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TWENTY
EL PASO MORNING TIMES
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Xmas tor Your the Way
She Wants It
The rapidly approaching holidays are giving new life to that persistent voice
that is forever whispering to your wife about a home of her own. If she could
only spend Xmas eve in her own home—certain it is that she would be abso-
lutely happy.
That is the way your wife wishes to spend this Xmas and every Xmas. She
is thinking about it now.
Give her a home for an Xmas present.
Now don't begin an objection that is almost certain to run like this: “I certain-
ly would buy a home if I could, but I haven’t the money.”
All you need is $10.00. You can buy any lot in
GRANDVIEW ADDITION
for $10.00 down and $5.00 a month, and you’ll own your own home before
you realize it.
Grandview has every modern improvement, and is El Paso’s fastest growing
suburb.
Let us show you in our autos.
Newman Investment Co.
408 American Bank Bldg.
FOR SALE-25 MARES
Three to seven years old: weight 850 to 1100.
PRICE $35.00 TO $75.00.
Will trade for other stock or sell on time
Come and look at them.
W.B. ARNOLDS
215 S. KANSAS ST.
OEMOGflATS OF US CRUCES
1 lie Hull In lilutrlct Court to Contest
Clodion lift urns. t
The First National
El Paso
Bank
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Texas
YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT
rP iris Hank transacts a general banking business,
* and welcomes the checking accounts of business
men, artisans, laborers, women and other persons
who desire positive protection for their money.
FOUR PER CENT PAID ON SAV-
INGS AND TIME DEPOSITS.
Capital and Surplus .................$ 800,000.00
Deports ............................ 4,200,000.00
CHEAP R. R. RATES
Over Texas & Pa-,
cific Ry.
To HOT SPRINGS
AND RETURN
$39.85
Tickets on Sole Dally. Return Limit 90 Dam
DINING CARS ON ALL TRAINS.
IS on «
i» worn
Shippers Not Required to Ac-
cept Inf crier Equipment ■ .
RAILROADS SUFFERING WASTE
Good Land Advances in
Unable to Get Value for the Coal Con
turned Id the Matter of Engiae
Efficiency
SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO.
=GIVES =
FULL MEASURE
BELL 531:
=AUTO 1531
A. B. PALMER
Telephones: Bell 760, Auto 1760
PLUMBING
AND HEATING
109 W. Overland Street
THE CHEAP WAY-r-TIMES WANT ADS.'
Special to The 'J'lmrt.
Uus Cruces, N. M., fife. 9—Citizens
of Dona Ana county have been waiting
for the official county being conduct-
ed at the state capital with a great
deal of interest. Several candidates in
this county won or lost by a very close
margin. These men ami their trlends
arc anxiously awaiting the final re-
sult.
The canvassing board has finished
the count for this county. Hon. H. B.
llolt, the Republican candidate for
idate-senator, won over his opponent,
Hon. James II. Paxton, by the close
margin of two votes. This was the
count made when the election returns
were first made.
Wednesday the Democratic central
committee brought suit In the district
court to Investigate elections held in
certain precincts. Jt Is alleged that
three Illegal votes Were cast In Santa
Teresa precinct for the Kepubllcan tic-
ket. Should these votes be thrown
out Mr Paxton a IIP he elected,
M. <'• l.letvellyn. who recently re-
turned from Harita Fe. states that
Governor-elect W. C. McDonald will be
inaugurated on January 1. The Inau-
guration will take place q.t high noon
In the Palace of Governor**, An Inau-
gural hall will be hold dn Ipr night of
January 1.
The postoffiee expects to move Into
Its new quarters about the 15th Inst.
The new building Is now completed
and, except for heating and arranging
the fixtures. Is ready Mr occupancy.
Humboldt Casad, a prominent wheat
grower In the lower valley, was up on
business Thursday. Mr. t’asad was de-
feated for county commissioner In the
recent election. W. O. MeNary. Mr.
Casad's opponent, will represent tho
lower district.
Mrs. Thomas Brannlgan entertained
a number of ladles at her horfie Wed-
nesday afternoon.
George W. Freeman, Jr., is recover-
ing from a three week's Illness.
The new Schcnck building on Main
street Is progressing rapidly.
Captain Brannlgan Is so Jubilant
over the finishing of the now postof-
flce building that he tendered the post-
office force a royal treat on Wednes-
day night at his ranch home. Roast
turkey, plum pudding, escollaped oys-
ters. pumpkin pie, fruit cake and a
score of other things -were In evidence.
Some famous Brannlgan 'pears and
other fruits were served. Those who
enjoyed the Brannlgan hospitality
w ere Assistant Postmaster Pave Chau-
vln, Head Clerk John L. hernia and
Distributing Clerk Wilson Wade.
The ladles nf tho Episcopal church
held a bazaar in the Lohman building
Friday afterpoop. Many handsome
articles suitable for Christmas gifts
were sold.
Manue! Cawrlon is In the county Jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury.
Cawrlon was caught' selling veal. Up-
on investigation It was found that ho
had taken two calves from a neigh-
bor's corral, incidentally forgetting to
leave the change. The neighbor ob-
jected to this way of doing business
and Cawrlon was arrested. On the
witness stand he admitted h|s guilt,
t'awrion Is only a yoting man. Recent-
l.\ he was caught trying to rob the de-
pot at Mesllla Park.
Col. John ilegan is rapidly improv-
ing his hog ranch near Dona Ana. Ar.
alfalfa field Is being divided Into small
tbdds And the hogs changed from one
field to the next every few days. This
is the largest hog ranch In the valley
and people are very much interested
in Its outcome, as It Is the first time
hog raising has been tried here on a
huge scale.
Clttiens of Las Cruces are very much
Interested in a sanatorium. Many peo-
ple come to the Mesllla valley every
year for their health and at present
there Ik no place for them to stay
These people arc forced to rent or buy
houses or move on. A large sanator-
ium could care for a large number of
these people as well as bring business
hero. Local business men are plan-
ning on organizing a company and
commence operations.
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First empire colonial and ancient
china and silverware at reduced
prices at Kline’s Carlo Store.
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Beautiful music by an excellent or-
chestra at the Juarei Fiesta—street
cars run all night.
-<$.-,-
Compare a box of our candy with
others. Elite Confection cry,
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New Automobile Stand. Phones 610
and 1321.
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See Iaotie Hardware Co.
For Chafing Dishes.
Special to Tho Time*. ,
Washington, Dap, #.—The inter-
state commerce commission under
date of November 6, rendered the
following decision in the case of Bal-
four Guthrie & Co., et al vs. Oregon-
Washington Railroad & Navigation
Co., which Is of Interest In connection
with the subject of bad order grain
cars:
The great bulk of the grain pro-
du< ed in the states of Washington
and Oregon is sacked In the field and
so shipped. There are occasional
movements, however, especially of
grain Intended for eastern markets,
where the grain is transported in
bulk. The complainants have had
occasion to ship hy the line of tha
defentunt a considerable volume of
such bulked grain, and they bring
this complaint to rdmedy an evil
which they have found to exist in
the condition of the equipment fur-
nished for such shipments, tho box
cars provided by defendant are said
to be unfit for the purpose lor which
they are to be used in that It is
necessary for the shipper before
lending them with Ioorc grain not
only to provide grain doors hut to
clean and cooper them.
Jnstanoes are cited where It has
been necessary for the complainants
to expend 66 or 66 In so patching up
a car as to , render It safe for the
transportation of grain. The carrier
provides In tho tariffs for an allow-
ance of not to exceed 63 per car for
grain doors.' but |t makes no provi-
sion for the covering of cracks and
other repairs. It is the prayer of the
petitioners that the commission
should make an order requiring the
defendant railroad to provide. by
published rule that shippers mayo
when occasion makes it necessary,
cooper tho ear and recover therefor
an allowance not to exceed 65, in-
cluding the allowance for grain doors.
No . one can deny that it is th%
primary duty of a railroad to furnish
equipment that Is usable. A shipper
Is not to be put to the alternative of
either not shipping at al) or of re-
covering from the railroad for loss
of the commodity in transit. It is
not a compliance with tho require-
ments of the law' that a car be put
at the shipper’s disposal; the car pro-
vided must l>o one that will convey
th* commodity safely to Its destina-
tion under ordinary circumstances.
In the event that the car furnished
Is unfit the shipper should reject It
and call for another. This, It Is said.
Is an expensive procedure Tor the
shipper to follow, Inasmuch as he Is
prepared at the time when the cars
are placed to load them, and such
rejection occasions a delay of pos-
sibly one or two days. There Is no
evidence that such a procedure was
followed by the shippers here; on the
contrary, they admit that In order to
make their shipments tn time and to
save delay thep co-operate the curs
themselves.
Allowances of the kind here re-
quested are of a dangerous character.
The carrier cannot tell what the ac-
tual amount of material and labor
used by the shipper was. The car Is
loaded Immediately upon being re-
paired and Is sent to some far dis-
tant point. There is no means of
adequately chocking the expenditure
of the shipper, so that it becomes ex-
tremely easy to turn such allowances
into real rebates . We are asked to
make an order compelling the car-
rier to reimburse the shipper upon
the ground that such an order would
ho reasonable. The showing here
made does not seem to us to justify
requiring such a tariff provision. A
record has been kept of the cars re-
paired hy the complainants. The
number so repaired in the last two
years has been very small. We be-
lieve it is a safe and more reason-
able practice to curtail such allow-
ances than to extend them, since the
commission cannot in any way poilca
such repairs, and it is a far wiser
policy for the, carriers to repair their
own equipment than to farm it out to
shippers. A rule of this character
could not be limited to the repair of
cRrs for a, shipment In bulk of grain
without establishing a precedent as
to allowances for other commodities.
Kcr these reasons the petition of the
complainants will be denied and the
case dismissed.
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RAILROADS WASTE
*60.000,000 ANNUALLY
“TIRE WILL NEVER BE
ANOTHER LAND CROP”
The prosperous people of the present are those who acquired LAND in the past.
The prosperous people of the future are those who own or acquire land NOW.
BELOW WE SUBMIT A FEW CHOICE PROPERTIES
140 acres about one mile east and south of Clint, Texas; main canal runs through one end
of it. This tract is in the heart of development. Price for a short time, $84.00 per acre.
50 acres near Clint, Texas, 45 acres of vvhich is in good stand'of alfalfa; four-room house;
our price for a short time only, $110.00 per acre.
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180 acres one mile from old town of San Elizario; rich bottom land; a big bargain, at
$50.00 per acre.
150 acres at Clint: all in alfalfa; fine land; will cut next year between 800 and 850 tons.
Price and terms will be satisfactory. This farm will pay 25 per cent interest easily op the
purchase price.
100 acres one-half mile from Bclen station ; 16 1-2 miles east of El Paso. 40 acres in alfalfa,
balance cleared. Has one-half mile frontage on new County road. This property is priced
away below the market, and there is a large profit in it for the party purchasing now. We
have a report on the land by a soil expert.
80 acres near Anthpny, New Mexico, all in alfalfa, said to be the best stand in the entire
valley. This place cut 540 tons last year. The farm adjoining it sold fgr $250.00 per acre;
we can sell you this beautiful place much cheaper.
350 acres near Vado Station, New Mexico'; good land; one-half of this clear; ditch runs
through the property, and it has water rights. Price only $75.00 per acre; good terms; 6
per ctyit interest.
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COO acres one-half mile south of Vado Station; for a short time we have a bargain price
on this land if sold in bulk; $60.00 per acre, good terms.
There is going to be a big movement in VALLEY LAND in the immediate future. If you
are wise you will get yours NOW. We have several large tracts of from 1,000 to 14,000
acres; full particulars and data given upon request.
“THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LAND CROP.”
Austin & Marr
The Real Estate Men
Foal Consumed Fails to Yield Its
Value in Efficiency.
Special to Too Times.
Chicago, Dec. 9—American rail-
roads lose 650,000.000 worth of fuel
a year and consume 6200.000.000
worth of coal to secure 680.000,000
wc rth of efficiency—further waste
of $120,000,000 worth of fuel, ac-
cording to tgures prepared by Chief
Engineer L C. Fitch of the Chicago
Great Western railroad. That road
conducted an investigation of Itself
following the charge by Louts Bran-
dele that railroads wasted 61.000.000
a day In Inefficient service and Mr.
Fitch’s report is one result.
The remedy suggested Is a fuel
bureau of experts. Improved firing
devices on locomotives, a school for
firemen, more scientific ordering of
locomotives for service and closer
watch on exposed coal yards.
’’Each loss of 1 per cent of fuel in
American railroad business means a
loss of $2.000.con “ says Mr Fitch’s
report. “Only 15 per cent of the coal
used returns effective results, the re-
mainder being wasted.
* This loss goes into blown off
steam, unburned gases, waltitig loco-
motives that have heen fired up too
soon, radiation from hbtlers, lumps
lost along the road and taken from
open coal yar<}s. unscientific handling
of locomotives and other waste*.
"Tho fuel bureau could begin by
Intelligent purchasing of higher grade
coal, contd Instruct firemen to per-
form thetr work vrtth economy in
view, could conduct teats for better
heat Insulation of holler*, have call
orders fort engines issued with more
regard for the length of time requlr-
CAPLES BUILDING
ed to fire up anctf could otherwise
conserve the fuel supply.”
In teh years, says the report,
American railroads have increased
the cost of their fuel supply from
$104,936,000 to ’'$213,828,000. Tne
figures of recent years given are:
For 1905, $156,429,00; for 1907,
$200,261,000; for 1909, $188,735,000;
1910, 6213,838,000.
‘•Of course, 100 per cent efficiency
is impossible," continued the report,
“but the present 55 per cent of waste
certainly may be out down to an ap-
preciable degree. Careful Investiga-
tion of the maintenance and opera-
tion of our road and others within
the scope of our observation lead us
to believe it is not unreasonable to
think that from 20 to 25 per cent pf
this waste may be cut off. effecting
the saving of rom 640,000,000 to $50.-
000.000, spoken o In this report.
“It must be realised, of orurse, that
the cost of operating a conservation
bureau of fuel would increase as the
efflclencv percentage increased. Dur-
ing the first 20 per cent of savings
this cost would bp slight, compared
with the expense Cut down. Beyond
a certain amount, however, this cost
would mount rapidly till there would
be a question of the value of the
bureau because it would become
cumbersome and in its own way.
“The efficiency limit of this effi-
ciency Bervlce would be reached, it
would seem, when about 25 per cent
of the present losses in fuel were out
off; further gain could be better
reached through more scientific eon-
structlon of locomotives."
LOCAL NEWS NOTES
OF VALENTINE SECTION
Special to The Time*.
Valentine. Texas. Dec. 9.—The W..
O. W. held the regular meeting and
nearly all the old officers were re-
elected for next year. The lodge re-
ports everything prosperous. The
Woodman s Circle elected nearly Ml
the old officers, except Mrs. Grvy
elected clery Instead of Mrs. Joste
fvnolus, who had filled the clerk's of-
fice for five years.
A stag musical, given at the home
of Mr. Snelus on Thursday in an in-
formal smoker and musical, was ex-
cellent. Prof Carl Nelson of Sohui-
enberg played many fine selections on
the piano and the instrumental trio
by D. R. Pierce, first violin. Mr Skip-
per. second violin, and Valley Schor-
back. piano, was grand. The host
passed around a very fine brand of
cigars and refreshments.
Mrs. a E. Bunton has returned
from a visit to Marfa.
A very pleakam surprise party was
given to A. H. Richards at his home
Friday evening tn honor of his 26ih
birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C- Powers of St.
Louis have moved here.
WUUa Moore of Marfa, also Mr.
Howard, hide and animal inspector
from Marfa, were here on business
connected with the train of cattle
bought by Biggs and Bonner and ship-
ped to Childress. Texas, for pasture.
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Drawn work and embroidered shirt
waists and full' dress patterns at
Kline’s Curto Store.
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Beautiful music by an excellent or-
chestra at the Juarez Fiesta—street
ears run all night.
Pasteurized Milk. El Paso Dairy Co.
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Hack Stand. Phones ?2 and 1092.
FREE
Pocket Book with place for oval pic-
ture, with every 93 worth of photo-
graph work. Place open all day Sun-
day.
We make elegant Postal Cards, 91
dozen.
VICTORIA STUDIO,
C, T. Gome*.
210 N. Stanton Street.
The Modern Shoe Store.
I,oca ted at 212 E. Overland street
Is now open and they guarantee sat-
isfaction. Their prices are right »nde>'
they meet competition and satisfy
their customers, once their customer,
always their customer. Give them a
call. i
CANDY SALE
Our 25c Lb.
ASSORTED FRUIT
DROPS, 15c LB.
Saturday Only.
Die Elite Confectionery Co.
C. S. PTCKRELL, Mgr.
The Store Beautiful.
Texas Street and Mesa Avenue
clo?hes°uto Th6 Tgx3s Tailoring Co.
To be Cleaned and Pressed. Bell 350; Auto 1333. 215 Mills St
SPECIAL ON
Home Made JelJy
This delicious home-made Jelly is made from pure fruit,
and is guaranteed by us.- We have only a limited sup-
ply of
QUINCE, CRAB APPLE, CONCORD GRAPE,
PLUM AND APPLE.
As long as it lasts we make you a special low price of
$2.00 PER DOZEN
DON T FORGET that we have a choice carload of
Mountain Ben Davis Apples at the extreme low price, -
60 LB. BOXES -.............................$1.45
WATSON’S GROCERY
***• *10 Texas Street. am
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El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 10, 1911, newspaper, December 10, 1911; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth581201/m1/20/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.