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EL PASO MORNING TIMES-O-
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1911'.
EL PASO MORNING TIMES
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THE TIMES BCTLDINa'Ml-'m gOUTi? OREGON STREET
also for a scientific and careful survey for water upon
the state lands.
The Times does not doubt that throught the use of
pumps millions of acres of land now apparently worth*
less will soon become the most valuable and profit*
able lands In the state.
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Reclamation by Pumping
That many millions of acres of ’ nd In Texas now
considered worthless and that, under the proposition
of Commissioner Robison would he practically given
sway to land speculator*, are capable of being made j
productive and valuable, is a supposition baaed upon ;
the practical experience of those who hme undertaken :
and succeeded In New Mexico and Arizona in bring- j
Ing into a high state of productivity desert lands that :
were considered before as worthless.
This has be*n done by pumping water from wells !
ranging in depth from 40 feet to 000, or more-
That somewhere on every quarter section of land
In Texas water is to be found Is not doubted The fart
thst there is underground drainage from ihe water-
sheds to the north through T*-xas to the gulf Is no long-
er a theory but a fact established. It might be found
that the depth of the well might render pumping un-
profitable in some places, hut upon millions Of acres of
land an Intelligent and diligent investigation would
find water at a depth that would make It profitable to
raise It for irrigation.
To the north and east of El Paso lies a mesa (table-
land) 30 hy 40 miles in extent, level, a» a whole, as a
floor, with a soli rich as that of the valley of the Nile,
that is underlaid with reservoirs and streams of water
Chemically pure, that can be reached by wells from
150 to 300 feet deep, that can he converted Into a gar-
den by the sinking of wells and the use of pumps to
lift the water.
In the editor of the Deming, New Mexico, lleadllgh*,
irrigation by pumping has found a champion so per-
Hstcnt. so full of logic and facts, who Is bringing re-
sults through the reelamatton of desert lands around
that city.
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“In the southwestern corner of Los Angeles county,
Csllfornia, about fifty miles east of the city of Los
Angeles,” says the Headlight, "lies the district of Po-
mona, in which district twenty-five thousand acres of
arid land has been reclaimed hy pumping water for
Irrigation. The H. P. railroad crosses the Salt Lake
in the town df Pomona and the Santa Fe runs within
a half mile with a spur connection with the city.
"This district is In so many respects similar to the
Mlmbres valley, (and to the E! Paso mesa and valley)
that the history of its development, the methods used
b putting down wells, the Installing of pumping plants,
power used, character of pumps, etc., cannot fail to be
it Interest and afford much instruction to thoke en-
gaged ip similar work in this valley.
“The water occurs in various sand and gTavel strata
much as it does here, hut It I* necessary to put the
wells down to a depth of eight hundred or a thousand
feet In order to tap a sufficient number of strata to
supply a pump which will furnish 500 to 000 gallons
of water per minute. It may .be said here in parenthe-
sis that a 500-gallon well Is considered a good one In
the Pomona district. The underflow of this district is
supplied by rainfall in the mountains five or six miles
north of Pomona. The area which drains into the un-
derflow rovers about thirty square miles, and It has
been found -ccessary to build wing dams across the
gulches coming town from the mountains In order to
hold the water until it seeps Into the #md anrf grav d
strata, and thus compel It to feed into the underflow.
Without these wing-dams the freshets coming down
from the mountains would rush on down past the polnis
where it has an c-ppirtunlty of sinking Into the subtev
rsnean Eand and travel strata.
"Irrigation by pumping in this district dates bank
about fifteen years. It received itsgreatest Impetus.
however, only about five years ago when the Chino
estate (an old Spanish grant) was cut up ,and sold In
ten and twenty acre blocks for from 2$ to $30 an acre
for raw land. The promoters of this deal gave mat*
farms away to good farmers who would develop them
and make show-places. In some Instances, as much
ar two hundred acres was given to a single farmer in
order to locate a man especially capable In the matter
ol demonstrating what could be done in the way of
pumping water for Irrigation.
"The south half of the district Is called the shallotr-
water area, and the water la pumped here from 45
to 115 feet. In the north half of the district, water Is
pumped from 115 to 400 feet. The ahallow-water area
la almost entirely In alfalfa. They raise about six tons
to the acre per season with six waterings and sell the
alfalfa for nine dollars per ton.
The deep-water area la devoted entirely to the
raising of citrus fruits.
"Land sells for $160 per acre out ten to fifteen miles
from town, while 2400 per acre Is considered low for
land within five miles of the city. Good alfalAt farms
are not for sale at any price."
There are many points of advantage which El Rasa
possesses over the Pomona district, not th* least of
which are lower rates on pumping machinery, cheaper
gasolene, higher price, for slf.lf. and other product,
with an unvarying supply of subterranean water, shal-
lower walla and a dry and healthy climate.
Surely capital and enterprise will not long neglect
the opportunities so rich in possibilities which the de-
velopment of water upon our arid lands offers. And
the act whioh the Time* hopes to see upon the statute
books providing for a mineral survey should provM.
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Why Not Two Hotels?
According to the opinion of those who are closely
In touch with the existing El Paso situation, one of
the crying needs of the hour Is a modem and up-to-date
hotel in this city that will provide such facilities as are
sought by people of weaKh and leisure who desire to
spend their winters here. People who have been In
touch with El Paso for years declare this Is the one
thing necessary to bring about, a wonderful develop-
ment here and make El Paso one of the most talked-of
cities on the American continent.
Evidently, this opinion has made a deep Impres-
sion upon men of means who have been led to Inves-
tigate the matter, for after much preliminary skir-
mishing, -the Times printed the assurance Friday
morning that such a hotel was assured for North Ore-
gon street. That the property owners in that section
of the city had met the demands of the new hotel
promoters, and the magnificent new hostelry was an
assured reality.
Saturday morning the Times published the further
announcement that the syndicate having in hand the
matter of the proposed new hotel on El Paso street had
definitely determined upon the building of another ho-
tel that will cost approximately $600,000, and the net
result of the situation appears to be that El Paso Is to
have two splendid new hotels, either of whioh would
be a credit to a city of 100,000 population.
While to the uultlated it may appear that the sec-
ond hotel of this character will be something of a su-
perfluity. yet as a matter of fact, such Is not the case.
El Paso is today the fastest growing city In the en-
tire Southwest, with a record of progress and develop-
ment that Is but little short of the phenomenaf. With
her great natural advantages and those that are to be
added in the Immediate future through the develop-
ment of the Rio Grande vallljr and the Southwest gen-
erally It will he found that the two new hofels about uo
be built are actual necessities.
While the present development of the city has
reached the point where one such hotel Is already
necessary, the assured developments are such as to easily
warrant the building of the second, for the years that
lie Just ahead ate fraught with Immense possibilities
for El Paso. One hotel would hardly be completed
hefore the crying necessity for the second would be
apparent, and. it is a wise providence that Is Inspir-
ing the provision of these great enterprises just ex-
actly when they are needed.
The Times commends the progresslveness and en-
terprise of the gentlemen who are backing the North*
Oregon street hotel enterprise, just as It does the pro-
gresslvenesa and enterprise of the El Paso street pro-
moters. They are live hunc/es of El Paso citizenship
and imbued with the real El Paso split, which has
ever been to put progress »o the front and let develop-
ment follow. It is this spirit that has made El Paso
what she is today and assures her future as the metrop-
olis of the Southwest.
If one big new hotel is a good thing for El Taso
It is a logical conclusion that two will be better, and
the dominant Idea should lie to get them both under
way just as soon as possible. The day Is not far distant
when even they will fall short of measuring tip to the
demand for hotel accommodations in El Paso.
The Times' Lay Sermon.
Written for the Times By HEC A. McEACHIJT.
“God hates a quitter.”
The above expression from the lips of a West Texas cowboy contains a
great truth that should strike deep Into the hearts of every reader, for U
contains a g*m of a sermon In exactly four words.
Men are prone to dissatisfaction. They start out with what they con-
sider the most flattering prospect and work Ilk# Trojans until the desired
end is almost achieved, and are then lured to sometn-.ng more chimerical by
the hope of an easier achievement. Finally, they give up In disgust, declare
that the whole plan of life 1$ a failure, and that a poor man and a working
man has mighty little chance In this world.
The man who ta bom great, or the man who come* into the world with
every opportunity for achievement Immediately at hand deserves but little
credit for the actual accomplishment. It Is th* ,man who surmounts ob-
stacle after obstacle—who brushes the rough stones away that Impede hla
progress and who overcomes—that Is the man who amounts to something
In this life and who deserves the plaudits of his associates. The very joy of
overcoming is as a sweet savor In his nostrils and he battles with the ad-
versities of life with the pluck and determination that Is sure to bring suc-
cess, for In determination lies the greater naif of every battle.
Such Is the man who is today the very finest type of American citizen—
the man In whose vein, there courses good red corpusles and whose great-
est ambition Is to achieve what appears to be the nearest or most impos-
sible. Contrast this man briefly with the man whol* afraid to make a
move for fear that failure will attend his efforts. The man who looks upon
life Itself as a failure and bemoans the fact that he was ever brought Into
the world. He Is afraid to make even the slightest venture on account of
certain failure. Poor fellow. In his case truly ‘'ll)* distant hills are had to
climb,” and he Is appalled, by the al^klnesa of the bridge long before he
arrives In the vicinity. Such is the man who is Invariably a quitter, and
“God hates a quitter," according to the West Texas cowboy who spent long
years on the range In dally communion with the most rugged forms of na-
ture, and who developed Into something of a philosopher.
Instead of quaking at the prospect of climbing those distant hills and
quitting the game right then and there, how much bettej-lt would have been
had he sized up the magnitude buckled up his belt a notch or two and
resolved that he would get over on the other side just as early as he could
make a quick trip. That would be the manly way and the real American
way, fog "God hates a quitter” In any of the walks of life.
It makes no difference how hard your position in life may be, make up
your mind that you will rise to the top. If you are a car wiper in the rail-
road yards, make up your mind that one day you are going to be the gener-
al manager of the entire system, and through application and study of
your employers' Interests and the complete mastery of every detail, work
yourself up to the point where you can become a real top-notcher. If you
are a clerk In a business house, stick to your ‘job and master the details
and qualify yourself for a business of your own. Few men have to,always
remain as hewers of wood and drawers of water except as a matter uf
choice. Even the chambermaid In the livery stable can at least resolve
that he will outshine every other chambermaid In the vicinity and be re-
garded as the model for his community. 8o it is all through the walks of
life. We are largely the architects of our own fortunes and our own destinies,
and when we come to figure up the results we will find that the greater
part of our success or failure has been largely due to our own determina-
tion.
"God hates a quitter.” That thought should be ever uppermost In the
mind of the young man who has started out to make for himself a name
and a place In this busy old world.
The Need of Conservatism
If the Democrats hope to win the country, next year
and profit by what they gained last year, it Is manifest
that conservation should mark their proceedings.
Nothing could possibly prove so Injurious as radical-
ism. And yet the Democratic members of the congress
which convenes on March 4th—-In a little more than
a month—have already taken radical action and given
further evidence that anything but conservatism will
mark the proceedings of the next congress.
In the caucus held this week they anticipated the
revolutionary action they Intend to take with respect
to the rules. That changes that will be made will be
wise or unwise, is a question that is not within the
purview of this article. The action taken is anything
1-ut conservative or calculated to promote harmony or
concert of action in the far more important matter
of changing the tariff.
The selection of Mr. Clark for speaker, .w hich could
not be avoided had there been any desire to do so, Is
unpromising •■with respect to harmony, because of Mr.
Clark's Inability to control himself. Fist fights on the
floor of the house with members of his own party are
not evidence that conservatism will have much Influ-
ence over him while speaker. No one questions his
honesty of purpose, his great ability and his desire to
serve his party, nor Is ttraws-wsse-question of his right
to the speakership.
Nevertheless the need of a cool head Is so urgent,
that the fear is great that the new speaker's fiery tem-
per. which will be often and designedly tried, may
lesd him to some \njudiclous set that may mar the
party's prospects.
There Is a persistent rumor current that a big drop
In prices of food products 4has taken place. Neither
the rumor nor the fall ity prices has reached El Paso
food dealers. At least there has been no appreciable
change in the cost of living hereabouts.
Our old friend Dr. Bulgin may not succeed tn snatch-
ing many brands from the burning In Albuquerque, but
It Is a self-evident proposition that he succeeded in
thoroughly stirring up the Republican animals of that
section.
The election on statewide prohibition will be 'heiJ
in July, and after the gentlemen who hava so steadily
pushed this disturbing Issue to the from have been
thrashed out of their boots will come that period of
political rest and quiet promised by Governor Colquitt.
There can be no peace nor rest, however, until they
get what they have coming.
• We have laws enough and some to spare on the
statute books of Texas at this time. Actual enforce-
ment of the existing laws is what Is now needed. The
tack of enforcement of existing laws cannot be^eme-
dlef by the ensetmem of additional legislation. En-
force the lawa that we now have said cut out the ad-
ditional law making.
spot In the foothills of the Chlrlcahuaa Here, beside the spring be built h a
house and made a home for his wife and boy and girl far from the homes
of other settlers.
Often hla work took him far out on the prairies and hla wife waa left
alone with the children for days at a time.
Aunt Diana, as she was fondly called, was loved by all her distant neigh-
bor*. Not even fear of the Indians could keep the young people from riding
eight aad ten mllee to spend the day with her and then back home again in
the evening. <
One bright forenoon Aunt Diana and the children were alone. She was
ironing and Mary, her daughter, was busy with the morning chorea Johnny
was playing somewhere in the yard. After one of her trips into the front
part of the house, Mary came running to her mother and said, "Oh. mam
ma! there's' a big ugly man coming in at the gate.”
te.
Aunt
Almost at the same time a step was heard outelde the kitchen door.
Diana glanced up to see a wicked looking Mexican etandlng before tho
Glimpses of Arizona Life—The Tragedy of the
Old ’Dobe
*BY VIDA ERICSOX.
At the foot of the mountains where a small stream of water flows
quietly for several months each Aar there is a grove of venerable oaks.
Close beside them stands the ruin of the old ’ddbe. The root Is gone, great
Raping holes indicate where windows once were, the yearly rains are slowly
washing down the crumbling wails to mingle them with thelsoil on which
they stand. A naked post here and there mark the line of fence that
once surrounded the place. A gnarled and knotted peach tree or two stand
near a muddy, cow trampled '‘cepe.’’ Wild cattle have eaten the leaves an!
tender branches as high up as they could reach; angry bulls have tried their
horns against the trunks until the trees have become as much a part of their
desert surroundings as the mesquite and cacti near at hand.
Yet there was a time when life about the 'dobe wore a different aspect.
Then white curtains gleaned at the windows. Carpets Oovered the floors
and cheerful pictures hung upon the walls. All within the yard was neat
and clean. ,A little garden flourished beside the spring. Farther away a
stone m!!k-house spoke of cool milk, sweet butter, and many other good
things made by the rancher’s wife.
Years ago an immigrant, weary of wandering, came upon this sheltered
screen door. As soon as she saw him he said grjiffly. “I'm hungry. Give me
something to *at!" On those lonely western ranches no one Is ever turned
away hungry, from the door. In spite of hla rough manner of speaking ho
did look tired and hungry. Aunt Diana soon prepared a tasty meal, but,
made cautious by his manner and wicked face, she did not adroit him to the
house. ” She handed the food out to him and he sat on the
door step and ate It. When he , had finished he left the
dishes on the step and walked away without a word. Mary watched him from
from the windows. He got a drink from the spring, fooled around tn the
vegetable garden for a time, sat down under a tree and smoked several
cigarettes; and at last got up and walked along the road that led off through
the oaks.
Soon after Aunt Diana put away her ironing and began to get dinner.
She went outside the door, called John, picked up the dishes, turned to re-
enter the house. Mary waa frightened by a shot fired close to the door. She
heard her mother scream and turned to see'her reaching for the door. An-
other shot ran out and her mother fell headlong In the doorway. Mary rush-
ed to her and at the same time saw, through a window, the Mexican slinking
around the corner of the house. John came running in and between them
the two children managed to help their mother onto a lounge that stood '1 f
r.ear. They looked out and saw the Mexican running at foil speed away
from the house and across the hill. As soon as he disappeared Mary s$drl,
"Johnny, you must go for help. Mamma is shot and may die. Take the
horse and go to the nearest neighbors—and O, Johnny. Do Hurry!”
He was soon gone and for hours and hours Mary waited alone. Bhe
closed and locked all the doors and windows. She took her father’s six-
shooter, loaded it carefully, and laid It on the table beside her. Her mother
was partly conscious most of the time but was Unable to rise and the hours
dragged'slowly by.
"Don't be afraid, daughter, “I'm going to sleep. Someone will come
soon.” and she closed her eyes as she became unoonseious. At last the neigh-
bors arrived. Kind hands did everything in their power but It was of no
avail. The last shot had proved fatal and Aunt Diana never regained con-
sciousness.
The news spread rapidly. Men from the surrounding ranches came in
crowds. They talked In excited groups. Mary was called upon to descrlbt'F ,
the man and tell which way he had gone. Soon they separated Into groups j
and rode rapidly away in different directions. One group found the Mexi- (
can's tracks in the soft sand at the edge pf the stream. Tall grass covered the 1
prairie and, in places. It was easy to track him. Why he had rushed out
into the open prairies Instead of to the more secure mountain fastness,
close at hand, no one knew. Neither was there any clue' as to the motive of
the crime. Perhaps It was revenge for some real or fancied wrong done to
the Mexican in the past by Aunt Diana’s husband—such Is the nature of
their race.
Finally, as the fjve men rode through some tall salt grass, one of the
horses shied suddenly. There, before him, the rider saw crouched down
behind a bunch of grass, a MexicanVwith wicked face blanched by fear. Pj-
stantly five guns were levelled at his head. Two men leaped from theft; *
horses, seized him roughly, and tied his hands behind him. They placed him1
on a horse behind one of the men, faced about, and rode out to a slight rise M
of the prairie. There they halted, fired three shots and waited, the signal
was repeated by the next group of men and soon, all were riding at full
speed back to tjie home at the foot of the hills.
Once there, the weeping Mary was called out. "Is that the wretch who
killed your mother?" a man asked, pointing to the cowering Mexican.
"Yes, that’s him, all right,” Mary answered.
The cavalcade whirled and rode up the road and out of sight behind
the trees. About three-quarters of a mile from the house an immense
white oak tree grew beside the road. One large limb extended out over the
road. Here the men dismounted. The Mexican was led beneath the treen. a
rope was fastened about hts neck, strong hands seized the other end and.
about the same time many shots rang out upon the clear evening air.
A shallow grave was made on the hillside above and there the murderer,
was burled without casket, tears or one friendly hand.
Aunt Diana’s death was avenged. 1
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The tree, with Its limb reaching out above the road, still stands In the
lonely grove. By night the owls hoot In the nearby trees and the coyotes
howl mournfully on the hill. And, sometimes, when one must pass by on
this road alone at night he shuts his eyes and trusts to his horse to carry him
safely beyond the tragic spot.
V
LEE CHAPTER, U. D. C.
Regarding the Marking of Confederate
Graves in Northern Cemeteries as
Provided for by Law.
The following resolutions were adopted
by R. E. Lee Chapter of the U. D. C.
No. 1040 at the meeting of January 1>,
1911, at El Paso, Texas:
On the (th of March, 190$, there was
enactment of law (Public 38, Approved
Mar. 9, 1906) for the honorable care of
the graves of tho Confederate prison
dead lying In the northern states. In
brief this law provides for ascertaining
the locations and conditions of the
graves of the soldiers and sailors of
the Confederate army and navy, who
died In Federal prisons and hospitals In
the north, who were buried near their
placea of confinement; th# acquisition
and control over all grounds where said.,
prison-dead are burled, not now possess-
ed or under the control of the United
States government; the preparation of
accurate registers of the places of bu-
rial, the number of therfrave, the name,
company, regiment, or vessel, and state,
of each Confederate soldier and sailor
so burled, by verification with the Con-
federate archives In the war department
at Washington: the erection over said
graves white marble headstones similar
to those recently placed over the Con-
federate graves In Arlington cemetery;
the building of proper fencing for the
preservation of said burial grounds: and
the care of said burial grounds In all
proper respecta not specifically men-
tioned; the said work to be complete
within two years, at the end of which
time a report of the same to he made
to congress. The secretary of war is
authorized and directed to appoint some
competent person as commissioner to
carry out the provision! of the law.
It has recently been currently report-
ed that since the appointment of the
eommlsaloner. immediately after enact-
ment of the law, until the preeent time,
there has been no report made to con-
gress In detail of the extent and man-
ner in which the provisions of the law
have received attention. It Is reported
that up to thi* time fifty per cent of
the appropriation ha* been expended. In-
cluding existing contract*—that la to
say one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000,00); that U Is stated, by the
commissioner's office that It Is impossi-
ble. or difficult, to locate the Individual
grave*, and therefor* a departure from
the letter and spirit of th* law as origin-
ally enacted ha* been made, by erection
of monuments of masonry at Finn's
Point, New Jeraey; Alton. Illinois, and
that departure from the law has been
made in marking the 9,300 graves located
In National cefheteries, in whole or In
part by utilization, of the ancient, thin,
deteriorated headstones of nearly forty
years ago, Instead of the new substan-
tial white marble headstones provided
In the law—the u$e of such ancient head-
stones was specifically objected to be-
fore President McKinley at the time the
petition was before htm <1$99) looking
to the betterment of the conditions of
the graves of Confederate soldiers in the
National cemetery at Arlington; that
there has been found a railroad passing
through the burial ground at Alton, Illi-
nois, where l.dtlO Confederate soldiers are
interred, which ' land has been tn the
ownership of the United States govern-
ment since the year 1867, and under Its
jurisdiction and legislation since the year
1869, and that therefore the commission-
er’s office has caused to be erected an
expensive monument of cheap pattern on
the ground near to the railroad, as be-
ing, In the commissioner's opinion, the
best that could be done under the cir-
cumstances of the occupation of the said
burial ground by the said railroad.
It now appears that a bill (H. R. ZS,-
800, 61 Cong. 3rd Sees.) has been Intro-
duced in, and passed by the house of
representatives, authorising th* secretary
of war to cause to be erected central
masonry constructions or monuments,
upon which tablets shall be placed, con-
taining the names of the deceased Con-
federate prisoners-of-war; and where
contracts have been entered Into for the
erection of said central masonry con-
struction of monuments and have been
egecuted in good faith, the secretary of
war Is authorized to cause payments to
he made tn liquidation of such obliga-
tions. Thus It seems to appear that ar-
bitrarily and without warrant monuments
have been erected somewhere the pay-
ment for which has been refused by the
officers of the treasury department; and
now n*ed to be ratified hy congress. X
These several reports, and the bill Just
Introduced and passed in the hous* of
representatives, have greatly alarmed
and distressed the comrades and friends
of those dead prisonnrs-of-war, and they
fear that these departures from the law
being known. Justified apprehension that
other departures, and violations of the
law have been nude' which a* yet nave
not become known tb them: tn addition
to which the abaeore of detailed reports
possibly other places, and one Is con- | for public Information and dissemination
traded for at Point Lookout, Md.. bear- j regarding the extent and manner of at-
lng metal tablets of names, tn those bu- j tentlon bestowed upon th* work thus far,
rial grounds, as provided la the law; (notwithstanding th* provisions that
such report should be made) nearly five
years after the enactment of the law,
has aroused great concern In their minds
as to the conduction of a matter tn which
they and the people of the South are
profoundly Interested. They feel that
from common reports the sacred work
of honorably oarin$ for the graves of
the prison-dead tn the Northern states
Is not being intelligently and fait' 'ally
executed In keeping with the law of con-
gress.
It Is held that no monuments of what-
ever character can satisfactorily be sub-
stituted for the provision of the law
which require* the marking of the Indi-
vidual graves; that especially monuments
of masonry cannot be considered to be of
that enduring character, which honorable
car* for theqe prison-dead requires, that
tablets of metal, whether proper bronze,
or white metal xinc bronze, (so called)
from the circumstance of containing a
large number of names within a very
small compass must necessarily be un-
readable, except upon very close inspec-
tion, and further illegibility occur from
oxidation, and deposit of earthy matter
from dust, trees, birds, etc.
It Is held to be possible and practicable
to ascertain the boundary lines of the
burial grounds, and to locate the indivi-
dual gravea To state otherwise is to
cast unworthy reflectipn upon the great
government of. the United States, upon
whose bosom rest the remain* of these
patriotic and valorouB soldiers: whose
duty ended hot by simply providing place
for sepulture, but Is Imperative to pro-
tect the title to their graves, so that they
may not be disturbed; the Inws of hu-
manity are not fulfilled by laying them
In the earth without securing their rest-
ing place from molestation. Without
grave reflection upon the business qual-
ification, and methods, of the official* of
the war department of that war-time pe-
riod, and since that time, it cannot be
maintained that the affairs of the govern-
ment were, and are so recklessly misman-
aged that records of acquisitions of land
and burials were not made and cannot
he found. It could not have been that
this great government regarded human
beings, countrymen, and kinsmen of
many of the people of the North, as of
no more consideration than beasts of the
field. It Is true that under the plea of
military necessity cartels for exchange
of prisoners-of-war ceased to be observ-
ed by the government, and in conse-
quence these prisoners were held in con-
finement In the North and died there.
But the authorities have always contend-
ed that they were given honorable bu-
rial and honorable care. It la impossi-
ble to believe that it waa otherwise. To
state now that the boundaries of the
burial lands cannot be determined, and
the graves located. Is to charge the Uni-
ted State* government with having aban-
doned those laM)s and gTaves. This cruel
conduct and abandonment la not deem-
ed to be worthy of serious considera-
tion. Therefore we bold that the conduct
of the office of the commissioner has not
been with seal and determination to carry
out the provisions of the law.
The United States congress after near-
ly four years consideration evidenced by
the enactment of the law. approved on
March 9. 1906, that It most earnestly
Intended that full honor and Justice should
be done to thoee graves by appropria-
tion of a liberal sum of monsy for that
purpose—$200,000.00. -That thi# was done
In deference to «h* wishes of the South-
ern people, as well as from a sense of
duty by the government of th* United
States.' 1* a fact Indisputable.'
It Is of the utmost and last importance
to th* honor of the United States that
it permit not this great work to be ne-
glected or slighted In the least degree,
but shall see with watchful care that it
be carried out In a thorough and honor-
able manner, as would become a great
country. It Is the Imperative duty of
the comrades of those dead to aid the
government in Its watchful care at all
times,, and by making known such obser-
vations as may come to them in the prog-
ress of the work, and their views re-
garding the same.
It Is earnestly prayed that no further
legislation be enacted by the congress un-
til the extent and manner of the work
of the office of the commissioner shall
be fully Inquired into and reported by
the senate committee on military afalrs
SAMUEL E. LEWIS, M. D
Chairman Monumental Committee, Uni-
ted Confederate Veterans.
MRS. E. F. CROOM,
Pres. R. S. Chapter, U. D. C, No
JOSEPHINE WOOTEN, ’
Pres. R. E. Chapter, U. D. C.. No
NO, 1060.
MRS. C. E. KELLY,
MRS. K. O. BECKHAM.
Treas. R. E. Lee Chap. V. D. C„ No. 1060.
MRS. THOS. O'KEEFFE,
Chairman Press Committee.
1060.
1080,
xNote:—It Is believed that the cost of
erecting monuments would exceed the
cost of placing headstones by 33 per
cent, that Is to say, one-third greater.
EL PASO BANK AND TRUST COM-
PANY.
Why do you suppose nearly five
hundred persons were added to the
number of our depositors last month ’
Why in Just a few months' have we
gained more depositors than manv old
time banks have won In their whole
existence?
A bank can keep strictly within
the law and still be very obliging and
kind—maybe that Is It. The E) Paso
Bank and Trust Company was start-
ed to accommodate the thousands
kept out of the big banks by awe. We
dont want depositors with vast sums
?mJn"ne.y~“had a deaI ra(her have
fift> customers with a hundred dol-
eae**' than one with five thou-
sand. May we write you fully or
send a gentleman to talk It over’
TWO SAILORS DROWNED
4W*£‘BK8‘“ waters
WashlngtSn, Jan.
21.—Two sailors
or the I.nited States armored cruiser
Maryland were lost overboard from
that vessel in California waters last
night and their bodies have not been
recovered, according to a telegram to
the navy department today.
The Victims were Albert C. J
Bargemann. a 19 year old boy whose
Friifk 1" W>;and0Ue' Mlch- a"<l
Frank Reavis, only 1$ years of age
whose father lives In Dallas. Tex'. ’
MAKING FURTHER INQUIRY
INTO ELECTION FRAUDS.
Associated Prr., Dispatch.
Portsmouth, Ohio, Jan. 21—Thirty
one witnesses, mostly precinct com-
mittee men of both the major parties
were examined by the Scioto county
grand jury In Its inquiry Into alleged
election frauds here. No indict-
menU were reported by the Inquisi-
torial body when It came into court
to announce that It had adjourned
until January 41.
SPANISH BULL FIGHT
Extraordinary exhibition, Sunday
at the Juarez Bull Ring. Don’t miss
rife,
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