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THIRTY-SECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION
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AN " INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER
DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE THAT NO GOOD CAUSE SHALL
LACK A CHAMPIOH AKD THAT EVIL SHALL WOT THRIVE UNOPPOSED.
H. D. Slater loiter-ia-Chief and controlling owner has directed The Herald for 14 Years;
G. A. Martin New Editor is acting editorial writer ia temporary absence ef tie editor.
L PASO HERALD
Editorial and Magazine Page
Sunday April Fourteenth 1912.
. Cooperating To
EL PASO machinery houses are aow placed ia a better position than ever be-
before to dominate the trade territory surrounding this city. The redaction
ia rates by the Southwestern railroad on machinery and iron to tie raining
camps of Arizona opens up a big field for tie El Paso supply nooses. In competi-
tion with Denver and Los Angeles their only other rivals ia this line they have
been building up such a business ia the past that El Paso already ranks among
the most important mining machinery supply centers of the country but with the
rates almost cat ia half the business should be built up to much greater propor-
tions. As one industry ia a city grows and profits the entire community will profit
also for the greater part of the money stays here and most of it gees into local
business channels. However it is not to be supposed that this railroad will stop at
ratting the rates oa one particular commodity. If the interested business men
of the city show the proper appreciation of the new rates and produce the business
to show the railroad that the cat was to its interest reduction in other lines that
will be favorable to El Paso will naturally follow.
The EI Paso k. Southwestern railroad officials have shown an inclination and
desire to assist the business men of El Paso in their undertakings; they have dealt
fairly in making rates; have always done what they could consistent with other
interests involved to give the El Paso wholesalers and jobbers the best possible
rates and their latest concession In behalf of trade for the city shows that tie
interest continues. By giving favorable shipping rates from El Paso it enables
the El Paso merchants to sell the goods; the business for the read naturally fol-
lows. If the present experiment is a success it is but natural that the road will
follow with other cencesions.
El Paso holds a commanding position in a trade radius of 300 to 500 miles
and equitable rates and the proper amount of hustle are the only two essentials
to making it a supply center ef great magnitude. Many El Paso firms have been
slow to take advantage of the territory even where rates were favorable; many
others have beea rather inconsistent in their methods of covering the territory with
traveling men have chosen inopportune times for putting their men out to call on
the trade have been careless in routing their representatives and thus entailed undue
expenses and have in other ways sot taken advantage of their opportunities but
tie jobbing business ia El Paso has been built up rapidly notwithstanding.
El Paso has the location and the railroad facilities and it has as good goods as
any other jobbing center. It is better known and its people are in closer touch
with those in surrounding trade territory than are the people of Fort Worth Dallas
Denver and Los Angeles other competitive points; the EI Pasoans therefore have
everything in their favor when the rates are favorable and there is no reason why
the jobbing business should not make El Paso grow as rapidly in future as the
mining business has done ia the past.
Mark Smith is dae to have some things done to him ia the upper body of the
august United States congress. He has started out by flatly informing his col-
leagues that he has very little respect for the ancient custom of sitting in execu-
tive session where a senator never gets quoted until he tells the reporters about
it afterwards; aad announces positively and sternly that when he gets ready to
protest against governor Sloan being made a federal judge he is going te do it in
"open house." He wants to initiate a little Democratic applause back home.
o
The loot ia Mexico is making the war quite an interesting pastime for both
armies but it k rather boresome to the men. who own the goods and are in a large
number of "instances foreigners totally uninterested in "who is who" in a political
sense in Mexico.
o
One big job before El Paso for the present year is to strengthen the footing
of certain local enterprises that have been struggling along en insufficient capital
and deficient public support. It i far more important that we finish what we
have started than that we begin new undertakings that will divert and scatter
our efforts and oar capital.
Great Need Of Cooperative Publicity
TWO THOUSAND commercial clubs and chambers ef commerce are actively at
work in the southern states alone. These clubs are gradually getting to
gether for a degree ef cooperative effort in two growing organizations
the Commercial Secretaries' association and the Southern Commercial congress.
El Paso is affiliated with both.
This connection will be useful; but what we need most of aU is a strong co-
operative organisation covering the Great Southwest including Arizona New
Mexico and west Texas besides El Paso city. The prime object of such an or-
ganization would be cooperative or collective publicity planned to advertise the
entire Rocky Mountain Southwest from Yuma to Mineral Wells and from the
Colorado and Utah line to the Rio Grande.
If we once get the people to thinking about this region and directing their
steps this way the ultimate distribution ef the new immigration the new capital
and the direct benefits will take care ef itself threugh the well directed local
publicity that will be built upon the sound basis of a general southwestern cam-
paign of education.
The plan is right it is practical it is timely and it ought to be taken up in
earnest without farther delay.
Eagle Pass is mystified ever the discovery ef a human skeleton
from somebody's family closet. Every .town has some.
Tbe trouble with too many secret orders is that too few people often run them.
Anything political or social gets stale and disintegrates trader ring rale.
o
It's captain Brookes in the regular army and general in New- Mexico bat just
the same he has made and will continue to make a good adjutant general for;
the new state. Geo. Brookes is a soldier with a soldier's record.
A Vexatious Boundary Dispute
SENATOR H. B. HOLT of New Mexico has introduced a bill in the state legis-
lature to have his state take up with Texas the settlement ef the boundary
dispute along the Bio Grande between El Paso and Anthony. EI Paso
county people are as anxious to have this matter settled as the New Mexicans are
and they hope the legislatures of the two states will not lose any time in taking
favorable action.
As things are now a property owner is ia a quandary as te whether to pay
taxes in Texas or New Mexico with the prospects that he will have his property
sold by the neglected state in either event To play "safe" some are not paying
in either state and are being sold oat by both. This at least involves the title to
such an extent that they are not going to be sold out very readily.
There is no excuse for such a cqnditioa and it should be remedied by agreement
between the two states which alone have the power to do it
One-Sentence
HCMOR OF THE DAT.
What kind of a story are you read-ie-
"it's a mystery story." "What's-
the mystery?" "The fact that. g
consented to publish It. Washington
Star.
Til admit I was trying to get some-
thing for nothing." "Welir "I got
what I deserved." Kansas City Jour-
nal lerk I'd like to get off early sir
t. wife want' me to beat some car-
pets while t'le tia-v light remains. Em-
loer Cant posibl let you off
clerk Thank nu sir You are very
ln(i Boston rransi ript
he I'm not going to throw away
.- i 'cng hatpin not if T know
- ' J. Bjt ih' law mv 1ear' She
' i; I 1 pe' some bigger
t . - r i r Ht-ralj
Build Business
Probably
Philosophy
POIXTBD PARAGRAPHS.
(Chicago News.)
Practical JoKers are anything but
joy makers.
Judge not your neighbor until you
stand in his shoes.
Broken heads loosened slats partly
football partly Ttrats." .
A soft answer will not turn away an
agent with something to sell.
A woman's idea of making a 15 min-
ute call is to -stay two hours.
A girl likeg to be secretlv engaged
so that she can tell all her girl friends.
We can't all get rich quickl. In fact
most of us can't even get rich slowlv.
Only a man who is known to be
truthful can tell a lie big enough to
attract attention
It is easy for a girl to believe that
a certain young man is her affinity
until after they are married
N'oth'ner it mow di'snppointing than
t'le act .in! of i or ;;. ;ri-i vi ho tl lnk
1 er goo-J ioiks nn e ui f.r mpo-
1 tenes-
UNCLE WALT'S DENATURED POEM
The Assessor
By Walt Mason.
When he comes around assessing I consider him distressing notwithstanding
his politeness and the sunny smile he wears; all his dancing and his singing to
my heart are never bringing anything but grief and sorrow and addition to my
cares. All his jollying and jolting I consider most revolting for a humorous as-
sessor is a bird I don't indorse; he should be as grim and sober as a graveyard in
October be as sombre as a mourner and as clammy as a corpse. Let all other
men be joyous and their mirth will not annoy us bat a Sunny Jim assessor gives
me fifty-seven pains; and his levity seems shocking and his jests are coarse and
mocking for it's ill to be an aleck where a grievous sorrow reigns. Oh the blithe
assessor wearies with his everlasting queries and he has a way of saying without
uttering a word with a glance that's scarcely pious: "You're another Ananias
and the values you are giving are outrageously absurd !" And he seems to be sug-
gesting while he's snooping round and questing that I want to beat the city or
the county of its dues; and I feel within me banting an imperishable yearning ta
assault him with a bulldog and caress him with my shoes.
A Hindu Story
By Carl R Pallas.
THE snake moved out of the long-
.-. .. !.-.. a
prase to the large wooden hut.
HE snake moved out of the long-
grass to the large wooden huu
in which lying on the ground
three Hindu coolies were sleeping. It
entered by the crevice below the brok-
n hinge of the door and at once be-
came aware in the enclosed dark-
ness of a manifestation of life differ-
ing from the hum of the mosquitoes
ana the chirp of the crickets the
breathing of the coolies. The coolies
1 breathed alternately in unison and un
evenly like men who walk out of
step.
The snake paused and each time the
low sonorous sound became uneven
raised its head to repel attack. Then
becoming accustomed to the regular
variation of the noise it proceeded
forward slowly until its flat mouth
touched the first coolie's leg. the mus-
cle of which contracted sharply as
the sleeper sub-consciously received
the impression. The contact light as
it was affected the reptile like an
electric shock and it turned away In
affright. Something seemed to im-
pinge upon its undeveloped conscious-
ness it was In the presence of a nat-
ural enemy! It shot down the side of
the leg with incredible speed and as
it rounded the feet it lightly 'grazed
the heel of one of them and the foot
contracted from the sole to the toes.
The coolie's dreams were of snakes!
The snake advanced until it came to
the second coolie whom it touched
on the naked side causing the flesh to
quiver to the neck. Instantly it rearA
Its' head and struck hitting the eround
within an inch of the sleeper who
heard the blow and tried to wake up
but .could not. He dreamed that
snakes were dotting the ground with
hie shape by blows all around him
and that if he so much as trembled
they would hit him. so dose was the
line they were drawing.
The snake continued furioesly and
came to the third coolie who was
wearing a thin cloth vest which lay
open it cangnt its bead in the vest
crawled on to his naked breast uhake
with fear of the life-phase beneath it.
.. -. ...i... . . .. .. .
but dreading still more the cloth
which had enmeshed its head. The
coolie quivered and dreamed in a
second that he was on the back of an
elephant which was holding up the
world and that awaiting him in space
by the side of the elephant was a
perpendicular snake with protruding
forked venomous tongue; he dare not
struggle to escape for fear of falling
on to it. although he was being
crushed to death. Then he awoke in
horror and lay still.
"Snake!" screamed the first coolie
suddenly and sprang up perspiring.
"Snake!" cried the second coolie
and also sprang up. Both were trem-
bling. The first coolie struck a match the
light of which revealed the third coolie
peering in horror at the snake on his
breast.
"Brother!" exclaimed the first coolie.
vfu. ai vAugin iia ucsa iu iue veil i - . "L T . 7 . .
and struck twice short fierce blows doorway and began to retrace his steps
which disturbed but did not awaken ' slowly up the road back to the tem-
tbe sleeper who began like the other 1 Pl- ....... . . .
coolies to dream. Then the reptile I Then the first coolie ran after him.
Are You Playing With the Thought Of Sin?
Dilation On Subject Which Touches Hearts ef Men Concerning the Present
and Future.
By MARY CHAMPION.
hi
W "s
HAT thou doest do quick-
Here was a divine com
mandment what did It mean?
If we think it over awhile we may
draw some very profitable conclusions
and decide that when we have an in
tention of any kind half formed in our
minds it were best for us to translate I
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v .... nv.ua v.. . .
How-many of us are playing with the
thought of sin? Or to put it In more
polite less forcible language with the
thought of something that is not quite
right perfectly kind or on the square.
With the longing for revenge against
some enemy who has injured us or
even the halt formed malevolant wish
that something will happen that will
make the path of life smooth for us.
and rough for someone else we de-
test With the -temptation to some frm of
dishonesty.
What Is your grievance? What mis-
chief do you want to do?
Face the trouble like a true man-
like a true woman and drag your
problem Into the light of day.
One or two of you my readers may
have some evil in mind some crime
yon contemplate committing but now.
Muitt Avralt Opportunity.
Oh no you will not go out and do Jt
at once. You must await the right time
and opportunity and play with the hid-
den Idea until an occasion comes when
you can do the thing as It were by ac-
cident and then cheat your conscience
into telling you "that it was not your
fault you were dragged into it temp-
tation was too strong for you."
Tell me is that your own attitude of
mind at the present moment?
Host of us have some pet form of
wrong doing that we cannot call by
BCh a strong name as sin. though ad-
mitting that it is somewhere on the
wrong side of tbe line of rectitude.
Added to this some of us have a
vague idea of a really wicked action
we should like to commit some la. at
a time as I say when we an cheat
ourselves Into believing that we could
not possibly help it. or we were per-
suaded into doing it by another.
So we cherish that vague phantom
of sin nurse It at the back of our
minds without feeling its presence there
and unseen it grows and grows
It feeds on our strength of will and
our will Brows weaker. It feeds on
our cheerfulness and pleasure In l.f.-
and a sbaduw sprcids da b dd lik.
a dim cloud in the far background of
consc lousness
Graduall our wi.ole k Is orMst.
rind v. e lift omi n"tnW'ne weak . rcj-
lLtt It moat. .-- lot idoal r
The Herald's Daily
Short Stery
I in anguish.
I "My friend.1" murmured the second
cooH pathetleliny.
But the recumbent one aia not
move: not even the pupils of his eyes
stirred.
The reptile reared high its head and
turned to look at the light putting
forth and withdrawing Its tongue rap-
Idly. The match went out.
Then there was a noise outside and
a moving light could Wi seen through
the crevice of the door; people were
beating the grass in the compound
with sticks. Then the door was pushed
open and an old man. with shaved
head and face entered carrying a lan-
tern and a flat circular basket which
could be opened and shut Jike a mouth
and In which was a hole as of two
missing front teeth. He was the High
Priest of the . Temple.
The snake hissed with rage and
fear and darted into the corner f the
enclosure. The old man followed gen-
tlv and went down on his knees and
poshed the basket slowly towards it.
The beaters outside gathered round
the door and watched him; the two
standing coolies remained easing at
the one who was lying down the
pupils of whose eyes were still riv
eted on the space above as though
the reptile were still there.
Suddenly the snake shot towards
the basket and in at the hole as if es-v
caping from its pursuers ami the
priest eagerly took up the basket and
closed the aperture.
Still the third coolie stirred not
nor murmured but remained with the
same fixed stare in his eyes. The
old priest contemplated him for a mo-
ment and seemed startled then looked
at the basket in his hand with in-
creasing wonder and finally said. In a
low tone:
"The snake has taken his-spirit"
"A-ow! Snake!" murmured one of
the beaters.
'Snake! Snake!" said the others
bowing their heads and making way
for the old man and his sacred bur-
den. Thp hlo-h nrlest nassed out of the
and tried to peer into tne oasKet
whimpering:
"Brother! Brother!"
The old priest turned and stopped
and looked at the coolie wonderlnfety.
The crown of followers gathered
-round and looked on sympathetically.
said the old priest.
The coolie who continued to weep
and try to peer into the basket cried:
'GWe hhn back to me."
"I cannot" said the old priest.
Many of the lookers-on seeing the
coolie's grief now Joined in the weep-
Suddenly the cool iV' looked around
and a strange look came into his eyes
as of fear of the people and he
turned and fled
rapidly from vlw 1
into the jungle.
"TV.. ..alro ln nMlaAnoJ Btfai aAivH
i lie Buanc uao jwivnou a j aoy
said the old priest quietly and walked
on with his burden.
"A-ow!" murmured the people.
hope and trust in the goodness of God
and His creatures.
Then the chance we have longed tor
half guiltily through weeks months
and years come at last what help
have we? All our strength fs gone.
Our will is weakened by dalliance
with the imagination of evil. But God
only helps us to help ourselves.
formed intention of doing something
? WTOnf; Of WCkd. haVo
iei me repeat if you nave a naii
lt out wun yourself ao it now.
You will not Whr?
iou mean to do it Soimj day.
I sup-
pose when you have become sufficient
ly weak and futile and foolish to do
it without any sense of shame or re-
gret Would It not be better to get It
over and then repent with your whole
heart and find yourself still with the
strength to conquer yourself and make
amends and start again fair for the fu-
ture? At that distant day when your care-
fully cultivated weakness will allow
you to take the false step which com-
mon sense at present forbids you will
find yourself too weak to repent and
do better.
Your strength of character and pur-
pose all frittered away you will con-
tinue on the downward oath tortured
by lain remorse and hauntlngs of evil
that cannot he shaken off. yet never
spur you to arise and do good Instead 1
of evil and conquer the past.
Yes you wll do it some day. But
why not now?
Is tbe question facing you fairly and
squarely? Have I dragged your hid-
den thoughts into the sunshine?
What does it look like? Ugly is It
not?
You turn awav from it with a shud-
der. No you will not do It now. Well
are you going to put the nasty thing
away in the back of yOHr mind again.
and nurse It there on the best that Is
in you? Not deliberately. Surely you
cannot do that. . .
When we were children we called our
temptation to naughtiness "The Black
Dig" and !t was considered a disgrace
in the nur-r to carry the "Black Dog"
about on nf j shoulder.
Now we have caught your black
dog. mv friend an ugly little beast that
will grow to a hideous monster some
dav unless you wring his neck in good
time a monster that will devour your
h tt. i self and like the spirit of evil
in ancient Xorse mthology swallow
n ri all our sunlielit
Having seen wh.it he looks like. I i
l am sure inn cannot peisaude yourself
t put liip-i hack Into the comrortable
I ct.rtained corner of your mind again
j on would neer more feel wholesome
i .1 nd ( lull
j K 11 mi ill i.. fnihed with it
1 ' r i i. i l.i him 11 finding
' ' - ' ' o I ' done quit h.li
WOMEN SUFFRAGISTS MAY CONTROL
THIRTY-SEVEN ELECTORAL VOTES
Addition of Washington and California to Suffrage Forces Is Arousing In-
terest of Politicians.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
w
ASHINGTON. D. C. April 13.
One of the most important
effects of the recent suffrage
triumphs in the western states is that
for the first time In the history of
the country women will have a real
Influence in the presidential election.
As the situation is now. the women
may control 37 votes In the electoral
college. Presidents Adams. Jefferson.
John Qulncy Adams. Taylor. Hayes
and Cleveland were all elected by a
majority of S7 votes or less. Dr. Wil-
liam Tlndall. secretary to the board
of commissioners of Washington. D.
C. nas Just called attention to this
matter and expressed his surprise
that so many politicians are sail
"slow in climbing on this band wag-
on" since women's Influence in the
nominating conventions will be felt
It Is the addition of Washington and
California to the suffrage forces that
counts in this election. California has
15 electoral votes and Washington
seven which is more than the other
four states combined. Wyoming the
first state to enfranchise women has
only three votes -because of Its small
I population. Idaho and Utah nave
four each ana coionioa mu si.
Has UeeH Hard Sfrns-cle.
It is many years since the suffrage
movement began its active work In
America and its leaders have had
many a hard struggle. In view of the
fact that comparatively little has
been accomplished in that state for
woman suffrage since then it is rath-
er interesting to note that the first
state to give any recognition to wo-
men in the management of p-jblic af-
fairs was Kentucky wMcIl In H3S.
passed a law permitting widows with
Children of school age to vote upon
school matters.
In 141 Kansas which is now con-
sidering complete suffrage. gae Us
women school suffrage and in 1887
after a hearty campelgi. Kansas was
the 'first state to grant women the
right to vote upon all municipal af-
faii s. and in 1M3 a specitl act of the
legislature gave the Kansas women
the right to vote upon issuing of pub-
lic bonds.
A number of states through the suf-
frage campaigns have tried to over-
nnw the old arguments of "taxation
( without representation." which is used
as aptly By tne sunragisi tooay as ar
her colonial ancestor by granting mu-
nicipal or local suffrage to all tax-
payers. Montana was the first state
to grant tax-paying suffrage but it
prevails now in Louisiana New York
and a part of Virginia. In Michigan
in 1908 women taxpayers were au-
thorised to vote upon questions of
local taxation and the granting Of
franchises. As a result of this con-
cession in Michigan over 4080 tax-
paying women turned out to February
in Detroit to vote upon the granting
of a concession to the street railway
company. The men's vote was com-
paratively small. The concession was
defeated owrng entirely it Is claimed
to the votes of the women.
Gambler "Pray" "Women "Demand."
The Idaho people had a proof of
one of the results of women suffrage
ran their state a. tew years after toe
amendment passed. A stringent law
against gambling was passed but -tthe
gambling element of the state at-
tacked Its constitutionality. While
I the matter remained unsettled gamb
ling was carried on in some places
openly. In the oity of Caldwell the
women secured the election of a may-
or and in placing one woman member
in the council. An ordinance prohibit-
ing gambling within the pity Baits
was duly passed and was so strictly
enforced that the wail soon went up
LIrom the earn biers.
our living is
Fgone." Some merchants restaurant
Keepers and other business men were
induced to say that the business in-
terests of the town .were injured by
the ordinance. The repeal of the Or-
dinance looked probable. The women
under the leadership of the president
of the Equal Suffrage club' met and
discussed the matter. Different mem-
bers were detailed to talk with the
members of the council as to the
vlaha nf ttisa raAh Th ftalnon
men of the town had a petition drawn
I up by an attorney and presented to
the mayor and council asking for the
repeal of the ordinance. The Suffrage
club prepared a remonstrance against
Us repeal ana arrangements were maoe
to secure the signature of nearly ev- 1
ery woman voter in the city. A four
weeks' crusade wan. waged at the end
of which the matter was dosMed.
The petition from the gamblers was
worded in legal form ending "amd we
will ever pansy." It was signed by a
large number of men. At the close of
its reading the council woman handed
the clerk the remonstrance which in
clear incisive terms demanded that the
ordinance be kept upon the statute
books of the city and enforced. It
was signed by most of the women of
the city and a few men. As the names
of quiet women seldom seen outside
of their own door yartbvwere read out
the faces of the men e-rew grave in
their first realisation of the effect of I
woman suffrage In the affairs or tne
city. One of the rouncilmen arose
and quoting from the last clause of the
petition repeated; " 'And we will ever
pray' when before did gamblers ever
pray and our women demand?" By
unanimous voice the vote upon the pe-
tition was -Indefinitely postponed. ' -
Very similar results according to
the claims of the suffragist leaders
were obtained first in Seattle and later
in Tacoma within a year after the
granting of woman suffrage in the
state of Washington while in Los
Angeles and in other California towns
the effect of women votes upon vice
has been demonstrated even in these
few months.
Exert Influence la Wyoming.
In Wyoming many laws have been
passed which the men of the state
credit entirely to the Influence of the
women voters which have greatly aid-
ed in the social and moral welfare of
the commonwealth. Among the most
important are acts providing that men
and women teachers shall receive
equal pay when equally qualified rais-
ing the age of protection for girls to
eighteen years making child neglect
abuse or cruelty Illegal; forbidding
the employment of boys under four-
teen and of girls of any age in the
mines or of children under fourteen
in public exhibitions: making it -illegal
to sell or to give clgarets. liquor
or tobacco to persons under sixteen:
establishing free public kindergartens
and forbidding the adulteration of
candles. Licensing gambling is ille-
gal in Wyoming. There are excellent
provisions made for the care and cus-
tody of deserted or orphan children
and for the children of Infirm indi-
gent or incompetent persons. As the
women of this state have voted since
territorial days there Is no reform
measure in the state which they have
not had some connection with
When It Is considered that Wyoming
Is a sparsely settled country and that
the women have much more difficulty
In meeting for organization work than
the women of most of tne otner states.
and. also that there Ik not the nrf I
- w- i .. .. -1.11.1 1A1 ... . I
Mir me ikws aJieciinK c" r mat i
there is in states having a larger mu-
X t X.-eHit """ '-"-
The laws v.. 11d by the women of
Colorado fill h long list and all are
made with a t1 orough understand -s !
of the peculiar needs of that state I
which naturalH differ materially from
VlTerrisTlau ..T-nfflnWng'V !
Inn of all .-l.i.. under 1 e3 i
Tli. 'til. n - .- lnenleni 1
Xe.i w Mc'i i- a
dged iu 1.- .1-9
of the finest Institutions of its kind
in tbe world is a monument to the
women voters of that state as is also
the Industrial home school for girls.
Each of these Institutions is required"
by law to have women upon the
board of management. Colorado moth-
ers are Joint guardians of their chil-
dren with tbe fathers and they are
equal heirs in the property of a de-
ceased child. The Joint signature of
.hesband and wife is required for every
chattel mortgage sale of household
goods used by the family or convey-
ance or mortgage of the homestead.
It Is a criminal offense to employ a
child under 14 In a mine and tbe of-
fender is punishable by imprisonment
in addition to fine. It is a misdemea-
nor to fail to support aged or infirm
parents. In the city of Denver the
women have brought about many mu-
nicipal reforms contributing to the
beauty health and comfort of the city.
The Trained Feminine Mind.
Says one ardent suffragist: The
large registration of votes wher- wo-
men have been enfranchised gives tbe
state the advantage of the trained-
feminine mind for the majority of the
women who vote are educated and the
average American woman Is now bet-
ter educated than the average man. In
Santa Monica California. 500 more
women than men registered at the last
election although there are more men
than women in the population of the
t town. This will result fh a majority
vote of the Intelligent people who are
working for the best conditions of the
community.
"Another result of woman suffrage
Is the improved condition of the vot-
ing places. The polls are now clean
and attractive. They have to be. be-
cause an Increasing number of wo-
men are serving upon election boards
and the old. smoky room 'with its to-
bacco polluted floor is not found
where women wield the ballot. Inci-
dentally women parity the intellec-
tual political atmosphere also. The
mayor of a Kansas town -where wo-
men have municipal suffrage says that
a campaign orator no longer dares to
tell a questionable story In a stump
speech because the women will hear
of it even if they are not present at
the meeting and it may defeat him.
"The women reduced tbe municipal
election expenses in Los Angeles to an
average of less than 15 cents per vote
which is only a fraction of what for-
mer elections have cost. With such a
proof of feminine economy the Cali-
fornia state legislature felt Justified In
passing a bill lart month making wo-
men eligible to any office in the
state."
14
Fears Ago To
From The HeraK Of
TafaOawjggg
day
Potatoes are being received in the lo-
cal market from Oregon.
The Santa Fe railroad is receiving
S carloads of material for the White
Oaks road.
The flying squadron of the American
navy sailed from Fortress SConroe to-
day under sealed orders.
Work commenced this morning on
the foundation for the new foundry on
San Francisco street.
The Masons have nearly finished the
brick work on the Frances building
fronting the Pierson hotel.
Pat Dwyer retired as customs inspec-
tor this morning and some one will be
appointed soon to fill the vacancy.
-The women of Fort Bliss gave a
dance for the enlisted men at the poet
last night which lasted from nine p. m.
until three oclock this morning with
a supper at midnight.
The baggage agents on all roads run-
ning Into El Paso are weighing the
mail and will do so for the next 30
days to regulate the contract for car-
rying the mall for the next four years.
In the district court this iftcnum.
Xrs. Anna Pierson was granted Judg- f
jneni in me ;um o nu in ner suit
against the Texas A Pacific Railroad
company on account of the death of hr
son. who was killed in the wreck of
engine 804 of the G. H. line of which
he was engineer.
The real estate transfers recorded to-
day are: O. C. Cole to El Paso Build-
ing company lots to . block zxs.
TKomas Jefferson
By GEORGE FITCH
Author of "At Good Old Siwash"
(Copyright 1912 by George Mathew Adams.)
hrs-lHOMAS JEFFERSON the third
I president of the United States
" and the most famous red-headed
man since Julius Caesar's time Was born
on April 13. 1743. in a state of affluence
and also in Virginia both of which
states were regarded at that time by
future presidents as the most favorabfe-
in which to be born. Jefferson's father
was a planter which is a de luxe editkm
of a farmer and the young Thomas grew
up with all the luxuries of the time in-
cluding books white satin pants and a
college education. He was a talented
writer and had he lived today would
have suecessfullv concealed himself from
posterity by publishing valuable articles
in the high brow magazines.
As it was. however he was compelled
to go into the law. When the colonies
met in convention in Philadelphia in 1776
Jeiferson. then a youn man. wrote the
Declaration of Independence which
speedily became a best seller and ha
promoted the sale of gun powder on the
Fourth of Julv ever since. Some people
assert that this act was fatal to .lfi r
son. because the declaration was signed
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wii nit- ruuriii oi ui. aim n3 "t""' v .
pireil on the same date. However there
as i margin of fiftv years between
cause and effect and Jefferson's sad fate
at the age of 83 should not deter other
young patriots with declarations to
write
After the (oloniea revolted. Jefrers.n
began holding o'P.oe and continued to uo
so with great tenacity and continuity
finally becoming ice president in .lotin
Adam's administration. Jefferson w.is
deeDlv onuoseil to J
Adams and Alassa
chusetts ami ostentation and other
Ai ; .1 1 ; . An 1C7C i
tilings uiui urcame an insurgruw . iuu
-ount-.. He .lete.tted Adams in 1800. and j
beiame pre-: lent ruling tne country i
MltU '"M Ir""- aa diplomacy r .r
p'Kht prtr- n hl inauguration !..'
'if rode In- hor-e into Washington .i.mI
him to a post anil took the oath of oirioe
without frills or fuss. This Mas nailed
T ""W"''' '"" f ?JM" "v.
't r- reahtv it i- a magnificent e
i-'inoh "t pru.U-ri . a-hington
i ii t been lanl out
a- glii'ltie
i
Abe JLfartin
Ther saint no . advantage ia. stogies
'cause you alius break two oat o' a
possible three. A sensible dignified girl
hardly ever gits married -anless she's got
money.
BREAK. BRSAK BREAK.
Break! break! beoak!
On -thy cold gray stones O sea!
And I would that my tongue could
utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
O well for tbe fisherman's boy.
That he shoot with his sister at
play
O well for the sailor lad
That he sings in his boat on the bay.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill:
Bat. O for tbe toaeh of a vanished
hand
And the soaad of a voice that is
SOIL
Break! break! break!
At the foot of thy crags. O sea!
But the tender grace of a day that is-
dead.
Shall never come back to me.
Tennyson.
LETTERS TO
THE HERALD
CAll communications must hear the
ateBatnre at. the writer sort the name
i wiR not be published where such a re
quest is naaosj
ROCKKF8LLBHS AJBSRESS.
SI Paao. Texas April 18 1912.
Editor Ei Paso Herald:
Will yon please give me the full ad-dreao-of
J. X. Rockefeller and where :ie
can be notified by letter personally ia
your valuable paper and oblige.
Respectfully yours.
A. W. B.
(It is hardly possible that a letter!
will reach Mr. Rockefeller per-
sonally as his serretariea at-
tend to all mail that they
do not think requires his personal at-
tention. His residence addresses are
Tarry town. New York; Euclid STenue.
Cleveland. Ohio or 4 west 54th street.
New York. Editor.)
Campbell addition: consideration.
4000: El Paso Real Estate company to
JC Jessup lots 9 and 10 blok 22.
Campbell addition; consideration. $500.
The municipal election returns of
yesterday's voting show the Tictory of
J. H. Smith for assessor and collector;
C W. Fassett. for treasurer; C. B. Pat-
terson for recorder; G. C. Wimberly.
engineer; Jas. Clifford J. B. Badger.
D. E. McDuffie and Dan Scott alder-
men. There were 170 votes cast. G.
C. Wimberly polled the great eat num-
ber of votes. IOU while Scott White.
candidate for alderman from the fourth
ward led the opposition with 723 votes
though he was beaten for the place by
Dan Stewart.
sidewalks or pavement. The spring hid
sot in and if Jefferson had tried to
reach the capitol in a coach he won id
have been inaafrorated about 1814.
Jefferson interpreted the constitutiun
with great strictness except when it oc-
catne necessary to substitute comim -i
sense -when he substituted the latter
with great success annexing Louisi.uh
in a manner that deeply shocked :'ie
conservatives of his time. He introduced
rotation in office with such energy th. t
hundreds of members of the o'lpositi-ri
party became dizzy and retired to pi'
vate life and he continued to be a firm
friend of the people throughout his ...!
ministration. In 1302 he introduced the
custom of bequeatbiiu? the nie-idenetr ...
1 -: J a "- .. I i -J. .
a prrsvni irrcuu inu eiecieti miiiin) tuj.
i-on. He then retired to hi home at
.Monticeuo ana spent his latto-
veil rd
founding tne university of irjmia ami
entertaining -visitors whih in did" -o
lavishly and per-istentlv that lie died
a ruined man in everything but fame
honor ami affection. Te was the .n;
president who did not belong to a h;r .
h'lt conducted gueriHi wan' ire tMI
I I i ghtness with great success and !.: .
-nished inme.
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