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PXGE TWO
WASHINGTON, D. C Torreon.
focus of both federal and revolu
tionary armies In Mexico, Is do-
Bcribed In the following bulletin f
from tho WaHhlnpton, D. C, head
' quarters of the National Geogra
phic society.
- "In contrast lo most of the Im
portant towns of Mexico," says the
bulletin, "Torreon has no evidences
of age noichurches built by the
padres who followed Cortex, no
solid forts or dwelling houses dat
ing back to"" Conquistadores who
pushed northward among tho In
dians. For Torreon, like many a
city of the American west, grew up
like a mushroom when two rail
ways crossed, on Its site some forty
years ago, and the great Mexican
Laguna cotton district developed
at its doorstep.
A Major JUsIrilmilnc Ontvr
. "The-comparison with cities -of
the United Htates is closer still.
Torreon seems to have borrowed
the spirit of tho Yankee railroad
men who were in at its birth, and
has had more of au atmosphere of
bustle and development than -almost
any other Mexican town. The
city Is of great. Importance as a
mercantile and distributing center.
Frormlt great quantities of dry
goods, groceries, hardware and
machinery find their way into the
surrounding country.
.. . VMost important to Torreon is
the Laguna cotton district to the;
. I m media to north which stretches'
for a hundred miles oast and west I
and soventyflvo miles north and '
south. Ninety per cent ot Mexico's j
cotton Is grown in this small area. )
In Torreon some of this cotton is
made into textiles in large mills.
Among Its other manufacturing 1
enterprises fere soap factories,
breweries, brick plants, and one ol
tho republic's largest factories for
making rubber from the guayule
plant which grows in the semi
desert rogions nearby. Much silver
and copper ore from the moun
tains to the south and west is
smelted In Torreon.
Kite licvel aA a Table
"The sito of Torreon is as level
as a table. -At the' edge of tho city
flows the Nazns rlvor, In some sea
sons a slBable stream. The rough,
hilly desert country begins closo to
: the south of the town; to the north
stretch level plains.
"Torreon Is always d. strategic
center In' Mexican revolutions,
since It in n railway Junction of
consequence, and lies midway be
tween Mexico City and Important
border gateways. To the north
west lie J wires and KI Paso, and
to the northenst Porflrlo Diaz and
Eagle Pass. Through Monterey to
the east, railway Unit! also connect
wtlh Laredo and Matamoros.
"The town lies In tho southwes
tern corner of the state of C'oahu
fla and In many ways Is more Inti
mately concerned with the ad Join -
1 Ing stato of Durnngo to tho west
than with tho . hinterland of its
Own stato to the east. For some
years Torreon hits been closely ap
proaching Hnltttlo, capital of Cnu-
. hulls, in size;, and now probably
ranks In magnitude, as It certainly
does In business transacted, as first
city of tho stato. It Is situated
about 260 mllus south of the 'liig j
Bend' ot the Kto Orando river, 1
which marks the closest United
States territory. It Is nearly Boo
miles south of Kl 1'hho by rail,
however. When tho United States
forces under Oeneral Pershing en
tered Mexico In 1918 tn pursuit of
"Villa, they struck deeply Into tho
republic toward Torrnon but stop-
ped short of thut town, nt Pural.
Baseball HitppuuttN Hull Fighting
"A traveler notices the American
Influences In Tor if on In Its wide
streets and the American goods in
Its stores. Ho real Ires that tho in
fluences have struck deeper when
lie finds that the favorite sport ot
the boys of Torreon Is Imnobull.
Good teams are maintained, and
play a series of games each season
with tennis from the border towns.
"There Is umiully a considerable
foreign element In Torreon. Tho
hotels are. often rjlhMl with Ameri
can mining engineers and execu
tives and comuieri-litl Iravelers,
bound to or frum the mine and
cities farther south. In addition
there Is a large colony of Cermnn
Importers and merchants. In the
fast, Torreon was u center for rhl
nese, hut slnco the massacre of
; 1911 when. In the course of a revo
lution, several hundred Chinese
werto killed or driven out, few are
to be seen lit tho town.
"A former American resident of
Torreon declares that Us artisans
and laborers seem to bo musicians
by avocation. Mheu Americans
wish toj give a dance ihey recruit
nn orchestra In a few minutes
from the nimrwct boot-blacks, taxi
drivers, barbers and bartenders.
Dwellers In Torreon find the heat
Intense In summer, and they sel
dom know freedom from dust be
cause of tho almost constant winds
nnd tho dry region surrounding
tho city. Globe-trotters who have
fought the grit of Bagdad, Cairo.
and ' Teheran ' give Torreon the
palm as 'the dustiest town In the
' world.' "
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James A. Tabot
At the onnual meoilng of the
Kichfieid Oil company of Califor
nia Iii Los Angeles recently. Jjinn-s
A. Talbot was chosen to t.iie newly
created position' of chulini$n of
the board of directors - ami C. M.
C. M. Fuller
Kuller. president, to succeed Mr.
Talbot. AU other off leers ; wurc
re-elected.
iloth officials are well known-In
ihif ietroienrn biisin-ss and have
I..: n with fho Ttichfichl OH com
' imrtS' of Ciilifornia for many years.
HOME EDUCATION
"The Child's First School Is the Family." Froebel
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th'
Street, New York City. These articles are appearing each Sunday
In the Mall Tribune. -
UNDERSTANDING THE CHILD'S VIEWPOINT
Elsie F. Kartack
air, ltrown walked with an air ) which later is a lesson , in obedience
of determination. She was on her j to the laws of the city, atato and
way to Mrs. Jones' bridge parly. ' nution. There is a lc.snon in rcgu
Hy the hand die dragged her little 1 Inrity, a lesson in respect for his
five-year-old boy, John. John was j work and interest In it and a les-
crying softly. js they neared their : hoii In honesty in doing what It is
destination, Mrs. lirown gave him right for him lo do
a little xhake and said, "Stop your ! years are the habit-f,
crying now or I II tell your father J
when we get home; and he'll pun- i
ish you for acting like a baby." j
Under - threat of punishment, j
John stopped but he looked sullen j
and defiant. " ... '
Mrs. Jones opened the door, I
"How do you do, -Mrs. Jtrown, .
and hero Is John." Then seeing '
the tell-tale tears on his face she
said. "Crying? .What's the trou- '
ble?" .
II is mother answered for him.
"O, he didn't want to slay out of '
kindergarten, just because hltO
teacher 'Insists on their coming ,
every day, unless they are sick, j
And it's perfectly silly because ;
what they loarn In kindergarten j
Isn't of airy importance. 1 had
him come with mo because I
don t want to hurry homo after Cie ;
uume, to be tber wIhmi he coincs
from kindergarten. He's Ijci-ji
fussing and crying all the way
Theso early
mlng years.
John's teacher is helping him to
rorjn the right life habits. You
are fortunate. Airs. Crown, that ho
has such a teaehor, . and when you
think It over I fuel sure you will
want to cooperate with her."
Hhe looked at John as she fin
ished. His tears had dried. He
had been looking confidently at
her as she spoke and, altho he did
not understand what she said, he
felt that she was defending him.
"And why did you want so much
to ko to school today, John?" she
asked, ," .' .
, "Kecahso my teacher said that I
could start my bird house today. I
had my wood nil ready, t took it
yesterday. And there will bo no
i one (to water the garden If I am
: not there, and It won't grow If It
1 btatt watered. And I promised
Miss Wood that I'd stop at the
1 store and get some inoru seeds.
fs utieer wimt an influence tba!Wt! ',lTf ,thcm "y"
TYPE" BODY
John's Hp trembled and his eyes
filled with tears again. The flush
on his mother's face deepened with
Mh:inie and she said, "I did not
understand. I have been too much
taken up with my own Interests to
enter into my son's new experl
ciices In his kindergarten life."
She glanced hatily at her
watch. Three o'clock! Then to
to demand perfect atlen- V """""" ".. '"-.
You were a teacher once. lo" to K" .u,lil,y' hP wulT
row l win go wiiii you arm explain
teacher has had over him. lie
thinks what fchfc says Is just right
even about a little think like stay
ing out of school."
'The very Idea!" chorused a
number of the women but not
Mrs. Williams.
Airs, lirown turned to her.
"I leave It to you, Mrs. Williams,
If It Mi't unreasonable of that
leache
dance.
I am sure you will agree that It
Isn't Important when tho children
are so young."
Hhe Hetited back lu her chair
awalllug Mrs. Wllliums' upprovul.)
It was not, however., forthcoming, j
Mrs. WlllianiH paused u moment
and then npovr.
"What I'm going to say may
sound 'preachy,' but It Is the an- j
swer t to your iiuestinn," she said,
smiling gravely. "The loss of tho
afternoon's work may not be of j
any great Importance, but there
are moral lessons buek of II. you !
see, that are of infinite Impoi - j
lance. Th'i'e Ih n Ii-mkoii lu o1e- j
dleuce lo the rule:t tf the M'tmol '
! to your tiacher, and T will stay to
i S4u the work that you nre doing.
I That will help me to understand "
By Jjorena A. Illckok
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
NEW. YORK In a new set-
iting where 'an unfamiliar mag
j niflccnce contrains some of the
1 humbler warriors to go about un
j'casily and on tiptoe, Tammany hall
! has been engaged these days In
the exhillaratlng bus! ncss of
selecting for itself a new big chief.
- It was a typical Tammany pow
wow, this process of choosing the
successor of George W. Olvany,
who stepped off tho throne oh ac
count of ill hcukh : The partici-
! pants, observers wore led to be
lieve found It d thoroughly in
spiriting event -combining the
most enjoyable features of ft social
! occasion and a first rat" mystery
Splay. It afforded grand oppor
tunities for the exchange of fat
cigars with red bands; around
i them. And there was lots of whis
pering, head nodding and head
wugglng and conversation out of
tho corners of mouths. , -
Tho crowd was the same. Sub
stantial grins, well rounded con
tours and derby hats. They looked
like twin brothers in uniform,
these Tammany braves. And they
looked exactly as a novice expects
Tammany braves to look.
liut the setting well, they're all
very proud of the now wigwam
down on Union Square. And they'll
get used to it eventually. - -
i There's the big reception room i
1 on the second floor, for instance, 1
through which they filo when they
go to see tho big chief,
j It has a polished, waxed floor,
1 an oriental rug with white fringe
j on its ends and on utter and cm
j barrassing lack of ash trays.
; Then there's the place whore
I they stop to tell their routine busi
: ness to the big chief.
! l)own in the old wigwam on
Kourteenth street Richard Crocker
and later "Charlie" Murphy used
to sit behind a railing, right In
plain sipht of everybody. , Every
one had the privilege of watching
the-big chief.
But here in the new wigwam the
chief Is behind a glass partition.
An In tho quarters about to be
vacated by "Chief Olvany be
sides plenty of rich carpeting and
chastely expensive electric light
fixtures there's a shower b(Uh. .
On the whole, "tho boys" seem
to get more real, honest pleasure
out of that shower bath than out
of anything about tho place. :
The other day, before the dead
lock had become so decided, one
of the confident henchmen of a
certain district leader remarked,
hnlf in swagger and half in awe,
"It's me who'll bo takin' a bath in
there next July.", ,i -i . v :
They hold the secret scHKiojis In
a conference. . room on .Uiu. third
floor. Tiie entrance is from the
ballroom, which has rose shaded
lights. ' It has a pure white, valued
ceiling and here aro plenty, of ash
trays the kind they have in hotel
lobbies, with .weighted .bases so
that they can't tip over.
Incidentally, after tho meetings.
tho privileged lieutenants wjio arc
allowed above tho ground floor
have been known to stampede with
the reporters up the narrow, iron
Htalrway Into the place and stand
In littlo huddles in the center of
the conference room, gazing about
admiringly.
' 4
CANADA ;lt I FIKIjDS
ON SHOKTKltJtAIlj ROUTE
WINNIPKO &) Tho Hudson's
Hay railway, now being construct
ed by the Canadbm government,
will shorten effectively the dis
tance between the grsln fields of
An Eight-
a Studebaker-and a
mimander
"Ih 1829 the year In which the
coach type of body will come into
Us own as a comfortable and fine
ly fmlshod ear model? There are
Important indications pointing that
Wy,M says U, 8. Armstrong, local
agent.
"Hudson -h'snex hag opened the
trend with what Its designers re
gard s marked Improvements.
Both Essex and Hudson coaches
are much larger and roomier than
ever before. Outside lines are
pleading and the interior al mo-Kplo-re
Ik one of heauly as well as
utility. . I'pholstery and finish is
of Htandanl romparahtc, with that
uf the'be.st .cars In tile line.
"The divided front yents a dis
tinctive coarh feature are fully
rdmped and deeply padded all over.
'Dim man examining tho earn finds
the,. 1 fine, coin for table lmltvltlual
thai 1 h. An adjustment permMs the
driver to move bis seat back or
forth to (hi position mot com
fortable for hi in. So simple and
cany Is the mechanism that hn can
make this chaiiKe as he sits In his
seal.
"The rlJit hand forward seat
has a construction which permits
the panseiier there to shift It for
ward Nevonil Inches thus he need
not arise to permit other passen
gers lo leave or reach the rear
seat,
"The coach or uvo-door sedan
as some makers call It- has hud a
remarkable histury. Hudson In
troduced it several season ago an
a utility enclosed car to sell at the
price of an open car. At the time
all closed cars averaged about
twice the price oT open ones but
lludnon-Ksex rrased this tllficr-
1 fcntial, Hudson created not only
the coach Idea for the name coach
as well and retains the name to
day. "Despite the great variety of
body models now available the
con h Is the largest selling model
with nearly all maker. It Is
tlculsrly pepulnr with famdles
who have Mimtl ehlhlrcn for they
can be safely seated In tho rear
compartment arid cannot open a
door and fnll out. C-oachef re
main, too, the lowest priced of
enclosed ears.
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