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Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1918. EL PASO AL and MAGAZINE PAGE PRESIDENT MIGHT IF THE CITIZENS VISIT EL ASO'Kulture INVITED HIM A Modified War Chest Plan here is no reason why president Wilson should not visit El Paso and deliver a speech if El Paso invites him, The president is now beginning to plan an itinerary which will carry him through the west. He wll leave Washing- T'HE people of Carlsbad, New Mexico are using the ton about September 30, if no war complication intervenes chest nlan. fnr a inna and it to prevent and will tour the west, delivering a series of speeches in furtherance of the Fourth Liberty loan during the three weeks in which the campaign will be waged.

United States senator Henry F. Ashurst, of Arizona, has war i chest plan, and have been for a long time, and it works well for them. They call it by that name, but the plan is the same. Last February, Carlsbad residents formed what is known as the the Kaiser It does more than raise invited the president to visit Arizona, particularly to view money. It helps recruit labor and furthers the draft and the Grand Canyon.

President Wilson has replied that he performs other important labors of that kind. has always wanted to see the canyon, having heard all his As for the money raising functions, the club has a mem-! life about its wonders, but that circumstances have bership of 1500, each contributing $2 as an initiation fee prevented. This time he means to make a special effort i and then contributing as much as possible additional in to arrange his itinerary so as to include a visit to the great monthly or other period payments. Some members give gash in the earth. much as $200 a year while others can contribute only If early action were taken, it might be possible to in-1 about 50 cents a month.

Remember that Carlsbad is in ducc the president to come west over the southern route the center of a district hard hit by drouth and when Carls- and stop in El Paso en route to Phoenix and thence to Ash i bad people give any money at all it means self denial. 'The Fork, Williams and the canyon. Or he might come over the club has ten branches, with a chairman, secretary-treasurer Rock Island lines to El Paso and thence on to Arizona. Or I and board of directors in each community in Eddy county, i detour from the Santa Fe to visit El Paso. Or, since he is Carlsbad has the largest club, with Artesia secpnd and Hope going to the Pacific coast, he might stop here on the return third.

eastward. The organization in the short time of its existence has Few El Pasoans have ever seen president Wilson or i collected over $9000 of which about $6000 have been dis-1 heard him speak. There was a time when most El Pasoans tributed to various war agencies. Most of it has been given were not attracted to him. That was on account of his! to the Red Cross but the Knights of Columbus and the Sal- Mexican policy.

The president has never visited El Paso vation Army were also provided for and a campaign is now and has met few of our citizens. What information he has being arranged for the Jjenefit of the Y. M. C. A.

had about El Paso has not come to him from personal ob-1 This is a modified war chest plan in that it does not servation. There is reason to believe the administration at take in everybody in the county nor are blanket assess-1 president Wilson a false ments levied, but it seems to be working splendidly and it conception of the citizenship here. Whatever dissent there marks a distinct advance over the haphazard war relief may have been locally from the policy in dealing campaigning done in most places, including El Paso. with Mexico, there is no doubt whatever of El ab- -----------o----------solute agreement with him as regards the position of the I The Red Cross is greatest mother in the United States in the world war. If he were to visit El Paso, and the only one who never spanks children.

his eyes would be opened as were those of secretary of the treasury McAdoo. He would find El Paso a hotbed of little typewriter of a kind that sells in the United Americanism, and would be greeted by a people anxious to states for $50 is being advertised in a London paper at the make his personal acquaintance and hear him speak on the i bargain price of $300 which indicates that in 'England war and the Liberty loan. profiteering has affected the high cost of writing. With the exception of Mr. McAdoo, Texas has been neg- lected by the administration during and since the past presidential campaign.

Probably this was because the adminis- ideas of government and individual conduct can felt such confidence in the support of Texas that it i tUll believed efforts might be more profitably served elsewhere. I so effcvtive against machine gun nests and othe. But El Paso would like to see, hear and know the presi-j dent is guiding the destinies of 105,000,000 Americans i i and to whom has been accredited a leading role in the! Having acquired Lens the allies can see their way more greatest event in the history of the world. There is time clearly to victory. now to get acquainted.

Right now, when his itinerary is I i being made up, he should be invited and strongly urged to The United States Employment Service says include this city. change jobs without consulting Uncle However, if The Denver girl who had three ribs cracked while dancing with a soldier should have been provided with barbed wire entanglements in order to withstand the strong pressure of the adversary, exerted in his turning movements. the boss fires no need of consulting Uncle Sam about changing jobs. Following in the footsteps of Columbus, Germany covering America. By Hal Coffman When The Boys Come Marching Back, 1 Somebody Will Be Unhappy; Is It You? Jl ST a little while.

AS time. GOES BY. AXD BRINGS new yearii. be a da 3 WHEN SOME one. Ol BEVOXD the sca5.

PRESS a key, AXD WORD will come. THAT WAR. AXD KIIiLI.VG men. HAS CEASED. WE will know.

THAT SOMEWHERE. FEOATIXG HIGH, WHITE STARS. AXD BRIGHT reel Stripes. LOOK DOWV. I POX Ol soldier boys.

AXD THEX. IV JT'ST a little while. THOSE SOLDIER bOys. 9 WILL SIXG their way. ACROSS THE Kea.

A.VD HERE. WE'LIi WAIT. I.OOKTN'O down SEE them come. BRONZED VETERANS, AND HEROES all. hear the bands.

AXD TREAD of feet U'E may cry. AND EVERY tear. WILL BE a prayer. OF THANKFULNESS. THAT come home.

AND wiE may cheer. AND EVERY cheer, WILL SAY to them, OUR GRATITUDE FOR ALL done. AND ON that day. RIGHT HERE. BE a man.

SAD EYED. AND SHAMED. AN HE will hear. AND HE will see BUT IN his heart. KNOW.

HE no busfness BE the man. WHO roi LD afford. AND NEVER purchased SAVING STAMPS. FROM UNCLE Sam. THANK you.

Liltld interviews Worry; Air In The City Water Judge Learns Ship Engineers Might Have Parts Made Here tiitiuuinniiinHiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiitiMiiiiiiiiiiiMiiMiiitiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ir I HOROSCOPE I'l milky appearance of water rain in the city mains observed by a number of people, should not cause any comment, a.s it is simply air in the water," said IT. r. Jackson, waterworks superintendent. fact, air- charged watir ig healthful, and we would prefer to have air in the mains at all times, were it not so costly to grenerate the extra air pressure. Conditions at the water plant are exceptionally iiood at this time.

We are not usinp: over half our enj 2 equipment. The water consumption now averages about 6,000,000 gallons the first of May, little has said Milton Warner, blessed us since that time. In some of course it is quiet. The parts of the county, there is enougrh I thinii is to adjust expense accounts grass, but generally the drouth re- to business as it is found. The in- "A man engaged in installing engines in ship bottoms on the coast informed me during my recent stay there that engine parts are not being made as rapidly as the assemblers could said judge W.

P. Brady, remarked that there are a number of foundries in El Paso equipped to make these parts and he wondered why such work was not being done extensively in this city. I believe his words are worthy of the special con- -chviartz, general sideration of the industrial Popular store, and I TT 4f- have had an abundance of rain about said Wicliffe Skinner, cashier of the National bank of that place. town everything is prosperous, crops are excellent and grass fine. Our cattlemen will be able to go through the comjng winter without feeding.

It is to be regretted that such excellent conditions do not extend to even all of Ector "We are still looking and praying for rain at Midland and conditions liquor has hurt the receipts of the hotels, but on the whole the net receipts are better and we do not have nearly as much trouble. The whole' business will soon pay just as much as -5f- w'ork as now found In the army is of recent said M. D. Bownds, intelligent personnel work is for the purpose of finding the particular work for which a man is fitted and placing him w'here he is most valuable. This is a branch of the adjutant department w-hich is assisted by the committee on classification of personnel in the army.

There is an organization in each army division in this country that classifies both enlisted men and commissioned officers according to their occupational bad at all In El mains iinbroken and its effect remains with us. We are hopping for better days that will surely ir of Liberty loan tees from Tucson. Albuquerque and other mining localifres, at the conference held in Hotel Paso del Norte Monday, reported their people in good finnncial condition and that they would he able to subscribe their allotments in the coming drive without unusual said S. R. Lawder, manager of the El Paso branch of the Federal lieserve bank.

who came from farming and from stock raising communities were not so hopeful. Many of them said that the same amount as called for in the third loan would mean severe orifice for their sections. Financial magazines show the country surrounding this city in financial am in the new draft said manager of the shall claim no exemption. I shall offer my services to the government in whatever ca- i pacity it may sse fit to accept me. I think I am more qualified for the quartermaster corps than for any branch of the army, and I have already written to the quartermaster general offering my services.

When my call comes I shall be ready to day sees an improvement in said J. W. Barker, month was much month. Of course crease of expenses in doing business has been so rapid that it has been almost impossible to get prices that are necessary to overcome the increased expense, liowever, I believe that the drug business of El Paso has itself to the conditions. A great surprise to me is that ness is as good as it is with all of the money that has been taken out of El Paso the past orpanlzatloii has a called tho military "Girls Ilonio It Be Done ch better than last -se, the cutting out of have not changed materially for a long Bell, a merchant of that town, had some THURSDAY, SEPT.

5, lOlS. STHOLOGERS read this as an uncommonly lucky day, since Jupiter and Mars aro both in benefic aspect, Neptune is in a place that promises good. The lunation on this day takes place in the morning and tlie planets promise great success for the allies with now and then developments that may not be altogether fortunate, Uranus is in a place that seems to forecast a hot, dry autumn and earthquakes in various parts of the world will be numerous in all probability, Oreat increase in the birthrate is indicated by the positing of the stars, which are read as presaging a radical improvement in methods of rearing and educating children. It is prognosticated that naval affairs will assume and more prominence as the autumn advances. Venus is in an aspect held to foreshadow a society scandal of national interest, involving persons of prominence and influence.

There is a swaj' read as indicating a startling incident which will outrage public sentiment. An English astrologer foresees religious scandals and agitation in Great Britain, which will affect shipping affairs. Again scandals and evil reports affecting hospitals and their management Hro prophesiel. but these may be due to enemy propaganda. Northern Africa is likely to be unsettled during the autumn and winter.

i I The Young Lady i A cross The Way Years Ago Today I Bedtime Story For The Little Ones I UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE PAPER BOAT. R- you are! the run from my jug Into the bottom of flcalled Nurse Jane Fuzzv make the paper so 1 1 1 ftiff tnat it won melt In the water, the muskrat lady hou.sekeeper, as Undo Wiggily Longears, the bunny; Then as elyly as the fox himself, rabbit gentleman, started out from Wiggily took the cork from From The Herald of TbU Date. 1904. 200 guns at Liao retired. Field ussians lost Yang and his hollow' stump bungalow down at lithe seashore one day.

What the bunny want- I ed to know. molasses jur. to be answered Nurse Jane. I do de- mar-j Clare! thinking so much about an and spilled out some molasses. The fox see ft, but he kept looking and looking at the paper boat.

why It melt and to thought the bad fox. "Then I cotild tret this bunny in the water and bite Slower and slower the fox pushed I shal Oy.ama-s wholo has crossed apple pie KOinff to bake that I for- moufje'i the Tailse river and is pursuing Oen. jrot to tell you about the ginger cake, held it together and then, all of retreating forces, Rus-; I'm going to make one for you and J'udden, on the other shore, Old sians are deeplv grieved over need molasses. Will you please barked, take the jug. and go to the molasses they regard as the loss of the battle store for resulting in giving up Port Arthur, course I answered Uncle Wiargily most kindly, just love RefuKiii Mariana, a Mexican girl, 14 molasses ginger 1 having put his tall silk hat on old, has created a sensation by taking his red.

white cicclaring that she was six months ago and blue striped barber pole rheu- abuduotcd from her home on. Uncle Wiggily! I'm waiting for I cuess better said the fox, he cried, he stepped on the molasses in the paper boat, and saw what kept It from melting to pieces. So the fox Jumped into the water and swam away and in Mexico crutch. Uncle set was soon safe on shore. I V.

Tt, for the with the molasses jug had held the paper boat and carried to California by Guillermo unler his paw. as glue would have done. being! On and on he went through the woods and across the seashore sands rub all until he came to the grocerv, and polish off the piano w'hen it people or to have any relations what-j there he had his molasses jug filled. to eat Mavvz and there kept witliout permitted to commur.icate with her soever with the outside world, while bread and molasses, stands up on Its head and with the tack hammer. tell you next her parents frantic 3Iarez was arrested yesterday at Los Nurse Jane is eoing to make a Angeles on advice sent by the El answered the bunny, police and is being held for with the jug filled with mo- 'lasses, he started to hop back through A cyclone swept over Covington, way T- r- 1 than that by which he had come, and i in soou he reached a big pond in than half of the houses in tou and middle of the woods.

injured every building in the place. A mv! I know this water large number of women and children sighed the bunny. a were injured. regular lake. It will take me an hour of Havana.

to hop around it and I can't swim over have oeen on a strike for the past-with the jug full of molasses. What eight Thft trouble grew out! shall of the lefusal of the men to wear; Just then, out from behind a bunchy badges indicative of thtir rank. of sassafras bushes came an old fox. Packing house strikers hive lost; Uncle Wiegily saw him, and was just! their fight and decided to return to going to hop away as fast as he could! am about Uncle Wiggily and the rag man. (Copyright, 1918, by JlcClure Newspaper Syndicate).

NAMES IN THE NEWi. The Agrarians are primarily a Prussian landholding party, opposed to the commercial policy of the government, and desirous of preventing the importation of foodstuffs into Germany. They control the Conservative party in the reichstag and are united in support of an autocratic government, militarism and imperialism. DUNK BOTTS. The passage of Jupiter through Cancer is most auspicious for trade in Holland.

Scotland and other places ruled by the sign of the crab. Persons whose birthdate it is may have anxiety in the domestic circle during the coming year. Business affairs are likely to be successful, as increase of money is indicated. Children born on this day are likely to be active, industrious, generous nnd successful. These subjects of Virgo are not usually successful In i 1918, by the McClure New'spaper Syndicate).

but the whole diagram. Prima Donnas Husband Is Suing Her Manager the New York, Sept. ciirci. husband of Madame Amelita Galli- Curci, prima donna, began suit against Charles E. Wagner and Homer Samuels, manager and accompanist, respectively, of the noted soprano, alleging alienation of affections and seeking $250,000 damages.

ked Striking sympathizers all over the! aiThei resumed "'ork factory in.pec,or, have inaugurated a crusade against! So I quickly made of child labor in fac-. boat and Til give you a ride across tones and are directing their energies water in It, Then vou will soon forcibly against certain individual' employers of such labor. much will it cost me to ride The heaviest rain for years fell in across the pond in your asked El Paso yesterday, breaking up Labor the bunny. day ceremonies, as well as doing nothing at answered the much damage to the unpaved sections i fox. Rut all the while he was trying Hogwollow Locals of the streets.

The Days of Real Sport By Briggs A KNOCKER alius starts in by course, I want become promoter that used git up camp jest sell pop com baJls? Copyright National Newspaper Service. Free Information Each reader of The El Paso Herald Is offered the FREE and unlimited use of the largest Information Bureau in the world. It can answer practically any question you want to ask, but it cannot give advice, nor make ex- haustive research. The El Paso Herald pays for this splendid service in order that every one of Its readers may take free advantage of it. You are welcome to use it as often as you lilfe.

Write your request briefly, sign your name and address plainly, enclose a three-cent stamp for return postage, and address THE El. PASO HERALD INFORMATION BUREAU, Frederic J. IlnKkln, Dlreefor, D. C. Uncle WalCs Denatured Poem, Better Days or months the news was grim and sad, we learned the word oh, every day the news was bad, and next day it was worse.

The gods seemed smiling on the Hun, while we could but retreat; he plied his sabre and his and never met defeat. We took our bitters as they came, good sports I hope i we were, while Teutons played their winning game, and filled the air with I used to hear the boys remark, tide will turn! The prospects now look pretty dark, but we have faith to burn. Just wait until our Yankee lads get busy with the foe, and shoot them through their liver pads, or where their whiskers And now the better days have come, the news is fit to read; we march along to beat of drums, and Huns are snickersneed. By Yankee rep, on which we banked, with French and British force, the kronprinz armies have been spanked, and they are howling hoarse. I wonder how the Teuts will the strain under hom.ely Teuts w-ho till the land, the peasant and his frau? I wonder how the German towns will stand the thud? They liked the ups, and now the downs will show their sporting blood.

I doubts if Teuts will stand the gaff, their sporting form is cheap; they cannot iorce a smile or laugh when inclined to weep. Copyright, by George Matthew Adama. WALT MASON. to play a trick. He wanted to bite some souse off Uncle Wiggily's ears, and that was the price he was going ta charge for riding the bunny across jthe water.

But. of course, the fox I tell the bunny this. Foxes are sly and cute. in my said this fox. i soon row you over the pond.

Uncle Well, the bunny knew It would be of no use to run away; so with his mo- jug he got In the boat. And the fox got in. too. Then the bad animal pushed the boat from the shore with a Ions: pole, and they were in the middle of the pond. this a nice ride giving QILE KILDEW wa.s among those pres- you, Mr, asked the fox.

Tin I guess it said the bunny. captious like, he knew he would i lows. He went hime feeling that feel better when he was safe on the did not get his worth, as the other shore And then, all of a sud-J elephant stood between him and the uen, his heart almost stopped beat- i ir.g. For he saw that the boat was rest of the performance. of oaper, and then he knew the trick the bad fox had played on him.

I The new moon has appeared, but li paper boat will be soaked came too late, as Washington Hocks wiSgfi. "''i't I fall out on the water and the fox will get me! Oh, then the bunny happened to look at his molasses jug. Next he thought of a plan to fool the fox. is whispered Uncle Wiggily to himself. I let lantern.

Miss Rosy Moseley is looking rather pale today on account of having administered an overdose of face powder with matrimonial intent. EL PASO HEUALD DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT NO GOOD CAUSE SIl.VUL LACK A CHAMPION, AND THAT IL RI UN OP II. D. Staler, editor nnd confrollinK ovtner, direcied The Herald for 20 7 ea rw; J. Wilmnrth Iw Mnnaner nnd G.

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