fore judge Falvey in which for some
reason the "hyphenated editor" as he I
was called took a deep interest. In an
editorial he intimated that the district
attorney G. F. Neill was not Dushins
the prosecution with the vigor the crime
demanded.
Judge Foster and Shaw-Eady a few
hours after the paper came out were go-
ing out of the! door when they saw the
district attorney coming from Tvhere the
posto'ffice now is holding a double bar-
rel shotgun in one hand a six shooter
in the other. Neill rushed out into the
street to get a more sweeping view of
the front door of the office and seeing
the editor leveled his shotgun toward
him. The editor instantly taKIng in the
situation pushed Foster over backward
into the door and fell over ntm Just as
Neill fired both barrels of the shotgun
in that direction. The shot smashed the
top of the door to pieces and over Shaw-
Eady's head.
Dogs Gossips Children
and Smokers Touched Up
Editor El Paso Herald.
There seems to be considerable dif-
ference of opinion in regard to dogs.
Arguments are useless in cases of this
kind. Why will people persist in
wrangling?
As for myself I love dogs not only
mj- dog but all dogs. I have known
dozens who profess to just adore dogs
who kick and abuse any canine not
belonging to themselves. This class
usually "love" dogs because they have
a pedigree (the owner is often not so
fortunate) or they are class winners
etc. They are proud of them; that is
all. To really love dogs one loves and
cares well for all. from the thorough-
I bred to the little homeless creature left
to starve and be kicked by every two
legged brute that passes.
Tner-i - o unselfish There is one practice among men
friend nor a more reliable protector j that should be stopped and that is
than a. dog and it j would be better j smoking in the cars or on the plat-
world if some self styled Christians j forms. I fieiieve ' the superintendent
patterns ""- - o - "... ana
honor.
As to muzzles a rabid dog is less
dangerous tot a community (as a mad
dog does not attack a person unless
he is attacked or touched) than the
tireless gossips who by their evil
tongues ruin many lives and leave
broken hearts in their wake as they
go prancing on delighting in their
fiendish work of making life a purga-
tory for those with- whom they come
in contact even indirectly.
I. "M. White .in- your paper of the
14th has a xg-ood plea. . but -woutdn't I
of the collisions between the players
and the manner in which all seem to
invite danger from this cause. A much
hjgher rate of speed is attained by the
contestants than is possible in any
game played on foot yet they come to-
gether with no seeming regard for the
consequepces. xi is quue remarKaDie
that serious accidents are so few in
number. A hockey match is played in
two 30-minute halves with an inter
mission of 10 minutes. It is character-
istic that almost all experts at this
game are small of stature.
The Game of Lacrosse.
vLacrosse is not a winter game yet
it always must be mentioned in the
same breath with hockey because the
principles of the two are similar and
both are native to Canada. Lacrosse-ia
the national sport of the Dominion.
More people can be mustered for a
championship exhibition of this favor-
ite game than possibly could be got
together on any other occasion.
Whether it is because there is a stick
to handle or that it requires grit itris
conceded that lacrosse is an Irishman's
game. The Shamrocks of Montreal
have been the world's champions most
of the time during the past 15 years
and the list of players during that
period shows more Murphy s than any
other name.
Lacrosse was originally an Indian
game. It was played in the open coun-
try with an unlimited number of play-
ers upon each side. In the big games
which were played on certain occa-
sions one ent-Ire tribe would be pitted
against another. Later when contests
were -inaugurated between picked
sauad of Indians and whites the red
j men invariably won. But after stricter
rules had been imposed the hai'dy
braves gradually lost their prowess
until now there Is no Indian team that
can hold its own against the white
players. I
Skating in Canada.
Skating is the universal pastime of
Canada. It is not unusual for a native
to learn the stroke at 6 years of age
and to keep in practice until he is 60.
The "winter at homes" given outof-
doors at government house in Ottawa
with huge bonfires to provide light and
heat for those in attendance are most
enjoyable affairs.
On account of skating being so pop-
ular in Canada it follows that there la
a demand for skates of approved style
and quality. The expert will have
only those made of the finest tempered
steel. All those who engage in sports
such as hockey and racing and most
of those who skate for pleasure use
runners that are attached to a special
pair of strong boots thar lace tightly
abou the ankle for support.
lng the statin
In the scrimmages which occur dur-
ames it frequently
DaiX
Neill then holding his pistol in his
teeth began reloading his shotgun
again for another shot but some friends
seized him and led him avrsy. Meanwhile
Eady ran out of the back door butting In-
to foremanTex Wimbeny. a little fellow
and falling over him. He disappeared
but returned soon after with a little
English bulldog pistol in his hand hunt-
ing for his would-be destroyer. His
thirst foj gore was soon subdued and he
made a complaint before justice Loomis
and Neill was arrested. The whole thing
savored so much of a comic tragedy that
nothing was ever done with the re-
doubtable district attorney. Shaw-Eady
quit journalism and induced the warm-
hearted Parson and Peter Kern the jew-
eler to join him in the cattle business
and merchandising in Mexico; it almost
caused Mr. Kern to go into bankruptcy
and ruined the good Parson financially.
Finally drifting doVn to Durango.
Mexico in 1835. the Englishman was shot
ana Killed by a Texas caztlaman. In
1SS5 with whom he was associated' for
Innocently appropriating all the monev
they had received from tne sale of some
cattle owned by them jointly.
Col. Hinton famous in the annals of
Kansas in old abolition days then be-
came editor of the Times in' the same
building. Becoming enraged one day at
foreman Tex Wimberly ror not making
up his forms as he wished them the
colonel drew his pistol to enforce his j
uiiuus uut xiie iore-man was too quick
for the old man and knocked him down
with tre iron type stick. The- little
family disturbance was happily smooth-
ed over by the kind "offices of the good
Parson. Manager Foster soon tired of
the strenuous life of journalism and re-
sumed the practice of law and city edi-
tor Hawkins went to Silver City where
he followed the editorial vocation awhile
until he also entered the legal profes-
sion. it have been as well had he given
credit for it to senator Vest who
wrote the eulogy and gave it to the
jury?
As to northern and southern cour-
tesy that Is absurd. A man is either
a gentleman or he Is not be he born
and reared in the jungle. I have had
to stand in a car only once have often
I had several men at once offer their
seat but I have never failed to thank
them not merely a grunt but a spoken
'thank jtou." I do not see why a man
who has paid his fare is not entitled
to' his seat as well as the child who
has not paid a penny yet many a wo-
man sits staring at tired men standing
while a child that could -sit upon her
lap sits in a seat often rubbing hanJs
ct-flr-. TtrltVl non" trtr Tllf s..n xt-
gQWns of other passengers. '
does all he can there are notices
In
the cars but often men at least I
suppose they pass as men. smoke se
renely away. Sunday afternoon a very
well dressed person stood in the front
doorway smoking the entire distance
the smoke coming back into the car!
Some conductors stand and blow the
smoke into the car so one can hardly
blame a "mere passenger" for disre-
garding the rules can they? One womtt
judge by the manner of these smok.
ers that ElPaso has neither "north
erners nor southerners. '
Mrs. E. L.
happens that skates are broken and as
a precaution against accidents of this
kind those who take part usually have
finely sharpened duplicate pairs In
their dressing rooms.
There is one point concerning skat-
ing which should be noted. It does
not follow that an athlete who is an
exceptionally fast runner will be an
equally swift skater in fact the rulo
seems to be rather to the contrary.
Skating Is an art in Itself the knack
of which some possess naturally and
which others cannot attain with any
amount of practice.
Toboggan Slidis- -
Another poptUar form of amusement
in Canada during the winter season is
the toboggan slide the parent of the
exciting aquatic diversion known as
tno "chute-the-chutes." The best slides
are natUral hills with a short steep
drop at he beginning to give momen-
turn followed by a long gradual
descent leading to a leVel plain below.
There is a slide in Montreal following
this description which is a mile in
length and the entire course has been
made in 50 seconds.
Unlike the chute-the-chute there 13
no mechanical arrangement for trans-
portation up the Incline and it takes
fully half an hour to retrace the
ground that may be covered in less
than a minute on the way down.
When there is a large crowd on the
course three or four trips are all that
a party can make in an evening.
It is needless to say that this wild
flight down the slippery surface of the
incline is Intensely exciting. After a
start is made there is no turning back
and the girls have no time to think"
of their back hair or anything else ex-
cept to hold on for dear life. Of course
when such terrific speed is attained
"spill" might result disastrously but
such accidents as occur infrequently
are due entirely to carelessness. A
sled may be capsized if the weight la
not properly distributed and a rear-
end collision may occur if a heavily
loaded sled is started after a lighter
one without allowing ample time to
elapse. The steering is done by stick-
ing' one loot out behind like a rudder.
The big slides are very carefully man-
aged in order to provide good service
and prevent unpleasant occurrences. A
corps of care-takers are in .charge and
season tickets are sold to only as many
as can be conveniently accommodated.
SnoTv-Sheelag.
Snow-shoeing is another standard
winter pastime of the Canadians and it
frequently is resorted to for purposes
of utility as well as pleasure. It is not
so difficult to learn as skating. The
novice can start right off provided his
shoes are properly strapped on. The
trick of successful snow-shoeing is
not so much in the stride as in beinff
correctly "hitched up."
The act is not one of sliding as in
skating: it Is merely walking on the
framework bottoms which are wida
enough to prevent sinking .into the
snow. One cannot go forward as
rapidly on snow-shoes as he can walk
over hard ground in ordinary foot-
wear but he can pass rapidly over deep
soft snow in which he would certainly
become stalled without them.
Experts at darling.
Curling is another sport in which
the Canadians are expert. Although
originally from Scotland as far as can
be learned the game has reached a
greater perfection in Canada. In Scot-
land it Is played in the open while in
the Dominion it is played in covered
rinks usually as an evening pastime-
The superiority of Canada's players
over those of Scotland was fully illus-
trated last year when for the first
time a team visited Scotland to play a
series of match games and returned
victorious.
Icy YaclitiHZ.
Ice yachting has numberless de-
votees. For this sport Toronto is the
headquarters. The yachts are light
frameworks set on three skates. To
time the speed of these craft 4s a diffi-
cult matter. What is considered to ba
the fastest time made on Toronto Bay
was some years ago when John Han-
Ion sailed 20 miles In 211A minutes.
Another record run was a mile in a
minute and a half which time inqjuded
starting covering the distance and
rounding up. Even it there are a few
Inches of snow on the ice the yachting
is not affected broader runners being
used.
Montreal and Ottawa are headquar-
ters for horse racing on the ice as In
1 both these places it is possible to lay
out a circular track. The vehicles used
on these occasions are similar to tilosa
in other races except that runners ar
substituted for wheels.
WITH
he J7xchatiges
PROGRESSIVE SILVER CITY".
From Roswell (N. M.) Record.
Silver City Is moving. Recently It
voted a bond issue of ?25000 for the
building of a school house and is now
preparing to vote for a nond Issue for
the construction of a sewerage system.
o
NEW MEXICO AS A STATE.
From Santa Fe (N. M.) New Mexican.
Remember that detp-.te the Beverida
statehood bill New Mexico as a state
will have certain constitutional rights
that it does not have as a territory. No
matter how objectionable the condi-
tions that may be imposed ror admis-
sion to statehood they are only a modi-
cum of what congress may and can do
to a territory. .
o
SAFETY FOR MINERS.
From Belen (N. M.) TriDune.
The enormous slaughter of miners
during the past week much of it caused
by gross carelessness and mismanage-
ment on the part of those in control of
mines throughout the United States calls
loudly for stringent legislation bj- con-
gress to remedy the rause by a more
rigid system of supervision and inspec-
tion. o .
NEED FOR SPRINKLER.
From Toyah (Tex.) Advocate.
The sprinkling wagon is about to ba
disturbed againl Isnt it a shame! There
it lay for the past two months dozing
serenely; thinking it's purpose in life
was to sit and bask in God's sunshine.
Now comes the rude awakening that it
must work parade up and aown certain
streets in a noble endeavor to keep
down the dust. Wnat a shock to the
sensitive nature of that pretty yellow
wagon.
o
TrVE LONG IX EL PASO.
From San Angelo (Tex.) Standard.
A man lived in El Pasomd Juarea
90 years before he died. Good proof of
the climate we have hereabouts.El
Paso Herald.
If that man had lived in Concholand
he would still be alive with many use-
ful years ahead of him. This climate la
so invigorating that it puts new life
into the Invalid and more of It than
any other climate ln the world. Rosv
cheeked maidens and strong robust men
are as thick vout here as bees in a hive
and all live to a ripe old ase.
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