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THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION t x tci
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DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE THAT NO GOOD CAUSE SHALL
LACK A CHAMPION AND THAT EVIL SHALL NOT THRIVE UNOPPOSED.
H. D. Mater Edlter-in-Chief and controlling owner has directed The Herald for 17 Years;
G. A. Martin is News Editor.
B PASO HERALD
Editorial and Magazine Page
Monday February First 1915.
Being Ready
fcfc'-- ET preparation never cease the strongest guaranty of peace is readiness
I for war." So we've been told bv statesmen great who navigate the ship
- of state that we pay taxes for. "If we'd feel safe we must prepare
with airships we must fill to air and stock the sea with ships; we ought to
blow a billion yen to drill and train a host of men if we'd avoid eclipse." And
even sow while Europe rocks beneath her armies' mighty shocks our statesmen
talk the same: "We must be building battle boats if we'd preserve our sacred
goats and sidestep grief and shame." And it was Europe gentle niece that
guaranteed a lasting peace by loading up for bear. Whenever she acquired some
11 en she blew it for a. -welt elm. gun till she had guns to spare. And Europe's
sonr for countless years have toiled in agony and tears to pay a brutal tax; to
pay for "guaranties of peaoe" they labored till Death should release the burdens
irom their backs. The peaceful man won't carry arms; he has no Use for war's
alarms his quiet way he goes; but once you arm him to the cars with boome
rangs and guns and spears he'll surely
(Copypright by George M. Adams.)
A Good
WHEN PRESIDENT WILSON vetoed the Smith Burnett immigration bill
because it contained the socalled 'literacy test" he performed- a public
service strictly in line with American sentiment and American precedent.
His veto message was one of the few documents ot true statesrnanly quality
that have ceae from the white house under the present administration. It well
sums up the arguments against the "literacy test."
At first suggestion the 'literacy test" looks Hkc a good thing applied to
limit immigration. Many men confuse in their minds the proposed 'literacy
test" for voters which is a thing wholly good and the proposed "literacy test
for immigrants which is bad. The two questions should be kept carefully
separated in the mind and conclusions upon them reached independently.
President Wilson follows the precedent set by president Cleveland and
president Taft in vetoing the "literacy test" provision in an immigration law.
It has bsen shown that the a&Hity to read and write among immigrants
depends not so much on native ability or on fitness to assume a place as pro-
ducers in this country as on the advantages that had been available to these
people in the countries of their origin. In too many countries educational facilities
tre withheld from the masses and it is certain that millions of ambitious people
Save come to this country primarily to gain the benefits of universal education.
It is a matter of common knowledge that immigrants illiterate immigrants in
many cases are among the most ambitious for their children and that children
of immigrants are among the brightest pupUs in the schools.
The percentage 01 illiteracy in xnis tummy amoun uuv .u.iv..t . .........
white parents is many times higher than the percentage of illiteracy among
children of foreign born white parents. (Even in New York state 31-2 times
as high) All around us. we have illustrations of the fact that immigrants who
in their own countries received few or no advantages of education become in this
country great patrons ef schools and their children are often found among the
highest heaer pupils not to say leaders in society and business. Yet it was a
senator from South Carolina a state having one of the highest illiteracy rates
in the union ameng native whites of native parentage who in debate said An
illiterate immigrant must be low indeed if after all the centuries of education and
enlightenment he does not know even now to reaa ana wine
An illiterate a man who is unable to read and write when he reaches
(America auy be of good character industrious healthy clean thrifty con-
scientious he may be ambitious for himself and his children but this law would
bar him. Better receive mm it ne is wormy ana give mm """ iuamaSto
.fK.rwa.iU tor himself and his children. Ho has the material and the desire to
make a good citizen. Why not give him a chance?
Abraham Lincoln's father could not read or write his mother only a very
little. Andrew Jackson could not Tead or write until after he was 18 years old.
The parents 9f many men and women who today are leaders in affairs were
"illiterate" when they reached America. - .
But many sien who can Tead and write many very highly "educated men
are anything bat desirable either as immigrants or as citizens. Among immi-
grants ad oitiwns the "criminal class" contains a large proportion of 'literate"
men who use their wits wrongfully. The "literacy test" is not wise or necessary
as a test of immigrants and the president's veto is worthy of praise.
f I o
All sensible women will acknowledge that it is not only the money it take3
. to dress welLJbBtJhe time it takes that bankrupts her.
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Our esteemed fire whistle goes Browning's thrush one better. It will be re-
membered that that eiquWUe being "sings' each ng twice over Lest you. should
think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture." The fire whistle
sings his song three and even four times so that it may the more perfectly re-
capture the rapture.
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January 27 the kaiser wa 56 years old. The war has grayed him somewhat
at tb temples and made his aotrth and eyes grim where his photographs have
hitherto shown only pHte Knee He is plainly war stamped and war aged and
mere than a year older -at heart than he was a year ago. No other of the men
responsible for the war over there has been so deeply marked by it.
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Ambitions Ot
A
NEW JERSEY grade school toek a.
(Hri wantpfl to be houaekeeners.
lie a minister says the report The girls generally wanted to be milliners stenog-
raphers dressmakers or school teachers. The boys' hearts turned to farming
engieeriBg and mechanics.
It seems like sober wishing for eighth grade children even if they showed
a lak ef Aesire for dishwashing and preaching. One does not expect very sober
wishes frtta the hearts of children although many have to go out to work when
they are through with the grade schools and for them that age really means the
beginning of grown up life. '
It is an age when the human may have his wildest dreams. For many 3
human 13 or 14 is the climax of his imaginative life his dream life. He stops
there fetever. One rather expects the girl to want to be a movie actress or a
sun or a. war nurse or something as adventurous and the boy to think he wants
soldietiM or life at sea with a turn towards a neat little business in piracy or
to be a flying machine war scetit or a gold hunter or a detective or something
lively.
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Kaexville schools have "banking day" every Wednesday when the children
who wkk to bring their week's savings. These are turned over to the "banker"
one of the scholars who gives out stamps equivalent to the money turned in.
These stamps are put in bank books and are receipts and also serve to keep an
accouat for the child's information of his accumulations. It is an attempt to
encourage thrift a? fight down extravagance besides somewhat educating the
youngsters in business.
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President Wilson says you can assess the character of a community by the
way it supports its Y. M. C. A. According to that measure El Paso would be
marktl tip high. The city is proud of both the Young Men's Christian associa-
tion aad of the Young Women's Christian association is most friendly to both
uses heth cooperates with bothand both have big substantial homes and big
places in the life of the community. It does speak well for any town to show
such prosperity in these efforts to equalize chances for the young folks and give
them a dub home for their spirit and faith and work.
14 years Ipo Today
From The Herald This Dnte 1001.
c-harles Boutr 1 slowly reoorerliur
fioin a protracted illness.
Capt. T. J. Beall went to LorUsburg
on legal business tbis morning.
Mrs. E. C. Bryan and daughter have
gone to "Houston to visit friends.
Juan Ochoa a prominent cittSen of
Las Truces is visiting in the city.
J. T. Prle formerly of White Oaks
has come to El Paso to locate here.
C D. Grane and Miss Kate Staoun
hae been granted a marrlageMicense.
Justice Ellis reports more marriages
for the month Just passed than for a
long time.
Rev. Edward C. Cree. of Mexico City
iv ill deliver the sermon Sunday at the
church of St. Clement.
Edward Kneezell has been at work
gathering estimates for heating and
ventilating the new school and he will
presentthesc at the next meeting of
the board.
Monday afternoon the Musical clnb a
bianch of the -Woman's club will give
a reception at Mrs. Beall's on Olive
street. Miss Trumbull and Mrs. Kin-
driek win pour chocolate.
Another shipment of 1000 head of
rattle came in from the Terrazas ranch
in is morning The cattle were pnr-
based by the 1 Paso Livestock com-
mission company and will be shipped to
California points.
The El Paso Mining and Stock ex-
diangre is becoming an Important insti-
tution in El Paso. Fred Green Is now
twist your note.
WALT MASON.
Veto
School Children
census of the ambitions of its boys and
and onlv one bov out of 207 wanted to
in charge 6f the exchange H. S. Park
who organised It having to retire on
account of ill health.
The monthly meeting of the teach-
ers was held yesterday at the Central
school. These attending were Misses
Farr. Fltspatrick Stanton. Reading
Dix. Gillespie Chambaud Sexton Brady
Bailey Mokle and Wilson.
The card party given Thursday at
Mrs. Holm's by Mrs. Miller was a great
success. Those attending included:
Mesdames Kaplan. Calisher D. Stewart
R. F. Burges MacPhetridgc Comfort
Wright Wadley Hunter Knox A. Solo-
omon. N. Solomon Hartman Wilcox
KneezeJl. Feldman A. P. Coles. Dean.
6 Stewart 8tevenson and Roberts and
the Misses A. Newman L. Solo-
omon. Seattle Bewley. Jones Pollard
and Falvey.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Pulllam.
assisted by Miss Cartwright. received
at her home. 'Those present were:
Mesdames D. Stewart. NeVvell Chilberg
Dean. Blanco Eddy Clark R. P. Camp-
Bell. Higglns Chase Houghton Howell
TJ. S. Stewart Stanton Flato Alnsa R.
T. Burgee H. W. Allen. M. Dillon Hunt
Schuster Bray Small Hunter Kln-
drlck. Campbell Stafford Bowden. and
the Misses Wescott Bewley and Beattle.
In the evening Mrs. Pulllam entertained
the receiving party with cards. Those
present were: Misses Ainsa M. Martin
I Newman Howell and Cartwright
and Messrs. Cooley Kehoe. Martin Lan-
dry Kemp and Dr. Carpenter.
The Sun
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HOLD THE MAP OVER
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Lintrru AMTWnniimt rt ct
THESTARSANDPLANETS
1U5T AS THEY APPEAR
BJTHE HEAVENS
AT 9 P.M.
Sun Is Not Always on the
Meridian When the Clock
..Says It Is Noon.
By Prof. S. ALFRED MITCHELL
Director JleCormick Observatory Uni-
versity of Virginia.
IF A LARGE number of people were
asked "What is' meant when in
daytime a clock says 12 oclock?"
about 9D out of every 100 would an-
swer that at exactly that hour the sun
is on the meridian and it is noon. But
the sun is not on the meridian each
day when the clock is at 12. Nearly
every one has a friend who owns a
valuable watch that keeps excellent time
and many a time this friend on being
asked the exact time lias looked at his
watch with a fjreat deal of pride and
has told the hours at the same time
remarking "This watch regulates the
sun." If the watch keeps as poor time
as does the sun it should be sent to
H watchmaker for the sun is a wretch-
edly bad timekeeper lb sometimes is
as much as a quarter of an hour fast.
. and at another season it may be an
equal amount slow in tact it may be
said thata clock of extreme precision
said that a clock of extreme precision
exactly at 12 when the sun is on the
meriuiitti.
"But" it will be asked "if the sun
does not give us our time what then
doest" As everyone knows the rota-
tion of the earth on its axis is our
measure of time each complete revolu-
tion marking a day. As the earth ro-
tates it carries our meridian around
with it and as the meridian crosses
throirgh the heavenly bodies in oucces-
sion they are said to "transit." The in-
terval of time between two successive
transits of the same celestial body across
the meridian i railed a lv If the
j body considered is a star we 'have what
j is known to the astronomer as a Star
day or sidereal day.
The Stars Are Tixed.
The stars are fixed the earth rotates
uniformly on its axis and as a result
the sidereal davs for all stars are of
equal length. But which star shall be
chosen as the most important in the
heavens so that time shall be reckoned
from it? Instead of selecting a star.
I the astronomers have picked upon the
Vernal equinox the intersection in the
sky ot the equator and ecliptic. When
it is on the meridian the astronomer's
clock says Oh. Om. Os. the beginning
of the sidereal dav whose hours run
from Oh. to 24th. In a great observatory
the "positions of the stars are recorded in
tjme kept by such a sidereal clock and
sidereal time is of great importance to
the astronomer.
Due to the annual revolution of the
earth about the sun the sun appears to
move continuously eastward among the
stars completing a Journey once in a
year. The sun moves In what Is called
the 'ecliptic" and its motion in from
west to east among the 'stars. This ap-
parent motion of the sun has very Im-
portant consequences. Let us consider
those only that refer to time. Imagine
the sun and a star on the meridian
together at noon on a certain day.
When the Earth Revolves.
One complete revolution of the esrth
on its axis Would bring the earth's
meridian back to the star and a sidereal
day would have elapsed. In this inter-
val of time the sun has apparently
moved eastwards among the stars and
it is necessary for the earth to rotate
a little farther on its axis to overtake
the sun bring it on the meridian and
complete the solar day. Hence sidereal
days are each shorter than solar days.
As the sun completes its journey in a
year it crosses the meridian one time
less in a year than does a star and
with respect to the sun the stars gain
one revolution and hence in a year
there are Hi 1-4 solar days but 266 1-4
sidereal days. Consequently it Is readi-
ly seen that in 12 months a sidereal
clock will gain a day or 24 hours on
a solar clock. Twenty-four hours per
year means two hours per month or
nearly fonr minutes a day a second
every six months.
Sidereal time keeps track of the mo-
tions of the stars (which is its soto
purpose) and hence is seen that each
of the stars will come on the meridian
two hours earlier every month. !the
bright- star Sinus is on the meridian at
10 p. ro on the first of February on the
first of March it will be on the merid-
ian at S p. m. The same thing nolds
good for all the fixed stars ahd ori-
stellatlons. The Sky Slap.
The Sky Map as here printed. Is an
attempt to represent the blue vsAilt of
heaven by a drawing on a piece Vrf pa-
per. The heavens form a sphre. It
is found impossible to cor-ectW repie-
sent on a plane without distortions the
relative distances and diroclypns nrt a
sphere. Various attempts njave been
made but the one given here is about
the most satisfactory. As ' readers
well know the Sky Map gives the posi-
tion of th'e heavens at 9 w m. on the
first of the month. At the end of the
month the stars will have the same po-
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FEB. 1; 8:00 P.M. FEB. 15;' 7:00 P.M. FEB. 28.
KVEXING SKY 3IAI FOR PUllUL'ARY
Viewing Grand Opera
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At
WVR knows no boundaries and re-
spects no man. It is supposed
to occupy itself with the job of
grinding up belligerents into honored
remains but It is as likely as not to
step aside at any moment and take a
dastardly -swing at a peaceful nation
perched in supposed safety on the side
lines.
Because of this fact the United States.
a peaceful nation with no ill will to
anyone except reformers will not be
able to view grand opera this winter
except in a sketchy and unsatisfactory
manner.
War has not only swept the highest
priced song birds of the world Into the
trenches but it has left the box holders
ef thfe American opera companies in a
financial listless condition. There will
be a good deal of fine music in this
countrv this winter most of it home
f made but the scenery surrounding it
is not going to De qxciung-enougn iu
cause a single thrill..
Viewing grand opera has been an
American pastime for many years. It
has enabled many to enjoy this noble
form of art without having to strain
their musical education to detect the
difference) between an Interment and
a treble clef. Grand opera has flour-
ished in this country because it has not
only stuffed the soul of the music lover
ful of inspired shivers but it has also
appealed to the tired business man who
has been able to snuggle down into a
$6 seat and enjoy a hearty laugh watch-
ing a 250 pound Romeo balancing on an
infirm ladder and attempting to em-
brace a yard wide Juliet who is bending
the balcony considerably out of plumb.
Viewing grand opera has also been
one of the most interesting social games
ever invented. The rules of this game
are simple. The contestants turn their
backs on the singers and examine the
occupants of the boxes carefully
sition two hours earlier at 7 p. m. and
half through the month oh the 15th at
8 p. m. The planets or "wandering
stars" change their positions continu-
ously among the fixed stars and these
changes cannot be foretold except as
the result of calculation.
If all sidereal days are oqaal to each
other are not all solar days likewise?
Solar days though longer than sidereal
days could be'e.jual in length to each
other only If the -sun moved unlformly
among the stars in a circle at right
angles to the axis of the earth. Tills
circle in the sky is the equator. But
the sun does not move in the equator
but In the ecliptic and with a motion
in this latter circle which is not uni-
form. Hence a double cause exists
Which alters the intervals of time be-
tween successive transits of the sun
across the meridian and which we call
apparent solar days. As a matter of
fact a solar day at one time of the 1
longer than at another timo of the
year.
The Clock's Troubles.
It is manifestly impossible to manu-
facture a clock which would keep
track with the actual time kept by the
sun. and it became necessary to in-
vent a uniform sun time that a clock
could follow. Consequently the aver-
age or the mean of the lengths of all
the apparent solar days for the year
was taken and this was called the
"mean solar day." An imaginary sun
called the "mean sun" Is aunnosed to
move In the skv which keeps' this sort
of time. The real sun does not give
directly the time of noon as kept by
our clocks. Clock noon at any observ-
Citory differs from "apparent noon"
vhen the actual sun is on the meridian
by an amdunt known as the "equation
of time" vhlch may be as great as 16
minutes. A "clock which regulates the
sun" v-juld always be Wrong. Accur-
ate mean solar time may be deter-
mined by the astronomer from observ-
ations on the sun but strange as it
my seem a great observatory like the
Tnited States naval observatory ot
Washington determines its precise
solar -time by observations on stars.
. rinnctary Configuration.
Feb. 1. i: m- Mercury and Jupiter In
conjunction; Mercury north 33 min.
I Feb. 3 4 p. m. Mercury In ascending
l node.
Feb. 5 11 p. m.. Mercury greatest
elongation east 18- deg. 14 min.
Feb. 6 11 a. m.. Venus greatest elon-
gation west 46 deg. 54 min.
Feb. 8. 7 a. m.. Mercury In perihelion.
Feb. 10 4:S4 a. m. Venus and moon
in conjunction; Venus north 7 deg. 30
min.
Feb. 11 9 p. m Venus stationary.
Feb. 12 8:57 p. m.. Mars and moon In
conjunction; Mars north 34 min.
Feb. 12 11-21 p. m. Uranus and moon
in conjunction; Uranus north 43 min.
Feb. 13. annular eclipse of sun invis-
ible at Washington.
' Feb. 14 1:19 p. m. Jupiter and moon
in conjunction; Jupiter south 1 deg 37
min.
Feb. 14. 5 p. m.. Mars and Uranus in
conjunction: Mars south 27 min
Feb. 14 8 07 p. m Mercurj and moon
TheArrow Through
THE TWO STARS IM THE
BOWL OF THE BIG DIPPER
POINTS TO THE NORTH 5TAR
THE STAR AT THE END OF THE
HANDLE OFTHE LITTLE DIPPER
Good did Elirash."
L
Recognlilng a social leader -n-lthont re
ferrlng to the lists ot exhibits counts
one
through opera glasses field glasses
binoculars and telescopes. Recognising
a social leader without referring to the
list of exhibits coiints one. Recounting
a pleasant little story about her counts
five. Calling her by her first name in
an affectionate manner wfns the gams
and causes the other contestant to be
removed by tender hands in a state of
collapse.
All of these innocent amusements
hftVA heAn tnrn frnm tin h xcar. frand
J opera this year will be only a sound
ana not a signt. ine mignt as welt
hear it on a gramophone at 1-1066 the
price. Copyrighted by the Adams
Newspaper Service.
in conjunction; Mercury north 3 de;. 4
min.
Feb. IS 9 a. m.. Mercury and Jupiter
in conjunction; Mercury north. 4 deg. 44
min.
Feb. 18 2 p. m.. Mercury greatest he-
liocentric Lat. north.
Feb. 21 B a. m.. Saturn In perihelion.
Feb. 21. 11 a; m.. Mercury at inferior
conjunction with sun.
Feb. 23 6:06 p. m. Saturn and moon
in conjunction; Saturn.south S deg. 35
min.
Feb. 24 8 a. m. Jupiter and sun in
conjunction.
Feb. 26. 10 p. m. Saturn stationary.
Feb. 26 7:26 a. m. Neptune and moon
in conjunction; Neptune south 3 deg.
Conjunction When two celestial
bodies have -the same longitude they
arc said to be in conjunction i. e
when one is due north or south ot the
other.
Opposition When the angular dis-
tance between two celestial bodies is
180 degrees measured on a great circle
passing through the two bodies they
are said to be in oposltlon. At "Full
Moon" the moon is in opposition to the
sun.
Quadrature A term applied to the
position of two celestial bodies when
the difference of their longitude is SO
degrees. Ths moon is at quadrature
at "first quarter" and at "last quarter "
"Greatest Blongation" By this is
meant the greatest apparent angular
distance from the sun. A planet is
then generally most favorably placed
for observation.
"Ascending" or ''Deseendlng Node"
Crossing the plane ef the earth's orbit
Perihelion When a planet is nearest
the aun.
Apehelion When a planet Is farthest
from the sun.
Occultation An eclipse of a planet
or star by some other body usually
the moon.
February Moon Thases.
Feb. 7. 10:21 A. M. Last Quarter.
Feb. 13 9:41 P. M. New Moon.
Feb. 21. 8:08 P. M. First Quarter.
Last month we had two full moons
and this month we have none.
Next month we shall again have two
full moons Quite unusual events.
Mercury win be at Its greatest
elongation east of the sun on February
6 and wIlV be visible In the western
evening slfy for several days before
and after this date a little north of the
position ojf the sun at its point of set-
ting r
From l(he first of the month to the
15th Meriury mOTCs In its usual course
eastward" at which time it begins a
retrograde or westward movement until
the firsf of March. - t .. . v. .
Venus' is still a very beautiful object
In the (eastern morning sky rising
about tjhree hours befpre the sun. On
February 5 it will be at Us greatest
Elongation west 01 tne sun.
MRjj. Is in the morning stty dui hhj
neaHbiA sun to be seen.
' Is now gelling ao lira un ""
hnriTjin that It cannot be well
ri win winn b lost in the rays.
jun being in conjunction with
on February 2
1 is erj favorably placed for
-Students of tne El Paso Scnools
ATTRACTIVELY kept scliool grounds not only add greatly to the appear-
ance of the sfhool buiWinss but mesn so much more pleasure to the
neonte liviiiir in the school neighborhood and to the ehiMren attending
the school for there is a deep-rooted love of the beautiful in almost everyone 8
heart. The school yards in El Paso are being looked after by the city park
commissioner. On Arbor day last year flower and vegetable seeds were dis-
tributed among the school children and they were urged to start little gar-
dens in tfceir own homes.
The Lamar school was the pioneer in the ground beauiifieation move-
ment. Miss Alkie KtajMUriek organized the Lamar School GroirodwociaUan
and. assisted bv the parents and papils had a terrace built around the school
planted trees and grass and converted a sand waste mto a sunken garden.
The pupils of the low second grade at the Sunset school taught by .Miss
-MIl.Trt fVmnnlW. are:
iMU w....v-y
Leon Britton.
Carl Bernauer.
Leslie Beauehamp.
Marie Cheney.
Ouadalupe C'tiarou.
Ouadalupe Gutierrez.
Wilmer Hill.
The names of the first grade students Will appear tomorrow.
LITTLE
INTERVIEWS
a RIZONA Is going to have the
Z greatest cattle year in its his-
WW
- - tory." said Charles K Walker
of Tucson. "The rains that we have
been having over there have made the
grass luxuriant and the cattlemen are
looking forward to a prosperous year
throughout the entire state. The un-
settled condition south of the border
has made the Sonora cattle Industry a
little unstable but the Arizona cattle-
men have profited thereby and. with
plenty of ready money to handle the
year's cattle crop it will be a banner
year. Cattle will be fat. prices good
and the yield large so that every cat-
tleman I know is figuring en big
things for the coming season.
"Arizona especially southern Arizona
and Tncson In particular is prosperous
in spite of adverse eopper and other
conditions. Tucson now has a chamber
of commerce that is one of the liveat in
the southwest not even barring El
Paso's splendid organization. We raised
$MO40 over there in a short time and
we have men who are working rather
than 'boosting which is really boast-
ing and We are getting results. The
irrigation project has helped Tucson
wonderfully and many settlers are com-
ing each month."
"During the month of January a total
of 80 bulWlng permits representing
Improvements valued at $229235 were
issued" sa A. E. Bartlett eity band-
ing inspector. "The largest single Kern
Was the permit for the construction of
the concrete work on the new high
school building. This permit Was for
3110.000. In Jan. 1914 permits totaled
112 representing $149915 worth of Im-
provements. The showing for the
month Just closed is very good in vfew
of the scarcity of money for building
purposes and Indicates that EI Paso is
enjoying a substantial growth. If money
becomes easy H Pase this year should
doable all previous building recerdg."
"If the pHps of the present school
board are earned oat. the building now
used as a high school will be made a
junior high school with the opening of
the new high school." said Frank B.
Simmons president of the school board.
"The idea is to teach the eighth and
ninth grade work in the junior higfc
school thus relieving the other schools
Of considerable work. The construc-
tion of one wlrtg or the new high -school
and the auditorium which will be
done. If the proposed 3200900 bond
Issue carries together with the com-
pletion of the ARa Vista school and en-
largements contemplated for other
buildings should provide sufficient
room to comfortably take care of the
children for several years to come."
b 4fr f
"There should be a general arbor
day observed by all the people of El
Paso and not only by the schools" said
superintendent R. J. Tighe. "Nothing
Improves the aftpearance of a town so
greatly as trees 'and flowers and nicely
kept yards about the ijeople's homesi. If
every householder would plant trees
and flowers and shrubs every year on
arbor day it would soon make a most
noticeable difference in the appearance
of the city generally."
"Building activity In El Paso is more
general at this time than it has been
In years." said T. J. Caasidy. "The
buildings now being erected are not as
large perhaps as some of those put
up in the last few years but the build-
ing is more general and covers a wider
territory. Property in the southern
part of the city especially which has
not been active for years is now being
extensively built up. In the other di-
rection the building of the high school
will open up a new neighborhood. To
the east the building of houses has been
unprecedented and to the west there
Is an excellent opportunity for the
building of the big new Moose sani-
tarium" "Revolutions in Mexico have had no
effect on the newspaper business in
the capital" said F. T. Craig. "I was
in Mexico City when Carbajal left and
remained there through the succeed-
ing regime. Whenever a new party
gained control a dosen new papers
came into being. Not only the leaders
but the high officers each have their
personal mouthpieces. During the
brief time that Carranxa was in the
capital the firsUUme. 11 papers started
and of course all died with the evacu.
atlon of the capital The Villa admin-
istration of the crly did not bring so
many papers to the fore but many
handbills discussing one side or the
other of a question were Issued dally.
observation and can easily be distin-
guished as the first bright star above
hm mnnt filiation Orion.
Uranus will not be visible this month
being on the opposite siae 01 me rai
Xaptune will be favorably placed 'for
observation this month. It will be near
the meridian at 10 p. m.
Sclipse at the Sun.
On February 13 there will be an an-
nular eclipse of the sun but it will not
be visible in the United States or
Canada. It will be visible in the so ith-
ern Pacific and Indian oceans. An an-
nular eclipse can only occur when the
moon is at its greatest distance from
the earth at apogee at which time its
disc does not quite cover the sun. leav-
ing a bright ring of sunlight shining
around it called the annulus.
Only two annular eclipses visit the
United States during the rest nt the
30th century April 7 1940 and May
10. 1994.
The sun soot period is at hand and
many interesting groups have been ob-
served during the past two or three
months. To those having telescopes
they afford a most interesting study.
HABEAS CORPUS FOR CARRIGAN.
Seeking release under writ of habeas
corpus. James B. Carrlgan charged
with being a fugitive from Justice and
said to be wanted in St. Louis appeared
Saturday afternoon before judge W. B.
Ufa. in IhA Ith Atatrlnt nuirt TiMla'a
Ware declined the request. On Friday I
.Carrigan's bond was reduced from 1
$1000 to $500 on the application of his I
attorneys. j
Luis Horcasitas. iara -ans.
Liltwii Hernandez. Monte Roberts.
Aunfcy Hanson. Julian Strauss.
Meta Kuhlman. Connie Tobias.
Louise ilanigault. Edwin Ware.
EmiHa Xhm. Jewell Williams.
George Northman. Franklin Young.
Albert Howe. KuUi Zetrasn.
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMBS J. MO.VTAGDK.
But H'e Xeed Him Over Here.
If England really wants men to rallv
round the Union Jack Why doesn't she
hire George M. Cohan to give it a little
advertising?
He'll Have to Provo It.
The burglar who boasts that he is
the eldest crook in the city may mean
merely that he is the oldest craok who
has ever been caught
If It Could Only Be Done.
If we were Mr. Wilson we'd search
the statutes through for authority to
intern Mr. Bryan for the remainder of
the term.
Putting One Over on nenry Ford.
The king of Stem not only puts con-
victs to work outside of prison but
finds wives for them among the un-
married women who have passed the
agte of 35 without any matrimonial luck.
p "" Before Many l'ears.
The disatunument of the sea Is pro-
ceeding slowly but nevertheless pro-
ceeding. He I n Hero Toe
"I want no detective to guard me '
said young Jobn D. valiantly. "I even
ride in the subway."
nUqnletins Report.
Mexico City Calm. News dispatch
What's the matter? Nobody home.
The Daily Novelette
OUT IX THB B1GHTH ItOlXD
- V
"Xot every tight-wad
Is under the sod."'
Jdmrod.
It Is with great pleasure that we are
able to. inflict on our readers again o-
diy another chapter of Cyrus flip's
great tmantake stories. Ed. )
THB roenVwere all lined ui against
the bar the gleaming seductive
mahogany bar across which ihe
foam lashed schooners moved without
There were eight of them; the lli.e
terminating with Bubbles Tightly who
was nearest the door. '
For the first round Alec Winkle raid.
Barkee" Smookers set 'em up again.
Then Winthrop Burgle pJd-
Then Amos Smashberg paid.
Then Porbar Tanigan paid.
Thea SI Hamgoner paid.
Then Teecup Pinikers aid.
Then Landstuim Maree paid.
The seventh round was almost con-
sumed. But a few dregs danced in the
holds of the schooners. Ver vetv
shortly Bubbles Tightly would have to
come across.
"Just a moment boys I gotta
'phone" he excused himself.
He moved away slowly away from
the bar towards the door.
Seven men dashed after him with
clubs and Bricks.
(The end.)
BUYING SHIPS IS NOT AH
UNNEUTRAL ACT U. S. HOLDS
Washington. D. G Feb. 1. It is the
contention of the United States depart-
ment that purchase of mercantile ships
from any belligerent nation would not
be an unneutral act though it may be
that some of the nations will protest
such purchases in the event that the
ship purchase bill now under consid-
eration is passed.
It has been made plain by the state
department that the United States does
not Intend to be drawn Into any discus-
sion on this subject with with foreign
powers before the bill is passed.
GB1UIAX SUBMARIXK TORrEDOES
TJ1HTISII SHir; CREW SAVED.
Fleetwood Eng . Feb. 1. The North
Shields steamet- Sen cruachen was tor-
pedoed Saturday by the German sub-
marine 21 off this port. The crew of
the sunken ship was landed here. The
captain said he was given ten minutes
to embark his crew Hardly had tlie
KngMeeunen taken to their boats when
the Germans fired a torpedo sinking
the British vessel. .
Miss Fawa Lippincut received a beau-
tiful copy o' "Ludle" this mornin' from
a middle-aged' gentleman she hooked at
Bass Lake test summer. If you don't
inow somethin good abont whoever
you're talkia' about discuss th' probable
luration o' the war.
or""
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