El Paso International Daily Times. (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. Tenth Year, No. 1, Ed. 2 Wednesday, January 1, 1890 Page: 15 of 16
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.A THOROUGH AND WfLL SUPPORTED SYS-
IEM OF EDUCATION.
else to tbe body, while all receive instruc-
tion iu drawing and vocal music. High> r
mathtmetics, Latin. Greek and Spanish
classes are also open to those who are
sufficiently alvsrtced to enter them.
Competent, Well Paid Teachen f mplcyed. a*1
150.600 in Suitsb'e Srhool Property. •
The El Pabo publics cbools were open-
n4 Sept 8. 1880. with a faculty of
seventeen, whose names are as follows:
Calvin Ksterly, superintendent, with
au annual salary of $2,400; Miss Ella
B. Meeklns, principal of the high
iscbool; salary, *1,200, Miss Leua
HcKie, Miss Fannie Echols, Miss
Mary I. Stanton, Mis# Mary Gates.
Mr*. B B. Bailey, Miss \nna L. Moore,
Hiss Laura E. Kink, Miss Florence G.
Thornton, Mrs. Maitie Pcrlet, Miss Mary
Beall, Miss Allio King, Miss Katberiue
Morris and Alfred C Murphy, with sal-
aries from #750 to $900; and Miss Ida E.
Arnold, music teacher, and 01iva« V.
Aoy, teacher of Mexican Preparatory De>
jtnrtment, with salaries of $450 each.
Five school rooms and three recitation
rooms were in use at the Central School
huilding, corner Mjrtle and Campbell
streets; four school rooms at the new
Hesa building) on Montana and Ochoa
ntreets, and one rented school room for
Hie Mexican Preparatory School, at the
oornerof San Francisco and Chihuahua
streets; and one rented room for the col-
ored school, on -^outb'.Stanton street.
A pjctnre of our fine and commodious
{Wbllc school boilding;now in use, is pre*
sooted herewith.
The new Mesa School, or that part of
H which has been erected, is on* of the
most perfect of modern buildings for
school purposes, and is^furnishe I in like
Manner. When the entire new building
is finished, it will have.*co8t>ot less than
*50.000 The to'al value of school prop-
arty irTcity is at.preseni.fiftythousand
six hundred dollar?, ; '
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Provision is also made for the annu 1
organization of an armed and uniformed
volunteer cocrpany of Cadbt Guards, in
wbich the larger boys seem to take much
interest, make a haudsome appearance,
B&lauce on hand, July'l, 1888, 11.534.- and easily acquire much valuable infor-
43~"di^lar«. 8tate].apportionment, 8,036 ^ mation pertaining to the details of war
secretary; J*m«s Armstrong, guard; E. C
Pen, Capi. Must; U. Kaufm n. L. S ;
E KranS', K A. c«ptain; A. D. Deuir,
M of 3d V ; J P Pryor, M. of 2d V.; H.
Braden, M of 1st V. The preaent mem
bership is b!l.
KJilOHTS OIT UONOU.
El Paso Lodge No. 2.8*4, organized
December 10. 1882, meets second and
fourth Thursdays of each month, at 'dd
Fellows Hall. 11 »s a membership of
fifty, and constantly increasing. The
officers for 1890 are, E <5, Pew, past dec
tator; Gay E, Porter, dictator; Jno. Hos-
tetter, vice-dictator; H. C Myles, assist-
ant dictator; Chas. F. Slack, reporter aud
acting financial reporter; A. Kaplan,
treasurer; Graham Smith chap uin;
rtioa. Germain, guide; Auk liille, Guar>
dian; R B. Bias, sentinel; B. Cohen,
Herman Kayser and E. Kohlberg, trus-
tees.
KXtUHTS TKMI'LAK.
El Paso Commandere Knights Temjf
lar No. 18 was chartered the 17th day of
April, 1884. The officers for the present
year are, It. E Comfort, E. C ; B A.
Nebeker. generalissimo; Dan, Kelly,
captain general; E L. Sargent, prelate;
J. C. Lackland, treasurer; M C. Ed-
wards, recorder; E. C- Pew, S. VV,: B G
Thomas, J. W.: A. D. Denir, sword
bearer; J P. Pryor, standard bearer; G.
S. Stewart, warder; T. S. Kaufman; cap-
tun guards; James Armstrong, sentinel
The present membership is 97.
I. O. O. F.
El Paso Lodge No. 284—Instituted No-
vember 22, 1882; meets every Monday
nigiit; A. A Ellis, N. G ; W. C. Sharp,
V. G.; T. E. Kern, secretary; F. E. Hun
ter, treasurer; Henry L. Cappel, re-
porter
KMOUT8 OK PYTHIAS,
El Paso Lodge No. 82, meets every
Wednesday evening; membership over
00; officers, F B. Simmons, C. C ; W. H
Long, K, of R. 8.
Myrtle Lodge No. 10 (col«red)-Meets
first and third Mondav of each month.
Organized September 22, 1887. James
Walker, chancellor commander; A. E.
Graham, K. of R. S.
Corps was organized April, 1889; member-
ship 50; meets »t Odd Fellows hail every
second Saturday; officers, Mrs M. H.
Mills, president; Mrs Paul, secretary,
RAILWAY OKDKHS,
Order of Railway C inductors, A W.
Sp' ncer, secretary and treasurer.
Brotherhood of Riilway Conductors,
J. W. Gilkyson, secretary aud treasurer.
Brotherhood o' Rtilway Brakemen,
E W.Wales, master; Ben Graf, secretary
and treasurer.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
Henry Draper, chief engine> r; A. E. Ellis'
secretary.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen-
Colin McArther, master.
Y M C. A.
Officers —C. Eaterly, president; F. N
Shannon, vice president; G. E Hubbard,
treasurer, D. N. Lock wood, secretary.
THE EL PASO IIKXKVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
This associatiation was organized in
November 1886, for the relief of the in-
digent sick. It is non-sectarian. Rev.
James Hume, M»j Geo. T Rotiinson and
G E. Hubbard were presidents in the
order named, until April 2nd. 18*9, when
the present very worthy incumbent, Mrs.
W. M James, was elected. On February
7, 1889, a building was procured for hos-
pital purposes, and the co'-operation of
the county and the 1 El Paso smelter was
sec re1, and the hospital divided into
wards; one for the county, one for the
smelter, one for charity and two for pay-
inf patients. Funds nave been raised
from time to time from entertainments,
by borne,talf-nt'and private contributions
and much izood has resulted therefrom.
In additiou to the above named bene-
volent aud focial orga>i zations, many
others are in a flour sh'ntr cniiditv n
affording relief to the needy or amuse-
m nt to the gay.or literary entertainment
and exchange, of thouarht'to those so indin
ed. Such are the Century Cluv>, which em-
braces mucl literary talent and intellec-
tual refln'-ment.and is a weekly social re-
union of some of th» m 'stjprominent peo-
ple of the city; the Cactus Club.composed
of a large numb-r of the leading gentle-
men of the city, who resort to "their
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ago. From the ancient Nile, whose rev-
erend banks are the famed sepulcher »f
earths ear iest civilization, to its Amer-
ican counterpart, the fertile R'O Grande,
experience, with uniform and loud M
claim enlightens and encourages the
world upon this all important questi»B
Enterprise ever on the alert, has heard
the wel'-ome acclaim, aud with assur*
ances of from ten to on« hundred percent
dividends,opens the vaults of cipital.ani
proceeds to develope the comtry, to a«-
cumalate wealth, to give renumerative
employment to labor, and commercial
imp >rt+nce to the gov>-rnment.
True, the wooden plow and the hand-
sickle are yet to be feen among the na-
tives in benighted parts of Mexico and
our territories. They and Irrigation
sprung up together, and until recently,
have plodded their dreamy, poetic way
along the happy shades of time, as in-
separable companions. Looking back-
ward we see the ancient irrigating ditck
flowing lazily through suuohine and
shadow, unmuddied by care, undisturbed
by storms or revolutions of civilized life
smiling in the warm sun light of ignor-
ance, singing over the pebbles and danc-
ing with the sind as tickle 1 by the lliwer
scented breezes, it ripp'ei along with
laughter,quickening the dormant hut rick
soil iuto life, that it shall bloom as the
rose. Beside it lazily grazes the good
natured, but selNwilled musical donkey,
whose occasional warblings echo among
the hills, startling the jack-rabbit and
coyote, and reminding the doxing master
that grass grows with the sunshine, cal
ling for the horn-yoked ox team and
wooden plow, or else the hand-sickle for
harvest purposes.
That time is past in this country. To-
day irrigating schemes, such as the great
Mills. Storage Reservoir, and the El Paso
Irrigation Cantl, elsewhere mentioned in
these columns,ofinconceivable magnitude
and importance, hive enterprise by ths
collar and button, with importunities for
patronage. Even in the lobbies and halls
of Congress, talent, experience and elo-
quence are seen and heard in the advo
cacv of the greatest, grandest and most
revolutionizing internal improvement
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probability of tloiiiiig arteaiau water oo tb. Meaa and >tie importanee o. aucb a disu,very to . 1
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dollars. City tax, 20,405.70 dollars. Tu»
Itioa 195 60 dollars. All othir sources,
684.48 dollars, making tbe total receipts
>6,846 27 dollars.
The expenditures enumerated amount
to 20,901.05 dollars, leaving a balance on
hand July 1. 1889, of 15,442 22 dollars
Of this balance, about 11.('00 dollars
will be needed to complete aud furnish
that part of the new building now under
eontract and in course of construction,
and the remaiuder to maintmn the schools
from Jheir opening, September 2d next,
until funds for 1889 90 become availablo
From Superintendent Calvin Esterly s
report we get the following—
For tbe ensuing year the average an*
aual salary for the teachers will be 886 66
dollars, not including the superintendent.
This places our teachers again at the
head of the list of salaries i« Texas, and
we believe, in the United States.
^ addition to tbe studies usually pur-
sued in public schools, a course p( |»<jok-
keeplng <s here taught to flt the pupil for
the actual duties af a business life. Cal-
isthenics is taught to import graceful
and with reference to tbe grand military
organizations of the world.
All in all, K! Paso has cause to be
proud of ber Public Schools
SOCltHES.
Secret Miid lluonvnlnot Asaoolatlon* Kce-
niumendatorJ of lb! Social Status
ot K1 l*»»o.
A. r. A A. M,
El PasoLodgu. A F. & A. M. No. 130,
was chartered the 21st day of January,
1854. The officers for the present year
are, Graham Smith, W. M.;M.C Ed-
wards, S W-; E C. Pew, J. W.; H. S.
Kaufmann, treasurer: W. J. Jones, secre
tary; J. P Pryor, a. I>., G. E. Hubbard,
J D ; Janw-'Si Armstrong, tyler. The
prea nt membership of this lodge is 157.
! t 1' r
ff R. A. M.
The Ef Paso Chapter Royal Arch Ma-
soil* NotitT, iru/ chartered the 10th day
of December, 18fi4. The officers foi tbe
present year are, DanKel y, 9 P.; B.
A. Nebecker, K ; M. 0. Edwards, 8. J.;
JEWISH BKNKVOLENT SOCIETY OK EL PASO.
Meets on call of thf- president. J. C->!»
isher, president; AlberrSchutz, vice pres
ideut; A. Berla, secretary, A. Solomon,
treasurer; Paul ts&ac, trustee.
o. A, K
Emmett Crawford Post No 19 — De-
paitment of Texa*, organized 1885; mem-
bership 60; meet first and third Thursdays
of each month at Odd Fellows hall on El
Paso street. Officers, S. H. Buchanan,
commander; MUtoil Spencer, 8. V. C.;
F. E. Tustin, J. V. C.S Tboma?Cooney,
quartermaster; General A. G Malloy,
department commander; S. H, Buchanan,
A. D. C. to commander in chief.
SONS OF VBTKKANS.
Sherman Camp No. 3 —Department of
Tex-is, organized in August, 1889; char-
tered October, 1889; membership30; meet
every second and fourth Tuesdays, st
Odd Fellows hall; officers, Charles
Leicbam, captain; O. F. Heckelmann,
first lieutenant; H. O. Shorten, second
iieutcdant;..camp councilsjO. F. Heckel-
mann, chairman; W.<J. Stevens and A. J.
Coates.
w. a. c.
elegantly furnished rooms and enjoy
billiards, reading, etc.; a literary soci>t\
>f the young people, dancing clubs, ridint'
patties, a military company,bycicle clubt
and base ball clubs.
irkigahon.
From one extreme of the great West to
the other, Irrigation schemes of more or
less magnitude and importance are either
being executed or contemplated. A"> rea-
son and Enterprise advance on the road
of modern progress, Irruati );i g'iit.s
favor with all classes, enlistiug'advo
cates from the most cultured minds of
the ago. This is au age of reason aud
invention. The old ruts of past n:tion
are abandoned, bearing traces of long
usage upon the memory only.
We no longer have a witch-burn ng,
and fanatic-ruled Christendom to con>
demo it as a relic of tbe past, or as an
evidence of barbari«m. No longer Is
public opinion so deficient of knowledge
and reason as to consign it to a place slon
side the horD-yokedoxen.tbe hand sickles,
stone weapons, wqoden pl ,ws and rock
cause that ever agitated the civilized
* orld.
Railroads and transportation canals,
'ivers aud ocean linesnre important fac»
'ors iu the problem of national prosperity
>ut, without agricultural and mineral
traduction, they would be as useless as a
4 earner on tbe great c-ahara, or a Roman
chariot in mid ocean. The very root of
•rosperity is in the soil. Soil, however
plentiful and fertde hy reason of its min-
eral aud vegetable eompisition, is dor-
mant an i useless without the quickening
influence of water. Therefore our
na lotinl government, in its wisdom, is
t-udeavoung by l«rge appropriations of
money and the test of experience to de-
vise a means to reclaim the v:i»t and fer-
tile deserts of California. Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas and the entire acreage of
waterless was'e lands throiuh n't Union
Fliit this great end can be accomplished,
experiences in California fully demon-
strate
Every encouragement should be tend-
ered these irrigating enterprises The
surest, as well a« the largest crops Come
from irrigation. The wear and tear of
irrigation is infinitely less than that of
land moving, harvest-destroyiog. labor'
preventing storms of tbe Kast. The time
will as surely come as that , day follows
night, aud civilization succeeds birbar*
ism. wb-n tha Rocky mountain and the
'staked plain" country will be the center
of wealth and prosperity, and the garden
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